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News Letters Big rigs, marijuana and elections ..................................................................4 The Week in Review Car wrecks, craft fair and DUI changes ..................................6 Briefs E-books, gravel pit and transparency...............................................................6 Etc. The Meth Project scores big ................................................................................7 Up Front Forest Service tackles bighorn problem.....................................................8 Up Front Skiers suffer early season setbacks at Snowbowl.......................................9 Ochenski Wolverine decision puts politics ahead of science..................................10 Writers on the Range Applying Butte’s lessons to today’s immigration debate....11 Agenda Missoula Food Bank annual holiday food drive. ........................................12

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Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan School lunch 2.0...........................................................................19 Happiest Hour All Soul’s Ale at Big Sky..................................................................20 Ask Ari Gift of grub ..................................................................................................21 8 Days a Week Let’s pray for more snow, less rain.................................................22 Mountain High Benefit for The Max Wave..............................................................33 Scope Slowly But Shirley goes from open mic to artist-in-residence......................34 Noise Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram, Raashan Ahmad, Sam Alderson and OFF!...35 Books The Brave wrangles the West’s many layers..................................................36 Film Depp can’t bail out The Tourist........................................................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................38

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by Chad Harder

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Asked Tuesday afternoon on the University of Montana campus.

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Benefits of legalization This week the Independent looks into the early season skiing and snowboarding in western Montana.

What’s the best part of having Montana Snowbowl as your hometown hill?

Follow-up: What’s the worst part of having Montana Snowbowl as your hometown hill?

I’m writing in response to the letter to the editor titled “Legalization lingo” (see Letters, Dec. 9, 2010). While I agree that the Department of Agriculture is not the correct organization to regulate the production and sale of medical marijuana, I do think there is a need for people with legitimate illnesses to have regulated access to marijuana.

The regulations are too vague at this time. In the upcoming 2011 legislative session, representatives are proposing that the Department of Revenue be responsible for the regulation of medical marijuana. If the federal government would see fit to legalize marijuana, then marijuana could be distributed through pharmacies like other prescription drugs used for pain relief, nausea and appetite.

I see alcohol as a debilitating drug and it is legal; at least marijuana has benefits.

John Lund: The best thing is that it’s 30 minutes away. I used to get passes, but not lately. So I haven’t skied there that much recently, but when they have powder, that mountain is just awesome. Rough start: Well, it’s been hard with kids because Snowbowl is not well-suited to beginners. Instead, we’ve been skiing Discovery and Lost Trail.

Alicia Root: First off, they’re very local, but they also have great beer and pizza. And I love their Caesars—they’re known for them, just like their Bloody Marys. Poor powder: Their snow isn’t very good, so I ski Lookout Pass because they have sick powder. But then you have the two-hour drive.

Too much money is wasted on policing marijuana growth and use. If Montana did legalize and tax marijuana, at least Montanans would be taking money out of the criminal’s hands, while at the same time making money for beneficial use like children’s health insurance or rehabilitation. Obviously the drug task force’s efforts are not even coming close to stopping illegal marijuana growth or use in Montana anyway!

Get involved, write your representatives and help make the changes you would like to see.

Kris Carroll Missoula

in their backyard and now I don’t want them in mine.

Mike Steber Missoula

Fighting the tide Last month, an Independent cover depicted a herd of stampeding elephants (see “Red Tide,” Nov. 11, 2010). It referred to the recent ouster of

with the “bigNow rigs’ proposed route through Montana, I wonder what kind of jobs will be created for U.S. workers besides holding a

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highway sign.

Big rigs don’t mean jobs Eric Johnson: I’m actually a Lost Trail skier, mostly because I grew up in the Bitterroot.

And there’s no skiing in the state that’s as close to a town as Snowbowl. More steep, less deep: Not much, although the snow’s not as good as it is at Lost Trail.

Cort Jensen: Probably the fact that it’s so close to town that you don’t have to go on a huge trip just to go up the mountain. That’s great for those of us who just want to have fun. I mean, I love skiing, I’m just not a super intense skier. And I’ve always been really happy with the terrain. Breeding complacency: The worst part of Snowbowl is that because it’s so convenient I never really think of driving to other areas anymore.

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I am a union boilermaker. I have been unemployed since June 2010.

Last year Canada put out a call for 1,000 U.S. boilermakers to come work at the Kearl Oil Sands. They were offering generous pay and benefits. To qualify, one had to supply a passport, a five-year work history and enough cash to get by until the paychecks started. I did all of this, but by March of this year no U.S. boilermakers were allowed to work in Canada. Apparently they hired people working in their own ports. Now with the big rigs’ proposed route through Montana, I wonder what kind of jobs will be created for U.S. workers besides holding a highway sign. They didn’t want us

Democratic Party incumbents here in Ravalli County and the 14-for-14 race victory of Republican candidates over Democrats and Libertarians.

I disagreed with the Independent article. It referred to the voters as fickle and stated, “It’s enough to make you wonder if the seemingly schizophrenic American electorate needs a collective head exam.” The writer apparently views voters who rejected the Democratic Party as perhaps psychiatrically impaired.

Ravalli County Commissioner Carlotta Grandstaff was quoted stating, “There’s a little bit of thinking that this is what the

voters wanted, that they had no idea what they were voting for and now they are going to get it.”

The writer makes a great deal out of the election of Mary Hudson-Smith over Joanne Johnson for County Treasurer.

Apparently Hudson-Smith has always been a Democrat, but ran as a Republican in the recent election.

Hudson-Smith shrugged off any alleged duplicity on her part by saying that she has never considered herself anything, but when it came to running for office she said, “You can’t very well run as nonpartisan, you have to choose something.”

That is a questionable statement.

I ask, so what? In over 50 years of voting, I can’t remember any election in which candidates voted for a name on the ballot. If anyone wants information about a judge who is up for retention they have to dig for it. How many judges does the writer think have been retained when voters knew nothing about them?

Carlotta’s remarks in the article about conservation easements are very revealing. Easements ultimately put property under the control of government. Wilderness areas serve the same purpose. The federal government owns more of Montana than it should. Many Rocky Mountain states are questioning that situation.

I believe the reason for the “Red Tide” in Ravalli County is a radical environmentalist, Stewart Brandborg. He has controlled politics in Ravalli County for at least a decade. Brandborg leads a small, vocal group of activists. He has manipulated the political system and put policies in place that do not reflect the wishes of most people in the Bitterroot.

The “Red Tide” resulted from the rage Bitterrooters feel toward Brandborg. The benefactor of the Democrats in Ravalli County brought them down. Demeaning those voters is a mistake that Stewart made on more than one occasion.

Gene Williams Hamilton Correction: A calendar spotlight in the Dec. 9 issue included the wrong subtitle for the movie Posada. It should have read Posada: A Night to Cross All Borders, instead of Posada: A Right to Cross All Borders. The Indy regrets the error.

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A prisoner transport van from California spins out on an ice-covered Highway 200 near Paradise and slams broadside into an SUV driven by Shannon Johnson, 29, of Plains. Johnson is taken to the hospital and dies hours later during emergency surgery.

• Thursday, December 9 Attorney General Steve Bullock introduces a threepart legislative proposal intended to reduce DUIs. The proposal includes a “24/7 Sobriety Project,” which would mandate twice-a-day breath tests for repeat offenders; criminalizes refusal of roadside sobriety tests; and creates an “Aggravated DUI” penalty for those driving with a BAC of 0.15 or higher.

• Friday, December 10 Neil Valentine Smith, 38, of Missoula, pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge of prostitution after paying to have sex with three teenage girls. Smith was implicated after police in September busted an underage prostitution ring on Craigslist run by a University of Montana student and his roommate.

• Saturday, December 11 The Missoula Maulers split a doubleheader at the Northern Pacific Hockey League’s annual Spokane Showcase. The team loses to the Seattle Totems 4–3 in overtime and then rebounds to edge the Southern Oregon Spartans 6–4 after being down 4–2 midway through the third period. The Maulers improve to 19–10 on the season.

• Sunday, December 12 Hundreds of holiday shoppers fill the Hellgate Elk’s Lodge in search of locally made stuff at the annual Holiday MADE Fair. Some of the more eye-catching items include new T-shirts from Statriot Designs, illustrations by recent Indy cover artist Courtney Blazon and handmade hats from Piper & Paisley.

• Monday, December 13 Veteran state Sen. Dave Wanzenried of Missoula goes public with plans to run for Montana governor, becoming the first Democrat to formally enter the race. Three Republicans and one independent have also announced intentions to vie for the seat Gov. Brian Schweitzer will vacate when he terms out in 2012.

• Tuesday, December 14 Louis Leroy Polinsky, 72, appears in court on charges of violating a restraining order and felony aggravated burglary the day after he and his 70-year-old brother got into an altercation in a Flynn Lane residence. Since the incident involved a handgun, law enforcement cordoned off the home and put nearby Hellgate Elementary School on a precautionary lockdown.

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A herd of nearly 30 elk graze atop Mount Jumbo Saturday, seemingly at ease in the security of the mountain’s annual winter closure. Heavy snows have brought the elusive animals into easy spotting distance from town, including the top of Jumbo, as well as in the Grant Creek and Miller Creek drainages.

Transparency Montana gets a “D” Montanans often brag about having one of the most progressive state constitutions in the country.

The document, penned nearly 40 years ago, mandates strict government transparency. But a Washington D.C.-based policy group last week gave Montana a “D” when it comes to providing information online about taxpayer-funded subsidies.

“You can’t have full accountability unless you know exactly where the money is going,” says Philip Mattera, research director for Good Jobs First, a nonprofit, non-partisan research center that rated the reporting practices of four economic development subsidy programs in Montana and compared them to others across the country.

According to the Good Jobs First report, Montana ranks 22nd nationally in online disclosure.

The report knocks the state down the grade scale specifically because energy producers doing business in Montana reap significant tax breaks— $139.6 million in 2008—yet the Montana Department of Revenue releases no information,

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online or elsewhere, regarding which companies receive assistance.

Montana Department of Revenue Division Administrator Gene Walborn points out that his agency is prohibited from disclosing even basic information about companies paying reduced tax rates because state law forbids it.

“We couldn’t give you a list of names,” Walborn says. “The Legislature has specifically made that confidential.”

Therefore, increasing transparency would require legislative action. That could be a tough sell as proponents of confidentiality assert that disclosure would, by exposing proprietary information, leave tax break recipients vulnerable to competitors.

“I could see why a business might want some protection,” Walborn says.

Good Jobs First says other states, specifically Michigan and Missouri, lean heavily on the side of transparency and there’s been negligible fallout.

Furthermore, Mattera argues that entities dipping into public coffers should, at a minimum, be obligated to disclose their name, enabling taxpayers to

follow how their money is being used.

“There’s a certain amount of privacy that you need to give up if you’re going to be using taxpayer money,” he says.

Jessica Mayrer

E-books Fact & Fiction gets Googled Barbara Theroux has joined forces with the digital cloud. On Monday, Dec. 6, Missoula’s Fact & Fiction began offering digital books on the bookstore’s website through Google Editions, Google’s new e-book venture that allows customers to download from a selection of thousands of titles to their virtual library. The “digital cloud” operating system works like e-mail in that readers can access their elibrary from almost any device, including e-readers like Nook and Sony Reader, as well as iPads, cell phones and any computer.

“The big thing that Google e-books does is it removes the device from the conversation,” says Theroux. “The storage of the actual book is all done on the cloud, so you can start reading it on your cell

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phone and then when you are at home you can read it on your computer.�

Unlike Amazon’s Kindle—which only works for books purchased through Amazon’s site—Google Edition levels the playing field for independent bookstores wanting to get into the digital book market. Major publishers producing e-books establish the price so all bookstores partnered with Google are equal and people can still support their local bookstore.

Theroux first started thinking about offering ebooks in February when she heard about Google Edition at the American Book Association’s (ABA) Winter Institute in San Jose, Calif. In early summer, at the Book Expo America conference in New York City, the ABA officially announced its partnership with Google, and independent booksellers began working on contracts.

Theroux says the idea of e-books hasn’t always been an easy pill to swallow. Last year, several publishers announced advance copies for bookstores would only come in e-book format and they would disappear after the book’s publication date. For Theroux, that meant not only buying an e-book device, but also trying to speedily finish reading her advance copies. “That sent me into a panic,� she says.

The threat didn’t come true, but Theroux says she decided to get more comfortable with the idea of digital books. She says e-books have many positives: people with vision problems can adjust copy size, and the devices are more convenient for travelers. “I’m still dragging my heels on a lot of the computer technology that’s out there in the world,� she laughs. “I borrowed a friend’s Kindle and it wasn’t the bad experience that I was hoping it would be. But it still wasn’t the same as having a book in my hands.�

Erika Fredrickson

Wildlife Wolverines waitlisted The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has told wolverines to get in line.

On Monday, the agency declared that the ferocious weasel-like mammal, which two years ago the Bush administration found ineligible for listing under the Endangered Species Act, warrants federal protection largely due to the warming of its alpine habitat, but its listing is precluded by the need to address other “higher priority species.� “The threats to the wolverine are long-term due to the impacts of climate change on their denning habitat, especially important to assist the species in successfully reproducing,� says Steve Guertin, FWS

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director of the Mountain-Prairie Region. “If we work with state and other partners to help the wolverine now, we may be able to counter the long-term impacts of climate change on their habitat and keep them from becoming endangered.�

In the meantime, the agency will develop a proposed rule to list wolverines in the contiguous 48 states—which, in a shift from the Bush-era decision, was found to be a “distinct population segment�— and make any determinations on critical habitat.

Critical habitat would likely be designated in Montana, where the majority of the country’s roughly 300 wolverines reside. Brian Giddings, furbearer coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), estimates Montana’s mountainous regions

are home to about 250 wolverines. The healthy population has justified an annual trapping season, which began two weeks ago, and Giddings doesn’t expect Monday’s decision to affect the state’s quota, which currently stands at a total of five individuals. “I don’t anticipate us changing anything with the quotas right now,� Giddings says. “They’re very, very conservative already. Plus, the listing was based on an absence of wolverine in other states, not necessarily Montana.�

FWS determined that, absent immigration, at least 400 breeding pairs would be necessary to sustain genetic viability of the wolverine population in the contiguous United States.

Gulo gulo, latin for “glutton,� referring to wolverines’ ravenous eating habits and jaws capable of crushing ungulate bones, now waits in line with 12 other species in FWS Region 6 warranting protection. Half of those—including Montana’s artic grayling—are higher priorities than the wolverine.

Matthew Frank

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Gravel operation scrutinized Members of the Missoula City Council convened last week to hash out what has been a confusing and at times contentious issue—Knife River Corp.’s future remediation plans for an 86.5-acre riverfront gravel mining operation municipal officials hope to transform into a recreational area. “When they’re pushing earth around, we just want them to push it in the right place,� Missoula Parks and Recreation Director Donna Gaukler explained to the city’s conservation committee.

Gaukler’s statement was intended to simplify a sprawling discussion that dates back to 2002, when Knife River’s predecessor, JTL Group Inc., agreed to gift its Fort Missoula property to the municipal parks system in 2012. Based on that agreement, the city incorporated Knife River’s property as a cornerstone of the Fort Missoula Master Plan, which calls for the creation of a 246-acre multi-use park.

However, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), which regulates gravel operations, Knife River has significantly outgrown the 33 acres it’s currently permitted to mine. The expansion means there is less land and larger ponds—the remnants of mining—than the city anticipated, leaving DEQ, Missoula officials, Knife River and local citizens debating exactly how the company should leave the property. “I think what the citizens were trying to point out is this: ‘Knife River, you agreed to these shorelines, and now you’re going to take out a big chunk of what definitely augments [the park] or is an asset?’� Gaukler said during last week’s committee meeting. “I’m disappointed if that’s truly what happens, because I think that changes the plan quite a bit.�

Knife River now says it intends to leave the land suitable for a wildlife refuge, rather than a park, as stated in the 2002 agreement.

Knife River regional president David Zinke says the company would prefer to resolve the issue through local negotiations with city officials, rather than through regulation or legal wrangling.

Zinke adds that Knife River remains committed to gifting the property and is already in the process of making improvements in preparation for its departure. “We started sloping the ponds and putting some wildlife islands out there for the geese,� he says.

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Estimated cost of the U.S. Senate’s 2011 omnibus appropriations bill, which Democrats rolled out this week. Included in the bill is Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Restoration Initiative, a renamed version of the controversial wilderness proposal Tester introduced last year.

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Last week, Barron’s rolled out its annual list of the world’s most influential philanthropic ventures, and Tom Siebel’s Meth Project, first launched in Montana five years ago, made it to No. 3. The project’s prominent position on the list is just as shocking as its omnipresent and lurid billboards depicting faux junkies offering quickies in truck stop restrooms.

Those junkies find themselves in impressive company on Barron’s list. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given nearly $24 billion to global health and development projects since 1994, ranks No. 1. The William J. Clinton Foundation, which through its Clinton Global Initiative has raised $63 billion over the last five years to tackle climate change, poverty alleviation, global health and education, is slotted at No. 7—four spots behind The Meth Project.

The project’s high ranking is especially surprising considering recent studies that suggest Siebel’s admirable attempt at reducing meth use may not be all that it’s cranked up to be.

A University of Washington study published in the Journal of Health Economics in September, conducted by Lewistown native D. Mark Anderson, found the multimillion-dollar advertising campaign “has had no discernable impact on meth use.� “When accounting for a preexisting downward trend in meth use, effects on meth use are statistically indistinguishable from zero,� Anderson wrote.

He’s not the only one questioning the project’s efficacy.

Two years ago, a review published in Prevention Science found that following six months of exposure to the ads, three times as many teenagers reported that using meth is not a risky behavior and teenagers were four times more likely to strongly approve of meth use.

Of course, The Meth Project touts different statistics. It claims Montana’s meth-use ranking has plummeted from fifth in the nation to 39th in the last five years, with teen meth use declining 63 percent. That’s why the project has expanded to seven other states.

But The Meth Project’s missing the point. As scientists have pointed out—and as even Gov. Brian Schweitzer has acknowledged—meth use in Montana would be declining with or without the campaign. The high-profile scare tactic simply isn’t money well spent.

Perhaps it’s time for Siebel to turn his attention to a far more insidious and deadly affliction: prescription drugs.

According to the state, prescription drug abuse contributes to the deaths of more than 300 Montanans each year, making it 15 times more deadly than meth, heroin and cocaine combined. And Montana kids report the third-highest rate of prescription drug abuse in the country. Now that’s an ugly picture.

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Bad mix Forest Service tackles bighorn problem

by Sarah Gilman

It starts with coughing and sneezing, and usually ends in death.

Over the past year, bighorn sheep in 11 herds in Montana, Nevada, Washington, Wyoming and Utah caught pneumonia.

More than 1,000—or about half of the affected herds—succumbed or were culled, with Montana alone losing about 10 percent of its bighorns.

The vector? In two cases, bighorns had mingled with domestic sheep or goats; in most others, it was at least a possibility.

Domestics carry microorganisms known to cause pneumonia in their wild cousins, which disease and other factors have reduced to a fraction of their historic numbers. Decades of research suggest letting the two species mix is disastrous. Still, many sheep ranchers argue that transmission isn’t well enough understood to warrant drastic action.

In a study published this summer, though, Washington State University researchers demonstrated conclusively that bighorns picked up lethal pathogens from domestic sheep.

The findings add momentum to a recent wave of concern over the West’s bighorns—one that has led federal agencies to be more proactive about separating them from domestic sheep on public land.

For four years, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies has convened the Wild Sheep Working Group to help coordinate policy between the feds, states, NGOs and ranchers.

Meanwhile, the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions recently listed bighorns as a sensitive species, mandating extra scrutiny for projects that could affect them. Both the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are updating their general bighorn policies. And this July, Idaho’s Payette National Forest—ground zero for the sheep debate, where several tribes and three states have a stake in wild herds— decided to phase out domestic sheep grazing on nearly 70,000 acres, or about 70 percent of its allotments, over the next three years.

Starting in 2005, appeals and litigation forced Payette officials to figure out a better way to protect the two bighorn populations that range within forest boundaries—one reintroduced, and the other a native herd that has declined 47 percent since 1981.

Using 54,000 telemetry points tracking bighorn movements, forest planners worked with scientists from the University of California, Davis to determine home ranges and how far individuals roamed.

They combined that information with domestic sheep allotments to develop computer models that showed the risk of con-

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tact between the two species. The analysis, considered the most comprehensive to date, led Forest Supervisor Suzanne Raineville to reserve an extra 346,696 acres for bighorns.

“That’s what our laws tell us to do,” says Forest Planner Pattie Soucek, the lead on the project. “When you have permitted activities on public lands, it’s not supposed to be to the detriment of native species.”

see if they should be closed, says Melanie Woolever, director of the agency’s Full Curl program, which works on bighorn issues.

The agency has also developed a GIS map that overlays bighorn range with domestic sheep grazing allotments across the West to aid such projects.

But in Idaho, efforts at collaboration failed to bear fruit. That may have made top-down action on the Payette inevitable,

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Over the past year, Montana has lost about 10 percent of its bighorn sheep population to pneumonia. Researchers believe the main reason is lethal pathogens picked up from domestic sheep.

So far, eight appeals have been filed.

Some bighorn advocates, including tribes, environmental groups and the states of Oregon and Washington, object that grazing cuts won’t be implemented immediately. In her appeal, rancher Margaret Soulen Hinson says she’ll be forced to sell 25 percent of her sheep, possibly sinking her operation. A coalition of sheep industry groups contends that the plan may harm the industry nationwide. Officials will meet with appellants to try to resolve such concerns in December.

The Payette plan is a more aggressive approach than the feds have taken in the past. States and groups like the Wild Sheep Foundation have generally driven progress on separation, working with producers to shuffle or retire grazing allotments, says Kevin Hurley, bighorn sheep coordinator for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The Forest Service, meanwhile, has cooperated with such efforts and evaluated vacant allotments to

say Hurley and Wild Sheep Foundation president and CEO Gray Thornton, and created a model for protecting bighorns in other contentious spots.

Indeed, the BLM’s Cottonwood field office and the Nez Perce National Forest, which share bighorn herds with the Payette, are considering the forest’s analysis as they examine their own grazing allotments. The Forest Service also plans to adapt the analysis so that land managers elsewhere can use it, Woolever says.

Agency concern over separating the two species is hardly new, she notes, but increased public scrutiny has brought the issue to the fore. On the Payette plan, for example, 90 percent of the 29,000 public comments received asked the agency not to accept any risk of disease transmission to bighorns. Combine that attitude with new research, Woolever says, “and you start having changes in agency direction.” editor@missoulanews.com

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Montana Snowbowl opened Nov. 27 to Snowbowl’s in my district, so I do feel a cer- Snowbowl, or do you want to go to Lost a crowd of some 1,000 skiers and snow- tain desire to keep it a place that’s vital and Trail or Disco?”

Yet those in Montana’s ski industry boarders in what co-owner Brad Morris celebrated,” Hands says. “I know just a ton describes as “the strongest start we’ve had of people who love Snowbowl and go up argue that resorts already have adequate that I can remember.” The near tripling of there all season long and in the spring have policies for dealing with customer inconthe resort’s opening day average resulted such a strong passion for their last days at veniences based on years of individual from the onset of what is expected to be a Snowbowl. It’s a great place, but it needs to experience. Snowbowl offers refunds in select circumstances, and people stuck on major powder year; snow depth at stay competitive.”

Hands has yet to decide if she’ll drop lifts will frequently get coupons for hot Snowbowl’s summit has already reached 54 inches. But a day-one mechanical glitch on the bill onto the floor of the 2011 chocolate. Any legislative move could be interpreted as an attempt to the Grizzly chairlift set the tone control independent business, for a more troublesome early says Doug Wales, director of season trend: lengthy delays. marketing for Bridger Bowl and Morris confirmed that in a board member of the Montana the first four days of the season, Ski Area Association. That’s a Snowbowl’s Griz lift shut down “slippery slope” from an industhree times due to separate try perspective. mechanical issues. The first inci“I would definitely be resistdent, which led to the evacuaant to the idea of any legislated tion of several passengers by policy on how to conduct busirope, occurred after ice formed ness,” Wales says. “The customer on the lift’s haul line, somevotes with their wallet, and certhing Morris says is extremely tainly if you don’t provide a uncommon at the resort. good experience or meet the Concerns over a faulty brake needs of your customers, busiand loose drive belt led to the nesses either don’t survive or second and third shutdowns they suffer the repercussions of respectively. that.”

“It could happen any time, Wales and Morris agree the and those things are tested and issue of chairlift shutdowns is far the lift is inspected by the engitoo complex to be addressed neers from the insurance comlegislatively. Scores of factors can pany before we even operate it,” play into the decision to close Morris says. “That was the first down a lift, many of them unretime we’ve ever had ice on the lated to mechanical failures. lift. It’s a common problem in “What if you had six lifts and the West, where there’s more one of them shut down? How precipitation. We’ve never even much would you refund for on the Lavelle [Creek] lift had that?” Morris says. “What if the that problem.” shutdown was due to weather?

