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Up Front: Backyard turbines blow onto City Council’s agenda Etc.: Solutions to the Gulf oil spill just may come from Montana Scope: Ethan Thompson Band wakes up to $25,000 prize
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nside Cover Story Biologists at the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery in Anaconda often use words like “pure” and “wild” to describe their work. The words seem out of place, considering there’s nothing wild about their work with artificial insemination. The same has been said of Fish, Cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters Wildlife and Park’s larger restoration effort, known as the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project, which involves poisoning lakes to kill hybrid trout and replacing them with “wild” fish from Washoe Park. But this level of human intervention is required, the state decided, to save the species............................................................................................................................14
News Letters Death, Israel and wolves ...............................................................................4 The Week in Review Dennison stays, Millar leaves and Johnson loses ...................6 Briefs Sturgeon, bears and blow-up dolls..................................................................6 Etc. Solutions to the Gulf oil spill just may come from Montana .............................7 Up Front Ten Spoon Winery begins bottle reuse program .......................................8 Up Front City Council considers allowing backyard turbines...................................9 Ochenski The war in Afghanistan has little to do with bin Laden..........................10 Writers on the Range Boots on the trail should pay up ........................................11 Agenda The Blackfoot River Challenge....................................................................12
Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan The artistic annihilation of thirst .................................................19 Happiest Hour Fox Club Cabaret............................................................................20 Ask Ari Garlic flower grub........................................................................................21 8 Days a Week Something smells fishy ...................................................................22 Mountain High Montana Made Run........................................................................33 Scope Ethan Thompson Band wakes up to $25,000 prize......................................34 Noise Screen Door Porch, Shellshag, RVIVR and White Widow ..............................35 Soundcheck Jewel vs. Rollins: Who will save your soul?........................................36 Film Babies can’t avoid preciousness.......................................................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................38
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Asked Tuesday morning in downtown Missoula.
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This week arts editor Erika Fredrickson profiles Missoula singer-songwriter Ethan Thompson, whose band wrote the winning jingle for a competition hosted by Folgers. In your opinion, what’s the best part of waking up? Follow-up: What advertising slogan or jingle do you find catchiest?
David Winterburn: I’m a medical marijuana patient so I like to have a little medicine to start my day. It’s more of a spiritual awakening. Cold one: For all you do, this Bud’s for you.
Second life I am a retired office worker, who lives in Oregon where assisted suicide is legal. Our law was enacted via a ballot initiative, which I voted for. I write in response to your article about Sen. Hinkle’s bill to prohibit assisted suicide in Montana (see “etc.,” June 10, 2010). In 2000, I was diagnosed with colon cancer and told that I had six months to a year to live. I knew that our law had passed, but I didn’t know exactly how to go about doing it. I tried to ask my doctor, but he didn’t really answer me. I did not want to suffer. I wanted to do our law and I wanted my doctor to help me. Instead, he encouraged me to not give up and ultimately I decided to fight. I had both chemotherapy and radiation. I am so happy to be alive! It is now nearly 10 years later. If my doctor had believed in assisted suicide, I would be dead. I thank him and all my doctors for helping me choose “life with dignity.” I also agree with Sen. Hinkle that assisted suicide should not be legal. Don’t make Oregon’s mistake. Jeanette Hall King City, Ore.
Die free or live? Teri Gonzalez: Having a whole new day, heart beating, still have my soul and the opportunity to make a smile and not a frown. Git ’er done: Just do it.
Becky Douglas: There are no rules for what I have to do. We live in a liberated country. Being a woman and a momma, I have every option open to me and I really appreciate that. Deconstructing America: Saving wood for good. I’m the co-owner of Heritage Timber, and we take down old buildings and sell the reclaimed wood.
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John Teten: Besides Folgers in my cup? I can’t think of anything good about waking up. Maybe fresh sunshine on a hot day with an unannounced bucket of water in my face. Pickled: That’s the tastiest crunch I’ve ever heard!
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I am a state representative in New Hampshire where we recently voted down an Oregon-style assisted suicide bill. The vote was 242–133 (nearly 70 percent). I write in response to your editorial. I disagree that assisted suicide necessarily brings “choice.” In New Hampshire, many legislators who initially thought that they were for the bill, became uncomfortable when they studied it further. Contrary to promoting “choice,” it was a prescription for abuse. These laws empower heirs and others to pressure and abuse older people to cut short their lives. This is especially an issue when the older person has money. There is no assisted suicide law that you can write to correct this huge problem. Do not be deceived. Nancy Elliott Merrimack, N.H.
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The only thing new in Ochenski’s anti-Israel rant (see “Israel’s enablers,” June 3, 2010) is that he saved the “some of my best friends are Jewish” line for the end of his column. Most racists, homophobes and anti-Semites who want to express their negativity about an issue or a group usually begin their case with “Some of my best friends are black,” “I have a friend who is gay,” or “My Jewish coworker.” The list goes on ad nauseam.
