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nside Cover Story Since he put down roots in Missoula three years ago, Ryan “Shmed” Maynes has made a huge impact on the local music scene. His studio is the most popular place to record in town, cutting close to 50 albums by local groups. His band, Secret Powers, is currently Cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters recording its fourth album, and plays consistently packed gigs. Shmed’s services are in demand to the point that he’s often seen sitting in on keyboard with various other groups around town. All of it has helped the former L.A. musician realize that it’s just as important to make a big impression in a small town as it is to search for one big break ........................................................................14

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News Letters Defining terrorism, Crowley and a rebuttal .................................................4 The Week in Review Liberty, “Lost” and blow darts.................................................6 Briefs Bison probes, pot doc bust and Lost Horse Canyon ......................................6 Etc. Paving the way to trouble ....................................................................................7 Up Front Plum Creek balks at wildlife’s influence over Seeley plan ........................8 Up Front Mark French defines his own type of Republican......................................9 Ochenski Mounting debt, disaster and conflict raise troubling question ..............10 Writers on the Range The thrill of birding at beak-neck speed.............................11 Agenda Remember Memorial Day............................................................................12

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by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday morning outside the Orange Street Food Farm.

Roger Dunsmore’s new book of poetry— reviewed in this issue–asks the question, “Does poetry matter?” So, does it? Follow-up: Without mentioning roses being red or violets being blue, share your favorite line of poetry.

Anna Gjefle: It definitely matters. It’s a good way to express what you’re feeling because many people can’t show it in other ways. And it’s a good way to escape. Good ol’ Dr. Seuss: I will not eat green eggs and ham.

Cody Jensen: Yes. It’s a good way to express feelings, but it’s also very personal. And while it’s a way to express yourself, some people don’t care about other people’s feelings. Road rhymes: The road is windy and has its ups and downs, but without the road you would not be connected to all the treasures you are bound.

David Bowland: Absolutely. Because there are so many images that only language is adequate for. A nod to e.e.: The leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky.

In a recent letter, Michele Reinhart expressed support for Sen. Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation bill (see “Concerns addressed,” May 13, 2010). As a wildland conservation advocate, one point in particular caught my attention. She wrote, “Personally I have been heartened by recent clarifications that these mechanical treatments will be focused in heavily roaded areas…” I wish I had Michele’s confidence on that point. The bill, S-1470, says that “priority” would be given to areas where “road densities exceed 1.5 miles per square mile of land” for the logging and road building projects. This priority appears, promisingly, to lean away from roadless areas. The bill also requires that the project area “shall not” exceed 1.5 miles of road per square mile when done. This is where expenses are incurred; it is not cheap to reclaim miles of road. This weighs heavily in the direction of focusing logging and roading projects on areas already at or below the required end-ceiling of 1.5 miles of road per square mile, possibly taking logs with no road restoration required. In my experience, when priorities come up against money, money has a way of quickly eroding priorities. An explicitly required project area with a beginning minimum road density of, say, 3 miles of road per square mile would ensure that projects went into heavily roaded areas and that the public would benefit from at least 1.5 miles of road restoration to reach the 1.5 miles per square mile required maximum at the end of a project. All clarifications or assurances aside, S1470 is in print, and it is the only real touchstone we have on this critical issue for the future of some of Montana’s most biologically important wildlands. The way the wording stands and the world turns, the gravity of money will outweigh the high sounding priority. I’d love to be wrong about that. Larry Campbell Darby

Defining terrorism

J.R. Strand: Absolutely—I’m a poet! I write cowboy poetry. It’s an awesome medium for us to express thoughts and feelings and convey knowledge. Cowboy up: You still have days of life ahead, but it’s time to leave the herd.

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In publications by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “domestic terrorism” is defined as the use of force or violence “committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” Given the FBI’s definition, Montana clearly suffered a terrorist attack when

unknown persons firebombed two medical marijuana clinics on the eve of a Billings City Council vote to place a moratorium on the licensing of new clinics. Yet, a search of news articles related to the incident failed to yield a single news story that included the words “terror” or “terrorism.” Furthermore, according to a spokesperson at the FBI office in Billings, the FBI is not involved in the investigation and does not consider this an act of terror. Similarly, when anti-tax activist Joseph Stack flew his single-engine plane into the

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IRS building in Austin, Texas, in February, the mainstream media and authorities quickly denied any connection to “terrorist activity.” Meanwhile, recent amateurish, unsuccessful attempted bombings on Christmas Eve and in Times Square last week have dominated the mainstream media and garnered top-level counter-terrorism resources. All this raises important questions that we as citizens should be asking. Is the definition of what constitutes a “terrorist act” being applied evenhandedly by the media and law enforcement agencies? Are all crimes that technically fit the legal definition of terrorism being treated as such, or only those committed by dark-skinned people of Middle Eastern or African descent? Derek Goldman Missoula

Count on Crowley House District 94 has an open seat that is being sought after by longtime community and environmental activist and former City Council member Lou Ann Crowley and newcomer Ellie Hill. It is wonderful to have two good candidates, but we can only elect one on June 8. For

us the choice is Lou Ann because of her ability to work compassionately with people of all persuasions, her vision and her experience gained from initiating and/or being part of various Missoula endeavors since 1978. Clearly, Lou Ann has left an imprint on our community and environmental causes, which will benefit Missoulians long into the future. Below are a few examples of Lou Ann’s many notable accomplishments. Her “people concerns” led to cofounding Hospice of Missoula. She currently chairs the Food Access Committee of CFAC, which oversees both the Farm to School Program and facilitates the Food Stamp Credit Card program at the Missoula Farmers’ Market. She is a board member of the Women’s Foundation of Montana, which funds organizations that invest in economic self-sufficiency for women and brighter futures for girls. Community service has also always been a big part of Lou Ann’s life; she was on the City Council between 1996 and 2006. While serving as chair of the Conservation Committee, Lou Ann worked on the open space purchases of Fort Missoula and Mount Sentinel properties as well as the first bicycle and pedestrian access trails. She organized the Truck Share Program at the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project to help members have affordable access to a truck. The project earned Missoula in Motion’s top award for sustainable transportation in 2008. Most recently, she spearheaded passage of the city’s Dark Sky Ordinance. Lou Ann will serve us well in the Montana Legislature. The June 8 primary will decide which of these two candidates goes to Helena. We ask you to join us in supporting Lou Ann Crowley. Ian M. Lange Sue and John Talbot Steve M. Adler Missoula Correction: In our May 13 feature story, “United we stand,” Jim McGarvey with the AFL-CIO stated not one contractor working on the Superfund cleanup in Butte Silver-Bow County is union. In fact, union members with Smith Contracting recently started working at the site, a point made in an e-mail by Sen. Steve Gallus, D-Butte, and confirmed by the Independent. McGarvey acknowledged the error, but reiterated his overall point: “I’m delighted for and congratulate the Local 1686 and the Operators’ Local 400 for organizing Smith, but I stand by the overall neglect that has been there—and across the state—for three decades.”

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A massive Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane, one of the largest in the world, flies from Siberia to Helena, picks up supplies, refuels, and continues on to Haiti where a team of Montana National Guard soldiers will take part in the earthquake relief efforts near Port-au-Prince.

• Thursday, May 20 Traci M. Lajoie, 30, turns herself in to police and is charged with negligent homicide days after rearending a Honda scooter driven by Fred Andrew Emery, and then leaving the scene. Emery, who was driving home from work at DirecTV on Highway 10 on Monday, May 17, died several hours after being struck.

• Friday, May 21 The NCAA announces that seven University of Montana track and field athletes—Richard Brumbaugh, Jason Flemmer, Katrina Drennen, Kesslee Payne, Lindsey Hall, Austin Emry and Justin Graff—make the cut to compete at the NCAA West Region preliminary round in Austin, Texas.

• Saturday, May 22 The Liberty Convention 2010 wraps up its second and last day at the University of Montana’s Adams Center with an evening speech by Kitty Werthmann. The 84-year-old Austria native likens politics under President Barack Obama to her childhood under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.

• Sunday, May 23 More than 13 million viewers nationwide—including more than a few in Missoula—tune in for the final two and a half hours of ABC’s acclaimed six-year series “Lost.” During the episode, Missoula blogger jhwygirl captures one Indy staffer and longtime fan’s exact sentiments in a simple Twitter message: “Oh What the Hell!!!”

• Monday, May 24 A suspect driving a white Lexus stops in front of Missoula’s Poverello Center, hollers something at a 32-year-old homeless man standing in front of the building, and then shoots him in the cheek with a blow-dart gun before driving away. The victim removes the dart and then goes to the hospital.

• Tuesday, May 25 Rescuers recover the body of one of two ice climbers killed over the weekend in Yellowstone National Park after a frozen waterfall below the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River collapsed during their ascent. Bad weather stops rescuers from recovering the other body. Both climbers were male, in their 20s and residents of Bozeman.

The University of Montana-Western Polynesian Club shared traditional Maori and island dances at the Downtown Dance Collective Sunday afternoon. The event included guests from Missoula’s sister city, Palmerston North, New Zealand, including Deputy Mayor John Hornblow and Maori Chief Wiremu Te Awe Awe.

Lost Don’t forget the compass The way Missoula County Search and Rescue (MCSAR) Chief Chris Froines tells it, the scene near the Mormon Peak trailhead May 16 was like a backcountry comedy of errors: Two hikers who had lost the trail ran into a third lost hiker, and later another pair of wayward individuals. Several had cell phones. None had a map or compass. The five befuddled recreationists emerged from the woods unscathed five hours after the first calls to 911, guided by the sounds of Missoula County Sheriff ’s Office sirens and the St. Patrick Hospital Life Flight helicopter. But Mormon Peak—located off U.S. Highway 12, west of Lolo—wasn’t done warning outdoor enthusiasts to come prepared. MCSAR responded to another call from a lost hiker last Thursday, again recovering the individual uninjured. “Without some directional devices—GPS, compass—they’re just wandering blind,” Froines says. While MCSAR can’t control hiker carelessness, the back-to-back incidents have highlighted a positive development for the office in recent years.

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Increased cell coverage in the backcountry has cut response time considerably, and participation from local emergency flight services has helped narrow search parameters before situations get dangerous. “It lessens our time in the woods if the helicopter can spot them,” says MCSAR Assistant Chief Ben Ehlers. “It rules out all areas of probability. It’s more of a rescue than a search.” Froines says local search and rescue typically gets two to three calls a month from the backcountry, though that number dropped significantly over the past winter. Life Flight paramedic Joel McLennan adds that the St. Pat’s helicopter responds to roughly 10 calls from MCSAR a year. Ehlers was on scene for roughly three hours Thursday trying to find the Mormon Peak trail’s latest victim. The man, who Ehlers says was skiing or snowboarding with a friend, eventually found his own way out of the woods. Again, the hiker had no GPS or compass, which Ehlers points to as an unexpected downside to the helping hand of increased cell coverage. “It’s a double-edged sword,” Ehlers says.

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“Because then people don’t rely on map and compass and skills like that.” Alex Sakariassen

Outdoors Lost Horse quibble continues The annual debate between area climbers and the Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) over rock mining in Lost Horse Canyon has begun anew this month. Only now the issue appears to be not the Forest Service’s quarry activity but the legitimacy of a verbal agreement to include climbers in the Forest Service’s decision-making process. Jimmy Pinjuv, director of the Bitterroot Climbers’ Coalition (BCC), says the promise dates back to 2008, when then-Forest Supervisor Dave Bull met publicly with the BCC and several Lost Horse Canyon residents. Bull established an informal agreement, Pinjuv explains, to alert the BCC in advance of any rock mining projects. “His statement was, ‘It’s still open,’” Pinjuv says, “‘but we will let you know if there are any changes in the future, give you a chance to respond to that,

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let you know who is using it and why.’” Bull’s apparent deal left climbers surprised last year when the Forest Service opened the quarry to both Ravalli County and the state with little warning and no chance to offer feedback. The agency plans to crush 9,000 cubic yards of rock in Lost Horse Canyon this summer for its own use, and Pinjuv says there’s been no dialogue between the BCC and forest officials regarding the project. “The whole time they’re not notifying anyone, not really telling anyone, and we were told we would be part of a process,” Pinjuv says. Acting BNF Supervisor Julie King, who entered the position this year, believes the problem is a matter of interpretation of Bull’s statement. He was not establishing an official process, she says, but rather agreeing to mitigate any serious concerns climbers and local residents had over quarry activity. “It was part of his intent to hear and understand their issues and concerns,” King says. “He never intended for them to believe that he was thinking of closing it, that we wouldn’t use it at all.” BCC is now working to emphasize recreational expansion in Lost Horse Canyon. Pinjuv says he saw roughly 18 people in the canyon during a visit two Sundays ago. “We’re trying to force them down this recreation road,” Pinjuv says, “knowing that if we continue to make them acknowledge the neglected recreation, eventually they’ll understand that this isn’t the appropriate site.” Alex Sakariassen

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explains Ryan Clarke, APHIS’s epidemiologist in the greater Yellowstone area. “There’s a probe that’s inserted into their anus and sits over their sexual glands—the prostate and the bulbourethral gland— and it sends a small current through those glands to simulate coitus. When that’s passed through those glands, they get excited, and the animal ejaculates into a container.” The samples, Clarke says, are sent to APHIS’s lab in Ames, Iowa, to be tested for Brucella abortus, the causative agent of bovine brucellosis, a bacterial infection that causes cattle, elk and bison to abort their young. Both BFC and APHIS suspect the study will ultimately show that bison pose a negligible risk of sex-

Bison Probing research A federal agency recently collected semen samples from 39 bison bulls outside Yellowstone National Park, the beginning of a two-year study intended to measure the risk of venereal transmission of brucellosis between wild bison and domestic cattle. Researchers call the fieldwork a success, but the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC), an organization that works to protect wild bison, condemns the study as abusive. “It’s pretty invasive and extremely unnecessary,” says BFC’s Stephany Seay. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in April began darting and drugging bison bulls on Gallatin National Forest land outside Yellowstone’s boundary, and then probing their anuses to induce ejaculation. Researchers then painted the animals with a blue stripe to prevent repeat sampling. “We use what’s called an electro-ejaculator,”

ually transmitting brucellosis—which is why Seay calls the study unwarranted. “It’s something that’s already widely accepted as an immeasurable risk,” she says, “so we feel the study is completely senseless.” Still, the invasive anal probing, researchers say, may prove to be an act of love. “I think at the end of this study there’s a very real possibility that we’ll reinforce the idea that bull bison have negligible risk as far as transmitting brucellosis,” Clarke says. “And if that is in fact true, then I think it opens up the discussion for more bull bison tolerance.” Matthew Frank

Marijuana Pot doc penalized The Montana Board of Medical Examiners is cracking down on Montana Caregivers Network

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(MCN), the Missoula-based organization that conducts roving medical marijuana clinics throughout the state. Last Friday, on the same day, coincidentally, the board adopted a position paper in response to mass medical marijuana screenings, it disciplined one of the 15 or so doctors MCN routinely hires to recommend medical marijuana to patients who come to its clinics. It marked the first time the board has taken action against a doctor in a case relating to medical marijuana. The board sanctioned Whitefish-based physician Patricia Cole for failing to maintain the state’s standards of care while seeing 151 patients in one day during a MCN clinic last October. The board also cited, among other things, Cole’s failure to advise patients on proper marijuana dosage and potential side effects. According to the order, which as of press time had yet to be finalized due to a clerical error, the board will fine Cole $2,000 and prohibit her from “serving as the consulting physician for third parties or caregivers in mass conferencelike settings akin to that which gave rise to this action.” “I think the Board of Medical Examiners wants to have an impact on the clinics that are prescribing marijuana to lots of people,” Cole says, “and I think they’re hoping that by disciplining me they can take a step in that direction.” Cole retained the right to prescribe marijuana in her personal practice. “I’m pleased to be able to continue to offer recommendations,” Cole says, “because I’ve seen that marijuana can be extraordinarily helpful for people with some very difficult situations—chronic pain, epilepsy, migraines.” Cole says she reviewed many of the 151 patients’ medical records online prior to the clinic, and thought she was operating within the state law. MCN founder Jason Christ maintains she was, and says it will be proven should the board continue its reviews of other MCN-affiliated doctors. “I’m confident—completely—that the lawyers that we have on board…will do their job and show the medical board that we have a clinical practice that is exactly the same in every way as other clinical practices,” Christ says. Christ estimates MCN doctors have approved between 70 and 80 percent of Montana’s roughly 14,000 medical marijuana patients. Matthew Frank

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High-and-wide shipments ConocoPhillips wishes to transport from Lewiston, Idaho, through Missoula to its refinery in Billings. The loads are four feet wider than those proposed for transport through the state by ExxonMobil subsidiary Imperial Oil.

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A recent “rush-hour” commute along the Riverfront Trail looked like any other day on the popular pathway, as large numbers of joggers, after-work bicyclists and evening walkers made their way east and west along the Clark Fork River without incident. Hardly anything seemed out of place, except for maybe the still-strong smell of freshly paved asphalt. The city irked more than a few alternative transportation enthusiasts with the recent paving of the previously gravel trail. Although the decision was made during the 2008 budget process, and signs had warned about the change for weeks, the sudden appearance of paving crews along the south side of the river last Friday caught many by surprise. That surprise turned immediately into a rash of questions: What about the natural character of the trail? What about the increased speed of bicyclists along the route? What about the impact to the environment? What about using an alternative to asphalt? What about the children? Okay, we made the last one up. But according to chain e-mails, chatter on the government listserv and letters to the editor, critics decried the decision, pointing to the paved trail as some sort of giant stretch mark on our awkwardly growing city. Of course, Parks and Rec responded immediately to the outcry. The Indy received a detailed Q&A about the lengthy decision-making process and rationale behind the change, addressing each of the questions above. More noticeably, hastily made signs now dot the Riverfront Trail, warning users to, in succession, “Keep Right,” “Pass on Left” and “Announce Your Pass.” In smaller type, toward the middle of the sign, the bicycle speed limit is posted as 10 mph. Really? Assuming any bicyclist bothers to read the little laminated sheets, who actually clocks their speed while pedaling to and from work? Are speed traps the next step? Pardon us for finding all of this mildly amusing—the blustery outrage, as well as the city’s hyper-sensitive response. It’s not that the asphalt isn’t a disconcerting eyesore, or that civic responsiveness isn’t admirable. None of the sentiment is unjust or misplaced, necessarily, but the situation is entertainingly indicative of just how passionate we take our local trails. Only in Missoula would a bike and pedestrian path generate more interest than an 84-year-old woman speaking—just down the trail, as it were, at the university—about the similarities between our current government and Hitler’s Germany. Surprisingly, she didn’t even once touch on the topic of unnecessarily paved trails.