Each shutdown this season Photo by Chad Harder Would that be different than if it has lasted at least an hour, creatwas due to mechanical probing long lines and prompting Three breakdowns on the Grizzly chairlift this season mountain management to issue generated complaints over consumer satisfaction at lems? In the case where we have occasional day pass refunds to Montana Snowbowl, and pushed Rep. Betsy Hands to a temporary shutdown, we frequently extend the operating customers. Several Independent request legislation addressing refunds for lift tickets. hours for that day, so how staff members observed Snowbowl loyalists griping over repeated Legislature; she says she’d prefer a dialogue would you work that?…It’s kind of a movsetbacks in the first days of the season, when with Snowbowl’s ownership before taking ing target.”

The industry’s arguments likely won’t the issue any further. And with a big powder snow was fresh and demand was high.

In response to the latest lift line grum- year in the offing, Hands feels the issue sway Hands, who opted against a season bling, Rep. Betsy Hands, D-Missoula, has needs to be resolved quickly to make sure pass this year due to her legislative obligations. Like many in Missoula who stick to requested a draft bill mandating refunds for skiers are spending their money locally.

“I think the real issue is that with the day passes, she’s hesitant to drop another skiers in the event of a chairlift shutdown of one hour or more. Hands, herself a lifelong big powder year that everybody’s anticipat- $40 just to stand in a lift line.

“Saturday was the fourth day it had skier, says she’s been stuck on the Griz lift in ing, that’s when Snowbowl has its chalthe past. She was seen verbally expressing lenges,” Hands says. “That’s when they can’t been open,” says Hands, referencing Dec. 4, her dismay just weeks ago during manage the rider load. So people are think- “and it had broken down three days. They Snowbowl’s third breakdown of the season, ing, ‘God, this is the year that we’re going to had a 75 percent record of breakdowns. and later heard similar complaints in per- be really out there taking up the slopes and That’s just not acceptable.” having a good time,’ and it makes you quesson and on Facebook from constituents.

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Eviscerating the ESA Wolverine ruling puts politics ahead of science This week President Obama’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decided the wolverine warranted listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). That action, in response to a lawsuit by conservation organizations, marks a dramatic turnaround from the agency’s decision a mere two years ago that denied protection for these exceedingly rare animals.

Unfortunately, wolverines will not be placed on the endangered species list and receive the protection they deserve.

Instead, they will join hundreds of other species and continue their one-way march to extinction because the agency claims it doesn’t have enough funding.

If you haven’t read or seen Douglas Chadwick’s most recent book, The Wolverine Way, you might want to ask Santa to stick a copy in your stocking for Christmas. The tome details the fascinating lives of these hardy denizens that only inhabit the highest and wildest areas of the planet. Here in Montana, that means Glacier National Park, one of the few areas in the United States where wolverines still live and where Chadwick joined wildlife biologists to capture, collar and track their incredible travels, making a very convincing argument for their preservation.

Like so many sad cases in our nation, wolverines were doing just fine before the white man “settled” the country. In Michigan, which is known as “the wolverine state” and where the University of Michigan proudly calls their Big 10 athletic teams “The Wolverines,” the last living remnants of their namesake animals were spotted two centuries ago. A decade and a half after the state decided it would cease trying to preserve wolverines because they couldn’t find any, a lone female was captured on film crossing a field in 2004. But with the death of that animal, wolverines are once again extinct in Michigan.

The reason for the early decimation of the nation’s wolverines was, like the bison, the fur trade. Faced with seemingly unlimited populations of animals roaming the continent, the only thing early capitalists considered was how many they could kill and what price they could get for their hides. Only when it was too late in most of the nation did the reality that humans could and would drive other species to extinction dawn upon what we call our civilized society.

In response to the wholesale disappearance of even iconic species such as our national symbol, the bald eagle, lawmakers decided to take steps to preserve and restore threatened and endangered

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species for future generations.

That high and noble logic produced the Endangered Species Act of 1973 along with the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency.

During its nearly 40 years in existence,

We’re either “going to decide that the animals and plants that inhabit our nation deserve to live or we’re going to wipe them out for our own narrow

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purposes.

the protections contained in that law count among their successes the restoration of the bald eagle, the return of the grizzly bear and the recent reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Northern Rockies. Based on scientific evidence that takes into account known populations, threats, habitat, requirements for genetic diversity and a host of other considerations, plants and animals are weighed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine the proximity of extinction and, if they’re lucky, get listed for protection and restoration.

But now, thanks to both political expediency and the budgetary black hole into which ongoing wars have plunged the nation, even though the numbers of species deserving protection continues to grow every year, fewer and fewer plants and animals are actually being listed. Instead, as with the wolverine, the agency and the U.S. Congress that funds it, says protection is warranted, but their continued existence on the planet is a cost we just can’t afford.

Even worse, we now have politicians like Montana’s own Democratic Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, who believe it’s time to simply remove animals from the

Endangered Species List through congressional mandate. I’m talking about the gray wolf, of course, a topic that never fails to spark heated debate these days over their numbers, livestock and wildlife predation, and the subsequent cost to sheep and cattle producers.

What Tester and Baucus fail to consider, however, is the consequences of their actions. If they succeed in pulling wolves from the endangered species list through a simple bill—or more likely, given Tester’s recent proclivities, a rider on unassociated, “must pass” legislation—they will set a precedent that will literally gut the ESA. So let’s say someone wants to build a dam, but there’s a little fish that would be driven to extinction by flooding its last known free-flowing stream habitat.

All it’ll take is a ruthless senator or representative driven by the “need” of constituents to develop the dam and that little fish is off the list and headed for extinction.

Or maybe, just to bring it closer to home, massive gas and oil fields that will destroy the final mating leks of the sage grouse or other sage-dependent species with well-pads, roads, pipelines, pumping stations and compressors. If some politician decides “the nation needs the gas and oil,” all it takes is a short bill or rider to remove the species from the protections necessary for its continued existence.

Only one thing—like the wolverine, fluvial grayling and hundreds of other species of plants and animals, sage grouse have already been left off the list for budgetary reasons. And that’s the rub. We’re either going to decide that the animals and plants that inhabit our nation deserve to live or we’re going to wipe them out for our own narrow purposes.

The choice is clear. Congress can and should act. At the current level of more than $2 billion a day, only two or three days of military spending would fund the endangered species program into the foreseeable future. The excuse of “budgetary concerns” is simply a sad hoax perpetrated by politicians kow-towing to corporate interests. Unfortunately, between that and legislative manipulation of the endangered species list, this generation is stealing the future from those yet to come.

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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Strength in numbers Applying Butte’s lessons to today’s immigration debate

by Edwin Dobb

During the first half of the 20th century, the mines in Butte were the most dangerous in the world. The work was tough, and the immigrants who did the work were even tougher, a quality that served them well underground but wasn’t always the right tool for the job aboveground. Heavy drinking was common. So was fighting.

Frequently the conflicts were driven by, or at least blamed on, wide-ranging ethnic differences. Yet the underlying fabric of the town remained mostly intact.

Given the many conflicting opinions about immigration, it might be useful to consider what kept Butte from coming apart at the seams.

Although at first many Butte mines were segregated by nationality, the copper industry grew so rapidly that manpower needs soon eclipsed occupational tribalism.

The “No Smoking” signs underground appeared in at least 16 languages, Butticians like to boast. It’s true.

But more important was the knowledge that the gibberish-speaking guy working beside you held your fate in his hands, and vice versa. While your partner ran a drill, you watched out for falling slabs of granite. If you passed out after encountering a pocket of bad air, he carried you to safety. Your lives were entwined, at least until the shift whistle blew. And afterward, aboveground, you likely viewed that former wop or mick or bohunk in a more sympathetic light. Camaraderie, born of facing danger together and respect for a job well done, carried over into other realms of life.

There was a second powerful force in play—the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.— and it also helped to unify the town, especially in the mid-1930s, after FDR endorsed organized labor. Earlier in the century, the union movement in Butte had disintegrated, in large part over internal divisions that reflected inter-ethnic hostility. Workers in the one-company town were determined not to make that mistake again. During the 1935 strike, people came together to

demand better conditions. Butte’s collective action, along with similar strikes in other industrial cities, eventually produced the 40hour workweek (seven 12-hour-days had been typical in Butte) and—a luxury often taken for granted today—the weekend. It was a landmark in American labor history.

The ‘No “ Smoking’ signs underground appeared in at least 16 languages, Butticians like to

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boast.

If nothing else, the Butte experience further discredits the Western myth of the lone individual who makes his way entirely on his own. Such an attitude would have doomed the miners. After decades of struggle, they realized that if they were going to stand up at all, they had to stand together.

But their togetherness was pragmatic. They didn’t join forces inspired by lofty moral sentiments about universal brotherhood but because it was the most promising way to survive. That’s how genuine community was created. Even at its most cohesive, Butte remained a contentious place.

Differences didn’t disappear; they were placed in service of something larger.

Contrast this with what increasingly passes for community in the West, where, given sufficient resources, one can avoid, or at least control, encounters with people

unlike ourselves. The most dramatic example is the gated community, which is little more than a private club, its members united in their desire to exclude others, except for the carefully constrained part-time roles of housekeeper or gardener.

Suburban enclaves yield a similar if less pronounced effect. So do towns dominated by a single subculture—education, recreation, agriculture, extraction. And to the extent that community is a vehicle for exclusion, demonizing difference becomes easier. In the absence of a social commons where we come together to negotiate and, yes, sometimes fight over our differences, our words and actions can assume any shape that suits us, unchecked by the words and actions of those who disagree with us.

Butte was able to bridge divisions because the town faced two threats—constant peril underground and corporate colonialism above. No equivalent exists with modern immigration. But any longterm solution will nonetheless depend on exploiting what the various parties hold in common, not as individuals with intrinsic qualities but as people sharing a specific set of historical circumstances. The simplest way to describe those circumstances is in economic terms—the lack of jobs in Mexico, the excess of certain kinds of jobs here. This is news to no one, which makes it all the more discouraging that official policy toward illegal immigrants continues to stress border security and deportation.

While the United States spends billions of dollars rebuilding nations far from home, our neighbor to the south could use a hand.

Constructing fences and arresting immigrants may feel good. But the real work remains to be done.

Edwin Dobb is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a native of Butte who teaches narrative writing at the University of California’s Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley, Calif.

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For some, a trip to the grocery store each week isn’t economically feasible. That’s especially true for the 16,140 individual clients who were served in 2009 by the nonprofit Missoula Food Bank (MFB), our city’s 28-year-old distributor of food to those who are hungry, or at-risk for hunger.

According to Nick Roberts, development director at the MFB, this need hasn’t diminished in 2010.

“What we’re seeing is a sustained, high level of need,” he says.

This week, you can do your part to help feed a hungry neighbor during the MFB’s 25th annual holiday drive, the organization’s biggest push for food and monetary donations. All you need to do

to participate is drop off a non-perishable food or monetary donation to the MFB, located at 219 S. Third St. W., through Dec. 23. You can also drop off food at the YMCA, all branches of First Security Bank, The Missoulian offices, and 10 city fire stations scattered throughout town.

–Ira Sather-Olson

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16

root causes of climate change in the Northern Rockies, when Northern Rockies Rising Tide meets from 7–9 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.wordpress.com.

Montana Conservation Voters hosts a Missoula County Conservation Roundtable lunch meeting, starting at noon in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 542-1055.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 Help raise money for Missoula Aging Services’ Meals on Wheels program—which serves hot meals to home bound seniors—by using your Facebook account to “Like” an essay written about the importance of Missoula’s Meals on Wheels. It was written as part of the Meals on Wheels Association of America/Subaru “Share the Love” grant program, and the essay getting the most “likes” wins $500. Visit http://mowaablog.org/?p=1100 to read the essay. Call 728-7682.

See what the women and men in blue actually do for Missoula during the City of Missoula’s 2011 Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy, which gives citizens an overview of the Missoula Police Department’s activities, accomplishments and challenges, and meets Wednesday evenings starting on Jan. 26. Applications are due by Dec. 24, and can be received by calling Laurie Clark at 552-6320, or accessed online at ci.missoula.mt.us/forms.aspx?FID=117.

The Missoula Food Bank’s annual holiday drive runs through Thu., Dec. 23. Drop off times at the food bank are: Mon.–Tue. from 8 AM–6:30 PM and Wed.–Fri. from 8 AM–3 PM. Call 549-0543 for more info or to volunteer, or visit missoulafoodbank.org.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 21 Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free. Call 329-5656.

You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free.

Call 543-3955.

Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691.

Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Email abamissoula@gmail.com.

MONDAY DECEMBER 20

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22

Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.

Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com.

Join others who promote community-based solutions to the climate crisis, and take direct action to confront the

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

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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Randy King, 53, admitted stealing an antique wrought-iron fence from a house in Duluth, Minn., after police confronted him with the evidence: the fence itself, which King had installed around his own house, a few blocks away. Officers came looking for him because the victim told them King had tried to buy her fence the month before.

Police arriving on the scene of a hotel robbery in Lewiston, Idaho, needed mere minutes to track down suspect Donald Mosley Jr., 40. He was next door, at a bar named The Alibi.

HOLY MELEE - Followers of two rival Muslim leaders who were observing one of Islam’s most important holidays by sharing a mosque in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province began arguing over which faction should lead the prayers. They pulled out weapons and started shooting, Khuzdar district police official Javed Ahmed reported, wounding 18 people.

UM Students get in free to all events with a Griz card.

For tickets, visit the Adams Center Box Office, griztix.com, or call 243-4051.

VS Tuesday, December 21st @ 7:00pm vs. the University of Wyoming - Promotions include: Dairy Queen T-shirt Toss and the Perkins Dress, Dash, & Dine - Halftime Entertainment: Summit Cheer All-Stars - UM Pep Band, Spirit Squad, and Monte

Steve Hackney Retirement Roast

ENEMIES LIST - John D. Gilliand appeared in court in Alachua County, Fla., asking for restraining orders against former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, President Barack Obama and Jesus Christ. He explained that he feels threatened by them and made reference to their being part of gangs or making gang symbols at him. When the court denied his petitions, Gilliand promptly filed a supplemental affidavit asking the court to reconsider a restraining order against Tebow and Obama but not Jesus.

Longtime Grizzly Athletics Equipment Manager, Steve Hackney, is retiring at the start of the year. Help us honor this Grizzly legend by attending the Steve Hackney Retirement Roast on January 21, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park * Tickets are $40 * Social hour - 6pm, Roast - 7pm * Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served * Emcee, Joe Glenn * All proceeds from the roast will go to build a scholarship fund in Steve Hackney’s name.

For more information or to purchase a ticket, please call 243-5348.

LITIGATION NATION - Chadwick St.-OHarra, 59, and Steve Righetti, 59, filed a lawsuit in small claims court against a restaurant in Marin County, Calif., accusing it of ruining Righetti’s birthday dinner by serving “exploding” escargots. The plaintiffs allege that when they pierced the snails with cocktail forks, hot garlic butter sprayed on their faces and polo shirts. “I was humiliated,” Righetti declared, conceding that the friends finished their surf-and-turf dinner before deciding to file a claim against the Seafood Peddler. St.-OHarra said he and Righetti wouldn’t have sued if restaurant employees had shown sufficient remorse. “It was the indifference,” St.-OHarra said. “It was the friggin’ rudeness.”

Cleveland’s Tim and Mary Katherine Gann sued their local Steak ’n Shake, claiming that when their son ordered chili, a restaurant employee asked him if he’d like hot sauce, then served him “Blair’s Mega Death Sauce,” which is reputed to be 500 times hotter than a jalapeno. After eating some with his chili, the boy broke out in hives, had difficulty breathing and suffered severe pain and inflammation of his digestive system. He required hospitalization.

Two Florida restaurants are suing each other, claiming only it uses water with an authentic New York City taste. The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray Beach accused Mamma Mia’s Trattoria & Brick Oven Pizzeria in Lake Worth of stealing the water-filtration process it developed to “Brooklynize” water for its bagels and pizza. Mamma Mia’s insisted that the bagel place is illegally claiming to have patented the filtering process.

GUILTY CONSCIENCES - When Franklin, N.J., became the 25th city to host the national Fugitive Safe Surrender program, where people wanted for nonviolent crimes, such as traffic violations and minor drug charges, give themselves up in exchange for receiving favorable treatment, 550 of the 3,901 people who turned themselves in weren’t wanted for anything. “For some people, this seemed to be a way to check: Do I have a warrant or not?” state parole board official Neal Buccino said. “Or maybe some people didn’t know they had a case dismissed.”

After the security director of a hospital in Wayne, N.J., finished discussing a routine code change with pharmacy manager Leonardo Zoppa, 34, Zoppa reportedly asked, “Do you know anything else about me?” When asked for specifics, Zoppa admitted placing a hidden camera in the ceiling of a men’s bathroom. Maintenance workers had found the camera and turned it over to security director Baggo Mileski, who hadn’t viewed it before Zoppa’s appointment. Now, he believes Zoppa went to check on the camera when Mileski asked to see him and panicked when he couldn’t find it.

PAGING DR. HOUSE - A British medical panel permanently suspended Christopher Burrows, a doctor at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital, after he repeatedly turned off patients’ monitor alarms because the buzzers “irritated” him. He had been suspended twice before for altering or turning off alarms, dating back to 2005, and told a nurse they were a waste of time. He was also frequently rude to colleagues. In announcing Burrows’s suspension, Harvey Marcovitch, chair of the General Medical Council, declared that the doctor showed a “persistent lack of insight” into his failings.

LOWER EDUCATION - Wendy Scott, one of two sixth-grade teachers in North Brookfield, Mass., notified parents that she and the other teacher, Susan LaFlamme, had banned their students from carrying any writing implements on their person, in a backpack or on the school bus. Instead, Scott’s memo stated that students would be issued a pencil for use in class that would be collected at the end of each day. Any student found with an unauthorized pen or mechanical pencil would be presumed to possess it “to build weapons” or to have stolen it from the official supply and would be sent to the principal, Scott explained, insisting the purpose of the new rule was to return the school’s focus to academics rather than discipline.

Vicky Parsley, 43, headmistress of Applecroft primary school, for ages 3 to 11, in Hertfordshire, England, banned parents from taking pictures of their children during school performances and events. Parsley also had black bars printed across the eyes of 4-year-old children pictured in the school yearbook. Parsley’s 17-page “photography policy” explains these methods are necessary to ensure that children’s faces aren’t superimposed on obscene Internet images.

SEASON’S EATINGS - The French fast-food chain Quick is offering burgers made from foie gras at its 350 outlets across France during the Christmas season. The Supreme Foie Gras, consisting of duck liver, beef, relish and lettuce, sells for 5 euros ($6.57). “We want to give our clients great taste at cheap prices and give them the possibility to party a little ahead of time,” said Quick’s marketing director, Laurent Niewolinski.

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n its surface, the assignment was painfully simple: Pick some kind of faith-based establishment, any one at all, and write 400 words about whatever it is you find. The establishment need only be local and the essay should, ideally, connect to the holiday season. That’s it. Godspeed, and hit your deadline. Try not to burst into flames during your research.

The fireworks, thank heavens, were avoided.

Not avoided, however, were analogies to “The Simpsons,” Lord of the Rings, Jane Austen and Home Alone, nor countless plugs from the pulpit for Twitter feeds and Facebook pages. One choral director even spoke at length of an upcoming flash mob featuring the entire church choir (we’ll let you know if we ever find it on YouTube.) Our largely non-religious writers were introduced to The Wonderworker and the Cowboy Church, “buffetstyle” beliefs and a Sunday talk on the process of carbon sequestration. We prayed for some interesting scenes, compelling characters and diverse takes on what the holidays are all about, and our prayers were largely answered.

Yellow Book lists more than 100 churches in Missoula alone, and there are more than a hundred more congregations stretching across the Flathead and Bitterroot valleys. We couldn’t cover them all. But what follows offers at least a snapshot of the season from, for us, a slightly different perspective.

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NEW TRADITIONS First Presbyterian Church of Missoula 201 S. Fifth Street W. www.fpcmissoula.org Dan Cravy, co-pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Missoula, holds a loaf of bread in his hand

A stone memorial outside First Presbyterian Church of Missoula notes its historical roots in the community.

memorial near the front steps credits the pastor as the inspiration for both A River Runs Through It and the construction of the current church here on Fifth Street.

But this is also the church where co-pastor Brian Marsh delivers a sermon using far different literary references: Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. The topic is the expectation of love, and Marsh manages to tie together Tolkien’s hobbits into a message of unwavering love and devotion, noting Sam’s refusal to let his master continue the journey to Mordor by himself. Marsh also notes the similarities to running the church as co-pastor with Cravy, though he notes the roles of Sam and Frodo are constantly switching back and forth.

Cravy’s move, according to Marsh. When conversations end or a problem has been remedied, Cravy often favors the bump over a handshake. And if that seems odd, just remember that President Obama is also a fist-bumper.

It’s safe to say that the move has gone mainstream.

—Dave Loos

THE COWBOY WAY Flathead Valley Cowboy Church Hwy. 93, 1.4 miles north of W. Reserve Drive, in Kalispell flatheadvalleycowboychurch.org Montana has an answer to the rollicking, soulfilled gospel of the South. It rests just off Highway

NINE WRITERS HEAD OUT IN SEARCH OF THE REAL REASON FOR THE SEASON photos by Chad Harder and recites the Prayer of Consecration before delivering communion to a packed house of parishioners. But before the bread is delivered, Cravy interjects with a quick aside: “And for those of you with bread allergies, remember that we have glutenfree wafers.” Apparently Kettlehouse isn’t the only local business making accommodations for the gluten-averse these days.

Old school literary traditions converge with modern sensibilities here at First Presbyterian, just south of the Hip Strip. This is, of course, the church led by Rev. John Maclean—father of Norman—from 1909 to 1925, and a new stone

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If the fantasy genre references are lost on some parishioners—the average age at this 9:30 a.m. service appears to be about 65—they hide it well, chuckling throughout the sermon. That’s not to say the church lacks a younger audience—just about every kid between 3 and 12 years old is in Sunday school. And you can bet there will be a more youthful crowd for the 11 a.m. service, when the Chancel Choir is replaced by the Worship Band. In the meantime, Cravy invites one of the few teenagers in attendance to help light the second candle on the Advent wreath, which he does with a shy smile.

In light of the sermon, it’s mildly surprising that Rev. Cravy doesn’t thank the teen with a fist bump. That’s

93 north of Kalispell in a dimly lit box church resembling something off the set of HBO’s “Deadwood.” The cold may cut right through wool in the parking lot, but inside the Flathead Valley Cowboy Church, if the giggles of children running circles around dogs don’t warm the spirit, the hot coffee and high-stepping music of a four-piece band certainly will. Even strangers are greeted with a neighborly smile and a firm handshake before the chow bell summons them to worship. The plates of fresh cookies are merely a bonus.

Pastor Margie Arends starts a recent evening service at the Cowboy Church with a simple invita-

tion: “Feel at home with us.” Though all denominations are welcome, God is a Christian one here. And He’s always in a good mood, she says. The congregation is mostly made up of local farmers, ranchers and horse fiends who subscribe to a fundamental teaching of the Bible—when they aren’t busy singing, that is. As Senior Pastor Paul Arends so passionately puts it, “There’s a war going on.”

“No, not the one in Iraq or Afghanistan,” he explains. “This war is going on in the spiritual realm.”

Arends preaches that the Lord has a pretty big beef with Satan, and the stakes are our lives. You can’t be shaken loose “from the things God has for you,” Arends says, lest evil steal you. Satan’s warfare can come in many forms, from a lost job to an empty checking account. That’s why the congregation prays for “jobs,” “raises and bonuses,” and “checks in the mail.” Hallelujahs ring out from the horseblanket draped pews.

But Christmas isn’t solely a time for fire and brimstone. It’s a time for a celebration of friends and family, for compassion, for embracing identity and faith. That’s why Arends plugs the church’s upcoming February mission to Thailand, the “largest, most aggressive outreach” this congregation has undertaken since forming almost a decade ago. It’s also why he breaks from hard-line preaching in favor of a more informal, joke-filled sermon.

It’s the cowboy way.

More than anything, however, this is a time for singing at Cowboy Church. Arends invites onstage a full complement of country-style musicians, all decked in hats, boots and vests. Voices carry loudly through the spacious hall as the band leads uplifting renditions of “God is Good All the Time” and “Rock of My Salvation.” Hands sway through the air and eyes close. Come Christmas Eve at 7 p.m., the warmth and melody of the Cowboy Church will be a sight to behold.

If the Blues Brothers ever came West—and had a taste for folksy music—they might well have felt at home here.

—Alex Sakariassen

A WARM PLACE TO REST First Baptist Church 308 W. Pine Street www.fbcmissoula.org At the prompting of the pastor, dozens of churchgoers stand up from well-worn wooden pews and cross the aisle inside First Baptist Church.