He rants about U.S. aid for Israel. Who would you rather the U.S. give aid: Iran? Syria? Yemen? North Korea? Why did this so-called humanitarian aid flotilla decide to take this venture the day before Netanyahu was supposed to meet with President Obama? Did you ever stop to consider that this was a setup? I suggest Mr. Ochenski take a trip to Israel. He might find a very progressive country where gays do not have to deal with a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. He
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would find a country that allows its Arab minorities to serve in the Knesset. He might also find that there is a country that elected a woman prime minister before we elected a woman president. Oops! I forgot. We have never elected a woman president. But then gays, lesbians and women do not enjoy the same rights in other Middle Eastern countries as they do in Israel. Israel, with all of its internal differences, secular and religious, is a very progressive, open society. Here’s one more idea: Read The Jerusalem Post. With little effort you will find Israel, a country of six million surrounded by 550 million Arabs, engaging in serious humanitarian discussions. There is a loud group in Israel voicing that the people of Gaza need to be treated better. This is in spite of thousands of missiles that neighboring Gaza launched into Israel. Meanwhile, the IDF does what soldiers do in a democracy, i.e. defend their tiny country so its people can engage in dissent. In fact, when it comes to dissent the people of Israel may reflect the famous statement better than we Americans: “I
may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” Edward Brown Missoula
Hydatid hysteria One way to save the humans? Educate yourself. It is hard to believe that years after the irresponsible introduction of wolves infected with the parasite Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm into Montana, most people still don’t know about this potentially fatal disease. Known as Hydatid disease, infected people develop cysts of tiny tape worm heads in their liver, lungs or brain. They have to be removed surgically, and if they are in the brain, they are inoperable and fatal. This disease has caused the confirmed deaths of over 300 Alaskans since 1950. I recently found this information published in The Outdoorsman, the December 2009 edition. It is titled, “TwoThirds of Idaho Wolf Carcasses Examined Have Thousands of Hydatid Disease Tapeworms.” Now E. granulosus has been confirmed in two-thirds of the wolves examined by Fish and Game experts participating in a study evaluating the lower intestines of those wolves found in both Idaho and Montana. What has not been confirmed is how many coyotes, dogs, cattle and even humans it has infected. With a higher population density in Idaho and Montana than Alaska, the previously foreign disease has a new host; unsuspecting lower-48ers who have been deceived by their Fish and Game, and are now at risk of contracting and dying from the disease. Where are the warnings? They never came from the people responsible for “introducing” the infected wolves from Canada and Alaska. Why the deception? And why wasn’t anything mentioned about the disease in the latest cover article in the Independent? (See “One way to save the wolf? Hunt it,” May 20, 2010.) It’s because the people pushing for the wolves know that if the public found out about the dangers of high wolf populations infecting deer, elk, moose, coyotes, dogs and even people with this disease, there would be a public outcry over the recent population explosion of wolves in the state. All I can say now is, do the research yourself. Find out about Echinococcus granulosus and decide if you want wolves running around in your backyard. Jacob Chessin Wustner Missoula
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Missoula District Judge Ed McLean sentences Robert J. Wilkes, 38, to 40 years in prison with 10 years suspended for killing his infant son. Prosecutors say the child’s injuries are consistent with shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that is controversial for causing alleged wrongful convictions.
• Thursday, June 10 Practicality wins over chronological tidiness when the search committee working to replace University of Montana President George Dennison announces that candidate interviews won’t occur until fall semester. Dennison planned to retire on Aug. 15, his 20-year anniversary on the job.
• Friday, June 11 After more than three years on the job, Roger Millar serves his last day as director of the Missoula CityCounty Office of Planning and Grants. Millar will soon begin a new post with Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America, and will continue to work from Missoula.
• Saturday, June 12 Soccer fans gather at Missoula’s Desperado Sports Tavern to watch the United States’ unexpected 1-1 tie with England in the World Cup. The crowd cheers the loudest for English goalkeeper Robert Green, whose egregious blunder allows for the Americans’ only goal.
• Sunday, June 13 Kimberly Olsen, who sells empanadas at the Clark Fork River Market, requests help in recovering her Gary Fischer bicycle and custom-built two-wheeled wooden trailer that were stolen the day before. The items are recovered on Tuesday and safely returned to Olsen.
• Monday, June 14 Cablevision Systems says it will acquire Bresnan Communications, a midsize cable TV and Internet provider serving approximately 300,000 customers in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, for $1.4 billion. Cablevision’s Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge says his company doesn’t plan on raising Bresnan’s prices.
• Tuesday, June 15 The Montana Secretary of State’s office announces there will be no recount in the close Republican primary race for a seat on the Public Service Commission representing District 5. Bill Gallagher beat former Secretary of State Brad Johnson by just 132 votes after Johnson was arrested last month on charges of driving under the influence.
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More than 50 protesters make their voices heard outside the Federal Courthouse in Missoula Tuesday as a lawsuit challenging the delisting of gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act is heard inside. Fourteen-year-old hunter-hopeful Amanda Andres, above, says wolves have taken a bite out of her dad’s taxidermy business.
Grizzlies Reclaiming turf State bear experts in the Flathead captured and relocated six grizzlies during four separate incidents in late May, after receiving reports of the bears grazing lawns or killing chickens and livestock. The incidents are yet more proof that northwestern Montana’s grizzlies are finding new stomping grounds outside federal recovery areas. “What we’re seeing is a slow, steady kind of bubbling of home ranges,” says Jim Williams, wildlife manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) in Kalispell. “It’s a recolonization of former habitats, essentially.” Over the past four years biologists have observed a 3-percent annual growth rate among the grizzly bear population in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE), which stretches from the Bob Marshall Wilderness to the Rocky Mountains north of the Canadian border. Grizzlies have already been spotted on the
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plains near Fort Benton and Conrad in past summers, pushing out as the population swells. However, Williams says rumors of grizzlies occupying certain areas of the Flathead’s Salish Mountain range were previously unsubstantiated. Now FWP has reason to believe the bears are reproducing there. Five of the six bears caught in May were female, including two yearling cubs. “They’re there,” Williams says, “and that means the boys are there, too.” Williams says that as grizzlies move out of the NCDE and into densely populated human areas, mortality levels will inevitably rise—both from accidents and agency removals. Last weekend, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes reported they’d found a yearling male dead in early May when it was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 93 south of Ronan. FWP officials shot and killed another bear near Conrad on June 8 after it slaughtered sheep on two ranches. “With all bear conflicts,” Williams says, “you’re going to be faced with removing bears— females, females with cubs, males, young bears,
old bears—because public safety is paramount.” But Williams insists the greater story is one of good news, both for grizzly population recovery and the animals’ willingness to coexist with humans. “Just like lions, just like black bears, grizzly bears are starting to tell us they can do this,” Williams says. “So there’s a learning curve for us, too.” Alex Sakariassen
Crime Bicyclist steals companionship Police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly took two yet-to-be inflated blow-up dolls from a downtown sex shop Sunday night before making his getaway on a single-speed bicycle. “I was pretty much in shock,” says Diane Joy, manager of Missoula’s Fantasy for Adults Only. “I drove around for a while to see if I could find a bicycle, or if, maybe, he dumped them.”