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Feeling threatened Plum Creek balks at wildlife’s influence over Seeley plan by Matthew Frank

Hundreds of people who live in and ing development will eventually eliminate agency convenience but, to our disappointaround the Clearwater River watershed these sensitive species, if it continues at the ment, make no mention of Plum Creek’s property rights or economic interests,” says have spoken up about the contentious, present pace.” In addition, FWP Regional Wildlife Kathleen Sims, Plum Creek’s director of years-in-the-making Seeley Lake Regional Plan. Now, threatened species like grizzly Manager Mike Thompson met with Pat real estate law. Sims goes on to say that the county’s bears and bull trout have been given a O’Herren, director of Rural Initiatives, to say that his agency is concerned about how four-year planning process has evolved in a voice, too. In the 11th hour of the Missoula Board residential development might impact fish way that “fundamentally alters the traditionof County Commissioners’ (BCC) delibera- and wildlife values in specific areas within al rights of private property,” threatening to “create a dangerous precedent for all tions over the growth policy, the county’s the planning region. Montanans.” She says the company office of Rural Initiatives last week isn’t prepared to comment on the recommended lowering zoning details of Rural Initiatives’ staff density limits to protect sensitive report, but laments that it marks wildlife. The move could poten“the first time in those four years tially further restrict the ability of that the commissioners or its staff Plum Creek Timber Co.—the have provided any written insight largest private landowner in the as to how the county might region, the state and the counrespond” to the comments, questry—to build homes on its timbertions and proposals concerning lands in the area. the resource protection areas, The recommendation comes which make up about 95 percent after Rural Initiatives earlier this of the planning area. month received comments from “We will need some time to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), study the proposal and the underU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lying recent letter from USFS and (FWS), and Montana Fish, e-mail to FWP that are apparently Wildlife and Parks (FWP) all being used as the basis for potenexpressing concerns about Plum tially designating Plum Creek Creek’s April 19 proposal, which property as open space,” Sims concentrates development says. around Placid Lake. The company Photo courtesy Scott Tomson, USFS Despite Plum Creek’s objecowns about 35 percent, or 83,000 tions, O’Herren says the county’s acres, of the 235,535-acre planning region. It owns approximate- A small grizzly bear approaches Highway 83 north of proposal and Plum Creek’s are ly 52 percent of the private land. Seeley Lake. The sensitivity of grizzlies and other “remarkably close, with a few species has wildlife managers lobbying for the Seeley L o l o N a t i o n a l F o r e s t Lake Regional Plan to limit Plum Creek Timber Co.’s exceptions.” Those few exceptions, though, could have big Supervisor Debbie Austin sent a ability to develop its timberlands in the area. implications. letter to the county stating that “The agencies confirmed locations of the forest’s preference is “to have no develMontana law allows landowners ownextremely resource-rich areas, which they ing 50 percent or more of private lands in opment in uninhabited areas.” “The lands in the Placid Lake block and note as being especially vulnerable to a planning area to protest—or essentially the checkerboard matrix to the west are development,” O’Herren says. “However, veto—a zoning proposal. The Seeley Lake especially important,” Austin wrote. “The they also noted areas where development Regional Plan itself wouldn’t implement proposed development as displayed in the could occur if impacts from that develop- zoning, but it is a prerequisite for, and sets recent map from Plum Creek would make ment are mitigated to allow the continued the limits for, future zoning. With Plum it more challenging to develop long-term existence of the resources that form the Creek owning 52 percent of the land in conservation and recovery planning for foundation for the economic and cultural the planning area, it could potentially veto heritage of the area.” bull trout, lynx, and grizzly bears.” the implementation of zoning the current In light of the agencies’ comments, planning process promises. Plum Creek Chris Servheen, FWS’s grizzly bear recovery coordinator, sent the county a Rural Initiatives recommended in its May maintains that it’s premature to discuss recent study on the impacts of housing on 20 staff report the county encourage incen- that possibility. tives to reduce or transfer development grizzly survival. The BCC will discuss Rural Initiatives’ “Sprawl developments into previously rights on “resource protection” lands (the recommendations at its June 9 public meetundeveloped habitats will eventually dis- vast majority of which are owned by Plum ing, and is expected to make a final deciplace sensitive wildlife like grizzly Creek). It also proposed re-designating sion on the plan in the weeks that follow. bears…,” Servheen tells the Indy. “This lands south of Placid Lake, along Game Wildlife managers say much is riding on it. trend will eventually get to the point that Ridge and along the Clearwater River to “Rural home density,” says Servheen, sensitive wildlife can no longer live in such allow lower building densities. “is the most important factor determining if Plum Creek, however, believes agency grizzly bears will live or die on the Montana areas. No one knows the exact density of rural development that will make these opinions ought to carry less weight. landscape.” “The Forest Service’s recommendalands unsuitable for sensitive wildlife. We do know that the trajectory of such increas- tions speak of agency preferences and mfrank@missoulanews.com

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Primary prayers Is Mark French a Republican or a Tea Party upstart? by Alex Sakariassen

Flathead rancher and clinical laboratory scientist Mark French munches a lukewarm $3 cheeseburger outside the Adams Center Field House, pausing occasionally from a run-down of his primary race against Rep. Denny Rehberg to greet the steady stream of conservatives heading into the 2010 Liberty Convention. He meets their praise of his bold attempt at disrupting the Republican Party ticket with humble waves, but their confidence seems to

Republican race. Those disgruntled conservatives looking to pull the GOP further to the right are living up to months-old predictions by throwing party races an unprecedented cur veball, a reality Montana’s Republican Party stubbornly maintains is a positive development. “I know people are out there saying, ‘It’s a sign that there’s division in the Republican camp,’” says Montana GOP Executive Director Bowen Greenwood,

strengthen French’s faith in his chances at ousting the five-term incumbent. It’s Rehberg’s “lack of passion for freedom,” French explains, that prompted his sudden bid for candidacy in February. To French, running for Montana’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives isn’t so much a realization of personal political ambition as it is a solemn duty, one passed down from a higher power. “Frankly, I believe that the Bible is true and I get a lot of my direction from the scriptures,” French says. “By time and prayer and talking to other people, it was clear to me that I was to take this step. It was more of a step of obedience…It’s quite the mountain, the obstacle of incumbency.” But if the Liberty Convention is any indication of French’s odds—he considers western Montana’s far-right voters his key to victory—then the self-proclaimed “Constitutional Republican” may be disappointed come June 8. Organizers of the event, hosted by Hamilton’s Celebrating Conservatism, planned for some 5,000 attendees. The actual turnout was closer to 250. Members of the Tea Party’s anti-incumbency lean generated a few upsets nationwide in recent midterm elections, most notably Rand Paul’s victory over Trey Grayson in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate

“but what I see is a whole slew of people who can’t wait to run, and that can only be good for us.” The sudden interest in Rehberg’s congressional seat is certainly a new development. In his first primary since being elected to office in 2000, Rehberg faces not one opponent but two—French and MSUBillings marketing professor A. J. Otjen. And to French, there’s only one obvious winner. “I believe in miracles,” French says. “We started campaigning, knocking on doors, and since then people have been really feeding us energy.” Unexpected voices of support for the French campaign came this month from county GOP leaders in the Flathead. Lake County Republican Central Committee Chairman Brent Matson announced his personal endorsement of French on May 20—just one day after his Flathead County counterpart Ava Walters publicly backed the Constitutional Republican. “Sometimes you have to look at candidates as to whether they’re going to continue on or not and if they’ve still got the passion and the zeal to do their job,” Matson says. “In this particular case, I feel Mark French is the one to do that.” As welcome as those Republican votes of confidence are, French appears more

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morally bolstered by endorsements from the Constitution Party realm. He won the support May 19 of Richard Mack, a former Arizona sheriff and fervent states’ rights activist who has made three appearances before Celebrating Conservatism—including an evening speech at the Liberty Convention. French displays Mack’s endorsement like a badge of honor. “If I was to pick what I believe are the most important races, I’d pick the sheriff ’s races,” French says, echoing Mack’s widely espoused beliefs. “We have out-of-control federal government, and I think people need to be really careful and secure their own region, their own county first. We can try to change the federal government, but that’s a huge monster.” For a congressional hopeful, French comes off a bit extreme in his rhetoricheavy defense of “God-given rights.” He condemns U.S. participation in the United Nations, rankles against the Federal Reserve and the “cotton-picking” federal government, and accuses the Republican Party of abandoning its platform. “Freedom’s dangerous,” French says. “I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said, ‘Every now and then the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.’ Freedom is an aberration in our world, and by definition freedom comes from bloodshed.” French comes off as a sort of poster boy for the ideals that have earned Celebrating Conservatism and its sister groups in Montana considerable criticism from the left. “People kind of choke on the fact that I’m running as a Republican, and yes, I am,” French says. “But you have to get in a vehicle…You have to use one of the parties if you’re really going to have any chance of winning.” Waving the GOP banner may sound like a compromise for a clear-cut Constitutionalist. It’s logistical, French says. Victory is merely the first step in bringing his newly adopted party in step with those conservatives insistent on principle over political negotiation. “Are you going to stay in this good-oldboy network, or are you going to stand on principle?” French asks. “If I win this thing, there’s going to be a huge shift in the mentality of the Republican Party and politics in general in Montana…it’s going to be interesting to watch it take place.” That critical “if ” aside, it most certainly will.

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Who’s in charge? Debt, disaster and conflict raise troubling question There’s no doubt Americans are very unstable and uneasy right now. Voters are angry, disappointed and outraged with the current state of affairs in the nation depending on what used to be called their “political persuasion.” The energy of the left has been dissipated by a series of lessthan-spectacular efforts on behalf of their “change and hope” candidates. The right is fuming, but turning to their traditional Republican allies seems a losing proposition after the failures of the Bush era. And the middle, well, the middle has every reason to wonder, in confusion, uncertainty and growing angst, just who is running America these days. Nothing gives voice to the question like the on-going BP oil well disaster. After nearly a month, crude oil continues to spurt into the once-rich Gulf waters with volcanic force. Joining the millions of barrels already discharged are an estimated 700,000 gallons of dispersant that have been pumped into the gushing deep-sea plume and sprayed over the surface slicks. In the meantime, despite what one of the world’s largest multinational energy corporations claims is the best it can do, miles of fragile marshland and once-clean beaches are now being inundated with sticky, toxic, stinking goo. The larger mass swirls at sea, slowly but inexorably moving into the current that will carry it around Florida and up the eastern seaboard, polluting, crippling and killing everything in its path. As a horrified nation and world watch the out-of-control scenario, a political disaster for President Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress is likewise unfolding. So far the ineffectual and uncoordinated attempts of the Obama administration have accomplished little. Flyovers by high-level cabinet officials, pronouncements that costs will be covered and endless finger-pointing brings little comfort as the environmental destruction widens. The president yelled “plug the damn hole” in frustration at a recent meeting, but so far, all that’s getting plugged are his public approval ratings. Although Obama promised the nation that he had instituted a moratorium on new off-shore drilling, someone apparently failed to get that message to the federal Minerals Management Service (MMS). Not only has the agency continued to issue permits, but it’s doing so with minimal environmental analysis—just like the “categorical exclusion” granted to BP’s deep-sea well. Neither the oil company nor the federal government seems capable of controlling deep-sea blowouts. The corporations do, however, appear very effective at controlling federal regulatory agencies as new

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reports of lavish corporate-sponsored trips and other perks to agency personnel emerge daily. The retirement of the MMS chief has already been announced. New calls demand the resignation of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, as his own close ties to the oil industry come to light. Although blustering with typical political blather (he

Although “ Obama promised the nation that he had instituted a moratorium on new off-shore drilling, someone apparently failed to get that message to the federal Minerals Management

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was a senator, after all) about “pushing aside” BP, the reality is that Salazar and the federal agencies he oversees admit they don’t have the expertise to deal with the disaster. Even worse, neither Salazar nor the EPA even have the power to stop BP’s use of the dispersant, about whose toxic effects little is known and which likely pose long-term damage to the environment and aquatic life. “Impotent” is the word being used more and more as the disaster continues. But if the multinational energy corporations are in charge of their chunk of America and our government, the militaryindustrial complex is having its own show of force half a world away. After much saber rattling in the Middle East, hawkish and threatening Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has now focused on the recent conflict between North and South Korea for her own show of force. Siding with South Korea over an incident in which a North Korean submarine is blamed for sinking one of the South’s war-

ships, Clinton has pledged the full support of the United States to “punish” the North. Tensions are high following her pronouncements and already North Korea has broken all ties with the South. Just to make sure those tensions keep rising to a whitehot flashpoint, joint anti-submarine military exercises by the United States and South Korea are planned for the immediate future. As North Korea puts its military on high alert and readies for the looming confrontation, Americans have every right to ask: “What’s in it for us?” The answer, in a nutshell, is “nothing.” It’s been 60 years since Americans died on the Korean Peninsula and we still have 26,000 military personnel staged there, sucking down the Treasury to maintain the rusted remnants of the Cold War machine. But that war, against Communism, has been over since the dissolution of the Soviet Union more than 20 years ago. So why are we once again willing to put Americans in harm’s way between two feuding branches of the same nation on the other side of the globe? Here, as with the oil spill, it appears the interests of mega-corporations take precedence over sensible governance of our own beleaguered nation. Real homeland security would concentrate on the very real damage being done to our homeland by a blown-out deep-sea oil well. But instead, following in the sorry tracks of George W. Bush, Clinton and Obama threaten to wage war on “axis of evil” nations to benefit no one but the profits of those who make the machines of war. Thomas Jefferson warned us almost two centuries ago, writing: “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower likewise warned us more than half a century ago: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Sadly, it appears we have forgotten those warnings. Now, as we plunge deeper into debt, conflict and destruction, citizens have every reason to ask: “Who is running America?” 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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Speed spotting The thrill of birding at beak-neck speed by Pepper Trail

First, a confession: I am a serious birder. Maybe too serious: For 364 days a year, I lead field trips for beginners, share my spotting scope and am happy to explain the differences between, say, a song sparrow and a savannah sparrow to anyone who is interested (and, perhaps, to a few who might not be). But on one day a year, Birdathon Day, all that changes. Birdathons are competitions to see who can record the most species in a 24-hour period. Ours is held at the height of spring migration, with teams fanning out across this corner of southern Oregon. It’s all for a good cause; we raise money for the educational programs of the local Rogue Valley Audubon Society. But the altruism ends there. This is birding stripped to its essence—fast, hard and wild. If my team, the Falcons, had a theme song, it would be “Bat Out of Hell.” I know, I know, taxonomically inappropriate, but “Freebird” is way too mellow. Don’t get the idea that anything goes. Like any sport, the Birdathon is governed by rules both inflexible and obscure. For example, though it is not necessary to actually see a bird in order to count it—most, indeed, are only heard—two team members must confirm all identifications. All sightings must also be within our county, though this doesn’t cramp our style too much because Jackson County is almost twice the size of Rhode Island. Finally, only birds native or naturalized in North America are acceptable. This caused a heated controversy one year when we spotted an emu, the ostrichlike flightless bird of Australia, happily grazing in a riverside meadow. To my lasting bitterness, this bird was disqualified, even though it was living free and would probably never be recaptured by the emu farm down the road.

The Birdathon starts not at midnight but at 6 p.m., in order to accommodate the beer-fueled list-compilation and pizza party that begins 24 hours later. The four-man Falcons team piles into our battered rig, and we head for the mountains. The evening’s goal is to score as many high-elevation spe-

If my team, “ the Falcons, had a theme song, it would be ‘Bat Out of Hell.’ I know, I know, taxonomically inappropriate, but ‘Freebird’ is way too mellow.

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cialties as possible before nightfall and then to do a couple of hours hooting for owls before grabbing a few hours sleep and heading out again at 3 a.m. Then it’s more work for our expert owl hooter (every serious team has one of these indispensable specialists to lure owls) until first light at about 5 a.m., when all our attention switches to taking maximum advantage of the dawn chorus. The route taken by each team is a closely held secret, honed over years of experi-

ence. The Falcons even have a few spots where we merely need to slow the car, roll down the window and score a highly local bird, after which we spray gravel and return to speed. A well-constructed route with minimum unproductive travel is the key to Birdathon victory and all the glory that it brings. Yes, I have known that glory. The Falcons are the holder of the one-day county record, ticking off 152 species in 2008. But luck in birding, as in life, is a fickle mistress. This year the Falcons were dethroned by a team called the Great Grays, until now the Bad News Bears of southern Oregon’s high-stakes birding. As the ancient Greeks said, never count a man happy until the end of his days. That was just last week, and the wounds are beginning to heal. Today, I returned to my normal birding ways, walking with a friend along the creek near my house. Standing for an hour in one spot in a grove of willows, we watched half a dozen species of jewel-like warblers weave through the fresh green leaves, and I thought about their amazing journeys between the boreal forests of Canada and the jungles of Mexico. I also heard the distinctive squeak and bubble of cowbirds and explained how they never care for their young, but lay their eggs in the nests of hapless “hosts.” A chickadee flew by with fluff to line his nest cavity high in a snag, and I felt boundless respect for the resilience of this tiny bird, survivor of our hard and leafless winters. Once a year, fast is fun. But every other day, let my birding be slow.

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No matter how you swing politically, I think we can all agree that veterans deserve recognition for their service. Those men and women put their lives on the line to protect the country. It’s a tough and demanding job, to say the least. This week, you can put politics aside and honor the efforts of vets during an allday Memorial Day celebration that begins at 9:45 AM near Caras Park, and features comments from Eric Wells and Susan Reneau of the United Veterans Council of Missoula and Ravalli Counties. The procession then heads to the Missoula County Courthouse at 10:45 AM for more speakers, including Brian M. Becker, a vet who works as an outreach specialist at the Missoula Vet Center. At 11:45 AM, make

your way over to the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery to learn about the history of Memorial Day, and to witness a wreath ceremony. Activities continue at noon at other cemeteries in Missoula, and culminate at 2:45 PM with a special service at the Memorial Rose Garden. Considering the selfless sacrifices they’ve made, attending one or all of these events seems like a worthy way to simply say, “Thanks.” –Ira Sather-Olson

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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.

Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.

FRIDAY MAY 28 Families can get help narrowing their search for quality child care with Child Care Assistance, which is offered by Child Care Resources from 8 AM–5 PM Mon.-Fri. at its office, 127 E. Main St. Ste. 314. Free. Call 728-6446 and visit childcareresources.org.

SATURDAY MAY 29 If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

SUNDAY MAY 30 Missoula is a bona fide bike town. If you don’t have one already, you’ll be able to build your own recycled recumbent or four-wheel bike after you volunteer for two hours at Missoula Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., on Sundays at a TBA time. Call 800-809-0112 to RSVP.

MONDAY MAY 31 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. 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 alley entrance. Call 728-5818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.

Missoula celebrates Memorial Day 2010 Monday, May 31, starting at 9:45 AM at the fish statues at Caras Park. Free. E-mail Susan Reneau at bluemountain@montana.com.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 2 Find out why the Alberta Tar Sands isn’t such a great thing for the environment during “A Walk Through the Tar Sands,” which begins at 6 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Includes a screening of the documentary H2Oil, along with a presentation by native activist Marty Cobenais, and talks by two residents of Fort Chipewyan (a community near the project). Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.

THURSDAY JUNE 3 Help keep civic television programming flowing by applying for a volunteer position on Missoula’s Civic Television Advisory Committee. Free to apply. The term will begin immediately and run until Dec. 31, 2013. Visit ci.missoula.mt.us/vacancy to download an application, or pick one up at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall, 435 Ryman St. Applications are due at 5 PM Fri., June 11. Call 552-6078. Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org. Help assist a youngster battling cancer during the Cash Michael Hyde Broadway Benefit, which features music by Chereal, as well as a silent auction and drawing from 6–11 PM at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway St. $5. To donate items for the auction call Stacy at 550-3794. Support the completion of Ewam’s Garden of 1000 Buddhas to prepare for a visit from the Dalai Lama during An Evening with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, a fundraiser that features a live auction, a talk by Ewam founder Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, and food/drinks at 6:30 PM at the Governor’s Room in the Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave. $60 per couple/$35 per person, with tickets available at Worden’s Market, Jeannette Rankin Peace Center and at the door. Call 726-0555.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Minutes after receiving a report that a convenience store had been robbed, police in Suffolk, Va., found suspect Sean Almond, 43, behind the store, having interrupted his getaway to urinate. He had the stolen cash on him. When Clair Arthur Smith, 42, received a $10 check from Florida Gulf Bank after closing his account, he altered it to read $269,951, then tried to deposit it to another account using a Bank of America ATM. Lee County sheriff’s investigators promptly arrested Smith, who confessed. NUCLEAR POWER VS. OIL - Russia’s leading newspaper, Komsomoloskaya Pravda, suggested the best way to handle the Gulf of Mexico oil geyser is to nuke it. It reported the Soviet-era government relied on controlled, underground nuclear blasts to move rock to plug oil leaks. Besides using “this method five times to deal with petrocalamities,” the paper said officials tried subterranean nuclear blasts as often as 169 times “to accomplish fairly mundane tasks, like creating underground storage spaces for gas or building canals.” Only one detonation failed to accomplish its purpose. WHO’S EXPLETIVED NOW? - When Michael Powell told Home Depot he’d invented a device to keep store employees from slicing off their fingers while cutting wood for customers, instead of paying him $7,000 apiece for his Safe Hands attachment, company executives dispatched workers to copy the safety guards that Powell had allowed Home Depot to test at eight stores. Advised that Powell might have a claim against Home Depot for stealing his invention, one executive declared, “(Expletive) Michael Powell. Let him sue us.” Powell did sue. A Florida jury awarded him $15 million. On top of that, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hurley called Home Depot callous and arrogant for its treatment of Powell and awarded him an additional $3 million in punitive damages, $1 million a year interest on the judgment until it’s satisfied and $2.8 million for legal fees, making the total judgment against Home Depot around $25 million.

