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Vol. 20, No. 18 • April 30–May 7, 2009

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

by Jesse Froehling photos by Chad Harder

Up Front: More doggies in the window during down economy Scope: Local rockers Rooster Sauce release otherworldly debut Arts: Glass artist Christopher McElroy unveils fleeting flameworks

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Vol. 20, No. 18 • April 30–May 7, 2009

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

by Jesse Froehling photos by Chad Harder

Up Front: More doggies in the window during down economy Scope: Local rockers Rooster Sauce release otherworldly debut Arts: Glass artist Christopher McElroy unveils fleeting flameworks

It’s Going To Be A Party.

Join us for the Good Food Store’s Spring Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, May 2, 11:00 am - 3:30 pm.

COMPLIMENTARY BBQ & BIRTHDAY CAKE

Stop by and help us celebrate almost 40 years of organic and natural goodness in Missoula. We’ll treat you to Planet GFS Chicken Caesar Salad, Applegate Farms organic hot dogs, the deli’s new Fiesta Salad, Big Dipper ice cream, and Liquid Planet coffee and raspberry lemonade. Plus inside we’ll have Bernice’s cakes, Craven’s Coffee and sampling tables all over the store.

LIVE MUSIC WITH TOM CATMULL

Tom will be in the deli from noon to 3:00, singing and strumming selections from his new CD, Glamour Puss.

FACE PAINTING & MISMO TUMBLING FUN

Bring the kids because Mismo Gymnastics & Cheer will be here from noon to 3:00 pm to get the little ones rockin’ and rollin’ around the famous Mismo obstacle course. Cicelia, Aylinn and Maureen will send kids home with some new art too – on their faces.

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nside Cover Story Most believed any problems with Mitchell Slough ended with last year’s landmark Montana Supreme Court decision. But a new siphon that temporarily drained the slough raises questions—once again—about whether the Bitterroot Cover photo by Chad Harder Conservation District works to protect the land or wealthy landowners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .….14

News

Letters A vote for Dan Savage and harsh words for Judge Molloy. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Week in Review The government rests its case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Briefs Horse issues in P-burg, millions in East Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Etc. Escaping to the great—hold on, I’m getting a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Up Front Controversial candidate stirs school board election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Up Front More doggies in the window during down economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ochenski NREPA offers new opportunity for Montana wilderness . . . . . . . . . . 10 Writers on the Range To fight fire, we must fight forest development . . . . . . . 11 Agenda Missoula’s May Day Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Flash in the Pan Recession gardens spread like weeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8 Days a Week Surfing the slough, or maybe Brennan’s Wave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Mountain High Bear with us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Scope Rooster Sauce releases otherworldly debut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Noise H is for Hellgate, Your Divine Tragedy, Cloud Cult and Kingdom of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Arts Christopher McElroy shows fleeting flameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Film Around the world…again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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STREET TALK

Inside Letters Briefs Up Front Ochenski Range Agenda News Quirks

Asked Tuesday morning at Southgate Mall.

Q:

by Ashley Sears

This week the Indy reports on local animal shelters overrun with pets from owners who say they can no longer afford to keep Fluffy and Fido in this down economy. When things get tight, what’s the first thing you cut from your budget?

Follow-up: Have you ever adopted a pet from the Humane Society?

Devery Fite: Well, I know I had to cut back on partying so I could afford gas to get to work and back. My hours got cut from my job too, so things have been tight all around. Thrice as nice: Yes, three of them. I went there because I know they’ve been vaccinated and taken care of really well.

They’re just good animals.

Michelle Reed: Going out to eat.

And I got rid of my house phone, and just use a cell phone now.

Basically, I just looked at ways I could cut back on my bills and save money on things daily, like I switched my cable from premium to basic. But I’m not going to get rid of my pets. God! Doggie downsizing: No. We were seriously considering it, but we couldn’t find a dog that was small enough to fit our needs. I have a mini Chihuahua and a mini Pomeranian.

Corey Wojahn: Going out to eat and cutting back on shopping. We have a lot of money in the bank so we haven’t really had to cut back on things yet.

I’m not rich by any means, I just save a lot of money. Inlaws rule: Yes. My wife’s parents have always adopted their pets from the Humane Society and they’re great, so we did, too.

Maria Newbold: Frivolous expenses, like I try to shop more economically with food and daily consumables like shampoo. But not beer, that’s a necessity. And definitely not my animal—that’s not frivolous. When you adopt an animal it becomes your responsibility. You can’t just get rid of it when times get tough.

Better with age: Yes, from the Chelsea Bailey Butte-Silver Bow Animal Shelter. I wanted an older animal because I know those never get adopted.

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Trial trouble I have been attending every chance I can since the W.R. Grace trial began.

I use the word “trial” lightly (see “Etc.,” April 16, 2009). If this were 300 years ago, I would have called it a witch hunt. But in this case, the witches are the hunters, and Judge Molloy is holding the reins of the hounds of hell.

W.R. Grace is not on trial. The people of Libby and the Environmental Protection Agency are on trial! Every time a resident of Libby, a citizen of Montana, gets up to express their First Amendment rights, the right of free speech, they are overruled!

This trial is supposed to be about whether or not W.R. Grace knowingly poisoned the people of Libby. They know it, they don’t deny it, they just deny when they did it.

I know I was lucky enough to be born in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but in that land they would call murder murder and not something to be lost in the rule of law.

I know that we are way out here in Montana. But unless one of those fancy Cambridge suits or a politician in Helena has sold us out, we’re still a part of America.

Kimm Copeland Victor

Paging Dan Savage Given the Independent’s reputation, I was surprised and disappointed to find that they publish a columnist whose views can only be described as both narrow-minded and bigoted.

Impossible, you say? Well, in that case, please reread the April 2 Advice Goddess column.

The column is written in response to a man’s letter complaining that his wife refuses to lose that 20 pounds she’s gained since they got married seven years ago. He says he has a “strong preference for a certain body type” (thin, I presume) and feels that his wife should heed his preferences despite the fact that she’s “happy with her weight.” He says he’s willing to do anything but make her miserable (except let her decide what weight is best for her).

A responsible advice columnist might suggest that he stress to his wife that he still loves her and doesn’t want her to be unhappy, but he is concerned about the health risks of her weight. A really enlightened columnist would tell him to stop obsessing over 20 pounds and grow up. But the Advice Goddess doesn’t take either of these tacks.

Instead, she hops on what is obviously a personal hobbyhorse about fat women and spurs it beyond the sunset.

Fat seems to be the last bastion of bigotry. God forbid you should criticize

or discriminate against a person for their race, religion or sexual preference, but it’s still okay to lampoon, mock and discriminate against fat people, particularly fat women. The Advice Goddess takes this to the extreme. The entire column is a long rant against women who let themselves go once they’ve captured their man. Don’t they know it’s a scientific fact that men are attracted to thin women, and that obesity is just a matter of eating too many carbohydrates and laziness?

Let’s take care of the “scientific evidence” first. It’s obvious that the Advice Goddess, like other narrow-minded

But in this “ case, the witches are the hunters, and Judge Molloy is holding the reins of the hounds

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of hell.

people, accepts only scientific evidence that supports her particular mindset.

She completely ignores studies that have shown evidence that obesity is at least partly genetic and other studies that have even shown that the stereotype “fat = lazy & bad health” is not valid. Fat people who keep active have been shown to be healthier than thin people who don’t exercise. She is convinced that obesity is due solely to eating too many carbohydrates and not exercising enough. She even uses “porn studies” to back up her point, never even considering that societal gender conditioning might be the reason men are okay with just nudity and sex and women prefer a story line, an attractive set, etc. Furthermore, any responsible scientist would be horrified at her implication that conclusions drawn from a study immediately become indisputable facts. Never mind the historical and sociological evidence that the standard of female beauty changes from era to era (e.g., consider Rubens’ paintings) or society to society (e.g., in some African countries, fat women are considered beautiful).

It’s the bigotry revealed in her writing, however, that is most disturbing.

Phrases like “in some cases, a woman will eat herself so big that Greenpeace

tries to save her,” “tedious lifting big old weights instead of Little Debbies,” and that the letter writer should tell his wife that he wants to keep the spark in their marriage, “and sadly, you aren’t able to make do with the kind generated by her thighs rubbing together.”

Excuse me? Aren’t we still talking about just 20 pounds?

I wonder if anyone at the Independent reads this column before putting it in the paper? [Editor’s note: We do.] This advice column wasn’t only bigoted, it was sexist. The wife’s opinion about her own body is apparently irrelevant to the Advice Goddess. As the husband is providing suitable income and allowing her to follow her own less profitable career (fulfilling his traditional gender role), he somehow has the right to expect his wife to remain “a babe” no matter what (a traditional female role). What a romantic point of view! Apparently, according to the Advice Goddess, love is completely dependent upon satisfying a spouse’s expectations; otherwise, divorce is justified.

Frankly, it would seem the Advice Goddess has become enamored of her own pen name. She issues judgments from on high, and no one should criticize, question or complain. Perhaps her column is considered “edgy,” and thus more appropriate for the Independent than someone like Dear Abby. If that is why she’s published in this paper, I would suggest replacing her with the Kaimin’s recently-criticized sex column. Some people may find it offensive, but it’s definitely edgy.

Surely there is another “alternative” advice columnist out there who is less judgmental, bigoted and callous that the Independent could publish.

Please search for her, and consign the Advice Goddess’ column where it belongs—the round file.

Kate Kronen Missoula Amy Alkon’s response: The woman’s husband loves her, but he wants to lust after her. This is an essential part of keeping a marriage together. The notion that a man “should” lust after a woman merely because he loves her is not realistic. Male sexuality, as I explained in the column, is highly visual and hard-wired. A woman’s appearance is of primary importance to a man, and misleading women on this would be unethical and wrong.

I stand behind what I wrote, and urge Ms. Kronen to read the two books I reference in the column—David Buss’ The Evolution of Desire and Gary Taubes’ Good Calories, Bad Calories— and see if she still feels as she did after she read my column.

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• Wednesday, April 22

News Quirks

by Ashley Sears

The too-soon tinge of wildfire smoke pervades the Missoula Valley as private land two miles northwest of Maclay Flat ignites. Firefighters, including 20 smokejumpers, eventually contain the blaze after gusty winds push it to 40 acres.

• Thursday, April 23 A necropsy performed on the exhumed body of Cola, a Pomeranian-Chihuahua cross who lived in Missoula’s South Hills, shows his throat was likely ripped out by a coyote, not a wolf as wildlife authorities had suspected. Some residents claim to have spotted wolves in the South Hills lately.

• Friday, April 24 The Montana Senate approves a bill authorizing the state to sell $21 million in bonds to purchase 25,700 acres of land around the Potomac Valley east of Missoula. The Nature Conservancy bought the land from Plum Creek Timber Co. as part of the $500 million, 310,000-acre Montana Legacy Project and will now convey it to the state barring a veto.

• Saturday, April 25 Jessica Johnson of Bigfork and Missoula’s Michael Fisher win the women’s and men’s trifecta titles at the 37th annual YMCA Riverbank Run in Missoula.

Johnson finishes the 10k, 5k and mile run in a time of 1:03.01. Fisher crosses the finish line in 52:09.

Just over 3,000 people participated in the event.

• Sunday, April 26 After the NFL draft, Griz football players Colt Anderson and Colin Dow both sign free-agent contracts. Anderson, a safety, signs a three-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings and Dow, an offensive lineman, signs a two-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals.

• Monday, April 27 Seattle-based Plum Creek Timber Co., the largest private landowner in the state of Montana, announces its first quarter earnings of $157 million on revenues of $470 million. The company saw its biggest gains in real estate, where business jumped from $52 million to $268 million.

• Tuesday, April 28 Lead attorney Kris McLean rests the government’s case in the W.R Grace trial. Later in the day, Judge Donald Molloy allows lead Grace attorney David Bernick to continue cross-examining former Grace executive Robert Locke in the hopes of discrediting him. Bernick succeeds.

“Mom can we please get this bike?” yells JoJo Parker at the annual Festival of Cycles, an event that provides bikes, parts and maintenance to anyone without charge. One of several hundred people attending the celebration, Parker found a match so perfect that she attempted to ride without training wheels for the first time.

Lottery Lucky store in East Missoula “This’ll be the next winning ticket,” the cashier says with a smile as she pulls it from the printer behind the counter.

Looking at the line snaking around the store, it appears others have high hopes, too.

Maybe a little luck is left after Ole’s Country Store in East Missoula produced a million dollar ticket just two weeks ago.

At that time, odds were one in 5,138,133 that the Powerball ticket Adam Clark purchased was worth $1 million. Now, the odds would seem much improved, at least based on the significant uptick in tickets sold at Ole’s since Clark’s windfall.

“Anecdotally, we hear from stores that sell a winning ticket that they get more traffic, they get more people coming in, because those players consider them a lucky store.” says Jo Berg, communications manager with the Montana Lottery.

Superstition has always had its place in gambling. But unlike video gaming or slot machines that some players consider “cold” after they pay out, retailers generally see a big boost in busi-

ness after selling a winning lottery ticket.

Ole’s cashier Sharon Krickey says the store has sold about 100 Montana Lottery tickets every day since the winning ticket was sold there on April 15. Before, she says, the store sold an average of between 50 and 75.

“And, of course, when you go in to buy a lottery ticket you’re probably going to buy something else while you’re in there, too,” Berg says.

“It does end up being a plus for the retailer.”

But the math doesn’t support those who flock to “lucky” stores. The odds of winning $1 million playing Powerball remain at one in 5.1 million no matter when or where you buy the ticket. And that’s assuming you throw in an extra dollar for “Power Play,” which multiplies the winnings. The chances of winning the Powerball jackpot—$65 million at press time—are one in 195 million.

But when your neighbor pockets a cool $650,000 (after taxes), allowing them to stock their retirement fund and set aside money for their daughter’s college tuition, what’s $2 for a chance at the same?

Matthew Frank

Wild West

Philipsburg’s horse sense An ongoing legal dispute between Philipsburg officials and a local horse owner has taken a turn for the bizarre. Buster Butler says he purposefully keeps getting himself ticketed in violation of the town’s horse ordinance so he can take his case to a jury trial.

Town attorney Blaine Bradshaw says Philipsburg enacted the 2006 ordinance prohibiting hoofed animals in the town for health reasons and to become more of a tourist destination. He adds that a grandfather clause allows residents to maintain their horses as long as the corral is more than a half-acre.

Butler’s property doesn’t reach the threshold. His wife was cited soon after the ordinance went into effect for a cow the couple kept on the property. Butler says the town dismissed the ticket.

“They don’t want it to go in front of a jury, so they dismissed the tickets against me,” he says. “Then I keep bringing my horses back to the corral and have them issue me another ticket. I’m trying to take it to a jury trial and they

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won’t let me have due process.”

Bradshaw offers a different take.

“We gave them plenty of time to move the cow,” Bradshaw says. “We cited [Butler], he entered into a deferred prosecution, and then he brought his horses back in. We haven’t seen the cow since.”

A sheriff ’s attorney cited Butler for the horses, which Butler refuses to name (he doesn’t want to incriminate them). He contends that the law is unfair.

“I don’t think it’s right because I’ve been around horses all my life,” he says. “My dad was a horseman and he had horses on the same property. They grandfathered other people’s horses in but they didn’t grandfather mine.”

Given his new ticket, Butler’s case is slated for trial. Bradshaw says a date hasn’t been set yet, but it looks as though Butler will finally get his day in court.

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Duramax Diesel truck since 2006. Biofuels have become his personal passion.

“I think folks are talking more about it,” Brueggeman says. “It seemed like someone would always be at the B5 pump or the B20 pump at Cenex when I was there, but that’s always just anecdotal evidence. It seemed like there was a healthy market for it.”

The Missoula-based Sustainable Systems LLC hit hard times this spring as well. Once a major local biofuels proponent, the company

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Bye bye biofuels Missoula’s biodiesel well ran dry this spring, leaving individuals and organizations thirsting for alternative fuels out of options. The supply cut is just one example of recent problems experienced by Missoula sustainable operations.

The trouble started when local Cenex outlets stopped carrying biodiesel this February.

Algae from a bad batch of biodiesel acquired last year ruined tanks and pumps, and Cenex halted its biodiesel operation shortly after.

Cenex Regional Manager Kyle Stensrud could not be reached for comment.

Customers remain unsure whether Cenex will ever carry biodiesel again. Nancy Wilson, director of transportation at the University of Montana, which runs biodiesel buses, says she believes Cenex reconsidered distribution of biofuels based on financial losses from the tainted batch. She says the supply cut has had minimal impact on ASUM Transportation’s operations.

“We can run on diesel or biodiesel, but it’s not as sustainable as we would like it,” Wilson says. “We would like to be greener than that and have 20 percent biodiesel.”

State Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, laments the drying-up of biodiesel in Missoula.

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switched exclusively to food-grade vegetable oil in 2004. The state seized the company’s commodities license earlier this month for not paying safflower growers in Montana and North Dakota for delivered crops. The Montana Department of Agriculture is selling off the company’s assets to make good on those payments.

Brueggeman believes biofuels and vegetable oil were finally developing a foothold in local markets. With the recent problems, sustainability lost valuable ground.

“After what seemed to be a lot of progress toward more acceptance and use of biodiesel, we seem to be backpedaling,” Brueggeman says.

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Restless Russum waits Brent Russum woke at 9 a.m. Sunday with the NFL draft on his mind. The 6-foot-4-inch, 295 pound offensive lineman passed the morn-

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ing watching a few rounds, not getting his hopes up. He dreamed of a late-round selection, but knew an injury during his senior season made a free agent offer more likely.

Throughout the day, Russum received calls from his agent, Ken Staninger, who remained upbeat. Staninger passed along that Minnesota was interested, as was Chicago and Tampa Bay. Each said they’d call Staninger later with more information. Staninger told Russum he’d received about a dozen calls already.

By noon Russum needed a break, so he and former Griz players Jason Washington and John Dapper stepped out for a round of golf.

“I had the phone in my pocket and I was paying close attention,” Russum says.

“But I was also trying to relax and treat it like just another day.”

Russum shot a 48 in nine holes. Not his best, but “a good base to build off ” for summer.

“There wasn’t a lot of anxiety in my mind,” Russum says. “I think perhaps if I wasn’t injured this season there’d be more pressure on me.”

Russum kept thinking about his injury on Sunday. Two players fell over Russum’s leg during a November game against Northern Arizona.

The incident aggravated an earlier ankle injury, and Russum had surgery on December 22. He spent nearly three months in recovery.

On the golf course, Russum ignored constant texts and calls from curious friends and family, even his mother. He’d told them not to call because it might mean missing an offer.

As the draft ended Sunday evening, Russum grabbed dinner and did some homework. Two of Russum’s teammates, Colt Anderson and Colin Dow, received news that they’d been invited to Minnesota and Cincinnati, respectively. Staninger told Russum late Sunday that a few teams promised to call on Monday as they continued to fill rosters with free agent invitations.

Russum took the news cavalierly. Come May he’ll have a business degree to fall back on.

The NFL would be great, but he sees the situation as beyond his control.

“I’m just waiting for a call,” he says. “I’ve got a cell phone in my pocket. Other than that, I’ve got a life to live.”

And the rest of Sunday night?

“I went to bed with wishful thinking; I had class at 9 a.m.”

Alex Sakariassen

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etc.

Outside of a wet sleeping bag or a case of the runs, few things tick off tent campers more than the roar of an RV’s generator at daybreak. More unsettling for us, though, are the amenities those generators power, like DVD players, laptops and cell phones—the very things we’re in the woods to get away from. Sorry, but the kids can watch Kung Fu Panda back at home. Let them consider the stars in silence for a while.

Unfortunately, there remain few corners of our country that allow us to completely detach from technology. And we can’t even count among them Yellowstone National Park, the country’s most celebrated symbol of wildness.

Last week, the park finalized its wireless communications plan, outlining where it expects to expand wireless capabilities.

Basically, it means cell service will be available in most park villages, and WiFi will be allowed in some buildings, lodges and general stores. So if you’re driving around to check out wildlife, you can probably also check e-mail, stocks and sports scores.

The park points to visitor safety as the reason to increase wireless services. Fair enough. But what we find troubling is another primary factor that shapes the plan: visitor expectations of service. It’s a consideration inherent to the plan’s head-scratching goal to “permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life’s amenities.”

The park’s misguided assumption, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), “is that visitor expectation of, or demand for, these commercial services justifies adverse impacts to park values such as wilderness, views, ‘soundscapes’, communing with nature and escaping, however briefly, the tethers of the modern world.”

What’s interesting, though, is that visitors aren’t demanding these services. In fact, the park’s recently released “Findings of No Significant Impact” acknowledged that most public comments opposed increases in wireless services.

More people objected to all wireless coverage than those who supported expanding it.

While that sentiment was apparently ignored, at least the park concedes that cell phone chatter can spoil the scene. “To reduce annoyances of cell phone usage,” the plan states, “courtesy signing and protocols will focus on increasing the distance between visitors enjoying the natural soundscapes and those using cell phones by designating ‘cell phone free’ zones where possible.” We’re guessing courtesy signs won’t stop the typical visitor from calling mom when they spot a baby moose.

Far be it from information hounds such as us to criticize those who insist on staying connected to everyday goings-on.

But we all need a reprieve. National parks, of all places, should supply it.

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Judging Jones Controversial candidate stirs school board election

by Alex Sakariassen

Chris Jones comes off as your everyday, Guy-Smiley dad. He sports a crisp blue tie, employs a firm handshake and speaks plainly about his campaign for the Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees. He’s the father of two Sentinel High School students, both volleyball stars. His eldest, a senior, just scored a full ride at Cal Poly. Jones is a member of the Christian Life Center, and starred in their Easter play this spring.

“It was fun,” he says. “I’m actually the soldier that beats Jesus, so it has its moments.”

In short, Jones seems to be just

sphere.

“It’s like they say in the Bible, in fact,” Wiener says. “‘You should know them by their fruit.’”

And Jones’ fruit comes by the basketful. He’s served as director of the Coalition for Community Responsibility alongside friend and current executive director Tei Nash. In 2003, the two filed a lawsuit against Missoula County contending commissioners failed to properly inform the public of a motion to extend county employee insurance coverage to domestic partners, same-sex or otherwise. Jones and Nash again graced local

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Some prominent Missoula voters have raised questions over Chris Jones’ aptitude for Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees, based on his history as a conservative activist.

another concerned parent trying to get involved. Not the sort you’d immediately picture publicly advocating censorship or opposing gay rights. But Jones’ history of conservative activism has some campaign opponents and prominent Missoulians concerned about his aptitude for the school board.

Public school elections are notorious for low voter turnout, and those who pay close attention know the phrase “swing vote” is all too serious. Only 19.31 percent of Missoula voters participated in the 2008 election. Even that turnout was higher than average, says district Public Relations Officer Lesli Brassfield.

Red flags regarding the upcoming May 5 election went up when Ward 1 Councilmember Jason Wiener did a Google search of candidate names.

Strictly a move by a cautious voter, the search brought up a list of local articles and minutes from legislative hearings revealing Jones’ past crusades. Wiener passed the information to friends, including local activists Don and Pat Simmons.

Jones’ critics say their concerns are in no way personal, but stem exclusively from the candidate’s reputation in the public

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media in 2004, when they met at C.S. Porter Middle School during November elections to gather signatures supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

“I just couldn’t disagree more strongly with their agenda, which I find it hard to believe they’ll be able to leave behind given their long history of activism,” Wiener says. “It’s not that they’re not entitled to those views, but I certainly don’t think they should be guiding the actions of our school system.”

Jones’ name is linked to numerous public school issues as well. He and Nash appeared before the school board in 2004 requesting Wayne Seitz, the advisor of Hellgate High School’s student newspaper, be removed from his post over sexual references in a student column.

During the meeting, they also argued against an emphasis on homosexuality at high school Diversity Week activities.

“The big issue that got us started with Diversity Week wasn’t the fact necessarily of what was being taught, it was the fact that the kids couldn’t opt out of the program,” Jones says. “So if they didn’t want to go to a panel that had a gay man, a bisexual man and a straight man, they

couldn’t opt out of that panel. They had to go and listen. That didn’t sit too well with me.”

Like Wiener, incumbent trustee Nancy Pickhardt has nothing personal against Jones. She’s running as a threeyear trustee and mother of two at Hellgate, and says Jones’ reputation indicates he might not be able to sideline his personal agenda while acting on a nonpartisan board.

“To me, if you’re a person who is out there trying to actively squelch and who is prejudiced against students who are homosexual, you’re not a strong person to leave that behind,” Pickhardt says.

Few of Jones’ critics, including Wiener, have met Jones in person. Joe Knapp, who was appointed to the school board in early March and is also running in the upcoming election, declines comment on Jones. But Knapp recognizes the importance of approaching school board actions with an open mind.

“I think we need to leave our personal agendas at the door when we’re sitting around that table talking about the future of our district,” Knapp says.

Jones says he is simply running for the same reasons as his opposition. Over coffee at Zootown Brew, he explains he’s felt like an ancillary supporter in the schools since his daughters entered Sentinel. While working a Sentinel coffee stand on Thursdays this year, Jones grew closer to students and teachers.

“Me being on the school board is because I’m a concerned parent and I want the best education for the children in our district,” Jones says. “I think that the students in Missoula County should be receiving the best education in the country and I don’t believe they are.”

As for past contentions with gay rights and their bearing on his campaign, Jones has little to say.

“Do you think that really is related to the school board thing?” he asks.

Some argue yes. Pickhardt says that while current school board members hold varying political viewpoints—“based on upbringing, on background, on religion”—they exhibit a stronger tendency toward open-mindedness.

Ultimately judgment lies with voters.

Wiener, who doesn’t want the tenor of a campaign to discourage future candidates from running, has made up his mind.

“What you do when you ask for people’s permission to be their trustee is to place some stock in your values,” Wiener says. “So it’s important to know what those are.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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loss of homes and loss of jobs,” says Franceschina. “Right now, although it’s not the greatest economy, we haven’t seen a tremendous amount [of abandoned pets].”

But at shelters in the Bitterroot and Flathead areas, where unemployment rates have climbed to around 10 percent or higher, the effects are felt more acutely.

“We’re seeing more owner turn-ins, but more disturbingly, we’re seeing more abandoned animals and less reclaims,” says Vicky Dawson, operations manager of the Bitter Root Humane Association in

go out and adopt a pet.”

The Humane Society estimates that between 6 and 8 million animals enter animal shelters in the United States every year, and about 3 to 4 million of those animals are euthanized, largely due to a lack of good homes. How much these numbers have increased since the beginning of the recession remains unclear, Lauer says, but “getting an overall sense from the organizations we speak to around the country, collectively, we would say the economy has had a great impact.”

It’s worst, Lauer says, where jobless rates are highest—in Florida, Michigan and California.

In Montana, jobless rates are highest in the northwest corner of the state.