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According to Joy, the man entered the 210 E. Main Street store and browsed the blow-up dolls before asking an on-duty clerk what time the shop closed. The suspect then left and returned just before 10 p.m., when a store employee was preparing to shut down for the night. Joy says when the suspect came back, he told the clerk that he aimed to purchase two dolls— the newly released “Jesse Jane” and an “Ultra-Real Julie.” That prompted the clerk to remove the goods from a locked case, place them on the counter and begin to tally the sale. The suspect then allegedly grabbed the dolls and ran out the store’s tinted door before hopping on the bicycle and pedaling quickly eastbound toward the Missoula Public Library.. Joy says Fantasy experiences minor theft periodically, but incidents of this magnitude are rare. Police say “Jesse Jane” and “Ultra-Real Julie” are valued at $140 each. “They were the more expensive ones,” Joy says. The suspect is a white male with blond curly hair and around 40 years old. He stands between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall, weighing approximately 190 pounds. He was wearing an orange T-shirt with vertical yellow stripes and green shorts. While the alleged thief was hardly dressed to blend in, Missoula Police Sgt. Bob Bouchee says it could be tough to nab him unless someone who knows the suspect spots him with the goods. Adds Bouchee: “More than likely, that’s going to be kept to himself.” Jessica Mayrer
Fisheries Sturgeon need to get it on The Kootenai River’s biggest problem might well be the lack of a decent hook-up bar. The waterway’s wild white sturgeon population is declining by an estimated 9 percent a year, and biologists say if the fish don’t get frisky soon, they’ll be extinct by 2020. “We’re either going to lose the whole population of wild fish or the reproducing population within the next five to 10 years,” says Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). Last Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began a weeklong spill test at Libby Dam, increasing the outflow of water in the
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hopes of coaxing white sturgeon into historic spawning grounds above Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho. It’s the latest action taken as part of a 2008 court settlement between the Army Corps and the CBD. Greenwald says the sturgeon haven’t naturally reproduced since the Army Corps completed the dam in 1974, and instead spawn near Bonner’s Ferry where their eggs are buried by silt and don’t survive. Biologists believe the dam altered specific annual river conditions—water temperature, velocity, etc.—that triggered a migration to more protected gravel beds upriver. Fewer than 500 reproducing white sturgeon remain in the population.
“They evolved under certain natural conditions that were always there for thousands of years,” Greenwald says. “So essentially, with the changes in the river, what they were queuing into doesn’t put them in the right place anymore.” The CBD has sued the Army Corps and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service numerous times since 1995 for failure to appropriately respond. The Kootenai Tribe in Idaho has undertaken measures to correct the problem, namely river restoration projects. But Greenwald worries those efforts won’t make headway before the fish are gone. A lot is riding on the spill test, he says. “This is part of that larger pattern of extinction, which ultimately causes a lot of problems,” Greenwald says. “It’s not just the loss of the Kootenai white sturgeon…the whole food chain
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LGBT Kalispell welcomes back Pride Organizers of this year’s Montana Gay Pride Celebration in Kalispell say they haven’t seen any of the resistance that marked the lead-up to last year’s event, and the relative quiet may alleviate a chilling effect that hung over the 2009 festivities. “I think people are less afraid this year than they were last year,” says Pride organizer Dee Boyce. “Last year they were hemming and hawing. They were a little bit afraid.” In the weeks leading up to the 2009 event, roughly 200 local residents submitted a petition to Kalispell city officials requesting they prohibit the annual Gay Pride parade, which rotates across the state and was being held for the first time in the city. One individual complained to the Kalispell City Council that such displays promote immorality, while opening the door to parades for rapists and pedophiles. “Gay people cannot procreate. They recruit, and they don’t need to parade down Main Street flaunting their lifestyle,” Charles Reed told Kalispell’s City Council last April. Despite efforts to shut it down, the event drew hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from across the state. And though some opponents protested on the sidelines, the parade went off without a hitch. This year’s gathering, dubbed “Under the Rainbow,” will feature the traditional march on Saturday down Main Street led by Eureka-born anthropologist and author Dawn Prince-Hughes. All other events will be held at the Flathead County Fairgrounds, with singer-songwriter Camille Bloom performing Friday night and the Missoula Gay Men’s Chorus appearing Saturday evening prior to a drag show by the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana. Just to be cautious, organizers are offering a safety workshop Friday to prepare Pride attendees for potential conflict. Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher says police will be on hand, as they are for all public events. “I haven’t heard anything, frankly,” says Fisher of this year’s event. “I’m cautiously optimistic that it will again be a peaceful celebration.” Jessica Mayrer
Employees laid off by GlaxoSmithKline June 8 from the pharmaceutical giant’s production plant in Hamilton. Glaxo has also offered buyout deals to approximately 700 sales and marketing personnel nationwide in recent months as the corporation continues to downsize.