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SOCIAL INACTIVIST - A suicidal man complained after he called an emergency helpline and was transferred to a Church of Sweden pastor, who fell asleep while listening to him. “I thought maybe he was taking notes, so I asked, ‘Are you taking notes?’ I could hear his heavy breathing before he woke up,” the 44-year-old man told the Barometern newspaper. The pastor wasn’t awake long, and after another five minutes with no answer, the caller hung up. He tried calling back but was placed on hold and hung up after 10 minutes. Monika Eckerdal Kjellström, who coordinates duty pastors for the Church of Sweden, expressed regret but noted this wasn’t an isolated incident. “This sort of thing should really not occur,” she said, “but it does sometimes happen that people call and report that the pastors have fallen asleep.” NOT-SO-GREAT ESCAPE - Harry Jackson, 26, an inmate at the Camden County, Fla., jail escaped from his cell to go to the exercise yard to retrieve some contraband. When it wasn’t there, he scaled the fence, broke into a convenience store and stole 14 packs of cigarettes. Deputies caught Jackson trying to break back into jail with the cigarettes. Instead of serving two or three years for the drug charges that landed him in jail in the first place, Jackson received a 20-year sentence for burglary and escape.

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RYAN “SHMED” MAYNES HAS PLAYED WITH WEEZER AND RECORDED WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, BUT THE MUSICIAN’S BIGGEST BREAK MAY HAVE BEEN HIS MOVE TO MISSOULA. by Erika Fredrickson n an isolated glass booth in the middle of London’s Air Studios, Ryan “Shmed” Maynes sat playing the piano surrounded by a gospel choir and 100 members of the London Symphony Orchestra. His bandmate from the L.A. group Holliston Stops, Jamie “Soup” Carpenter, leaned into the booth’s mic and crooned the words to the band’s rock song, “October Dream”: “I have this dream where we meet the same time every year, on this Halloween eve. And when the evening is over it doesn’t matter to me, I can still have my dream, strollin’ around under the moonlight.” As he sang, the choir voices rang out in “Ahhs” and the strings welled up in dramatic orchestral waves. It was a breathtaking moment, Shmed recalls: a whole cathedral’s worth of musicians playing his song. “It was surreal to see pages of music in front of the London Symphony that we had written 10 years earlier and recorded on a four-track high on ecstasy,” says Shmed. It was March 2007, and the two musicians had recently reunited temporarily to re-record “October Dream.” Soup had shopped the song around to music companies and it wound up in the hands of

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Cornerstone Cues, a company that often produces music at Air Studios for film scores and previews. Cornerstone was looking for a chance to combine a rock band with the London Symphony, and decided to fly Shmed and Soup to England for the $300,000 gig and the possibility that the music could make it onto the silver screen. “At the moment, when I was sitting in the middle of that room, it was so incredible,” says Shmed. “It felt like the pinnacle, like this is as big as it gets.” But after walking out of Air Studios, reality set in. For more than 15 years, Shmed had worked as a musician trying to get a big break in the L.A. scene, and by all accounts he’d been successful in getting work. But he was always just clutching at the fringes of fame: Record deals would fall through, studio projects were never his own. The competition for recognition seemed to always require reaching higher and higher without any promise of satisfaction. He was tired of the big promises followed by dead ends and disappointments. “I realized if I had my own studio and my own little band and I lived in a small town and cranked out albums, I’d

be happier,” he says. “I wanted to try to be the big fish in the small pond.” So Shmed set out to do the opposite of what most of his fellow L.A. musicians were doing. Two months after the recording at Air Studios, he packed up his life and moved to Missoula to build a studio. “Everybody told me I was crazy,” he says. “They told me that I was blowing my big chance in L.A.” Since he put down roots in Missoula three years ago, Shmed has made a huge impact on the local music scene. His studio has become the most popular place to record in town, cutting close to 50 albums by local groups from every imaginable genre, including bluegrass, rock, rap and country. His band, Secret Powers, is currently recording its fourth album, and plays consistently packed gigs at the Palace and headliner slots at festivals like Garden City BrewFest. Shmed’s services are in demand to the point that he’s often seen sitting in on keyboard with various other bands at live shows or during recording sessions. After aspiring to be successful in the L.A. scene, Shmed has discovered the glories of making a big impression in a small town. And, in the process of building up

his Missoula studio, he’s realized that his own lofty dreams of “making it” can be achieved simply by giving other musicians a record of their own. hen Shmed was a child, he played piano to escape his father. “My father beat me up and brushed my teeth with Comet,” he says. “His whole theory was you break a child’s spirit and beat them physically so that if they start to act up you just point at them and they stop. He’d beat me up enough times to where I was a robot.” To avoid the abuse, Shmed would spend long hours in his room at his piano writing songs and experimenting with chords. In a way, he says, fear of his father ended up making him a disciplined musician. When Shmed’s mother—a piano player herself—realized he had the talent and desire to play music, she arranged guitar and piano lessons for him. He recalls one influential teacher who taught him Billy Joel, Elton John and jazz. Eventually, Shmed’s mother sent him off to a music boarding school in ninth grade. “Everybody just partied,” he says. “It was a rich kids’ school—way too expen-

sive. I was a 14-year-old playing in a Grateful Dead cover band with a bunch of 18-year-olds. After that I went to the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where I started learning music theory.” When he was in 10th grade his friend acquired a cassette tape with a recording made on a four-track by another kid’s father. It was a song called “She’s So Far Away,” and it was low quality, but the two kids couldn’t get enough of it. “We loved it,” Shmed says. And he sings a few bars of it in a dreamy voice: “When I think of you, doo, da, doo.” “It was this amazing song that we used to listen to every day,” he continues, “and I realized some guy who was not famous and who probably didn’t ever sell any records had recorded it himself. And that stuck with me.” After high school, Shmed and his friends skipped college to tour in their rock band, Date With Dizzy, in the hopes of becoming rock stars. (“Big mistake,” he says.) In 1995, Date With Dizzy scored a record deal with Interscope, a label that had signed popular alt-rock bands like Bush and No Doubt. It seemed like a promising step, but after recording the album, the label never released it. “Right when it was done the head guy at Interscope said, ‘Oh, I don’t like this,’” Shmed recalls. “And I found out later that what they’ll do is they’ll sign 10 bands and pay for albums to be made and then they’ll just pick one and only promote that album. So getting signed meant nothing.” It was a depressing lesson learned.

But Shmed’s luck changed when he started getting work as a session musician, sitting in with bands when they needed a keyboardist and, in the process, learning about studio mixing and mastering. He soon quit Date With Dizzy and joined Arlo, a pop band that already had secured a record deal with Sub Pop—a deal where the albums were actually released. He played bass, wrote Beatlesinfluenced songs for the band and toured across the United States several times, at one point hitting Jay’s Upstairs, Missoula’s former punk rock haven. At Jay’s, Arlo shared the bill with local band Volumen, and the two groups became fast friends. Off tour, Arlo played weekly gigs in L.A.’s nightly music scene. The non-stop schedule meant the band partied all night, every night, fueled with alcohol and pot, then cocaine and pills. “It was fun for a while,” says Shmed. “When you’re playing with bands there’s no other job in the world where you show up and they say, ‘Here’s your drink ticket.’” While playing with Arlo, Shmed got a call that seemed to herald his big break. Indie rock favorite Weezer was enjoying a surge of popularity after a two-year hiatus—the band’s songs were in heavy rotation on the radio and MTV, and the eponymous album dubbed by fans as “The Green Album” was a raging success. Weezer needed a keyboardist for some new songs, and Shmed got the job. He spent weeks recording on their 2002 demos, playing piano on tracks that never made it onto the band’s 2005 release, Make Believe.

“They said I was going to be in Weezer,” Shmed says. “I was going to tour with them. I was going to be the new guy.” And, momentarily, he was famous— at least in the Weezer community. “I looked at the Internet,” he says. “About 70 percent of people hated me. They’re like, ‘Shmed should die. He’s ruining Weezer.’ Because these kids, they don’t think you’re a real person. I’m reading it and going, ‘Oh my god,’ but I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to be in Weezer. I finally made it. I’m gonna be a rock star.’” The whole time he was recording Shmed dreamed of playing stadiums and having enough money to rent his own apartment in the city. Then, after just three weeks, it all came to an end. “All of a sudden they were done with me and it was over,” he says. “It was totally crushing. I cried.” Around the same time, during a tour with Arlo, Shmed found out that one of his bandmates from Date with Dizzy had committed suicide. Adding salt to the wound, the 2002 release of Arlo’s second album, Stab the Unstoppable Hero, received a scathing review from the influential online media site Pitchfork, which accused the band of parroting more popular acts—like Weezer. Arlo split up. Shmed continued to get work as a session musician and he did a stint touring Europe with recently reunited 1960s garage legends The Seeds. His longtime friend and mentor Ben Vaughn, who had produced Ween’s cult album 12 Golden Country Greats, hooked Shmed up working on music projects for television

shows like “3rd Rock From the Sun,” “That ’70s Show,” the short-lived “That ’80s Show” and “Weeds.” “When I first met Ben I was really kind of lost, not making a lot of money, with lots of drug problems,” says Shmed. “He hired me but he also took care of me. He was the guy who I could talk to about drugs and problems with drinking and girls. So he was as much like a father as he was like a mentor. And he taught me how to produce.” But the television gigs, which he often got through subcontracting with friends, didn’t last and the session work didn’t bring him any closer to doing projects that were meaningful to him—projects that he could call his own. He spent his money on partying and going out to eat, and the lifestyle was starting to catch up to him. “During my heaviest party times I was still writing songs, playing gigs and recording,” he says. “But once my friends and I found out that you could go downtown and get whatever you wanted— crack, heroin, anything—24 hours a day, everything escalated. It wasn’t a social event anymore. Instead of getting together to party, people were hiding in their rooms not wanting to share anything.” Finally, Shmed says, he began to see that if he wanted to take seriously his dreams of making music, he needed to take a different road. When he got paid $5,000 for scoring a video game, he bought a computer and his first Pro Tools software. “It was the smartest thing I ever did,” he says. In 2005 he reconnected with an old friend from his arts high school, a

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Secret Powers spends much of its time recording albums in Club Shmed Studios, but from the band’s inception it has become a popular act at local venues like the Palace. “I want the Secret Powers to be kind of like The Grateful Dead where we can still play shows when we’re older,” Shmed says.

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teacher who had a kid and a house. They hit it off. “Carrie’s life was together,” he says. “I decided it was time to grow up, and I moved in with her.” Within a year they were married and pregnant, and Shmed had gotten himself cleaned up. He built a small place to record music in the couple’s apartment and began collecting recording equipment. And then he had another revelation. Rather than eke out an existence in L.A., barely making it on projects he didn’t care about, why not go somewhere new? He knew he wanted his own real studio, but he couldn’t afford a place to create one in the city. “We were looking for a place for the kids to grow up slower, too,” says Carrie. “Shmed was really adamant about Missoula after going on tour there. He thought it was magical. He was always enamored by it.” So, by the time Shmed found himself in front of the London Symphony Orchestra, a year later, he’d already made up his mind. “I did think this thing with the London Symphony Orchestra could be big,” he admits, “but I’d already had so many times when I’d thought I’d made it. It’s depressing to watch nothing happen. I decided I wasn’t going to stick around and watch this fail, too. So I walked away.” He was right. The London recording went nowhere, but by that time, Shmed and his family had packed up their belongings and moved to Missoula. hen Shmed arrived in Missoula in July 2007, Secret Powers was waiting for him. The band had heard through members of Volumen that a keyboardist (from Arlo, no less) was looking to put down roots and set up a recording studio. “We knew he was coming to town,” says Secret Powers’ bassist John Fleming, “and we wanted a keyboard player. We wanted to snag him before anyone else did.” The members of Secret Powers were already established musicians. Fleming, drummer Dan Strachan and guitarist Stu Simonson (who has since left the band) all played with former stalwart Missoula rock band Oblio Joes. Singer/guitarist Troy Warling hailed from the wild dirty rock band Fireballs of Freedom, and Ryan Farley from Boycott the Circus. The new group had practiced a couple of months already with Warling at the reins, but when Shmed arrived, he took over as bandleader with immediate enthusiasm. Since everyone else had busy professional day jobs, there was no resistance. “I had to find out if they were cool with me and not threatened,” Shmed says. “And then I find out that everyone in the band is awesome and they want to do my songs. I was lucky. I got grandfathered in and stood on the shoulders of giants with their reputations.” Finally, he says, he felt like he had a band of his own. While Shmed built his studio in the garage of the new Missoula home, Secret Powers worked on pop songs influenced by the shiny harmonies of the Beatles and the Beach Boys. The band recorded its first

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album, Explorers of the Polar Eclipse, and the sleek, glossy sound created a local buzz. When Club Shmed Studios opened in the fall as a full-on business, musicians started filtering in. Black Velvet Elvis recorded an album (though it was never released) and metal band Blessiddoom followed. Local promoter and anti-folk musician Tyson Ballew heard the Secret Powers recording and, impressed, decided he would talk to Shmed about a solo album. “I told him I didn’t want it to sound overproduced,” says Ballew. “And he said, ‘We can make it sound like anything.’” From the beginning, Shmed had help from a young engineer named Charlie Allin who had some recording experience and offered to bring in a mixing board and mics. He wanted to work there to expand his recording skills and be part of the studio from the ground up. When Shmed told him, “But we’re not making any money yet,” Allin recalls saying, “I don’t care. We will make money.” Shmed wasn’t as sure. Though he’d had steady, successful work in L.A., the constant competition and letdowns there made him gun-shy. He was obsessed with the process of making albums but once each album was finished he suffered a sort of postpartum depression. Recording and mixing was the feel-good part, but he often raised the bar so high for himself with albums that he was prone to feeling empty at the end. “When I was recording albums the world was full of possibilities,” he says. “When I released albums it was full of disappointments. That’s because your disappointment is the distance between your expectations and your talent. When I released the last Secret Powers album I was like, ‘Ta da!’ And I did pull things off, but never what I imagined. And two weeks later I got started working on the next album, and the world was full of possibilities again.” Adding to his anxiety was the fact that business at the studio was slow. Carrie had just had their second baby (making them a family of five) and even though they had some savings, Shmed wasn’t confident that the studio would get more clients. He found himself working at Denny’s as a waiter just to ease his worries. “I think he had more anxiety than I did,” says Carrie. “Shmed makes good records—he always has. I remember encouraging him to spend more time in the studio. I just felt like it would work. And I’ve seen him working places where he wasn’t happy and this is such a contrast, seeing him doing what he’s supposed to be doing.” Shmed says he had a tough time: 15 years of only doing music, plus all the partying, had taken a toll and he often didn’t get the restaurant orders straight. After Denny’s fired him, he took other restaurant jobs and finally settled at Food For Thought, where he could comfortably wash dishes with his headphones on. For a while, he says, he resigned himself to the idea that even if no one else came to his studio to record, he could be a dishwasher and just use the studio for Secret Powers and his own personal projects.

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But in spring 2009, the Club Shmed Studios hit a tipping point. om Catmull recalls the tattered scrap of paper with “Shmed” scrawled on it next to a phone number. The popular local Americana musician was about ready to record a new album with his band, and he was looking for a studio. Through several hands, the scrap of paper ended up in his possession. “I was thinking, ‘Okay. Someone named Shmed. Huh,’” Catmull says. He called the number anyway and ended up at Club Shmed Studios in March 2009. “I expected a garage with some gear in it,” says Catmull, “but it was a really nice studio.”

often make them a deal. Keith Moore from Bird’s Mile Home helped remodel part of the Maynes’ bathroom. Deny the Dinosaur painted the house, Mason Jar String Band tore out the basement stairs and Streetlight People built the family a wooden deck—all in exchange for albums. In one three-week period Shmed had musicians in from 10 a.m. to midnight without much of a break almost every day. The hours he wasn’t dishwashing, he was in the studio. He’d spend late night recording sessions working with a diverse group of musicians—country jam bands like Miller Creek and anthemic pop rock bands like The Racquet. The next morning he’d clean up the studio to prepare for several hours of lessons with

listen. I feel like if I record bands long enough, one of them is going to hit it big.” Shmed, now 37, also began to rethink how to define success for himself. His earlier years in L.A. often made him think that being the frontman of a famous band was the only doorway to happiness. But he’s changed his tune. “The guys behind the scenes—the mixers and engineers and producers and songwriters—those guys work forever,” he says. “As a studio owner, you can be over 40 and still be cool and hang out with the next generation of bands.” And even though he likes to imagine that somewhere down the line Secret Powers will enjoy a cult following, fame seems increasingly less important to him.

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Ryan Schutte of the metal band Mageddon works on a solo piece with Shmed at a recent recording session. “I’m dealing with people when their world is full of possibilities,” says Shmed. “Everybody wants to make a record, so I’m seeing people on their best days.”

The building at the back of Carrie and Shmed’s home off South Russell Street does appear to be like any other backyard garage. But inside, it has a professional, yet hip air. The walls are painted in periwinkles, oranges and apple greens, and are illuminated by warm lights. Instruments and mics line the larger recording room, and the smaller room hosts mixers, two computer screens and a soundproof booth. Guitars hang from the ceilings and walls, as do some random things: a Day of the Dead skeleton, a couple of ventriloquist dolls and African masks. Tom Catmull and the Clerics ended up recording Glamour Puss there, and though the album might not have been the instigator for a snowball effect, it definitely led the pack in local releases that would be recorded and produced at Club Shmed that year. Popular Missoula bands like Rooster Sauce, Vera and Volumen followed Catmull, and the number of studio albums he recorded passed 40. Shmed started getting calls from musicians, sometime a dozen at a time, wanting to record within a week. Fearing that if he said no they’d go away, he started cramming people in for sessions. If they couldn’t afford the $35–$40 per hour fee, he’d

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the 10 or so young music students to whom he taught a combined curriculum of piano, guitar, drums and bass. “I started not sleeping,” he says, “and I started feeling what it would be like to have a nervous breakdown, feeling trippy and psychotic and weird. And my heart started beating fast and I was like, ‘That’s it.’” It was time to take the plunge. Shmed quit his job as a dishwasher and, delighted to find out that the musicians were willing to wait a few weeks or a month to record, he started spacing out his studio time so that he wasn’t burning out. Sometimes his studio calendar would appear empty and Shmed would feel the dread well up, certain that he’d have to go back to Denny’s or somewhere else and scrape dishes. But month after month—and often at the last minute—the recording slots filled up. “Record sales and live music aren’t doing as well as they used to,” says Shmed, “but the amazing thing I realized is that people are still recording. Bands need good sounding music for their MySpace pages because as soon as you put your music on the Internet it’s like a lottery ticket: You never know who might

“I want Secret Powers to be kind of like The Grateful Dead where we can still play shows when we’re older,” he says. “The last show we played at the Palace I looked out at the audience and pretty much everyone in the crowd was in a band that I recorded. And that’s fine with me.” wo months ago, in March, Shmed got a surprise phone call. Charles Nichols, associate professor of music at the University of Montana, asked if he could set up eight microphones in Club Shmed for Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The internationally acclaimed South African singers, famous for their collaboration on Paul Simon’s Graceland and the soundtrack for The Lion King, had performed at UM the night before as part of a nationwide tour and were looking to record on their only day off. Shmed didn’t have enough mics, but he called up another studio owner in town, Jim Rogers, to bring in more equipment. Ladysmith brought in their own engineer and recorded a song using the vocals from the now-deceased wife of one of its singers.