“We, too, are seeing an increase in owners phoning who say they need to move or can no longer afford to feed their pet,” says Lori Heatherington, administrative director of the Humane Society of Northwest Montana in Kalispell. “And we feel that that number is almost double that of what we were receiving last year in 2008.”

The shelter also sees an increase in demand for services, like providing families with pet food. “We figure if a family is in need their animals are in need,” Heatherington says.

The number of pet surrenders Photo by Chad Harder compared to last year is actually down One of the growing number of Montana pets surrendered amid the economic recession, Sioux, a blind former sled dog, roams a pen at the at the Flathead County Animal Shelter, likely because the region was among Humane Society of Western Montana. the first last year to be hit by the recesSimilarly, a Missoula man recently Hamilton. “Our reclaim rate probably hit sion, says Director Kirsten Holland. But the economy still stands out as the top gave up six dogs to Missoula County a new low.”

Animal Control.

“We don’t have any animal control reason for pet drop-offs.

“I would say probably 75 percent of “He lost his home and was living out down here, so citizens bring them in,” of his car for a few months,” says Animal she explains. “They’re just strays. But people surrendering pets at this point are Control Supervisor Ed Franceschina, they’re obviously well cared for, in many surrendering them based on economic “and finally realized it was unfair for him cases well trained, healthy. Under normal change,” she says. “The majority is and the animals to live like that.” circumstances it just tells us they’re ani- always, ‘I lost my home and I can’t keep Stories like these are increasingly mals that came from somebody’s home. my pet.’”

Some people are barely able to say told at animal shelters around western For whatever reason they’re not bringing Montana. When the economy flounders them to shelters but they’re turning them that much. A Flathead-area man in his 50s recently lost his job at the Columbia Falls many, especially the newly jobless and out.” homeless, are forced to cut any superfluTo help deal with the influx, the Aluminum Co. plant and came to the ous expense—pets included. Drop-off Bitterroot shelter recently traded three shelter with his much-loved heeler, rates are up and adoption rates down at adult cats and three adult dogs to Holland recalls. He was forced to move animal shelters around the region.

Salmon, Idaho’s shelter in exchange for into an apartment with his son and “The fact that we don’t have 20 open five puppies, a strategy employed more daughter-in-law, and the dog couldn’t spaces says something, absolutely,” says and more by shelters around the country come.

“He said he lost everything and he Mariah Scheskie, program manager at to balance populations and increase the HSWM. “And they definitely aren’t flying chances of adoption, says Dawn Lauer, just couldn’t give him the home he out the door.” outreach coordinator with the Humane deserved,” Holland says. “As he walked out he just broke down in tears in the Recessions can impact shelters dou- Society of the United States. bly hard—more animals come in and they “An increase in animals coming in lobby, literary shaking he was crying so tend to stay longer. In Missoula, the over- always serves as a challenge for organiza- hard…It was pretty heart-wrenching. all effects have been modest, say tions trying to re-home these pets,” Lauer This is the last place he ever thought he’d Franceschina and Scheskie, thanks to the says, “because, of course, people are find himself.” city’s relatively stable economy. tightening their wallets and it’s hard to mfrank@missoulanews.com “It’s all kind of proportional to the then make that kind of a commitment to Bleu, an endearing two-year-old gray cat, moseys around her cage at the Humane Society of Western Montana (HSWM) south of Missoula.

“My family is moving without me,” reads the note card affixed to Bleu’s cage.

“I am a sweet, shy, and loving girl. Take me home!”

A few cages down lies Lotto, a black and white cat, fast asleep. Bleu and Lotto, and four more cats already adopted, were dropped off at the shelter after their family moved into a motel because of a job loss.

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Montanans watched in dismay earlier this year when Congress passed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, granting wilderness designation to millions of acres of forests, rivers and canyonlands across the nation— but not one acre in the Big Sky State.

Thanks to the reintroduction of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), Montanans now have another chance to permanently protect our most vital wildlands, waters and wildlife corridors.

Unlike bills that designate wilderness in a piecemeal forest-by-forest fashion, NREPA takes a broader view of the landscape of the Northern Rockies and is designed to link entire ecosystems together. As introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives as HR980, NREPA would designate some 23 million acres of federal lands and waters as wilderness. Of that total, 3 million acres would be in Yellowstone, Glacier and Grand Teton national parks, 7 million acres in Montana, 9.5 million in Idaho, 5 million in Wyoming, 750,000 in eastern Oregon and 500,000 acres in eastern Washington. The measure would also provide “wild and scenic” status for certain river corridors.

While NREPA confers wilderness status on all the lands designated by the Clinton-era Roadless Rule, a key provision of the bill would also create a pilot program to rehabilitate 6,000 miles of roads. Mike Garrity, the executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, estimates the road-removal work would save money and create thousands of jobs.

“NREPA would save taxpayers $245 million over a 10-year period by managing the land as wilderness,” Garrity said, adding: “And more than 2,300 jobs would be created in the region through NREPA’s program to restore Northern Rockies habitats to their natural state.”

Plus, the measure only applies to federal lands—there are no private lands included and existing mining claims remain valid, as do grazing permits.

So what’s not to like? Well, according to arguments used by opponents such as Montana’s lone Rep. Denny Rehberg, the main problem is the measure is a “top-down approach” rather than a compromise reached by local grassroots organizations.

But singer-songwriter Carole King, who has tirelessly promoted NREPA since the measure was first introduced in Congress in 1993, disagrees with that characterization.

“NREPA is the opposite of a topdown bill,” says King. “It was drafted by local residents of the Northern Rockies

bioregion, including wildlife biologists, economists, business owners and individuals who recognized the need for, and the benefits of, protecting the Northern Rockies ecosystem.”

One of those local residents is Montanan Brian Smith, co-founder and managing partner of the Blackfoot River Brewery in Helena, who will be going to Washington to testify in favor of the bill.

“It’s time for the U.S. taxpayers to stop subsidizing the Forest Service in order to provide below cost timber to the wood products industry,” Smith says. “If I managed my business like the Forest Service manages timber sales, I would be bankrupt. NREPA will create high-paying

Many of the “arguments used against NREPA in the past are no longer applicable in today’s

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reclamation jobs at a time when we need them most. The creation of these new jobs will help the Montana economy and my business. By supporting this visionary piece of legislation, our congressional representatives can vote for both jobs and the environment.”

Some also complain that the bill isn’t being sponsored by senators or congressman from the Northern Rockies, but by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York who, like King, has been a perennial supporter of the measure. The primary co-sponsor is Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona who was on the short list for consideration as Secretary of the Interior in the Obama administration. According to Maloney, keeping politics out of the equation may be a benefit. “NREPA would help protect those resources by drawing wilderness boundaries according to science, not politics, by protecting entire ecosystems,” says Maloney. “I’m proud to be sponsoring this legislation.”

Indeed, the Northern Rockies provide the source of clean water for mil-

lions of people on both sides of the continental divide. As the impacts of drought from global warming increase, protecting the headwaters of the mighty rivers that drain the crown of the continent from industrial activities makes sense. It’s a no-brainer that keeping water clean is a lot cheaper than paying to clean it up to drinking water standards—and there’s not much water on earth cleaner than that originating in the wilderness areas of the Northern Rockies.

Reinforcing the importance of clean water just this week, new Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited Montana to announce some $3 million in federal Recovery Act funds for water conservation projects across the state.

“Throughout this region we all know water is our most precious resource,” Montana’s U.S. Sen. Jon Tester told reporters during Salazar’s visit.

Wilderness forests also play an important part in removing carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, from the atmosphere. “NREPA would help combat global warming by protecting the carbon sink these forests provide,” says supporter Mike Garrity. “The Forest Service’s own studies show the more forests we protect the more carbon our National Forests will absorb.”

If we’ve learned one thing in the last year, it’s that times are changing faster than anyone thought possible. Many of the arguments used against NREPA in the past are no longer applicable in today’s world. The benefits of protecting forests, fisheries, watersheds and wildlife, however, are only becoming more important every day.

The hearing on NREPA, HR980, will take place May 5. Those wishing to submit testimony may do so until May 19 by e-mailing the subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands at domenick.carroll@mail.house.gov.

As supporter Mike Garrity concludes: “NREPA is a Montana made bill, conceived and written by people here in the Northern Rockies. Most Americans and most of the people in Montana demonstrated that they support protecting all roadless lands when they commented on the roadless rule. NREPA permanently protects those lands by declaring them wilderness and now is the time to pass it.” Garrity’s right—now is the time to pass NREPA. 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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To fight fire, we must fight forest development

by Ray Rasker

Spring is here, and the forest fire season will soon be upon us. Every year, the cost of fighting forest fires increases so that now, firefighting accounts for close to half the U.S. Forest Service’s budget.

The cost to taxpayers has risen to the billions of dollars.

How do federal agencies handle this burden? The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management often end up raiding other programs in order to pay for firefighting. Congress has started to address this issue, with the House of Representatives recently passing FLAME, the Federal Land Assistance and Management Act. It would create a separate account to fund fighting the most expensive wildland fires. If it passes the Senate and becomes law, biologists and recreation managers will no longer have to fear for their budgets when large fires break out.

Unfortunately, FLAME does nothing to address one of the key reasons why forest fires have become so costly: the increasing number of homes built on private land near forested public lands.

So far, across the West, only 14 percent of the private land next to publicly owned forests has homes on it. But this relatively small percentage is tremendously expensive. If you add up the efforts of local areas, state and federal agencies, the cost to protect homes from forest fires exceeds $1 billion per year. If 50 percent of the forested private lands were developed, the costs of firefighting could exceed $4 billion—the size, almost, of the Forest Service’s entire budget.

A recent economic case study illustrates the gravity of the problem. On average, protecting homes from forest fires in Montana costs $28 million annually. By the year 2025, unless Western states start placing some restrictions on home construction, the costs likely will rise to $40 million annually.

Climate change has increased the costs even further. From past evidence, we know that a 1-degree increase in average summertime temperature is associated with a doubling of home-protection

costs. In Montana, with additional development and hotter summers, the estimated cost of protecting homes from forest fires could exceed $80 million by 2025.

That’s a large bill for a state with less than a million people. But other states already are seeing much larger bills. In California alone, for example, the costs of fire suppression in 2008 came to more than $1 billion.

Fire is a natural part of the landscape, and Western history shows that we will never succeed in banishing it from our

In Montana, “with additional development and hotter summers, the estimated cost of protecting homes from forest fires could exceed $80 million by

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forests. Federal and private property, logged and wilderness areas—all varieties of lands have gone up in flames in recent years.

Given all this, the current approach to fire suppression fails badly, with the perverse incentives it has developed and its lack of public accountability. People who develop in forested areas—and the local governments that allow new subdivisions—rarely if ever pay their fair share of the firefighting costs. Instead, the majority of firefighting expenses are paid by the Forest Service, BLM and the

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Federal Emergency Management Agency.

In other words, the national taxpayer picks up the tab.

Some communities have started to adopt “Firewise” protections that involve clearing defensible space and using fireresistant building materials. This is an important step toward improving safety for homes on the 14 percent of private land near forests that is already developed. Reliance on such protections, however, could unintentionally encourage sprawl on the remaining 86 percent of land near public forests, particularly if it encourages the misguided notion that you can safely build anywhere.

Our current approach to paying firefighting costs is not sustainable. Now is the time to implement responsible, accountable steps that can help hold the line on future costs. Every year, federal agencies direct money to Western counties for various forms of fire-related assistance that could be used as an incentive for possible solutions. The stimulus bill, for example, included $250 million for the Forest Service to help counties with “wildland fire management”—a great opportunity for Westerners to develop better policies.

States could help counties by mapping “fire plains,” applying lessons learned from regulating floodplains.

Counties could—and should—be required to bear more of the costs of firefighting if their land-use plans permit development in fire-prone areas, and insurance rates could better reflect the risks of building homes in inappropriate places.

Unless we stop building homes in areas where homes were never meant to be, the costs of fighting forest fires will continue to escalate. And the bill will keep going to taxpayers.

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According to the Two Rivers Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.)— aka The Wobblies—the global financial meltdown and subsequent bailouts have revealed the truth about our economic system: To continue with the aquatic analogy, it’s as though water had lost the ability to deliver life-sustaining oxygen. But that would be supposing capitalism ever actually carried wealth to everyone in the pond.

Analogies aside, your chance to publicly affirm capital’s wicked effects comes during Friday’s May Day Celebration, which begins at 2 PM at the UM Oval. Puppets, songs, street the-

ater and some good ol’ fashioned obstructionism—or maybe it’s just “constructionism” of a new, better system—are sure to go down.

From there, everyone’s free to join the throng as it winds its way to downtown Missoula, where the financial mayhem continues into the evening.

Whether you’re a student miffed about the absurdity of the student loan racket, a green thinker with beef about this warming planet or a down-on-your-luck worker looking for your own bailout, we’ll all be in plenty of good company.

—Jonas Ehudin Missoula’s May Day Celebration begins at 2 PM on Fri., May 1, at the UM Oval before heading for the heart of downtown. Free, so why not bring a huge puppet? Call 459-7585.

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The UM Peace and Justice Film Series continues at 5:30 and 7:30 PM in the UM University Center Theater, where screenings of Iron Jawed Angels, which takes us behind the scenes with American suffragist legends Hillary Swank and Angelica Huston, are followed by group discussions. Free, donations appreciated. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

Drink specials have long been the lubricant for political maneuvering, and tonight the tradition continues at 5 PM, when Forward Montana’s Progressive Happy Hour gets to the heart of matters at the Badlander. Call 542-VOTE.

Fri. 1 May If you’ve got the blues, you’ll be in good company during the Flathead Democratic Party Spring Dinner, which begins at 6 PM at Whitefish’s Grouse Mountain Lodge, features auctions, a raffle, special guest speaker and Montana Democratic Chair Dennis McDonald and music by Andre Floyd. $38. Call 250-9809 or 752-0298.

Respond to the global economic meltdown as one big happy extended family when you put your head together with others during a meeting of The Great Turning, which begins at 7 PM at Hamilton’s First Christian Church, 328 Fairgrounds Road. Free. Call 363-3076 or visit thegreatturning.net.

Sat. 2 May The 2009 gathering of the Montana Wilderness Association begins in earnest with registration at 8 AM at the Doubletree Hotel, where a full day of seminars, discussions, raffles and eating ensue. $20–50. Visit wildmontana.org.

Attain that degree of calm that comes when you part with $37 as the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., presents the playful seminar Peace Within the Daily Grind at 1 PM. $37. Call 543-3955.

Jump onto the weedwagon with 262 other cities across the planet during the Global Million Marijuana March, which heads west from Jacob’s Island at 4:20 PM along the river before arriving at the courthouse for speeches and drumming. Free. Call 493-0425.

Tue. 5 May The YWCA of Missoula, 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.

Wed. 6 May Melissa Bangs bangs out another flaming hula hoop of education with the 9 AM workshop Board Basics, which takes place in the MonTEC C o n f e r e n c e R o o m , 1121 E . B r o a d w a y. $10/Missoula Nonprofit Network members free.

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Thu. 7 May Tobacco Free Missoula County hosts their Spring Semi-Annual Coalition Meeting—topics range from the Clean Indoor Air Act to the Missoula Indian Center’s traditional tobacco garden—at noon in Room 210 of the Missoula City-County Health Department. Free, and lunch will be served.

The UM Peace and Justice Film Series continues at 5:30 and 7:30 PM in the UM University Center Theater, where screenings of King Corn, in which two friends try farming in Iowa in hopes of highlighting the modern world’s corn problem, are followed by group discussions. Free, donations appreciated. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

Help keep your surroundings familiar and significant during the three-day conference, Preserving Our Heritage in a Changing Landscape, which begins with a keynote address at 6:30 PM at Fort Missoula’s Heritage Hall, continues with seminars through Fri., May 8, and moves to the County Courthouse lawn for a Preservation Fair on Sat., May 9. Free. Call 258-4706 or 544-8606.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801.

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MENSA REJECTS OF THE WEEK - Three men in Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province were trying to saw through a 105mm shell left over from the Vietnam War when it exploded. All three died.

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American scientists looking to cure malaria came up with a ray gun that kills mosquitoes. The laser-operated device uses technology developed under the Stars Wars anti-missile program to lock onto the airborne insects by detecting the audio frequency generated by the beating of their wings. A computer triggers the laser beam, which burns off the wings, causing the smoking carcass to fall to the ground. The astrophysicists, whose work is backed by Bill Gates, speculated that the lasers could shield villages from mosquitoes or be fired at the swarming insects from patrolling drone aircraft.

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his is the siphon. It’s two high-density polyethylene pipes, 36 inches in diameter, 100 feet long and buried about 15 feet under the Mitchell Slough.

It’s simple enough, but yet, because of a landmark Montana Supreme Court decision, its existence required the approval of six government agencies and all of its owner’s patience.

This is the Humble Drain. It drains north to south, funneling field run-off through the siphon, underneath Mitchell Slough, through the Double Fork Ranch, where manager Lane Hutchings uses it, like generations of farmers before him, to irrigate his crops.

This is Lane Hutchings. Hutchings, a Jackson Hole, Wyo., native, has the firm handshake, the shadow of a handlebar mustache, the quiet demeanor and the contempt for bureaucracy of a man who’s spent the better part of his 35 years wrestling steers and planting fields, which he has. Hutchings drives a flatbed pickup truck. A picture of his wife and young son sits wedged into

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the dashboard. When he pauses along a bumpy road on the Double Fork Ranch, two Australian terriers hop on the bed. Hutchings likes the Bitterroot Valley, he says. As for Jackson Hole, well, let’s just say it’s changed a lot since he lived there. He doesn’t have any desire to return. Hutchings parks his rig at the end of the bumpy road and climbs down.

“And this,” he says, “is the infamous Mitchell Slough.”

He motions to a quiet stream— some still say it’s a ditch. Either way, the body of water is probably 10 feet wide and a couple of feet deep where Hutchings stands. It flows out of the Bitterroot River, through the Tucker head gate south of the ranch, winds through several patches of private property—including property owned by musician Huey Lewis, investor Charles Schwab and businessman Ken Siebel—and then reconnects with the Bitterroot 16 miles to the north.

Hutchings swings past a fence and scrambles up a small hill, which stands in front of the siphon.

Decades ago, a different siphon performed exactly the same function as the new siphon Hutchings just installed. But years of wastewater filled the single pipe with mud and, eventually, in the late ’90s, when the pipe no longer performed, somebody diverted the Humble Drain into the Mitchell Slough upstream. Downstream, past the siphon, that same somebody diverted the Humble water back out of the Mitchell and down, onto the fields of alfalfa and wheat that sweep across the Double Fork.

Hutchings has managed the ranch—owned by Anthony Marnell II, a casino architect—for three years.

He took the job somewhat reluctantly, but now he’s glad he’s here. It’s just too bad that this drain he replaced caused him so much aggravation. It required multiple visits to state agencies, the hiring of an engineering firm and $50,000–$60,000 of the Double Fork’s money just to get it back to the way it was.

In the past, before the Mitchell Slough became a poster child for

Montana water rights, Hutchings says such an installation would have required a backhoe and two days labor.

But now, it lies below a body of water that, despite its simple stature, winds through some of the most complex aspects of Montana water law.

Controversy surrounding that law kindled in 1991 with the arrests of two brothers who went fishing. It came to a head last year in a landmark Montana Supreme Court decision. And so now this simple siphon, directing the Humble Drain, is anything but simple or humble.

Under Montana’s property law, Hutchings has the right to shoo anybody off the Double Fork’s property.

But despite the Double Fork’s ownership of the land, as well as—according to Hutchings—100 percent of the water rights, the ranch does not own the actual body of water. Under Montana’s Stream Access Law, the public may access any perennially flowing stream below the high water mark, including the Mitchell Slough.

by Jesse Froehling, photos by Chad Harder

This sign sits just north of Huey Lewis’ property on a fence spanning the Mitchell Slough. The “No Trespassing” message has been covered with a handwritten note that reads, “BS Public Access!”

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Since the Double Fork owns the water rights to the Mitchell Slough, Hutchings says he can dry up the slough if he sees fit—which he did, for 48 hours, with approval. To install the drain he had to first get the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Ravalli County Floodplain Administration, Army Corps of Engineers, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), state Department of Environmental Quality and Bitterroot Conservation District to approve his project. Hutchings says the conservation district was the easiest to work with, helping him work past stalemates with other state conservation agencies. Those other agencies? FWP didn’t agree with his method of replacing the siphon, but was overruled by the conservation district.

Hutchings employs his most colorful vocabulary to describe the DNRC and the floodplain administration, both of which delayed the project repeatedly.

The method in which these organizations worked with and against each other on Hutchings’ siphon calls into question some of the most basic premises regarding conservation agencies, specifically the Bitterroot Conservation District. The federal government established conservation districts in the 1930s to help protect the land. But as development has swept across the west, the districts have come to protect the landowners as well. The ambiguous guidance allows each district an enormous amount of leeway when weighing the needs of the landowner against the best interests of the land, and sometimes the results are contentious.

With Mitchell Slough, locals believed the controversy ended with last year’s landmark Montana Supreme Court decision. But with the Bitterroot Conservation District still in charge, debate over how to handle the slough continues today.

“Things changed” In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt asked every state to adopt legislation enabling local conservation districts in the hopes of avoiding another Dust Bowl. Two years later, Montana obliged.

Today, 58 conservation districts exist in the state. Each is made up of local volunteers, elected by the rural residents within their district. They’re charged with helping citizens “conserve their soil, water and other natural resources,” according to the Montana Association of Conservation Districts.

In 1941, voters approved a conservation district for the Bitterroot Valley.

The district then adopted a set of rules, with one setting up decades of debate.

The first clause of Rule 2 charges the district with protecting and preserving the natural rivers and streams in Ravalli County “to be available in their natural

or existing state and to prohibit unauthorized projects.”

The second clause complicates things: “Further, it is the policy of this district to recognize the needs of irrigation and agricultural use of the rivers and streams of the state of Montana and to protect the use of water for any useful or beneficial purpose as guaranteed by the constitution of the State of Montana.”

So the district must preserve rivers and streams in their natural state, protect those who use those bodies of water and recognize the needs of

farming practices. When an opening emerged on the district board, Vogt became a supervisor at the behest of friends and family. He’s seen a lot change over his years of service.

“I guess you would say, it’s taken a different turn than what it started out as,” he says. “In the western part of the state here, we’re dealing more with the housing developments and stuff like that, still trying to help protect the land resources. We are more involved…not from an agricultural standpoint, but from development and homeowners and stuff like that.

who’s been sick, felt well enough to travel.

“You up to sitting at a restaurant today and talking to a gentleman?” he asked her before they came. “You’re pain’s under control, isn’t it?” In a nod to his past as a Justice of the Peace, he follows that last statement by saying, “Leading question.”

Nevertheless, Betty agrees to the trip. So after Sperry fixes a salad for his wife and teases the waitress a bit, he pulls off his cap and begins talking.

“They grew up in the valley,” he says of the Rose brothers. “I never had

Double Fork Ranch manager Lane Hutchings says he needed the approval of six different government agencies and spent $60,000 to install a siphon beneath Mitchell Slough. Normally, he says the project would’ve required a backhoe and two days of labor.

those who own the land around the water.

The district’s guidance was further muddied with the creation of the Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975, otherwise known as the 310 law. If a landowner wants to build anything on or near a perennial stream, he or she must get a permit from the local conservation district. This involves an inspection from the districts’ supervisors, as well as personnel from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to ensure the natural integrity of the stream.

Supervisor Steve Vogt joined the Bitterroot Conservation District 35 years ago, way before last year’s Supreme Court decision, before Huey Lewis ever purchased land in the area, even before the 310 law.

Vogt believes in the service of conservation districts. When he’s asked why he got involved, he gives a history lesson of the Dust Bowl, the Roosevelt administration and how local conservation districts were integral in getting people to adopt new, more sustainable

“Most of our work is right now carried out with the 310 law,” he continues. “Things changed over the years. It isn’t illegal to do something, but it’s illegal to do something without a permit. When the 310 passed, I was still very new and green. I’ve learned a lot about water and what it can do and what it can’t do and what it’s done in the past. I’ve changed my attitude a lot.

I came to the board with the idea that if it was on your property, you can take care of it, you can do what you want to.

But you can’t do that. You have to address the problem and make it right for everybody.”

In 1975, the Bitterroot Conservation District began issuing 310 permits for the Mitchell Slough. The district continued this practice until 1991 when Randy and Robert Rose decided to go fishing.

“Go fishing” At the Frontier Café near Stevensville, Ed Sperry sits at a booth next to his wife, Betty. To come here today, he had to make sure that Betty,

anything to do with them before, and all of a sudden they’re in front of me in the court for trespassing, and they said they went fishing in the Mitchell Slough.”

The public has access to any perennially flowing stream in the state, including the Mitchell Slough. The land around it, however, is private. To reach the slough, the Rose brothers had crossed private property, drawing the ire of the landowners.

“They’d been fishing in the Mitchell Slough all their lives,” Sperry continues, “and they’d be damned if they weren’t going to fish in it, and they got arrested for it. They demanded a trial by jury, which was their right. And needless to say, we had a trial by jury.

They weren’t wealthy people and as the discussion went on about a courtappointed attorney, they decided they’d represent themselves. And quite frankly, the county attorney at the time was gleeful. You know, [not having an attorney is] usually a sheep to the slaughter.”

He pauses for dramatic effect: “Well, they won.”

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So Howell waited. In June, he received a let- months earlier, Martz received a letter from Ken The outcome of the case, Sperry says, depended on whether the prosecutor was able to ter from the conservation district’s attorney, Myra Siebel thanking her for setting up meetings with talk Sperry into granting a motion in limine, L. Shults: “To date, no state agency, the Ravalli then-DNRC Director Bud Clinch and then-FWP which would limit any discussion of the brothers’ County Attorney, any private attorney, nor the Director Jeff Hagener to discuss the issue. In addiBitterroot Conservation District has made a deter- tion, Ruffatto said the district relied heavily on right to access the slough.

“Well, I refused the motion and said the jury mination that Mitchell Slough/Ditch is a natural information provided by three consultants hired was going to decide what went on,” he says. perennial-flowing river or stream,” she wrote. by the landowners.

“If Fish, Wildlife and Parks had gotten more “That’s what the hell they have a trial for. And the “Any past 310 permits which have been sought on jury listened to the arguments and Huey Lewis’ that body of water were issued without an analy- involved and submitted more comments,” Ruffato told the Indy in 2003, “it could have gone the manager of the farm there told a sad story about sis of its character.”

Finally, on Jan 16, 2001, a year after Howell’s other way.” how the fish might die and all that. The brothers Mounting legal bills also hampered BRPA. said they’d fished there all their lives. And the jury initial request, the conservation district schedwas out for about a half hour and when they came uled a hearing to determine whether the Mitchell State Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, stepped up to represent the group, but he considered himself Slough was a ditch or a stream. back, in essence they said: Go fishing.” inexperienced with environmental law.