Congregants scatter beneath stained-glass windows and, in a flurry of activity, take part in the regular Sunday morning ritual of introducing themselves to others in attendance.

“Hi, I’m Linda,” says Linda Thur, a petite woman with short gray hair and glasses.

Recognizing a newcomer, Thur is eager to spread the good word about First Baptist Church.

She’s clearly sold on the congregation and explains that the church frequently hosts members of the local homeless population during services.

First Baptist is uniquely positioned to do so, largely because it’s located kitty corner from the Missoula County Courthouse, a block away from the state’s largest homeless shelter, the Poverello Center, and a quick walk from the Mountain Line Transfer Station.

Thur moves in closer to her guest and continues her pitch. The church welcomes anyone during services, she whispers. It also offers free Sunday morning breakfast. The generosity, she says, is a reflection of Christian principles.

“It’s a community of faith within the community,” Thur says. “I’ve been impressed by the warmth.”

As greetings come to a close and people return to their pews, First Baptist Church Pastor Curtis Privette addresses the room from a raised stage beneath a stained glass representation of the Last Supper. He’s flanked by red and white poinsettias and a massive Christmas tree. The young pastor with a tidy brown goatee discusses tools his flock may use to find God during the holiday season.

Privette lays out a list of 13 things taken from the Sermon on the Mount, and the list includes caring for others, mercy and generosity. As he speaks, a large woman seated in the back and wearing faded blue jeans grunts and rocks back and forth. Her body language and appearance peg her as a likely candidate for Thur’s down-and-out category.

“The map to righteousness is far more confusing than the map to Bozeman,” Privette says, betraying a trace of his fading North Carolina accent. “We need help to be forgiving, kind, generous.”

It’s not always easy to fulfill those directives, says Privette after the service. Yet, he calls upon the spirit of the season, the spirit of generosity, despite the fact that those huddled here might not be attending services solely to receive God’s word.

“I know we get folks who come in Sunday morning,” he says, “simply because it’s a warm spot that doesn’t kick them out.”

—Jessica Mayrer

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Holy Spirit Episcopal Church 130 S. Sixth Street E. www.holyspiritparishmt.org I don’t remember asking about religion much as a kid. Part of the reason, surely, is because our family’s always had a man on the inside—someone who served as our direct connection to the Big Guy upstairs, regardless, it seemed, of whether or not we regularly attended church services.

My uncle declared himself a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war in 1965 on the grounds of his religious beliefs. It was a particularly bold move at the time considering his father, my grandfather, was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. It was also before much of the anti-war movement had become so popular. To fulfill his “alternative service,” my uncle took a position as assistant to Episcopal Bishop William Gordon Jr., better known as “The Flying Bishop of Alaska” because he frequently traveled to remote villages across the state.

My uncle is still in Alaska today, a reverend now, and the long-time leader of a congregation that must, much like my family, appreciate his rare brand of spiritual leadership. My uncle drinks roughly 12 pots of coffee a day, smokes Camels and once had an office wall—floor to ceiling, corner to corner—covered in scribbled Post-It notes. Every time I picture him in my mind he’s not wearing his white Sunday robe, but a Rolling Stones sweatshirt, jeans and—inexplicably considering all that coffee—a sleepy, far-off gaze. Yet, despite his not fitting the model of traditional church leadership, he’s a revelation in front of his congregation. I’ve seen him deliver some of the most engaging, insightful and accessible sermons I’ve ever heard.

He single-handedly makes me consider being more committed to my faith.

But I’m not. I’m too lazy, and still too skeptical.

I haven’t been to church for anything but a wedding

or a funeral in maybe seven years. That track record—not to mention my admittedly odd connection to religion—left me at a loss when my 5-year-old daughter suddenly started asking about church.

What is it? Why don’t we go? What happens there?

Each answer led to even more questions, as is often the case with a kindergartener. It wouldn’t end until I actually took her to see for herself.

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church provided a warm first impression. The idyllic historic church, originally founded in 1870, includes three structures and a perfectly manicured courtyard situated just off Sixth Street. Two women greeted my daughter and I as we entered for Sunday morning services, and we filled out nametags as a children’s choir finished rehearsal. Inside each pew my daughter noticed the hymnal and prayer books, as well as an Advent-themed coloring book and small box of crayons. It’s as if Holy Spirit knew she was coming.

Nothing captured her interest, though, quite like the stained-glass windows. She studied the details, asked about the symbolism and chose her favorite. Her only critique: Holy Spirit should have left one window “un-stained” so people could peek inside.

The service itself couldn’t hold her interest; she was coloring by the first reading. I, on the other hand, appreciated Rev. Dr. Lydia Agnew Speller’s genial delivery and comfortable rapport.

Any sermon that somehow connects social media to John the Baptist—and makes sure to mention John’s penchant for eating locusts and wild honey—works for me. Like I remember from my uncle’s sermons, there was no heavy-handedness, no preaching, no pretense. It was funny and poignant. There aren’t many places, I realized, where you can listen to a story and hear good music for free.

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church was originally founded in 1870. After first residing on East Broadway—the original location is now the home of the Missoula Children’s Theatre—the church held its first service at the current Sixth Street location on Christmas Eve in 1915.

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My daughter hasn’t stopped asking about church since our visit. Everything she saw and heard—the award-winning choir, communion, the fold-down prayer bench, the contents of the coloring book—beget more questions. I’m still holding my own with the answers, limited as my experience may be. But I imagine she’ll need to talk with my uncle soon enough.

—Skylar Browning

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED University Congregational Church 401 University Ave. www.uccmsla.org On the second Sunday of Advent, members of the University Congregational Church show up to discover there’s been a furniture revolt. Instead of rows and rows of pews facing forward toward the lectern, the seats have been turned inward to form a circle surrounding a table with an Advent wreath on top. Pastors Peter Shober and Amy Carter—who often pair up to co-facilitate the church’s sermon— smile slyly. Their theme for Advent this year is “Expect the Unexpected.” And in church—where ritual is the norm—even an innocuous seating rearrangement seems like an act of rebellion.

That makes sense. Pastor Peter calls the church a place for “religious refugees.” Many of his parishioners, he says, joined the church after deeming their own religious upbringing too fundamentalist or strict. Other attendees come from marginalized groups, and since the UCC is “open and affirming” the idea isn’t just about tolerating diversity but celebrating it by way of religious background, sexual orientation, race and abilities.

The church is obviously progressive in other ways. One of the pastors is a woman, for one thing.

And neither Pastor Amy nor Pastor Peter seems concerned only with “What would Jesus do?” ( WWJD).

They’re also inspired with what contemporary movers and shakers have to say about how we should live. Pastor Peter quotes political activist and author Anne Lamont saying, “Expectations are resentment under construction.” He asks members of the church to remember, instead of being busy and consumerist this holiday season, be silent and focused. Be in the moment. He quotes John Lennon: “Let it be.”

On this particular Sunday, Pastor Peter isn’t done surprising his congregation. “Do you know what these are?” he asks the congregation. He’s holding what looks like a silver tray that, if he were a butler, could easily be covering a small baked ham.

When he pulls the lid off, however, it reveals tiny cups full of communion wine. “Does anyone remember these?” he asks. “When we found these trays they were covered in dust. We haven’t used them in years.”

The congregation passes around the retro cups of wine. Everyone has moved around the Advent table to stand closer together and they hold hands to recite the benediction—something that usually doesn’t happen when the pews are lined in rows. The pastors are surprised.

“I didn’t expect that to happen,” laughs Pastor Peter. “This is wonderful.”

—Erika Fredrickson

THE WONDERWORKER Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation 301 S. Sixth Street W. www.annunciation.mt.goarch.org When walking into Missoula’s Church of the Annunciation—or any Eastern Orthodox Christian

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church, for that matter—the first things one sees are icons, and lots of them. On the walls. Around the altar. On the ceiling. Everywhere. In the Orthodox tradition, icons are images or paintings of holy people or events. They serve an integral role by acting as a visual representation of the faith, and are often referred to as “windows to Heaven.”

One particularly large icon hangs on the back wall of the worship area (the nave): It depicts a bearded man wearing mainly red vestments and a bishop’s mitre, standing on a green plain with water

20 people and tells us tomorrow, Dec. 6, is the feast day of a very important figure: Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as “The Wonderworker.” Stokstad then points to the icon by the stairs and tells us that it’s, in fact, Saint Nick’s icon.

Growing up, the feast day of Saint Nicholas meant retrieving my cold shoes from the front porch to find them filled with candy canes and snowmanthemed ornaments. To this day, my mom—or Saint Nick, rather—still visits us with the usual, but noless-meaningful, gifts.

Stokstad tells us that Saint Nick—as well as the

race.” As Orthodox Christians, we believe this to be a fundamental truth—one articulated by the likes of Saint Basil and Bishop Ware, enacted and performed

by Nicholas and the other saints, and continued through us each and every day. We believe that, because God himself became flesh and dwelt among us, we can aspire to, and achieve, the glory he’s promised us.

It’s something that tends to get lost amidst the shopping-mall sprawl of the Dec. 24 frenzy, but every Advent season we turn our focus to the coming of he who made everything anew.

And that’s the reason to rejoice; after all, Christmas is our “birthday,” too.

—Steve Miller

A DIFFERENT SPIN ON SUNDAY M.A.S.S. M.A.S.S. www.secularmissoula.org

This cross adorns the foyer of the University Congregational Church near the UM campus. The church’s theme for Advent this year is “Expect the Unexpected.”

and a tree on the shore. I see this icon every time I go downstairs for coffee and fellowship, but because the only writing on it is Greek—which I should know, seeing that I’m five-eighths Greek, but growing up in Montana didn’t allow for many such opportunities—I simply pass by its tarnished frame on my way to breakfast and/or lunch.

But on Sunday, Dec. 5, I finally learned whom the foreign lettering identifies.

Following our typika—a service led by lay people in the absence of a priest—parishioner Peter Stokstad stands before the congregation of roughly

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other saints, in icons here or elsewhere—are all pointing to one thing this Advent season: the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and His taking on flesh so that we can be in union with Him. To further articulate this point, Stokstad reads from Bishop Kallistos Ware’s The Orthodox Way: “When God becomes man, this marks the beginning of an essentially new stage in the history of man,” Stokstad reads.

After reading that passage some days later, I notice a nearby quote from Saint Basil, who says the Incarnation of Christ “is the birthday of the human

God doesn’t have much of a say at the table in the side room of Sean Kelly’s Stone of Accord on a recent Sunday. The holiday spirit is alive and well, sure, but the Missoula Area Secular Society—blithely referred to as M.A.S.S.—has a simpler approach to Christmas. No scripture, no sermons, no long mornings in stiff pews; just good friends, intellectual conversation and a healthy dose of Irish soda bread.

The society’s membership has grown considerably since summer 2008, and M.A.S.S. Outreach Coordinator Martha Thayer estimates their Sunday brunches average 20 to 25 people. Those folks range from atheists to agnostics to secular humanists to pastafarians. Most hail from fairly nonreligious backgrounds, but one, Milo Coladonato, attended seminary school before falling out of religion. There’s truly no set standard for membership, provided you have an open mind.

While the pious of Missoula were busying themselves on a recent Sunday with the varied ins and outs of their own worship services, Beth Rowley spent nearly half an hour describing the process of carbon sequestration and the role it could play in restoring depleted soils on the Great Plains. Rowley, a M.A.S.S. member and soil scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, explained she’s currently collecting data in Montana to establish a baseline for carbon content in local soil. Her fellow non-theists sat in rapt attention, taking the occasional stab at their home fries and eggs.

Conversation drifted to films about Charles Darwin, then to security protections for Facebook on open wireless networks. When asked about the society’s views on Christmas—or any holiday, for that matter—Bill Clarke spoke up with some eloquence over the remains of his meal.

“It’s just a festive time of year,” he said, generating nods from the other members. “It’s a perfect time to get together with family, to see friends.

People are far more kind and generous this time of year.”

Those at brunch agreed they like the hallmarks of the holidays. Many enjoy the traditional carols despite their Christian overtones; Thayer even plays viola in the Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s annual holiday concert. The season has lost a good deal of its religious connotation, Clarke says, enough so that M.A.S.S. can simply appreciate the spirit of giving. Regardless of what they believe or don’t, those with the society recognize the underlying importance of a celebration rooted in faith.

—Alex Sakariassen

LIVING BY FAITH Mount Zion Lutheran Church 402 Strand Avenue www.mountzionmissoula.org A white-haired man lights two blue candles on a recent Sunday morning inside this small church situated on Missoula’s south side. The well-dressed attendees are reenacting a tradition carried out among Christians—and before them, pagans—for thousands of years.

Christians across multiple denominations light blue and pink candles to mark the season of Advent, or the four weeks prior to Christ’s birthday. For four consecutive Sundays leading up to Dec. 25, Lutherans at Mount Zion will perform this candlelighting ritual. It brings a reminder that despite cold and dark December days, light and warmth will come again.

The symbolism is clear for Mount Zion Pastor Justin Cloute. Despite the waning spirituality of modern times, Cloute tells his congregation that Christ will come again.

song, “I Can’t Keep it to Myself.” The members make up an exuberant crew—clapping and snapping and amen-ing along with the music, emitting the kind of frenetic, building energy that suggests there might be a boiling point. What happens at the boiling point? Who knows? One thing’s for sure, this isn’t just a church dying to spread the message of God; it’s also a disarmingly friendly church.

If you’re a visitor, expect to meet anyone you happen to make eye contact with, because they want to meet you. That’s pretty cool because the nondenominational Christian church is a visitor itself: It doesn’t actually have its own building and is currently housed at the Emmanuel Baptist Church where minister Jake Jensen conducts the services on Sunday in the early evening.

Jensen preaches a little bit about saving and a little bit about temptation. He jokes with the congregation about the air hockey table he bought on Black Friday that came with a warranty.

“I like guarantees,” he says. “I’m a sucker for warranties.”

From there he segues into the idea of promises, during which he briefly references the way John Dashwood keeps the promise he made to his father

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“In our day, many continue to reject Christ because of his unlikely appearance as savior…as another myth on the level of Santa or Rudolph. To them it all seems like foolishness. But we live by faith, not by sight.”

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— Mount Zion Pastor Justin Cloute “In our day, many continue to reject Christ because of his unlikely appearance as savior…as another myth on the level of Santa or Rudolph” he says. “To them it all seems like foolishness. But we live by faith, not by sight.”

The Advent ritual comforts Cloute. His church belongs to the theologically conservative Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ( WELS). The third largest Lutheran body in the United States, WELS forbids women from becoming pastors and classifies extramarital and homosexual sex as sins. It also adheres to the belief that God’s word as represented in the Bible is law.

Modern culture has clearly drifted from Biblical mandates and traditional Christmas rituals, Cloute says. The holiday once marked a time for penance, introspection and giving back to the community.

“We’ve kind of turned that upside down,” he says.

“As human beings, we so often turn things into self worship or self indulgence.”

Cloute says that’s the beauty of Advent—it offers a way to tap into fading tradition and, in turn, unearth the true reason for the season. He says it channels lessons of tolerance and giving among the communities in which we live.

“It’s a way to express that love,” Cloute says.

—Jessica Mayrer

on his deathbed in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

More than anything, though, Jensen is a selfdescribed history geek. For most of the hour-long service he delivers a Power Point presentation about the history of God’s promises to humankind. He points to a timeline projected onto two screens on either side of the church stage, and explains that from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1, everyone from Abraham to Moses, from David to Daniel, were promised things

by God, and all of those promises were fulfilled. He spends extra time on the Great Flood, insisting that there were 500 different accounts of floods from different cultures across the world at the time—proof of a promise. In the end, it’s the promises to come that he seems most excited about, which speaks to the church’s very literal translation of the Bible.

Heaven’s streets are made of gold, the gates are pearly and the walls, jeweled.

“Heaven is going to be absolutely phenomenal,” says Jensen. “And it’s just around the corner.”

The exuberance for eternal life after death and the concern for present-day temptations don’t seem to dominate the mood, however. The final song is “Joy to the World,” a Christmas song, and everybody’s belting it out with spirit.

—Erika Fredrickson

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St. Francis Xavier Parish 420 W. Pine Street stfrancisxavier-missoula.com If you’re an 8-year-old boy mistakenly left home alone on Christmas, and you want to pray for your

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family’s return, and do it in an old, picturesque church fit for the movies, walk to Missoula’s St. Francis Xavier Parish. The Catholic church, completed in 1892, seems quintessentially Christmas. More than that, it stands out as a cultural and artistic treasure, an example of Baroque architecture with a visual catechism that doesn’t require a trip to Europe.

Those century-old paintings, by Brother Joseph Carignano and intended to depict Christian beliefs to a community far from the center of Christian worship, are striking when you walk into the church for the first time. The art is so steeped in history that the giant Advent wreath in the sanctuary appears out of place, if only for its newness. Also striking, to an infrequent churchgoer, at least, is the dead quiet. St. Francis Xavier is no New Age rock ’n’ roll church.

Before a recent Sunday evening mass, the second Sunday of Advent, worshippers walked in, genuflected, and silently slid into pews.

The church may be somber, but it’s so not so stuffy as to feel culturally detached. Father Mark McGregor’s sermon included a reference to “The Simpsons.” He even did his best to speak in Marge Simpson’s gravelly voice. He managed to then segue into a lesson from Mother Teresa of Calcutta: “People are often unreasonable, irrational and selfcentered. Forgive them anyway…If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway…”

St. Francis Xavier’s holiday services include the “Eight Days of Vespers,” Dec. 17 through Dec. 23, at 8 p.m. When the third week of Advent begins, the church explains, “Our spirit of waiting and the anticipation of Christmas are crystallized by praying the ‘O Antiphons’ and lighting the rose candle—a sym-

bol of joy—in the Advent wreath.” The seven “O Antiphons” have been part of the Catholic church’s liturgical prayer since the eighth or ninth centuries, expressing “the community’s deep longing for the coming of the Messiah.”

No matter your Messiah, a St. Francis Xavier holiday service is certainly worth attending if you haven’t seen the inside of the church before. And it just might get you into the Christmas spirit—like only classic movies and singing choirs can do.

—Matthew Frank

A ROCK CONCERT ABOUT TO HAPPEN South Hills Evangelical Church 1919 North Avenue W. www.shec.net On a cold Sunday night Pastor John Luhmann says there are two “dudes” named John in the Bible.

He is leading his congregation through the Gospel of John with the precise nature of a college professor.

“John’s not a pansy, he’s a man’s man,” he says.

Luhmann uses everyday slang to strip chapter and verse into accessible, understandable nuggets that even a first grader could follow. He does so with the help of a flat screen TV set up on the stage where he stands, situated in front of a huge and gothiclooking wood and steel cross. Behind the cross sits a drum set and at least four guitars. There is a soundboard in back of the warehouse-turnedchurch where three members work the volume on Luhmann’s hands-free microphone, add graphics to his message and broadcast his sermon online.

During Advent, priests walk down the aisle of Missoula’s historic St. Francis Xavier Parish, known for its century-old painted catechism intended to depict Christian beliefs to a community far from the center of Christian worship.

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Luhmann is the preaching pastor at South Hills Evangelical Church, better known as SHEC. He wears jeans, a T-shirt and running shoes as he preaches. Most of the faces in his congregation look as though they just got back from the mall.

Teenage boys wear hooded sweatshirts and their ball-caps sideways, girls wear designer jeans and ballet flats. Many hold lattes from the Holy Grounds coffee shop that is just past the indoor skate park in another wing of the church.

Luhmann offers a coffee break in the middle of the two-hour service.

Sleek black walls, a contemporary concrete floor and a chain link fence behind the stage give SHEC the industrial feel of a rock concert about to happen. Combine this with splashy graphics sprawled across banners hanging from the ceiling, and reminders at every turn to follow SHEC on Facebook and Twitter, or to download podcasts of sermons, and you might think this church has a modern message. But you’d be wrong.

Luhmann reminds his congregation that they have the hearts of sinners. He warns that they will live “small and miserable” lives that will end with the judgment of God for all of eternity unless they live their lives for Jesus. There is no other way to live a life, he says, but through Jesus. “Not through Mohammed, or Buddha, or some guy named Joseph Smith—only through Jesus,” he says.

As Luhmann finishes his sermon, a band made up of the young and devout take the stage. They strum out rhythms to soft Christian rock. The words to each song appear on two pull-down video screens flanking either side of the stage. The congregation rises and begins to sing. Luhmann’s 21st century fire and brimstone seems to have moved many in the crowd to close their eyes, lift their hands high into the air and sway back and forth. Luhmann sits on the edge of the stage dangling his feet on the side, looking out at his congregation of sinners as they raise a joyful noise to their Lord.

—Jennifer Savage

mostly meet in homes, and we’d arrange for a rabbi to come in from Spokane because it was closer than having the rabbi travel from Bozeman.”

Chessin goes on to explain other aspects of the synagogue, weaving tidbits of local history into the tour. For instance, the room is arranged so the main lectern and the ark—a wooden box that holds the Torah, the Five Books of Moses that guide Jewish services—face toward Jerusalem. The Torah itself, Chessin says, used to belong to a strong Jewish community in Helena that stopped meeting in the 1930s.

Chessin knows the history because it first came to Missoula in 1964—for use at his own Bar Mitzvah.

It’s been here ever since.

“I like to say we have it on long-term loan,” he jokes.

the Jewish community, but the progressive religious community in general. It happens, we’re learning, over time.”

—Skylar Browning

LOTS OF REASONS FOR THE SEASON Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 102 McLeod Avenue www.uuf-msla.org You might call it religion, served buffet-style.

Missoula’s Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a loose-limbed religious community that offers a supportive environment for the search for truth and meaning. The Fellowship—the local congregation

“We may not be for everyone. If you hate it this week, come back next week. It’ll probably be totally different.”

—Mary Nordhagen, Missoula’s Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Chessin doesn’t need to explain what’s hanging on a back wall: Large sandwich boards that spell out “Happy Hanukkah,” along with nine hats meant to emulate the nine-candle Menorah used for the holiday. Members of the congregation used the props as part of Missoula’s recent Parade of Lights. The annual parade serves as a celebration of the holiday season, and Har Shalom’s involvement is just part of the congregation’s larger outreach efforts.

“We’re not trying to close ourselves off,” says Chessin, who counts the congregation’s active membership at 50 to 60 families. “So much of what we do is trying to connect to a larger community—not just

doesn’t refer to itself as a church—does not share a creed or promote any particular dogma. Neither do they have a minister or professional staff. Members come from all religious backgrounds, but the one theme they all share is a search for spiritual growth.

“It’s like herding cats,” laughs Mary Nordhagen, the local Fellowship’s chair. The UUs, as they’re known, are big on social justice. They were the first major religious group to give their official blessing to homosexual unions, in 1984, and the Missoula Fellowship prides itself on providing a safe and welcoming home to the LGBT community, which has been denied acceptance by many other major faiths.

Their inclusive, all-welcoming approach draws people from the widest spectrum of religious affiliations. Buddhists and Muslims, Christians and atheists, people of all spiritual stripes have joined the ranks of the Unitarian Universalists to enjoy a unique camaraderie in their individual spiritual quests. For UUs, their theology is a result of that quest, not a prescribed obedience to any dogma.

This syncretic quality means that the UU Fellowship celebrates not just Christmas, but any number of religious holidays and traditions as well.

“We celebrate lots of reasons for the season,” says Nordhagen. “Almost every religion has a winter holiday, and any birth is a reason for celebration in the world.”

Missoula’s UU Fellowship, located on the corner of Higgins and McLeod, has been around since 1962, a year after the national UU Association was formed by combining the American Unitarian Association with the Universalist Church of America. The UUA currently has just over a thousand congregations in the United State. Membership numbers vary according to the source, but range anywhere from 215,000 to 625,000 worldwide.

Depending on the desires and ambition of the Missoula Fellowship’s members, they celebrate everything from Yom Kippur and Seder to Ramadan and Christmas. They’ll also celebrate pagan rituals like the solstice, depending on the desires of the members, and the amount of volunteer work they’re willing to put into it.

With no permanent minister to lead the congregation, UUs take turns delivering the service (they eschew the term “sermon”) each Sunday. The church routinely draws on the teachings from most every other religion or belief system, and that makes for a pretty wide variety of lay-led services.

“We may not be for everyone,” says Nordhagen.

“If you hate it this week, come back next week. It’ll probably be totally different.”

—Ednor Therriault

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE Congregation Har Shalom 3035 S. Russell Street www.har-shalom.org On a recent Monday morning, just a few days after the end of Hanukkah, a group of kids fill Congregation Har Shalom and sing…Christmas carols.

Figures.

Despite a rich history and tradition in Missoula, and Congregation Har Shalom’s increased presence in the community, Judaism often gets overlooked in the local holiday season discussion.