“They told me that the woman singing was one of their wives who was murdered in South Africa and they were flying in her vocal so they could sing with her one last time,” says Shmed. It was an experience that he wouldn’t forget, like the moment he recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. Only this time, it all took place in his studio. While business has been brisk, and Shmed’s certainly established a level of success, the studio still presents challenges. At a recent Secret Powers practice, for instance, Shmed explains that there will be no recording. His computer has crashed and after trying to revive it he’s decided he has to empty his bank account to buy a new one. “What else could I do?” he says. “The studio has to work to keep going.” But he’s in good spirits. He sits at his double-screened monitors, always bouncing his leg in excess energy, dominating the attention in the room with his mile-a-minute gravelly voice, telling story after story. The other members of Secret Powers listen, laugh and crack open cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon they get from the studio’s vending machine. At this moment, Shmed’s talking about visiting his grandmother and the creepy deformed guy who lurked down the hall of the nursing home, about being on the “Tom Green Show” and about once, back in the old days, accidentally smoking rat poop. Nobody can stop laughing. Despite the computer crash, Shmed’s relaxed because the studio’s schedule is filling up for the next few weeks. Local country great Russ Nassett is in the middle of an album. Butter, the dark folk band that’s now a mainstay at the Top Hat, will be in the next weekend. Bacon & Egg (a hip-hop offshoot from Volumen) and songwriter John Brownell are also in the mix. Even though Shmed still has his moments of anxiety, these days even he admits the future of the studio looks bright. “I always feel like its all going to fall apart,” says Shmed. “When I was working at Denny’s scraping off plates and dealing with mean customers I was scared. I thought I’d made a mistake. But someone told me, ‘The more you give, the more you get back.’ That’s like the end of Abbey Road.” Shmed still dreams sometimes of getting that call from New York or L.A. for a big music project that will be his big break. But he’s not sure he’ll ever go back to L.A. for good. “First of all, I’ve realized there’s more money to be made off other people’s dreams than my own,” he says. “But also, for instance, yesterday was one of the best days of my life. I woke up in the morning and did some recording. Then Wartime Blues called me and they said they wanted to record a song here. I’m so excited because I’ve always wanted to record them. I’m here with my family, got the kids in the backyard, Carrie’s happy. And I’m thinking it just doesn’t get any better than this.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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FLASHINTHEPAN Many claim to love garlic, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at the crap in their kitchens: cluster bulbs of odd-sized, shriveled cloves, some of them sprouting, with wispy, sticky peels and caustic, one-dimensional flavor. My love for garlic is deep. I eat top quality garlic every day, and I haven’t paid for it since the 1990s, when I started growing it myself. Since then I’ve cultivated eight different patches in three different states. My annual harvest brings me pleasure every day, from the sight of its rose and white peels to its size, body and sharp, sweet flavor. My average bulb of garlic is about twice the size of yours, if you buy it at the store. And my big bulbs have only four or five cloves, with thick wrappers that peel easier than a prom dress. One or two cloves will do for most meals, unless I’m cooking garlic as vegetable. Part of the joy of growing garlic is watching your harvest change with the seasons. Freshly pulled garlic is like a glowing white earth pearl. A few weeks after harvest, the garlic loses some of that edgy vitality. The flavor mellows and sweetens as the body settles from swollen to rock solid, and the peels that encase each clove dry into hard paper. If stored in a cool, dark, ventilated space, my garlic will keep well into the following spring. By May, the cloves will loosen in their jackets as traces of green sprout begin to form. Meanwhile, cloves from the same generation, planted last October, have already grown thigh-high in this year’s patch. Soon they will send up curly-cue flowers, which I will eat as fresh garlic, and use as barter for meals at the local gastropub. Each clove, planted in fall, becomes a head of garlic the following summer. The patch lies dormant all winter, grows in springtime, flowers in summer and soon after is ready for harvesting, while a new patch is prepared. Some of my best garlic patches have grown in lawn converted to garden. All of these lawns were conquered by covering the target area with black plastic, weighting the edges against the wind and letting the lawn fry underneath for six to eight weeks in summer sun. Then you roll back the tarp and enjoy the soft, empty dirt, a fertile, wormy heaven where grass roots used to be, now eager for your shovel.

One trick for finding a good strain to grow locally—I grow Romanian Red, which you can buy online, and does great in the Rocky Mountains—is to go to your farmers’ market and buy the best-looking garlic you can find. By selecting something kick-ass from a local farmer, you’ll be assured you’re working with a variety that likes your home climate. There are two types of garlic: softneck garlic, which is the vast majority of commercial grocery store garlic, and hardneck garlic, which is what garlic snobs such as myself eat. Commercial growers prefer softneck because it can handle more abuse in

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transport and storage, and many large growers complain about the fact that hardnecks flower, and the flowers have to be hand-picked to let the bulbs grow large. Hardneck snobs prize those same flowers, as well as the cloves, which are bigger, easier to peel and usually more flavorful than softneck cloves. But because commercial growers prefer softneck, that’s what you find at the store. When shopping for garlic to eat or plant, you can tell the difference between hardneck and softneck by feeling the stem in the middle of the bulb. A floppy stem means softneck, a rigid stem means hardneck. Another clue is that hardneck cloves are arranged evenly around the stem like pie wedges,

Summer shade while softneck cloves, of all different sizes, are jumbled together seemingly at random. Growing garlic never gets old. It follows a satisfying rhythm that makes me a little more native to my place of residence, and the process always teaches me something. This year is no exception. I used to keep my garlic mulched with straw in the spring and summer, with a soaker hose under the straw. This is a slick way to keep weeds at bay and maximize water efficiency, as the straw minimizes evaporation and stops the weeds. This year I’ve switched to flood irrigation of my patch, which has caused me to revisit my time, during my first decade, as an amateur hydrologist playing in the ditch. Straw mulch would clog my irrigation canals, so instead of mulching I’ve been planting shade-tolerant plants in and alongside the canals, between rows of garlic. As these other plants grow, they shade the patch dirt, acting as a living mulch and discouraging evaporation. I’ve harvested spinach and lettuce from the polyculture garlic patch so far. When I harvest my garlic in June, the remaining jungle of living mulch will emerge from the shadows. Peas will climb the corn; broccoli, cabbage, carrots, beets, Brussels sprouts and onions will produce fall crops. Sometimes, during the final spring weeks before the garlic flowers emerge, I’ll take the remaining 10 or 20 bulbs from last year’s harvest and make a Brazilian garlic-and-salt paste called alho muchado (awl-yu mu-chaa-doe). I peel the cloves, add salt and mash with a mortar and pestle. Brazilian cooks make big batches of this paste and store it in the fridge, where it lasts for months—in fact, the flavor improves with time. When cooking, they dole it by the spoonful, filling the room with a lovely aroma when it hits the hot pan. So if you think you’re a garlic lover, maybe it’s time to live the dream by planting your own patch. If you grow enough to become garlic-independent, it’s a liberating feeling, kind of like having a freezer full of deer meat. Every day, the sight of your beautiful homegrown garlic will make you smile. In September I’ll write about planting. Until then, here’s your homework assignment: Prepare your patch for planting, using a black tarp if you’re converting part of your lawn. And, find a good variety of garlic to plant.

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Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) 541-BLUE www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: Tavern hours Monday-Saturday 3pm-11pm, Sunday 3pm-10pm . Dining Room hours Monday-Saturday 5pm-10pm, Sunday 4pm-9pm. $$-$$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 Dine-In, Drive-Thru, Delivery...Truly a Missoula find. Popular with the locals. Voted Missoula's best pizza.

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Everything from hand-tossed, thin-crust, stone deck pizza to wild salmon burritos, free-range chicken, rice bowls, ribs, pasta, salads, soups, sandwiches & "Pizza by the Slice." And now offering gluten-free dough. Local brews on tap and wine by the glass. Open every day for lunch & dinner. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 38 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 Ciao Mambo, at the end of the Hip Strip on 4th and Higgins, serves up fresh, classic, immigrant style Italian food seven days a week. Terrific service and an extensive domestic and Italian wine list. Try our Wednesday all you can eat Spaghetti! Dinner only and take out service available. Ciaomambo.com or 543-0377. $$-$$$

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2010 SUMMER MOVIE MAKING CAMPS MCAT is sponsoring two summer video camps for kids age 9 to 13+. Camps cost $100 each and include a year-long membership in Missoula Community Access Television, a $40 value.

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Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 The month of May is come, when every heart beginneth to long for....ColdStone! Bring forth the home-made, super premium ice cream! Bring forth the ice cream cakes, cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches, the shakes and smoothies! For it giveth unto all courage, It's a Great Day for Ice Cream! $-$$ Doc's Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius. Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. Open Mon-Thurs 7am-3pm, Fri & Sat 8am3pm, Sun 8am-3pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted free-range chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm. $–$$ Harry Davids 2700 Paxson Street, Suite H • 830-3277 Kicking off in February is LIVE BAND KARAOKE and LADIES NIGHT at Harry David’s every Thursday night at 9:30pm. Drink specials for the Ladies! Part Karaoke / Part Dance night with the band Party Trained, this is your opportunity to sing like a rockstar with a live band backing you up – and it will be every Thursday! If Karaoke is not your thing – no problem the band will be playing in between karaoke songs to keep you on the dance floor! 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 $-$$ HuHot Mongolian Grill 3521 Brooks • 829-8888 At HuHot you’ll find dozens of meats, seafood, noodles, vegetables and homemade sauces for the timid to the adventurous. Choose your favorites from the fresh food bars. You pick ‘em…we grill ‘em. We are as carnivore, vegetarian, diabetic, lo-salt and low-carb friendly as you want to be! Start with appetizers and end with desserts. You can even toast your own s’mores right at you table. A large selection of beer, wine and sake’ drinks available. Stop by for a great meal in a fun atmosphere. Kid and family friendly. Open daily at 11 AM. $-$$ Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave. 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors from baci di dama to pizzelles, gourmet cupcakes, scones and decadent cinnamon rolls. Specialty breads hot and fresh between 3 and 5pm daily. Open M-F 7am-6:30pm; Sat. 9am-4pm See us on Facebook! Call to find out more (406)523-3951. $ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $-$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch 11:30-2PM and dinner 5PM-close. LIVE JAZZ Thursdays FREE $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. Special senior menu & a great kids’ menu. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$

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HAPPIESTHOUR The Bodega Birthday Shot When to order it: On your birthday, obviously, or some other celebratory occasion. Also appropriate to order for an unsuspecting enemy. What it looks like: Something from Star Trek that eventually gets put into someone’s ear by Khan, aka Ricardo Montalbán. Or perhaps like something that’s preserved in a laboratory jar. It should be noted, this drink is sometimes called a “tapeworm shot.” Secret ingredient: Mayonnaise, which is squeezed into the shot glass, hence the appetizing appearance of what looks like a tapeworm. Other ingredients: One part well gin, one part sloe gin, one part tequila and one part Wild Turkey. We’re told by various bartenders that the ingredients can change on a whim. Except the mayo. That’s a constant. What it tastes like: Kind of like cherry, if you’re lucky. What’s the texture: Chunky. Recommended chaser: Anything. We went with a shot of Jack. We’ve seen other birthday revelers choose a straight shot of tequila. Whatever the choice, make sure to set-

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tle your stomach before taking to the bar’s indoor basketball court. Regurgitated mayo on the hardwood is a definite party foul. Where to order it: The Bodega, 221 Ryman Street, in downtown Missoula. —Skylar Browning Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on allnatural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don't feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $6.95. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $6.95. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ 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! $-$$

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Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal on our park side patio or 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.-Sat. 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$

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Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring locally produced specials as well as international cuisine and traditional Irish fare. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$

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The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana. Certified Organic Wines, No Added Sulfites. Tasting Room Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Before you visit, consider: "Come on, drink up, Lewis. We have thinking to do." Chief Inspector Morse, Cambridge, UK $$ Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Monday Sunday 8a.m. - 3p.m. $-$$

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ASKARI Meat science Dear Flash, What is the science behind brining? I am referring to the supposed tenderizing effect, not for the sole purpose of adding flavor. A hypertonic solution [that means liquid with a lot of dissolved material, like saltwater] should draw fluid out of the meat, making it drier and perhaps tougher. My wife brined a nice turkey last Thanksgiving, and I believe she proved my doubt, in that it was okay, but dry. And it totally ruined the stuffing! Can soaking meat in salt solutions truly tenderize? How? —Whined and Brined

The science behind brining boils down to the fact that water and salt can cross cell membranes, but other molecules cannot. When meat is placed in salt water, a trans-membrane dance begins. Water from the meat flows out, drawn by the high concentration of salt in the brine. This movement of water from

a hypotonic solution (low amounts of dissolved materials) to a hypertonic solution is called osmosis. This, at first glance, would appear to dry out the meat. Meanwhile, the salt in the brine flows into the meat. When the salt enters the meat, it breaks down proteins in the cells, and these brokendown proteins make the meat more hypertonic. The broken proteins stay in the cells, since they can’t cross the cell membranes, and this causes water to flow back into the meat, via osmosis. After this little dance the meat will have absorbed both water and salt, making it tasty and juicy. It’s possible that your wife’s turkey didn’t brine long enough for the salt to do its work on the proteins in the meat. So the water that initially left the meat in favor of the salty brine never had a chance to return. Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net.

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29 Who was the fool? You were. Dean and Gene Ween bring plenty of weirdness to their alt rock when they play as Ween Sun., May 30, at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Show is sold out, but Ween-flavored ice cream is available at Big Dipper the day of show.

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Veterans looking to support each other and learn whitewater sports can sign up for the Xsports4vets Whitewater River Boarding program, which begins Thu., June 3, with a rafting trip on the Lochsa River. Trips follow from June 10 through July 8. Free. Call the Missoula Vet Center before June 3 at 721-4918 to schedule a meeting and complete a sign-up form. Visit xsports4vets.com. If you’re a fan of Ralph Nader, this guy will make your day. Author and columnist Bob Sullivan holds a Q&A session and signs copies of Stop Getting Ripped Off at 4 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 728-2881.

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Members Reception, a MAM membersonly event which features a performance by Seattle sculptor/sound artist Trimpin— who creates experimental music out of instruments he invented—starting at 5 PM at the MAM, 335 N. Pattee St. Call Kay at 728-0447 Ext. 227 or visit missoula artmuseum.org/support. Volunteers raise the roof for a DIY art institution when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., hosts a volunteer orientation from 5–6 PM at the center. Free. Call 549-7555. 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. Celebrate those that have made our community a more sustainable place during the Missoula Sustainable Business Council’s “Sustainable Practices in Action Panel Discussion and Sixth Annual Sustainability Awards,” which begins at

5:30 PM at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St. W. Free. RSVP by e-mailing Susan at education@sbcmontana.org. Visit sbcmontana.org and call 824-7336. Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/ social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org. Libby’s Pete Mason gives freemasons one more reason to be cryptic when he plays folk and Americana at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Tell fertilizer to bugger off during “What is Permaculture?,” a talk with Permaculture designer Paul Wheaton that covers how to grow your favorite garden plants without the use of fertilizer, sprays, or irrigation, and starts at 6:30 PM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. E-mail info@ediblemissoula.com and visit permies.com. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 6:45 PM and trivia at 7 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. E-mail Katie at kateskins@gmail.com. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 28, 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.

Create something dramatic out of nothing during the Open Field Artists’ Theatre Lab, a theater workshop that occurs this and every Thu., Sun. and Mon. at 7 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1861 S. 12th St. W. Free. E-mail openfieldartists@gmail.com. He’ll amaze you. The Missoula Art Museum presents its Distinguished Artist Lecture and Film Screening of Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, a doc which follows the work and life of sculptor/musician Trimpin—who composes experimental music from instruments he invented and modified—starting at 7 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $5/free Missoula Art Museum members and students with ID. RSVP by calling 728-0447. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Bowling and karaoke go together like pinkeye and tickling your funny bone during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” during Combat Karaoke at Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Thu. at 9 PM. Free. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ ridiculous at East Missoula’s Reno Casino and Cafe’s karaoke night, brought to you by Karaoke by Figmo, every Thu., Fri. and Sat. night at 9 PM. Free. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $3. He bounces beats like he’ll bounce you outta the bar if you get too rowdy. The Palace presents a DJ set of reggae, dancehall and hip-hop by Jamaican native Supa J, aka the Badlander/Palace’s bouncer Jimmy, starting at 9 PM. Free.

Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free. 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. The Mike Bader Band injects rays of indigo into your dome when they play blues at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

FRIDAY May

Warpaint not required: The Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., presents artist Peter Keefer’s Images of the Great War, an exhibit of expressive collage drawings based on the political/military participants most involved in the “Great War” of 1914–1918, which opens at 10 AM. Free. Gallery hours are Wed.–Fri. from 10 AM–5 PM and Sat.–Sun. from 10 AM– 3 PM. Call 728-0447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org. MisCon 24, Montana’s longest running science fiction convention, opens shop for four days of gaming, panel discussions on scifi/fantasy lit and cinema, and plenty more family-friendly activities starting with registration at 10 AM at the Ruby’s Inn Convention Center, 4825 N. Reserve St. Full pass: $30/$15 children. One-day pass: $15. Activities run all day, each day, through Mon., May 31. Visit miscon.org for a complete schedule. See just how high your blood pressure is—or how low your stress levels are—during a free wellness screening, which runs from 10 AM–4 PM at the Bitter Root Acupuncture & Wellness Center, 140 S. Fourth St. W. Ste. 3. Free. The 10 minute test also includes a pH toxicity test. Call 541-2281.

They’re the ultimate straight shooters: The Montana Mounted Shooters present the 11th annual Townsend Ranch Shoot, a cowboy mounted shooting competition that begins at 1 PM at the Townsend Ranch in Darby, 3278 Standing Bear Road. The competition begins again at 9 AM, Sat. May 29, and runs until 4 PM and starts again on Sun. May 30, at 10 AM. Free to attend. Call Larry at 821-3749 and visit townsendranch.com. Yet another opportunity to support local farmers and artists arrives during the Jocko Valley Farmers Market, which features local produce, goods, live music as well as a barbecue dinner and runs from 4–8 PM this and every Fri. off Hwy. 93 in Arlee, between Rick’s Kustom Kut and The Hangin’ Art Gallery. Free to attend. E-mail Deb at star@blackfoot.net.

nightlife Bust a smooth move to sizzling hip-hop and Top 40 tracks when The Tallest DJ in America spins tunes at 9 PM at The Underground, a new downtown dance venue in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. Jazz goes hand and hand with fermented spirits when the Donna Smith Trio plays the Ten Spoon Winery Tasting Room, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 6 PM. Free. Call 549-8703. Tom Catmull makes your brain simmer when he plays a solo set at The Keep Restaurant, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, from 7–10 PM. Free. Call 728-5132. A high school teacher struggles as he presents René Descartes Meditations to students during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s staged reading of Descartes a la Mode, a new play by Thomas Michael Campbell with a reading at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $5. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. Sci-fi and fantasy enthusiasts get down to live bands, industrial, ravestep, EBM, goth and other strands of underground tunes during Dark Dreams: Masquerade of Time, which runs from 8 PM–2 AM in the base-

ment of Joker’s Wild, 4829 N. Reserve St. $7/free for MisCon attendees. Includes sets by Critical Failure, DJ Erastaroth, ir8prim8, HAuLi, DJ Beautiful John, as well as a bondage performance by Miss Behavior. John Davis and Margery Christensen let the relaxed vibes ooze from an acoustic guitar and flute when they play originals at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Just don’t growl during An Evening of Sanskrit and World Chant with Matthew and Michael Marsolek of the Drum Brothers, a community singing concert where Matthew leads participants in chants and songs he learned from his travels, starting at 8 PM at Hamilton’s Simple Yoga, 220 W. Main St. $14. Space is limited, so register by calling 726-4445 or by visiting drumbrothers.com. Keep those flaming disco balls at home. Truck Stop Inferno always keeps it piping hot when they play the Raven Bar and Grill in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 8 PM. Free. Call 837-2836. The Jimmy Snow Country Show isn’t so sure what to bring to your spandex party when they play country at 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. If you liked Tolkien’s mines of Khazad-dum, you’ll love tunneling through the AmVets Club, where DJDC rocks dance music to slay orcs to at 9 PM. Free. 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. 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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â&#x20AC;&#x153;U.S. coins made before 1964 are most sought after by collectors. Coins made before 1964 are 90% silver and valuable because of the silver content or could be worth even more if one happens to be a rare date.â&#x20AC;? to soaring gold prices. Expert buyers for the Roadshow have noticed a tremendous increase in the amount of gold coming to the Roadshow and for good reason.