Lewis didn’t appeal the decision. However, “We had a really good case,” says Shockley. according to Michael Howell, head of the “But I knew we were going to lose. It was five Bitterroot River Protection Association (BRPA) ranchers sitting [as conservation district and publisher of the Bitterroot Star, the prosupervisors]. And we did.” plems continued. Four years after the trial in In a way, Shockley understood why the Sperry’s court, in 1995, a man named Brian conservation district ruled against BRPA. Monta asked the Bitterroot Conservation “They’re truly interested in preserving District to grant him a portage route into the the resource, and they’re water users,” he slough. says. “But in the Bitterroot, when these guys “Those were some really rowdy meetings,” are trying to sell out to the likes of [Ken] Howell says. “Huey Lewis was there and some Siebel, money talks and bullshit walks. They other landowners were there. And of course were heavily influenced by the wealthy all the fishermen were there and it was tense. landowners.”

There were loud voices. There were accusaShockley did receive one parting gift after tions. Threats. People from each side claiming the 2003 defeat. A donor who Shockley refustheir lives were being threatened.” es to identify kicked in $10,000, to settle the Monta, who couldn’t be located for this association’s legal bill. Tuholske took up the story, eventually pulled his request and the case again and appealed the ruling. Last year, district never made a decision. However, the Montana Supreme Court finally settled Howell says, harassment along the slough the issue for good, overruling the Bitterroot continued.

Conservation District and determining once “I call it harassment because that’s what it and for all that the Mitchell Slough is a natuwas,” he says. “If a fisherman went on, within ral, perennial flowing stream. minutes, somebody would show up on a fourwheeler and start throwing rocks at them, telling them: ‘Get off the property!’”

In 1999, Jack Pfau, a Stevensville resident hoping to work on the shores of the Mitchell The effort by FWP to join BRPA in the origSlough, sent a letter to the Bitterroot inal case represents one problem with conserConservation District asking for clarification vation districts. According to Montana Code on the status of the Mitchell. If it was a ditch, Annotated 76-15-317, state agencies must Pfau could do whatever he wanted. If it was a cooperate with conservation districts’ supervinatural, perennial flowing stream, he had to When the Bitterroot River Protection Agency chal- sors. That didn’t happen in the 2003 case and, get a 310 permit. So, Pfau asked, which was it, lenged the conservation district over the designa- as current events show, it remains an issue in tion of the Mitchell Slough, state Sen. Jim Shockley a ditch or a stream? the Bitterroot. stepped up to represent the group. “We had a realDespite the fact that the district had issued ly good case,” he says. “But I knew we were going “The Bitterroot is such a difficult one,” 310 permits since 1975, the district shied away to lose.” says Jim Darling, FWP’s fisheries habitat from responsibility: “This determination is the bureau chief. “The projects are so unstable. So Howell called a meeting in his office and that’s one where a lot of discussion takes place.” responsibility of the State Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the State Fish started BRPA. The group hired a noted environWhen an applicant requests a 310 permit, the Wildlife and Parks, and the State Department of mental lawyer, Jack Tuholske, to represent conservation district sets up a review team. them and asked the Ravalli County District Usually, that team consists of somebody from Environmental Quality.”

Then, in what almost seemed like an after- Court to issue a writ of prohibition barring the FWP, somebody from the conservation district thought, the district determined the status of the Bitterroot Conservation District from determin- and the applicant. Generally, everybody agrees, Mitchell Slough: “However, until these ing the status of the Mitchell Slough. They were says FWP’s Chris Clancy. When they don’t, the Departments take on this responsibility, the denied. process turns muddy.

BRPA filed the same motion with the Montana District will not require any 310 permits. This is “Let’s say the Bitterroot Conservation District based on the fact that the head water begins with Supreme Court. On April 4, 2002, the court ruled wants somebody to do something a certain way,” the district could issue 310 permits, but could not Clancy says. “The biologist might say, ‘Well, I disa head gate and being that it is diverted water.”

Howell says he stumbled upon the precedent- declare anything a ditch. The issue was kicked agree with that, but I can live with it.’ When the setting correspondence a few weeks after it back to the Bitterroot Conservation District. permit is issued, you just write, ‘Well, I disagree “Nobody wanted to make a decision on this,” with this part of the project,’ and that’s where it occurred.

“I raised heck,” he says now. “I wrote letters district chair Tom Ruffatto told the Indy at the ends.” saying, you can’t do this. You can’t decide without time. “It’s not like we wanted this thing either. It’s If somebody wants to play hardball, they can even a meeting. That’s what initiated the process one of those streams that nobody knows about. ask that an arbitration panel be set up through It’s such a political thing. We knew we would get the district court. Once in a great while, Clancy that took years to get through.”

In January 2000, Howell wrote to the conser- sued either way we decided.” says, the landowner will request such a hearing.

After years of study, 1,528 pages of evidence vation district asking them to clarify the status of “The Fish, Wildlife and Parks guy and the conthe Mitchell Slough within 10 days. The district and approximately 550 hours of review, the dis- servation guy can say, ‘I don’t like it [either],’” punted. Later that month, the district informed trict made its final decision on October 17, 2003: Clancy adds. “But I’ve never heard of that hapHowell that the district’s attorneys were consider- Mitchell Slough was a ditch. pening. The most common thing is, you work out BRPA claimed the decision was purely politi- some sort of compromise.” ing his questions and thought they deserved “a thoughtful response.” They told Howell that a cal. Then-Gov. Judy Martz forced FWP, which had Darling says the conservation district gets the joined BRPA in the case, to withdraw. Just a few final say. reply wouldn’t be ready for at least a month.

“A difficult one”

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“Our role is just to make recommendations to the [conservation district] supervisors,” he says.

“That’s taken back to the supervisors’ meeting and it’s discussed with the rest of the supervisors.

The biologist is often there, and gives their input.

Then, it’s ultimately up to the supervisors what they recommend...The supervisors’ role, in many cases, they see themselves as a representative of the landowner too, so they’re trying to act as an intermediary of sorts.”

When Hutchings applied for a 310 permit for the Double Fork Ranch’s siphon, disagreement arose between FWP and the conservation district. And although Clancy and Darling say problems are usually worked out on site, some disagreement persisted in this case.

To install the siphon, the Double Fork planned to divert the Mitchell Slough into Brushy Creek, essentially drying up the slough below the

ering their makeup and guidance. The inconsistencies are a concern for conservationists across the West, but something most are resigned to dealing with.

“In Montana, we really believe in local government, and a conservation district is local government at its finest because it’s a local board, with local people, working on a local stream,” says the Clark Fork Coalition’s Brianna Randall, who works with conservation districts often.

She says problems usually arise when a district deals with rapid growth, creating a rift between newcomers and long-time residents, or when a district decision doesn’t jibe with the wishes of non-voting city residents.

“The Bitterroot is a prime example,” she says.

“What county, what conservation district, what watershed in the state has more conflict? I can’t think of a single one.”

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Arts & Entertainment Former Justice of the Peace Ed Sperry heard one of the first court battles over Mitchell Slough. Brothers Randy and Robert Rose were arrested for trespassing when they fished the slough in 1991. “The jury was out for about a half an hour,” Sperry remembers. “And when they came back, in essence, they said: ‘Go fishing.’”

construction site, until groundwater would establish another flow. In a letter to the DNRC, Mack Long, a regional supervisor at FWP, disagreed with the approach.

“During construction of projects such as these, it is routine procedure to pass any stream flows in a stream around the construction site and back into the channel so the stream is not dewatered,” he wrote. “Mr. Clancy requested this at the field review. However, the 310 permit for this construction did not include this stipulation.”

Long also took exception with how the project impacted aquatic life.

An engineer working for the ranch wrote, “There should be no long or short term impacts to the fishery.” Long disagreed.

“We understand that there are a significant number of redds downstream of the construction site as far as Victor Crossing,” Long wrote. “There is potential for loss of some redds and other aquatic life that are not mobile enough to migrate downstream during construction. It would seem prudent to bypass water past the construction site. The amount of water that should remain in Mitchell Slough is the amount that would flow downstream upon project completion.”

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“You try to figure out how to do these projects without hindering the ranchers and farmers, yet protecting the stream banks and the fisheries,” he says. “You’ll have the landowner and the conservation district and the fish and game guy and maybe there’s a consultant or two. And you’re all standing on the bank and kicking rocks and discussing it. You know, some of these places you go, the people have more money than God and others don’t have two nickels to rub together. So you gotta try to be fair and get these projects done the easiest way, yet protect the resources.”

Ruffatto defends the conservation district’s stance, and says its unscientific, everyman approach is necessary to strike a balance.

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have some guy from [a state agency] who’s got the book with all the rules in it and a lot of times, it puts a hardship on the guy who’s got the application in. Everything costs money and you want to try to help out as best you can, but you still have to do it right.”

In the case of the Double Fork’s new siphon, Ruffatto says things were done correctly.

“In their case, they had a consultant,” Ruffatto says, echoing something he said nearly six years ago. “None of us on the board are hydrologists or engineers, so a lot of times, you rely on the consultant. If you have an engineer, and he’s got a degree, who are we to tell him, ‘No, this isn’t good?’”

Hutchings says he completed the project quickly and the stream was dry for less than 48 hours.

“The media paints us as all these rich landowners,” Hutchings says. “But we’ve been stewards of the land.”

When Hutchings arrived here, he says, the Mitchell Slough was little more than a glorified mud puddle in the parts where it wound through the Double Fork Ranch. To see how it’s changed, Hutchings stands on the banks of the stream where it flows by the Double Fork’s front office and points to a stabilized bank, another section where he prevented erosion and, after a few minutes, he points out streaks of gray and red in the shallow water. These fish, Hutchings

says, didn’t live here before he arrived.

Hutching’s house sits on the corner of the ranch, maybe a hundred yards south of the slough. In his front yard, he’s erected a swing set.

Hutchings says he’s all for fishing and public access, but he understands why Huey Lewis strung his fence, why landowners advocate for privacy and

why, perhaps, some waterways deserve to be private.

Duck hunters, as long as they stay off private property, may hunt on any public stream. Technically, a hunter could wade the stream as it winds in front of Hutchings’ house. And although the Double Fork owns the land and the water, a hunter, wading the shallow stream, could blast ducks

a hundred yards away from the swing set, where Hutchings’ kids usually spend long fall afternoons. It makes Hutchings thankful that conservation districts sometimes side with private landowners. Sometimes, he says, that’s what’s best for those who use the land. jfroehling@missoulanews.com

The Mitchell Slough winds through some of the most complex aspects of Montana water law, and Hutchings believes landowners are still unfairly labeled as the bad guys. “The media paints us as all these rich landowners,” he says. “But we’ve been stewards of the land.”

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by Ari LeVaux

Recession gardens spread like weeds The media has been having a field day lately with the idea that gardening can be a hedge against the weak economy.

“As American families try to stretch their food budgets during the recession, some are turning to the backyard, rather than the grocery store…” —CNN “Step one in the battle against soaring food prices: Start your own recession garden.” —Salon I’m a big supporter of backyard gardens for many reasons, but saving money isn’t one of them.

This isn’t to say you can’t save money with a garden. But the reality is, most people don’t have the follow-through required to leverage the initial effort of building their garden into a long-term harvest that justifies the investment in pure financial terms. Plus, most people eat so few vegetables they simply don’t have a big enough veggie budget to make a dent into.

In addition to the cost of seeds and seedlings, there’s the cost of water, irrigation supplies, gardening tools, perhaps fencing materials, and any necessary soil amendments, like compost, manure or peat moss.

So if saving money is your only goal in growing a garden, don’t bother—buy a share in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm instead, and support your local farmers. But if money is only one motivator among several, including desire to participate in the creation story of your food, belief that the world’s freshest vegetables are priceless, and joy at playing in the dirt, breathing fresh air, using your body and watching a backyard edible sculpture evolve all summer long, then you should go for it.

And here’s a rarely discussed bonus: In addition to the minor financial offset gardening can apply to your food bill, the entertainment-budget savings can be significant. By spending your free time in the garden instead of at the movies, the bar, the racetrack, etc., your garden can help you save big.

In many ways gardening is like fishing—you might bring home something to eat, but beyond food-procurement it’s a meditative, stimulating and active way of connecting to your environment. If the grocery money you save by eating a

Ask Ari:

Tomatoes are another potential money saver.

Good tomatoes can cost $2–$4 a pound, while a $2 baby tomato plant can yield 20 pounds over the course of a summer. Zucchinis are probably the biggest producer in terms of yield per investment, while corn, which yields only three ears per plant, doesn’t pay.

Another strategy is to plant what you want to be able to run out to the garden and grab on a whim. It’s nice to have some greens close at hand for a quick salad. And who doesn’t love the taste of a fresh-picked tomato?

Here are three ways to start: 1. Dig out the grass, being careful to remove all the roots and shake off as much dirt as you can back onto the ground.

2. My preferred method of lawn-killing, which recycles the grass back into the soil, is to tarp it (i.e., cover it with a sheet of black plastic weighted along the perimeter with heavy objects. After

six weeks in the sun, the lawn underneath will be dried, dead, decomposed and aerated by a bunch of happy worms. Much less labor-intensive than digging out the grass, tarping is an elegant way to do an otherwise tough job. The resulting ground is rich and fluffy, and turns over easily.

3. Build raised beds atop your lawn. Raised beds tend to be more orderly and neat, and prevent grass from spreading into your garden. But they use more water, and require that you haul in topsoil, manure and/or compost. Don’t build raised beds with pressure-treated wood or railroad ties, both of which are toxic.

If space is limited, or the landlord won’t let you lose the lawn, you can grow food in pots. Tomatoes and peppers are especially good candidates for container gardens, which can come inside for the winter, greatly extending your season.

Carrot, spinach and radish seeds can all be planted as soon as the ground thaws, while corn, peas, beans and potatoes are planted later in the spring. Onions, Brussels sprouts, kale, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and most herbs are best started inside and transplanted outdoors as seedlings.

I recommend buying seedlings, ideally at your local farmers’ market, rather than raising your own from seed. Raising healthy starts is tricky, and if you plant lame seedlings you’re guaranteed a lame garden.

Water is a precious and often expensive commodity that should be respected and conserved. But since water is essential to a healthy garden, strategic irrigation is a must. Soaker hoses are much more efficient than sprinklers; irrigate at night to reduce evaporation.

Weeding is easiest when the weeds are young, and when the ground is moist. An elegant way to fight weeds is to lay mulch, such as straw, between your garden plants to keep the weeds down. Just don’t use hay, which contains seeds.

Maybe it’s laziness, or the intoxication of summer, but too many people can’t seem to muster the follow-through required to finish the job they started in spring. So don’t forget to pounce on those weeds, water those plants and, most importantly, eat those veggies!

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few fish comes close to paying for your gas, you win. If not, you hardly lose.

Now that I’ve crushed any expectation that you’ll garden your way to riches, let me tell you how to prove me wrong.

The most financially savvy way to garden is to grow the foods you normally spend the most money on. Garlic, in my case, makes sense. I eat tons of it, and can grow a year’s worth in an 8-by50-foot patch. Garlic is planted in fall and comes up in spring, making you feel like a rock star when everyone else’s gardens are mere dirt patches.

Organics. I figured he’d know a thing or two about good, clean dirt. Slotnick recommends Knife River—formerly known as JTL—for topsoil. He says it’s screened, clean and would be good for raised beds providing you mix with a good source of organic material, like compost or manure.

I called Knife River to confirm, and was told that most of the topsoil in its pit comes from old hay fields that are being replaced by subdivisions.

I was told that while they don’t test for contamination, if they have any reason to believe it might be dirty dirt—if it came from an industrial site, for example—they’ll treat it with special care and

don’t put it in the pit. The topsoil costs $11 a ton if you come get it (plus a $15 loading fee if you get less than three tons), and $15.30 a ton delivered—plus $50 if you buy less than 15 tons.

As for organic material, The Missoula Urban Demonstration Project sells llama manure, and there are often ads in the local classified sections for free horse manure if you shovel your own.

Just make sure, if using compost and manure, that it is well composted, and not hot and slimy.

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Arts & Entertainment listings April 30–May 7, 2009

All genres are encouraged—excepting, perhaps, death metal—every Thu. at 5:30 PM at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 1/2 South Ave. W., where musicians bring their noise makers and synergy builds a joyful sound during the Tangled Tones Pickin’ Circle. Free. Call 396-3352.

Don’t make him turn your cell phone off permanently: John Floridis plays Hamilton’s Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Even those without a bun in the oven will benefit when the Happy Mama Prenatal Center, 736 S. First St. W., presents a lowimpact Community Yoga Class every Thu. at 4:15 PM. $5 suggested donation.

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Michael Byrne, Ph.D., presents the lecture “Mental Models and Social Entrepreneurship” at 6 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Galalgher Business Building, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. Call 243-6723.

Be the blender for a fruit smoothie of movement traditions every Thu. at 5 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, where Shake, Rattle and Pose: Yoga Dance Fusion carries you through the motions and delivers you at Oneness’ door. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

The valley’s haven for year-round thrashers, Fiftytwo Skatepark, on El Way past the Missoula Airport, hosts Girls’ Skate Club Night every Thu. at 6 PM, which means girls skate for free. Guys are welcome, but should plan on parting with a few bucks.

Call 542-6383.

Put your wee beastie’s flailing to good use when you sign them up for the ongoing Y Music Dance Therapy Group for kids aged 6–9, which teaches ways to use your body to manage big feelings, soothe tattered nerves and develop social skills, and meets every Thu. at 5 PM at the YMCA, 3000 S. Russell St. $16 per session/four session minimum. Call 721-YMCA or visit ymcamissoula.org.

After the revolution, we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., where their Sewing Lounge begins at 6 PM. $9–10/hour. Call 541-7171.

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Professional clown and actress Jonna Tomases brings humor to her real-life bouts with cancer in the film Jonna’s Body, Please Hold, which screens at 6:30 at the Missoula Public Library. Free.

The UM Peace and Justice Film Series continues at 5:30 and 7:30 PM in the UM University Center Theater, where screenings of Iron Jawed Angels, which takes us behind the scenes with American suffragist legends Hillary Swank and Angelica Huston, are followed by group discussions. Free, donations appreciated. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

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Explore the benefits of signing yourself up for some massive debt when a First Time Homebuyer Class explains everything in plain English at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free.

end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 1, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Comrade Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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Sometimes I forget to take Grandad out of the shirt before I hang it up. Tim Nielson’s “Sir Walter Hook” is among the works displayed at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., at 6 PM on Fri., May 1, as part of the auction and exhibit Color Missoula. Free. Call 541-7240.

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L’Alliance Francaise de Missoula hopes you’ll head up to the Ten Spoon Winery at 6:30 PM, as they present an authentic French Cabaret featuring Louis Giroux, Edith Piaf, Georges Brassens, Serges Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel, Boris Vian and many others whose names I’d butcher if this were a podcast. $20 includes one glass of wine/$15 members/$10 students.

If you love conservative comedy and God, prepare to shoot holy water out of your nose as Jeff Alan, Brad Stine, Anthony Griffith and Ron Pearson present The Apostles of Comedy at 7 PM at the Christian Life Center, 3801 S. Russell St. $16/$14 advance/$25 couples. Call (800) 325-SEAT. Lifelong woods worker Craig Thomas reads from and signs his book of ruminations, Regurgitations of a Montana Woodsman, at 7 PM at Hamilton’s Chapter One Book Store, 252 Main St. Free. Call 363-5220.

Scream back at the void, but use your inside voice as the Missoula Public Library offers a 7 PM episode of that philosophical rock block known as Socrates Cafe. Free. Call 721-2665.

Students from the spring semester class vocalize their scribbled when the Creative Writing Project infuses Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Free.

The UM Creative Writing Program presents a set of MFA Thesis Readings by fiction writers Aaron Shulman and Caren Beilin at 7 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. Free. Call 243-5267.

Come to The Cottage Inn in Kila for a 7 PM Irish jam session and stay for the weekly cribbage tournament at the world famous home of “Turbo Crib.” Free. Call 755-4572.

If your normal swing spot’s become jampacked with losers, head to the Eagle’s Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., where swing lessons begin every Thu. at 7 PM and the dance party gets going in earnest at 8. $5.

Feeling too straight and separate? Remedy that situation pronto at Gay Men Together, a safe and affirming place for gay and bisexual men, at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224.

Swallow your pride, grab up to seven doublespaced pages of your best verbiage, and bring it to this week’s Authors of the Flathead meeting for constructive critique at 7 PM in Room 151 of the Science and Technology Building on the Flathead Valley Community College campus. Free. Call 881-4066.

Witness the pinnacle of animal husbandry as the “world famous” Lipizzaner Stallions strut their massive meat all over Kalispell’s Majestic Valley Arena at 7:30 PM. $20.50–26.50. Call 755-5366 or visit majesticvalleyarena.com.

Bring your axe—or banjer for you backwoods types—and reminisce about music’s good ol’ days at the weekly Old Timey Music Sessions at Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 726-3765 or 880-6834.

The real hip hop is over here: The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., gives you something to pop and lock about every Tue. at 8 PM during Hip Hop Class. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

The UM Department of Drama/Dance takes us back to ancient Greece to witness emotional turmoil and “unspeakable acts” at

7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12 students and seniors/$8 under 13. Call 243-4051.

people who ride them, in addition to live music, prizes, group rides and more. Free.

Call 721-9666.

You’ll finally understand the IT department’s incessant gigglings about herring and shrubberies once you attend Hellgate High School’s production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 7:30 PM. $5. Call 214-6663.

Comprehension’s really pretty subjective: Enjoy tales in two languages when the Missoula Public Library presents Bilingual Story Time at 10:30 AM. Free.

Bring your instruments of entertainment, but leave the drum kits at home, as Polson’s East Shore Smoke House, half a mile north of the Finley Point turnoff on Highway 35, hosts a weekly “semi-unplugged” Blues Jam from 8–11 PM. Free. Call 887-2096.

The music’s probably punk, but who am I to pigeonhole? Train Song, Hangover Saints, Come Up Swingin and Arrested Adolesence play Feruqi’s at 8:30 PM. $5.

Bowling and karaoke go together like Yanni and yonis during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Grab a sheet of refrigerator cardboard and show off your breakinest moves—or simply watch our local pool of b-boys and b-girls— when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., hosts the dance jam Top Rock Thursdays every Thu. at 8:30 PM. $2. Call 541-7240.

Join the ranks of the Missoula Metal Militia, led by Lazerwolfs—who perform a final rendition of Judas Priest’s British Steel— and share the stage with Thetan Revival and Bloody Blood Orgy at the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. $3.

Hopefully you can bring a little life to the venue when The Other Side presents Floater, with local support by Dead Me Downs, at 9 PM. $13/$10 advance.

The heavens open, the price of well drinks plummets and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, krunk, pop and more at 9 PM. $2.

Join Sandy Bradford and Mark Souhrada when they host the jam at Los Caporales in Columbia Falls at 9 PM. Call 892-5025.

Landslide hosts open mic night at the Bandit Saloon in Columbia Falls every Thu. and Tue. night, starting at 9 PM. Free.

Bassackwards Karaoke turns your world underside-up every Thu. at 9 PM at Deano’s Casino on Airway Boulevard. Free.

Call 531-8327.

Never let NASA name your band: Jazzy trio the Discount Quartet gives you something to drink about at 9:30 PM at Sean Kelly’s.

Cover TBA. Call 542-1471.

The field continues to narrow during the third round of a Singer/Songwriter Showcase at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

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Scooterville Montana, 138 W. Broadway, hosts the Big Sky ScootFest and SwapMeet 2009, where you can buy, sell and trade scooters and scooter schwag starting at 9 AM. Come see scooters and the

If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK. The Ravalli County Museum proudly opens the new exhibit From Wilderness to Rails: Montana Looks Back at the Northern Pacific Railroad at 11 AM. Admission TBA. Call 363-3338.

Capitalism’s not working—ask anybody who works for a living—so take the reins during a bright and festive May Day Celebration, which begins at 2 PM at the UM Oval with theatre, song and protest and includes a march to downtown Missoula, in which the mob secures a bailout for the people. Free.

Call 459-7585. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Every weekday, kids aged 6–13 flock to the ZACC, 235 N. First St., where the Young Artists Afterschool Program provides experiences with ceramics, painting, construction, wire, robots and more. $12 per day. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.com If art loses hands-down to video games, then the Missoula Public Library’s your gig, where Game On! invites teen gamers to play on the big screen and mow snacks at 3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. The Great Bear Foundation’s 10th annual Bear Honoring—which runs through Sun., May 3, at a variety of locations throughout western Montana—begins at 4 PM at the Greenough Park Pavilion, where a Bear Food Buffet sets your lips to smackin’. $15.

Call 829-9378.

If high school English class isn’t exactly nurturing your inner poet, bring all that angsty verbiage to the Missoula Public Library every Fri. when the Teen Writing Group meets at 4:30 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Author Lisa Swallow signs her book, Green Business Practices for Dummies, at 5 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free.

Looking for a varied buzz? Try a weekly wine tasting at the Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St., where the sweet juice of divinity begins flowing at 5 PM every Fri. $10.

As a fundraiser for the Montana Cancer Center Compassion Fund, sculptor Arthur Norby splits the proceeds from sales of casts of his new sculpture, “Renewal,” during an exhibition opening at 5 PM at the Murphy Jubb Gallery, 210 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 300. Free. Call 728-7050.

The unadulterated styles of the students of Sunflower Montessori are featured when the Children’s Museum of Missoula hosts a First Friday opening at 5 PM. Free.

Images from the Baking Life Project, in which photographer Scott Hevener captures bakers doing what they do best, grace the walls of Bernice’s Bakery from 5–8 PM. Free, as are the cupcakes, of which there are no fewer than 16 varieties.

Two distinct artists ruminate on three sources of influence when Lisa Jarrett and

Rebecca Weed present the exhibit Time, Memory and Fear: Recent Works on Paper at 5 PM at The Catalyst, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 207-1210.

Acrylic paintings from Portland, Ore., artist Kevin Sweet ease the beer, wine and cookies down your gullet at Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave., beginning at 5 PM. Free.

Sculptural wood elements, rusted metal and reclaimed timbers artfully combine at an exhibit opening featuring the work of Kevin DePuy, which begins at 5 PM at Abode Sustainable Building Supply and Design, 215 E. Main St. Free. Call 541-6110.

Art embeds with politics at the opening of an exhibit of Kim Anderson’s acrylic, watercolor and charcoal works, Color and Sketch, at 5 PM at the Engen for Mayor Campaign Office, 137 E. Main St. Free.

In connection with the Montana Wilderness Association conference, La Parrilla, 130 W. Broadway, presents an opening of the photography exhibit Fine Art Photographic Prints, Landscapes and Birds by Jay Cross and Eugene Beckes at 5 PM. Free.

Guest facilitator Z’eva Singer presides over the opening of the exhibit The Fabric of Our Lives, a collection of handmade and ecofriendly fabrics, stationery, carvings, jewelry and knitted clothing, at 5 PM at Mariposa Studio, 438 E. Broadway. Free.