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With so many harebrained schemes designed to plug BP’s gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s difficult to distinguish wisecracks from actual proposals. After all, BP tried pumping the ruptured well full of golf balls and shredded rubber tires. Others seriously believe detonating a nuclear bomb would seal it up right quick. Such suggestions make a couple of wild ideas coming out of landlocked Montana almost seem feasible. The first idea involves, improbably, football players and Jacque Cousteau’s son. Last week in New Orleans, former NFL quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe and Troy Aikman joined Jean-Michel Cousteau to tout a technology developed by the Whitefish-based company Ecosphere Energy Solutions, which both Bledsoe (a part-time Whitefish resident) and Aikman invest in. The company’s 53-foot mobile trailers—which resemble something John Madden might drive around in—use a combination of ozone, ultrasound and high-voltage electricity to separate oil from water. The process is called “sonoluminescence,” and it’s supposedly chemical-free and already used at drilling sites around the country. “The water that comes out at the end of the process is cleaner than bottled drinking water,” Chad Wold, Ecosphere’s general counsel, was quoted as saying. “And the oil is pure enough that they can truck it up and sell it.” Last Wednesday, Ecosphere signed a letter of intent with Mid-Gulf Recovery Services to use the technology in the Gulf of Mexico. Wold says the system can process more than a million gallons of contaminated water a day, about half of what’s spewing out of the well every day. Perhaps Missoula’s favorite mycologist, Larry Evans, can clean up the other half. Evans and Cliff Bradley, of Montana Microbial Products, are proposing using mushrooms to digest the oil that’s covering more than 120 miles of coastline. “Essentially fungi have the ability to break down oil because of the way they digest,” Evans explains. “They digest outside their body. They push these enzymes out into the space between their bodies and the soil, and it creates a little reaction chamber that can decompose about anything that gets in there.” Evans suggests using mushroom spawns on beaches and in wetlands. The byproduct would simply be CO2 and water. “I think we will be able to dramatically speed up the process of remediation,” he says. Sure, these ideas may sound like Hail Marys, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Considering the circumstances, we have just as much faith in a bunch of mushrooms as we do a pile of golf balls.
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Andy Sponseller recently soldered a custom wine-bottle washing rack to fit inside Ten Spoon Winery and Vineyard’s newly acquired high-temperature dishwasher. The need for Sponseller’s handiwork goes to show just how uncommon it is to wash and reuse beverage bottles. It’s also a sign that the Hobart dishwasher is about to get a lot of use. Ten Spoon, the winery that sits on five idyllic acres in the Rattlesnake Valley, finds
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cantly more efficient than recycling it. Crushing glass into cullet, reducing it in a furnace and melting it into a bottle uses about 25 percent less energy than making a new bottle from raw materials, he says, citing industry norms. Alternately, Sponseller says reusing a bottle uses about 94 percent less energy. With Missoula accounting for about a quarter of Ten Spoon’s wine production—totaling between 4,000 and 6,000 cases per year—Sponseller hopes the envi-
Ten Spoon Winery and Vineyard owner Andy Sponseller pre-washes wine bottles before sending them through the high-heat dishwasher to sanitize bottles for re-use.
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itself embarking on a glass-reuse program few wineries in the country have undertaken. Beginning whenever local customers drop off enough used and rinsed Ten Spoon bottles—and Ten Spoon bottles only—to ensure a constant supply, the winery will wash them, sterilize them, fill them back up, slap new labels on them, and send them back out to store shelves and dinner tables. Sponseller says the program is an environmental and economic no-brainer. “You know you need this packaging,” he explains, sitting on a stool inside the winery’s tasting room, “so why not take packaging back from your local community, satisfy the desire in the community to recycle or reuse, save space in the landfills, and internalize your packaging labor costs? Why wouldn’t you do that? It totally makes sense on every level to do it… “It’s an effort though,” he continues. “The easiest thing has always been to buy new supplies. And that’s been the nature of our throw-away culture.” Sponseller says reusing glass is signifi-
ronmental impact will be substantial. The winery set up a bottle drop-off station outside its tasting room, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week. The bottles will be sterilized 30 at a time on Sponseller’s custom rack, blasted with 185degree water. Economically, Sponseller suspects the process will cost about the same as buying bottles new. “So there’s a not a big margin of economic incentive for us to do it,” he says. “[But] the measuring stick people use for economic incentive is usually about the most immediate profit and loss. It’s not about the whole equation…That’s one of the major problems with our society: We don’t look at what it costs the environment, we don’t look at total energy.” Even if bottle reuse doesn’t save Ten Spoon money, Sponseller hopes eager recyclers loath to toss out a product recyclable in almost every other state may be more likely to buy Ten Spoon wine for its green appeal. He’s quick to point out the wines are already
certified organic and produced mainly with grapes that are grown in Montana. “I think in this world of oil spills and climate change and more and more competition for resources, that yes, people will want to do business with people who are doing something that addresses all of those problems,” Sponseller says. Ten Spoon’s not the only beverage producer in town finding creative ways to get around Montana’s glaring lack of a glass
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recycling program. Earlier this year Bayern Brewing began sending its beer bottles to a glass pulverizer in Butte to be crushed into sand and used in construction. Kettlehouse Brewing Co. began canning select beers in 2006 largely because aluminum is locally recyclable (and more travel-friendly), while glass is not. Big Sky Brewing Co. followed suit last year by canning two of its beers. Montana has a long history of onagain, off-again glass recycling efforts, most of which have succumbed to the reality that Montana is too remote for glass recycling to be cost-effective. But in the absence of a statewide solution, Sponseller sees room for new, and perhaps more lasting, approaches. “Sustainability becomes real,” he says, “when people see it on their own scale and right around them, rather than asking, ‘Well, what can we do to get the whole state of Montana or the whole country into the recycling?’” mfrank@missoulanews.com
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about 900 kilowatt-hours during the same period. Without taking into account an array of tax credits and grants, Coulston predicts the unit will pay for itself in about 10 years. But it’s not really about the cash, he says. “It’s not just for me,” he says. “Everybody in the community has to start moving in this direction, and start harnessing other natural resources, the sun and wind.”