Got Gold? This week, visitors can cash in on antiques, collectibles, gold, silver, coins or just about anything that is old. Record gold prices have Roadshow guests cashing in on broken jewelry or jewelry they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wear anymore with our â&#x20AC;&#x153;fair and honestâ&#x20AC;? purchase offers. The Roadshow encourages anyone planning a visit to take a minute and examine their jewelry box or their lock box at the bank and gather anything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gold. If a guest is not sure if something is gold, bring it anyway and the Roadshow staff will test it for free. Other gold items of interest include gold coins, gold ounces, gold proof sets and dental gold. Other types of items Roadshow experts hope to see include old toys and train sets. Archie Davis, roadshow toy expert spoke about some of the top toys getting great offers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old tin windup toys from the late 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are in great demand now.â&#x20AC;? said Davis, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially those that are character related. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, the Flintstones or any character toys are sought. Old Buddy L toys from the 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are in demand.â&#x20AC;? Basically any toys made before 1965 are wanted. Train sets made by Lionel, American Flyer, Marklin and others

have the potential to fetch high prices. Davis also stressed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toys with boxes and in mint condition bring sensational prices. Most of the toys that come to the Roadshow are not in perfect shape but can still bring good prices from collectors.â&#x20AC;?

Our International Collectors Association members are looking for the following types of items. Â&#x2021; &2,16 Any and all coins made before 1964. This includes all silver and gold coins, dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. All conditions wanted! Â&#x2021; *2/' 6,/9(5 -(:(/5< 35,&(6 $7 <($5 +,*+6 IRU SODWLQXP JROG DQG VLOYHU GXULQJ WKLV HYHQW %URNHQ -HZHOU\ GHQWDO JROG ROG FRLQV SRFNHW ZDWFKHV .UXJJHUDQGV *ROG %DUV &DQDGLDQ 0DSOH /HDIV *ROG 6LOYHU 3ODWLQXP GLDPRQGV UXELHV sapphires and all types of stones, metals, etc. Rings, bracelets, necklaces, all others including broken jewelry. Early costume jewelry wanted. Â&#x2021; :$7&+(6 32&.(7 :$7&+(6 5ROH[ 7LIIDQ\ +XEORW 2PHJD &KRSDUG &DUWLHU 3KLOLSSH (EHO :DOWKDP 6ZDWFK &KRSDUG (OJLQ %XQQ 6SHFLDO 5DLOURDG +DPLOWRQ DOO others. Â&#x2021; 72<6 75$,16 '2//6 $OO W\SHV RI WR\V PDGH EHIRUH LQFOXGLQJ +RW :KHHOV Tonka, Buddy L, Smith Miller, Nylint, Robots, battery toys, Mickey Mouse, all other toys 7UDLQ VHWV DOO JDXJHV DFFHVVRULHV LQGLYLGXDO FDUV 0DUNOLQ $PHULFDQ )O\HU /LRQHO +DIQHU DOO RWKHU WUDLQV %DUELH 'ROOV *, -RH 6KLUOH\ 7HPSOH &KDUDFWHUV *HUPDQ DOO PDNHUV accepted. Â&#x2021; 0,/,7$5< ,7(06 6:25'6 Civil, Revolutionary, WWI, WWII, etc. Items of interest include swords, badges, clothes, photos, medals, knives, gear, letters, etc. Â&#x2021; $'9(57,6,1* ,7(06 Metal and Porcelain signs, gas companies, beer and liquor makers, automobile, implements, etc.

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When expert Tom Fuller was asked what he enjoyed most about working at the Roadshow, he was quick to answer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old coins and paper currency. For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with collecting coins. I would go through the change in my

parents grocery store looking for rare dates and errors. Once, I found a silver quarter that I sold for $300.00. Not bad for an 8 year old.â&#x20AC;? Fuller went on to explain that any U.S. coins made before 1964 are most sought after by collectors. Coins made before 1964 are 90% silver and valuable because of the silver content or could be worth even more if one happens to be a rare date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We help people sort through their coins for unique dates. We buy all types of coins at the Roadshow from wheat pennies to buffalo nickels, which are valuable from one coin to an entire

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you go to the Roadshow, you can cash-in your items for top dollar. Roadshow representatives will be available to assess and purchase your items at the Holiday Inn Express, next week Tuesday through Saturday in Missoula.â&#x20AC;? $ERYH Â&#x2021; $ JXHVW OLVWHQV LQ DV 0LNH 'HORQJ HVWLPDWHV DQG WHOOV DERXW WKH YDOXHV RI KLV FRLQ FROOHFWLRQ

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SPOTLIGHT

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I don’t think it’s a stretch to say Trimpin is a musical wizard with a creative reach of epic proportions. The Seattle-based, German-born sculptor, inventor and musician fuses cutting edge digital technology with mechanical virtuosity to create experimental instruments and sound sculptures that are amazing in both size and scope. Take, for instance, the piece “Liquid Percussion,” in which several drops of H2O drip into buckets and jars in a complex rhythmic fashion, all thanks to the use of computer software-controlled fruit juice dispensers. “IF VI WAS IX: Roots and Branches,” pictured here with Trimpin, is another doozy. It’s a gigantic, spiraling piece on display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle that takes listeners on a historical journey through the roots of American music genres, using 500 plus instruments that are manipulated and plucked by motors triggered by 30 computers. WHAT: Missoula Art Museum’s Distinguished Artist Lecture and Film Screening—Trimpin: The Sound of Invention WHEN: Thu., May 27, at 7 PM WHERE: MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. HOW MUCH: $5/free members and students with ID MORE INFO: Visit missoulaartmuseum.org and call 728-0447 to RSVP

You can be awed as much as I am by this fascinating man when the Missoula Art Museum (MAM) presents a screening of Trimpin: The Sound of Invention— a documentary about the artist that premiered at the 2009 South By Southwest fest in Austin, Texas. Don’t just go for the movie, though. Stick around so you can exercise your inner nerd by prying into the workings of Trimpin’s brain during a Q & A session with him after the film. And if you’re a member of MAM, you get to witness something else that’s pretty sweet earlier in the night: A members-only performance by Trimpin of the piece “Funky Cello.” —Ira Sather-Olson

Jump into a kaleidoscopic lake when Denton, Texas’ Midlake plays a mix of indie, psych and folk rock at the Baldander at 9 PM. $10, with advance tickets at Ear Candy. John Grant and Jason Lytle (formerly of Grandaddy) open. (See Noise in this issue.) Universal Choke Sign will let you take several gasps of metallic tinged air when they play metal at the Palace at 9 PM. $6. WarCry and Doomfock open. Accept no substitutes: The Lil’ Smokies keep on keepin’ it surreal when they play “real Montana bluegrass” at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Visit lumberjacksaloon.com. Shodown separates the red coats from the green coats when they play country at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Ball N’ Jack just wants you to know that sniffing baking powder is totally wack when they play rock, blues and funk at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

No Shame really doesn’t want you to feel bad about popping ibuprofen every day when they play rock at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2. Call 830-3277. 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. Zeppo pacifies puppeteers with the power of their musical nightsticks when they play blues and R&B at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Helena Blues Project scrapes the indigo goo off of your psyche when they play blues at Sean Kelly’s at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

SATURDAY May

Your heart, the planet and your farmer-neighbors give thanks every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket .com), which takes place beneath

the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If it’s non-edibles you’re after, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample. Herald the start of summer by celebrating art and wildlife during the Alpine Artisans-sponsored 18th annual Loon and Fish Festival, which features an array of speakers and films on wildlife topics, along with an art sale and other activities from 10 AM–5 PM at Seeley Lake Elementary School, 200 School Lane. The festival begins again at noon on Sun., May 30. Free. Visit alpineartisans.org for a complete schedule. Be the karaoke queen or king you’ve always aspired to be during Harry David’s Talent Quest National Karaoke Contest, which begins with registration starting at 1 PM at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $5 entry fee. All interested particpants must register by the start time. Call 830-3276.

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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. Jazz makes the pad thai go down smooth when IZA Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins Ave., presents free live jazz from a rotating cast of local musicians at 6 PM this and every Sat. at the restaurant. This week: Keaton Wilson and Steve Kalling perform. Call 830-3237.

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MudSlide Charley won’t make you serve house arrest in that tub of sludge when they play gut-bucket blues at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. A high school teacher struggles as he presents René Descartes Meditations to students during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s staged reading of Descartes a la Mode, a new play by Thomas Michael Campbell with a reading at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $5. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. The Jimmy Snow Country Show isn’t so sure what to bring to your spandex party when they play country at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Melissa Blue lets her vocals and strings beat you to the punch when she plays the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. 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. 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. Here’s your chance to get freaky on the dance floor. AmVets Club offers up DJDC and his dance music to the hungry horde at 9 PM. Free. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip-hop, electronic and other bass-heavy, booty-busting beats ‘til the bar closes, or at least until the vodka runs out, during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. DJ Bionic keeps the remixes and mash-ups flowing while you shake it when he plays at 9 PM at The Underground, a new downtown dance venue in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance.

Accept no substitutes: The Lil’ Smokies keep on keepin’ it surreal when they play “real Montana bluegrass” at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Visit lumber jacksaloon.com. Colorado’s Musuji gives your ground beef a much needed kneading when they rock the Palace at 9 PM. $5. Bozeman’s Silverskin and locals The Skurfs open. 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 5494158. Quit singing alone: Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., presents a Karaoke and Singing Contest with KJ Charlotte starting at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Opera glasses aren’t a must: Russ Nasset and The Revelators chew the fat to the bone when they play rockabilly and country at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free. Shodown gives NIMBY’s something to LOL about when they play country at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2. Call 830-3277. Luau Cinder completely understands that your singed eyebrows were an act of Todd and not an act of God when they play dub, funk and rock at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. He’s got a wicked farmer’s tan: Top of the Mic finalist Joshua Farmer keeps your greens budding when he plays Sean Kelly’s at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

SUNDAY May

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nightlife Gary Redman gives you the country feeling you deserve when he plays the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., from 4–6 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Create something dramatic out of nothing during the Open Field Artists’ Theatre Lab, a theater workshop that occurs this and every Thu., Sun. and Mon. at 7 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1861 S. 12th St. W. Free. E-mail openfieldartists@gmail.com. Ween keeps you craving bananas and blow when they play the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. Show is sold out, unless you count scalpers. Men always get to belt out a slick tune or two during Man Night featuring Karaoke, which occurs this and every Sun. starting at 9 PM at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S. Free. Call 251-5402. 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 is back in action with free karaoke at 9:30 PM, Sun.–Thu. each week. Call 830-3277. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from The Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid.

MONDAY May

Honor those who put their lives on the line for us during Memorial Day 2010, which features a host of events throughout the day starting with a memorial at 9:45 AM at the fish statues in Caras Park. Free. Events continue at the Missoula Courthouse at 10:45 AM, the Western Montana Veteran’s Cemetery at 11:45, all of Missoula’s cemeteries at 1 PM, and at the Memorial Rose Garden park at 2:45 PM. E-mail Susan at bluemountain@montana.com. (See Agenda in this issue.) Librarians need some rest, too. So you’ll have to get your book/public internet/magazine browsing addiction fed somewhere else, because the Missoula Public Library is closed today in honor of Memorial

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Day. It reopens Tue., June 1, at 10 AM. Call 721-BOOK. 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 Get centered with a meditation group at Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, 441 Woodworth Ave., where sadhana practice, visualization and mantra recitation cleanse the doors of perception at 7 PM. Call 543-2207. Create something dramatic out of nothing during the Open Field Artists’ Theatre Lab, a theater workshop that occurs this and every Thu., Sun. and Mon. at 7 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1861 S. 12th St. W. Free. E-mail openfieldartists@gmail.com. The Bad Larrys let you have some of their salt stash when they play Margarita Monday at the Raven Bar and Grill in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 8 PM. Free, includes $2 margaritas. Call 837-2836. Alcohol and bowling go hand over foot during Monday Madness at Five Valley’s Bowl, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which features $1 bowling after 9 PM as well as $1.25 Coors Light cans this and every Mon. at the bowling center. Free to attend. Call 549-4158. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9 PM. Free. Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free.

TUESDAY June

The Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents open calls for printmaking workshop proposals and screen designs starting today and running through June 15. Free. E-mail wps@zootownarts.org and call 549-7555.

nightlife Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com. 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 food item was called “Liberty Cabbage” in the US during WWI? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) 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. 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. Minneapolis’ indie/electronic duo Lookbook make their machines coo with you and at you when they play the Palace at 9 PM. $5. Locals Shahs and FagRag open. The band may be TBA, but you know they’re gonna rock your socks when a local band plays the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. The Crazy Mountain Billies let you screw in all those loose screws when they play bluegrass, country and folk at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

WEDNESDAY June

Your weekly lunch date with almost everyone comes at 11 AM at Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities and music this week by the Andrea Harsell Band. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com. Expect high end bling during the Bead, Gemstone and Jewelry Show, which runs from noon–7 PM at the Ruby’s Inn Convention Center, 4825 N. Reserve St. Free. Call 509-460-2868 and visit crownjewelbeads.com.

nightlife Find out why the Alberta Tar Sands isn’t such a great thing for the environment during “A Walk Through the Tar Sands,” which begins at 6 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Includes a screening of the documentary H2Oil, along with a presentation by native activist Marty Cobenais, and talks by two residents of Fort Chipewyan (a community near the project). Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org. Celebrate the work of national and international young writers and artists when students from Big Sky High School unveil and read from this year’s edition of Aerie International—the school’s international literary arts magazine—at 7:30 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Enjoy a dramatic gothic romp during the Whitefish Theatre Co.’s production of Charles Ludlum’s The Mystery of Irma Vep, which begins its run with a sneak preview show at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $8, with tickets only available at the door. Call 862-5371 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org. He’s easy on your ears, and your gullet. The North Bay Grille in Kalispell, 139 First Ave. W., presents a set of folk and classics from Tusten starting at 8 PM. Free. Call 755-4441. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s trivia question: Much like french fries were renamed Freedom Fries during Dubya’s administration, sauerkraut was dubbed “liberty cab-

bage” during WWI due to anti-German sentiment. 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 “Search and Destroy” by Iggy and The Stooges (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. No intensive training required: The Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., presents beer pong this and every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free, with prizes. Call 251-5402. Don’t ever worry about getting into a sing-off during Combat Karaoke, which runs this and every Wed. at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve, 5550 N. Reserve St., starting at 9 PM. Free. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where $7 all you can drink Miller Lite draft beer mixes with music by Chereal and karaoke between sets this and every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Includes other drink specials as well. He bounces beats like he’ll bounce you outta the bar if you get too rowdy. The Palace presents a DJ set of reggae, dancehall and hip-hop by Jamaican native Supa J, aka the Badlander/Palace’s bouncer Jimmy, starting at 9 PM. Free. DJs Fleege and Coma give you a benevolent case of the hip shakes when they spin house, tech house and electro at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA.

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Just don’t expect lots of bling during the Bead, Gemstone and Jewelry Show, which runs from 9 AM–7 PM at the Ruby’s Inn Convention Center, 4825 N. Reserve St. Free. Call 509-460-2868 and visit crownjewelbeads.com.

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463. It’s time for dinner and a summer show with hundreds of your fellow friends during Downtown ToNight, which features food, kids’ activities and music from Joan Zen starting at 5:30 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missoula downtown.com. John Schiever cross-examines your suds for some very important details when he plays acoustic “brewglass” music at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.

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Celebrate the intersection of frozen lactose and aesthetics during Stumptown Art Studio’s Annual Spring Show and Ice Cream Social, an art opening during Whitefish’s Gallery Nights that features work by student artists and runs from 6–9 PM at the studio, 145 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free. Visit whitefishgallerynights.org for a complete listing of galleries. Help assist a youngster battling cancer during the Cash Michael Hyde Broadway Benefit, which features music by Chereal, as well as a silent auction and drawing from 6–11 PM at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway St. $5. To donate items for the auction call Stacy at 550-3794. Salish Kootenai College (SKC) presents “Allotment and Homesteading on the Flathead Indian Reservation,” a talk with attorney Daniel F. Decker on exploring the land tenure of the Salish, Kootenai and Pend dOreille Tribes, at 6:30 PM in the Johnny Arlee and Victor Charlo Theatre on SKC’s campus, 58138 Hwy. 93 in Pablo. Free. Call 275-4756. Less is truly more when Permaculture guru Paul Wheaton leads the talk “Permaculture Gardening in Missoula–Getting Started,” which covers things you can do in your plot to raise more food with less water, fertilizer and work, starting at 6:30 PM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Visit permies.com. Support the completion of Ewam’s Garden of 1000 Buddhas to prepare for a visit from the Dalai Lama during An Evening with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, a fundraiser that features a live auction, a talk by Ewam founder Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, and food/drinks at 6:30 PM at the Governor’s

Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free. 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.

Grant Cutler and Maggie Morrison of Minneapolis’ Lookbook unlock the door to your tortured soul when they play a mix of indie and electronic music Tue., June 1, at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. Locals Shahs and FagRag open.

Room in the Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave. $60 per couple/$35 per person, with tickets available at Worden’s Market, Jeannette Rankin Peace Center and at the door. Call 726-0555. Enjoy a dramatic gothic romp during the Whitefish Theatre Co.’s production of Charles Ludlum’s The Mystery of Irma Vep, with a performance at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 students and seniors. Call 8625371 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. Seattle’s The Moondoggies probably won’t let you rub Sriracha sauce on their fangs when they play rock and folk rock with Portland, Ore. indie folk band Blitzen Trapper at 9 PM at the Palace. $13/$11 advance at Ear Candy. (See Scope in this issue.)

If you have no clue what Aerie International is, you should know this: It’s an annual publication that’s produced and edited by Big Sky High School students, and features topnotch writing and art from students that live as near as Helena, and as far away as Namibia. I bring this to your attention because you can hear and see the talents of regional and international students this week when Big Sky High students unveil the 2010 edition of Aerie International during a celebration/reading, which begins at 7:30 PM Wed., June 2, at Fact & Fiction. Here’s one other thing: It’s free. So why not take a night to witness the talents of a budding generation of artists? In a similar way, help me bear witness to your next soiree, concert or play by kindly sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 27, 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 5434367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

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For many of you, your days of flowing beer bongs, cramming for exams until 4 AM and sleeping in until 1 PM on the weekdays are over. Welcome to real life college grads—it only gets worse. Just kidding…sort of. But now that you’re done with academia, I’m sure plenty of you are frantically searching for work, preferably in the rugged embrace of the outdoors. Well, if you’re looking for some extra cash and have a hankering to do some backcountry field work this summer, here’s an option: The Great Burn Study Group is looking for two hard-working individuals to join its field crew from mid-June through August. Your duties will involve implementing a pest management strategy that includes applications of herbicides, biological control releases, as well as pulling weeds in wild country. Pay is competitive, dependent on experience, and you can get trained if need be. But they do ask that you show up with a sense of humor. Send your goods (resume, references and cover letter) to Beverly Dupree at thegreatburn@yahoo.com. And do it quick, as I’m sure competition is stiff, especially in this economy. And with that nugget of nature-related employment info out of the way, we move on to some Gaia-inspired action and satisfaction beginning with a reminder to all you birders to register by Thu., May 27, for the Lollapalooza of avian appreciation known as the Montana Audubon Society’s Wings Across the Big Sky festival. The festival features a wealth of speakers and outings and occurs Fri., June 4–Sun., June 6, at Missoula’s Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Prices to attend vary from $75 for both days to $55 for Sat. only, so visit mtaudubon.org to download a brochure and for a complete schedule. Call 443-3949. On Fri., May 28, get into a paddling frenzy during the Deep Bay Kayak and Fitness Symposium, which begins at 4 PM and runs each day through Mon., May 31, at the Deep Bay Resort in Lakeside. It offers you the chance to enroll in sea kayak basics to advance skills courses to cover things like capsize recoveries and Eskimo rolling, as well as a slew of fitness and yoga workshops. E-mail bobbie@ glacierseakayak.com for pricing or call 862-9010.

Or you could get a rush from witnessing spectacular waterfalls and wondrous wildflowers Sat., May 29, during a moderate hike up Bass Creek Canyon with the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club, which begins at a TBA meet up time. Free, but it’s limited to 15 participants and you music sign a liability release. RSVP for specifics with Mary by e-mailing her at mowens320@gmail.com or by calling 493-1139.