As it’s wildlife month here in Missoula, Big Sky Embroidery, 610 S. Higgins Ave., presents the polar bear photographs of Alan Graham McQuillan alongside the wildlife watercolors of Matt O’Connor from 5–8 PM. Free.

This month, the Missoula Art Museum offers a First Friday party comprising the exotic tunes of Manik Harum Gamelan, a 7 PM gallery talk by Steve Glueckert regarding Mary Ann Papanek-Miller’s A Snowman Cares for our Memory of Water as well all the normal noshing and glugging. Free. Call 728-0447.

The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., dedicates their space and your attention to our own homegrown crop of over 80 artists featured in the exhibit Celebration of Missoula Artists, which opens at 5 PM. Free. Call 7213154. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Mustn’t forget the mid-range: Beginner Belly Dance for Third–Fifth Grade meets every Fri. at 5:15 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., Ste. B. $7. Call 207-8302.

Computer Central, 136 E. Broadway, presents Tribute to Film, a collection of new photographs by Jackson Goodell that depicts “photography as it was before the age of digital” at 5:30 PM. Free.

Glass artisan Christopher McElroy presides over the opening of his exhibit Vision>Place at 5:30 PM at the Clay Studio, 1106-A Hawthorne St. Free. Call 543-0509.

(See Scope in this issue.)

nightlife If you’ve got the blues, you’ll be in good company during the Flathead Democratic Party Spring Dinner, which begins at 6 PM at Whitefish’s Grouse Mountain Lodge, features auctions, a raffle, special guest speaker and Montana Democratic Chair Dennis McDonald and music by Andre Floyd. $38. Call 250-9809 or 752-0298.

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May 2nd The 1st Clark Fork River Market 8-1 pm Uncle Bill is READY with all your favorites!

The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., hosts two 6 PM First Friday events: Downstairs, the exhibit Color Missoula includes a silent auction for work by Clay Mahn, Stanley Hughes, Tim Nielson, Nany Zadra, Sally Friou and others, as well as music from Hayden Messerman.

Up in The Loft, The Art of Movement spotlights local high schoolers’ static interpretations of movement, with Hellgate students doing some actual moving as well. Both are free. Call 541-7240.

The Badlander aligns itself with the world’s four-wheeled criminals as they host the fourth annual On Deck Art Show at 6 PM, so getcher gussied up board therein. Or at least bid on one. Visit missoulaskatepark.org.

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Original illustrations, sculptures and worksin-progress by Jess Abell are yours for the viewing from 6–8 PM at Red Light Studios, 204 E. Spruce St., Apt. 3. Free.

Call 546-3913.

Local silversmiths Joel Syster and Jason Ritthaler flash their blingy wares as the Cosmic Diva keeps everyone feeling mellow when Authentic Creations, 113 W. Main St., hosts a First Friday reception from 6–9 PM. Free. Call 543-8822.

Respond to the global economic meltdown as one big happy extended family when you put your head together with others during a meeting of The Great Turning, which begins at 7 PM at Hamilton’s First Christian Church, 328 Fairgrounds Road. Free. Call 363-3076 or visit thegreatturning.net.

Arlee’s Ewam Montana present the all-levels three-day workshop Tibetan Buddhist Practice: Calm Abiding (Shinay) and Tonglen Meditation, which begins at 7 PM and continues through Sun., May 3, at 5 PM. $15 per session/$70 for the weekend.

Call 726-0217 or visit ewam.org.

A living enigma, “Paul Mark Lynn Lars” offers an evening of acoustic originals at the Hangin Art Gallery and Coffee House in Arlee at 7 PM. Call 726-5005.

The Elenita Brown Dancers present Spring Fling, a dance program consisting of a variety of styles from Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley, at 7 PM at Stevensville’s Senior Citizen Center, 100 Mission St. Free. Call 777-3546.

Hot Hollywood action comes at you in a budget sort of manner when the UM University Center Theater screens Revolutionary Road and The International at 7 and 9:30 PM, respectively. $4/$2 with Griz card/Double feature: $6/$3 with Griz Card.

If loud and aggressive bluegrass and Americana causes your grapes to bruise, relax in the knowledge that the Wartime Blues have a quieter set on tap at 7:30 PM at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier. $5.

The UM Music Department presents a student recital featuring tenor Luke Schellhardt at 7:30 PM in the Music Recital Hall. Free. Call 243-6880.

The UM Creative Writing Program presents a set of MFA Thesis Readings by poets Kathryn Puerini and Ed McFadden at 7:30 PM at the Brunswick Building, 223 W. Railroad St. Free. Call 243-5267.

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7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12 students and seniors/$8 under 13. Call 243-4051.

The inexplicably-named musical Annie Jr. features a cast of over 40 kids when the curtain raises at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center. $14/$10 students and seniors. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

You’ll finally understand the IT department’s incessant gigglings about herring and shrubberies once you attend Hellgate High School’s production of Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 7:30 PM. $5. Call 214-6663.

Shed a tear and clap a final farewell to Ryan Bundy, who plays an unofficial going-away show at 8 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., where he’s joined by David Boone. $12/$10 advance at Rockin’ Rudy’s.

Live music of an unspecified nature shakes things up at 8 PM at The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, which should add some spice to the Walleye Fish Fry as well. Visit sleepeatdrink.com.

Fashion your cocktail umbrella into a shiv when the Lifers play the Missoula Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free.

Call 207-0498.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 8 PM. $20.

Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

Your top choice for hippie-tonk jam band of the night is the Canyon Creek Ramblers, who play Whitefish’s Craggy Range Bar at 9 PM. Free.

Keep the kids skating through life at a Missoula Skatepark Association benefit show at the Badlander, where Out The Lights, Disaster Race, Tonsofun and TSMF rock at 9 PM. Free.

If you’ve never seen an alien perform live, your chance comes at 9 PM, when superterrestrial drummer and producer KJ Sawka unleashes live drums ‘n’ bass on the Palace Lounge, with assistance from DJ Kris Moon and the E-Team and an afterhours electro house session by DJ Fleege. $7.

The midnight rope bondage demonstration’s not the only reason to attend Club DarQ, which begins at 9 PM at Club Q at the Elk’s Lodge: DJs NERO, ir8prim8 and Tobin display skills mad enough to help you shake that unbound booty all night long. $5.

The Frenchtown Club treats their guests right with the smooth sounds of Coupe de Ville at 9 PM. Free. Call 626-5720.

Revive the human spirit through song and dance, or at least trip out for a while, when The Other Side presents Colorado’s finest, The Elephant Revival, at 9 PM. Cover TBA. It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sexy at East Missoula’s Reno Casino and Cafe’s karaoke night, brought to you by Karaoke by Figmo, every Fri. and Sat. night at 9 PM. Free.

Be thankful that 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.

Release your inner Kool Moe Dee when Larry’s Six Mile Casino and Cafe in Huson presents an evening with Grayhound Karaoke at 9 PM. Free. Call 546-8978.

Investigate the inevitability of genetics as Florence’s High Spirits presents Son of a Gun at 9 PM. Free.

The wise will find a good sturdy doorway under which to seek shelter when Landslide plays Sean Kelly’s at 9:30 PM. Wait, no, that’s earthquakes. Cover TBA. Call 542-1471.

Russ Nasset and the Revelators shine the light of truth on your high-steppin’ footwork at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

The Great Bear Foundation’s 10th annual Bear Honoring continues with a 9 AM meet-up at the Great Bear Foundation, 802 E. Front St., for a day-long field trip. Events include a cultural/art tour at Salish Kootenai College, a Bear Dance and Pow Wow at Kicking Horse Job Corps, some actual bear watching and an evening return to Missoula. $15. Call 829-9378.

You are invited to bring your family’s brain injury survivors and others to the Puzzle Club Support Group every Sat. at 9 AM at Jokers Wild, 4829 N. Reserve St. Free. Call 728-9117.

Enjoy a weekly dose of playful, happy and fantastic cardiovascular exercise when you bring yourself to the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., for Saturday

Morning Nia every Sat. at 9 AM. $10. Call 360-8763 or 541-7240.

urdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample.

If you’re south of Missoula, your weekly dose of freshness awaits at the Hamilton Farmers Market, which opens at 9 AM every Sat. through Oct. 3 on Bedford Street near the Ravalli County Museum. Free. Call 961-0004.

To keep overhead low and encourage interactions and friendships, the Missoula Community Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. on the westside, is open only to members EXCEPT from 10 AM–3 PM on the first Sat. of every month, when Public Shop offers you a chance to stock up on fresh and local food, taste samples and learn more about how easy-and affordable-it is to become a member. Free. Call 728-2369.

Your heart, the planet and your farmerneighbors give thanks every Sat. from 8 AMnoon as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. And if it’s non-edibles you’re after, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasat-

If it’s got to do with pets—think neutering, tagging, rescuing, adopting, micro-chipping— it’s happening during 4-R Pets Day, which takes place from 10 AM–2 PM at the Hamilton Senior Center, 820 N. Fourth St. Free. Call 642-3785 or visit mtcan.org.

Vince Herman’s Great American Taxi keeps the meter running at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA. He sings, he stomps, he hollers and grins: Uncle “Nordy” Nordell—formerly of Pay No Toll Doug—does what he does better than you at 10 PM at the Old Post Pub. Free.

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.

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The 2009 gathering of the Montana Wilderness Association begins in earnest with registration at 8 AM at the Doubletree Hotel, where a full day of seminars, discussions, raffles and eating ensue. $20–50. Visit wildmontana.org.

The Five Valleys Audubon Society offers up a field trip to see the waterfowl, raptors and other early migrants at Browns Lake with guide Jim Brown—no relation—for which you’re to bring a lunch and binocs and meet at 8 AM at the UM Adams Center parking lot.

Free. Call 549-5632 or 549-8052.

Experience all the wispiness you can stand— we’re talking crystal ball readings, angel channeling, fairies and gnomes—when MT Metapaloooza blows into the Broadway Inn from 9 AM–5 PM. $5. And don’t miss the 7 PM Alaskan Express, a gallery style reading that only runs $50. Visit mtmetapalooza.webs.com or call 465-2837.

SPOTLIGHT visual disparity Normally, a city’s slums are avoided by guests and visitors.

And in our case, that’s still true. I mean, when was the last time you took your visiting relatives on a tour of Missoula’s less-privileged neighborhoods?

Anyway, that’s not the point, as this week’s pop-up village on the Northside could be considered more of an art installation than housing. And yet there is still a powerful political message being conveyed, despite its considerate coating in the trappings of art and frivolity.

On the day after May Day, the annual celebration of workers’ rights and examination of economic and political reality, this instant subdivision serves as a reminder of all the troubling statistics you know but try to ignore, like the billions who live on less than one dollar a day, and so on.

But, hey, this is a party, right? Expect to stroll down a street lined with every imaginable dwelling—from paper maché palaces to mobile speakeasies to one home supposedly shaped like a whale—and engage with the lane’s temporary population.

Photo by Chad Harder

WHAT: Shantytown

“Never fear—it’ll be done by Saturday.” Shantytown resident Nick Stocks undertakes a remodel.

WHEN: Sat., May 2, 5 PM WHERE: N. First Street, between the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W., and the pedestrian bridge HOW MUCH: Free

Bring your guitar or mouth harp, tote along a jug of whatever’s your fancy and join the rest of Shantytown’s denizens in the comfort of grumbling and growing discontent at society’s dilettantes, who feast and enjoy a play in the vicinity. One can only wonder whether tensions will inevitably boil over…

MORE INFO: zootownarts.com

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All weekend long, the Missoula Art Museum offers activities in conjunction with that “Meet Me in Missoula” thing we’ve all been hearing so much about: From tours to scavenger hunts, face painting to flute trios, there’s something for everyone. Free. Call 728-0447.

Thanks to their amazing stomachs, llamas produce a poo that’s ready to lay right on your turf. Stock up on the stuff during MUD’s Llama Manure Sale, which begins at 10 AM at the PEAS Farm and doesn’t stop until the last pellet’s been purchased. $12–20 wheelbarrow/$85 small pick-up/$150 large pick-up.

Call 721-7513.

Adult Beginner Bellydance/ World Fusion meets every Sat. at 10 AM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., where no prior dance experience is necessary. $7. Call 531-3000.

Ponder all aspects of childbirth and recovery when Hamilton’s Simple Yoga, 220 Main St., hosts the allday Community Celebration of Wellness from 10:30 AM–3 PM. Free. Call 642-6527.

The Creativity For Life Workshop Series for people facing illness and loss continues with Odette Grassi’s class May Flowers at 10:30 AM. Free, donations appreciated. Call 549-5329 for directions.

Library presents Bilingual Story Time at 11 AM. Free.

Alison Laundrie gets you in shape and provides a few moments away from your spawn every Sat. at 11 AM during a Pilates class at Sunflower Montessori School, 1703 S. Fifth St. W. $10 includes childcare. RSVP 214-7247.

Sylvia Robert’s your host for a series of Kundalini Yoga classes, which meet at 10:30 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., every Sat. through May 23. $80 for eight classes/$60 for six classes/$12 drop-in. Call 541-7240.

Once you’re done getting your healthy greens and such, waddle over to Caras Park, where from noon–8 PM you can get your drink on at Garden City Brewfest, where over 50 beers, 10 billion wines and a trillion different kinds of food await. Free admission/$7 for a piddly little 7-ounce glass and two beers/$1 each thereafter. Call 543-4328.

Comprehension’s really pretty subjective: Enjoy tales in two languages when the Missoula Public

Add your mark to a huge group art piece when a “Hands On” Sewing Circle, which runs from

BERNICE’S BAKERY 190 South 3rd West, 728-1358 Bernice’s Bakery will be hosting an Artist’s Reception and Book Release Party for Photographer Scott Hevener, on Friday May 1, from 5-8PM. Scott will be showing portraits from his Baking Life Project. Bernice’s will be giving away 16 varieties of FREE cupcakes during the reception to help kick off “Cupcake May-nia”.

BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Join us for our May First Friday celebration as we welcome a talented young artist from Portland as he makes his way to Missoula with new, unique acrylic paintings. Kevin Sweet delivers styles that are sure to impress. Opening reception from 5-8pm. Beer, wine, cookies...

BLACKBIRD KID SHOP 525 S. Higgins, 543-2899 Come join us for our May First Friday event. Don't miss the chance to view some beautiful photographs by Hellgate senior Erik Ellingson, before he heads off to college to further pursue his photography career. This exhibit is part of Erik's senior project and includes some incredible shots that he took last year on a trip to Africa. Free wine, snacks, and FUN. 5-8pm.

CATALYST 111 N. Higgins, 542-1337 Visit us after First Friday's Art Walk. Enjoy local art and our 100% seasonal and local Dinner Menu at our monthly First Friday event. Dinner served 7 PM to 10 PM. THE GREEN LIGHT 128 Alder, 541-8623 Season Cole (new mom to Harvey David) has been drawing all her life and is currently in love with oil pastels and markers. Her current collection consists of big-breasted women - portraits of her friends and enemies. See Season's work this 1st Friday at The Green Light.

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The UM Women’s Center presents “Sexual Symposium: Perspectives on Pleasure and Procreation,” a panel of local activists who discuss current societal opinions about sex and explore how said opinions influence everything from our work to the media, at 1 PM in the UM University Center Theater. Free.

Break into that spring feeling with a few laps around yon festive pole—

LIVING ART- THE LIGHT SHOW - 5/9 @ HILTON GARDEN INN Preview the art for Living Art's 5th annual fundraiser, The Light Show, this Friday, May 1, from 5-8 pm at the Warehouse Mall, 725 Alder, Suite 17. Join us for The Light Show event, May 9 at the Hilton Garden Inn. Tickets include dinner and auction of unique pieces created by local artists using lamps and mirrors. For more info or tickets, visit livingartofmontana.org.

MISS ZULA’S 111 N. Higgins, 541-7376 Miss Zula's and Marc Moss are proud to announce a Marc Moss retrospective this First Friday, May 1st, 2009. Reception 5PM – 8PM. Abstract paintings, collage, assemblage and photography, all affordably priced at recession special prices. Just in time for Mother's Day and Graduation. Looking forward to seeing you there.

MONTE DOLACK GALLERY 139 W. Front St., 549-3248 Paintings from France: Experience the ancient villages, cafes, and landscapes of Provence, the Dordogne and Burgundy with an exhibition of new paintings from Monte Dolack and Mary Beth Percival's recent October travels in France. Join us at the Monte Dolack Gallery on Missoula’s First Friday Gallery Night, May 1st from 5-8pm for a reception to celebrate art and France. www.dolack.com. Open Weekdays 10-5:30 and Sat 11-5.

Abstract paintings, collage, assemblage and photography,

111 North Higgins Missoula , MT 59802

Attain that degree of calm that comes when you part with $37 as the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., presents the playful seminar Peace Within the Daily Grind at 1 PM. $37. Call 543-3955.

HEALTHY HUMMINGBIRD MASSAGE & ARTS CENTER 725 Alder, Suite 27, 207-6269 Friday May 1st Art Walk featuring several local artists, with live acoustic music provided by 10MT40's, free chair massages, and food & drink. Healthy Hummingbird is an authorized dealer of unique and one-of-a-kind American Indian Art and Jewelry. Good food, great company, and a free great time! For more info call: 207-6269 www.healthyhummingbird.com.

Miss Zula's is proud to announce a Marc Moss retrospective.

First Friday, May 1, 2009. 5PM – 8PM.

all affordably priced at recession special prices. Just in time for Mother's Day and Graduation. Looking forward to seeing you there.

12:30–2:30 PM at the Missoula Art Museum, invites you to stitch a bit of hand-shaped wool onto Marie Watt’s exhibition Heirloom.

Free. Call 721-0447.

111 North Higgins 542-1337

First Friday Dinner Served 7 to 10 PM

just keep your clothes on, as it’s a family affair—when the MoonRandolph Homestead hosts the Maypole Frolic and Potluck from 1–5 PM, where the dancing, eating, crafts and games lead into that late-night bonfire we all love. $4/$10 per family/$1 off for cyclists.

The two-day contest of strength, teamwork and rock-hard livers known as Maggotfest pits rugby teams from all over against each other for your amusement at the Fort Missoula rugby fields. In my opinion, the best people watching takes place downtown at night.

Free.

Witness the pinnacle of animal husbandry as the “world famous” Lipizzaner Stallions strut massive meat all over UM’s Adams Center at 2 PM. $19–26. Call 2434051 or visit griztix.com.

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Chair Massages, Beverages, Food, Live Music, & Art! 5pm-9pm

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Jeez, volunteer coordinators are really getting desperate these days. From left, Jeff Medley, Nick Sundberg and Kalyn Campbell tell the musical tale of a street urchin gone wild as the MCT Community Theatre’s production of Oliver! begins at 8 PM on Fri., May 1. $20. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 2 PM. $15. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

The inexplicably named musical Annie Jr. features a cast of over 40 kids when the curtain rises at 2 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy C e n t e r. $ 12 / $ 8 s t u d e n t s a n d seniors. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can join facilitator Chris Poloynis every Sat. at 3 PM, when Spartans Honour, an outdoor PTSD support group, meets at Greenough Park’s southernmost footbridge. Free. Call 327-7834.

Jump onto the hempwagon with 262 other cities across the planet during the Global Million Marijuana March, which heads west from Jacob’s Island at 4:20 PM along the river before arriving at the courthouse for speeches and drumming. Free.

Call 493-0425.

Spend an evening reveling in a tour of homes, so to speak, as Shantytown takes over North First Street between the Stensrud Building and the ZACC at around 5ish or so. There’s no telling what to expect, so come early and bring along your own shanty, a song to share, a yarn to spin around the jungle fire, or just some plain old what-have-you. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

I was unaware there was one: The UM College of Technology presents their annual capstone dinner, The Elegant Side of Montana, at 5:30 PM with live music, an auction and all the trimmings. $80.

Call 243-7870.

Satisfy that thirst for something beyond ordinary wine at the

Hidden Legend Winery, at Sheafman corner and Highway 93 S., where the honey wine flows and the local music rolls every Sat. at 5:30 PM. Free.

Call 363-6323.

nightlife The Badlander keeps things nonageist at 6 PM, when an all-ages show with Sub Pop’s Sera Cahoone and Betsy Olson will have Grams doing headspins on the sofa. $7.

He lives to tonk: Bob Wire plays Hamilton’s Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Your food dollar blends with your art dollar at the ZACC and Lost Dog Productions Fundraising Dinner Theatre Event, which features 6:30 and 8 PM seatings for

the performance and delicious local meal as well as the chance to interact with the Shantytown spectacle just outside. $50. Call 5497555 or visit zootownarts.com.

Raise a glass while you raise funds for Community Restorative Justice at 7 PM at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, where The Grape Escape features catering

by The Silk Road, an auction and music by Tia Troy. $40. RSVP 541-2756.

The UM Creative Writing Program presents a set of MFA Thesis Readings by poet Lindsay Bland and fiction writers Lauren Hamlin and Kate Ristow at 7 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 243-5267.

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Road and The International at 7 and 9:30 PM, respectively. $4/$2 with Griz card/Double feature: $6/$3 with Griz Card.

Witness the pinnacle of animal husbandry as the “world famous” Lipizzaner Stallions strut massive meat all over UM’s Adams Center at 7:30 PM. $19–26. Call 243-4051 or visit griztix.com.

The UM Music Department presents a student recital featuring soprano Sarah Wade at 7:30 PM in the Music Recital Hall. Free. Call 243-6880.

The Missoula Folklore Society throws a Contra Dance in the Union Hall, with lessons beginning at 7:30 PM and the booty-shakin’ getting underway at 8 PM, with music from the Sleeping Child Band and calling by Morna Leonard. $8/$6 members. Call 543-6508.

The UM Department of Drama/ Dance takes us back to ancient Greece to witness emotional turmoil and “unspeakable acts” at 7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12 students and seniors/$8 under 13.

Call 243-4051.

The inexplicably named musical Annie Jr. features a cast of over 40 kids when the curtain raises at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center. $14/$10 students and seniors. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

Re-enact Mexican peasants’ ingenious use of a stampeding herd of cattle during the 1862 Battle of Puebla during a special Cinco de Mayo edition of Hot Salsa Nights, which begins at 8 PM with free dance lessons at The Other Side. $5, 18 and older, por favor.

Missoula fave Jenn Adams provides an evening of acoustic blues and jazz as she’s accompanied by Lawrence Duncan at 8 PM at the

Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $13/$12 advance. Call 541-7240.

Fashion your cocktail umbrella into a shiv when the Lifers play the Missoula Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Call 207-0498.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 8 PM. $20. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

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. You’re almost through that whole school thing, so why not blow all that hard work with a night out on the town? The Badlander’s your sponsor with a slick 9 PM show featuring Ghost, H is for Hellgate and Rooster Sauce, who celebrate the release of their hot new album. $8.

Doll yourself up just right for the ISCSM Turnabout Drag Show, which begins at 9 PM at the Palace Lounge, and features your host, DJ Andy Smith. $5.

The Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., aims to introduce you to your upstairs neighbors with the 9 PM program Evening Stargazing for Beginners, which features superstars from the Western Montana Astronomical Association. $8/$5 members. RSVP 327-0405.

The Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., lets the karaoke genie out of the bottle at 9 PM. Turn south after taking exit 89 from I-90. Free. Call 370-3200.

Feel free to perform during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW. Free.

If you get nervous in front of crowds, just imagine they’re all naked at East Missoula’s Reno Casino and Cafe’s karaoke night, brought to you by Karaoke by Figmo at 9 PM. Free.

When DJ Sanchez commands the turntables every Sat. at 9 PM at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, nobody’s exempt from the mandatory “dance down the bar” rule. Free. Call 363-6969.

Investigate the inevitability of genetics as Florence’s High Spirits presents Son of a Gun at 9 PM. Free.

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.

They make more hard rockin’ rock before 9 AM than most people make all day: Ball ‘N Jack plays the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

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.

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The Great Bear Foundation’s 10th annual Bear Honoring enters its final day with an 8 AM meet-up at the Great Bear Foundation, 802 E. Front St., for a day-long field trip to Glacier Park. $15. Call 829-9378.

You’re hereby invited to Hamilton’s Carriage House, 310 N. Fourth St., every Sun. at 9 AM, in order that you might bear witness to Rev. Kathianne Lewis’ message from the Center for Spiritual Living in Seattle. Free. Call 375-9996.

If economic strain’s got you worrying about your home—or lack thereof—contact the Human Resource Council, 1801 S. Higgins Ave., which offers home repair and homebuyer assistance programs. Call Brendan at 728-3710.

Bring your most embarrassing questions to the 10 AM seminar Turf and Ornamentals at Earth & Wood, 3004 W. Broadway, and they’ll be answered in a sensitive and respectful manner. Free. Call 329-1346.

If there should happen to be any turds remaining, MUD’s Llama Manure Sale continues at 10 AM at the PEAS Farm and doesn’t stop until the last pellet’s been purchased. $12–20 wheelbarrow/$85 small pick-up/$150 large pick-up.

Call 721-7513.

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Sunday brunch at 10 AM with jazz from Three of a Kind is classy so don’t just roll out of bed and head into the Blue Canyon Kitchen

& Tavern, located in the Hilton Garden Inn at 3720 N. Reserve Street. Free.

You’re invited to wrestle with the claims of Jesus in an open and accepting environment every Sun. at 10 AM, when All Souls Missoula meets on the third floor of the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Free. Visit allsoulsmissoula.org.

You’ve got to re-stock the library somehow: The Missoula Public Library’s Inaugural Writing Contest announces winners, and gives all participants a consolation certificate, during a writer’s reception at 2 PM. Free. Call 721-2665.

Playing bingo at 2 PM at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center is your chance to yell, “Bang!” Free.

Call 543-7154.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 2 PM. $15. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

Lay lactologist Pam Miner helps you create one of life’s finer pleasures as she leads the MUD workshop “Cheese Making” at 3 PM at 629 Philips St. $20/ $ 10 m e m b e r s . R S V P p r o n t o 721-7513.

The Northwest Montana Accordion Association presents the Al and Bonnie Lindborg Band at 4 PM

at the Kalispell Eagle’s Lodge. $3/members free.

The inexplicably named musical Annie Jr. features a cast of over 40 kids when the curtain rises at 4 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center. $14/$10 students and seniors. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

finale, The Magic of Spring, which features solo string competition winner Andrea Casarrubios on cello, at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall. $20/$10 students. Visit sor-montana.org, or call 728-8203.

The weekend isn’t over until you wrap it up with Jam Night at the

Finish Line, 153 Meridian Road in Kalispell, where Landslide hosts at 8 PM. Free. Call 257-0248.

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.

Remind them what a warm and accepting home they come from when Black Velvet Elvis plays a special homecoming reunion show at 9 PM at the Palace Lounge with Deny the Dinosaur? and DJ Halfpint. $5.

nightlife Arrive early and gorge yourself silly as Total Feast offers unlimited pizza and salad beginning at 5 PM at Biga Pizza, 241 W. Main St., to support this August’s Total Fest VIII. $10.