generate half as much noise as a vacuum during the night he’d have a hard time restraining himself. “I’d probably be pulling out the .44 and shooting the vacuum,” Wilkins said. Proponents say a turbine’s volume is akin to a quiet library conversation. “I don’t know if Jon’s ever shot his neighbor’s air conditioner, but I don’t think it’s going to be much louder,” Wiener says. That said, Wiener admits the scrutiny is natural. “People are a little bit concerned about something that is, I guess, a little strange or unfamiliar,” he says. “I suppose I’ve also encountered a little dubiousness about how effective these would be.” Persians and Chinese harnessed wind energy as early as the 13th century, using it to grind grains and pump water. Even so, urban wind technology is still in many ways in its infancy, says Mike Sudik, president of Missoula-based Big Sky Solar and Wind and an advisor on Coulston’s Lower Rattlesnake Photo by Cathrine L. Walters project. That’s why Sudik is having a tough time estimating Lower Rattlesnake resident Lane Coulston wants to erect a wind turbine in his exactly how much energy backyard, but current city zoning laws prevent it. Coulston’s turbine could genersustainable living. Coulston explains that Ward 1 Councilman Jason Wiener is on ate. He calculates that during a 30-day roughly 65 percent of his current electricity board. Prompted by Coulston, he’s drafted period averaging 6.5-mile-per-hour is generated by solar panels that sit atop his a plan that could lift Missoula’s urban tur- winds, Coulston would generate about 100 kilowatt-hours of energy. That’s garage. By contrast, the average Montana bine ban. household relies on coal-fired power plants “Frankly, it’s a little more democratic lower than Coulston hopes, but because for 62 percent of its electricity, according to than having one big plant out in the middle the technology is virtually untested in the state. Coulston hopes installing the ver- of somewhere that’s controlled by one sin- Missoula, computations are tricky. tical axis wind turbine in his backyard will gle entity,” Wiener says. “That’s really the “It’s very tough to tell,” Sudik says. get the house even closer to operating com- impetus behind this, to facilitate that move “People really haven’t done it.” pletely on renewable resources. toward distributive power generation.” Sudik says research is lacking largely But there’s a hitch. Existing city zoning Wiener proposes to allow one turbine because municipal governments across the regulations prohibit wind-energy machines per lot in all Missoula neighborhoods nation have been hesitant to welcome turon city lots. Aiming to change that, unless expressly prohibited. Properties bine technology. With barriers slowing Coulston approached the Missoula City larger than 80,000 square feet could erect demand, there’s little push to innovate. Council about two months ago and asked it up to three turbines, pending City Council “So many cities are shooting this stuff to legalize urban turbines. approval. As it stands, height would be dic- down,” he says. “Therefore, the technology “We’re trying to look at making a para- tated by existing zoning limits, with excep- cannot grow.” digm shift in terms of peoples’ thinking tions granted to machines significantly Wiener’s proposal is currently working about using alternative energy,” he says. removed from property lines. its way through Missoula’s Planning Board, The turbine itself will cost about Though Wiener sees producing energy which will hold a public hearing to hash $4,000 fully installed, and it stands just at home as an easy pitch, not everyone on out the proposal during an as-yet-unschedmore than five feet tall. Once elevated and City Council is sold on the idea. Some uled meeting this summer. better situated to catch a breeze, the tur- council members voiced questions about In the meantime, Coulston will continbine would reach about 21 feet high. That’s whether the aesthetics would bring down ue translating wind speed into energy proroughly two feet above the ridgeline of property values or the added noise would duction while listening to the breeze Coulston’s garage. become a nuisance. through the tall pines surrounding his He estimates the machine will generWard 4 Councilman Jon Wilkins property. ate about 300 kilowatt-hours per month— spoke to the issue during a recent meetthe average American household consumes ing. He said if a neighbor’s turbine were to jmayrer@missoulanews.com It’s been an especially windy spring. At least it seems that way to Lane Coulston. “Maybe I was just focused on it,” says the white-haired renewable energy advocate who’s eager to erect a wind turbine in his Lower Rattlesnake backyard. With radiant heat, a solar-powered hot water system, high-efficiency windows and roofing shingles made of recycled vinyl and cellulose, Coulston and his wife, Linda, have designed their home to be a model for
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Going for gold The war in Afghanistan has little to do with bin Laden Before another American soldier picks up a rifle and disembarks for Afghanistan; before we drop another bomb, launch another rocket, or fire another bullet; before another American taxpayer sends in another dollar to the Internal Revenue Service; before another member of Congress votes for the pending $33 billion appropriation for continued funding of the Afghanistan War, the American people deserve an explanation of what the Pentagon revealed about the mineral potential of that country, and why our military is so interested in enabling its exploitation by Corporate America. Early this week the New York Times published an intriguing article titled, “U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan.” If you were looking for a reason why the United States is involved in what is now the longest war in its history, this article will give you plenty to think about. Namely, there’s gold—and lithium, niobium, iron, copper and cobalt—in them thar hills. Them thar hills, by the way, would be the Hindu Kush mountains, one of the most forbidding and dangerous places on the face of the earth. In the old days, the British Empire would merely send out its warships, push the local natives out of the way and take whatever they wanted from other nations around the world. If the natives resisted, well, that’s what’s meant by superior firepower and, for God and Queen, if they wanted a fight then the Royal Marines were more than glad to send “the bloody wogs” to their maker. These days, the modus operandi remains essentially the same, only the flag and war machines have changed. Now, it’s no longer Brittania Rules the Waves; it’s the vast might of the American military that reaches deadly tentacles across the globe, maintaining 800 bases worldwide and sucking down about half of the nation’s annual budget in the process. Shortly after 9-11, President George W. Bush sent troops into Afghanistan claiming he was “on the hunt” for Osama bin Laden, who claimed to mastermind the attack. While this nation’s penchant for bloody vengeance is well known, many questioned why we were going into Afghanistan when, in fact, most of those who flew the jets into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were from Saudi Arabia. One of the reasons offered by a number of writers was that Afghanistan
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was a critical pathway for a planned Unocal pipeline to bring oil and gas from Central Asia. The history of this particular project is well documented and need not be repeated here. But with former Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney in the vice president’s office secretly meet-