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Then again, why not show the Mission Mountain range who’s boss on Sat., May 29, when you join the Rocky Mountaineers for an overnight climb up McDonald Peak. Free. Contact trip leader Forest Dean at 240-7612 or at mtnear1@gmail.com to finalize a departure time. Also, be sure you have a Salish Kootenai rec permit, and bring your trusty ice ax, crampons, harness, belay device, sleeping bag, tent and helmet. Visit rockymountaineers.com. Those in the Flathead get to scope out their feathered friends Sat., May 29, when the Flathead Audubon Society presents a morn-

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ing of birding in Glacier National Park, which starts fresh at 7 AM with a meeting at the Alberta Visitor Center in West Glacier. Once there, you’ll stroll along McDonald Creek to listen and look for neo-tropical avians, and you’ll make stops in places like the Fish Creek Campground to scan for those elusive warblers and vireos. Free, but a Glacier National Park entrance fee or park pass is required. Give Steve a ring at 892-7406 to RSVP. Your other chance to be a James Bond-like birding sleuth occurs in Missoula on Sat., May 29, when the Five Valleys Audubon Society leads a hike to Spring Gulch in the Rattlesnake, which begins at 8 AM at the Rattlesnake Trailhead. Free. Expect to have your senses flooded with wood warblers, western tanager, thrushes and other hardcore denizens of the forest during this three to four mile jaunt. Call Larry Weeks at 549-5632 and visit fvamissoula.org. If you don’t mind burning gas to burn calories on Sat., May 29, drive east to Bozeman’s Run for the Rivers race, which begins with the 10k race at 9 AM. The 5k follows at 9:15, and a kids run occurs at 9:30 AM. $30 day-of/$25 advance/$5 kids’ fun run. Visit runfortherivers.com for a registration form and a map of the course. You can also hail the gods of summer by celebrating the intersection of art and wildlife on Sat., May 29, during Seeley Lake’s 18th annual Loon and Fish Festival, which begins at 10 AM at Seeley Lake Elementary School, 200 School Lane. Free to attend. A host of family-friendly and outdoor-themed activities follow including an art show/sale, a screening of the film The World of K.D. Swan at 11:30 AM, along with discussions on fly fishing, bears and Glacier National Park. The fest keeps chugging throughout Sat. and begins again at 10 AM Sun., May 30, with brunch, followed by a wildflower hike, and more films and speakers than you can shake a fish at. Visit alpineartisans.org for a complete schedule of events, and call Carol at 677-6156. Once the workweek slaps you upside your head, spend Tue., June 1, pulling up noxious weeds in order to help raise money for the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society during its Dyers Woad Pull 2, which begins with a meet up at 6:30 PM at the Mount Sentinel Trailhead. Free to participate. Wear sturdy shoes, bring rain gear and prepare to pull like a champ. Call Marilyn at 2436642 and visit mtnativeplants.org/25. Now go get to work, slackers! calendar@missoulanews.com

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Rolling on up Blitzen Trapper’s latest puts the roots rock band on the brink by Erika Fredrickson

An old proverb goes, “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” And, after Muddy Waters sang, “Sure ’nough he’s a rollin’ stone,” in 1948, it was Bob Dylan who came along a couple decades later and put it this way: “How does it feel, to be out of a home, a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?” Some classic rock themes never change, so it’s no surprise that Blitzen Trapper, Portland, Ore.’s rising roots rock band, kicks off it’s new album, Destroyer of the Void, with yet another take on the ideal of the mythical wanderer: “Here’s to the lone and wayward son, for to love is to live, for to run like a rolling stone.”

songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Johnny Cash and John Denver. “I was addicted to the banjo,” Earley says in a recent interview with the Indy. “That was my life. I could only play a couple of songs, but I loved it.” It’s not that Blitzen Trapper outright copies classic musicians. The dark, rockin’ cool of Furr’s “Black River Killer” does evoke the same rugged sound of Neil Young’s “Hey, Hey, My My,” only “Black River Killer” is a murder ballad inspired by the hardboiled landscapes of Cormac McCarthy novels. And then there’s the title track from Furr, showered in Bob Dylan-esque harmonica and folk-

Earley, in the same way, seems very careful about what he says. He opens up when it comes to talking about the mythical stories he conjures for lyrics. And he laughs easily about his favorite Blitzen Trapper shows—not necessarily the packed concert halls the band now plays in big cities all over the world, but the shows that bring him back to his folk roots in surprising ways. “There was one show, it was in the Midwest somewhere in a college town and I busted into a Neil Young song just for the heck of it, you know,” he says, starting to sing, “‘Did she wake you up to tell you that it was only a change of plan?’ You know that one? It’s from

Portland, Ore.’s Blitzen Trapper hit top 10 music lists in 2008 with its record, Furr. With a new album set for release June 8, the band, which features frontman songwriter Eric Earley, third from left, finds itself teetering on the edge of indie rock fame.

It’s a bold move to adopt the tradition of giants, but Blitzen Trapper’s trajectory suggests that the band’s got enough staying power to make an impact. The sextet began playing in 2000 and released a couple of albums under the radar. But when Wild Mountain Nation came out in 2007, Sub Pop took notice and signed the band, releasing in 2008 what’s now considered the group’s breakout album, Furr. The unexpected hit made almost every “Best Of 2008” music list, from National Public Radio and Pitchfork to Spin and Rolling Stone. The latter went so far as to call the band “the best Grateful Dead knock-off in forever”—which is a little misleading considering Blitzen Trapper sometimes sounds just as much like Queen or Lynyrd Skynyrd. But the truth is, the band is still on its way up, currently touring with Fleet Foxes, who, celebrity-wise, often steal more headlines. Still, with a new record on the horizon and with frontman Eric Earley at the wheel as the band’s not-so-secret songwriting weapon, that could change. Earley’s songs are hard to describe without digging into his influences. He grew up in Salem, Ore., and learned to play banjo at the age of 6 from his father, who leaned heavily on old Appalachian traditionals, as well as

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styled riffs. But unlike Dylan’s gritty realism, it’s steeped in a mythological story about literally being raised by wolves. In it, Earley sings, “But I was drawn into the pack and before long/they allowed me to join in and sing their song/So from the cliffs and higher still we would gladly get our fill howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn/And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong.” Hearing Earley talk about the band’s forthcoming album, Destroyer of the Void, out June 8, is like listening to a child who has yet to have his imagination quashed by the adult world of responsibilities. (Or maybe like watching ABC’s “Lost.”) At any rate, there are no rules. “The Man Who Would Speak True,” for instance, is a fable about the power and consequences of speaking an idea out loud. “Saying something out loud is like a spell,” says Earley. “The song’s about the importance of being careful what you say. But it’s couched in this strange story of this man whose tongue is not a tongue—it’s a plant and it grows. And then at the end of the story they end up planting it in the ground and his tongue grows into a tree and the birds of the air make nests in it. And that’s how the song ends.”

Harvest. We were playing that and a bunch of the college kids got on stage and started slow dancing to it. It was a big stage so it was okay, and it was really special for some reason.” But when it comes to answering questions about the rising fame of the band, the Blitzen Trapper frontman is notoriously reserved. He often gives replies in one word. He doesn’t really read record reviews, he says, and he doesn’t try to articulate the ways in which Blitzen Trapper’s status as a band has changed since Furr gained breakout status. “I hear about it but I don’t read it,” he says. “I think the song ‘Furr’ itself is probably the only breakout thing on that record. There are other good songs on there but people can be pretty shallow and just cling to one. For me, I just ignore all that shit. I don’t care about any of it, really. I just do my thing.” Spoken like a true rolling stone. Blitzen Trapper plays the Palace Thursday, June 3, at 9 PM with The Moondoggies. $13/$11 advance at Ear Candy. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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John Grant Queen of Denmark Bella Union

John Grant’s Queen of Denmark sounds like a darker, more self-deprecating Tenacious D album. In the title track, Grant captures his thematic contrasts with the line, “I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear.” Outrageous comical observations serve as frosting for the deeper political undertones and depressing self-loathing. Dramatic piano hooks and Grant’s tender voice may evoke a shadowy piano bar in the AM golden years of the 1970s, but his candid lyrics render the songs anything but easy listening. “Jesus Hates Faggots” is the perfect example of how Grant pairs glittery pop and a searing confronta-

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The Courage of Others Bella Union

The sophomore effort by Midlake is a solid demonstration of the Texas-based band’s signature mystical-folkie sound, but it leaves me wondering how much I can take in one sitting. The Courage of Others opens with the stirring “Acts of Man,” a song that sends you straight into Midlake’s ancient and mythical country. A clean, spare mix highlights the delicate balance of electric and acoustic guitars and the honeyed drone of Tim Smith’s vocals. Each

The Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever Vagrant

The Hold Steady makes full-blown albums. Not singles and filler, but straight-up rock records. Fans who rank the albums expect a lot—namely, that the next album exceeds the last. And though Heaven Is Whenever is solid, it’s more side step than step up. “Sweet Part of the City” begins like a slow thaw with acoustic slide guitars dripping with melancholy. Frontman Craig Finn sets the stage with lyrics of young people drifting together, drinking under a marquee from a liquor-spiked thermos. As the guitars fade, Finn—who believes strongly in community melded by music—incants, “We’d like to play for you.” Here, The

Linda Bruner Songs for a Friend Numero Group

Songs for a Friend is like something dug up from a time capsule. The album of six acoustic songs was recorded in the late 1960s in the back of a music shop by impoverished 17-yearold singer/guitarist Linda Bruner. The album sat on a shelf for 40 years until Numero Group—a label known for dusting off obscure finds—discovered it and released it in all its spare rawness.

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tion with the worst of humanity. “Marz” could be a track off of a Gordon Lightfoot album, with its flute-infused celestial sound and candy-coated lyrics like, “Golden champagne, juicy grapefruit, lucky Monday. High school football, hot fudge, buffalo, tulip, Sunday.” “TC and Honeybear” comes off like a children’s storybook until you listen closely and realize it’s dissecting a heavy breakup. At first, the flute solos and ABBA crescendos overwhelm the ballsy aspects of Queen of Denmark. But given a few plays, Grant’s intelligent creation really shines. (Erika Fredrickson) John Grant plays the Badlander Friday, May 28, at 9 PM with Midlake and Jason Lytle. $10.

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song springs organically from its predecessor, lending the album an admirable cohesion, but it may hold together too well, leading to a sense of sameness. Weaker songs seem to drag on, and you begin to wonder how long you’ve been listening to the same tune. Some bands just require listening strategies, and Midlake is one of them. The best approach to this band is a semi-distracted attentiveness, so The Courage of Others is the perfect makeout album—the kind you put on after discussing your mutual love of Tolkien, say, then forget yourself in dramatic kisses until you have to stop and remark, “Wow, ‘Rulers, Ruling All Things’ is an awesome song.” The more I leave this album playing in the background, the more I can dig it. (Ali Gadbow) Midlake plays the Badlander Friday, May 28, at 9 PM with John Grant and Jason Lytle. $10. Hold Steady brings you to the precipice and I, for one, am ready to jump. Sadly, for the rest of Heaven, the moment passes. Two other tracks, “The Weekender” and “Rock Problems,” have the kind of butt-rocking, sing-along anthems one would expect. These songs should rule my “Back and Bi’s” weightlifting mix, but they’re too blunted and reined in. Love it or hate it, Finn’s voice is what makes this band and it shouldn’t be buried in a mid-rangey mix of big guitars and synthy background vocals. Heaven Is Whenever is a slower, quieter album—less ardent. It’s basically my third favorite. (Jason McMackin) Bruner’s voice is a cross between the breeziness of Nora Jones and the grittiness of Janis Joplin. The album begins with her original tune, aptly titled, “Song Linda Wrote Herself,” which opens with a minor key love song that, despite its sweet lyrics, feels wonderfully bruised. On Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” she sings the word “Georgia” with a pained cracked voice that conjures up authentic desperation. And on The Beatles’ “Don’t Let Me Down” she belts out the chorus with the heavy pleading one saves for being stuck at the bottom of a well. The old recordings capture Bruner’s bold voice and perhaps a more innocent time: These days she’s apparently on the run from check fraud charges. And the album’s exquisite flaws are a reminder of a time when records weren’t so over-polished. (Erika Fredrickson)

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Humble answers Dunsmore shows poetry does, in fact, matter by Azita Osanloo

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ity: “It’s like to be humble/humus on the board.” The collection opens with an epigram from Thomas Merton that reads: “It was said of Abbott Agatho/that for three years/he carried a stone in his mouth/until he learned to be silent.” Though the more than 50 poems in this collection illustrate that Dunsmore has no wish to be silent, the epigram, as an ode to one route toward humility, is at least partly apt. Indeed, the whole book, its publication as well as its contents, might itself be Within this last month considered a celebration of humble ideas: its first secI have received two accounts tion is on “The Power of Ordinary Things,” the second of fine young poets of promise recognizes “The Patience of Bears,” and the third is One assured, even, of winning the prize “For the Unnamed Twin.” so marvelous a poet was he. Although one wishes for more variance between And both gave it up, poetry, that is, the different sections (and for a tighter rein on some of one for screen writing, the more cloying sentiment), the poems that make up one for fiction. these three sections are nothing less than a treat to the You guess, of course, the reason— eye and ear. It’s more common than not in recent years not enough money. to read poetry collections built around a single theme (Michael Blumenthal’s And, for Indeed, the question instance) and a particular stanmay be answered by the very za form, making the poems, existence of the hand-sewn page after page, appear uniform volume itself; FootHills to the eye. Here, Dunsmore, Publishing, a 20-year-old famwith the kind of confidence that ily-run operation out of cencomes after more than four tral New York, affirms on its decades of composing, plays website that the company’s around with multiple rhythmic mission is to get “into print styles, stanza forms and lines the words of poets who breaks. Nevertheless, his subfound it hard to get their jects stick close to home: the work out to the public.” cultural and natural intricacies Clearly, somewhere in the of the American West (in addihills of rural New York, poetry tion to teaching poetry matters enough and Dunsmore also taught at the FootHills’ purpose is reminisUM School of Forestry for more cent of a comment made by than 25 years), family and Wallace Stegner (alas, a friends and early memories. money-grubbing novelist) in Routinely, poems are dedicated his letter “To a Young Writer”: to individuals, like to his dead “The readers do exist…this father or old friend, James audience, by and large, will Welch. Often, poems will turn listen to what you say and not You’re Just Dirt on a dime without ever losing demand that you say what Roger Dunsmore sight of their original aim or everyone else is saying or Paperback, FootHills Publishing intention. In the poem “The what some fashionable school 108 pages, $16.00 Same Air,” (dedicated to “B.L.”), or clique says you should say.” Rhetorically speaking, Dunsmore answers his own Dunsmore begins with the heart-rending line, “You are question by dismissing it: “Such a pernicious question,” the first to die” and the stanza follows, in melancholy pursuit, the events of the subject’s death. In the second he writes in the poem’s opening line. The answer, however, is that we are always weav- stanza, Dunsmore shifts tone, however subtly, to ing and unweaving the history of our days, that the uni- invoke a memory: “I remember hunting deer together.” Like the words of the title itself, Dunsmore’s verse is inexhaustible, that we affirm our immortality by joining the cosmic dance that is always ending and poems in You’re Just Dirt ask the reader to take a step beginning again. So the answer to the question “Does back, to pay extra close attention: The poem you think poetry matter?” is another question: “Why do anything you’re getting becomes something else the more you at all?” Later in the poem, Dunsmore will ask: “Does engage with it. As the line from the poem “Bad Behavior” suggests: “There’s more to the story for poultry matter?/Do hens lay eggs/and roosters crow?” The title of the collection may come across as an sure.” Roger Dunsmore reads from You’re Just Dirt at affront to some readers, but in the title poem Dunsmore points out that in the Crow language The Grizzly Claw Bookstore in Seeley, Saturday, “[w]hen somebody is bragging themselves up/we have May 29, at 7 PM with Victor Charlo. Free. a saying,/ ‘You’re just dirt.’” Only, in Crow, the saying isn’t the insult we think it is—rather, it’s a call to humilarts@missoulanews.com Why devote oneself to that aggressively minor genre, poetry, when novels and screenplays get more notice and more money? Roger Dunsmore asks that very question in the poem “Does Poetry Matter?” from his new collection, You’re Just Dirt. In the poem, Dunsmore, a University of Montana professor of more than 45 years, points out that:

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Tripe thrills Sweden’s Dragon Tattoo leaves no mark by Andy Smetanka

The American visiting Sweden for the first time will (Swedish movie comedies, in contrast to crime thrillers, quickly notice the fondness its young people have for do usually have a certain national sensibility), and he’s quoting lines from American movies and songs to one a reassuring presence here playing a defrocked journalanother. Sometimes it is for the sake of the American ist privately researching a 40-year-old crime involving a present: almost an ironic acknowledgment of the perva- very wealthy and unpleasant family. Noomi Rapace has siveness of American culture, though usually affection- garnered rave reviews for her portrayal of punk-rock ate. Other times Swedes can be heard to do this to computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in what turns out to amuse each other when they presumably think no one be—oh, goody—the first in a movie trilogy based on the else is listening. Thus can the American, fighting the novels of the late Stieg Larsson, but I wasn’t similarly urge to look up from his nipponsoppa, overhear a young businessmen at an adjacent table politely decline the daily lunch special with a cool “I just don’t dig on swine” in a passable Samuel L. Jackson impression. So too with Swedish thrillers. So liberally do the directors of these pictures borrow from the lexicon of Hollywood thrillers, they seem to have forgotten Sweden’s traditional cinematic language as well. The movies themselves sometimes give the impression of having been cobbled together from snippets of American movies with added footage Personal space, dude. Personal space. of Swedish actors, then entirely overdubbed in Swedish and misleadingly re-captioned with impressed. The movie’s biggest flaw, perhaps, is its writers’ insistence on rendering Lisbeth purely in terms of English subtitles. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is just such a costume and posture and then hoping her character movie. There isn’t an innovative or original thing about will develop itself. We’re supposed to think we know all it. It just happens to be set in Stockholm instead of, say, about her just by looking at her bondage gear and noseSeattle. To the extent the movie offers anything new rings, bearing in mind that she’s got some vague “vioexcept sexual violence that is extreme by Swedish movie lent past,” but for my money she never gets much past standards (less so by American standards, and not a the posturing and the chain-smoking. The worst is that the movie seems so blissfully patch on French ones if Irreversible is any indication), aware of its hackneyedness (director Niels Arden Oplev the innovations are almost purely geographical. Cliched suspense music? Check. Righteous neme- is a Dane, for what it’s worth, but at least he had the sis and latent revenge fantasies? Check. Journalist shot sense to distance himself from the Dogme 95 moveat by an unknown sniper for snooping in the wrong ment, Denmark’s failed elitist attempt to consciously creunderwear drawer? Check. The further one gets into ate a new national cinema). The Girl with the Dragon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the longer grows the Tattoo is essentially a feature-length plea for a lucrative laundry list of the depressingly familiar. It’s like drink- remake, and in fact there’s already an American version ing a fountain Coke in Sweden, indeed almost any- under development with David Fincher at the helm. I’m where in Europe—just not the same thing, and anyway willing to bet that the remake will for once be better, why come all this way to drink a Coke? Isn’t there because for once in recent memory the American movie industry has chosen to remake a foreign property not on something local to try? This vexes me about Swedish thrillers and crime the glib assumption that it can do the same thing better, dramas in much the same way these “Keep Missoula but with something closer to dead certainty. The Girl Weird” bumper stickers vex me about Missoula. It with the Dragon Tattoo is simply a Swedish sandlot verbespeaks a certain obliviousness to Missoula’s enchant- sion of the kind of movie Hollywood produces in the ed isolation that anyone would look for outside inspira- dozens every year. We can do better, which in this case tion in the matter of coining a “local” slogan. And then is not to say especially good. This will sound presumptuous and condescending, to swipe another city’s motto and simply swap out “Austin” for “Missoula” just makes the rest of us look but I know Sweden can do better, too. I wish a little of silly and unoriginal. In reading other reviews of The Girl the strange local flavor of Swedish comedies—what was with the Dragon Tattoo, largely glowing, I feel likewise the one with researchers perched on platforms silently cursed by the same acuity (call it cynicism if you must). taking notes on the ergonomics of Swedish kitchens?— I wouldn’t call the movie garbage, but a pale paragon of would seep into other genres. There are simply other movies Sweden makes much better. an already sapped-out genre it certainly is. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo continues at There are good things about it, like some of the actors. Michael Nyqvist is becoming a familiar face in the Wilma Theatre. Swedish imports; he was great as the alcoholic dad in Lukas Moodysson’s period commune comedy Together arts@missoulanews.com

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CITY ISLAND A family that lies to each other might stay together in this dark comedy that follows a Bronx-area family and its array of secrets —including a dad who hides his acting ambitions and a daughter in college who strips for extra cash. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9, with a Sun. show at 7 only.