The UM Creative Writing Program presents a set of MFA Thesis Readings by poets Lauren Leslie and Julie Taylor at 6:30 PM at the Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 243-5267.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 6:30 PM. $18/$15 under 19. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

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 at 7 PM, live jazz by Donna Smith at 7:30 and a rotating cast of bands thereafter. Free.

The String Orchestra of the Rockies presents their season

Some go to great lengths to deter skateboard thieves. Support the Missoula Skatepark Association during the On Deck Art Show and Auction, which heads into the final stretch at 6 PM on Fri., May 1, at the Badlander. Free. Visit missoulaskatepark.org.

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Hear ye, hear ye: AmVets Club offers a new spin on karaoke night, and it’s known as “Jheryoake.”

Delve into the mystery at 9 PM, when Happy Hour gets the crowd loose until 10. Free.

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Newborn care, breastfeeding, returning to work and other topics comprise the New Mama

Breastfeeding Support Group, which meets every Mon. at 10:30 AM at The Nursing Nook, 1900 S. Reserve St. Free. Call 721-5440.

Two sessions of the popular World Rhythm Youth Hand Drumming Class take place at the Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. every Mon.: At 4:30 PM, kids aged 5–7 can get their grooves on, and a class for those 8 and above begins at 5:15. $30 per month/drum rental: $15 per month. RSVP 396-3352 or visit tangledtones.com.

Drink specials have long been the lubricant for political maneuvering, and tonight the tradition continues at 5 PM, when Forward Montana’s Progressive Happy Hour gets to the heart of matters at the Badlander. Call 542-VOTE. Young people with an eye for the stage can pick up a few tricks of the trade every Mon. at 5 PM when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents Musical Theater Dance for 11–15 Years. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

SPOTLIGHT a heap of homegrown Dudley Dana admits he was a little concerned when he put out the call to local artists. Not that he doubted Missoula’s pool of aesthetes, but uncertainty about the caliber of the submissions lingered.

WHEN: Fri., May 1, 5 PM WHERE: Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave.

Check comprehension at the door when Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, presents A Night of Absurdist Theatre at 6 PM, wherein six original works by playwrights Kaet Morris, Teri Jo Rask, Alysha Oravetz, Mikyla Veis, Corey Wallis and Mathew Timmons blend with music by Bevvy and food from Organic Sprouts. $12/$10 advance. RSVP (480) 296-3361.

Start down the path that ends in a Las Vegas dressing room every Mon. at 6 PM when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents Show Girl 101. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Patti Ruegmer’s oil painting “Central Park” appears in the Celebration of Missoula Artists.

With the present focus on locality in all things, this is one show not to miss. I mean, once the gas is all gone and our supply of cheap foreign art dries up, won’t you be glad you took the time to familiarize yourself with your local resources?

HOW MUCH: Free

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Train your fingers to feel the difference between a “Q” and an “E” when you attend the Missoula Scrabble League’s weekly Scrabble meet at 6 PM in the boardroom of the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-0387.

With over 300 pieces submitted by 130 artists, the gallery was hard-pressed to narrow the field to 80 artists. The result is something of a Missoula who’s who, with a healthy splash of newcomers to boot. Dana describes one wall, which holds four paintings. “These four women represent nearly 200 years of painting experience,” he says.

WHAT: Celebration of Missoula Artists

If you devote 5:30 to 8:30 PM on Monday or Wednesday nights to silent meditation, political drinking or other non-kid-friendly endeavors, the Parenting Place offers free child care and dinner at 1644 S. Eighth St. Call 728-KIDS to reserve a spot.

What reason have you got for lying around the house watching the tube when Florence’s High Spirits offers Free Pool at 6 PM? Free.

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He was more than pleasantly surprised. “I didn’t expect [the show] to be of such phenomenal quality, “ he told the Indy. “The submissions were unbelievably consistent.”

Indeed, the show is heavy on what he calls “Missoula legends.” Well-known local artists like Nancy Erickson, David Broussard, Marion Lavery, Patricia Forsberg, Steve Glueckert, George Gogas and Lela Autio, to name but a few, comprise this event’s heavy hitters. Others, like relative newcomer Andy Cline, enjoy the exposure that comes from being nestled in their ranks.

Gothic Fusion Bellydance takes place every Mon. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Beginners are more than welcome. $7. Call 531-3000.

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Get this: Every Mon., Lolo’s Square Dance Center, 9555 Highway 12, begins with beginners’ lessons at 6:30 PM and then moves into full square dance party mode at 8.

First two beginners’ sessions free/$4 thereafter. Call 273-0141.

See how well smooth standards can pair with a nice French Bordeaux—not to mention a sweet

leather jacket—when Russ Nasset plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Free. Call 549-2906.

Le Cercle Francophone presents a screening of the French film Moliere at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 5464618 or e-mail lecerclefrancophone@hotmail.com.

You’ve got another chance to connect the dots this evening when the VFW hosts bingo at 7 PM. Free.

There’s a meditation group at Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, 441 Woodworth Ave., where sadhana practice, visualization and mantra recitation cleanse the doors of perception at 7 PM. Call 543-2207.

In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. The UM Music Department presents a Cello Studio Recital, as well as a guitar recital by Tommy Pertis, at 7:30 PM in the Music Recital Hall. Free. Call 2436880 to sort that one out.

The University Choir and UM Chamber Chorale perform a few of your old favorites at 7:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish. Free.

Call 243-6880.

Experience momentum, balance, and timing tuned with a strong drummer-dancer connection every Mon. at 7:30 PM with West African Sabar dance class at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W., across from Hawthorne Elementary. $10. Call 721-3854 and drum up directions at terangaarts.googlepages.com.

At Be Here Now Sangha you can learn the basics of meditation every Mon. night at 7:30 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated.

Um, it’s snowing as I write this. Now, I fully understand springtime in the Rockies means highly variable weather for the next few weeks, but snow during Bike Walk Bus Week? Again?

Of course, it’s weather like this that gives us all that we need here in the summertime, like massive flows in the rivers, an appreciation for the dependable warmth of a boulder by the river and a healthy and mobile wildlife population.

Speaking of which, the Great Bear Foundation, stalwart defenders of the Nation of Ursus, has picked this weekend to host the 10th annual Bear Honoring. It all begins at 4 PM on Fri., May 1, when you can sample a wide array of local and organic foods that bears can’t get by without. You’ll want to meet at the Greenough Park Pavilion for a bear walk, cultural talk and bear foods buffet. The rest of the Bear Honoring program takes place over the next two days, so keep reading for that. Or call 8299378 for a full program.

At around that same time, 6 PM on Fri., May 1, the annual gathering of the Montana Wilderness Association begins with a social time, auction and live music from the Broken Valley Roadshow at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway. The three-day-ish conference includes a full day of seminars and projects on Saturday, as well as a State Council meeting and trail work project on Sunday. For a peek at the full monty, visit wildmontana.org, With May Day safely behind us, we can arise on Sat., May 2, with the sun. Or shortly thereafter, at least. Now that the swine flu’s here, you can relax all that avian flu apprehension and join the Audubon Society’s Jim Brown for a field trip to Brown’s Lake, for which you’re to meet at 8 AM at the UM Adams Center parking lot.

Bring lunch, a pair of binocs and your love of the fowl. Call 549-5632 or 549-8052.

Like I said above, the Montana Wilderness Association’s full day of seminars and discussions begins at 8 AM on Sat., May 2, at the Doubletree Hotel. And while you’re in there parsing the future of the hinterlands, your kids can enjoy a full day of activities from the likes of the Montana Natural History Center (MNHC), the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the Watershed Education Network and your good friends at REI. You can sign up the little whippersnappers by e-mailing k.randzio@gmail.com.

The second day of the Great Bear Foundation’s Bear Honoring begins when you meet at their headquarters, 802 E. Front St., at 9 AM for the van trip up north. Your itinerary includes

stops at Salish Kootenai College for a culture and art program, a pow wow and bear dance at the Kicking Horse Job Corps Center and a bit of bear watching back here in town. $15. RSVP 829-9378.

Another option you might explore involves our dear friends at the Rocky Mountaineers. You see, on Sat., May 2, they bust out a sick three-day trip up to Glacier National Park with a double-cragbagging on the roster. The mountains in the crosshairs are Gunsight and Edwards, both of which exceed 9,000 feet in height. So bring winter gear, and call Forest at 240-7612 to sign up, or e-mail him at mtnear1@gmail.com.

Or maybe the streets will be clear enough for biking again. If that’s the case, then Sat., May 2, features the 52-mile Missoulians on Bicycles (MOB) Rock Creek Ramble ride, which leaves from the Eastgate parking lot at 10 AM. And while strict Pagans would probably be aghast at this event’s temporal impropriety, most folks are sure to enjoy the MoonRandolph Homestead’s Maypole Frolic, which begins at noon on Sat., May 2. Bring a potluck item, get ready for a spin around yon pole o’ fertility and stay late for the bonfire. Oh, and if you bike there, you’ll save a buck.

Last week’s surly and recalcitrant cloud cover dashed the hopes of many a heavens-looker, yet the MNHC staff plows on undaunted.

They’ve rescheduled the 9 PM class Evening Star Gazing for Beginners for Sat., May 2, and have finalized a Memorandum of Understanding with Mother Nature for clear skies. Count on it. And call 327-0405 to check the class status.

Your last chance to partake in some Bear Honoring comes at 8 AM on Sun., May 3, when a van leaves the Great Bear Foundation’s office for Glacier Park. The day involves all manner of bear programming, too much for me to detail here, so again, call 829-9378.

The aforementioned Montana Wilderness Association would be remiss in their duties if they adjourned without hooking Missoula up, which is why they host a community trail project—meet at the Doubletree Hotel at 9:30 AM on Sun., May 3—for which REI graciously picks up the tab for the pizza Photo by Chad Harder lunch.

A final note, as we move out into the week, is that the annual Social Gathering and Fundraiser for the Selway-Bitterroot Foundation takes place at 6:30 PM on Wed., May 6, at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier. In addition to learning about the organization’s work for the wilderness, the open house offers you a reading from keynote speaker Rick Bass, which you’ll enjoy as you down the wine and dessert they thoughtfully supply. Call Rob at 329-3603.

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Unite the clans with Geneva Bybee, who presents Tribal Fusion Bellydance at 8 PM every Mon. and Wed. at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 5417240 for pricing.

For once in your life, leave the bar with a slightly thicker wallet with DJ Hickey’s Rawk and Roll Bingo Night every Mon. from 8:30 PM until midnight at the Badlander. $1 per card, and the opening round’s always free.

Hip hop makes the world go ‘round, and a 9 PM show with The Grouch and Eligh at The Other Side, with Exigh opening, keeps the tides functioning normally. $15/$12 advance.

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The Milkcrate Mechanic keeps the groove fine tuned when he presents random music for random people, featuring rotating DJs and acts, free pool and mad krunk every Mon. at 9 PM at the Palace Lounge.

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Bring your music appreciation glands to Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9:30 PM, and you’ll soon find yourself surrounded by the finest musical acts on the planet. Free.

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Bend, stretch and play every Tue. and Thu. at Happy Mama, 736A S. First St. W., where Yoga for Everybody eases the suffering at 9:30 AM. $12 drop-in/$10 advance. Call 880-6883.

Still cruising around in diapers and suckling on breasts? Well, then, the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free.

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Historically speaking, Afghans have proven to be impossible to control, but you’ll have plenty of guidance when you join the group Knitting for Peace, which meets every Tue. from 11 AM–1 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

Its never too early to start Olympic training: The Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., presents Family Motion: MISMO Gymnastics at 11 AM. $4.25/free for members. RSVP 541-PLAY. New moms discuss the ups and downs of motherhood when Families First presents another New Moms Support Group at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-7690.

Toes will tap and fingers will snap (in the painless way) when the Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings ride into Snappy Sport Senter, 1400 Hwy. 2 E., every Tue. at noon.

Free, donation suggested. Call 257-7525.

Find strength and the will to fight at the Breast Cancer Support Group, which meets at noon each Tue. at St. Francis Xavier Church, 420 W. Pine St. Free.

The Shootin’ The Bull Toastmasters Club meets at noon at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. The first few are free. Call 529-5488.

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For the latest Latin cardio dance craze, try a dose of Zumba every Tue. at noon at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

The dictionary defines “BOGO” as an acronym for “Buy One, Get One,” which means BOGO Pottery Tuesdays ease your entry into ceramics ownership from noon–6 PM every Tue. at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.com.

Get gooey during Open Instructed Studio at the Clay Studio, 1106-A Hawthorne St., every Thu. at 6 PM through May 5, with no class April 7. $168/eight-week session. Call 543-0509.

Commemorate your mom with the craft you create when Southgate Mall offers Kids Klub from 4–7 PM. Free. Call 721-5140.

Kids aged 6–11 will create projects based upon exhibits when the Missoula Art Museum presents the six-week course After School Art Adventure: Museum Inspirations, which begins at 6 PM and runs through May 12. $55/$49.50 members. RSVP 728-0447.

Find the outlet for that excess energy when Gillian Kessler takes you through the flow of it all during World Rhythm Yoga Class every Tue. at 5 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

nightlife It’s Tuesday, and you ate your last Corona for breakfast, so why not Dine With the Elks from 5:30–7 PM? This week, beef sirloin roast with wild mushroom demi-glace, roasted garlic new potatoes, fresh steamed vegetables and apple crisp accompany the flashy pianizing of Adrienne Dussault. $9 per plate. RSVP 549-0542.

Every Tue. at 5:30 PM, Intermediate Bellydance/World Fusion meets at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., but be warned that prior dance experience is recommended. $7. Call 531-3000.

Jody Mosher offers another weekly dose of playful, happy and fantastic cardiovascular exercise—aka Nia—every Tue. at 5:30 PM at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. First class free/$6 each thereafter.

Instructor Holly Jeremiassen teaches young people aged 10 and up the finer points of glass fusing every Tue. at 5:30 PM during Youth Glass Class. $15 per session. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.com.

It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Bluegrass at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Tue. at 6 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets in room 109 at the Providence Center, 902 N. Orange St. Free. Call 327-7834.

Don’t it make your green grass blue? The pickin’ circle begins at 6 PM, and house pickers Pinegrass play at 9:30 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

It’s a spicy good time when the Downtown Dance Collective’s Heather Adams presents beginning salsa dance lessons at 6 PM,

followed by intermediate/advanced at 7, every Tue. at the Badlander. $5.

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Free. Call 543-2224.

Eliptikys play The Other Side at 9 PM. $12/$10 advance.

The YWCA of Missoula, 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.

The UM Department of Music presents the Honors Convocation and Concerto Aria Concert at 7:30 PM in the Music Recital Hall. Free. Call 243-6880.

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.

Heidi Davis presents the Families First class Helping Siblings Live Harmoniously at 6:30 PM at Franklin Elementary School. Free.

RSVP 721-7690.

A single bracelet does not jingle: Unity Dance and Drum’s all-levels West African Dance Class meets every Tue. evening at 6:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10/class or $35/four classes. Call 549-7933.

See to your chakras’ proper education with Beginner Bellydance for Sixth–Eighth Grade every Tue. at 6:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., Ste. B. $7. Call 207-8302.

Local author Ty Clement presents a reading and signing connected with his recently published book, Being Ourself, at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free.

If you can’t read this and you’re not interested in Tiny Tales, allow me to suggest the 7 PM informal English conversation group Talk Time, which is led by TEFL instructor Adam Hart and meets the first and third Tue. of the month at the Missoula Public Library.

Free. Call 721-2665.

You’re invited by Turning the Wheel to take part in some Body-Centered Creative Expression to live music every Tue. at 7 PM. $5–10 donation. Call 543-4414 for location and more details.

Hey wrong-side-of-the-street-rider: You can learn to bike responsibly at Free Cycle’s Bike Well classes at 7 PM at 732 S. First St. W., where class also convenes on Wed. and Thu. Call 541-7284 for times.

You never know what you’ll for probably a bunch of Womyn’s Night at 7 PM at Montana Gay and Lesbian

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The UM Department of Drama/Dance takes us back to ancient Greece to witness emotional turmoil and “unspeakable acts” at 7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12 students and seniors/$8 under 13. Call 243-4051.

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? How many dogs is each visitor allowed to bring into the Missoula Farmers’ Market? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

It’s still bigger than disco: The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., keeps on keepin’ it real every Tue. at 8 PM, when Hip Hop Class puts the “back” back in “back in the day.” Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Enjoy Tunes on Tuesdays with Christian Johnson from 8:30–11 PM, an acoustic open mic jam every Tue. night at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

Commemorate the 1862 Battle of Puebla— in which an army of outnumbered Mexican peasants stopped French troops from progressing north to lend material aid to the Confederate army—as you slink those hips all over the Badlander, where Salsa Loca provides a fitting Cinco de Mayo soundtrack at 9 PM. Free.

Forego the weekly shower and join Unwashed Promotions when Punk Rock Tuesday features Tonight We Ride, Come Up Swinging and Arrested Adolescence at the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. $5/$7 under 21.

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Be your own American Idol during “Jheryoake”—that’s karaoke with Jerry Reeb— every Tue. at 9 PM—with Happy Hour until 10—at the AmVets Club. Free.

DJs Karl K, Dillon, Cosmic Diva, Timmie Irie, Tobin and Kris Moon play music for the iriehearted every Tue. at 9 PM when Reggae Night overstands all your troubles at the Badlander. Free.

The moon’s always full and the pack’s always howlin’ at the Wolf Den’s Open Mic Night in Polson. Free. 9 PM. Call 883-2054.

L.I.V. Karaoke night gives your larynx a weekly workout with a 9:30 PM sesh at the Elbow Room. Free. Call 531-7800.

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Melissa Bangs bangs out another flaming hula hoop of education with the 9 AM workshop Board Basics, which takes place in the MonTEC Conference Room, 1121 E . B r o a d w a y. $ 10 / M i s s o u l a Nonprofit Network members free. RSVP sits@mountainhomemt.org.

Take a load off in the company of friends every Wed. from 9–11:30 AM as Aspen Hospice, 107 Bell Crossing West, hosts the Caregiver Coffeebreak. Free. Call 642-3010.

Join the Flathead Audubon Society’s Neal Brown for the two-hour jaunt Birds of the Wild Mile every Wed. through June at 9 AM at the trailhead of Bigfork’s Wild Mile Nature Trail. Free. Call 837-5018.

Missoula maintains its status as “most supportive town for new moms” as the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., offers Mommy and Baby Dance Class

Learn how to set financial goals, create budgets and savings plans, understand credit reports and much more when you attend Financial Fitness Classes at homeWORD, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 303, every Wed. through May 6, at 6 PM. $10. RSVP quickly 532-4663, ext. 14, or visit www.homeword.org/hoc/ff_registration.htm.

The wheel in the sky keeps on turning during Beginning Pottery at The Clay Studio, 1106-A Hawthorne St., which meets every Wed. at 6 PM through May 6, with no class April 8. $168/eight-week class. Call 543-0509.

Combine a relaxed and supportive atmosphere with live models in their birthday suits—18 and over only, please—and you’ve got the Missoula Art Museum’s Hump Day Figure Drawing group every Wed. from 6–8 PM. $7/$5 members. Call 728-0447.

Develop eloquence in the face of inebriation, as well as impressive business contacts, when Toastmasters meets this, and every, Wed. at 6 PM in St. Patrick Hospital’s Duran Learning Center. Free.

Call 728-9117.

Gillian Kessler asks only that you embrace your inner diva as she fuses slick Brazilian moves with modern techniques for her Afro-Brazilian Dance Class, which takes place every Wed. at 6 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Learn to bump and grind, shimmy and shake and strut your stuff like a pro every Wed. evening at 6 PM during a Burlesque Dance Class at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482.

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Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, where the silent auction, the raffle, the wine and dessert go great with words from keynote speaker Rick Bass. Free. Call 329-3603.

A revolving cast of local singers and musicians makes up the band Katy and Friends, who do the rocking every Wed. at 6:30 PM at the Cottage Inn in Kila. Free. Call 755-8711.

UM Geology professor Marc Hendrix reels in the years at 7 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., where he presents the lecture “A Sedimental Journey: Ice Age Stories from Flathead Lake.” $4 suggested donation. Call 327-0405.

both new and old to see how many ways they can get to that magical number 15 at 7 PM. Free.

Call Rex at 360-3333.

The Palace Lounge takes on a decidedly eastern aspect during A Night in Cairo, in which Geneva Bybee’s your hostess, the Arabian Hafla dance party features swords, drums and other paraphernalia, lessons, dessert, bellydancing, vending and more from 7:30–11 PM. $6.

The UM Department of Music presents the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble, who rip it up with the “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band Brass Quartet, at 7:30 PM in UM’s University Theatre. Free. Call 243-6880.

Learn to mystify and entrance by wiggling those hips every Wed. during a Hula/Tahitian Dance Class at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., where you can learn beautiful and energetic rhythms at 7 PM. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482.

A real evening of conglomeration begins at 7:30 PM at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, where the reading of the teleplay Urban Fantasy by Raker Wilson and Corey Wallis is paired with a dramatic presentation by oral historian Broken Lilly. Free.

If you know the difference between His Knobs and His Knees, bring that skill to the Joker’s Wild Casino, 4829 N. Reserve St., where the Missoula Grass Roots Cribbage Club invites players

The UM Department of Drama/Dance takes us back to ancient Greece to witness emotional turmoil and “unspeakable acts” at 7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12

Blurry’s the new sharp. While he’s still around for a while longer, Ryan Bundy’s farewell gig with David Boone—Fri., May 1, at 8 PM at the Crystal Theatre—is your chance to slip him some gas money for the road. $12/$10 advance at Rockin’ Rudy’s.

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Call 243-4051.

The UM Department of Drama/Dance marks the end of another academic year with the packed ‘n’ stacked Spring Dance Concert, which offers nine original pieces by students and faculty at 7:30 PM in the UM PARTV Center’s Montana Theatre. $18/$14 students and seniors/$8 under 12.

Call 243-4581.

Hate smoky pool halls? No sweat— and no smoke—but plenty of girl power: Head underground at 9 PM every Wed. when The Palace, 147 W. Broadway, presents Ladies’ DJ Night. Free.

Spit the gorf out of your taorht with Bassackwards Karaoke every Wed. at 9 PM at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve Street. Free. Call 531-8327.

An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 8 PM. $18/$15 under 19. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

This Missoula legend has nothing to do with ground beef: Wasted Wednesday at the Top Hat offers unlimited tap beer and M-Group at 10 PM and the wisdom you’ll gain is worth the $7 cover many times over. Call 728-9865.

Wednesdays are for the tango, and nobody know this like the Downtown Dance Collective, where Abby and Diego offer three tango options beginning at 8:30 PM every week. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Longevity is the man’s secret weapon: DJ Dubwise spins mad flava all over the ladies’ drink specials starting at 10 PM at Feruqi’s.

Free. Call 728-8799.

It’s about as local as it gets when Travis Sehorn and the Pebble Light, Jessica Kilroy and the Pillar Saints play the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

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The mysterious sounds of “TBA” accompany the more reliable indie rock of Cloud Cult at The Other Side at 9 PM. $12/$10 advance.

Explore movement as an avenue for deeper self-understanding every Thu. at 9 AM when Hillary Funk Welzenbach hosts an Authentic Movement Group at Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. $25/session. RSVP 541-2662.

The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, maintains a healthy balance every Wed., when Ladies’ Night features Guitar Hero contests and kicks off at 9 PM. Free, unless you buy something. Call 363-6969.

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 roll-down-the-windowfirst trivia question: DO NOT bring any dogs into the Missoula Farmers’ Market. This means you.

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Tobacco Free Missoula County hosts their Spring Semi-Annual Coalition Meeting—topics range from the Clean Indoor Air Act to the Missoula Indian Center’s traditional tobacco garden—at noon in Room 210 of the Missoula County Health Department. Free, and lunch will be served.

Cassandra Abel, president of Global Grizzlies, offers up the International Brown Bag Lunch Lecture “UM Students Go Global” at noon in Room 303 of

UM’s Old Journalism Building.

Meanwhile, in Room 111 of UM’s Skaggs Building, Missoula Aging Services’ Susan Kohler presents “How Did Montana’s Aging S e r v i c e s F a r e i n t h e 6 1 st Legislative Assembly?” Both are free. Call 243-2288 or 243-2480, respectively.

Try a high energy, low impact workout on for size every Thu. at noon at the Downtown Dance Collective, where African Boogie gets you sweating with the basic body forms found in African dance. Call 5417240 for pricing.

School’s out early, which means it’s time for the Teen Zine Club, which meets every Thu. at 2:30 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First Ave. W., for the continuing adventures of the self-publishing and s o m e w h a t f a m o u s . $ 10 p e r month. Call 239-7718 or e-mail info@slumgullion.org.

nightlife The UM Peace and Justice Film Series concludes at 5:30 and 7:30 PM in the UM University Center Theater, where screenings of King Corn, in which two friends try farming in Iowa in hopes of highlighting the modern world’s corn problem, are followed by group discussions. Free, donations appreciated. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

Her love for jazz is second only to her love for oxygen: Donna Smith plays Hamilton’s Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Like tearing into a fresh bag of pork rinds, that fresh flavor wafts all over downtown Whitefish from 6–8 PM, as this year’s inaugural First Thursday Gallery Night invites you to taste, sample, peep and poke all that’s available. Free. Call

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Help keep your surroundings familiar and significant during the threeday conference, Preserving Our Heritage in a Changing Landscape, which begins with a keynote address at 6:30 PM at Fort Missoula’s Heritage Hall, continues with seminars through Fri., May 8, and moves to the County Courthouse lawn for a Preservation Fair in Sat., May 9. Free. Call 2584706 or 544-8606.

Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, hosts a Local Artist Showcase at 7 PM, where dropins are always welcome. Free. Call 541-8463.

Denver’s Kingdom of Magic celebrates the release of their new split 12” Burn Heavy with a 9 PM show at the Palace Lounge, where local support comes in the form of Red Obelisk, Green Sickness and _pollen. Cover TBA. The UM Department of Drama/ Dance takes us back to ancient Greece to witness emotional turmoil and “unspeakable acts” at 7:30 PM with the staging of Euripides’ Medea. $14/$12 students and seniors/$8 under 13.

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The UM Department of Drama/ Dance marks the end of another academic year with the packed ‘n’ stacked Spring Dance Concert, which offers nine original pieces by students and faculty at 7:30 PM in the UM PARTV Center’s Montana Theatre. $18/$14 students and seniors/$8 under 12.

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An innocent orphan falls in with the wrong crowd when the MCT Community Theatre presents the musical Oliver! at 8 PM. $18/$15 under 19. Call 728-PLAY or visit mctinc.org.

The heavens open, the price of well drinks plummets and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, krunk, pop and more at 9 PM. $2.