“In general, no, it’s still not known what we do here,” says Bert Chessin, president of the congregation’s board. “But it’s starting to pick up. I think, more and more, people understand that we are a part of the fabric of Missoula.”

A lot of Chessin’s role as president involves basic education to a largely uninitiated community. For starters, he explains why the group of children is singing Christmas carols in the synagogue.

They’re from a Montessori school that rents out part of the building; it’s a vital arrangement that helps Har Shalom afford the Russell Street property it secured just five years ago. Jews have lived and gathered in Missoula for more than a century, he says, but never had a formal synagogue before the purchase.

“Growing up in Missoula in the 1950s and 1960s, I remember the community really came together for the high holidays,” he says. “We would

Congregation Har Shalom’s Torah dates back to a congregation in Helena that stopped meeting in the 1930s. The Torah resides in a wooden ark inside the synagogue when it’s not being used, and is positioned to face toward Jerusalem.

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Rarely in our history have food politics so dominated the national spotlight. Two food-related bills are currently circling the legislative drain, and their backers are running out of time to get them signed by the end of the current lame-duck session—because once the new Congress takes over, all bets are off.

The so-called food safety bill passed the U.S. Senate —a level of bipartisan agreeNov. 30 on a vote of 73–25— ment rarely seen of late. Even so, the bill, en-route to Obama’s desk, was taken hostage by a congressional contingent sworn to prevent anything else from happening until tax cuts for the wealthy are extended. Thanks to the discovery of a procedural error, they’re poised to send the bill back for proper processing, followed by another round of new debate that many fear will kill the bill.

Meanwhile, the food safety bill’s little brother, the so-called school lunch bill, passed the House 264–157 Dec. 2 (it passed the Senate last summer), and awaits a date with Obama’s pen. Given his wife has made children’s nutrition a priority, the smart money expects him to sign it.

But after years of wrangling, the bill is a mere ghost of what was originally proposed.

“Two years ago we started out very idealistic,” says Dr. Susan Rubin, who teamed up with Slow Food USA on a campaign, called “Time for Lunch,” that worked to get the bill passed. “We wanted a dollar more per day, per kid, in funding, because that’s what we thought it would cost to feed kids properly.

And now we’re celebrating an increase of six cents.”

While it’s a smaller increase than they’d hoped for, it’s still a bigger increase than school kitchens have had in more than 60 years (not counting adjustments for inflation).

In addition to increased funding, the bill also increases the efficiency of the money it spends. Section 205 of the bill bans certain accounting practices by which wealthy schools have been accessing money intended for low-income students. Getting the kids of families who can afford it to pay their school lunch’s true worth—about $2.30 per meal—will save the program a lot of money. Section 205 also prevents government reimbursement program money from being spent on snacks sold outside of the lunch line, and mandates the creation of standards to regulate foods sold in schools outside of the subsidized meals. This includes the food and beverages sold in school vend-

ing machines, and a class of school foods called “a la carte” options—things like bags of chips, and cupcakes with the extra-thick frosting—which are sold alongside the subsidized meals, but aren’t subsidized themselves.

The school lunch bill also calls for an update of the nutrition standards used to create meals funded by the school lunch program. “Right now, for example, USDA standards don’t promote whole grains.

You can be sure the new standards will,” one optimistic school nutrition professional told me, requesting anonymity.

While there are many ideas about how best to feed children, there’s little debate that water is the

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best drink. The bill mandates access to free drinking water in all schools.

“No child should be forced to choose between buying a Coca-Cola product and being thirsty,” says Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA. A big chunk of the bill, $375 million, will be divided among the states as grants to fund nutrition education and anti-obesity efforts. Forty million dollars will fund research on food-related childhood health issues. And another $40 million will be allotted to farm-to-school programs, especially in schools with high populations of low-income students.

Farm-to-school advocates are pleased. Forty million might not sound like a lot of money in terms of the federal budget, but according to Viertel, “That

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will start a lot of really great farm-to-school pilot projects.” Unlike, say, a cruise missile, a farm-to-school program can be built for just a few thousand dollars.

One nagging string attached to the bill is that more than $2 billion—about half its annual budget— is currently earmarked to come out of the food stamp budget. The president has promised to find another source for this money, and here is where the strong arms of Michelle, frying pan in hand, will help ensure he does.

Despite the bill’s bipartisan support, Fox News has been harassing the bill with fabricated concerns that it “could ban bake sales at schools.”

What the bill does do is state that bake sales and fundraisers could fall under regulation if they become so frequent that a significant portion of students’ calories are coming from such foods, a point that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack went to pains to make in a widely circulated letter. Nonetheless, days later “Fox & Friends” co-hosts kept the “bake sale ban” narrative going, even after a guest correctly pointed out that the bill does not ban bake sales. Later, “Fox & Friends” co-host Gretchen Carlson teased another segment on the bill by saying, “Don’t touch my muffins! A new bill headed to President Obama’s desk would give the government the power to limit school bake sales? Is that any of the government’s business?”

Sarah Palin chimed in, via Twitter, criticizing the “school cooking ban” as she seized the opportunity to point out another instance where the federal government wants to make our decisions for us.

Of course, the ones who rake in the most money on school fundraisers, from the Girl Scouts to the Association of Fund-Raising Distributors and Suppliers, have publicly come out in support of the bill. Using the manufactured bake sale issue to kill a bill that aims to curb children’s hunger and thirst is the height of cynicism.

I came of culinary age exposed to a Reagan-era school lunch program that famously considered ketchup a vegetable, and some of my memories of the food itself are disturbing. Sometimes I ate it, but even then I regarded school lunch as a distinctly low-grade reflection on humanity. Luckily for me, my parents were usually able to pack me a lunch. Luckily for a lot of kids, the school lunch program, and public school nutrition in general, are getting a much-needed upgrade.

LISTINGS Missoula's Original

Brain Food www.thinkfft.com Sun-Thurs 7am - 8pm • Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm • 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe.

Across from the U of M campus.

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$…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Bernice’s offers a wide selection of Artisan Sourdough loaves, tarts, cakes, cupcakes, pies, pies, pies and DINNER ROLLS for the holidays. We are currently accepting orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Give us a ring (728-1358) or stop on by for a “cup of fresh hot joe” while we take care of you. May the season bring you health, warmth, and community. xoxo bernice Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts.

All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced beega) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making.

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artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Cat Bake Shop 2000 West Broadway (next to Noodles Express) • 542-9043 Come try Missoula’s newest coffee house & bakery.

Try our signature buttery morning buns, scones, cinnamon rolls, huckleberry coffee cake, & organic artisan breads. We also offer a variety of cakes, French pastries, & full coffee menu.

(Banquet room available for morning meetings.) Tues - Sat. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve • 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: Tavern hours Monday-Saturday 3pm-11pm, Sunday 3pm-10pm . Dining Room hours Monday-Saturday 5pm-10pm, Sunday 4pm-9pm. $$-$$$

The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 38 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve

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Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it’s a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius.

Family Dental Group Southgate Mall 541-2886 If you have a tooth knocked out, gently rinse the tooth in milk or water. Don’t touch the roots. Place the tooth in cold milk or in your mouth between the cheek and gum to keep it moist. It is important not to let the tooth dry out. See a dentist within an hour to have it reinserted.

Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close.

WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table.

Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Chilly weather is here. Stop in, warm up, & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas.

Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-2:30pm Happy Hour 35pm Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere.

Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall • 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$

HAPPIESTHOUR All Souls Ale at Big Sky What you’re tasting: All Souls Ale is a limited edition imperial saison. It’s slightly spicy, slightly fruity and very strong at 11 percent alcohol by volume (ABV). That’s unusual for a saison, which generally hit just 5 percent ABV. Saisons, by the way, are light beers from Frenchspeaking Belgium (“saison” means “season”) that were brewed specifically to refresh farmers when they didn’t have access to water. All Souls may be strong, but it actually maintains a sort of light feel—in case you get thirsty out in the fields.

Who’s behind it: Members of All Souls Missoula, an alternative Christian church, approached the brewery last summer about crafting the beer. Big Sky owner Bjorn Nabozney says he was surprised to have a church ask about brewing, and even more surprised when the group insisted the beer not seem “too churchy,” so that it appeals to everyone. About 16 members of the church spent several hours helping Big Sky brewers bottle and label the ale.

Why you’re supporting it: Even if you’re not a churchie yourself, consider this: Proceeds

from sales of All Souls goes to Imagine Missoula, a nonprofit that organizes volunteers to help people around town, whether it’s to fix leaks and build fences, help with childcare or run errands for those who need a little neighborly assistance. Plus, who doesn’t like doing community service in the form of drinking beer?

When to get it: Now. According to taproom bartenders, the ale is going fast. Big Sky Brewery ordered a limited 100 cases of the stylish, 750 liter bottles, which go for $14 each.

There are no plans to make more, though Nabozney says the brewery will definitely team up with All Souls again next year with another recipe.

Where to find the taproom: Near the airport, at 5417 Trumpeter Way. —Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

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Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$.

Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions.

Featuring international & Irish pub fare as well as locally produced specials. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS. $-$$ Silver Dollar Bar 307 W. Rail Road St. • 728-9826 Celebrating our 75th anniversary. Established, owned & operated by the Martello family in 1935, the bar is a true Montana tavern. We have the latest in

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video gaming machines, pool tables & the most up-to-date Juke Box. All this along with cold beer & stiff drinks make the Silver Dollar Bar a real Montana legend.

NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming • 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

BITTERROOT Burger Shack 205 Main St., Stevensville 777-2370 Come take a bite out of our 1/2 pound big & beefy burgers. The only burger joint in Missoula and the Bitterroot serving 100% Certified Angus Beef, hand pattied, charbroiled and made to order. We have over a dozen mouth watering specialty burgers to choose from, like the Inside Out, stuffed with creamy gorgonzola cheese and fresh chopped bacon. Or the Philly Cheesesteak made with 100% Certified Angus top sirloin - touted to be the best outside of Philly! It's not just a burger, it's a destination. The Burger Shack is open Monday - Saturday, 11:00am to 8:00pm. Also serving beer & wine. Orders to go 777-2370. $-$$ Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St., Hamilton 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Wed - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.

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ASKARI Gift of grub Dear Flash, ’Tis the season for gifts and I have a foodie on my list. Can you recommend any cookbooks, kitchen tools or other food-inspired items to gift this year?

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Never underestimate the holes in even a seasoned foodie’s arsenal. Just today I found myself steaming a batch of tamales, and since I don’t have a steamer I had to rig something out of a plate, a bowl, and an old aluminum pie tin inside a big pot. It worked, and the tamales came out beautifully, but come on. I’m getting tired of this game every time I want to steam some broccoli.

So despite how sure you are that this foodie of yours has everything, you might want to inquire. If you asked me I’d ask for the following: steamer, large thick-bottom kettle, steam juicer, FoodSaver vacuum sealer bags, and meat grinder and sausage attachments for my Champion juicer.

Just sayin’.

If you were hoping for more cutting-edge advice, I really like my Sodastream home bubbly

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maker. We used to buy bubbly water by the case, for over $1 per bottle. Now we make it whenever, and if it loses its fizz, we simply add more fizz.

One of my favorite drinks in the world is bubbly mixed with grape juice.

As for cookbooks…I don’t really use them.

Call me lame and a-sensory, but when I’m in search of recipes I can usually find about 48,592 variations of what I’m looking for in seconds by going online.

That said, here’s an interesting book that just landed on my desk, straight from Italy: The Slow Food Dictionary to Italian Regional Cooking.

If your foodie is going to Italy and wants a true Rosetta Stone for Italian menus—or if he or she just has a burning desire to know what imbrogliata di carciofi is (“Young, tender spiny Ligurian artichokes sliced, gently fried in oil with garlic and parsley, smothered with scrambled eggs and sprinkled with grated Parmigiano.”), they’ll probably like this book.

Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net.

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If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply preliterate, 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 Missoula Nonprofit Network hosts the workshop “Human Resources,” featuring comments from Barbara Kennedy, from 11:30 AM–1 PM in the conference room of Mountain West Bank, 3301 Great Northern Way. $10/free Missoula Nonprofit Network members. RSVP by emailing leah@mountainhomemt.org.

Try your luck at winning a dream home when the Montana Building Industry Association, in conjunction with The Flagship Program and UM’s College of Technology, offers the chance to win a $340,000 student-built home located on 2604 Roderick Way. $100 per raffle ticket, with the raffle to be held on Jan. 2. Tickets are available at the MBIA office, 1849 South Ave. W., and several other places. Call 543-4423 or visit buildmissoula.com.

The Montana Conservation Voters hosts a Missoula County Conservation Roundtable lunch meeting, starting at noon in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 542-1055.

Help feed some locals and get a discount on your shipping when The Shipping Depot, 2120 S. Reserve. St., presents its “Will Ship for Food” campaign, where you can get $1 off per package shipped with each canned or packaged food item you donate. All donations will be given to the Missoula Food Bank, and the campaign runs through Dec. 31. The Shipping Depot has another location at 1001 E. Broadway St. #2. Call 728-2285.

Help those who are hungry during the Missoula Food Bank’s annual holiday drive, a non-perishable food/monetary donation drive that runs

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Don’t mess with her personal bubble. The Garden City Ballet presents a performance of The Nutcracker at the Montana Theatre in UM’s PARTV Center Fri., Dec. 17, and Sat., Dec. 18, at 7:30 PM nightly, and Sun., Dec. 19, at 2 PM. $26.50 plus fees, with tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com.

through Dec. 23. Food/money donations can be dropped off at the food bank, 219 S. Third St. W., or at the YWCA, all branches of First Security Bank, The Missoulian and at 10 of Missoula’s fire stations. Drop off times at the food bank are: Mon.–Tue. from 8 AM–6:30 PM and Wed.–Fri. from 8 AM–3 PM. Call 549-0543. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Children learn about polymers and create goo during the spectrUM Discovery Area’s “Slime” program, which occurs from 3:30–7 PM at the Discovery Area, Room 166 in UM’s Skaggs Building. $3.50 for children ages 4 and up/free children three and under. Call 243-4828.

End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tast-

ing room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703.

Peruse sleek works of art, make a DIY craft, and enjoy a drag show with tunes by DJ Beepbot during Artini: Ribbons & Boas, the Missoula Art Museum’s holiday installment of its popular Artini series that runs from 5:30–9 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org.

Winterize your mind in an aesthetically pleasing way when the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., hosts its “Third Thursday” open house featuring Robert Moore’s new exhibit of paintings titled Western Winter, with the open house from 5:30–7:30 PM at the gallery. Free. Call 721-3154. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., December 17, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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SPOTLIGHT black x-mas I’m not a Christmas hater, but I’ll admit the extreme cheeriness of the season can get a little nauseating at times. That’s why I’m thankful for cultural diversions that poke some fun at the holiday— like author David Sedaris’ two Christmas-themed monologues, The Santaland Diaries and Seasons Greetings. Both are drenched in dark comedic overtones, and provide a nice antidote to the cheesiness that can sometimes seep into the season.

If you’re not familiar with The Santaland Diaries, here’s the lowdown. It’s his first-person account of working as an elf named Crumpet in “Santaland” at a Macy’s store in New York City. Not surprisingly, it’s filled with plenty of snicker-inducing observations, like when Sedaris talks about the zeal required to be an elf and muses, “I prefer being frank with children.

I’m more likely to say, ‘You must be exhausting’ or ‘I know a lot of people who would kill for that little waistline of yours.’ I’m afraid I won’t be able to provide the enthusiasm Santa is asking for, I think I’ll be a low key sort of elf.” It’s the piece that apparently catapulted Sedaris’ career when he first read it on National Public Radio in 1992.

Seasons Greetings, another one-person production, flips the irreverent switch up a notch. It centers

WHAT: David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries & Seasons Greetings WHO: Montana Actors’ Theatre WHEN: Thu., Dec. 16–Sat., Dec. 18 and Tue., Dec. 21–Thu., Dec. 23 at 7:30 PM nightly WHERE: Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. HOW MUCH: $15/$7.50 students Fri.–Sat. and $12/$6 students Tue.–Thu. with $2 off your ticket if you donate a toy MORE INFO: mtactors.com

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From left, Justin Fatz stars in The Santaland Diaries, and Pam Veis stars in Seasons Greetings.

on a housewife named Jocelyn Dunbar, who reads her family’s Christmas newsletter to the audience and reveals some juicy family news along the way.

This includes a surprise visit from a new member of the Dunbar family—fathered by Jocelyn’s hubby during his stint in the Vietnam War—who shows up at their house looking like “a child masquerading as a prostitute.” We also get to hear about Jocelyn’s drugaddicted daughter, who recently had a son who was legally named “Satan Speaks.”

You’ll get to check out the adapted stage versions of both of these sardonic works this week when the Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries & Season’s Greetings,” which features seasoned local actor Justin Fatz as Crumpet, and Havre-based actress and MAT board member Pam Veis as Jocelyn Dunbar.

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Rock out with an all-female rock band when locals Slowly But Shirley play the Top Hat’s “Artists-In-Residence” family-friendly concert series every Thu. this month from 6–8 PM. Free.

(See Scope in this issue.)

Exclamations are a must when EL3OH! plays gypsy jazz at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features trivia plus specials on Jello shots and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.

Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians’ Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with sign ups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296.

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The Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton, continues its Foreign Film Series with a screening of Be With Me, at 7 PM at the library. Free.

Call 363-1670.

Bite into something literary during the Missoula Public Library’s Third Thursday Book Group, which meets to discuss Winter in the Blood by James Welch, at 7 PM in the library’s board room, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula.

Visit mtactors.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Hear about why wrongful convictions occur and how they can be prevented when Peter Neufeld, co-director of the New York Innocence Project, presents a lecture on the issue at 7:30 PM in the University Center Theater.

Free. A “VIP Meet and Greet” with Neufeld, which benefits the Montana Innocence Project, occurs at 6 PM and costs $30. Call 243-6698 to RSVP for the meet and greet. Visit mtinnocence project.org.

Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly thereafter at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com.

Bowling and karaoke go together like pesticides and funky interpretative

dance moves during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosteronefueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free.

Call 363-6969.

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashedup tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.

Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402.

See a plethora of patterns and colors— after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prizewinning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

Rock out to help provide scholarships for the Zootown Arts Community Center’s after school arts program during a fundraiser that features music by Slowly But Shirley, The Scribblers, Matt Hassler, The Hydes, Pony Canon and The Skurfs, at 9 PM at the Palace. $5.

The Klassix pull your pork and stick you with a spork when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit of karaoke during ladies’ night and live karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277.

He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free.

Rock with the orange team and then the blue team when Orange Shades, The Blox and The Blue Belles play rock and blues at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA.

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The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3–6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, An Outline of Occult Science by Rudolf Steiner. Just kidding. (Did I need to tell you that?)

Free. Call 721-BOOK.

Pizza and parenting go hand-in-hand during Pizza For Parents, a parenting chat with pizza that features the topic “Positive Discipline” and occurs at the family resource center of Lewis and Clark Elementary School, 2901 Park St., at 11:30 AM. Free. Call 721-7690 to register.

The Western Montana Combined Federal Campaign announces that it is accepting applications from federations and charitable organizations to serve as the administrator for the 2011 federal employee fundraising drive.

Interested agencies should submit an application by Jan. 24. Call 549-6104 for more info. Submissions can be sent to the Local Federal Coordinating Committee, PO Box 7395, Missoula, MT, 59807.

See what the women and men in blue actually do for Missoula during the City of Missoula’s 2011 Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy, which gives citizens an overview of the Missoula Police Department’s activities, accomplishments and challenges, and meets Wednesday evenings starting on Jan. 26. Applications are due

by Dec. 24, and can be received by calling Laurie Clark at 552-6320.

Community Medical Center, 2827 Fort Missoula Road, presents “The New Women’s and Newborn Center Groundbreaking and Centennial Celebration,” which features a ceremony, plus appetizers, refreshments, live music and tours of the medical center, starting at 2 PM. Free. RSVP requested but not required by calling Fred at 327-4141 or e-mailing fbremer@communitymed.org.

End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703.

Keep it all in the family jam jar when Jamily, a local guitar and piano duo, plays the Top Hat’s “Family Friendly Fridays” from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

A spoonful of brown sugar makes the excitement go up when EL3-OH! plays gypsy jazz at 6 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free.

Bring a pillow and get into the seasonal mood with music featuring the didgeridoo, ethnic flutes, drums, bassoon and other instruments when Michael Marsolek and Lawrence Duncan (of Drum Brothers and Mandir) present A Musical Dreamtime Journey, a concert held in the round and by candlelight, starting at 7 PM at Bigfork’s Community United Methodist Church, 750 Electric

Ave. $15/$12 advance at Art Fusion and online at drumbrothers.com. The concert is open to those aged 12 and over.

You’re a cheap date, not a cheapskate: The Missoula Public Library hosts another installment of its cheap date movie night, which screens The Other Guys at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Call 721-BOOK and visit missoulapubliclibrary.org.

Tragedy hits the screen when Morris Productions presents a screening of the London National Theatre’s production of Hamlet, at 7:30 PM at the Roxy Theatre, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/$17 students and seniors.

Get tickets at Rockin Rudy’s or online at morrisproductions.org.

Enjoy a delightful tale about a magical garden when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a performance of The Secret Garden, at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 seniors/$10 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org and call 862-5371.

Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higg ins Ave. $15/$7.50 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com.

Watch over 100 local dancers dance with grace, along with guest ballet artists Christiana Bennett and Christopher Ruud, during the Garden City Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker, which begins at 7:30 PM at the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $26.50 plus fees, with advance tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com.

Call 243-4051.

Medicate yourself with jazz chords when Carla Green plays jazz at 8 PM at the Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361.

The Northern Lights deem you patron saint of awesomeness when it plays the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free.

Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, kicking off at 9 PM. Free.

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Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” in tongues when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & Grill in Frenchtown, 16780 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327.

Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Hall and Oates’ “Kiss on My List” during Combat Karaoke at the Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Fri. at 9 PM. Free.

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rate a tree for the Watson Children’s Shelter. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org for specific details.

Peruse some hip handmade gifts and support my old elementary school during the second annual Hip Holiday Market, a “family and hipster friendly” fundraiser for Lowell Elementary School that features several vendors from Missoula’s Saturday markets, plus live music and door prizes, from 10 AM–6 PM at Lowell Elementary School, 1200 Sherwood St. $1.

The Tibetan Language Institute presents “The Tibetan Tradition of Mind Training,” a meditation retreat that runs from 10 AM–5 PM, with a lunch break between sessions, at 102 McLeod Ave. Suggested donation: $25–$50. Call 961-5131 to register or e-mail info@tibetanlanguage.org.

Follow the light. The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents Robert Moore’s exhibit titled Western Winter Thu., Dec. 16, from 5:30–7:30 PM during its “Third Thursday” open house. Free. Call 721-3154

Shake it like a salt shaker when DJ Sanchez cranks out the jams at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

Don’t be the lone dude rancher on the dancefloor when Strange Brew brings it heady with a set at Florence’s High Spirits Club & Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and begins at 9 PM. 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.

Tickle your eardrums and let bass tones warm your toes when Missoula’s BassFace Krew presents Fishbowl Friday Finalz Edition, a DJ night featuring dubstep, glitch-hop and other bass-heavy electronic music styles from Ebola Syndrome, BOOtZ and Mikee Sev, starting at 9 PM at the Badlander. Free.

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Dye your beard pink and get shred head with your fellow metalheads during Dimestock IV, Missoula’s annual tribute to late metal guitarist Dimebag Darrel that features music by locals Universal Choke Sign and Blessiddoom, Billings’ Assnyne, plus a metal VJ mix by Aaron Traylor, at 9 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $5. The show also includes a pink beard contest, and prizes.

Blue Collar wants you to take your dead end job and love it when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

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Get a post graduate degree in scootin’ your sneakers when Zeppo MT plays R&B at 9:30 PM, at the Union Club.

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The Bay Area’s Raashan Ahmad (aka the frontman for the Crown City Rockers) ignites a lyrical pilot light when he plays hip hop with openers C o o l z e y , Th e C h i c h a r o n e s , Shaymlusly Elliterate, and Black Mask at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $7.

(See Noise in this issue.)

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Eat the most important meal of the day with a jolly old man when A Carousel for Missoula, 101 Carousel Drive, hosts a Santa’s breakfast, which runs from 9–10:30 AM and features food, and a chance to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. $5 adults and children over age 12/$3 children between the ages of 3–12/free children under age 3. RSVP required by calling 549-8382.

Good times abound during the Missoula Art Museum’s Holiday Weekend Fun activity, runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, includes a “creativity station” for kids to make holiday ornaments, plus snacks and drinks. Today’s program features music by local youth singers the Fledglings and the Coyote Choir, plus a chance to deco-

Those suffering from illness or loss can find solace during one of Living Art Montana’s Creativity for Life workshops at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 10:30 AM. This week features the program “Simple Writing/Creative Phrases” with Lori Mitchell. Free. Donations are appreciated but not expected. Register by calling 549-5329.

Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library.

Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kids move to a smooth groove during the Kids’ Vibrations Music, Rhythm and Dance Program, which is open to children of all ages, and occurs from 11 AM–noon at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $5-$20 suggested donation.

The Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, celebrates the season in style during its Community Christmas Party, which runs from 11 AM–4 PM and features live music by pianist Joan Roe, The Bitterroot Rag Time Society and harpist Jane Shigley, plus a gingerbread house demo, cookie decorating, crafting, pictures with Santa and other activities. $5/$2 children/free children under age 6. Call 363-6004 Ext. 3.

Children in kindergarten through the first grade get to be chemists in the kitchen and make a treat during the spectrUM Discovery Area’s “Edible Science: Holiday Treats” program, which meets from 11 AM–2 PM in the Discovery Area, Room 166 in UM’s Skaggs Building. $20/$15 members.

Call 243-4828 to RSVP and for details.

Just don’t wander too far out into the ether when children’s author Donna Love signs copies of her new book The Totally Out There Guide to Glacier National Park, from 1–3 PM at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company, 3187 Hwy. 83 in Seeley Lake. Free.

The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2

PM at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com.

sion if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com.

The Families First Children’s Museum, 225 W. Front St., presents “Taste Test Challenge & Dragons Tail,” a program where kids learn about healthy eating habits and try different healthy foods, starting at 2 PM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY to register or visit familiesfirstmontana.org.

Watch over 100 local dancers dance with grace, along with guest ballet artists Christiana Bennett and Christopher Ruud, during the Garden City Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker, which begins at 7:30 PM at the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $26.50 plus fees, with advance tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. Call 243-4051.

The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org.

Watch over 100 local dancers dance with grace, along with guest ballet artists Christiana Bennett and Christopher Ruud, during the Garden City Ballet’’s rendition of The Nutcracker, which begins at 2 PM at the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $21.50 plus fees, with advance tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. Call 243-4051.

nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703.

Expect some profound arias when The Met: Live at the Roxy presents an encore screening of Verdi’s Don Carlo, at 6 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/$17 students and seniors, with tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and online at morrisproductions.org.

John Floridis makes your grapes swoon and your personality balloon when he plays folk in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 6 PM. Free. Call 549-8703.

Just don’t snort all the smelling salts when Joan Zen plays a mix of reggae, jazz and soul at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Get a buzz from some buzzing lights when bioluminescent fire dancers perform from 7–7:30 PM at the Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361.

Enjoy a delightful tale about a magical garden when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a performance of The Secret Garden, at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 seniors/$10 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org and call 862-5371.

The Northern Lights deem you patron saint of awesomeness when it plays the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free.

Larry Hirshberg makes the antacid go down easy when he plays Americana at 8 PM at the Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361.

an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

Bust out a cover tune and dance the night away when Combat Karaoke overtakes Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, with a combo of karaoke tunes and dance music this and every Sat. at 9 PM. Free.

Blue Collar wants you to take your dead end job and love it when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

Bust out of your brain fog and into some rock when Portland, Ore.’s Jerry Joseph (of Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons) plays rock with drummer Wally Ingram at 9 PM at the Palace. $8. Jeff Crosby and locals The Fumeroles (featuring Caroline Keys and Ian Smith of Oblio Joes) open.

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.

The Wild Coyote Band probably won’t partake in your electric kool-aid gasoline test when it plays country and classic rock at 9 PM at The Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free.

Feel free to perform “Bella Ciao” by Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW but don’t be surprised if someone tells you we’re in Missoula, and so it’s time to start talking American. Free.

Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

The 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.

Dance like you have red ants in your socks when a DJ spins dance music at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., this and every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992.

Sing a fast tune or five during Greyhound Karaoke at Larry’s Six Mile Bar & Grill in Huson, 23384 Huson Road, every Sat. at 9 PM. Free.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” and begins at 9 PM. Free.

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Get frisky with that crystal ball when Russ Nasset and The Revelators play country and rockabilly at 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Free.

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Zoo City keeps your superego in check with a set of rock when it plays at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2.

Cool down your burning loins with some men in black when Johnny Cash

What brings you to the Iron Horse today?

A group of us are here because our airline flight rerouted us to Missoula.

What made you choose the Iron Horse?

The downtown location & festive ambiance. The staff is a lot of fun too!

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Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higg ins Ave. $15/$7.50 students, with $2 off admis-

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The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org.

Watch over 100 local dancers dance with grace, along with guest ballet artists Christiana Bennett and Christopher Ruud, during the Garden City Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker, which begins at 2 PM at the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $21.50 plus fees, with advance tickets at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. Call 243-4051.

If you suffer from pain, or are a family member or friend of a pain sufferer, join others for support during a meeting of the Missoula Pain Support Group from 2–4 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. This month’s topic is “Self Care Through the Holidays.” Call Nicole Dunn for more info at 327-8408 or visit myspace.com/ www.missoulapsg.com.

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Former local Jimi Nasset (aka James Two) gets into the binary groove when he plays old-school hip hop, boogiefunk and club classics during “Funky Festivus” at the Palace Wed., Dec. 22, at 9 PM with DJ Martini. Free.

tribute band The Cold Hard Cash Show plays at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.

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Missoula is a bona fide bike town. If you don’t have one already, you’ll be able to build your own recycled recumbent or four-wheel bike after you volunteer for two hours at Missoula Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., on Sundays at a TBA time. Call 800-809-0112 to RSVP.

Enjoy some tunes and help out a Flathead citizen during “Music for Life,” a musical benefit for the Ted Ehrenberg family that runs from noon–8 PM at the Whitefish United Methodist Church, 1150 Wisconsin Ave. Donations are accepted care of the “All Saints Episcopal Church.”

Enjoy some recorder tunes while you peruse books when the Backyard Recorder Consort performs from 1–3 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.

Playing bingo at 2 PM at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center is your chance to yell, “Ich bin ein Berliner!” Free. Call 543-7154.

Just don’t ask the Montana A Cappella Society to perform a beatboxed version of “Deck the Halls” when it plays “The Holiday Spirit,” a Christmas concert featuring selections from its new CD, plus holiday favorites, starting at 3 PM at the Corvallis United Methodist Church, on the corner of Eastside Highway and Corvallis Cemetery Road. Free.

Enjoy a delightful tale about a magical garden when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a performance of The Secret Garden, at 4 P M at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 seniors/$10 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org and call 862-5371.

Seek connection, mutual life, or even death using the ancient Japanese strategy game Go when a group of enthusiasts meets to play the game this and every Sun. at 4:30 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Email goinmissoula@yahoo.com.

nightlife The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18/$15 children. Call 728-PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org.

Give voice to your creativity and spirituality with a devotional, improvisational song circle that meets the first, third and fifth Sun. of every month at 7 PM at Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. A $2 donation is requested, but don’t let lack of funds (or shyness) be an obstacle. Call 542-1066.

Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 7:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from Donna Smith, the Freemole Quartet and DJs Gary Stein and Ryan Wendel.

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UM student Tommy Pertis comforts your inner core with his slick guitar pickin’ when he plays a student recital at 7:30 PM at the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free.

Call 243-6880.

during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM in the basement classroom number 3 of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org.

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.

Soak up the sights of a true DIY Missoula institution during a tour of the Zootown Arts Community Center, which runs from 6–7 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. Free.

RSVP by e-mailing Hanna at info@zootownarts.com.

Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

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

Just don’t wear your birthday suit when local acoustic guitarist Javier Ryan celebrates his birthday with a free show, starting at 9 PM at the Top Hat. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the karaoke mic at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke at 9:30 PM, Sun.–Thu. each week. Call 830-3277.

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The Kalispell Parks and Recreation Department presents its “Freeze Out Camp,” a program for children featuring a number of activities that runs from 7:30 AM–5:30 PM today through Dec. 23, and Dec. 27–30, at the gym of Elrod School, 412 Third Ave. W. $25 per day/$20 per day with a resident ID card. Call 758-7975 for more info.

Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.

nightlife Those looking to control their eating habits can get support from others

E. Second St. $35. Get tickets by calling 862-SHOW or by visiting alpinetheatreproject.org.

Turn that snowflake into something quadratical when the Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 9955 Lolo Creek Road, hosts a “Christmas Dance” from 8–9:30 PM. Cost TBA. Call 273-0652 or 273-0141.

Have a drink and take a load off in the company of your fellow laborers during the Badlander’s Service Industry Night, every Mon. and includes drink specials for service industry workers starting at 9 PM. Free. Also, if you have an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it.

See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up.

Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. This week is the theme “Random Music for Random People” with hip hop and electronic music from Traff the Wiz, DJ Brand One, Dirty Needle, Encrypted, Justin .

Other and the Milkcrate Mechanic

Men drink on the cheap and can enjoy a game of pigskin, as well as karaoke, during Men’s Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Mon. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend.

Call 830-3277.

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If you can’t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a move-

If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Alateen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use the alley entrance. Call 7285818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.

Build bridges with some fellow Missoulians with an informal game when The Garden City Duplicate Bridge Club hosts bridge lessons and informal games for newcomers and beginners every Mon. at 7 PM at the Bridge Club, 3108 S. Clark St. Call Michael at 890-0743 or e-mail him at Studd_31@hotmail.com for pricing.

Join others who promote communitybased solutions to the climate crisis, and take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change in the Northern Rockies, when Northern Rockies Rising Tide meets from 7–9 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.wordpress.com.

Let the nuclear reactor in your mind cool off with the soothing sounds of The Discount Quartet, featuring DR Halsell on guitar, when it plays from 7–10 PM at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100. Free.

An evening of holiday tunes and artistic mayhem awaits when the Alpine Theatre Project presents its Yuletide Affair Concert, which features guest artists from Broadway productions, and starts at 7 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600

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ment, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kids and their parents learn the intricacies of arched backs and other lively poses during Fun with Yoga, which starts at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY and visit familiesfirstmontana.org.

Kids get to celebrate the shortest day of the year, and learn about why the sun appears late and goes down earlier in the day, during the Families First Children’s Museum’s “Winter Solstice Project,” which starts at 3:30 PM at the museum, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541PLAY to register.

Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free. Call 329-5656.

Shoot the bull and polish your public speaking skills when the Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters Club meets every Tue. at noon, at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. Free. Visit shootinthebull.info.

You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

nightlife Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free.

Call 370-3200.

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.

Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com.

See if your buzzed mind can correctly guess what family of animalia the epihippus came from during Buzz Time Showdown Trivia, which features free trivia—along with drink specials— and runs from 6–9 PM this and every Tue. at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.

All genres are encouraged—except, perhaps gangsta rap—every Tue. at 6 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.

Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691.

Bring a pillow and get into the seasonal mood with music featuring the didgeridoo, ethnic flutes, drums, bassoon and other instruments when Michael Marsolek and Lawrence Duncan (of Drum Brothers and Mandir) present A Musical Dreamtime Journey, a concert held in the round and by candlelight, starting at at 7 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St. $15/$12 advance at all GrizTix outlets and online at drumbrothers.com.

An evening of holiday tunes and artistic mayhem awaits when the Alpine Theatre Project presents its Yuletide Affair Concert, which features guest artists from Broadway productions, and starts at 7 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $35/$50 for “sweet seats.” Get tickets by calling 862SHOW or by visiting alpinetheatre project.org.

Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com.

Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

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Sunday, March 20, 7:30-9 pm . UM Recital Hall Accordion & traditional Song . Séamus Begley

Saturday, April 9, 7:30-9 pm . UM Recital Hall Folk Music and Ballads • Seán Tyrrell Friday, April 22, 7:30-9 pm • UM Recital Hall Tickets: $15 or $45 for season ticket (a great Christmas gift) Available at www.griztix.com, the Adams Centre, the Source, Southgate Mall, Rockin Rudy’s and UM School of Music.

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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? What’s the shallowest ocean on the planet? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

You have practiced in front of the mirror long enough—head to the High Spirits in Florence, where open mic night features a drum set, amps, mics and recording equipment and awaits you and your axe at 8 PM. Free. Call 273-9992 to reserve your spot.

Chance mixes with money and prizes during bingo night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which occurs this and every Tue. starting at 8 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402.

Take a drink from a lyrical well during the Christmas in the City Tour, which features hip hop from Cool Nutz, Mistah F.A.B., Overtime, Young Jay, Dice, Neema and Mikey Vegaz, starting at 8 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $10, with advance tickets online at brownpapertickets.com.

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.

Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers hosts an open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free, with free beers for performers.

All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

See a plethora of patterns and colors— after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prizewinning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

All the ladies’ in the house can belt out a sweet tune and get a drink special during Ladies’ Night, starting at 9 PM at Larry’s Six Mile Tavern in Huson, 23384 Huson Road. Free. Call 626-5573.

Moisten your rock receptacles with some homegrown goodness when At Home in the Cosmos and 10 Year Old Girlfriend play the Badlander’s “Live and Local” night at 9 PM. Free.

Be sure to belt out something twangy when Solid Sound Karaoke hits The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free.

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Songs and sensory games are all the rage during Toddler Playgroup, at 11 AM at the Families First Children’s M u s e u m , 2 2 5 W. F r o n t S t . $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541PLAY or visit familiesfirstmontana.org.

Missoula’s City Council announces that it seeks one volunteer to serve on the City/County Health Board. Applications can be picked up in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall, 435 Ryman St., or downloaded online at ci.missoula.mt.us/vacancy. Applications are due at the City Clerk’s office by 5 PM on Dec. 29. Call 552-6078.

Cut yourself some slack and enjoy a moving picture during the Missoula Public Library’s Afternoon Matinee, which features a screening of From Here to Eternity at 2 PM at the

library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Teens grades 7–12 go with the media flow during the Missoula Public Library’s Teen Media Lab, which features the opportunity to make short videos, mix music and learn new ways to use media, this and every Wed. at 4 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

nightlife Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Nor thside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com.

Develop eloquence in the face of inebriation, as well as impressive business contacts, when Toastmasters meets every Wed. at 6 PM in St. Patrick Hospital’s Duran Learning Center. Free. Call 728-9117.

Pianist Jodi Marshall tickles your senses with her deft piano skills while you munch Chinese food when she performs every Wed. from 6–9 PM at Hong Kong Chef, 2009 Brooks St. Free to attend, with free potstickers. Call 549-6688.

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 both new and old to see how many ways they can get to that magical number 15 at 6:30 PM. Free. Call Rex at 360-3333.

In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle brings the circle of warm fuzzies to the Good Food Store, where you can knit purls of wisdom every Wed. at 7 PM. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com.

Smooth jazz makes the sake and pad thai go down easy when IZA Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins Ave., presents live jazz every Wed. at 7 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3237.

Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Missoula’s Trivial Beersuit, a trivia night for the layperson, expands its

tentacles to the Press Box for four rounds of trivia with sign ups at 7:45 PM, followed by the game at 8, this and every Wed. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free. You can also find clues to every week’s game by befriending “Trivial Beersuit” on Facebook.

E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com.

Hump day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore. It’s also a day for playing games of chance with other like-minded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 5421471.

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 shallowest ocean on the planet is the Arctic Ocean. It is also considered the smallest.

The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free.

Get a wicked case of “bowling finger” during Five Valley’s Bowl’s Wicked Wednesday, which features $2 bowling after 9 PM plus $2 cans of Bud Light this and every Wed. at the bowling center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4158.

Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” by New Kids on the Block (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free.

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Do the helicopter or the hustle with your funk soul brothers in arms when former Missoulian Jimmy Nasset (aka James Two) tag teams the decks with DJ Martini for Funky Festivus, a DJ night featuring old school hip hop, boogiefunk and club classics, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Play some licks, read your newest haiku, or make others giggle at your jokes during The Craggy Range Open Mic, an open mic night for musicians and other artists that features a number of house instruments for your use, every Wed. starting at 9 PM at The Craggy Range, 10 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free. Call 862-7550.

Re-wire your internal imbibe machine during Re-Wired Wasted Wednesdays at the Top Hat, which features drink specials on microbrews and domestic beers, from 10 AM–1 AM, plus music by local rockers Axshinn Slaxx. Cost TBA.

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The North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St. in Stevensville, hosts a “holiday open house” featuring cookies and hot drinks, from 10 AM–noon. Free. Call 777-5061.

Help feed some locals and get a discount on your shipping when The Shipping Depot, 2120 S. Reserve. St., presents its “Will Ship for Food” campaign, where you can get $1 off per package shipped with each canned or packaged food item you donate. All donations will be given to the Missoula Food Bank, and the campaign runs through Dec. 31. The Shipping Depot has another location at 1001 E. Broadway St. #2.

Call 728-2285.

Help those who are hungry during the Missoula Food Bank’s annual holiday drive, a non-perishable food/monetary donation drive that runs through Dec. 23. Food/money donations can be dropped off at the food bank, 219 S. Third St. W., or at the YWCA, all branches of First Security Bank, The Missoulian and at 10 of Missoula’s fire stations. Drop off times at the food bank are: Mon.–Tue. from 8 AM–6:30 PM and Wed.–Fri. from 8 AM–3 PM. Call 549-0543. (See Agenda in this issue.)

nightlife See the light at the end of that sudsy tunnel when John Schiever plays acoustic music at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features trivia plus specials on Jello shots and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.

Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians’ Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with sign ups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296.

Get toasty with a night of polished jazz during the DalyJazz Christmas Party, featuring tunes from the Craig Hall Trio, starting at 7 PM at DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave. $25, with RSVP required.

E-mail dalyjazz@gmail.com to RSVP, and visit dalyjazz.com for info.

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Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two adapted monologues by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula.

Visit mtactors.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.

Slurp the cybernetic eggnog and bust a smooth robotic move during Robotrashmus, a holiday installment of Robotrash featuring an array of forward thinking electronic music styles from Seattle’s Nordic Soul, and locals Kris Moon and Tak45, plus visuals by V3R, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Polka with a splinter when Cabin Fever plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing free when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free.

If you’d like to see the youth of tomorrow glued on ceramics rather than an XBox, you ought to get yourself down to the Palace on Thu., Dec. 16 at 9 PM, for a rockin’ fundraiser with an artistic aim. It’s a concert to help fund scholarships for the Zootown Arts Community Center’s after school arts program, which offers young Missoulians the chance to learn printmaking, painting and glass fusing, among other techniques. As for the concert, it features a mishmash of tunes from locals like The Skurfs, The Scribblers, Matt Hassler, The Hydes and Pony Canon. So if you feel like giving back, and rocking out, check out this gig. Otherwise, hook me up by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Dec. 17 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff to me online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

MOUNTAIN HIGH I f you’re a powderhound during the winter and a whitewater rafting junkie in the summer, you’re in for a treat this week. On Sun., Dec. 19, you’ll be able to shred the gnar on the cheap, and do your part to support a worthy river recreation project, when Discovery Ski Area hosts an allday benefit for The Max Wave. If you’re unfamiliar with this watery endeavor here’s a primer: It’s a planned surf wave that will be located on the Clark Fork River near downtown in memory of a late local kayaker named Max Lentz who died at the age of 17 while kayaking in West Virginia.

Although the project has yet to break ground, organizers are hoping the wave will be ready for paddlers by 2015.

Here’s where you come in: Discovery is offering full-day adult lift tickets at $28 a pop, and $10 from every ticket sold will be donated to The Max Wave.

Sounds like a pretty good deal, yeah? You know it.

Plus, you’ll also get to soak up the stringy sounds of local bluegrass/folksters The Lil’ Smokies, who plan to play a gig at Discovery later that day.

Visit themaxmissoula.org and skidiscovery.com for more info, or call 563-2184.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 Go the Nordic way when REI Missoula hosts its “CrossCountry Skiing Basics” class, which offers you tips and info about getting into the winter sport, starting at 7 PM at REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2. Free. Visit rei.com/stores/72 to RSVP and call 541-1938.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 Be a good Samaritan and get your pow face on when Moonlight Basin, 1020 Hwy. 64 near Big Sky, presents its fourth annual “Turkey for a Ticket” food drive, which features the chance to get a free day lift ticket if you donate 20 cans of non-perishable food, or one frozen turkey, between 8:30 AM–1 PM. All proceeds will be given to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank. Visit moonlightbasin.com/site/00648.html for more info.

Grab a drink and shoot the bull with your favorite peak baggers when The Rocky Mountaineers hosts its Christmas Party, starting at 6 PM at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free to attend. Visit rockymountaineers.com Run like hell around those icy patches during the Light the Way race, a 5k run through Greenough Park that’s lit by luminaries and begins at 6:30 PM at the picnic shelter off Monroe Street. $30, each participant will also be given a headlamp to run with. Snag a registration form at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 Peep the sickest new ski and snowboard gear during “Valley Demo Days at Whitefish Mountain Resort,” which features demos of ski and snowboard gear from a slew of companies for you to try out from 8:30 AM–3 PM at the Lift Plaza at the resort, 3905 Big Mountain Road. Free, but guests will need an ID and credit card for a deposit, and a lift ticket to ride the chair lifts. Visit skiwhitefish.com.

Dive into the hottest avian ogle fest known to Missoulians during the Five Vallley Audubon Society’s annual Missoula Christmas Bird Count, which occurs at various times today within a circle with a 15-mile diameter, centered at the

Reserve Street/I-90 intersection. Free. Participants will count every bird seen or heard during the day, and all levels of birders are welcome to participate, either with a group in the field or at home by watching your bird feeder. Call Larry at 549-5632 to participate in the field count, or Elizabeth at 327-1525 to count at home.

Those in the Flathead can count birds to their heart’s content during the Flathead Audubon Societysponsored Bigfork Christmas Bird Count, which occurs at various times today at places like Flathead Lake, and the Swan and Flathead Rivers. Free. RSVP

by Dec. 16 by calling Dan at 270-5941 or 867-3143.

Feed your daily need to shred or carve when Montana Snowbowl announces that it’s open daily starting today through Feb. 28, beginning at 9:30 AM. $40 full-day pass/$35 half-day pass. Visit montanasnowbowl.com.

See who can catch the biggest air on a number of custom made rail features when The Terrain Parks at Lost Trail present the Wham Bam Rail Jam, the first rail jam competition of the season that’s open to skiers and snowboarders of all ages and abilities, and starts at 3 PM at Lost Trail Powder Mountain, near the border of Montana and Idaho off Hwy. 93. $10.

Riders must sign up by noon. Visit ltpark.com for more info.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 Kick out the jams on your cross country kit during the Kick-Out-The-Kinks Benefit Ski Race, a 5K and 10K ski race in Essex at the Izaak Walton Inn that benefits the Middlefork Quick Response Unit. $10 per person. Call 888-5700.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 21 Any and all women who want to hike in the company of their fellow XX chromosome holders are hereby invited to a Ladies Hike Group that meets every Tue. and Thu. at 4 PM in Missoula. Contact Rissa at simpleretreat@yahoo.com to find out meeting locations and to finalize plans.

As you celebrate the season, please consider making an end-of-year cash gift to The Montana Food Bank Network.

THANK YOU!

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Slowly But Shirley goes from open mic to artist-in-residence

by Erika Fredrickson

“The covers we choose usually influence the originals On a recent Thursday evening, the Top Hat isn’t exact- cy in the venue between 6 and 8 p.m. every Thursday. The ly what you would call hoppin’. There’s one bartender, a artist-in-residence idea is new to Missoula, but venues in we play,” says Keeton. “Personally, I have to play Neil father with his toddler, a guy playing pool against himself, Los Angeles, Calif., and Austin, Texas, have started up sim- Young’s ‘Cortez the Killer’ when we play shows. That’s a and a couple of patrons bouncing in and out between ilar programs over the years, and the opportunity has really personal song for me because it inspired me to play in the first place.” smoking outside and drinking cocktails at the counter. On sometimes led to record label deals for resident bands.

Janis and Keeton met because they both admired Keys’ band Stellarondo was the first to try out the idea stage, however, Kristin Janis and Ciara Keeton are rocking out on guitars with the sort of cool, wide-legged stance of at the Top Hat in November. For the December residency, each other’s music from afar. Janis had been playing open mic at Sean Kelly’s for the past five years and Keeton startconfident musicians that have an audience wrapped Keys chose to book Slowly But Shirley.

“For Stellarondo it was great to have a low-key per- ed playing open mic a couple of years ago with her band around their fingers—though Janis and Keeton clearly formance occasion to prepare for every week in Peanut Butter and Didgeridoo Jam. don’t take themselves too seriously.

“I had noticed Kristin play open mic at Sean Kelly’s a “Okay, this one is kind of embarrassing,” says Janis November,” says Keys. “We tried new things and saw our into the microphone before launching into a groovy ver- communication develop during that period. We also saw lot because we played the same night,” says Keeton. attendance—by folks of all ages—grow each week. As with “Finally, I asked her if she wanted to jam one night. It was sion of Paula Abdul’s 1989 hit “Straight Up.” Janis has a clear, powerful voice and as she sings, “Do, do ya love me,” and as Keeton backs her up with bluesy guitar solos, neither of them really seems that embarrassed. And why should they? Unlike Abdul’s bubblegum original, this more sophisticated cover doesn’t sound at all out of place in an old bar steeped in blues and folk rock history.