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ing with his cadre of energy company advisers, it didn’t take long before clever pens termed the country Pipelinestan and correctly identified the true motive as simply another attempt to fill our insatiable appetite for oil and gas while making a handful of corporations billions of dollars. Of course the true patriots soundly denounced those who made such suggestions as terrorist sympathizers, backed up by a bellicose President Bush who brazenly declared: “You’re either with us or against us.” But now those accusations don’t seem so off-base. Bush has come and gone, as have at least a trillion dollars and tens of thousands of lives. Yet, the war drags on, heading into its tenth year and, by most accounts, we’re losing badly. The flaunted Marja offensive a few months ago was a flop, and the Pashtun fighters are once again re-occupying the territory we failed to secure with our “clear and hold” strategy. A new offensive to repeat the same failure is set to begin in Kandahar, said to be a Taliban stronghold.
So if you’re losing the war, the public is increasingly dismayed and Congress is starting to ask too many questions, what do you do? Well, if you’re the Pentagon, you spend taxpayer dollars to conduct aerial surveys of the mineral wealth that’s sitting beneath the arid soil of Afghanistan. Hopefully, that will convince both the populace and their elected representatives that there’s a pot of gold, literally, at the end of the war if only we can keep funding it into the foreseeable future. And why not? A backward country suffering from 20 years of war is suddenly told by its foreign occupiers that it could be “the Saudi Arabia of lithium.” From the corporate point of view, how sweet is it having the Pentagon and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) do the taxpayer-funded work for them so they can roll in when the time is right and grab the gold? Even better, there are virtually no environmental or workers’ rights laws in the country, so no need to worry about the well-being of the natives or the water, air or land while Corporate America happily bleeds the nation of its resources. Just like the good old days, mate! It sounds too unreal, too primitive, too contrived to be true. But to quote the Times article: “The Pentagon task force has already started trying to help the Afghans set up a system to deal with mineral development…and technical data is being prepared to turn over to multinational mining companies and other potential foreign investors.” Ironically, this is not new information. Here’s a clip from a 1986 study from American University: “Afghanistan has reserves of a wide variety of nonenergy mineral resources, including iron, chrome, copper, silver, gold, barite, sulfur, talc, magnesium, mica, marble, and lapis lazuli. By 1985 Soviet surveys had also revealed potentially useful deposits of asbestos, nickel, mercury, lead, zinc, bauxite, lithium, and rubies.” It is clear that we are being consciously manipulated by the Pentagon to continue a senseless war. The decision is now ours to make. Since this is no longer about national security or freedom, the choice seems equally clear: No more bullets, no more blood, no more dollars— get us out of Afghanistan now. 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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Boots on the trail should require money from wallet by Sarah Gilman
My first introduction to Colorado’s 14,421-foot Mount Massive was, quite literally, a pile of crap. Several piles, actually, just off the trailhead where I’d wandered to pee. Some were flagged with toilet paper; others disguised with a thin sprinkling of pine needles. I walked with care. It was a skill that I would have to perfect over the coming summer, as one of 14 grunts hired to rebuild the eroding trail to the summit. And not just because there was poop everywhere. A mountain like Massive, with its expanse of delicate alpine tundra spreading from quintuple summits, requires a light step. Its plants can withstand the extremes of altitude and weather, but tread on them a few times and you’ll soon leave bare earth in your wake. Without roots to hold it, wind and water whisk the soil away, gullying trails to troughs and forcing hikers to walk their edges. This makes new trails until three or four snake beside each other, shedding silt into clear streams. Where snowfields get in the way, hikers skirt their sodden edges to keep dry feet, leaving wide swaths of torn up ground. Throw in the reality that Massive is but one of Colorado’s storied 54 peaks over 14,000 feet—which collectively receive an estimated 500,000 visitors annually—and the peak-bagger trend becomes a destructive tide rising over the state’s mountains, an extractive industry in its own right. The Forest Service, faced with these escalating impacts and ever-declining budgets to do anything about it, hasn’t many options. One is to enlist the help of 20somethings who work for nonprofits like my employer during that 2005 summer, the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI). Its expertise is building “sustainable” summit trails, single tracks that switchback in steep areas to control the speed of runoff, and that are armored where necessary with
rock walls, steps, check dams to catch sediment and berms to channel water away. The work is tough. We’d hike two hours to a work site and try to get six hours in before thunderstorms chased us down again. We’d bag the dirt we dug and use it as backfill on the trail to keep it from suffo-
“CFIthatestimates it takes $200,000 to $300,000 and two or three years to build just one sustainable
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cating trailside plants. Instead of rolling 200-pound rocks—and chewing up the tundra—we’d haul them in a rope litter or “fly” them with cleverly rigged cable systems. The work also costs a lot. A crew climbing and descending 5,000 vertical feet every day eats tons of food. Trail routes must be planned and mapped by experts, tools purchased and maintained, and the crew trained and paid: The starting wage for us was $80 a day per person; more for experienced workers. CFI estimates that it takes $200,000 to $300,000 and two or three years to build just one sustainable summit route. Expand the lens to all of Colorado’s
fourteeners, and CFI estimates that it, the Forest Service and partner organizations shell out something like $1.5 million in funding and donated labor per year to build and maintain summit trails, restore damaged alpine terrain and educate hikers to, among other things, not walk and poop wherever they please. So when the Pike San Isabel National Forest floated its proposal this May to charge fees at the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness’s South Colony Basin, a jumping off point for three fourteeners, it made good sense to me. Since 1996, the Rocky Mountain Field Institute, the Forest Service, CFI and others have spent an estimated $1 million and 40,000 volunteer hours compensating for the impacts of the area’s 3,500 to 4,500 annual visitors. Charging $10 per person per trip for day trips, as the Forest Service now suggests, and $20 per person per trip for camping, seems like a relative pittance. After all, an average pair of hiking boots cost a cool $150, and most hikers drop a wad of money on a tank of gas just getting to and from the peaks. If paying for the privilege of climbing rubs you the wrong way—perhaps rightfully so, since most of these mountains are on public land and hence belong to everyone— here’s my suggestion for an alternative: Volunteer to spend a few days a season building trails, collecting alpine seeds to revegetate churned up ground, and talking to other hikers about being mindful of what they leave behind. Think of it as an $80 value per person, per day, given back to places we love so much that we tear them apart.