Missoula’s most ballady balladeer, Russ Nasset, graciously picks up a gig at the Old Post Pub, playing every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

This ain’t no Tijuana donkey show, it’s the Stan and Chris Show, and it’s only at Sean Kelly’s at 9:30 PM. Cover TBA. Call 542-1471.

The field narrows to a finite point during the fourth and final round of a Singer/Songwriter Showcase at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

Hey, guess what? The good folks at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula just sent word by passenger pigeon that applications are being accepted for 2009-2010 Preserving Missoula County’s History Grants. In layperson’s terms, this means you could soon be rolling in the dough, if you’re a local nonprofit involved in historic preservation and/or interpretation projects in Missoula County.

Simple enough. Your point person is the good Dr. Robert M. Brown, who is to be reached at 728-3476, ext. 1, or by e-mailing ftmslamuseum@montana.com. The deadline’s July 31, but don’t wait until Bastille Day to start working on your app.

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Out of this world Garage rockers Rooster Sauce release a theatrical debut

by Erika Fredrickson

In their YouTube video for the song “Snakeskin Monkey with a Baboon Smile,” local garage rockers Rooster Sauce make the wild world of Alice in Wonderland look like a day on Wall Street. The video begins with a rabbit-suited man (none other than alderman Jason Wiener) beckoning the camera through the front door of a house, then weaving through various rooms and out into the backyard.

There, Rooster Sauce rocks out while surrounded by hula-hooping psychedelic girls, a giant poodleheaded person, dancers in feather boas and striped umbrellas, one dude in a gorilla suit and a troll grooving to the music, among others. The video jumps from that backyard scene to a dash across the Greenough Park bridge to live concert footage at the Badlander, all set to the same catchy but completely nonsensical song.

“meat ball rocket” are dead giveaways—in five minutes. “Vampire’s Kiss,” which references the cultish 1989 Nicolas Cage film, took just as long to create.

And though the video for “Snakeskin Monkey with a Baboon Smile” took some time, the song itself was written in one quick sitting.

Rooster Sauce may sound like The Makers or the Oblivians, but the lyrics are more like the Beatles’ White Album meets The Misfits—psychedelic crossed with sci-fi monster mash. In “Snakeskin Monkey,” David Lee belts out, “Jackelope moonlight.

Lonesome cowboy. Italian village by candlelight.

Ruby red medallion. Donkey shadow!” before getting to the chorus, which the band sings together: “When the snakeskin monkey looks at you, with a baboon smile and a purple trenchcoat, get ready!

Zebra sunglasses tonight!”

insist that they’re “rock ’n’ roll saviors” from Venus.

And the 1990s band Man or Astro-man? allegedly came from space to Earth in order to play surf rock.

Man or Astro-Man? later sent two groups of “clones” out on the road to tour in their place—one group of men called the Alpha Clones and a female group called the Gamma Clones.

In the same tradition, Rooster Sauce won’t publicly acknowledge their true identities, but their real names and previous bands are well known.

Knudson played for the Playboys, as well as Daphne Starburst and The Hermans. Every is a local artist and Missoula’s reigning Best DJ under the moniker DJ Mermaid. Guitarist General Lee is Dave Jones, the former frontman for The Hermans, and drummer Stagger Lee is Dave Martens, guitarist for Streetlight People.

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Rooster Sauce includes from left, Sarah Lee (Adelaide Every), General Lee (Dave Jones), Stagger Lee (Dave Martens) and David Lee (Chris Knudson).

Catchy and nonsensical, in fact, defines Rooster Sauce. The band formed two years ago, playing its first show on Easter Sunday to a small crowd at the space that is now the Savoy. The band members dressed as Easter eggs. Since then, after replacing their original drummer and bassist, they’ve solidified their line-up and are releasing their debut album, Zombies of the Ultra League, on vinyl this week. (A bonus CD will be available for those who are more digitally inclined.)

“The songs on the record are pretty much all the songs we’ve been kicking around for the last year and a half,” says guitarist/vocalist David Lee Rooster. “It was pretty much time to get the record out. We’ve already got about five or six new songs for our next record.”

David Lee (suspected to be former bassist for the International Playboys, Chris Knudson) writes most of the band’s songs in just a few minutes. For instance, he wrote “Hot Pocket,” a tune that sounds too sassy and sexy to literally be about microwavable snack food—references to ham and cheese and the

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If you can’t make heads or tails of the lyrics’ meaning, don’t count on the band to help figure things out. When asked to describe their music, they suggest a grab bag of sounds: Kiss and Joan Jett. A touch of the Pet Shop Boys. John Tesh. The Monkees. And after a moment of thoughtful silence David Lee says, “I think we’re all really big fans of ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ by Falco, and that may have factored in, too.”

But ask them about their origins as a band and it gets even weirder.

“Rooster Sauce began for me as a lark,” explains bassist Sarah Lee Rooster (otherwise known as Adelaide Every). “I’d been hanging out on planet Xenon and had just quit my interstellar band. I thought Earth might be a cool place to hang out for a bit, and that’s when I met up with these guys from the planet Zorbot.”

Rooster Sauce eagerly taps into rock ’n’ roll’s history of extraterrestrial connections. Mid-1980s scifi/horror group Gwar claims to be intergalactic warriors. Fully bearded thrash metal band Valient Thorr

Despite their hidden identities, Rooster Sauce is up front about its aspiration. And, not unlike other extraterrestrials on Earth, they’re out for at least one thing.

“World domination,” answers Sarah Lee, decidedly.

“Sarah Lee might want world domination,” counters David Lee, “but I want action figures. I want McFarlane Toys to make action figures for us.

And if we had more money we could put on bigger, cooler stage shows. I see giant disco balls and dragons and smoke and lasers. I think if we can put on a show like Mötely Crüe in the early ’80s, we’d like to do that.”

Considering the band’s demonstrated ability to work fast, think big and charm elected officials, those dreams don’t seem too farfetched at all.

Rooster Sauce plays a record release show at the Badlander Saturday, May 2, at 9 PM, with H is for Hellgate and Ghost. $8. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Remember when songs had smart, sometimes abrasive, often obscure lyrics that you could practically taste in your mouth, especially when they were sung by smart, sometimes abrasive women who often played instruments? Remember when I was in high school?

Former Missoulian Jamie Henkensiefken remembers. The sophomore effort from her Seattlebased band, H is for Hellgate, brings new hope of a return to smart rock. Those of us who, years ago, declared Sleater-Kinney the best band in the world

Your Divine Tragedy

Awaken The Rise and Fall self-released

On Awaken The Rise and Fall, former Missoulians Your Divine Tragedy push six tracks of progressive hard rock and melodic metalcore that should have any Hot Topic-clad teen or 20-something swooning in their combat boots. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising to hear songs like “Left for Dead” or “Suicide King” played on most major alternative rock radio stations.

But therein lies the problem. While it’s evident this foursome has the chops to successfully rock out, this release oftentimes sounds so musically generic that it’s hard to pick them out from a pack of similar

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The band’s name suggests home to Garden City natives, but this album’s sound takes me home on a whole different level, combining riot-grrrl confessional/declarative vocals with eloquently layered guitar. The tone is confrontational, questioning, at times angry and sad (Henkensiefken’s father and a friend both passed away recently, and she ended a relationship). But each song is beautifully crafted.

Henkensiefken whispers and declaims as compellingly as Liz Phair at her best, but with smarter lyrics: “Thunderbolt” is (apparently) an epistle from the goddess Athena to the Greeks departing Troy.

On “Copernicus and Me” correct grammar prevails and lends a chewy freshness to the age-old question: “With whom did you wake up?” (Ali Gadbow) H is for Hellgate plays the Badlander Saturday, May 2, at 9 PM with Rooster Sauce and Ghost. $8. artists. They’re no different from Avenged Sevenfold or Bullet for My Valentine.

Still, what saves this album from a short shelf life is the band’s use of irregular time signatures, as well as the quality of mixing and mastering on each track. Vocalist Todd Archambeault proves himself to be a deft lyricist, tackling topics like substance abuse and failed relationships, among others.

Perhaps next time around the band could embrace their odd song structures, creating a sound more fully their own. (Ira Sather-Olson) Your Divine Tragedy plays The Other Side Tuesday, May 5, at 9 PM with Trust Company and Eliptikys. $12/$10 advance.

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Cloud Cult

No One Said It Would Be Easy Earthology

Diehard fans of Cloud Cult will find lots to love in this new documentary film. Casual fans or those unaware of this Minnesota collective, on the other hand, will mostly find that diehards really love Cloud Cult. And, among those diehards, they’ll find that Cloud Cult especially loves Cloud Cult.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. There can be worse offenses than loving a proud indie rock band that founded its own eco-friendly music label, embraces canvas painters as part of its live shows and passionately promotes messages of hope and

Kingdom of Magic Kingdom of Magic self-released

Taking cues from doom bands like Electric Wizard and High on Fire, as well as the sludgy side of metal a la Eyehategod and the Melvins, Denverbased Kingdom of Magic crafts a delicious brew of groovy riffs and heavy bass tones.

Opener “Gravity Falcon” kicks things off with the pounding of a few piano keys, and then transitions into a minor-key metallic workout of epic proportions, thanks to the shredding of guitarist/vocalist Luke Fairchild.

“Upon the Wings of the Mighty Manatee,” offers listeners a similar visceral experience: Catchy riffs hit

love in its music. But the constant back patting in director John Paul Burgess’ film proves a bit much.

Perhaps I was just put off by the opening sequence: Text from fan mail cascades in the background as real-life fans gush about how “they make you feel like anything is possible” and how “it’s so emotional because they get it.” There’s more. A lot more. It comes across like an artsy diet pill infomercial rather than an introduction to a talented band.

If Burgess’ spent less time letting people tell us how much they love Cloud Cult and simply showed us more of the object of their affection—live concert footage, etc.—there’d be a moving story here. We get some of the good stuff eventually, but not before being told exactly how to feel about it. (Skylar Browning) Cloud Cult plays The Other Side Wednesday, May 6, at 9 PM with Ice Palace. $12/$10 advance. you in the gut and induce a snail’s pace head banging, thanks in part to the low-end dirge of bassist Joe Ramirez and tight drumming of Devon Rogers.

No matter that you can’t tell what Fairchild is singing about on either song. The emphasis of this release—as with most doom metal—is to hit the listener hard with sound waves. This short EP does this, and does it well. (Ira Sather-Olson) Kingdom of Magic plays the Palace Thursday, May 7, at 9 PM. Red Obelisk, Green Sickness and Pollen open. $5.

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Glass eye McElroy shows fleeting flameworks

by Erika Fredrickson

pretty steadily for awhile and that’s when I realized that I could just do that if I wanted to. People recognized me as, ‘Oh, yeah, you’re the tea-pot guy.’

And I was like, ‘Shit. I am.’”

McElroy calls his move away from tea paraphernalia a “derailment,” though a subconscious one, more like an emotional reaction to being pigeonholed than a deliberate action.

In an adjacent room to his kitchen sits a table full of wood and glass objects, some half finished, many with moveable parts. Almost all of them are flameworked pieces made with an oxygen propane torch rather than heated in a furnace.

After McElroy moved away from tea he started making and filming glass art performances with objects that are more like machines than anything. One called “Sustain/Maintain” is a glass structure covered with newspaper and powered by a small motor that makes revolutions around a brick track until the paper catches on fire. Another shows a borosilicate glass machine that pedals forward drawing a line of fuel as it goes, which eventually catches fire.

McElroy will head to Seattle this year to attend the University of Washington. The move will allow him to experiment with more tools and provide access to a metal shop, things he doesn’t have in Missoula.

“I want to learn how to fail miserably,” he says laughing. “I want to do really risky things, not like I have to risk my career or my life or anything, but just to explore so many ideas that a lot of them are bound to fail. I could make photovoltaic cells on Glass artist Christopher McElroy’s piece “Light my glass to generate electricity or I could study Waiting” is part of his First Friday exhibit at the acoustics of glass. Anything’s possible there.” the Clay Studio.

Meanwhile, his First Friday exhibit in Missoula, titled Vision > Place, will display glass the paraphernalia that goes with it,” says McElroy by art that he affectionately considers purgings—clean way of explanation. “I was interested in Eastern cul- cut, mostly sedentary pieces that he’s had in his ture and Japanese tea ceremony and I started mak- head for a long time. One is made of ultra-violet reactive glass that glows. Other pieces pair glass and ing tea pots that were really influenced by that.”

At 29, McElroy’s already been around the glass wood, and one spins in circles making loud sounds, block a few times. He grew up making glass art in which like his other moving machines may or may southwest Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. He not last long. “My machines are pretty temporary,” taught glass art at several reputable institutions, he says. “I’m not too concerned with them being including the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in archival. I’m okay if they fall apart or blow up.”

That sentiment might aptly describe McElroy’s Jerusalem, Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and Pilchuck approach to art. And it might describe his approach Glass School in Stanwood, Wash.; Pilchuck is con- to life, too. But it doesn’t mean he won’t return to sidered to be one of, if not, the best glass schools in the pieces and places he cares about. McElory points the world. He’s won various awards—including first to a glass piece emulating an anchor. He says he place in a Hot Beverages category in a 2004 show— made it after coming back from Seattle and staying on his professor’s boat. and exhibited his work across the nation.

“I was thinking about what an anchor means But McElroy’s style is hard to pin down. Not too long ago he began to grow uneasy with the tea when people say ‘I’m kind of anchored down,’” he objects he’d been making for a couple of years. The says. “But really that’s a pretty temporary term. If style began to define—and confine—him as an artist. you’re going to anchor down in a boat somewhere On one hand, McElroy says, the tea theme seemed you’ll be there for a day or two but then you pick up like a route to financial success. But he’d seen what and go again. I was thinking about my time in happens when other artists went the safe route, Missoula and how I really do plan on coming back. sculpting what they were comfortable with rather I hope that happens.”

Christopher McElroy’s Vision > Place opens than taking some chances.

“Often what happens in the fine craft world is at the Clay Studio Friday, May 1, at 5:30 PM. that people develop a style and then they call it a Free. series and then they do it for 20 years and every colefredrickson@missoulanews.com lector gets one,” he says. “I was making the tea pots The kitchen of glass artist Christopher McElroy smells like exotic spices and the earthiness of strong tea steeping. On his stove sits a large kettle made entirely of clear glass and he offers me a glass cup marked by textured layers—some parts smooth and others bubbled. The cup’s colors blend into one another, a mix of oranges, blues and browns. On the table next to a vintage typewriter is a lime-green tea mug made of opaque glass.

“For awhile I was really interested in tea and all

Nature rehashed Around the world with a familiar gaze

by Scott Renshaw

Sixty years ago, Disney blazed the trail for nature filmmaking. It seems kind of unfair that today, the company largely brings up the rear.

While the new big-screen documentary Earth marks the launch of the new DisneyNature specialty division, it’s hardly the first time the Mouse House has shown an interest in animals that aren’t handdrawn. In the 1950s, Disney’s True-Life Adventures became the gold standard for making nature approachable. Thanks to the genial narration of Winston Hibler and a strong storytelling sensibility,

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With no distinctive voice, Earth is often little more than a reminder of things that other movies have done better. For all of Arctic Tale’s sentimentality, it was much more focused in both message and narrative. The bird’s-level-view footage was more

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kids (and their parents) were able to see wild animals up close, and connect with them as cinematic characters.

But over subsequent decades, Disney gave up its legacy to others. Nature footage largely became the province of cable television networks like Discovery and Animal Planet. When the big screen did begin reembracing the nature documentary, whether in IMAX presentations or in successful features like Winged Migration and March of the Penguins, filmmakers already knew the wisdom of providing exotic spectacle and/or humanizing their subjects. Earth arrives as a solidly made addition to the ranks—but it’s almost impossible for it not to feel like a copycat.

Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield shape their story into a sort of “year in the life of the planet,” spanning the globe for epic tales of survival (and cute babies). In the Arctic, they follow a polar bear mother and her two cubs, as well as a male polar bear struggling to feed on thinning sea ice. In Africa’s Kalahari Desert, an elephant herd—including a mother and new calf—make a long dry-season trek to find water and food. And in the Pacific Ocean, a mother-and-child humpback whale duo make an even longer trek from tropical birthing waters to feeding grounds in Antarctica.

Those three stories provide the film’s backbone, but it has plenty of other ground to cover—and consequently begins to seem as though it lacks an identity. At the outset, it looks like it’s going to follow Arctic Tale as advocacy filmmaking about the impact of climate change, except that the notion only pops up sporadically thereafter, as though the directors were timid about appearing too strident. The January-to-December structure provides a great anchor for seasonal changes, with gorgeous time-

gasp inducing in Winged Migration. The panoramic footage can’t hope to match the best moments in IMAX nature docs. A slow-motion attack on a sea lion by a great white shark seems like little more than an outtake from Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week.”

Even the 2006 Slamdance short Flight of the Mergansers was first to capture the goofy sight of tree-born ducklings launching themselves into the air. Too much feels recycled, right down to having James Earl Jones—the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King—refer to “the circle of life.” Earth plays like a sampler platter of the last 30 years of nature documentaries.

Yet for all that, there are still moments when Earth finds something uniquely gripping. The strutting mating dances of New Guinean birds of paradise make for hilarious show, and there’s a terrific late sequence in which the starving male polar bear launches a desperate attack on a walrus. The most innovative bit makes use of nightvision photography, watching as a pride of lions gangs up on an adult elephant. There’s still room in this genre for innovation, and when you find it, it can still be fascinating.

In fact, it may actually be even more fascinating watching the filmmakers at work. Earth’s closing credits include terrific footage of the filming process, including fleeing to safety from a polar bear, swimming with humpbacks and risking death in a hot air balloon. At this point, maybe the commitment of people who still want to show us the world’s wonders is the kind of true-life adventure that would really feel new.

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OPENING THIS WEEK Battle for Terra 3D In this computer animated and celebrity voiced space adventure, the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Terra face a brutal and ignorant invading force: humans. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 5:10, 7:30 and 9:50, with a Fri. show at

watch the film. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:30, 7:30 and 10, with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 6:50 and 9:10 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Adventureland Director Greg Mottola (Superbad) brings us the

Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. I Love You, Man Paul Rudd scrambles to find an acceptable best man to serve in his upcoming nuptials in this overblown statement on male intimacy in our culture. Rated R. Showing at the Village 6 at 9:45 with a Fri. show at midnight and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 4. Showing at the Pharaohplex in

night and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 6:50 and 9:10 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Sunshine Cleaning Amy Adams and Emily Blunt star as sisters in this tale of a start-up crime scene cleaning business, with support from Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn.

Rated R. Showing nightly at the Wilma Theatre at 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

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midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 2:50.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past In an extreme nod to A Christmas Carol, super ladies’ man Matthew McConaughey is haunted by the ghosts of his exes in an attempt by his dead uncle to help him mend his playin’ ways and shack up with the love of his life, Jennifer Garner.

Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:20, 7:15 and 10:10, with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:25. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Gomorrah Modern Italians in Naples and Caserta are unwitting victims of the powerful Camorra syndicate, which exercises its violent agenda as ruthlessly as ever in this expose told from the perspective of various characters trying to escape the mafia’s long reach. Not rated. Showing nightly at the Wilma Theatre at 7 and 9:20 with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:20 and no 7 show on Fri. X-Men Origins: Wolverine He’s a quick healer with adamantium claws and a tendency to go berserk: Witness the tragic past and violent birth of Wolverine, and also see several fabled mutants on screen for the first time.

Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:15, 5, 7, 7:30, 9:30 and 10, with Fri. shows at midnight and 12:30 and Fri.–Sun. matinees at noon, 1:30 and 2:30. Also playing at the Village 6 at 5, 7:30 and 10 with a Fri. show at half past midnight—that’s technically Sat.—and Sat.–Sun. matinees at noon and 2:30. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun.

NOW PLAYING 17 Again Imagine you had the chance to be, um, 17 again and re-do your life, this time avoiding such pitfalls as marrying your pregnant high school girlfriend and tossing away a basketball scholarship. Now

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story of James Brennan, a recent college grad forced to take the only job he can get—working at Adventureland theme park, in the summer of ’87.

Plenty of vulgar humor, awkward sex and pot smoking ensue. Rated R. Showing at the Village 6 at 4:15, 7:30 and 9:50 with a Fri. show at midnight and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:15.

Earth Polar bears, elephants, humpback whales and James Earl Jones follow the path of the sun across our planet with some totally sick shots. Rated G. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 7 and 9:30, with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4.

Fast and Furious The fourth film in this series picks right back up where it all started, with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster staging a reunion for yet another two hours of sex, drugs and really fast cars. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Village 6 at 5:10, 7:30 and 9:50 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 2:50.

Fighting Channing Tatum is a poor kid who moves to New York City with no prospects. Once he and manager Terrence Howard discover he can scrap like nobody’s business, the two start a life of wiping with Benjamins. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 6:30 and 9:10, with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:40.

Hannah Montana: The Movie The bifurcated personalities of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus keep vying for control of the body they share until poppa Billy Ray decides it’s time for a road trip to Tennessee. Rated G. Showing at the Village 6 at 5, 7:15 and 9:30 with a Fri. show at midnight and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 2:45.

The Haunting in Connecticut Based on a true story, this film chronicles the creepy tale of a family who moves into a nice, big Victorian home, only to discover the hard way about its haunted past. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with

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Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D In DreamWorks’ latest animated 3D film, young Susan is transformed into a giant monster after being struck by a meteor. She’s whisked away to a secret military location, where she meets other monstrous folk the government has been collecting over the years. When aliens attack the planet, there’s no better group to save it. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:20, 7:15 and 9:35 with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sat. matinees at 1:15.

Observe and Report Seth Rogen is a mall cop with great aspirations who finds himself competing with police officer Ray Liotta to bust a flasher. And he does it all for the love of low-cut make-up counter lady Anna Farris. Rated R. Showing at the Village 6 at 7:15 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:20. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Obsessed Idris Elba is a man who’s got everything, including Beyoncé Knowles for a wife, but gets in trouble when a pretty temp proves pretty tempting. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:05, 6:50 and 9:25, with a Fri. show at midnight and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:20.

The Soloist Jamie Foxx tells a tale based upon an L.A. musical prodigy’s slip into homelessness and his subsequent rediscovery by writer Robert Downey Jr., who helps get him back behind a cello. Rated R. Showing at the Village 6 at 7:05 and 10:10 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:15 and 4.

State of Play Super-edgy-thriller time, people: An all-star cast spins a tale of conspiracy and political maneuvering, which of course always sloshes over into murder, now, doesn’t it? Spend a coupla hours with Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Robin Wright Penn. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 7 and 9:35, with a Fri. show at mid-

17 Again Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:15, 3:50, 7 and 9:20.

Earth Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:25 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 3:40, 7:10 and 9:25.

Fast and Furious Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:55, 3:35, 6:50 and 9:15 and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:35, 6:50 and 9:15.

Fighting Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:30, 4:20, 7:25 and 9:55.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20 and 9:50 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:50, 4:30, 7:20 and 9:50. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4, 7 and 9:15 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30 and at the Showboat in Polson at 4, 7:15 and 9:10.

Hannah Montana: The Movie Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:50, 3:40, 6:40 and 9:05 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:35, 4:25, 6:40 and 9:05. Also playing at the Showboat in Polson at 4:15, 7 and 9:15.

Knowing Get this: Nicolas Cage tries to save the world.

Really. From a huge disaster. And he may have to make “the ultimate sacrifice.” Ooooh! Rated PG13. Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:25, 4:10, 6:55 and 9:35.

Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:05, 2:35, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:35 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:45, 4:30, 7 and 9:15.

Obsessed Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:20, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:50. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

The Soloist Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 and 9:20 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 3:55, 6:45 and 9:20. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

State of Play Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:05, 4:05, 7:10 and 9:40.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at noon. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4, 7 and 9:15 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30 and at the Entertainer in Ronan at 4, 7 and 9:15.

Capsule reviews by Jonas Ehudin and Anne Pastore.

Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., May 1. 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; Roxy Twin in Hamilton— 363-5141. Stadium 14 in Kalispell-—752-7804.

Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish—862-3130.

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Pane And Suffering Last year, I fell for this guy, “John.” We hung out and flirted via e-mail, but he never asked me out. This fall, after he left on a month-long trip, I started dating “Mike,” later discovering he’s one of John’s best friends. Things with Mike started getting rocky. John then surprised me by e-mailing that he’d heard about Mike and me and was a bit hurt and jealous. At Christmas break, Mike left town and John returned. John and I planned to get together, but John lives with a friend of Mike’s so I had to sneak in through his window. I soon realized I had to break up with Mike. Mike was devastated, and it didn’t help that I couldn’t tell him why. John and I kept meeting secretly, but the guilt was getting to him, so we called it quits. Now, I’m torn. Do I settle and give Mike what he wants (me), or wait and try again with John? Or, is it worth it to think of either of them?

—Hopeless Romantic The course of true somethingor-other never did run smooth. Two people—one of whom is really kind of apathetic about the other— torn apart by fate, or whatever you call it when you rip a perfectly good pair of panties sneaking through your boyfriend’s best friend’s window.

An actual “hopeless romantic” is somebody in love with love. You just seem confused: Paper or Mike?

John or plastic? Cheeseburger or big steaming plate of raw sewage?

“Or, is it worth it to think of either of them?” Now, I’m all for people asking me for advice—especially because I’m fond of eating and my landlord likes me better if I pay my rent—but you have to come in with a bit more of a base: I’m this kind of person, and here’s what I care about, and here’s how the two guys I’m considering stack up. Probably because you lack self-knowledge and values, you’re seriously considering settling for a guy. Yeah, there’s a romance right out of “Romeo and Juliet”: “He’s here, he wants me, whatever.”

Spanish philosopher Fernando Savater said one of the greatest mistakes you can make in life is being a “moral imbecile”—somebody who doesn’t bother figuring out who they are and what matters to them, and instead relies on other people to tell them what to do.

When nobody’s around to ask, a person like this can end up doing some really dumb things—say, climbing in a guy’s window on the

first date. Ever hear of bars, restaurants, coffee shops? Many people who date use them as meeting places—especially if they’re women looking for more than a hookup, because guys tend to use and lose women who sleep with them on (or especially, before) the first date.

In the future, when a guy you’re seriously interested in is picking you up, see that he does it in a car, not by grabbing you by the arms and yanking you over the sill.

Of course, until you find it completely nuts to be with a guy simply because he wants to be with you, you’re the only person you should be dating. (Maybe grope yourself at the door for old time’s sake.) As you get to know yourself better, you’ll get a better idea of what kind of guy is right for you. In practice, deciding who to get involved with should work like Santa—the “making a list and checking it twice” thing, not hauling off to the mall and plopping yourself down in some fat guy’s lap.

Welcome To The Dull House I’m 26, and I’ve been with my boyfriend for five years. Our relationship is great, but I keep dreaming about dating other people; no one, specifically. I just miss the butterflies in my stomach, the flirting, even stressing about what to wear. I’d be so stupid to break up with him, but I get freaked thinking of us always being together.

Forever.