Keeton and Janis are the founding members and, at the moment, the only members of Slowly But Shirley. They started out as a four-piece, all-girl rock band in June this year, first playing the Love Your Mother Earth Festival and then a Bob Dylan tribute show at Caras Park for which they covered “All Along the Watchtower,” “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Everybody Must Get Stoned.” After one bandmate was waylaid by surgery, practices dissipated and Keeton and Janis decided to continue on as a duo.

Though the two have only known Photo by Chad Harder each other for eight months, Ciara Keeton, left, and Kristin Janis started Slowly But Shirley eight months ago after approaching each other at an they’re close friends and tight open mic night at Sean Kelly’s. “I think our music sounds good because we’re good together,” says Janis. stage partners.

“I think our music sounds good because we’re good together,” says Janis. “There’s any positive experience we were a little bummed to see right before the Top of the Mic contest and so we ended chemistry on that level and, musically, it fits together, too. our time end, but happy to pass the torch on to the Shirley up getting together and jamming and putting some songs together. We actually won and went on to the semi-finals.

If we’re fighting, it’s not the same; we get on the stage and girls for the month of December.”

Slowly But Shirley plays some original pop rock dit- We’ve been playing together ever since.” it’s terrible. Or if we play with other people we’re not realWhether or not Slowly But Shirley will become a full ly that close with we’ll feel like everyone else besides us ties written by Janis like “Right Back to You” and “Get it Out”—both of which sound like a hybrid between early band again is up in the air. Janis and Keeton recently isn’t good.”

Local musician Caroline Keys also noticed the chem- Indigo Girls and Suzanne Vega. (“It’s melodic, harmonious recorded a demo, and, after their Top Hat residency ends istry between the duo when she saw Slowly But Shirley babe rock,” laughs Janis). The eight-minute “Moving to with a final show on Dec. 30 (they won’t be playing Dec. play at Love Your Mother and, later, at Sean Kelly’s for the Mars” showcases some of the band’s slower, more psyche- 23 due to scheduling conflicts) they might set up a tour, delic tendencies and builds up to a rock-heavy sound says Janis. Right now, she says, they’re content to play to Top of the Mic music contest.

“I was struck not only by their spunk, but by the powered by Keeton’s obvious love for soloing with the anyone who will listen, even if it’s a small—though supportive—early evening bar crew. chemistry between Kristen and Ciara,” says Keys. “The two wah-wah pedal. ‘“Moving to Mars’ is our epic song,” says Janis. “It’s clearly come from very different musical places, and I love Slowly But Shirley plays the Top Hat Thursday, the way their sensibilities both compliment and grind up about moving to Mars just to get out of here, but the song is really about how it would suck if you actually did move Dec. 16, at 6 PM. Free. They also play the Palace later against one another.” that night at 9 PM for a Zootown Arts Community Keys plays in numerous local bands including Broken there.”

A good quarter of the Slowly But Shirley’s songs are Center fundraiser. $5.

Valley Roadshow, The New Hijackers and Stellarondo. She recently started an “artist-in-residence” program at the Top covers—everything from Abdul to the Beatles to Neil Hat, which allows one band per month to take up residen- Young. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram Civility

Cosmo Sex School Records

Jerry Joseph is starting to show his age. Sure, the veteran musician and songwriter hasn’t lost any of his tempestuous vitality as he approaches his 50s. But Civility, his recent acoustic collaboration with longtime friend Wally Ingram, exhibits the measured reflection that younger artists rarely portray authentically. The album sounds like a half-century of good and bad times rolled into seven tracks.

That’s not to suggest that Civility is a particularly dreary experience. The musicianship makes for a brisk blend of old material, new efforts and a couple of covers.

Joseph’s experience as a guitarist is evident in his nimble note picking, while his vocal inflections neatly comple-

Raashan Ahmad For What You’ve Lost A Champion Sound

It’s hard not to like Raashan Ahmad after giving his latest a few spins.

The Bay Area rapper expresses his love for life with a smooth, laidback flow, impressing listeners with a charm and style that’s instantly engaging.

“Sunshine” is about sunny days and barbecues, and “Just Cool” covers the importance of relaxing from stress. Both are easy to relate to and appreciate, because

Sam Alderson Yellow Rose self-released

You could probably listen to Yellow Rose on a dreary, rainy day or on a lazy sun-filled weekend lying in the grass, but either way it seems best as a soundtrack for dreamy stillness.

Former local Sam Alderson apparently wrote and recorded the entire album while living in Argentina over the last year. It’s a debut, and sometimes it feels like one, teetering a little too precariously on the line separating college dorm recording from legitimate singer-songwriter. In the end, though, it’s an intriguing effort. The lyrical turns and catchy choruses give it wings, and it’s easy to like it the more you listen.

OFF!

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Here’s a barf-inducing term: Supergroup.

Egomaniacs join forces, rock out in your favorite arena, and get stinking rich(er). Think Toto. OFF! is the punk version of a supergroup, featuring Keith Morris of Circle Jerks/Black Flag fame as well as members of Redd Kross, Rocket from the Crypt and Burning Brides.

Now that I’ve wiped the spewage from my chin, I’ve got some advice: Slap on your cup. This collection is a

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ment the album’s tone.

Ingram provides percussive support with what sounds like just about every implement that can be shaken, smacked or beaten in a sonically satisfying rhythm.

Covered numbers include M.I.A’s “Paper Planes” and Blitzen Trapper’s “Furr”—strong songs intriguingly re-imagined. Even so, they don’t combine well stylistically or thematically with the original material. Joseph’s own pen provides the strongest moments. The man might be getting contemplative about his 50 years spent, but he still sounds hungry for 50 more.

(Cameron Rasmusson) Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram play the Palace Saturday, Dec. 18, at 9 PM, with Jeff Crosby and The Fumeroles. $8.

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who doesn’t like the sun and chilling out? But the real diamonds here are the tracks with pointed social commentary, like “My Imagination,” where Ahmad raps about the gentrification of a neighborhood he lived in, and the struggles of getting by as an artist. “Beautiful Ugly” is another gem, and features juxtaposed rhymes about natural beauty, drug addiction and genocide.

A stellar cast of guest MCs, including the Gift of Gab, backs up the effort, which is musically steeped in the sounds of funk, soul and jazz. It’s got an older hiphop feel, but the tight and varied lyrical content—and overall positive vibe—makes everything feel fresh. (Ira Sather-Olson) Raashan Ahmad plays the Top Hat Friday, Dec. 17, at 10 PM with Coolzey, The Chicharones, Shaymlusly Elliterate and Black Mask. $7.

In “Rudy’s Rockin,” Alderson adds muted claps and hand drum thumps for texture. But it’s images of Chinese dragon kites and good lines like, “Empty clouds and a cross-eyed sun, takin’ me away from everything I love,” that really make a strong impression. (Surprisingly, it doesn’t really seem to be about Missoula’s Rockin Rudy’s despite mention of a record store.)

“Who Are You” is the catchiest tune and “Guitar String Tattoo” tells the best story. What I love most is how each song gives a visceral snapshot with a faint idea behind it while never beating a dead horse. (Erika Fredrickson) wicked punch square in the crotch from a big-handed, ring-wearing cow milker. And, partner, if you’re a fan of barebones, early ’80s SoCal hardcore, you’re gonna take that punch and beg for another.

The band bombs through 16 songs in under 18 minutes. Morris’ high-energy talk-shouting is audible and raging. The band holds down the fort with expertise and aplomb providing Morris a powerful pulpit to spout about the usual hardcore topics: dumb people, dumb government and dumb society. Song titles notso-subtly indicate song subjects. “Now I’m Pissed.” “I Don’t Belong.” “Poison City.” “Rat Trap.” “Fuck People.” “Full of Shit.”

Overall these jams evoke memories of the Jerks’ Group Sex, but this ain’t no sentimental journey and we ain’t walkin’ through the park reminiscing. The album sounds fresh and vital. So, you know, go get OFF! (Jason McMackin)

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by Azita Osanloo

Nearly 10 years ago, at the 2001 Festival of the become his imaginary saviors. It’s somewhat convenBook, Nicholas Evans stood on stage at the Wilma ient, then, when Tommy’s beloved older sister Diane, a Theater in downtown Missoula. He candidly (and some- gifted and supremely beautiful actress, begins dating what sheepishly) addressed the audience, admitting Ray Montane, the veteran actor who plays Red McGraw that, despite being the “Montana expert” at every other in a popular television cowboy series, called “Sliprock.” literary venue, he knew that in Missoula he was merely At first, Ray and Diane sweep Tommy into a world that a devotee—one who hoped he’d gotten it right. It was a reinforces his image of the cowboy mystique: Ray’s gallant admission from the British author whose career chivalry gives Diane a chance to rescue Tommy from the misery of his (im)proper skyrocketed with 1995’s The English boarding school; Horse Whisperer (later made Diane and Tommy move into into a movie by Robert Ray’s Hollywood mansion, Redford). Since then, Evans has where the actor has a childstaked a (literary) claim in sized Red McGraw costume Montana, with four subsequent made especially for Tommy novels set in Big Sky Country. (buckskin, gun, etc.). Scratch His latest, The Brave, is, at its beneath the surface, though, surface, an accessibly entertainand the image cracks: It turns ing narrative. At its core, out Diane has been keeping though, it is a multilayered, secrets from Tommy his myth-busting treatise on the falwhole life, that Ray Montane libility of our heroes. is not really a heroic cowboy, When a young woman but, definitely, an insecure, asks Tom Bedford, The Brave’s violent philanderer who British-born protagonist, “How resents Diane’s rising star. come an Englishman has this It is in these alternating great passion for the West?” chapters where Evans’ storythe novel, quite unabashedly, telling shines brightest. attempts to answer the very Despite covering more than question many readers 50 years, the narrative never (Montanan and otherwise) seems to lose track of itself, its have undoubtedly asked themframe never weighed down selves, in regards to the novel’s The Brave by unnecessary subplots, the author. The fictional Tom tells Nicholas Evans single through-line of how his companion about his hardcover, Little, Brown and Company Tom Bedford’s past has “childhood obsession with 368 pages, $26.99 informed his present pulsates cowboys and Indians; how he’d grown up in little countryside and how, when he came on nearly every page. At the risk of overplaying a to live in the States, the sheer scale of the real thing had metaphor, one might compare Evans to an expert blown him away; then his fascination at discovering the wrangler in his capacity to manage so many threads.

Nearly every novel is imperfect, however, and brutal truth behind all that myth and legend.”

In the present time of the novel, Tom is in his mid- here, one wishes that Evans would have pushed his 50s, divorced, a recovering alcoholic, who has lived in prose more and not relied so heavily on long expositoMissoula since first attending the University of Montana ry passages that virtually press the pause button on creative writing program decades earlier. As a writer, existing action, as if to say, “Here, reader, let me fill you Tom doesn’t have much to his name, with the excep- in on a bunch of stuff before we go back to the story.” tion of a five-year-old documentary series on the Its imperfections aside, Evans’ novel is most Blackfeet Indians for PBS. A little lonely, a lot unful- memorable for how it deconstructs mythical heroes filled, still, Tom has a relatively content life on the edge at almost every turn: cowboys, soldiers, even mothers of town, with his dog, Makwi. That contentment are problematic idols with most limbs made of clay. If becomes short-lived when Tom’s ex-wife calls to tell The Brave teaches us anything, it is that our heroes him that their son, a U.S. Marine from whom Tom has are fallible beings who deserve compassion (some been estranged, has been arrested for gunning down more than others) or, at the very least, a more scrutiIraqi civilians. The news compels Tom to reconsider his nizing eye. past: his childhood in England, his older and relatively And, as for the non-native’s admiration of remote parents, and his time spent at a British board- Montana, perhaps Tom Bedford says it best: “He had ing school where the staff beat students mercilessly for fooled himself into believing that at last he’d found the slightest infraction and where the other boys were somewhere he belonged, whereas in fact it was simply utterly cruel to the 8-year-old Tommy who has an a place he wanted to belong.” Like most Montana unlucky penchant for bedwetting. imports, Tom eventually finds that he does belong— In alternating chapters, we see, in the present, the and that becomes the most satisfying realization of adult Tom struggle to understand the crime with which them all. his son has been charged, and, in the past, the 8-yearold Tommy escape into a fantasy where TV cowboys arts@missoulanews.com

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Depp can’t bail out The Tourist

by Dave Loos

Johnny Depp suddenly appears dangerously close to finalizing the sale of his soul to the mindless popcorn movie gods. The transaction is being held up only because Depp, who is now 47 years old, remains Tim Burton’s golden child—but that will only save him for so long.

The downward spiral probably began in 2003, when Depp starred as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, which remains my favorite film of the

Europe when approached on a Venice-bound train by Elise Clifton-Ward (Jolie), the kind of woman who causes car accidents when she walks down the street and knows it. Unfortunately her curves and her money appear to be her only assets—she’s a lot like Jessica Rabbit, minus the intelligence.

The money comes from her lover, a mysterious man named Alexander Pierce who is on the run from a British gangster from whom he stole $2 billion, and

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last decade in terms of my expectations being exceeded.

It’s also the film where Gilbert Grape quickly realized he could do mainstream, have kids love him, and he could get paid big time for it. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Hey, Depp only did two Pirates sequels, he can still take on odd and subversive roles like Willy Wonka and Sweeney Todd,” then you are not only forgetting belowaverage mainstream roles like John Dillinger last year, but you also have not heard the news from last week that Depp has reportedly signed on to do three more Pirates of the Caribbean films. There is apparently a lot of gold inside of that treasure chest.

So, you can see where I’m heading with The Tourist, Depp’s latest attempt at wooing the mainstream audience, and a film that stars many beautiful and rich people doing the things beautiful and rich people do. It’s a shiny and hollow film, one that left me more depressed than angry at what could have and— given the skill set of Depp, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton and even Angelina Jolie—should have been.

The Tourist is a heist/spy film hybrid that takes the best of Ocean’s Eleven, The Italian Job and Casino Royale, and proceeds to do the exact opposite. There is but one scene, in which “the tourist” (Depp) is chased in his pajamas across the rooftops of Venice, where director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck manages to capture the spirit of the genre by simultaneously thrilling and entertaining the audience. The rest is cluttered with boring characters, a plot that makes almost no sense and one of the worst twist endings in recent memory. It’s a film that’s never quite sure whether it’s a straightforward thriller or, in the spirit of True Lies, a soft parody of the genre. It ends up being neither.

Depp plays Frank Tupelo, the best looking and— based on his clothing—the best-paid community college math teacher in Wisconsin. He’s on vacation in

Scotland Yard, to whom he owes about $700 million in back taxes. To confuse the authorities, Alexander tells Elise to cozy up to a man who fits his description, a man who turns out to be our American tourist, Frank.

Their first encounter on the train is mildly entertaining, if only for the puzzled look in Frank’s eyes as he ponders this mysterious woman’s true motives.

Before you know it they’re having a romantic dinner on the train, and Elise has invited him to her five-star luxury hotel in Venice. If this sounds implausible, you are correct in thinking so. Even the fact that Frank sleeps on the couch in the hotel suite cannot make up for the silliness that has preceded it.

That’s not to say I expect plausibility in my caper movies. I understand that George Clooney robbing three Las Vegas casinos of $180 million without breaking a sweat is implausible. I understand that driving three Mini Coopers into a Los Angeles subway station (à la The Italian Job) is an unlikely scenario. And here in The Tourist I am more than willing to suspend disbelief and accept that the banker of a gangster could steal that much money. I’m that much of a sucker for heist thrillers.

The Tourist fails in relation to other similar films because it makes the human elements as unbelievable as the technical ones. Frank slowly discovers, to his horror, that the bad guys have pegged him for Alexander, and Elise must deal with the moral dilemma of having put this likable guy in a really bad spot. Through it all I never felt sympathy for either of them, and as the preposterous plot unravels (did I mention that you’re really going to hate the big reveal?), I only started to resent our beautiful-looking stars even more. Not even Captain Sparrow can save this sinking ship.

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OPENING THIS WEEK BLACK SWAN Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) delivers yet another psychological head trip with a story that pits two ballet dancers, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, in a fight for stage prominence during a production of Swan Lake. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9 starting Wed. THE FIGHTER Mark Wahlberg is the knockout star of this Rockyesque, biographical sports drama about the life of East Coast boxer “Irish” Micky Ward, who punched his way to the top thanks to expert training from his ex-convict half-brother, played by Christian Bale. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 7 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:15, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:50, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

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NOW PLAYING BURLESQUE Wanna see Cher in leggings? Okay, how about Christina Aguilera in a leotard? You get both in this story of a fading legend mentoring an aspiring dancer/singer in a sexy Los Angeles club. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:05, 7:20 and 9:55, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 3:45 and 9:35.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER The third film based on C.S. Lewis’ fantasy trilogy gets a little 3-D love in a story that centers around Edmund Pevensie and company venturing to the end of the world in a ship, and features lots of eye candy like eerily glowing swords and shapeshifting humans. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:20, 7:10 and

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installment of this ever popular book/film empire follows Harry and his pals Ron and Hermione as they try to bring down the dark lord known as Voldemort. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:15 and 7:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 only, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:05, 3:20, 6:30 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Entertainer Cinema in Ronan: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:30.

INSIDE JOB Heart melter Matt Damon narrates this critically acclaimed documentary that details how the global economy went to hell. Features interviews with folks like liberal financier George Soros and Sen. Barney Frank. Wilma Theatre: Fri.–Tue. at 9 nightly, with a Sun. matinee at 3, and no shows on Sun. night.

Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4:15, 7 and 9, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

THE TOURIST Two good looking people—Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie—meet on a train, and sparks fly.

Depp, however, finds himself in hot water after he realizes people think he’s a criminal wanted in 14 countries. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 5:20 and 7:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 2:55.

Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9:20, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:15 and 4:15. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:25, 4:20, 6:50 and 9:25, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30.

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST The third and last installment of Stieg Larsson’s book trilogy-turned-movie enterprise follows punk/goth-looking protagonist Lisbeth as she recovers in the hospital from gunshots inflicted by her father, and fights to prove that she didn’t commit a handful of murders. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9:40, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:40, and no shows on Sun. night.

HOW DO YOU KNOW Former softball slinger Reese Witherspoon is head over heels for professional baseball player Owen Wilson. That’s until corporate exec Paul Rudd comes along, and threatens to harsh Wilson’s mellow. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 7 and 9:55, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:40, 3:45, 6:55 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

THE NUTCRACKER A toy turns into a soldier and sweet dance moves get delivered via snowflakes during the Bolshoi Ballet’s rendition of this classic fairy tale. Carmike 10: 9 AM only on Sun. TRON: LEGACY This 3-D sequel to the 1982 classic ought to make your inner sci-fi freak scream with delight. It follows Garrett Hedlund as he plugs into a digital world—filled with flashy costumes and awesome looking spaceships—so he can find Jeff Bridges and return him back to reality. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 7, and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Village 6 in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9:50, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at noon, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 9:55, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

YOGI BEAR This 3-D flick features Dan Aykroyd getting his bear on as the voice of Yogi Bear, who, with his pal Boo Boo, voiced by Justin Timberlake, must save Jellystone Park from getting bought and cut down by loggers. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:50, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 2:40. Village 6 in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 7:15 and 9:30, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:45, 2:55 and 5:05. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 12:25, 2:55, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:45.

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9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Village 6 in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 7:30 and 9:55, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:30 and 4:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:10, 1:05, 3:05, 4:05, 6:05, 7:05, 9:05 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 7 and 9:15.

DUE DATE Robert Downey Jr. is an architect with anger-management issues and Zach Galifianakis is a flighty wannabe actor. The duo is forced to travel crosscountry in the latest installment of the odd-couple road comedy. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:30 and 9:55. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:20 and 6:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

FAIR GAME The story of one of the hottest political scandals of 2003—aka “Plamegate,” in which former covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson’s name was leaked to the media, allegedly in response to her husband’s published criticism of the War in Iraq—hits the screen with Naomi Watts taking on the lead role, and Sean Penn as her husband. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:10 and 6:40.

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LOVE & OTHER DRUGS Adorable free spirit Anne Hathaway unexpectedly finds true love in the form of pharmaceutical salesman Jake Gyllenhaal. I guess she just doesn’t know how to quit him. Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7:20 and 9:55, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:40 and 4:30.

MORNING GLORY Rachel McAdams has the unenviable task of getting morning television anchors Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton to put aside their squabbles and revive the flagging broadcast. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:10.

RED When former black-ops agent Bruce Willis has his cozy retirement life threatened by a mysterious assassin, he decides to check on his old running mates, including Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 3:55 and 9:15.

TANGLED The Rapunzel fairy tale gets a 3-D makeover in this “action-packed” animated version starring the voice of Mandy Moore as the girl with really long hair. Carmike 10 in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 4:15, 7:20 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Village 6 in 2-D: 7 and 9:25, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:20 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain

UNSTOPPABLE A train filled with toxic chemicals is on the loose.

Railroading vet Denzel Washington teams up with young buck conductor Chris Pine in order to stop what could become a horrible accident—or perhaps the setting for a sweet B-grade horror flick.

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WAITING FOR SUPERMAN Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, tackles the depressing state of public education—and points to some unexpected culprits— in this critically acclaimed documentary. Wilma Theatre: Fri.–Tue. at 7 nightly, with a Sun. matinee at 1, and no shows on Sun. night.

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Social standards for behavior aren’t arbitrary. There are minor variations across cultures, but do you think there’s a person in Japan, Belgium or Saudi Arabia who thinks it’s okay to take off their shoe and bite their toenails at dinner? There’s private behavior and public behavior, and we’re all pretty clear on which is which. If ever you’re unsure about the polite thing to do, there’s a pretty simple guideline to go by.

As I write in my book I See Rude People, at the root of manners is empathy (might your makeout session or your loud discussion of your loose stool make people around you seriously uncomfortable?).

You have a very different standard: total disregard for anyone’s feelings but your feeling that you’d like to get your rocks off ASAP. And sure, maybe your cinema sex escaped notice by your fellow moviegoers, but if there’s a wet spot for the next audience to avoid, they’d like it to be a puddle of Pepsi One. Outrageous behavior is sometimes an exercise of free speech, like when a bunch of women go topless (typically, those most desperately in need of bras) to protest

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By the way, I’m not exactly the park ranger for prudishness. I love seeing couples being affectionate in public—in a way that says “I’ve got a thing for you,” not “I’ve got a thing for you in my pants.” People do need to take into consideration what they’re doing where and whether they have a captive audience. Nobody wants to see you sucking your girlfriend’s ear in the pharmacy line or hear you making sex noises at the coffee bar. If you’re making out in a corner at a nightclub, you still might yuck somebody out, but, well, it’s dark, people are drunk, and they also probably aren’t Grandma or age 4.

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Your final justification is the best: “I own my actions and I’m fine with them.”

Oh, yay. Nothing like murky new-age language used to take responsibility for taking no responsibility at all. (Follow that mantra far enough, and you can “own” a machine gun, and “own” using it to take out 14 people.) In privatizing public space as your own, what you’re actually “owning” is acting in a way that’s only appropriate if your zip code traces to a neighborhood on the moon (population: one narcissistic jerkwad). You are right about one thing: that those forced to watch you getting your freak on should “start owning their reactions”—especially those who grew up on farms and who react to two animals humping each other by running to get the hose.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I vividly remember seeing singer Diamanda Galas in concert.

Though classically trained, she didn’t confine herself to mellifluous melodies and elegant tones.

She was a whirlwind of elemental sound, veering from animalistic bellows to otherworldly chants to operatic glossolalia. It was all very entertaining, and often enjoyable. The skill with which she shaped the sound as it escaped her body was prodigious. My companion and I agreed that “she made your ears convulse and your eyes writhe and your skin prickle—but in a good way.” How would you feel about inviting some similar experiences into your life, Aries? The astrological omens suggest this would be an excellent time to seek the rowdy healing that only disciplined wildness can provide.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s a haiku-like poem by Cor van den Heuvel: “the little girl / hangs all the ornaments / on the nearest branch.” My comment: It’s cute that the girl crams all the decorations onto one small section of the tree, and maybe her parents will keep them that way. But I recommend that you take a different approach as you work to beautify and enliven your environment. Spread out your offerings; distribute your blessings equally; make sure that everything in need of invigoration gets what it requires.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is a good time to go in search of any secrets you’ve been hiding from yourself. I suggest you also try to track down the “missing links” that aren’t really missing but rather are neglected. My advice is similar for the supposedly “lost treasure” you’re wondering about: Clues about its whereabouts are lying around in full view for anyone who is innocent enough to see them. P.S. Being uncomplicated isn’t normally your strong suit, but this is one of those rare times when you’ll have an aptitude for it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the TV comedy series “Arrested Development,” Buster Bluth was an adult character who was a bit over-attached to his mother. It seemed to have to do with the fact that he lingered in her womb for 11 months before agreeing to be born. The obstetrician claimed “there were claw marks on her uterus.” I want to be sure you don’t make a comparable misstep in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It really is time for you to come out and play. Ready or not, leave your protective sanctuary and leap into the jangly, enchanting tumult.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I have imaginary friends who help me. And yes, they sometimes even give me ideas for your horoscopes. Are you OK with that? Among the many other perks my secret buddies provide, they show me where my cell phone and car keys are when I’ve misplaced them—a prime sign of their practical value. What’s your current status in regards to imaginary friends, Leo? Do you even have any? This would be an excellent time to seek them out and put them to work. In fact, I encourage you to do anything that might attract the input of undiscovered allies, behind-the-scenes collaborators, mysterious guidance, and divine assistance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Might there be a message for you in the mist on the window? Can you find a clue to the next phase of your destiny by scanning a newspaper that the wind blows against your leg as you’re walking? Be alert for the undertones, Virgo. Tune in to the subtexts.