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It always feels great to give back, but it’s also a nice surprise to get something in return for your good deeds. This week, you can help feed a hungry belly while paddling up a storm during the Blackfoot River Challenge, a three-day aquatics fest that aims to raise cash and canned donations for the Missoula Food Bank. You’ll get your feet wet starting Friday, as the challenge kicks off with river running and slalom clinics at 6 PM on the Blackfoot River. On Saturday, you’ll paddle yourself into a benevolent fury just after a race meeting at 10:30 AM, which is followed by down river and sprint cross races, along with awards ceremonies. The weekend culminates in a slalom race on Sunday at 10 AM, and, judging by pictures of that
The Blackfoot River Challenge begins at 6 PM Friday, June 18, at various locations along the Blackfoot River and continues until Sunday, June 20. $25 for two to three races/$20 for one race/$10 for clinics without a food donation/$5 for clinics with a food donation. Preregistration for the clinics is required by emailing blackfootriverchallenge@gmail.com. Visit blackfootriverchallenge.blogspot.com
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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. Higg ins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.
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.
FRIDAY JUNE 18 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. Be the adviser for some deciders by filling out an application to become a volunteer for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ citizen advisory committee. If you apply, you’ll give guidance to the FWP on an array of issues including wildlife management and outdoor recreation. Free. Applications are due Fri., July 2. Get an application by calling 542-5518, or by stopping by FWP’s Missoula office, 3201 Spurgin Road. Support diversity with several of your friends during Montana Pride 2010, which runs June 18–20 and begins with a meet and greet at 5 PM at the Flathead County Fairgrounds, 265 N. Meridian Road in Kalispell. Several events follow throughout the weekend including workshops, a performance by Camille Bloom, and the annual diversity march on Sat. Tickets vary from $55 to $10 depending on the event. Visit montanapride.org for tickets and a complete schedule.
SATURDAY JUNE 19 If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM in Room 3 in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org. Support the work of a regional fish and wildlife conservation organization during The Teller’s TNT Dinner and Auction, which features a live/silent auction, raffles, and gourmet appetizers starting at 5 PM at the Slack Barn at The Teller, 1288 Eastside Highway near Corvallis. $75 per person, with limited tickets available. Call 9613507 and visit theteller.org.
race from last year, it ought to give your arms a hefty workout. If you’re looking for a way to help out the hungry while having fun, consider this one of the most entertaining ways to do your part. –Ira Sather-Olson
MONDAY JUNE 21 Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400. Those looking to control their eating habits can get support from others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM in the basement classroom number 3 of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org. Keep your credit card in check during homeWORD’s Financial Fitness class, a three day course that meets Mon.–Wed. from 6–9 PM at homeWORD, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 303. $10 per person. Call 532-4663. 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 7285818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.
TUESDAY JUNE 22 Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free. Call 329-5656. You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.
THURSDAY JUNE 24 Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/ social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.