—The Ingrate You’re just a loyal, loving girlfriend who needs to find herself—in the arms of a few dozen guys who aren’t her boyfriend. This seems horrible to you, but it isn’t like wanting to pull the wings off flies. It’s just the way things are when you’re 26, and you’ve only been with one guy about since you and Bubba climbed out of the back seat at Senior Prom. Having a great relationship isn’t enough. You have to be ready for a relationship, and that takes a state of mind you just don’t seem to be in. The risk is that you’d lose him forever. But, maybe it’s riskier to chance waking up at 35, married, with two kids, and an unstoppable urge to try on five different lipglosses before the UPS guy arrives.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An engineering company has plans to grow flowers on the moon. Paragon Space Development intends to land mustard seeds inside a small greenhouse dome on the lunar surface by 2011. If all goes well, they will bloom within two weeks, and, thanks to the marvels of communications technology, we earthlings will soon thereafter view one of the most iconic photographs ever seen. Paragon hopes the inspiring image of yellow blossoms on the lunar landscape will incite a new wave of space exploration. Take your cue from this vignette, Taurus. Come up with a riveting new personal symbol: some photo or image or object that thrills your imagination and inspires you to outdo all your previous efforts in pursuit of an ambitious future goal.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “A Pain in the Ash: Volcano Irritates Alaskans.” That was the headline of a news story about how the people of Anchorage, Alaska are dealing with the erratic behavior of nearby Mount Redoubt. As of this writing, the volcano hasn’t exploded yet, but it keeps hinting that it might. Meanwhile, it regularly burps clouds of ash that float around and wreak a lot of inconvenience. “I would like it to have a big boom and get it over with,” said one native. In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, let’s use this situation as a metaphor for your life. The fact is, there’s no sense in getting irritated or impatient with the primal force in your vicinity. Doing so would be a waste of your precious emotional energy. Besides, cultivating calm equanimity is the best way to acquire the grace you’ll need to respond appropriately when the primal force does go boom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If His Holiness the Dalai Lama (like you, born under the sign of the Crab) had a Twitter account, I bet that this week he’d tweet something like this: “Nothing’s permanent and we should never be attached to anything, but wow!—the goodness rising up now may send ripples through eternity!” What he’d mean is that while reality is always in continual flux, and it’s wise not to cling obsessively to either its pleasures or sadnesses, the powerfully healing mojo that’s moving through Cancerians’ lives these days could have long-term positive consequences.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): America’s Republican Party has lost a lot of style points lately. Its national committee chairman Michael Steele even went so far as to say, “We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.” Your reputation isn’t anywhere near as in need of rehabilitation, Leo—in part because you don’t make references about onearmed midgets—but it could still use some work. Fortunately, the coming weeks will be an excellent time, astrologically speaking, for you to not only tidy up your stature, but also to actually enhance your respectability and increase your influence. Take advantage!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming weeks would be an excellent time to devote extra care and attention to your home-away-from-home—you know, the place that’s second-best at making you feel like you truly belong here on this earth. Enhance the ambiance in this alternate power spot, Virgo. Add beauty to the decor. Let the people who hang out there know how much they mean to you. And if you don’t yet have such a sanctuary, then I suggest you hunt one down. You need to experience more of the pleasurable stimulation that comes from going back and forth between two different comfort zones.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You may not literally have X-ray vision right now, but you certainly have a metaphorical version of it. With a little concentration, I bet you could peer beneath the surface of anything you want to. My analysis of the omens suggests that you have the power to see hidden agendas, invisible frameworks, and maneuverings that are unfolding behind the scenes. Please keep in mind that not all of the secret stuff is corrupt or insidious. Some of it is quite beautiful, even elevating. Don’t push your enhanced perceptiveness to search exclusively for the worst in human nature.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the legends of the Scottish Highlanders, this is the anniversary of the fallen angels’ expulsion from paradise. That’s why, they said, it was so crucial for humans to be well-behaved at this time. To blindly indulge in sin and error would set up a resonance with the malevolent exiles, making oneself vulnerable to being preyed on by them. While you and I can chuckle at this quaint superstition, it does have a grain or truth for you to meditate on. At this juncture in your yearly cycle, you tend to be more receptive to bad influences than usual. That’s why you should do everything you can imagine to attract good influences and cultivate experiences that give you the feeling that this world is a paradise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An Arizona woman was jogging in the woods when a fox ran out of nowhere, leaped up, and clamped down on her arm with its teeth. Unable to pry it loose, the woman ran back to her car, which was a mile away, with the fox hanging on. She drove herself to the hospital, where doctors removed the creature and treated her successfully. I imagine that right about now you might feel a bit like she did, Sagittarius: bustling along energetically, in a state of alert, as some nagging vexation clings to you parasitically. Now here’s the good news: I predict that you will get rid of the pest, and will ever thereafter enjoy an enhanced confidence in your ability to function well under pressure.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Since it’s the Capricornian season of romance, I thought I’d give you some tips on how to thrive in the mysterious, paradoxical, crazy-making game of love.

1. Love shouldn’t be a lottery, so don’t gamble on unlikely odds. 2. Love shouldn’t be a power struggle, so try to purge any unconscious yearnings you might have to control people you care for. 3. Love can’t be a self-sustaining perpetual motion machine, so I hope you work on it at least as hard as you do at your job. 4. Love isn’t an endless vacation in the promised land, but neither is it a wrestling match with a three-legged pit bull from hell, so don’t you dare indulge in all-or-nothing fantasies.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The kitchen table will be a power spot for you in the coming weeks. Your own table will be a supreme vortex for visionary brainstorming, but even those in other households could be epicenters for brilliant planning, crucial shifts in attitude, and increased solidarity among allies. To encourage eruptions of creative behavior, make sure the tables are nice and clean. Try to have good food and drink on hand. I also suggest you keep at least one notebook and pen lying around.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In April I was grateful whenever you obeyed all the signs, stuck to the beaten paths, worked a little harder than usual, and averted your eyes from the places where “interesting” bursts of chaos were unfolding. In May I’d appreciate it if you did pretty much the opposite: Question authority rigorously, wander off into less-traveled regions, play harder than usual, and tune in to commotions that could be productive learning experiences. In the past month, Pisces, I was hopeful that you’d pay your debts to society before society’s collection agency started making harassing calls. In the coming month, I invite you to ask everyone to do you extra favors.

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AG/COMMERCIAL LOAN OFFICER. Bank of the Rockies is seeking an individual with an agricultural and commercial lending background for our Lewistown, MT office. Business development is required and the successful applicant will be a self starter. Familiarity with guaranteed lending programs preferred. Excellent benefit package, including the opportunity to live in beautiful central Montana.

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Averages 10-20 hours per week.

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A Missoula day care has an immediate need for part-time Childcare Workers. Must enjoy working with infants and children to 5 years of age, possess patience and a high level of maturity. This daycare is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, including some holidays.

Must be available to work ALL SHIFTS, evenings and weekends included. Prior childcare experience helpful, but willing to train. To meet Montana State requirements, only individuals 18 years or older will be considered for employment. Must have all shots; TB test, have or be able to get CPR and 1st Aid Card and pass a background check.

Hours per week will vary and will be discussed during interview-will work 96 to 120 hours per month, 6 days on, 8 days off. Pay starts at $7.50 per hour. #2975387 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES COORDINATOR, P/T, Msla. A 3/4 time CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES COORDINATOR sought to advance the mission of our church. DUTIES INCLUDE: Plan, manage, supervise and coordinate all aspects of children’s ministry from birth to 5th grade. Build and manage a team of volunteers (trained, equipped, & supported to provide a loving nurturing and age appropriate environment where children can discover Jesus Christ in a personal way.)

Seeking a self-motivated person with strong relational and organizational skills who is committed to leading children’s ministries with excellent, energy, and enthusiasm.

This position is a 3/4 time, salaried, exempt position. Mentoring and supervision will be provided by CoPastor, designated to oversee Children’s Ministries. This person will be accountable to both CoPastors as heads of staff, and the sessions for ministry through this church. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: Specific Character Qualities; Skills/Competencies (Theological/Developmental/Educa tional/Experience; Leadership; Management; Undergraduate

degree and experience; Computer skills; Certificates/Licenses/ Registrations/DL). Work is 30 hours per week (exempt) and the days are flexible (but include nights and weekends). Pay to be discussed. #2975411 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 DISTRICT 6 HRDC, LEWISTOWN, seeking Fiscal Assistant. Payroll, AP, computer skills essential. Full-time position with benefits. EOE. Job description available at www.hrdc6.org or 406-535-7488 FORESTRY WORKER 1 (NURSERY), F/T, Msla. Employer is seeking individuals to work at the state nursery.

Duties include lifting and grading bareroot seedlings, thinning containerized seedlings, packing seedling orders, weeding seedling beds, making cuttings for propagation, cone processing, moving irrigation pipe, inventory of nursery stock, collecting seed and fruit for seedling propagation, sowing containerized seedlings, performing shelterbelt maintenance, and other duties as assigned. This is a seasonal position. Rate of pay is $9.00/hour. Work is Monday Friday, 40 hrs per week. Full job description available at Missoula Workforce Center front desk. #2975392. 728-7060 $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Earn Extra income assembling CD cases from Home. CALL OUR LIVE OPERATORS NOW! 1-800-405-7619 ext.

150 www.easywork-greatpay.com MAINTENANCE EGNINEERHOTEL, FT, Msla. Employer is seeking full-time general MAINTENANCE/ENGINEER for nationally known hotel in Missoula. Duties include general maintenance duties which include ensuring guests concerns are addressed quickly. This includes fixing or changing TV’s, remotes, basic plumbing, changing lights, grounds maintenance and other duties as required. Work days will vary. Rate of pay is $9.00 to $10.00/ hour, depending on experience. Looking for candidates that are enthusiastic, energetic, and enjoy interacting with people. Must have current driver’s license. #2975415 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

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HOUSEKEEPERS, F/T, Msla.

Picturesque lodge located 57 miles west of Missoula near the Powell Ranger Station in Idaho is seeking full-time seasonal Housekeepers.

Will work approximately May 1st to November 1st. Duties include: Cleaning guest rooms and cabins, stocking rooms with necessities.

Looking for high energy, enthusiastic individuals who enjoy interacting with people and making sure guests have a great experience. No experience necessary. Work week and shifts will vary. Must be available weekends. Rate of pay is negotiable. There is housing available if desired: $125/month with shared common areas. Employer can offer a fuel supplement if employee wants/needs to commute from Missoula or Lolo area! Meals are provided during working shifts.

Enjoy the fantastic scenery & recreational opportunities of the area during your free hours. Interviews and training to start immediately. #2975417 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

depending on workload. Will work Friday, Saturday and Sundays.

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a professional and friendly demeanor. Duties include conducting donor health histories, prepare donors for venipuncture & performs phlebotomies, labels blood packs, monitors and maintains equipment used in blood collection process, provides direct care to blood donors, pack & ship blood, and assists with set-up and breakdown of equipment used in collection operations. Prior customer service experience preferred. Requires valid Montana driver’s license and safe driving record. This position will work varied hours Monday-Friday with some weekends & overnight travel as required. Rate of pay is $12.27/hour or higher. #2975397 Missoula Workforce Center 7287060

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NETWORK & SYSTEMS ADMINISTR Missoula web hosting company seeks experienced admin to help manage our 24/7 infrastructure. Must have Juniper, Cisco, and Linux expertise. w w w. m o d w e s t . c o m / j o b s jobs@modwest.com NIGHT BAKER, F/T, Msla. Love to bake and mix it up in the kitchen?

Part-time overnight BAKER is needed. Duties would include: Following recipes, mixing, measuring and weighing accurately with good attention to detail to produce high quality results. Requires person who is responsible and personally accountable who works well independently with minimal supervision.

Prefer 3 months experience, or have a true love of baking and a willingness to learn. Employer is willing to train and is interested in a worker who wants a long-term position.

Work days would be MondayFriday, Shifts would be 10pm-6am,

OPERATIONS MANAGER, FT, Msla. Skilled leader needed to run several accounts throughout Montana. Managerial and building service maintenance experience necessary. Janitorial or housekeeping experience a plus. Must have excellent organizational skills, including time management and ability to motivate workers. Only responsible, motivated, detail-oriented people need apply. This position is high profile in a busy customer oriented environment.

Responsible for training and special projects for accounts. The following benefits apply: 401k, savings bond purchases through payroll, Health Insurance Plan (medical insurance, prescription discount, life insurance, dental insurance, and optical insurance), Term Life insurance & short& long-term disability insurance; advancement opportunities, service awards, birthdays off with pay, paid holidays, vacation, car mileage & cell phone allowance, bonuses & incentives. #2975402 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

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A LIFE WITH A CAREER! Auto Transport Company seeking motivated drivers. Clean CDL, 100K verifiable miles. Car hauling experience necessary. Sign-On Longevity Bonus! Call Brad 406-855-3625.

CONTRACTOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED. Accepting bids on summer projects; cement, plumbing, and maintenance. Contact Renee Rasmussen, Wibaux Public School, at 796-2474 ASAP Maintenance Tech: Rental Units.

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Good pay, benefits, vacation, $ for school. HS grads ages 17-34.

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Relocation avail. Call Mon-Fri 800887-0952 PRIMROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL. Assistant Position Available. Must have knowledge of Montessori teaching method. Send resume/letter of interest to: Nancy Deskins, Director, PO Box 3354, Missoula, MT 59806 STEEL WORKER Get hands-on paid training w/great benefits, vacation, $ for school. No exp needed. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri 877-475-6289 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS-Elementary School, Temporary, Msla. Missoula area school is seeking SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. DUTIES INCLUDE: Teach students, filling in for teacher’s absence in grades K-8; could be any subject; class sizes are from 1020 students. Applicants must have a bachelors degree in any area. Work is expected to be about 6 hours per day, during the school day. Pay is $75/day. #2975405 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 Wildland Fire Training, Basic and Refresher. 406-543-0013

HEALTH CAREERS CNA, F/T, Msla. Missoula long term care facility needs a CNA for the evening shift. Candidates need at least 6 months experience-experience with geriatric patients preferred. Duties include answering patient call signals, assist with bathing, feeding, clean as needed, observe patient conditions, explain medication, aid patient exercises, set up equipment, aid in transport, and some clerical documentation duties. Will work 2 pm to 10 pm, four shifts per week, rotating days, for about 32 hours per week. Must be available for weekends. Pay is $9.30/hr. Business is on bus line. #2975391 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN II, P/T, Msla. Seeking part-time (20-34 hours/wk) donor services tech with

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HEALTH & NUTRITION MANAGER, P/T, Msla. Employer is seeking an interim Health & Nutrition Manager to cover a three month leave. This position has the responsibility for the health, nutrition, and safety program including planning and implementation of services for children and families. The position also has technical and administrative supervision over assigned staff. Duties include identification of infant & toddler nutritional needs, working with parents for child safety, & development needs, tracking results, and other duties as contained in the full job description available at the Missoula Job Service front desk.

Work week is 30 hours/wk. Rate of pay is $15.22/hour. This position is for 30 hrs/wk. Degree preferred in Public Health, Health Promotion, Nursing or related degree or experience. #2975419 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 LOCAL CENSUS OFFICE MANAGER, F/T, Msla. US Census Bureau is seeking a local census office manager for the Missoula area. The manager has the overall responsibility for the quality and progress of all field and office operations. The manager directs census operations in the local area, including budget and scheduling, and monitors progress of operations to ensure that they are on schedule, within budget and meet quality data standards.

Must be US Citizen, have driver’s license at time of hire, have access to a vehicle with insurance, and clear the FBI background check.

Hiring would occur in September with the work beginning in October, 2009 for approximately a one year period. Rate of pay is $23/hr. A packet on how to apply is available at Job Service front desk. There are no walk-ins for testing, only those that have been contacted by the local census office to attend. #2975421 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 NURSE PRACTITIONER, PSYCH/MENTAL HEALTH, FT, Msla.

A Missoula Mental Health agency is seeking a Psych/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Requires a Master’s degree and NP-PMH Montana license. Duties: Therapy, assessments, prescribing medications for adults, crisis calls. Must be able to work effectively with multiple community service providers, have strong problem solving skills. Some travel required to other field offices.

Must have driver’s license, clean driving record, reliable transportation and vehicle insurance.

Monday-Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. Pay is depending on experience and qualifications + mileage reimbursement; benefits after one year of work: one week of vacation, 5 paid holidays, and health insurance. #2975383 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

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LOOMIX(r) FEED supplements is seeking Dealers. Motivated individuals with cattle knowledge and community ties. Contact Kristi @ 800870-0356/kboen@loomix.com to find out if there is a Dealership opportunity in your area.

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Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734.

CONTRACTOR is not required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project, but must have registered prior to execution of the Construction Agreement. All laborers and mechanics employed by CONTRACTOR or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by the laws of Missoula County and the State of Montana.

The CONTRACTOR must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Missoula County, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful BIDDERS shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.

Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided. Sealed bids shall be marked Missoula Development Park Sidewalk Improvements No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids, which is 1:30 PM., local time, May 7, 2009.The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the OWNER. The Contractor is required to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Published at Missoula, Montana, this 23rd day of April 2009.

provided.No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the opening of the Bids specified above.The right is reserved to reject any or all Proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60), and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of Mountain Home Montana.The CONTRACTOR(s) is required to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.Publication Dates:April 30, 2009May 7, 2009Missoula Independent

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SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for construction of Missoula Development Park Sidewalk Improvements will be received by the Missoula County Auditor’s Office, Attn: Barbara Berens, on the second floor of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 until 1:30 PM local time on May 7th, 2009, and then publicly opened and read aloud. The project consists of the construction of approximately 50,000 SF of concrete sidewalk and 13,000 SF of asphalt sidewalk in the Missoula Development Park. The contract documents consisting of drawings, specifications, and bidding documents may be examined or obtained at the office of Professional Consultants, Inc., 3115 Russell, Missoula, MT 59801. The required deposit is $ 100.00 per set, which is non-refundable. In addition, the drawings and project manual may also be examined at the Missoula Plans Exchange, 201 N. Russell, Missoula, MT (406) 5495002. There will be a Pre-Bid Conference in Room 201 of t he Missoula County Courthouse Annex, at 1:30 PM on April 30th, 2009. Interested CONTRACTORS are

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No: 3 Cause No: DV-08-788 SUMMONS MIKE MCMEEKIN, SHERIFF MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, Petitioner, vs. Dallas Peres, Respondent(s). THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVENAMED RESPONDENT(S). YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition for Forfeiture in this action, which is filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer with the Office of the Clerk of Court, located at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, and to serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff Attorney within twenty days after the service on this Summons, exclusive of the day 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 Petition for Forfeiture of $1,905.00 (one thousand nine hundred five dollars) cash. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 31st day of March, 2009. (SEAL /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Karen Johnson, Deputy Clerk

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for construction of SOUTH AVENUE SANITARY SEWER MAIN EXTENSION will be received by MORRISON-MAIERLE, INC. located at 3011 PALMER STREET, Missoula, MT 59808 until 5:00 P.M. local time on MAY 13, 2009, and then privately opened.The project generally consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major itemsInstallation of approximately 125 linear feet of 15-inch and 879 linear feet of 8inch sanitary sewer main;Installation of approximately 5 gravity sanitary sewer servicesInstallation of 3 precast sanitary sewer manholesConnection to existing lift stationRestoration of trench surface including paving.The Contract Documents consisting of half size Drawings and Project Manual may be examined or obtained at the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc. 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, Montana 59808 (406) 542-8880.

Required deposit is $75 per set, which is not refundable, by regular mail or United Parcel Service (UPS). Payment of an additional $25 is required for express mail. Full size drawings may be purchased for an additional $30, non-refundable.In addition, the Drawings and Project Manual may also be examined at the following locations:Missoula Plans Exchange201 North Russell StreetMissoula, Montana 59801There will not be a Pre-Bid Conference. Direct inquiries shall be made to Molly Skorpik, PE, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT 59808, (406) 542-4825. It is the contractor’s responsibility to be familiar with the project site and any constraints material to his bid.CONTRACTOR(s) and any of the CONTRACTOR’s subcontractors bidding on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1406-444-7734. CONTRACTOR’s are required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project.Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Mountain Home Montana, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful BIDDERS shall furnish an approved Construction Performance Bond and a Construction (Labor and Materials) Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT Missoula County RFQ for Audit Services Missoula County is requesting proposals from qualified certified public accounting firms for annual audits of its financial statements for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011 with the option of auditing its financial statements for the two subsequent years. Statements of qualifications will be accepted until 5:00 PM, Monday, May 11, 2009. Interested firms may obtain a complete description of proposal requirements on Missoula County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bidsandproposals or by contacting Andrew Czorny, Chief Financial Officer, 406-258-4919, or aczorny@co.missoula.mt.us.

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No: 2 Cause No: DV-08-1122 SUMMONS MARK MUIR, CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, Petitioner, vs.

Jason R. Dominguez, Respondent(s). THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT(S). YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition for Forfeiture in this action, which is filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer with the Office of the Clerk of Court, located at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, and to serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff Attorney within twenty days after the service on this Summons, exclusive of the day 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 Petition for Forfeiture of $3,103.00 (three thousand one hundred three dollars). Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 31st day of March, 2009. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Karen Johnson, Deputy Clerk.

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Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, in the City of Missoula, Montana until 10:00 A.M., Wednesday May 13, 2009, at which time bids will be opened and read in the conference room, for the purpose of providing 6000 tons of 3/4” Asphaltic Plant Mix. All work is to be performed in accordance with the specifications on file in the Public Works Department, and shall be performed under the supervision of the County Engineer or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula Montana, 59808. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Bid for 3/4” Asphaltic Plant Mix”, SOLICITATION NO. 0509-001” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Department 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808

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NOTICE OF HEARING SEELEY LAKE MISSOULA COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT - ANNUAL ASSESSMENT The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Community Hall (north side of Seeley Lake, east side of Highway 83) for the purpose of obtaining public comments on continuing the $72 per lot assessment for lots within the Seeley Lake Missoula County Sewer District for the operations and maintenance costs of said District for Fiscal Year 2010. This hearing constitutes compliance with 7-13-2307 M.C.A., Hearing on Protest to Levy 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 on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., at the Seeley Lake Community Hall (on the north side of Seeley Lake, on the east side of Highway 83). 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 anytime 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; by fax at (406) 721-4043; or by e-mail at bcc@co.missoula.mt.us Additional information may be obtained by contacting Glen Morin, Seeley Lake Sewer District at (406) 677-2141; or Dale Bickell, Chief Administrative Office, at (406) 258-4229 or by e-mail at dbickell@co.missoula.mt.us. DATED THIS 24th DAY OF APRIL, 2009 /s/ Bill Carey Chair, Missoula Board of County Commissioner

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Missoula County Government Notice of Public Meeting FEMA, DNRC, Missoula County and the City of Missoula will be holding a Public Information Meeting regarding the Revised Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) that were released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on April 6, 2009. The effort to update the floodplain maps for these communities is just one aspect of a larger federally-funded project to generate digital flood hazard information maps for communities across Montana. This Public Information Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2008, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at the Missoula City Council Chambers, located at 140 W Pine St. Staff from FEMA, the State of Montana DNRC Floodplain Program, DNRC’s study contractor (PBS&J), Missoula County, and the City of Missoula will be on hand to answer questions, discuss the floodplain data and studies used to develop the preliminary DFIRM, and provide an overview of the countywide digital flood hazard mapping project and timeline. The Revised Preliminary DFIRM’s for Missoula and Missoula County are available for public viewing at the Office of Planning and Grants located at 435 Ryman, the DNRC Regional Office located at 1610 S. 3rd St (adjacent to the Good Food Store) or online at www.montanadfirm.com. For further information regarding the Public Information Meeting or any other topics addressed in this notice please contact Todd Klietz, Missoula Floodplain Administrator at 258-4841, Scott Roscoe the Mitigation Outreach Specialist for FEMA Region VIII Mitigation Division at 303-235-4988, or Celinda Adair, DNRC Map Modernization Coordinator at 406-444-6656.

thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 2nd day of April A.D., 2009.

MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By: /s/ Patrick A. Turner, Deputy

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SHERIFF’S SALE GES, INC., A MONTANA CORPORATION, Plaintiff Against GEORGE MASTEL and LAVERNE MASTEL, Defendants. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks On the 5th day of May A.D., 2009, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain real property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: The Defendant’s undivided 50% interest in the following described real property: Township 13 North, Range 20 West Section Four (4), Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW 1/4); Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 NW 1/4), less Chicago, Milwaukee, St, Paul & Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Township l4 North, Range 20 West Section Thirty-Three (33), Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 SW 1/4), Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4), South of Grass Valley French Canal, Approximately 35 acres; Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 NW 1/4), South and West of Grass Valley French Canal, Approximately 7 acres; Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE 1/4 NW 1/4), South of Grass Valley French Canal, Approximately 9 acres; Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, South of Grass Valley French Canal, Approximately 39 acres; Southeast Quarter of the Southwest (SE 1/4 SW 1/4), except Southeast corner, an area of one acre, more or less, east of slough which is excluded; Approximately 39 acres; Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 SE 1/4) area North of slough, Approximately 24 acres; Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4 SE 1/4) South of Grass Valley French Canal, Approximately 39 acres, more or less; Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 NE 1/4) South of Grass Valley Canal, Approximately 9 acres; Recording reference in Book 462 at Page 882 Micro Records. AND Lands lying in Section 33, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. The Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 SE 1/4) South of the Grass Valley French Canal and West of the existing fence.

Recording Reference in Book 726 of Micro Records at Page 676. AND Lands lying in Section 33, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

That parcel in the Southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 SW 1/4) East of, and surrounded by the forks of, the Slough. Recording Reference in Book 726 of Micro Records at Page 677. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances

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SHERIFF’S SALE WESTVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK, LLC, Plaintiff, Against WILLIAM BAILEY, Defendant. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks On the 7th day of May A.D., 2009, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., at 4560 Chandler, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Classic Liberty Trailer, VIN 06L30471. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. No warranty is made as to the condition or title of the personal property. Dated this 30th day of April A.D., 2009. /s/ MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By: Patrick A. Turner, Deputy.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DV-09-308 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Jimy Dee Murphy, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Jimy Dee Murphy, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Jimy Dee Murphy to Kyani Dee Murphy, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 20th day of May, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 15th day of April, 2009. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: Gayle Johnon, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-09-506 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Shaun Fleming Gunderson, Petitioner.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Shaun Fleming Gunderson, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Shaun Fleming Gunderson to Shaun Fleming Hamilton, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 3rd day of June, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana in courtroom number 1.

At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 16th day of April, 2009.

(SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: Karen Johnson, Deputy

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8 "Brimful of ___" (Cornershop hit of 1997) 9 Come across as 10 What February might have, depending on the region

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41 "Hey ___" (recurring "In Living Color" skit) 42 Literal translation of "Adirondack" that evokes trees 43 Peruvian singer Sumac 44 Journalists who write heart-tugging stories, slangily 45 Sue Grafton's "___ for Outlaw" 46 Sam & Dave's longtime record label 48 Home of the Great Dark Spot 50 That Suzanne Vega song with the "doo doo doo doo" chorus

56 "The Wrestler" director Aronofsky 57 Stadium section with cheaper tickets, usually 59 Kennel structures 60 Mississippi university that's home to the Fighting Okra 61 Accustom 62 Cleaned up a microscopic specimen, e.g.

63 Part of CBS: abbr.

11 Biggest section of a TV dinner 12 Prepare cauliflower, say 13 Like some causes 14 Crustacean that fashions homes from a porous animal 16 "___ it seems" 20 Asthma sufferers' needs 23 Contemporary classical composer Henryk 27 Rubbernecks 28 Intent to harm, for one 29 Soft-Coated ___ Terrier (breed named for its grainlike color) 30 On a list, in olden times 31 Star's locale 36 Friend-in-need's helpful response

37 Acts like a control freak 38 Somehow 42 CD anthologies, often 44 Store handout 46 Poker variety 47 Drank until stinking drunk 49 Fat introduction?

51 "Curses!"

52 Rick's "Casablanca" love 53 ___ pot (sinus-cleaning apparatus) 54 Politico Bayh 55 Anatomical nerve network 58 Had the most points

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-09-507 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Steven Hamilton Gunderson, Petitioner.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Steven Hamilton Gunderson, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Steven Hamilton Gunderson to William Steven Hamilton, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 19th day of May, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana in courtroom number 2S. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 16th day of April, 2009. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: Richard Goodwin, Deputy

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/08/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200613760, Book 776, Page 568, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Lindsey Doe, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 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 44A of Cook’s Addition, Block 1, Lots 40 through 45, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 4, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $139,525.93. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $136,231.84, 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 July 14, 2009 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.

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-09-64 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OPAL L. OHNSTAD, 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 estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Andra Jean Walker, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 10th day of April, 2009. /s/ Andra Jean Walker, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DA-09-19 CITATION IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: ANTHONY MICHAEL MADERA, Minor Child. GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: Frankie Miquel Madera. A Petition having been filed in the above-entitled matter by Cory James Baldwin, for the adoption of your natural child, A.M.M., pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 42-2-605 (1)(g)(2), and the termination of your parental rights, and the consent of the natural mother, Norma of the natural mother, Norma Jean Baldwin, being on file with the above-entitled Court, this Citation issues to advise you that on the 2nd day of June, 2009, at 1:30 o’clock p.m. or as soon thereafter as Counsel may be heard, the Petition for Adoption will be brought for consideration by this Court as to granting the adoption as requested and that you are to appear before the above-entitled Court on that date and time above noted, if you so desire to present testimony and evidence, if any your have, why the adoption should not be granted. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a waiver of the individual’s interests in custody of the child and will result in the Court’s termination of the individual’s rights to the child. DATED this 23rd day of April, 2009. /s/ Douglas G. Harkin, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DA-09-20 CITATION IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: BRITTANY JEAN MADERA, Minor Child. GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: Frankie Miquel Madera. A Petition having been filed in the above-entitled matter by Cory James Baldwin, for the adoption of your natural child, B.J.M., pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 42-2-605 (1)(g)(2), and the termination of your parental rights, and the consent of the natural mother, Norma of the natural mother, Norma Jean Baldwin, being on file with the above-entitled Court, this Citation issues to advise you that on the 2nd day of June, 2009, at 1:30 o’clock p.m. or as soon thereafter as Counsel may be heard, the Petition for Adoption will be brought for consideration by this Court as to granting the adoption as requested and that you are to appear before the above-entitled Court on that date and time above noted, if you so desire to present testimony and evidence, if any your have, why the adoption should not be granted. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a waiver of the individual’s interests in custody of the child and will result in the Court’s termination of the individual’s rights to the child. DATED this 23rd day of April, 2009. /s/ Douglas G. Harkin, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-09-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MONTY G. BOWMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Robert Raymond Bowman 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 Robert Raymond Bowman, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE, 818 West Central Avenue, Suite 1, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 20th day of April, 2009. CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE /s/ Kyle D. Cunningham, Attorney for Personal Representative, Robert Raymond Bowman MONTANAFOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-09-185 NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Petition for Change of Name of the minor child of: Rachel Romanelli, Petitioner. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED HEREIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a verified Petition for Name Change of Kate L. O’Connell to obtain an order of the Court granted leave to assume the name of Kate L. Romanelli, will be presented to the above-entitled Court, at the Missoula County Courthouse at, Missoula, Montana, on Tuesday the 2nd day of June at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, and that at such time, application will be made for the relief sought in the said Petition. DATED this 20th day of April, 2009. WELLS & MCKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Jamie J. McKittrick

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/07/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200715217,Bk799,Pg-750, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Harold Monteau and Elizabeth M. Topsky was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company 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 18, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 4327.

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 01/12/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 6, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $751,743.23. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $747,842.83, 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 July 14, 2009 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.

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PRECISION PRE-OWNED VEHICLES LOWEST PRICES OF THE YEAR PICKUPS 08 Dodge 2500 Diesel QuadCab 4x4 Was $32,995 Now $27,495 Save $5,500 07 Ford Ranger XCab 4x4 Was $17,995 Now $14,695 Save $3,300 06 Toyota Tacoma QuadCab 4x4 Was $25,995 Now $21,495 Save $4,500 06 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 CrewCab Was $20,995 Now $18,995 Save $2,000 04 Ram 2500 Quad Cab, 4x4, Hemi Was $19,995 Now $16,995 Save $3,000 01 Dodge Dakota Ram 1500 Quad Cab, 46K Was $10,995 Now $8,995 Save $2,000 01 Dodge Dakota Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 Was $8,995 Now $5,995 Save $3,000 98 Chevrolet XCab Diesel 4x4 Was $10,995 Now $6,895 Save $4,100 97 Dodge Dakota 4x4 XCab Was $7,995 Now $4,995 Save $3,000

$439/MO* $249/MO* $369/MO* $299/MO* $289/MO* $129/MO* $119/MO* $135/MO* $129/MO*

CARS 09 Chrysler 300 Sedan Was $23,995 Now $20,495 Save $3,500 09 Subaru Legacy AWD, sunroof Was $23,995 Now $19,995 Save $4,000 08 Toyota Camry 4Dr Was $19,995 Now $15,995 Save $4,000 08 Nissan Maxima Was $19,995 Now $16,995 Save $3,000 08 Chrysler Sebring Convertible low miles Was $19,995 Now $16,995 Save $3,000 08 PT Cruiser Was $12,995 Now $11,495 Save $1,500 08 Chrysler Sebring Was $15,995 Now $11,995 Save $4,000 08 Chevy Aveo 4 Door AT Was $11,995 Now $9,995 Save $2,000

$349/MO*

07 Honda Civic SI Sunroof Was $21,995 Now $17,495 Save $4,500 07 Hyundai Sonata Was $14,995 Now $12,695 Save $2,300 06 Chrysler 300 Touring Was $18,995 Now $15,695 Save $3,300 06 Cobalt LS Was $11,995 Now $9,495 Save $2,500 06 Volkswagon Jetta Was $14,995 Now $11,695 Save $3,300 06 Pontiac G6 GT Was $15,995 Now $9,995 Save $6,000 06 Malibu LS Was $9,995 Now $7,695 Save $2,300 05 Ford Focus ZX3 Was $9,995 Now $7,695 Save $2,300 05 Kia Rio Sedan Was $8,995 Now $6,695 Save $2,300 05 Pontiac Sunfire Coupe Was $9,995 Now $6,995 Save $3,300 04 Hyundai Tiburon Coupe Was $9,995 Now $7,495 Save $2,500

$339//MO*

SUV’S

$275/MO*

08 Jeep Liberty Sport 4X4 Was $19,995 Now $15,995 Save $4,000 08 Suzuki XL7, 8 Pass., 4x4 Starting at $16,495 08 Chrysler Pacifica, AWD Was $19,995 Now $16,995 Save $3,000 08 Suzuki Grand Vitara XLS 4x4 Was $17,995 Now $13,995 Save $4,000 07 Chevrolet Trail Blazer Was $18,995 Now $16,495 Save $2,500 06 Nissan Xterra 4x4 Was $17,995 Now $14,995 Save $3,000

$289/MO* $289/MO* $189/MO* $197/MO* $179/MO*

$289/MO* $189/MO* $249/MO* $189/MO* $189/MO* $189/MO* $129/MO* $159/MO* $149/MO* $139/MO* $149/MO*

06 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4 Was $17,995 Now $12,495 Save $5,500 04 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 Was $13,995 Now $10,995 Save $3,000 04 Honda Element EX Sunroof AWD Was $12,995 Now $10,495 Save $2,500 03 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 Was $10,995 Now $7,895 Save $3,100

$209/MO* $189/MO* $179/MO* $159/MO*

VANS 08 Chrysler Town & Country Was $19,995 Now $15,995 Save $4,000 08 Chrysler Pacifica AWD Was $19,995 Now $16,995 Save $3,000 07 Chrysler Town & Country Was $12,995 Now $10,995 Save $2,000 05 Grand Caravan Was $11,995 Now $18,995 Save $3,000

$259/MO* $289/MO* $189/MO* $129/MO*

Over 20 Vans In Stock Payments Starting At $100 Per Month

BUDGET LOT $265/MO* $289/MO* $289/MO* $239/MO* $279/MO* $256/MO*

05 Kia Rio Was $7,995 Now $3,995 Save $4,000 04 Chevy Cavalier, 4dr Was $7,995 Now $4,495 Save $3,500 99 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4x4 Was $10,995 Now $7,495 Save $3,500 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee LMTD Was $6,995 Now $4,995 Save $2,000 94 Chevy 1500 4x4 Was $5,995 Now $2,995 Save $3,000

$99/MO* $99/MO* $149/MO* $104/MO* $100/MO*

*5 years old & newer based on 72 months, $49 down, 7% O.A.C.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/06/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200500471, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David A. Fuschino and Mindy L. Fuschino was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. DBA Mann Mortgage 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 177 of Pleasant View Homes No. 2, Phase IV, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200803864, Book 813, Page 959, 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 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 4, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $150,293.61. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $147,697.78, 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 July 14, 2009 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.01535) 1002.114202-FEI

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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7037.16852) 1002.114210-FEI

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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. 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: February 9, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 9, 2009, 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 ASAP# 3064246 04/23/2009, 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/06/98, recorded as Instrument No. 9821336, Book 551, Page 1682, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Laurie R. Hill, a married woman was Grantor, First Union Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Chicago Title Insurance Co was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Chicago Title Insurance Co as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot B of Hill Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Includes a 1988 Fleetwood, 28 x 66, title W118317, VIN IDFLH13A10510CW manufactured home. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 199913216, Book 582, Page 1244, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Mellon Mortgage Company. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 4, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $77,087.87.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $72,862.12, 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 July 13, 2009 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/19/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200701738, Bk-790, Pg-1276, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Harold E. Nelson & Katheryn A. Nelson, as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 in Block 2 of New Meadows, 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, NA. 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 11/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 11, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $220,561.02. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $213,466.52, 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 July 21, 2009 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.01949) 1002.114754-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 19, 2009, 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 6 IN BLOCK 14 OF GREENWOOD ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Leo C. Thrush and Tiffany Thrush, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Heritage Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 7, 2006 and recorded August 8, 2006 at 11:41 o’clock A.M. in Book 780, Page 742, as Document No. 200619850. The beneficial interest is currently held by US Bank National Association successor by merger United States National Bank of Oregon successor by merger U.S. Bank of Washington National Association successor by merger Southwest Washington Successor by merger Heritage 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 pay the Mature Loan in the amount of $27,050.32. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 23, 2009 is $25,791.10 principal, interest at the rate of 8.25% now totaling $986.72, and other fees and expenses advanced of $272.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $5.82949 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 19, 2009, 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: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE N1/2NE1/4 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 7 OF CERTIFICATE SURVEY NO. 5320 Robert M. Barthelmess and Cinde L. Barthelmess, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 26, 2005 and recorded June 6, 2005 in Book 753, Page 1486 as Document No. 200513542. 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 successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee for RAMP 2006SP1. 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 $4,879.10, beginning November 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 February 19, 2009 is $719,500.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.75% now totaling $20,878.64, late charges in the amount of $696.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $117.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $152.77 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. 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: February 6, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 6, 2009, 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 ASAP# 3066477 04/23/2009, 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 22, 2009, 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 Twenty-Two (22) and TwentyThree (23) in Block Seventy-eight (78), in Daly’s Addition No. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Larry E Stolle and Sandra J Stolle, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Century Title Company, a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to The Lomas & Nettleton Company, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 22, 1977 and recorded July 25, 1977 at 8:05 o’clock A.M., in Book 100, Page 1386, under Document No. 404652 and rerecorded on September 27, 1977 at 12:45 o’clock P.M., in Book 104, Page 1245, under Document No. 408933. The beneficial interest is currently held by LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage PassThrough Certificates 1997-HUD1. 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 $472.25, 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 February 27, 2009 is $28,118.42 principal, interest at the rate of 8.50% now totaling $3,831.18, suspense balance of ($296.09) and other fees and expenses advanced of $201.28, plus accruing interest at the rate of $6.64 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 in cash at the time of sale.

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. 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 expensed actually incurred and attor-

ney’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: February 12, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On February 12, 2009, 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. Nicole Schafer Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 03/28/2011 ASAP# 3066952 04/23/2009, 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009

No. 351, a parcel of land located in the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter and the Northeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 13, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana Mark Esping & Ann Margaret Esping, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007 and Recorded May 14, 2007 in Book 797, Page 356, as Document No. 20071 1760. 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 Misssoula 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 $2,336.50, 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 February 13, 2009 is $305,293.82 principal, interest at the rate of 6.1250% now totaling $8406.12, late charges in the amount of $376.68, escrow advances of $52.64, and other fees and expenses advanced of $52.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $51.23 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. 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: February 17, 2009 ASAP# 3072779 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009, 05/14/2009

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: February 17, 2009 Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On 2/17/09, 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. JESSICA M. HOPKINS Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 ASAP# 3071659 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009, 05/14/2009

Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE SOUTH 80 FEET OF LOTS 17 AND 18 IN BLOCK 38 OF DALY’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN BOOK 1 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. Troy Patten, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 14, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 at 4:21 o’clock P.M., in Book 720, Page 627, as Document No. 200340163. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage LLC fka GMAC 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 $889.47, beginning November 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 February 20, 2009 is $111,711.30 principal, interest at the rate of 5.5% now totaling $2,367.87, late charges in the amount of $308.52, escrow advances of $254.66, suspense balance of $174.24 and other fees and expenses advanced of $56.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.84 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

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: February 19, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 19, 2009, 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 Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota My Commission Expires February 23, 2013 ASAP# 3076532 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009, 05/14/2009

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RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE INTERIM ZONING RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH LOLO AREA

The original Resolution (2008066) to Adopt an Interim Zoning Resolution Establishing Zoning Districts in the North Lolo Area was adopted on May 30, 2008 and subsequently amended by Resolution 2008-089.

The area is located north of Lolo on the west side of US Highway 93. The boundaries of the districts are shown on the map.

(Details regarding property descriptions are included in Resolution 2008-066.)

The specific emergency or exigent circumstance compelling the establishment of the proposed interim zoning district or regulation detailed in Resolution 2008-066 concerns the permitting of gravel operations. The protections of public health and safety that Missoula County was relying on may not be provided due to changes in legal decisions in the State of Montana.

Unzoned property would not be subject to land use controls that would allow for the County to condition gravel mining and processing operations. In order to address these issues, the County has initiated a planning process that includes the area covered by the interim zoning regulations for the purposes of considering amendment of the growth policy and implementation of zoning regulations.

The general character of the established interim zoning regulations is as follows: The regulations were established in compliance with the 2002 Lolo Regional Plan by applying the zoning designations of Open and Resource, Residential, Residential based on the Ponderosa Heights Subdivision covenants, and General Commercial to the parcels shown on Attachment A of Resolution 2008-089.

This proposal would extend the interim zoning for a period of one more year to May 30, 2010.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

The Resolution to Extend the Interim Zoning Resolution Establishing Zoning Districts in the North Lolo Area is on file and available for public inspection at Missoula County Rural Initiatives located at 317 Woody Avenue (telephone 258-3432), the Missoula County Commissioners Office and the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, both of which are located on the second floor of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex located at 200 West Broadway. A copy can also be found on the web at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/ru ral/.

If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 2584877. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, 2009, in Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: 1. A request by Thomas Martin to vary from the required 25 foot front yard setback as required by Resolution 76-113, Section 2.10 (B) Space and Bulk Requirements. The subject property is located at 2314 Pauline Drive, legally described as Lot 2 Block 2 Pomajevich Addition, and is zoned C-RR2. See map P. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning and Grants at 258-4657.

Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the variance request, you may contact Jamie Erbacher at the same number or by e-mail at jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us.

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The Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing at their regularly scheduled public meeting on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at 1:30 p.m., in Room 201 of the County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway in Missoula upon a proposed:

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 26, 2009, 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: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES, IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO-WIT: LOT 8 IN BLOCK 5 OF SEELEY LAKE HOMESITES ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TRAVIS SIMON AND MACHELLE L. SIMON, AS JOINT TENANTS BY DEED FROM TRAVIS SIMON RECORDED 11/03/2000 IN DEED DOC. # 200342157, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. NOTE: FOR STREET NUMBERING PURPOSES KNOWN AS 715 SPRUCE DRIVE, SEELEY LAKE, MONTANA Travis Simon & Machelle L Simon, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Old Republic, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 21, 2005 and Recorded October 3, 2005 in Book 761, Page 771, as Document No. 200526001. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of Popular ABS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-D. 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 $1,087.37, 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 February 27, 2009 is $107,426.48 principal, interest at the rate of 9.88% now totaling $5,095.94, late charges in the amount of $1,143.71, escrow advances of $578.84, suspense balance of $0.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $442.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $29.08 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

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: February 16, 2009 Charles Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 16, 2009, 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. Jessica Hopkins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 ASAP# 3070238 04/23/2009, 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 2009, 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 Misssoula County, Montana: Parcel 17 of Certificate of Survey

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 2009, 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 5 of Allen Acres, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Gary S Wiser, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank Missoula, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 16, 2006 and recorded June 21, 2006 in Book 777, Page 377, under Document No. 200615004. 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 $3,642.16, beginning June 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 February 27, 2009 is $408,443.08 principal, interest at the rate of 6.8750% now totaling $23,060.61, late charges in the amount of $1232.64, escrow advances of $4997.74, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $2484.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $76.93 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 2009, 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 B-1 of ISLAND PARK OVERLOOK CONDOMINIUMS, a condominium complex as shown and defined in the Condominium Declaration of the Montana Unit Ownership Act, and survey map and set of plans recorded as Condo #113 in records of Missoula Montana and according to the Condominium Declaration and together with its exhibits as recorded on May 17, 2006 in Book 774 of Micro Records at Page 709 and By-laws of said Condominium recorded in Book 774 of Micro Records at Page 711.

Together with an undivided 5.88% interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to said units, as defined in the Declaration and as defined in the plan’s specifications attached thereto Further together with such Unit’s interest in the restricted common areas appertaining to such unit as set forth and defined in the Declaration and the plan/exhibit attached thereto Zachary E. Smith, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 16, 2007 and recorded May 18, 2007 in Book 797 of Micro Records at Page 859, Document No. 200712263. The beneficial interest is currently held by Aurora Loan Services, 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 $1,022.11, beginning September 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 February 8, 2009 is $112,602.19 principal, interest at the rate of 9.075% now totaling $5,305.27, late charges in the amount of $212.83, escrow advances of $338.54, and other fees and expenses advanced of $36.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.39 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, whereis basis. 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: February 18, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 18, 2009, 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 ASAP# 3074372 04/30/2009, 05/07/2009, 05/14/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 30, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County

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4800 SQ FT MULLAN RD AREA HOME ON 1 ACRE. 5 Bdr/3 Bath, great floor plan, family room with wet bar, vaulted ceilings, and more, $448,000. Prudential Montana.

Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

Homes for Sale

514 W. Spruce • Missoula 406.327.8777

Downtown Restaurant For Sale #228,230

Fabulous downtown locale 247 W. Front • Missoula includes 11 parking spaces!

Seats 36+, outside seating, basement with lots of storage.

Long time established Missoula restaurant with cabaret license included. $150,000 MLS# 901625

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

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ALBERTON AREA HOME ON 3 ACRES. 3 Bdr/2.5 Bath, bonus room, great views, lots of space, just 30 minutes to Missoula. $295,000.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED NORTH SIDE HOME. 4 Bdr/2 Bath, fenced yard, detached garage, covered porch, hardwood floors, and more, $199,900. Prudential Montana.

Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

FLORENCE AREA HOME ON 2 ACRES. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, bonus rooms, great deck and mountain and valley views, large sauna, just 20 minutes to Missoula. $295,000.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

lovely university house 5Br/2ba + basement apartment. gas fireplace, garage,$450K, 5420589

RICE TEAM Janet Rice 532-7903 Robin Rice 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com www.missoulahomesonline.com • 2 Bd/ 2 Bath on large lot Room for bedrooms in lower level • 2 car garage, deck & patio • Family Room in full basement • $229,900 • MLS# 808738 Text:44133 Message: 12593 for pics • Centrally located 3 Bd/2.5 Ba • Wood and tile floors • Double attached garage • Landscaped, UG sprinklers $189,900 • MLS# 809722 Text:44133 Message: 12591 for pics

• 4 Bd/3 ba cedar home, 11 acres • Private location with lots of trees • Vaulted ceilings, lots of windows • $329,900 • MLS#901764 Text:44133 Message: 12886 for pics

• 40x82 insulated free span building • 1 acre with security fence • Three 14' overhead doors • 9292 Futurity Drive • $339,900 MLS#901478 Text:44133 Message: 12595 for pics

GORGEOUS TARGET RANGE HOME FROM THE 2008 PARADE OF HOMES. 4 Bdr/2.5 Bath, beautiful design, old-world craftsmanship, $468,500.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com Hot Springs Retreat Hot Springs Retreat: 2 1/2 city lots on edge of town. Includes two homes, so great income potential. Secluded & quiet, within walking distance of hot mineral plunges. Call Trudy 741-3737, Century 21 Big Sky. IMMACULATE LEWIS & CLARK AREA HOME. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, single level, hardwood floors, new roof, large fenced back yard, lots of windows, $198,500.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT - Available to first-time home buyers - Credit up to 10% of home's value, not to exceed $8000 - Eligible for homes purchased on or after 01/01/2009 & before 12/01/2009 - Available on single-family detached homes, townhomes, & condominiums - Buyers qualified for full tax credit are single taxpayers with incomes up to $75,000 & married couples with incomes up to $150,000

Newly remodeled 2BD Clark Fork Riverfront retreat! Open floorplan, large deck, hardwood floors. $275,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.AccessRealty.net Open House Sunday- 1-4:00p.m.

2409 Snafflebit Way- Spacious 4BD home, 17 ft. ceilings, office/den. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.AccessRealty.net Price reduced: $185,900 - 2 story in a cul de sac, central neighborhood with large yards, raised beds and 2 car garage. Priscilla @ Pru Missoula 370.7689 UPDATED CENTRAL MISSOULA HOME. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, single level, single attached garage, new flooring, interior paint, updated kitchen, new furnace and more, $149,900.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

Condos / Townhomes Affordable Home Ownership STOP RENTING! At $107,500 the price of home ownership is possible and you may qualify for down payment assistance. Low income guidelines apply. Call for info. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths! Nice! 1421 Eaton St. #28, Missoula $107,500. Call Sharon Scarborough at Prudential Montana Real Estate 329-2034

Manufactured Homes FROM $38,887. New Modular Homes *No Money Down* If you own your land. $8,000 Tax Credit.

Champion Homes. 303-573-0067 free brochure and price sheet. www. coloradofactorymodulars.com #201

Land for Sale 20 Lot Bitterroot Subdivision, 42 acres, views of Bitterroots & Sapphires. Appraised $127,500 each. $864,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-2071185 www.AccessRealty.net

UPDATED POTOMAC AREA HOME ON 16.5 ACRES.3 Bdr/2 Bath, Open floor plan, deck and covered porch, very private and quiet, $273,900.

Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at... www.mindypalmer.com

20,000 SQ FOOT LOT IN GREAT ALBERTON LOCATION. 0.46 acres with all utilities present, zoned residential with potential for commercial re-zoning, $79,000. Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at...

Well-maintained 3BD house, 45 minutes from Missoula, hardwood floors, storage shed, updated appliances. $125,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-2071185. www.AccessRealty.net

5 ACRES OF UNZONED LAND ON LOLO CREEK. 320’ of creek frontage, 2 40x60 buildings with 17 storage units and office space, caboose, large shop/commercial building, 2 mobiles, easy Hwy 93 access, $575,000. Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at...

- Tax credit does not need to be repaid as long as the buyer does not sell the home within the first three years and it remains their primary residence

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To learn more, contact KD Dickinson at Portico Real Estate 327-8787

For Lease • 1001 SW Higgins, Suite 104

Beautiful parcel with meadows.

Perfect property to escape to rural Montana but still only 20 minutes to downtown Missoula. $179,000.

MLS# 900454. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com.

Text:44133 Message:12888 for pics Beautiful park-like setting, private trout ponds, nature trail, stunning views. Lots start at $39,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185. www.RiverRidgeMT.com HISTORIC RAFTER CROSS RANCH: 9033 acres. Absolute auction June 3, along Plum Creek, headquarters, water, hunting, along Hwy 34, west of Pierre, SD, www.piroutekauction.com, 605544-3316

Commercial Professional office space in the Panorama Park Building. 1,335+ sq. ft., 2 offices, large reception area, bathroom and kitchen.

Could easily be converted into more office spaces. $1,650 a month. Most Utilities Paid • Broker Owned

Two 5 acre parcels 15 minutes from Missoula with nice building sites and access to the Blackfoot River. $159,000 for either 5 acre parcel or buy both for $299,000.

Mary Mar ry REALTOR®, Broker Office 406-728-9295 • Cell 406-544-2125 mmarry@bigsky.net

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Busy Downtown Deli/ Espresso Busy location. Open Mon.-Fri. No nights, weekends or holidays. 95,000.00 549-3909

Out of Town 800 square foot cabin near hunting, fishing, and skiing in beautiful Haugan, MT. $83,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406207-1185. www.AccessRealty.net

Mortgage & Financial Mountain West Mortgage. Best Mortgage Loan Products. 35 Years experience. John Timmons 406543-8945 Lic #6,7 REAL ESTATE LOANS Up to 70% LTV. We specialize in “NonBankable Deals” Hard money lending with a conscience. We also buy Private Notes & Mortgages.

Creative Finance & Investments, LLC. 406-721-1444; 800-9994809. Info@creative-finance.com MT Lic.#000203. 619 SW Higgins, Ste O, Missoula, MT 59803

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