Scan the peripheries for the future as it reveals itself a little early. You never know when the hidden world might be trying to slip you a tip. You should be alert for the deeper storylines weaving themselves just below the level where the supposedly main plot is unfolding.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A musician who records under the name of Shamantis took Justin Bieber’s silly pop tune “U Smile,” and slowed it down 800 percent. The new work was a 35minute-long epic masterpiece of ambient electronica that The New York Times praised as “ghostly” and “oceanic.” More than two million people tuned in to hear it on the Internet. Might there be a comparable transformation in your future, Libra? From an astrological perspective, it’s prime time for you to transform a pedestrian exercise into a transcendent excursion, or a trivial diversion into an elegant inspiration, or a meaningless entertainment into a sublime learning opportunity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): More than a few wildlife films use deception to fool the audiences into thinking they’re watching animals in the wild. So says Chris Palmer, a producer of many such films. “One classic trick involves hiding jellybeans in carcasses,” he told New Scientist.

“If you see a bear feeding on a dead elk in a film, you can be pretty sure that the bear was hired from a game farm and is looking for sweets hidden in the carcass by the film-makers.” I suspect you will encounter a metaphorically comparable ruse or switcheroo sometime soon, Scorpio. It’ll be your job to be an enforcer of authenticity. Be on the lookout for the jellybeans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My favorite news source, The Onion, reported on a proposed law that would prohibit marriage between any two people who don’t actually love each other (Onion.com/LoveLaw). Couples whose unions are rooted in mutual antipathy or indifference are of course protesting the plan, insisting that they have as much of a right to wed as those who care for each other deeply and treat each other tenderly. Whether or not this proposal becomes a formal part of the legal system, Sagittarius, I urge you to embrace it. In fact, I’ll go so far as to ask you not to do anything at all unless you are at least somewhat motivated by love. The coming months will be a time when your success will depend on your ability to rise to new heights of compassion, romance, eros, tenderness, empathy, and affection.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let’s imagine we’re fifth-century monks living in the land that today is known as the south of France. And let’s say we decide we’re going to build a chapel in a place that has long been a pagan shrine dedicated to the moon goddess Selene. Shouldn’t we consider the possibility that our new house of worship may be imbued with the vibes of the previous sanctuary? Won’t our own spiritual aspirations be colored by those of the people who for hundreds of years poured forth their devotions? Now shift your attention to the present day, and apply our little thought experiment to what’s going on in your life. Tune in to the influences that may be conditioning the new thing you’d like to create.

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WINTER BREAK WORK. Apply now start after finals. Flexible schedules available with high starting pay. Customer service/sales. 1-5 week work program with opportunity to continue through the semester. Call 406-830-3315 today.

PROFESSIONAL CITY OF MISSOULA has opening for Parks Services and System Manager. Plans, organizes, directs and supervises Parks and Recreation Department systems and services. A bachelor’s degree in public administration, parks and recreation administration, business management, or related field and four years public sector experience, two years of which includes supervisory and project management experience.

Position closes: January 11th, 2011. #2978786 Missoula Job Service 728-7060 FVLT Job Opportunity Missoula’s Five Valleys Land Trust seeks a Director of Operations responsible for the successful management of daily

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OFFICE/FINANCIAL MANAGER (Program Coordinator 1). $11.331-$13.597/hr. MSUFire Services Training SchoolGreat Falls. Full-time, benefits.

Details at www.montana.edu/ jobs. MSU-Bozeman is an ADA/EEO/AA/Vet Pref Employer SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM SPECIALIST. Requires professional-level (Registered Dietitian or equivalent) knowledge of nutrition and food concepts and the relationship to education; institutional food service management and production; operational and financial management; and research methodologies. Also requires extensive knowledge of food safety and sanitation, conflict management, knowledge of nutrition and the science of foods and their application in health and disease prevention.

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SKILLED LABOR AUTO TRANSPORT COMPANY seeking a motivated driver for a 6-car hauler. Clean CDL, benefits. Car hauling experience preferred, but we will train the right qualified applicant. Sign-On and Longevity bonus! Call Brad 406-855-3625 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs and refresher courses, rent equipment for CDL. Job Placement Assistance.

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SAGE Technical Services, Billings/Missoula, 1800-545-4546 TRUCK MECHANIC for a full time - temporary position in Stevensville around the end of December through the end of March. Servicing semi trucks, changing oil, greasing and lubricating moving parts, changing tires, performing basic

repairs on electrical components and working on the air and brake system. Shift is 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Saturday. $15.00 per hour or more (DOE). Requires 24 months previous experience working with air and brake systems. #2978783 Missoula Job Service 728-7060

TRAINING/ INSTRUCTION Do you like kids? Lost Trail Snowsports School is hiring instructors for the 2010-2011 season. Training is provided.

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Pay DOE. http://www.losttrail.com/themountain/employment/ to download an application or call 821-0025.

TODDLER LEAD TEACHER for early childhood education program. Plan and implement lessons and classroom activities, while providing quality care for children 2 years of age. Must be dependable, empathetic, energetic, nurturing, willing to take on tasks and be respectful of diversity of children and their families. Will work in a team environment. Must have solid written and verbal communication skills. Education requirements: minimum of 12 credits in Early Childhood Education (ECE) AND 1 to 2 years Infant/Toddler teaching experience; or Elementary Education degree; employer will consider those with 2 years experience and who are obtaining an education-related degree. Will work MondayFriday, days shift, for 37 hours per week; will attend 1 meeting a month in evening hours and annual training conducted in evening hours. Pay is $8.50 to $9.00/hour, plus benefits: vacation, sick leave, holidays, gym/organization membership. #2978784 Missoula Job Service 7287060 WRITING TUTORS needed for upcoming assignments during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Assignments typically involve 12 sessions/week for an 1-1.5 hrs/visit and require some availability late afternoon through the early evening and sometimes weekends. You must have demonstrable capability as a Writer, including scholastic experience. BS or BA preferred although some outstanding college juniors or seniors will be considered. One year of teaching or tutoring experience is required. #9609643 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

HEALTH CAREERS Registered Nurse position open at Broadwater Health Center in Townsend, MT. We are a 9-bed Critical Access Hospital with an ER and 35-bed Nursing Home.The RN is responsible for caring for patients in the Hospital and ER, and providing oversight of LPN in NH. We offer a competitive salary and benefit package, a great location and a caring, supportive work environment. New grads are welcome to apply. Contact Julie at 406-266-3186 x 112 for more information, or send your resume to: Broadwater Health Center, Attn: CNO, 110 N Oak St, Townsend, MT 59644

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would like to steal your angst, Aquarius. I fantasize about sneaking into your room tonight, plucking your nightmares right out of the heavy air, and spiriting them away. I imagine sidling up to you on a crowded street and pickpocketing your bitterness and frustration—maybe even pilfering your doubts, too. I wouldn’t keep any of these ill-gotten goods for myself, of course. I wouldn’t try to profit from them in any way. Instead, I would donate them to the yawning abyss, offer them up to the stormy ocean, or feed them to a bonfire on a primal beach. P.S. Even though I can’t personally accomplish these things, there is now a force loose in your life that can. Are you willing to be robbed of things you don’t need?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2011, I bet that memory won’t play as big a role in your life as it has up until now. I don’t mean to say that you will neglect or forget about the past. Rather, I expect that you will be less hemmed in by the consequences of what happened way back when.

You’ll be able to work around and maybe even transcend the limitations that the old days and the old ways used to impose on you. Your free will? It will be freer than maybe it has ever been. Your creative powers will override the inertia of how things have always been done.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on December 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, on the Tourism Business Improvement District budget, work plan and a resolution levying annual assessments on the hotels located in the Tourism Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula for fiscal year 2011 in the amount of $1 per occupied room night in accordance with 712-1132 MCA. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE RATTLESNAKE/BROADWAY CROSSING (RUX) PROJECT City of Missoula, Montana City Project No. 10-022 NOTICE TO ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRMS: Notice is hereby given by the City of Missoula, Montana, an Equal Opportunity government, that it will receive written, and electronic, statements of qualifications and professional proposals for the design of the RUX Project (Project). The Project is to install a Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge across Rattlesnake Creek, construct a trail from that bridge to Van Buren Street, improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities on Van Buren Street to Front Street, and improve safety and operations at the Van Buren Street and East Broadway Street intersection. The Project enhances existing Rattlesnake neighborhood access to The University of Montana with improved safety and multi-modal facilities. It is planned that the

engineering design portion of this project will begin by February of 2011 and that the construction will be started as soon as practical after the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and final design are complete.

Request for proposal and submission requirements may be obtained from the City Engineer, City of Missoula, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana 59802 -4297, by calling (406) 552- 6345.

Professional proposals shall be submitted to the City Engineer before 5:00 p.m., local time the 30th day of December, 2010. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with State statutes governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, the City of Missoula reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory or inappropriate. The City of Missoula is an EEO/AA, M/F, V/H Employer. Qualified women, veterans, minority and handicapped individuals are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHERIFF’S SALE FIRST SECURITY BANK OF MISSOULA, Plaintiff, Against THOMAS W. McANALLY, LARINDA R. McANALLY, MELLON MORTGAGE COMPANY, and CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, Defendants. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 29th day of December A.D., 2010, at Ten (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 personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lot 2 in Block 3 of Seeley Lake

Estates, according to the official plat thereof, recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.

Dated this 9th day of December A.D., 2010. MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FLOODPLAIN PERMIT VARIANCE REQUEST(TOM & DENISE TALARICO – CLEARWATER RIVER) Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on variance requests from the Missoula County Floodplain Regulations.

The requests are from Tom and Denise Talarico to allow three (3) residential structures, constructed without floodplain permits, to remain at 1830 Snowmass Drive on a State-leased lot near Seeley Lake. The variances requested are: To allow floodplain construction when alternative locations are available outside of the floodplain.

To allow the main cabin crawlspace to remain beneath the flood elevation. To allow the bunkhouse lowest floor to remain lower than two feet above the flood elevation.

To allow the non-engineered fill placed for the bunkhouse to remain. To allow the unauthorized well to remain.

The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at their regularly scheduled Weekly Public Meeting on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. The meeting begins 1:30 p.m., in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana.

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 phone, mail, fax, email or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Fax: (406) 721-4043, Phone: (406) 258-4877; E-Mail: bcc@co.missoula.mt.us A copy of the full application is available for review at the Office of Planning and Grants. Additional information on the hearing may be obtained from Todd Klietz, Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802; or by calling (406) 258-4841. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 2584657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2010 BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY Judge David M. Ortley Cause No. DV-10-1626D SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. GLACIER WILDERNESS RESORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs.

CLEOPATRA NOTARIDES, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and service a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said court the 3rd day of December, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Sally Schmidt Paulding, Deputy Clerk MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY Judge David M. Ortley Cause No. DV-10-1632D SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION. GLACIER WILDERNESS RESORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. GLEN P. WILLING, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and service a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said court the 3rd day of December, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Sally Schmidt Paulding, Deputy Clerk MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY Judge Katherine R. Curtis Cause No. DV-10-1628B SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. GLACIER WILDERNESS RESORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. GARY MACYNSKI and CARLA MACYNSKI, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and service a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said court the 3rd day of December, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Sally Schmidt Paulding, Deputy Clerk MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY Judge Stewart E. Stadler Cause No. DV-10-1630C SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. GLACIER WILDERNESS RESORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. BRANDON BILLSBOROUGH and MINDY BILLSBOROUGH, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk

of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and service a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said court the 3rd day of December, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Sally Schmidt Paulding, Deputy Clerk MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY Judge Ted O. Lympus Cause No. DV-10-1633A SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. GLACIER WILDERNESS RESORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs.

MARTHA WILLING and BENITA BRUNCK HORST, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and service a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said court the 3rd day of December, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Sally Schmidt Paulding, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-10-1229 Dept. No. 4 Douglas G. Harkin SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. CITY OF MISSOULA Plaintiff, v. MILDRED G. LAMOREUX, all known and unknown heirs and assigns of MILDRED G. LAMOREUX, NKSJB FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, VAN M. REDPATH, BROOK NICHOLS, CHERYL A. SPINKS, SHIRLEY A. SWARTZ, and all other persons, unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the complaint adverse to the Plaintiff’s ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff’s title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA sends greetings to the above named Defendant Mildred G. Lamoreux, all known and unknown

heirs and assigns or Mildred G. Lamoreux, if any, and all unknown persons claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the complaint adverse to the Plaintiff’s ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff’s title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you in the County wherein you reside, and to file your answer to the Complaint and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment wwill be taken against you, be default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to land situated in Missoula County, Montana, and described as follows: A strip of land located in the Northeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 12, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being a portion of that property described and conveyed in Book 33 of Micro Records at Page 1007. Said strip is bounded on the North by Lower Miller Creek Road, as altered by County Resolution No. 97-070 and recorded in Book 511 of Micro Records at Page 987, and by Lot 10 of Fairway View Addition. Said strip is bounded on the South by Tract ! of Certificate of Survey No. 995, and Tracts 1 and 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 4129. Said strip is that portion of the Old Miller Creek Road easement as described by petitioned roadway easement, January 1, 1896 Journal Book G, Page 342 and Journal Book A-1, Page 86-1867. WITNESS my hand and Seal of said Court this 13th day of December, 2009.

(SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Angela M. Phillips, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-10-1598 Dept. No. 1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO E*TRADE BANK. KLEAN-RITE INC. a Montana corporation, d/b/a Klean-Rite Restoration Plaintiff, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a District of Columbia entity registered to do business in Montana; and E*TRADE BANK, a foreign corporation or federal savings bank; and JOHN M. BRAZIER, III; and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants. TO: E*Trade

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PUBLIC NOTICES Bank. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear and answer the Complaint For Money Owing For Work Performed, For Unjust Enrichment, For Conversion, and Jury Demand in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy herewith served upon you. You are directed to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this

PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana.

1. Rezoning Request – 217 & 235 Catlin St., 1715 Trail St A request from Steven Sann, represented by Ken Jenkins of Montana Northwest Company, to rezone property located at 217 & 235 Catlin Street and 1715 Trail Street from RM2.7 (Residential multi-dwelling, 16 dwellings per acre) to RM1-45 (Residential multi-dwelling, 43 dwellings per acre). See Map F.

2. Rezoning Request – Airway Fleet Fuel A request from Steve Hanson, Airway Fleet Fuel LCC, represented by Ken Smith of Process Architecture, PC, to zone unzoned property located at 8448 Highway 10 W to C-C2 (General Commercial). See Map K.

The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on item #1 at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 24, 2011, in the City Council Chambers at 140 West Pine Street in Missoula.

The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on item #2 at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana.

Telephone 258-4657.

If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 2584657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.

Summons, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to appear and answer as above required, judgment will be taken against your by default according to the Complaint filed herein for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court this 2nd day of December, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By /s/ Maria A. Cassidy, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-10-188 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY L. FLAGET, 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 the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jane E. Cowley, 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 22nd day of November, 2010. /s/ Jane E. Cowley, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-183 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALAN LESLIE GRANT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Kim Grant, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of November, 2010. /s/ Kim Grant, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-187 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OLGA JOHANNA BERGER, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Ellen Marilyn Spalding, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 89, 145, 159, 226, 273, 404, 532, 578 and 632. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, December 27, 2010 by appt only by calling 251-8600. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59803 prior to Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of November, 2010. /s/ Ellen Marilyn Spalding, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-10-191 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MANX RUSSELL SKILLILCORN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Doris Jeanne Skillicorn, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 315 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 7th day of December, 2010. THIEL LAW OFFICE, PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DA-10-65 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF KALLEB A. MARCEAU, A Minor Child. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the above-named Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Petitioner’s attorney within 20 days after the service of 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. GIVEN under my hand this 17th day of November, 2010 at the hour of 12:28 o’clock p.m. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT (SEAL) BY /s/ Donna M. Duffy, Deputy Clerk Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on 12/1/10 T.S. No. 10-0028718 Title Order No. 100124457MTGSI THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 04/13/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real properly which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: On the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT.. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which DALINDA D. LEMONS as Grantors, conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA.COUNTY, INC. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 35, 151 and 139. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting December 27th, 2010 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to December 30th, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All Sales final.

Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/24/2005 and recorded 08/29/2005, in document No. 200522499 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 759 at Page Number 106 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LOT 50A OF GRANTLAND SEVEN & EIGHT LOTS 48A AND 50A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 9485 OLD MILL TRAIL, MISSOULA, MT 59808 The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFIC ATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200S52CB MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-S2CB There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly Installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT XN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $261,650.15 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.75% per annum from 04/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 of taxes will be added to the obligations Secured by the Deed of Trust Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to 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. Dated: 11/29/10 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 ASAP# 3829509 12/16/2010, 12/23/2010, 12/30/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/20/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200633045, Bk 789, Pg 926, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Ryan E. McMillon, a married person was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 in Block 11 of West View, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No., 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 07/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 14, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $90,788.10. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $87,787.21, 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

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(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 February 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.79333) 1002.175045-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/28/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200630917, Bk 788, Pg 186, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Scott Jensen and Klarissa Jensen, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 6 of Linda Vista Seventh Supplement Phase 4, 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 08/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 14, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $266,847.99. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $260,671.09, 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 February 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be

accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.79717) 1002.175178-FEI Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which RICHARD GENSCH AND LYNN GENSCH, as Grantors, 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 Trust Indenture Dated 04/18/2003 and recorded 04/18/2003, in document No. 200313429 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 704 at Page Number 132 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4385.

Property Address: 19570 HIGHWAY 200 EAST, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $128,624.46 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.75% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: October 21, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 10-0139143 FEI NO. 1006.116828 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy

the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which Greg C. Huberg and Christina Huberg as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J. PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., as Beneficiary

by Trust Indenture Dated 05/27/2004 and recorded 06/02/2004, in document No. 200415232 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 733 at Page Number 751 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B-I OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4972.

Property Address: 23972 SIDEHILL LANE, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 06/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $132,903.55 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.25% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: November 02, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 10-0108970 FEI NO. 1006.110349 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which KALLIS, RICK L as Grantors, conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary

by Trust Indenture Dated 01/05/2006 and recorded 01/10/2006, in document No.200600684 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 767 at Page Number 514 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows:* LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 OF SHADOWRIDGE ADDITION, A

PUBLIC NOTICES PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 28 OF PLATS AT PAGE 97. * Property Address: 9294 TUCKER LANE, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 03/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $322,500.00 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.50% per annum from 03/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: October 21, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0139145 FEI NO 1006.116826 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ROGER W. OLSON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to DAN G. CEDARBERG ESQ. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary

by Trust Indenture Dated 03/07/2009 and recorded 05/26/2009, in document No. 200912232 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 840 at Page Number 71 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES SITUATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO-WIT: THE EAST 6 FEET OF LOT 13, ALL OF LOT 14 AND THE WEST 12 FEET OF LOT 15 IN BLOCK 94 OF SCHOOL ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1824 HOWELL STREET, Missoula, MT 59802. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly

installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $152,566.68 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.50% per annum from 04/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: November 02, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 10-0130610 FEI NO. 1006.114437 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which DECOITE, DAVID, A MARRIED MAN as Grantors, conveyed said real property to DEBORAH J. BISHOP as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/18/2008 and recorded 04/18/2008, in document No. 200808685 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 817 at Page Number 0462 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5 OF SUNSET ACRES ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR IRRIGATION PIPE ACROSS LOT 1, 2, 3 AND 4 OF SUNSET ACRES, AS DISCLOSED IN DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1959 IN BOOK 214 OF DEED AT PAGE 75. Property Address: 20 DARLENE DRIVE, Missoula, MT 59801.

The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 03/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $205,494.34 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 03/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by

the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: October 21, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0138510 FEI NO 1006.116831 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 8, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ADCOCK, CLINTON J. AND AMBER K., AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantors, conveyed said real property to TITLE SERVICESS as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 01/16/2009 and recorded 01/22/2009, in document No.200901326 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 832 at Page Number 357 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: *LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 9A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4379, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. *Property Address: 6003 AIRWAY BLVD, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $313,492.39 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.00% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: October 22, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0139822 FEI NO 1006.117071

Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which TIMOTHY S. SULLIVAN AND KATHLEEN A. SULLIVAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantors, conveyed said real property to TITLE SOURCE, INC. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/16/2006 and recorded 05/25/2006, in document No. 200612039 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 775 at Page Number 2 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: *LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT. LOT 9 IN BOOK 4, OF SPRING HILLS ADDITION NO. 6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2306 HIGHWOOD DR. MISSOULA, MT. 59803. *Property Address: 2306 HIGHWOOD DR, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $156,950.48 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: November 02, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0144323 FEI NO 1006.117879 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 22, 2011, at the hour of 11:00:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the

following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which WENDY MARTIN as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/25/2008 and recorded 06/26/2008, in document No. 200815054 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 821 at Page Number 1233 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: FRACTIONAL LOT 18 IN BLOCK 65 OF AMENDED PLAT OF A PORTION OF CAR LINE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TOGETHER WITH THAT PART OF THE VACATED ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF SAID LOT 18 WHICH IS ATTACHED TO SAID LOT BY OPERATION OF LAW PURSUANT TO COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL 446, FEBRUARY 9, 1935, AND TOGETHER WITH THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF VACATED DIXON STREET LYING NORTH OF LOT 18 WHICH IS ATTACHED TO SAID LOT

BY OPERATION OF LAW PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 77-86, FILED MAY 11, 1997. EXCEPTTHAT PART OF SAID LOT 18 DEEDED TO THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1954, IN BOOK 184, PAGE 521 DEED RECORDS. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 776 MICRO RECORDS, PAGE 949.

Property Address: 2345 DIXON AVE, Missoula, MT 59801-8221. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010 and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $160,075.00 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.125% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 to 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 Dated: November 5, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0145220 FEI NO 1006.118349 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on February 1, 2011, 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 SE_ OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT A-1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5957. RALF SCHURMANN AND PATRICIA SCHURMANN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by DEED

OF TRUST DATED MAY 19, 2008 AND RECORDED MAY 23, 2008 IN BOOK 819, PAGE 561, UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200811584. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,163.53, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 9, 2010 is $313,125.06 principal, interest at the rate of 6.5000% now totaling $20,854.94, late charges in the amount of $1,806.66, escrow advances of $1,716.21, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,009.01, plus accruing interest at the rate of $55.76 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 24, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss.