BARBIE IN A MERMAID TALE Barbie lives it up in this cartoon as a surfing champ in Malibu, until she finds out that she’s also a mermaid. Eventually though, her new appendage helps her do things like rescue her mother, as well as save an ocean kingdom. Village 6: 1 only on Sat.–Sun.

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME Jake Gyllenhaal’s the rugged, sword-wielding sidekick to dazzling princess Gemma Arterton as they set their sights on swiping up a dagger that has the power to turn back time from the not-so-noble Sir Ben Kingsley. Carmike 10: 12:45, 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 6:10, 7:15, 8:45 and 9:55. Village 6: 4:20, 7 and 9:40 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 1:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10

DATE NIGHT Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are suburbanite parents with a marriage that’s going stale. In an attempt to inject a little spice into their lives Carrell decides to take Fey to an upscale restaurant, only to find out they’ve become the targets of some seriously corrupt cops. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:15, 4:50 and 7:05 and Tue.–Thu. at 4:50 and 7:05.

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6: 4:10, 7 and 9:50 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 1:15. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:45 and 9:15 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:15 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:15, 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 9:10 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Tue.–Thu. at 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 9:10.

show at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:05, 1:05, 3:05, 4:15, 6:15, 7:25 and 9:25 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:30 and midnight and Tue.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:05, 4:15, 6:15, 7:25 and 9:25. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 6:45 and 9:20.

LETTERS TO JULIET Amanda Seyfried tours the Italian town where Romeo and Juliet is set, and happens to stumble across a group of people who answer love letters left on a wall for Juliet. For some reason, she decides to join in on the action—and in the process, Seyfried helps Vanessa Redgrave hook up with her long lost Italian stallion, and ignites her own flame with Christopher Egan. Carmike 10: 1:45, 4:30, 7:20 and 9:50. Village 6: 4 and 9:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10 with an

SHREK: THE FINAL CHAPTER Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy get CGI and 3-D treatment as voiceovers in the final installment of this series that finds Shrek navigating a puzzling world after making a bum deal with Rumpelstiltskin. Carmike 10: 1:15, 1:45, 2:10, 3:45, 4:30, 4:45, 6:15, 6:50, 7:30, 8:45, 9:15 and 9:55. Village 6 in 2-D: 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at noon and 2:25. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no

“That’s what you get for making fun of my boots!” Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at noon, 1, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 7, 8 and 9:40 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:30 and midnight and Tue.–Thu. at 1, 2, 3:45, 4:30, 7, 8 and 9:40. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO This adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s book of the same name follows a middle-aged journalist and a tatted up hacker who forge an unlikely alliance as snoops trying to shed light on the 40year-old disappearance of a teen. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7 with a Sun. show at 9 only.

SEX AND THE CITY 2 Your favorite sexually empowered home girls— now mostly married—escape from the Big Apple for a trip to Abu Dhabi where cultures clash, motherhood gets hashed out over cocktails and old flames get a slight spark. Carmike 10: noon, 12:45, 3:10, 3:55, 6:20, 7:05, 9:30 and 10:15. Village 6: 3:55, 7:05 and 10:15 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 12:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at noon, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 6:20, 7 and 9:30 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:15 and midnight and Tue.–Thu. at 1, 1:45, 4:15, 4:45, 7:30 and 8:30. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON This 3-D animated flick follows Hiccup, a scrawny Viking teen who was brought up to mercilessly slay dragons. But things change when he befriends a “different” dragon that makes him realize they aren’t so evil after all. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 1:30, 3:55, 6:35 and 8:55 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

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IRON MAN 2 Robert Downey Jr. returns as Iron Man, the well liked industrialist with a few metallic tricks up his sleeve. This time around, however, Downey Jr.’s got the government pleading for his technological secrets, and dudes like Mickey Rourke after his head. Carmike 10: 1:15, 4:10, 7 and 9:50. Village

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additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.-Tue. at 12:45, 3:20, 6:40 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Tue.–Thu. at 1, 3:20, 6:40 and 9:15. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9. MACGRUBER Will Forte, his mullet and his deadly extremities come out of retirement after a nuke happy Val Kilmer steals a warhead and threatens to flush humanity—Washington D.C., to be exact—down the toilet. Village 6: 7:30 only. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 2:25 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. ROBIN HOOD Arrows soar and a despotic sheriff gets his just deserts in this adaptation of the classic tale that features Russell Crowe as Robin Hood, and Matthew MacFadyen as the oh-so-corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. Carmike 10: 12:30, 3:40, 7 and 10:05. Village 6: 7 and 10:05 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 12:30 and 3:40. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only with an additional Sat.–Sun.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Mozart once challenged his friend Haydn to play a harpsichord piece he’d written. Haydn tried, but stopped partway through when the musical score called for him to play a note in the middle of the keyboard even though his right hand was fully occupied at the high end and his left hand at the low end. “Nobody can play this,” protested Haydn. “I can,” said Mozart, who proceeded to perform the piece flawlessly, dipping down to play the problematic note with his nose. In the coming week, Aries, be inspired by Mozart as you not only cover the extremes but also take care of the center. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you’ve ever contemplated taking a trip to Bora Bora or Pago Pago, now might be a good time to actually go. That’s because you’re in a “seeing double” phase—a time when magic will come through repetition, and via duplication, and while you’re in the throes of imitation. To take maximum advantage of the dualistic cosmic rhythms, don’t seek just one of anything. Don’t do anything just once. Two is where the power lies. Pairing brings potency. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My favorite news source, The Onion, recently reported on a “free-thinking cat” that excretes its wastes “outside the box.” As you enjoy your own phase of liberated thinking and uninhibited action, Gemini, I hope that you’re putting the emphasis on generating beauty and blessings “outside the box.” You will of course also have to make some messes as you tamper with the way things have always been done, but even they could turn out to be productive in the long run.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you slipping into one of those moods in which you feel like a fraud? Are you starting to worry that maybe you’re not who you say you are? If so, I want to remind you of what happened the last time these feelings got stirred up: You became super motivated to prove that you are indeed who you say you are. And that had a most wonderful effect, didn’t it? It led you to locate and call on resources you hadn’t known you could have access to; it spurred you to purge some self-deception from your system; and it roused you to intensify your commitment to rigorous authenticity. How about an encore?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m a compassion freak. Empathy is a fetish of mine. My predilection is to comfort the afflicted, champion the underdog, and fight for the rights of people who have been given less than I. And yet there’s also a part of me that’s a pagan libertarian anarchist. I subscribe to the idea that pretty much any kind of behavior is fine and good as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. Now that you Leos are in the “anything goes” phase of your astrological cycle, this full-permission part of me is rising to the forefront, eager to encourage you to go for broke, take it to the limit, and get away with everything you can get away with—on one condition, which is that it doesn’t harm anyone, including you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Snake charmers are still a fixture in many Indian cities. Moving rhythmically and playing a flute-like instrument, they influence erect cobras to bob and sway as if dancing. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you now have the power to do the metaphorical equivalent of that magic trick. This is one of those rare times when you possess the mojo to direct and even control strong forces that may usually be too wild to tame. You’ve still got to be careful, though. Just because you’ve got the power doesn’t mean that you can scrimp on preparation and discipline.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s time to think comprehensively, not defensively…to see futuristically, not didactically…to fantasize fantastically, not diplomatically. Your assignment is to stop reacting to every little blip that leaps into your field of vision, and start surveying the long-term cycles of your life from an expansive vista. Be a proactive visionary, Libra. Be a high-minded explorer. Weave all the disparate threads into a tapestry that reveals the big picture. The next phase of your liberation requires you to slough off petty concerns and trivial details.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Never” has never been a more irrelevant word for you. Events that may have always seemed quite improbable are now well within the range of possibility. Exotic people who up until recently may as well have been fictional characters are showing up as real live actors in your actual life story. Plotlines whose emergence you could not have predicted are snaking their way into your drama. So be alert for a freaking miracle concealed in a flimsy disguise. And don’t be surprised if a vision of funky paradise shows up in full regalia. The future’s not just knocking at your door, it’s pounding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian writer Samuel Clemens was best known under his pen name, Mark Twain. But he tried many others, including Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab, Trismegistus, and Sergeant Fathom. Since you’re in a phase when experiments with your persona would be productive, I suggest you dream up a few aliases of your own. I hope that at least one of them will be as wacky as “Blab” or “Snodgrass.” Having a sense of humor about yourself will be helpful. It will ensure that your explorations at the frontiers of your identity will be fertile, fun, and never fear-based.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re not living in Iraq or Sudan or the Congo, and you don’t have to walk five miles a day with a jug on your head to fetch the water you need, and you’re not so bereft of food that you have to resort to eating worms and tree bark. So how bad could your problems be? The single best thing you can do to start fixing your life’s small glitches is to feel waves of gratitude for how many resources you have and how lucky you are. The second best thing would be to aggressively take your worried attention off yourself and turn your mind toward people who could really benefit from your help. As you carry out those two assignments, your dilemmas will begin to solve themselves as if by magic.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There’s a bothersome phenomenon that mucks up reincarnation research: Far too many people profess to have been celebrities and geniuses in their previous lives. A related and equally irksome issue is the problem of multiple claims. For example, I know three different people who have assured me they were Napoleon their last time around. The fact is, almost no one who’s reading this horoscope has never been famous in any past incarnation. However, it is worthy to note that a disproportionately high percentage of you Aquarians were formerly people with great imaginations. And it so happens that in the coming weeks you will be at the peak of your ability to tap into the creativity you had back then.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I sent out my email newsletter last week, I got the usual number of automatic replies from people who were on vacation or out of the office. But one from Lisa P. caught my attention. “Can’t reply to your email right now,” it read. “I will be meditating until June 1.” My first reaction was jealousy. “I want to have the leisure time and willpower to meditate for 14 days non-stop!” I thought to myself. I pictured myself free of all business-as-usual, even meditating while I was asleep. My second reaction was that I should tell you Pisceans about what Lisa P. was up to. The coming days would, after all, be an excellent time for you to retreat from the usual flood of chaos and seek peaceful sanctuary in a conversation with eternity. If you can’t manage a whole week, try to give yourself at least 48 hours of profound and utter slack.

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VICKIE M. ZEIER, MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER, HEREBY NOTIFIES MISSOULA COUNTY TAX PAYERS THAT THE FIRST HALF OF 2010 MOBILE HOME TAXES LEVIED AND ASSESSED WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON JUNE 30, 2010. UNLESS 2010 TAXES ARE PAID PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE AMOUNT THEN DUE WILL BE DELINQUENT, WILL ACCRUE INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5/6 OF 1% PER MONTH AND WILL BE ASSESSED A 2% PENALTY FROM THE TIME OF DELINQUENCY UNTIL PAID, ,.IF YOU INTEND TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT BY THE DUE DATE AND MUST INCLUDE A LETTER OF PROTEST WITH YOUR PAYMENT. THE LETTER OF PROTEST MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME, PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, GROUNDS FOR PROTEST AND THE AMOUNT YOU ARE PROTESTING PURSUANT TO MCA § 15-1-402. /s/ VICKIE M. ZEIER MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, in the City of Missoula, Montana until 10:00 A.M., June 3, 2010, at which time bids will be opened and read in the conference room, for the purpose of providing 3500 (three thousand five hundred) cubic yards of 3/4 inch minus crushed gravel and 7000 (seven thousand) cubic yards of 3 inch minus crushed gravel. All work is to be performed in accordance with the specifications on file in the Public Works Department, and shall be performed under the supervision of the County Engineer or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula Montana, 59808. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Bid for 3/4” and 3” Crushed Gravel” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Department, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, Montana, 59808

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BITTERROOT VALLEY BANK d/b/a CLARK FORK VALLEY BANK, Plaintiff, vs. BLAIR A. GUEST and CLINT CALDWELL, Defendants, And BLAIR A. GUEST, Counterclaimant, vs. BITTERROOT VALLEY BANK d/b/a CLARK FORK VALLEY BANK, Counter–Defendant. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 10th day of June A.D., 2010, at Ten o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain real property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5156 located in the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 27, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH Ingress and Egress over the existing private road and utility easement as found in Memorandum of Private Utility and Road Easements recorded in Book 627 Micro Records, Page 1948. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 20th day of May A.D., 2010. /s/ MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN, Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy

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NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 10:00 o’clock a.m. June 3, 2010 at which time the bids will be opened and read in the conference room, Missoula County Public Works, for the purpose of purchasing of Ten Thousand Five Hundred (10,500) Tons of 3/4” Asphaltic Plant Mix.. Specifications and bid procedures for this purchase can be obtained at the Public Works Division, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808.. A performance bond will be required.. Proposals must be

accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the contract.. The Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana, reserves the right to reject any and all bids.. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for Asphaltic Plant Mix – 2010” and addressed to: Public Works Division 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 By order of the Board of County Commissioners this 17th Day of May, 2010 /s/ Greg Robertson Director of Public Works MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of Missoula and the Missoula County Commissioners will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on a proposal to contribute $25,000 towards the Bonner School District purchase of a 102 acre parcel for open space purposes using proceeds from the 2006 Open Space Bond. The parcel is located east of and adjacent to the Bonner School, known as the Bonner Hill, Missoula County, MT. For further information contact Jackie Corday, at 552-6267. All persons interested may appear to be heard or may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to the date of hearing. Mail any comments to: Public Hearing Comment, City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 552-6078. The City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services. MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT

NOTICE OF HEARING MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) of Missoula County, Montana (the “County”) will hold a public hearing on June 16, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., M.T., in Room 201, Second Floor of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on a proposal that the County issue revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) under Montana Code Annotated Title 90, Chapter 5, Part 1, as amended (the “Act”), and designate them as recovery zone facility bonds under the Internal Revenue Code. The Bonds would be issued on behalf of Dodge Holdings, LLC (the “Borrower”) in order to finance a portion of the costs of construction of a

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PUBLIC NOTICES be conducting a PUBLIC HEARING on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010, at 1:30 P.M. in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway. The purpose of the hearing is to receive comments and questions concerning an application for funding to be submitted to the Montana Department of Commerce (MTDOC) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. If awarded funds, the County will loan $220,000 to Kelly Logging for working capital. Additional information concerning the proposal will be presented at the public hearing. If you are unable to attend and would like additional information, or wish to comment in writing or by phone, please contact: Cindy Wulfekuhle, Principal Grants Administrator, Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802, or email cwulfeku@co.missoula.mt.us, or phone (406) 258-3795. Comments concerning the proposal must be received by Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Persons needing special accommodations to participate fully in the meeting should contact Cindy Wulfekuhle no later than June 8, 2010, to allow adequate time to make needed arrangements. MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHERIFF’S SALE Citifinancial, Inc., Plaintiff vs. Shana R. Phillips a/k/a Shana Phillips a/k/a Shana Drake; Defendant. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale:TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 17th day of June A.D., 2010, at Ten o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain real property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: STATE LEASE NO. L-3062187, LOT 50 IN SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 27th day of May A.D., 2010. /s/ MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN, Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD L. BUNCH, Deceased. Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-58 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to DONALD L. BUNCH, JR., the Personal

Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 5th day of May,, 2010. Donald L. Bunch, Jr., Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DA-10-28 NOTICE OF HEARING TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND AWARD OF TEMPORARY CUSTODY IN RE THE ADOPTION OF E.J.G., a Minor Child. NOTICE is hereby given that Petitioners, Steven and Nicole Mott, have filed a petition with this Court to terminate the parental rights of Katie Irene Garding, a U.S. citizen and Gonzalez Garcia, a citizen of Mexico, to the minor child, E.J.G. born on May 9, 2010, at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana and award temporary custody to the Petitioners. NOW, therefore, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the matter that a hearing on the petition will be held at the Courthouse in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, on June 10, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the above-named Court at which time objections to said Petition will be heard. DATED this 17th day of May, 2010. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Linda Osorio St. Peter MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-10-67 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN G. BACKER, 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 James E. Florin, 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 abovenamed Court. DATED this 12th day of May, 2010. /s/ James E. Florin, Personal Reprsentative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DV-10-653 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Tate Aaron Presser, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Tate Aaron Presser to Tate Aaron Etches. The hearing will be on June 16, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: May 13, 2010 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court (SEAL) By: Bobbi Hainlline, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-10-70 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN CHRISTIAN SEIDENSTICKER, III, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased

are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jerry Dean Seidensticker, 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 20th day of May, 2010. THIEL LAW OFFICE, PLLC, Attorny for Personal Representative. /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-53 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWIN C. BUETTNER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Richard J. Samson has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 20th day of May, 2010. CHRISTIAN, SAMSON & JONES, PLLC /s/ Liana J. Messer MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-10-49 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ADA M. STEVENS, a/k/a Ada Mae Stevens, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Robin L. Poire has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent, Ada M. Stevens, 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 Robin L. Poire, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o John Spangler Law Offices, P.O. Box 567, Superior, Montana, 59872, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 30th day of April, 2010. /s/ Robin L. Poire, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-10-55 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY K. HALDER, 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 Bonnie Halder, 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 abovenamed Court. DATED this 30th day of April, 2010. /s/ Bonnie Halder, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-10-54 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. HEINLE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa M. Heinle has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Lisa M. Heinle, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE, 818 West Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of May, 2010. CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE /s/ Kyle D. Cunningham, Attorney for Personal Representative, Lisa M. Heinle MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-10-649 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SCOTT GARNER MCDONALD, TO CHANGE HIS NAME TO SCOTT GARNER COONEY. Notice is hereby given that Petitioner, Scott Garner McDonald, has filed a petition with this Court for permission to change his name from Scott Garner McDonald to Scott Garner Cooney. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the matter that a hearing on the petition will be held at the courthouse in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, on the 22nd day of June, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., at which time objections to the petition will be heard. Any person desiring to object to the granting of the petition may do so by filing said objection in writing with the clerk of said court no later than the time set for hearing. DATED this 13th day of May, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Cour (SEAL) By: Angela M. Phillips, Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/17/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200612400, Bk 775, Pg 363, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John M. Brazier III a married man as his sole and separate estate was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract A8-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 2534 located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 10, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Bk 841, Pg 732, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to E*Trade Bank. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly install-

ment payments due thereafter. As of March 25, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $637,863.25. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $565,000.00, 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 August 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.04078) 1002.125866-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/08/99, recorded as Instrument No. BK 568, PG 2221, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Richard A. Sandefur and Wendy L. Sandefur, husband and wife was Grantor, North America Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 of Huson Heights, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200704460, Book 792 Page 735, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the

Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 22, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $109,117.42. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $98,623.37, 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 August 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.06728) 1002.135536-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/03/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200425691, Bk 739, Pg 669, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark A. Bennett and Mona L. Bennett was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp. was Beneficiary and Mark E. Noennig was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Mark E. Noennig as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 8A of Certificate of Survey No. 3277, a tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2004-HE3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly

installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 25, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $121,782.69. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $118,640.71, 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 August 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.12440) 1002.151964-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/14/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200724009, Bk 805, Pg 1015, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael C. Coulter, a married person 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 13 in Block 1 of Linda Vista Ninth Supplement, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 20 of Plats at Page 56. 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