County of Stark) On September 24, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Schurmann 41926.923 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on February 1, 2011, 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 1 and 2 in Block 7 of Hillview Heights No. 6, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana according to the official recorded plat thereof KEVIN BERG, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2007 and recorded July 18, 2007 in Book 801, Page 1165 under Document Number 200718316. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc., as successor in interest 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 $1,470.13, beginning September 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 16, 2010 is $186,554.34 principal, interest at the rate of 6.6250% now totaling $13,727.83, late charges in the amount of $856.94, escrow advances of $2,182.65, and other fees and expenses advanced of $173.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $33.86 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 24, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 24, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Berg 42011.106 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on February 1, 2011, 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 A-4 of TOOLE AVENUE CONDOMINIUMS-PHASE 3, a residential Condominium situated on Lot A of McCormick Addition No. 2, Block 6, Lots A, B and C, a platted subdivision of the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

TOGETHER WITH a 3.03% interest in the common elements and an exclusive right to use the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit as said common and limited elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 3. AND SUBJECT TO the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants and Conditions for Toole Avenue Condominiums recorded August 20,

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PUBLIC NOTICES 2004 in Book 738 at Page 431 Micro Records and for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 3 as recorded April 5, 2006 in Book 771 at Page 634, also shown as Book 771 at Page 834 Micro Records and the Bylaws for Toole Avenue Condominium Owners Association, Inc as recorded on August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 434 Micro Records. ROBIN MUIR, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 24, 2006 and recorded May 30, 2006 in Book 775, Page 439 under Document Number 200612476. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $442.54, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 10, 2010 is $83,301.61 principal, interest at the rate of 6.3750% now totaling $6,769.04, late charges in the amount of $309.68, and other fees and expenses advanced of $960.90, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.55 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 24, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 24, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Muir 42011.104 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on February 4, 2011, 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: All that certain parcel of land situate in the County of Missoula, State of Montana being known and designated as Lot 17 in Block 5 of Second

Supplement to Highland Heights, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Pamela J Roberts, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Pioneer Title Insurance Agency, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, INC., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated August 6, 2003 and Recorded August 15, 2003 in Book 714, Page 1265 under Document number 200330155. The beneficial interest is currently held by Citimortgage Inc. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $933.99, beginning June 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 12, 2010 is $103,599.83 principal, interest at the rate of 5.75% now totaling $2,165.21, late charges in the amount of $404.40, escrow advances of $, suspense balance of $-355.46 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1475.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.32 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 27, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 27, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Cm/roberts 41926.468 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 18, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 11 OF RAVENWOOD HILLS NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Jon G Kearns and Marlies P Borchers, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title

Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 4, 2008 and recorded on September 10, 2008 under Document No. 200821009, in Bk-826, Pg-193. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,318.00, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of October 1, 2010 is $291,578.88 principal, interest at the rate of 6.000% now totaling $18,829.45, late charges in the amount of $1,298.08, escrow advances of $3,684.75 and other fees and expenses advanced of $241.36, plus accruing interest at the rate of $47.93 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, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Guild v Kearns 41291.230 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 18, 2011, 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 22 of Lakewood Estates Phase 2A, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Book 14 of Plats at Page 62 FREDERICK R BAUMAN AND CHRISTINE M BAUMAN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 16, 2003 and

Recorded September 22, 2003 in Book 718, Page 880 under Document No. 200336075. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc..

Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $770.86, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 4, 2010 is $82,667.48 principal, interest at the rate of 6.2500% now totaling $6,500.87, late charges in the amount of $387.80, escrow advances of $2,036.10, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,757.82, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.16 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Bauman 41926.727 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, 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 73 OF GRANTLAND ELEVEN, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS AT PAGE 9, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Marjorie Blize and Gary Blize, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title Guaranty Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2007 and recorded May 18, 2007 as Document Number 200712373, in Book 797, Page 969.

The beneficial interest is currently held

by OneWest Bank FSB. Charles J.

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Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,757.94, beginning June 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 29, 2010 is $391,500.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.375% now totaling $40,712.37, late charges in the amount of $2,160.70, escrow advances of $3,451.13, suspense balance of $-2,648.76 and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,994.38, plus accruing interest at the rate of $79.10 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 OneWest v Blize 41969.418 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, 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 36 B of Country Crest No. 3 A. Lots 36A & 36B, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Stephanie T. Descharme and Aaron Jones, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Deborah J. Bishop, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 16, 2007 and Recorded November 21, 2007 in Book 809, Page 264 in Document No. 200730363. 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 fail-

ing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $3,306.32, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 18, 2010 is $451,755.78 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $57,985.30, late charges in the amount of $330.64, escrow advances of $11,607.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,596.44, plus accruing interest at the rate of $97.47 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Aurora v Descharme/Jones 40990.344 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, 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 36 B of Country Crest No. 3 A. Lots 36A & 36B, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Stephanie T. Descharme and Aaron Jones, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Deborah J. Bishop, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 16, 2007 and Recorded November 21, 2007 in Book 809, Page 264 in Document No. 200730363. 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 $3,306.32, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the princi-

pal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 18, 2010 is $451,755.78 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $57,985.30, late charges in the amount of $330.64, escrow advances of $11,607.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,596.44, plus accruing interest at the rate of $97.47 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/sCharles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Aurora v Descharme/Jones 40990.344 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, 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 9 IN BLOCK 3 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. SUBJECT TO: EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TANYA N. GONZALES AND ROBERT M. GONZALES, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED FROM JASON M. HOBSON AND LEANNA L. HOBSON RECORDED 07/16/2004 IN DEED BOOK 736 PAGE 578, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TAX ID# 5811614 TANYA N. GONZALES AND ROBERT M. GONZALES, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FLATHEAD COUNTY TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-

PUBLIC NOTICES TEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON AUGUST 31, 2005 AND RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005 IN BOOK 764, PAGE 683. The beneficial interest is currently held by HSBC Mortgage Services, 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 $1033.31, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 01, 2010 is $134,764.14 principal, interest at the rate of 8.125% now totaling $17,091.16, late charges in the amount of $336.51, and other fees and expenses advanced of $25.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.00 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 15, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 15, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 HSBC v Gonzales 41472.524 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, 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 50 OF DOUBLE ARROW RANCH PHASE IV, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THEADORE LEE THORNTON and CHRISTINE GAIL THORNTON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a Division Of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 22, 2007 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 29, 2007, IN BOOK 808, PAGE 96, UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200728459. The benefi-

cial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association. 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 $2369.16, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of August 24, 2010 is $362,386.01 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $23,520.21, late charges in the amount of $236.92, escrow advances of $2,749.20, and other fees and expenses advanced of $223.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $65.78 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 16, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 16, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 PNC V. Thornton 41230.590

1172. The beneficial interest is currently held by US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. 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 $1,356.91, beginning January 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 27, 2010 is $169,692.22 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $20,275.03, late charges in the amount of $575.50, escrow advances of $3,406.29 and other fees and expenses advanced of $374.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.96 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 15, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 15, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 US Bank v Elmore 41810.211

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, 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 10 OF THE FELLOWSHIP HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. David F. Elmore and Staci Elmore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 11, 2006 and Recorded on January 19, 2006 under Document # 200601342 Bk- 767 Pg-

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 31, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 14 OF CANYON VIEW TWO, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF MARC J. FAHLSING AND JULIE A FAHLSING, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank National Association, ND, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED MARCH 7, 2005 AND RECORDED MARCH 11, 2005 IN BOOK 749, PAGE 34 UNDER DOC-

UMENT NO. 200505680. The beneficial interest is currently held by US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,186.01, beginning November 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 10, 2010 is $170,000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.95% now totaling $12,106.26, late charges in the amount of $583.85, escrow advances of $1,681.90, suspense balance of $313.99 and other fees and expenses advanced of $110.57, plus accruing interest at the rate of $32.37 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 23, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On September 23, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 FMC V. Fahlsing 41722.134 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 31, 2011, 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 2 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 7 OF RANGITCH ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE IS IN BOOK 284 AT PAGE 62 OF MICRO RECORDS. FOR INFORMATIONAL

PURPOSES ONLY: THE APN IS SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR AS 799702; SOURCE OF TITLE IS BOOK 736, PAGE 478 (RECORDED 07/15/04) Gary V. Wilson, Jr., as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to United General Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by deed of trust recorded September 11, 2006 in Book 782 Page 1173 under Document No. 200623133.. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB. 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 $993.27, beginning May 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of October 15, 2010 is $$179,912.66 principal, interest at the rate of 662.500%% now totaling $6,416.80, late charges in the amount of $248.30, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,079.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $32.66 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 23, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 23, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 OneWest Bank V. Wilson 41969.519 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 31, 2011, 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 B OF SABAN LOTS, a platted subdivision in Missoula County,

Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. TOGETHER WITH a water line system easement as set forth in book 18 at Page 91 Micro Records; an irrigation waterline easement as set forth in Book 617 at Page 1920 Micro records; a private access easement as set forth in Book 633 at Page 1001 Micro Records; and ingress and egress as set forth in Book 633 at Page 1003 Micro Records. Carl Arn Southard, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to INSURED TITLES LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION, SYSTEMS INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST RECORDED APRIL 19, 2007 IN BOOK 795 PAGE 1062 UNDER DOCUMENT 200709367.

The beneficial interest is currently held by FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, a division of FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,539.36, beginning May 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 6, 2010 is $319,168.79 principal, interest at the rate of 6.2500% now totaling $6,926.42, late charges in the amount of $305.88, escrow advances of $1,172.61, and other fees and expenses advanced of $214.92, plus accruing interest at the rate of $55.41 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 22, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 22, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Metlife Home Loans v.

Southard 41305.231 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on

Tuesday, the 1st day of February, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantor ANTHONY DIBRITO in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: Lot 39 of Hawthorn Springs, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as NHN Bunchgrass Lane, Missoula, Montana 59808. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2009, and recorded March 20, 2009, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, as Document No. 200906230, wherein ANTHONY DIBRITO is Grantor, FIRST INTERSTATE BANK is the named Beneficiary, and FIRST AMERICAN TITLE CO. is named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated September 3, 2010, and recorded September 8, 2010, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana as Document No. 201017332, wherein the Beneficiary substituted First American Title Co. with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee; and This foreclosure is made because the Grantor ANTHONY DIBRITO, and his successors in interest, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that they have failed to pay the monthly payments and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of One Hundred Eighty-three Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five and 94/100 Dollars ($183,495.94), together with interest at the default rate of 8.75% per annum, until the date of sale. That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of One Hundred Eighty-three Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five and 94/100 Dollars ($183.495.94) in principal; Seventeen Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-seven and 45/100 Dollars ($17,727.45) in interest; and Ninetyone and 99/100 Dollars ($91.99) in late fees, totaling the sum of Two Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen and 38/100 Dollars ($201,315.38) together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 30th day of September, 2010. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA):ss).

County of Missoula). On this 30th day of September, 2010, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, the 2nd day of February, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantors JAMES P. McGUIRL and LAVELLA J. McGUIRL aka L. Janeane McGuirl, in and to the follow-

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ing described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: Parcel I: Lot 9 in Block 2 of Webber Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. Parcel II: The Northeasterly 25 feet of the Southwesterly 63 feet of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, in Block C of CP Higgins Addition to the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof.

RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 265 of MIcro at page 1452. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2004, and recorded June 7, 2004, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, in Book 733 at Page 1219 as Document No. 200415700, wherein JAMES P. MCGUIRL and LAVELLA J. MCGUIRL aka L. Janeane McGuirl are Grantors, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MONTANA, INC. is the named Beneficiary, and TITLE SERVICES, INC. is named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated July 10, 2009, and recorded July 14, 2009, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana in Book 843 at page 1106 as Document No. 200917464, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee Title Services, Inc. with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee; and This foreclosure is made because the Grantors, JAMES P. MCGUIRL and LAVELLA J. MCGUIRL, aka L. Janeane McGuirl, and their successors in interest, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding

Promissory Note in that they have failed to pay the monthly payments and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable.

That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of Three Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-eight and 39/100 Dollars ($311, 578.39), together with interest at the default rate of 18% per annum, until the date of sale. That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of Three Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Seventyeight and 39/100 Dollars ($311,578.39) in principal; Sixty-four Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-nine and 48/100 Dollars (64,559.48) in interest; One Thousand One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($1,100.00) in late fees; and Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-four and No/100 Dollars ($3,344.00) for force-place insurance, totaling the sum of Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Five Hundred Eight One and 87/100 Dollars ($380,518.87), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 22nd day of September, 2010. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA):ss). County of Missoula). On this 22nd day of September, 2010, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the with-

in Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on March 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey NO. 5162, located in the W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

TOGETHER WITH an easement for the purpose of ingress and egress as disclosed in Book 107 of Micro at Page 69. Lyle L. Brown and Anita Brown, as Grantors, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Citizens Bank of East Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture recorded August 3, 2005 in Book 757 of Micro at Page 753, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder.

A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded November 15, 2010, in Book 869, Page 343, Document No. 201022450, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the perform-

ance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $54,954.30, plus interest at a rate of 8.5% totaling $10,174.02 and late fees of $42.48, for a total amount due of $65,170.80, as of November 12, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs.

The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the abovedescribed property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 18th day of November, 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss.

County of Missoula). On this 18th day of November, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control

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Animal Control's "12 Cats of Christmas" special where all cat adoptions are only $25 has come just in time for Bridger. He's so warm and cuddly that he'd be a perfect wintertime cat! Purrs are included at no extra charge.

549-3934 BUBBA

S AT O

Sato is shy and reserved, so not many people notice her in our cat room. We're hoping that the "12 Cats of Christmas" promotion (with all cat adoptions only $25) will be the extra nudge she needs to get a new home.

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We don't understand why Juna's good looks haven't been enough to steal someone's heart, but perhaps the "12 Cats of Christmas" adoption special at Animal Control ($25 cat adoptions) will do the trick!

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This sweet young cat has recovered from the terrible cold he had when he arrived at the Animal Control Shelter, and we're all hoping that the incentive of adopting him for only $25 will get him into a new home right away.

Bubba is a 3-year-old Saint Bernard. The truth is that most people overlook Bubba because of his size, but this playful boy is simply looking for someone to love him and maybe teach him some tricks. Bubba’s favorite things include eating hot dogs and frolicking through the snow on cold winter days.

To sponsor a pet call 543-6609

HANSEL

Hansel is just one of many kittens at the Animal Control Shelter.

All of them are hoping that the "12 Cats of Christmas" deal of $25 cat adoption fees will get them into new homes for the holidays.

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TEMPEST

Tempest is a beautiful, lively cat who has asked Santa to bring her a new home for Christmas. Missoula Animal Control is giving the old guy some help by offering $25 cat adoptions from now until Christmas!

BOOMERANG

“Can anybody find me somebody to love?” asks Boomerang. While he loves to hike, play and run, lately Boomerang has just been asking for some time and affection from the people who work with him.

This bright, energetic and loyal boy is absolutely ready for a home of his own.

TUCKER

Tucker, the 7-year-old American Cattle dog has become a shelter favorite.

This well-behaved boy is just looking for someone to give him some time and attention. Would you like to go for a walk? How about play fetch... no no, don’t get up, Tucker will bring the ball to you (that’s how considerate he is).

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Autumn is a sweet gal who is still looking for her purrfect home. She was very frightened when she first came to the shelter, but now she will not let anybody walk past her without giving her pets.

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Sampson is a distinguished gentleman who just can’t seem to enjoy his retirement. This handsome boy is seeking a home where he can be your personal assistant. Need help folding laundry? How about cooking dinner?

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LIONEL

Lionel thinks that it is quite difficult being so beautiful.

Other cats can be very jealous sometimes, but the truth is he is more than just a trophy cat, he is quite the scholar as well. Lionel is looking to find a person who appreciates his good looks and loving personality.

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These pets may be adopted at AniMeals 721-4710 D O L LY

Dolly’s story is no fairy tale, but the ending could be. This beautiful little girl came from a hoarding situation where she had to fight for her food. Every day was a struggle to survive. She was found bedraggled and extremely underweight.

BEVERLY

They threw her out of the car and sped off in a cloud of dust and gravel.

Beverly was devastated that her family would do such a thing.

She didn’t know what to do or where to go….and the kids in the neighborhood pelted her with rocks every time they saw her.

THOMAS O’MALLEY

Thomas has been thrown from pillar to post in his short lifetime. He doesn’t understand the lack of commitment he has experienced and he doesn’t give his trust easily because of it. There is nothing wrong with Thomas; the defect is a human one.

COCO

In her desperate attempt to seek refuge from the raindrops that pelted her malnourished body, Coco found herself underneath the only source of shelter in sight—an old box on the ground next to an overflowing garbage bin.

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Wishing you Joy and Safety at Home this Holiday Season

By Brint Wahlberg, 2010 MOR President I think that most Montanans are accustomed to the cold weather that the holiday season brings. We take advantage of this opportunity to spend more time in our home with family and friends enjoying hot chocolate and a fire. And for those who enjoy the outdoors, Western Montana offers a multitude of activities for the snow and ice lover. But no one wants to be caught out in the cold because of a fire which can happen when proper safety guidelines aren’t followed during the season. According to the United States Fire Administration, almost 156,000 fires occur during the winter holiday season, causing fatalities, injuries, and approximately $936 million in property damage.

So how can you protect your home? First, keep open flames away from fire hazards. Candles, lanterns, and warm, crackling fires are part of the holiday season, but they can ruin this special time for you and your guests in an instant. For this reason, anything with an open flame should be closely monitored. Keep burning candles away from Christmas trees, paper holiday decorations, and anything that could easily catch fire. Anytime you leave the house, put the fire out.

Never leave candles burning overnight – their flames can reach amazing heights, spread to window draperies, and worse.

In addition, as families gather, it’s important to keep your home safe in other ways. Children love the holidays: food, gifts, and fun for all. But Christmas, Hanukkah, and other winter holidays can be dangerous if you have small children. Keep them safe by moviing poisonous plants out of reach; not letting them play with older kids' toys if they have small parts; and keeping them away from alcohol and tobacco as well as leftover foods they might choke on.

Of course it’s also important to keep your home safe for pets. Animals have curious minds, which can lead to a lot of trouble. You probably don't want to fret about the family pet during the holidays, so take a few safety precautions to ensure he doesn't get into anything he shouldn't. First of all, if you have poisonous holiday plants around the house, keep them in a place where your pets – especially kitties – can't reach them. Christmas presents with small or dangerous parts should be safeguarded to prevent accidental ingestion. Finally, any string or ribbon should be tossed out or placed inside a box after the gift has been opened. Long pieces of string can get tangled in your pet's intestines and potentially kill him.

The holidays mean so many things to so many people. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas, there is one thing we all have in common at this special time of the year: Home is the place where love is unconditional, everyone is welcome, and a candle burns for the joy the holiday brings.

This holiday season, we encourage you to light a candle to symbolize the dream of home ownership so many people are wishing for because homeownership matters. (Just make sure to keep an eye on that candle!)

The Board of Directors and the Membership of the Missoula Organization of REALTORS® wish you happy holidays, from our hearts to yours.

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Beautiful Georgetown Lake Acreage

$495,000

• 5 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Ranch style; walkout basement • True formal dining room • Corner lot in cul de sac

• Energy efficient 3 bed, 2 bath units

Enjoy the unobstructed views of Georgetown Lake and the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness Area from this beautiful 9-acre parcel.

The property is a mix of meadow and trees gently sloping to within 100' of the lake shore. USFS land separates the parcel from the actual shoreline. Access is year round and power and phone are available.

The final plot is recorded and septic is approved. The fishing in the lake is fantastic and the surrounding area offers unlimited year round recreational opportunities.

$318,000

116 Ohio St. • Philipsburg

MLS # 10006518

3330 Cathy Court Missoula

Tom Rue (406) 691-6900

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Fantastic Rock Creek Cabin

406-360-8234

3 acres just 9 miles up, on the creek side of a paved, county maintained road. Beautiful level ground w/ septic system. Power and phone are to the property and wells in the area are shallow. Deeded access to Rock Creek from the property. Enjoy watching the Big Horn Sheep that roam the surrounding cliffs and hillsides. This is a great spot for a year round home or vacation cabin.

Rock Creek Road, Clinton

$184,000 Deeded Creek Access. This great 1 br, 1 ba cabin is situated on 1.5 acres with deeded access to "Blue Ribbon" Rock Creek. The home features tile floors, Viking range and hood, gas fireplace with electric back-up heat in all rooms, lg walk-in steam shower and custom wood blinds. Great views, trees, easy access, and the entire 1.5 acres is grass with full u/g sprinkler system. Located just 8 miles up Rock Creek on paved, county maintained road. Commute to Missoula is about 35 minutes.

$159,000

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Walk to restaurants, shops, & theater.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. $124,900.

MLS#906610.

Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net.

Montana Preferred Properties.

3 bed, 1 bath with large living room, a new bathroom & new flooring throughout bathroom & kitchen, new siding, and windows as well as a new roof. Convenient location.

2402 McDonald $148,000 MLS # 10006235 Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage.

Master bed w/ closet/office area, Large storage shed, new deck & underground sprinklers $220,000 • MLS # 10007009. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 4 bed, 2 bath, 1 car garage.

Centrally located home, large living room & family room in daylight basement • $174,900 MLS # 10004809.

Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 8804749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills. House has central air, vaulted ceilings, big family room with gas fireplace. Yard w/ underground sprinklers and privacy fence. 2 car garage. Great home for entertaining! MLS # 10007275. $265,000. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED NORTHSIDE BUNGALOW. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, hardwood floors, new windows, new kitchen w/stainless appliances & tiled countertops, updated bath, great deck & private back yard, close to

downtown. $182,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy0 to 74362 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Best priced home in Canyon Creek! 2 bed, 2 bath & double garage.

Fenced yard.

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4649 Bordeaux, Missoula. $149,900. MLS#10007213 Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 5447507 Classic University Home,Great floor plan, fireplace, hardwood floors, Nice sized rooms, Lots of Bonus Rooms downstairs w/kitchenette, well maintained, oversized 2 car garage, 116 E. Sussex. 3278787 porticorealestate.com Deck Overlooks Clarkfork River - for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr condo, attached 2 car garage, like new, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #22 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. condo along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #12 & #5 3278787 porticorealestate.com Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, yet close to everything. 3278787 porticorealestate.com

GORGEOUS CRAFTSMAN STYLE TARGET RANGE HOME ON 0.94 ACRES. 5 Bdr/3.5 Bath, double garage, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, main floor master, 2 family rooms. Close to schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $469,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy12 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

IMMACULATE HOME ON A 20,000 SQ FT LOT. Beautifully updated and maintained 4 Bdr/3 Bath Lolo area home. Great yard and deck, spacious living room and family room, great kitchen with breakfast bar & dining area, master bedroom and more. $269,900.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy16 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME IN 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy8 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, family room, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition!

135 Kensington 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

GORGEOUS SETTING ON 16.5 ACRES. Beautifully updated 3 Bdr/2 Bath Potomac area home.

Great floor plan, large deck and covered porch, very private and quiet setting, tons of wildlife, trees and pasture. $219,900.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-de-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

MAKE AN OFFER! 2002 Atlantic home w upgraded energy package. Over 1700 sq. ft. of living space. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Car Garage. Very nice floor plan. Large detached 28 x 40 heated shop, easy access.

All on 20 treed acres w views!

36201 Berthoud, Potomac. $215,000. MLS#10002286.

Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 5447507 Peaceful 3bed/2bath country retreat, nestled in the woods on 11.64 acres on Cedar Ridge, 15 minutes from

downtown.

9625 Cedar Ridge Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Price Reduced! 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 car garage. Nice deck in private back yard. Close to Clark Fork River. Close to recreation area for horse back riding, hunting, snowmobiling and 4 wheeling. $174,900.

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Montana Preferred Properties.

Rattlesnake Home on Large Lot, nice 3br home sits on very rare lot, mature landscaping, tennis court, home has lots of upgrades, 506 Redwood 3278787 porticorealestate.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING CLOSE TO THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath singlelevel Stevensville home. Great, open floor plan, incredible mountain views, next to public park, walk to Downtown Stevi or Bitterroot River. $219,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy10 to 74362 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Bdr/2 Bath, deck, double car garage, family room, laundry/utility room, great views, and much more. $175,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE RIVER. Gorgeous 4 Bdr/3 Bath Florence area home on 10.4 acres on the Bitterroot River. Beautiful landscape with multiple decks, amazing mountain views, spacious horse barn, cross-fencing, and more. Just 20 minutes to Missoula. $474,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Unique log home on 26+ private acres, bordering FS, min. to Snowbowl, hiking, 15 min to dwntwn. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 carport, w/tons of storage above. Small cabin on property. www.11815benchroad. com. SELLER WILL LOOK AT ALL OFFERS. They are motivat-

Trail Street Development, Missoula Prices starting at $59,000 Call 880-7115 to learn more today!

Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 550-3077

MANUFACTURED HOMES 71 Buddy Mobile 12x46 $1000 1971 Buddy Single wide mobile home already placed in lot @4826 Mullan Road Missoula.

Lot Rent 249.00 currently, garbage, water , and sewer included.It has gas heat and water, in good shape. Contact renhaf777@yahoo.com

AFFORDABLE LIVING CLOSE TO U MLS#'s 10004276 / 10004273 / 10004274 Priced starting at $143,900

SOUTH HILLS HOME LESS THAN 1 BLOCK FROM CHIEF CHARLO SCHOOL . 4

Looking for income property?

ed to sell! 11815 Bench Rd, Missoula. $419,000.

MLS#10001348.

Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 5447507

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Assume Contract for Deed! Buy one condo or all three! You can't beat this price and live so close to downtown, WALKING distance to the university, Dairy Queen, Caras Park, Bonner Park! These sweet condo's are nestled in the perfect location for all Missoula has to offer. Very well maintained: new windows, new hot water heater, new roof, u/g sprinklers.

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912 Defoe • $169,900 3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage.

Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look! Across from the Northside Trail System. MLS #10003358

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435 Mount • $199,000 Right across from lovely Rose Park. This home has had many upgrades including remodeled kitchen featuring Hickory Cabinets, Brazilian Hickory laminate flooring throughout, all new stainless steel appliances. New blinds in the living room and solid core doors in all the main level rooms. The new roof was put on in May. The yard features a nice array of perennials. There is parking in the rear under the carport and a shed for extra storage.

Call Mary Marry for a showing today. MLS # 10005191.

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www.marysellsmissoula.com

406-544-2125 Missoula Proper ties

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