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1 Buddy on TV 2 Express disapproval of 3 "Against a thing," to a lawyer 4 Nights before the big day 5 Just a handful 6 Sculpture, e.g. 7 Perrins' partner 8 Lozenge brand 9 "Again!" 10 Big initials in telecom, once 11 Limitation 12 Mot ___ (fitting phrase) 13 Plays before the main act 14 Heavenly girl? 21 Cow's mouthful 24 "Out of Africa" author Isak 25 "18 Till ___" (Bryan Adams song) 26 Stealthy gift giver 27 Take back 28 Vowel inclusion with a disclaimer 29 Drug chain 30 "...or is ___ speck?" (They Might Be Giants line) 31 They have their own X-ings 33 NYC underground system 34 Non-vegetarian sandwich 35 Consenting vote 38 Sherman Hemsley sitcom 41 Dogie catcher 43 Put in stitches 44 Gathered fodder 45 Zoe Saldana role 46 "Popeye" cartoonist E.C. 47 Have a cow? 48 Toilet 49 Annual parade sponsor 52 Security breach 54 Sermon subj. 56 Machine with a rewind button 57 "Now I've got it!" 58 Dir. opposite NNE

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PUBLIC NOTICES reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 1, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $330,547.70. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $315,316.69, 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 August 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.71878) 1002.152790-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/14/03, recorded as Instrument No. 200309749, Bk. 701, Pg. 1527, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Debra A. Gesel and Martin A. Gesel, wife and husband was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Webster Bank was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Co. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Insurance Co. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 13-A in Parcel ‘D’ of Hillside Homes No. 1, Supplemental Plat ‘A’, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 3, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $128,632.49. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $123,069.39, 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 August 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.05511) 1002.152904-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/15/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200803721, Bk 813,

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pg 816, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Camson N. Adenuga, a single person 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: Unit E-4 of Grandvue Village, according to the Declaration under the Unit Ownership Act recorded as Document No. 443148 on March 27, 1979, located on Lots 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Block 2, Hillside Homes No. 1, according to the official plat thereof as filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Missoula County, Montana. Together with an undivided 1/20 interest in the common elements appertaining to the above described unit and the limited common elements appurtenant thereto as set forth in the Declaration. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 30, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $143,015.83. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $139,268.44, 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 August 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.72609) 1002.152802-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/08/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200613760, Book 776, Page 568, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Lindsey Doe, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Title Services was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 44A of Cook’s Addition, Block 1, Lots 40 through 45, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 5, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $153,448.28. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $136,231.84, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any

time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.01566) 1002.114050-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/23/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200600274, Book 767, Page 104, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Dale S. Martell, Susan L. Martell, as husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for American Brokers Conduit was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 17H of the Amended plat of Cobban and Dinsmore’s Orchard Homes, Lot 17, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200901265, Bk 832, Pg 296, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 5, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $188,679.34. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $167,397.17, 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 August 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.28803) 1002.109468-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/11/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200727357, Bk 807, Pg 717, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Rebecca Holman, a married person 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 17 in Block 1 of a correction plat of Hillview Heights Numbers No. 3 and 4, a platted subdivision in 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 01/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 6, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $197,617.95. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $192,599.18, 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 August 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.72824) 1002.153549-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/04/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200526489, Bk 761, Pg 1259, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Justin Kelly, a single person 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 28 of Wallace Creek Estates, a platted subdivision in 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 01/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 6, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $224,270.84. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $217,909.19, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.72908) 1002.153589-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/12/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200526417, Bk. 761, Pg. 1187, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which William J. Wood, married, Debra K. Wood, married was Grantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and American Title & Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded American Title & Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 in Block 3 of New Meadows, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, situate in the County of Missoula and State of Montana. By written instrument, bene-

ficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 3, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $96,410.76. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $92,441.19, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding

Missoula County Government

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1. Rezoning Request – 3580 Highway 200 E Rezone A request from Ken Jenkins of Montana Northwest Company to rezone property located at 3580 Highway 200 E from C-C2 (General Commercial) to C-R3 (Residential, 36 dwellings per acre). The property is legally described as Lots A, B1, C, & D1 of Block 21 of East Missoula Addition, located in Section 24 of Township 13 North,

Range 19 West, P.M.M., in Missoula County (See Map U). The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on this subdivision at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in Room 201 of the County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway in Missoula. 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.

PUBLIC NOTICES 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.Northwest trustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.05350) 1002.153631-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/19/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200815226, Bk 822, Pg 6, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John Henry Fisher and Judy K. Fisher, as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Golf Savings Bank was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 211 of 44 Ranch, Phases 3 and 4, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 8, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $274,818.71. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $268,338.53, 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 August 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.73022) 1002.153723-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 19, 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 22 of Williams Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. GLEN BAUER, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to David R Chisholm, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U. S. Bank N.A., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated March 14, 2003 and Recorded March 19, 2003 under Document # 200309251 Bk-701, Pg-1029. The beneficial interest is currently held by US Bank, NA. 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 $710.03, 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 February 22, 2010 is $87,015.01 principal,

interest at the rate of 5.95% now totaling $2,886.58, late charges in the amount of $171.72, escrow advances of $434.08, and other fees and expenses advanced of $119.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.18 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed 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: March 10, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On March 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. Teri Lynn Steckler Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 09/22/2012 ASAP# 3572308 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010, 06/03/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 19, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lots 15 in Block 23, South Missoula, A Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Leslie A Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated December 20, 2006 and Recorded December 21, 2006 under Document Number 200632601. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Mortgage, a division of PNC Bank, N.A. as successor by merger to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1983.33, 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 February 5, 2010 is $340000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.00% now totaling $16,127.46, late charges in the amount of $694.19, escrow advances of $1722.98, and other fees and expenses advanced of $108.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $65.21 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

SERVICES 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: March 11, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On March 11, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson , Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 ASAP# 3572179 05/27/2010, 06/03/2010, 06/10/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 20, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 7 in Block 6 of Spring Hills Addition No. 6, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof KAREL A MORALES, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 8, 2007 and Recorded in Book 799, Page 329 under Document No. 200714796. The beneficial interest is currently held by MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A.. 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 $1,636.58, beginning August 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 March 01, 2010 is $232,944.24 principal, interest at the rate of 6.8750% now totaling $10,676.64, late charges in the amount of $520.42, escrow advances of $1,015.06, and other fees and expenses advanced of $262.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $44.49 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

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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 AIM ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 12, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On March 12, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 ASAP# 3572196 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010, 06/03/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 20, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: 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 04, 2008 and Recorded on September 10, 2008 under Document # 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 March 1, 2010 is $291,578.88 principal, interest at the rate of 6.0% now totaling $8,723.95, late charges in the amount of $741.76 and other fees and expenses advanced of $520.24, 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: March 12, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On March 12, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson , Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 ASAP# 3572205 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010, 06/03/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 20, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 14 IN BLOCK 1 OF SUNSET WEST, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MOUNTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. ROBERT E ERBAUGH, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank-Missoula, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 21, 2005 and recorded on March 25, 2005 in BK749 pg-1020, document # 200506666. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $837.91, 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 March 9, 2010 is $100,271.02 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $2,583.67, late charges in the amount of $126.56, escrow advances of $298.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $20.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.14 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 prop-

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PUBLIC NOTICES erty, 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. IN INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Dated March 12, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF

NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On March 12, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 ASAP# 3572218 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010, 06/03/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 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: Tract 4-A of Certificate of Survey No. 1692, located in the

Northeast quarter (NE1/4) of Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Daniel J Martin and M Katherine Stillwell-Martin, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title & Escrow, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 9, 2006 and recorded on March 10, 2006 at 4:16 o’clock P.M., in Book 770, Page 434, under Document No. 200605440. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank, National Association as trustee for WAMU Mortgage Pass Through Certificate for WMALT Series 2006-5 Trust. 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 $1174.10, 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 January 27, 2010 is $155,293.02 principal, interest at the rate of 7.50% now totaling $7,655.62, late charges in the amount of $339.71, escrow advances of $1,064.52 and other fees and expenses advanced of $112.95, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.91 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: February 8, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTACounty of Stark On February 8, 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. Teri Lynn Steckler Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 09/22/2012 ASAP# 3531702 05/13/2010, 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 150 ft Flathead Lake Ftg 3B/2B Home. Boat Dock, level grass-tolake 1.46 acres: www.MTwaterviews.com $495K / Realtor 239-7588 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. $129,900. MLS#906610. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. Montana Preferred Properties. 4 Bedroom, cedar home on 11 acres, double garage. Private location with lots of surrounding trees. $349,900 MLS#901764. Janet 240-

3932 or Robin 240-6503. Montana Preferred Properties. 5 acres & a 4 bedroom home on a branch of the Clark Fork on Third Street minutes from downtown! . House sits towards water. Your own private retreat beckons across the water. Enjoy quiet while you watch the wildlife and fish for trout. Private showings only. 3720 S. 3rd W. $679,999, MLS# 906926. Joy-Earls@windermere.com 531-9811 Affordable, nice, like-new single family home in central Missoula with 3brm, all aplliances, awesome open floorplan and only $169,900, 1947 12St 3278787 porticorealestate.com BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED CENTRAL MISSOULA HOME. 4 Bdr/2 Bath, 10,000 Sq Ft Lot,

open floor plan, double attached garage, lots of storage, living room & family room, close to Good Food Store, and more. $223,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com CUTE ROSE PARK/SLANT STREETS NEIGHBORHOOD BUNGALOW. 2 Bdr/2 Bath, 2+bonus rooms, hardwood flo ors, arched doorways, built-ins, single garage, fenced yard, mostly finished basement, and much more. $239,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy17 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Development potential, almost 2 acres, vintage farmhouse & duplex, additional undeveloped ground. Preliminary Plat City Council Approval in place, contact agent for details, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com EXECUTIVE HOME ON 1.03 ACRES IN THE LOLO CREEK VALLEY. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, Main floor master suite, great room, family room & rec room, formal and casual dining rooms, great mountain and valley views. $575,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy20 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.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 porticorealestate.com Fantastic, like-new, 4Bdrm, 2Bth, open floorplan, affordable at $229K, Next to Fantastic Community Garden and close to Good Food Store and bike trail. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com FISH THE BLACKFOOT RIVER FROM YOUR BACK YARD. Beautifully landscaped 4 Bdr/2 Bath home on 1.2 acres on the Blackfoot River just 10-15 minutes from Missoula. Open floor plan, great deck with hot tub overlooking the river and much more. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit.. www.mindypalmer.com

Five pine studded acres, gorgeous guesthouse, patio, sidewalks, paved drive, trees, and fencing. 6 bed/4 bath/3 car garage. 3231 Big Flat Road, Missoula. $1,295,000. MLS# 900288. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 For Sale By Owner, SAVE $ 3 bd 2.5 bath new construction. quality, energy efficient, easy maintenence, and style. come see at 2213 kensington, central msla $215,000 406-546-4170 Garnet Mountain Property 16x40 Cabin, 2 tracks 24.49 acres, spring water, turn key $120,00. Call Dick @ Montana International Realty 406-883-6700. Great 3bdr house with hardwood floors, fireplace, nice

sized kitchen and big backyard with garden space, fruit trees and garage with shop area. 933 Woodford 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Home and guest house on 2 leased lots. Borders state land. Snow mobile, cross country ski, hunt or hike from your door. 1.5 miles from Seeley Lake. 6 miles from Cottonwood Lakes. MLS# 10002415. $167,000. 0 Morrell Creek Road. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. Montana Preferred Properties. Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, familyroom, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition! 135 Kensington 3278787 porticorealestate.com

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REAL ESTATE Log cabin with no close neighbors. Beautiful views of flint Creek, Mission, Rattlesnake & Sapphire Ranges. $99,900 MLS# 10003615. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. Montana Preferred Properties. LOG HOMES. Hand peeled, hand crafted, Saddle notch, full scribe, full length logs. Top quality craftsmanship at very affordable prices. mis sioncreekloghomes.com or (406)745-2110 New land/home package in Riverwalk Estates —all on one level with nearly 2000sf on a large corner lot . 30+ acres of easements to enjoy Grant Creek and Clark Fork tributaries. No steps, concrete entrances with covered porch & patio. 3 bed/2 bath/double garage. 6605 Kiki Court W., Missoula. Starting at $299,970. MLS# 903596. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 NORTHSIDE BUNGALOW WITH A GARAGE/SHOP. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, great location close to Downtown, large fenced back yard, and much more. $180,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy3 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com Older Home with Vintage charm in wildly sought after Missoula neighborhood. 3 bdrm, 2 bth, beautiful floors. This charmer has incredible possibilities. 321 Tremont 327-8787 porticorealestate.com One of a Kind Listing, Nine Mile Schoolhouse with all the charm, romance and history one would expect. Unlimited possiblities an outstanding property. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

Price Reduced—Buyer’s Incentive....call for details!!! 3 Bd/ 2 Bth home w/ open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, views of Bitterroots. 1 Mile S. of Florence, views all around. Porch swing. Hot tub, and storage shed are all included. 333 Martin Lane. $238,500 MLS# 10000160 Joy-Earls@windermere.com 531-9811 Really cute craftsman style, 3Bdr, 1Ba home priced to sell. This home has all the charm of the 20s and original floors. 3278787 porticorealestate.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING JUST A SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, great room, open floor plan, double garage, unobstructed views of the Bitterroot Mountains, great yard. $219,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy16 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SOUTH HILLS CONDO WITH A SINGLE GARAGE . 2 Bdr/2 Bath, 2 balconies. great views, master with walk-in closet &

master bath, laundry, and much more. $184,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy18 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com Spacious, light-filled Upper Rattlesnake Home with 2 Fireplaces, 2 Bedrooms & 2 Bonus Rooms, 2 Baths, a really nice big backyard with patio. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com SPECTACULAR BITTERROOT VIEWS. Gorgeous 3 Bdr/2 Bath Stevensville area home on 10 acres. High ceilings, beautiful hardwood floors, fireplace, spacious master bedroom, deck with hot tub, and much more. $489,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy19 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byowner-missoula.com OR call 550-3077 Well cared for 4 bed, 2.5 bath home w/ hot tub, A/C, & UG sprinklers. Near parks and trails. $319,900. 5501 Bonanza. Pat McCormick, 240SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com Wonderful 5 Bed, 2 Bath home on large lot with fruit trees and garden area. Meticulously landscaped with retractable awning over back patio. $233,900.

MLS# 10003652. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES

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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES

.80 Acres close to Turah, level parcel with a Creek. Shop, Power, Septic, Well. Set up for a manufactured home, or build! $125K / Realtor 239-7588

10 acre track, $27,500. Call Dick @ International Realty 406883-6700.

Desirable Elk Hills condo. New listing priced to sell $169,500. Call Loubelle for info: 2400753, 543-4412 or Fidelity Real Estate 721-1840.

RICE TEAM

Upper Rattlesnake 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath, double garage w/ Fireplace. 1/2 + acre lot, view of Lolo Peak. $259,000. MLS# 10001969. 4716 Aspen. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com

333 Martin Lane Price reduced $238,500

Joy Earls Buyer’s Incentive Call me for more info.

One level home with hot tub....all on 1 fenced and landscaped acre. Just one mile south of Florence, paved all the way to the front door! MLS#10000160

Lara Dorman

5 Acres & a 4 Bedroom Home on a branch of the Clark Fork-all on 3rd Street! One Owner built this home 10 yrs ago-catch fish from your back yard & enjoy a secluded setting across the water.

Realtor GRI Our Mission at Portico is to honor diversity, build community and create a lifestyle that promotes the health and well-being of our planet.

Joy Earls

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3720 S. 3rd West $679,999 MLS# 906926

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New Listing 12958 Kimwood Dr., Lolo • $189,900 Well cared-for 4 bed, 2 bath home located on cul-de-sac. Many updates include: painted exterior, tile bath surround & tiled shower in master bath, new counters in kitchen, windows have been replaced, pergo in kitchen, new fixtures in baths. Large garden area w/fruit trees. Yard is fully fenced in back. MLS#10002632

3624 Creekwood Missoula

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Robin Rice Janet Rice 240-3932 missoularealestate4sale.com 240-6503 • Custom built 3 bed, 2 bath home • Hardwood floors, radiant heat • Private setting with great views • 30 minutes from Missoula • $314,900 • MLS#10003067

• 3 acres fenced & ready for horses • 3 Bed / 2 Bath / 24x18 outbuilding • Great Views & easy access • 499 Grandview, Stevensville • $185,000 • MLS# 10002488

• 4 Bed/3 bath cedar home on 11 acres • Private location with lots of trees • 28 x 28 garage / large parking lot • Near Potomac with easy access • $349,900 • MLS#906884

• 3 bdrm/2 bath/10 Acres • Covered deck / fenced acreage • 28 x32 garage / 40x49 Quoncet shop • RV hookups behind garage • $259,900 • MLS# 10002960

Flathead Lake Views $169,000 Nice 2+acre property between Elmo and Dayton with views of Flathead Lake and Chief Cliff. Property has shared well and septic approval.

140 Arrowhead Dr. • $220,000

• Upper Rattlesnake home • Quite established neighborhood • Private yard with pine trees

$279,900

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19,602 SQ FT lot in Mullan Road area with great views. Sewer stubbed to the lot. Close to river access, golf and shopping. $89,999. MLS# 10003279. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. Montana Preferred Properties.

Pat McCormick 240-SOLD (7653)

Seller’s will look at all offers!

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Grant Creek Log home 2404 Fleet St, Missoula 26+ private acres $199,900 $489,900 Located just 15 minutes from downtown Missoula! The main house is a 3 bd, 2 bath, 3 story log home, with completely renovated bathrooms, newer 3 car open garage with tons of storage built above it and a small guest cabin! mls#10001348 www.11815benchroad.com

3 Bed, 2 Bath home. Fenced back yard! Underground sprinklers, seller is leaving all appliances. Great location and great price! MLS #10002076

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Great opportunity for sweat equity. Large home on a large lot in the Wapikiya area. 3/2 baths, living room AND family room on main floor.

Downtown Sweetheart

514 W. Spruce St. • $269,000 1920’s era house has been revamped while retaining all of its original charm. Updated electrical, plumbing, handicapped accessible bath, security alarm, offstreet parking, underground sprinklers, and air conditioning in harmony with original bullseye woodwork, mahogany flooring, high ceilings, and all right downtown on West Spruce. Zoned B2-2 for a variety of commercial or residential uses. MLS#10001940

912 Defoe • $179,000 3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage. Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look!

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REAL ESTATE

3 contiguous tracks 34.81 acres, creek frontage, flowing spring, off the grid, deer, elk & bear. $82,500. Cal Dick @ International Realty 406-883-6700. 3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @2396696, Text Mindy0 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com NEW MONTANA LAND BARGAIN. 160 Acres / $189,900, Near Billings. Beautifully treed property w/ access to county road & utilities. Excellent for riding, hunting w/ ideal homesites & gorgeous views. Easy drive to Billings, less than 3 miles to Musselshell River & route 12. Call 888-361-

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COMMERCIAL DARBY COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN GREAT DOWNTOWN LOCATION ON MAIN ST. Two main floor retail/professional spaces featuring 10 ft ceilings, storage/back room spaces, and lots of windows plus two second floor residential rentals. Great income potential and priced to sell! $159,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, Text Mindy4 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

OUT OF TOWN HAWAI’I REAL ESTATE ~ BUYER’S MARKET homes-condos-land. Average temperature in the 70’s. Susie

Spielman, RS, Windermere C&H Properties. Cell: 808640-3100 or E-mail: susie.spielman@hawaiiantel.n et 20 years experience. FREE INFO~NO PRESSURE~NO OBLIGATION

MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING WITH A CONSCIENCE. Private funding for secured legitimate “Non-

Bankable” Loans with substantial equity. Cash for “Seller Held” contracts and mortgages. Creative Finance & Investments, LLC, 619 SW Higgins, Ste 0, Missoula, MT. 59803. 800-9994809 MT. Lic #000203

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Charming Nine Mile Schoolhouse Bed & Breakfast For Sale

Nine Mile Schoolhouse $474,900

This charming century-old schoolhouse and teacherage is a dream come true! Nestled in a beautiful mountain valley, its options are endless: it is well known locally as a quaint bed & breakfast and beloved Christmas market. It would work perfectly as an artist retreat with plenty of studio space, or simply as a fantastic private personal residence. This property is located an easy distance from Interstate 90, west of Huson, MT. Enter through the beautiful handwrought gates and let the dream unfold before your eyes.

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The property consists of two separate homes - the 2 bedroom/1bath schoolhouse with winter garden/sunroom and full basement, and the 4 bedroom/2 bath teacherage. In addition, a collection of cottages and abundant fruit trees dot this 1.4 acre property. Call for a private showing today.

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