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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - A woman in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., reported hearing a man outside her bedroom window telling someone on a cell phone, “I’m about to commit a crime.” She awoke her boyfriend, who said he observed the intruder sit down on a nearby deck and continue his call. Later, he heard a glass door breaking. An Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy who responded followed a trail of blood from the glass door to a nearby intersection, where he found Kevin Wayne Weathersby, 30, sitting on a curb bleeding. A worker counting the night’s take at a Burger King in Pine Bluff, Ark., told police a man approached with a gun, threatened to kill her and demanded the cash. When he set the gun down so he could put the money in a bag, the worker grabbed it, shot the robber during a struggle, then put him in a headlock and called police, who arrested Jason Robinson, 22. VOLKSWAGEN COMMERCIALS COME TO LIFE - An Iowa man was telling a 911 dispatcher that a stranger punched him for no reason at a pedestrian mall in Iowa City when he interrupted himself to tell the dispatcher that a different man had just walked up and punched him. Police said the second man was a friend of the original assailant. DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH - Authorities said Timothy Neal, 44, and his twin 18-year-old sons beat up another man during a drunken brawl at a bonfire in Madison County, Mo., according to sheriff’s Capt. Brad Wells, who explained, “The victim had been talking about religion and demons when the other three became upset and started whipping up on him.” Wells added he didn’t know what specific religious issue started the argument but that the demon talk prompted the beating. PEACOCK SEEKING PIGEONS - NBC launched a campaign to enlist social-media users to promote its shows. “A recommendation from a friend is infinitely more powerful than any message we can put out through conventional marketing channels,” said Adam Stotsky, president of NBC Entertainment Marketing. Participants in the network’s “Fan It” initiative sign up on NBC’s website and then log in to their Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or MyNBC accounts to earn points for chatting about series and directing friends to NBC-related links. They can redeem points for sneak previews of NBC shows, NBC merchandise and a chance to win attendance to the finale of “The Biggest Loser” or a prop from “The Office.” GUNS AND LOVE DON’T MIX - Justin Paul Goldstone, 21, admitted killing his girlfriend with a sawed-off shotgun, which he pointed at her with his finger on the trigger while she took his picture. Goldstone said he believed his finger was outside the trigger guard and not resting on the trigger. “I’m satisfied that you didn’t use the gun deliberately, but you did know the gun was loaded,” New Zealand Justice Forrest Miller said when sentencing Goldstone in the High Court at Auckland to three years and four months in jail. Anita Smithey, 41, admitted fatally shooting her estranged husband while they had sex at her home in Oviedo, Fla. She said Robert Cline III, 41, was being too rough, but when she told him to take it easy, he didn’t. She reached for a .38-caliber handgun on the nightstand, pointed it at his chest and warned him again, but he only laughed and leaned toward her. She said the gun fired accidentally, but he still didn’t get off her, so she fired twice more, wounding him again. According to Smithey’s arrest report, when Cline finally rolled off the bed onto the floor, she got a knife and stabbed herself in the belly to make it look like she had acted in self-defense. Smithey added that even though she and Cline had been separated for three months, they still had sex every Monday. LITIGATION NATION - After Lauren Rosenberg was hit by a car while trying to cross a four-lane highway in Park City, Utah, at night, she sued Google Inc., claiming its online directions were “not reasonably safe for pedestrians.” Although social networks, websites and cable-news networks blasted Rosenberg for ignoring her own safety to blindly follow online directions, her lawyer, Allen Young, insisted that Google Maps “created a trap with walking instructions that people rely on.” Google official Elaine Filadelfo pointed out that every software version of Google Maps warns that walking routes may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. SIZE MATTERS - After high school students and college-age adults complained that the 40 million condoms the District of Columbia distributes free each year are poor quality and too small, the city began offering Trojan condoms, including the company’s super-size Magnum variety. Durex condoms are still available, but health officials acknowledged that, although both brands are equally effective in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, Trojan condoms have greater appeal because of the company’s marketing strategy, which includes packaging Magnums in a shiny, gold wrapper that HIV/AIDS Administration representative Michael Kharfen noted “has a little bit of the bling quality.” SPIT HAPPENS - New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority reported that 51 city bus drivers took an average of two paid months off last year to recover from being spat upon by upset riders. The drivers’ union classifies the indignity as an assault, entitling spitting victims to paid leave. One driver needed 191 days to recover. STOP THE PRESSES! - The world’s largest chocolate maker declared that its new formula could fight wrinkles and slow the aging process. Conceding that chocolate “is probably at the bottom of the list when you think about making food healthier,” Barry Callebaut Chief Innovation Officer Hans Vriens said the Swiss company’s studies showed that a daily dose of 0.75 ounce of its specially developed chocolate, fortified with antioxidants and flavanols preserved during the manufacturing process, boosts skin elasticity and improves hydration. JOB LOSSES - Brenna Marie Reilly, 29, pleaded guilty to impersonating an FBI agent and duping two neighbors in Arlington, Va., to work as her assistants. After she told the neighbors she was the FBI’s director of forensics, she assigned them to write condolence letters to family members of slain agents. The assistants were never paid because the jobs weren’t real. Prosecutors said they still don’t know why Reilly conducted the hoax.
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limp westslope cutthroat trout lies on a cutting board, a fish biologist stands over it sharpening two knives, and over the radio comes U2’s Bono belting out “In The Name of Love.” The song doesn’t register with the half-dozen Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) biologists who form a fish disassembly line here in a makeshift lab at the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery in Anaconda. It’s the only hatchery in Montana that preserves genetically pure westslope cutthroat trout, classified by the state as a “species of concern” after decades of habitat loss and hybridization with rainbow and Yellowstone cutthroat trout. On this May day, for only the second time in more than 25 years, the biologists kill wild male westslope cutthroat trout plucked from the South Fork of the Flathead drainage and extract their sperm in order to artificially inseminate hatchery
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eggs. The idea is to infuse the hatchery’s brood stock with new, wild Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi genes. The infusion will improve the genetic integrity of the hatchery trout used to stock degraded fisheries in the same drainage where the genes originated. And so the fish sacrificed today will, paradoxically, help ensure the species’ long-term survival. The state biologists, led by hatchery manager Mark Sweeney, work in a garage, isolated from the hatchery’s some 164,000 westslope cutthroats. Cutting boards, knives, forceps, test tubes and various containers cover a long white table, and the biologists, resembling chefs behind a sushi bar, slice and dissect. Outside, a truck sits idle. Minutes earlier it arrived with about 120 of these young, male westslope cutthroats from the Flathead’s Sekokini Springs Isolation Facility, where the fish had lived since they were taken last fall from Knieff and Paint
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creeks, tributaries of the South Fork of the Flathead. In all, fish genes from about 15 South Fork tributaries will be taken over the course of the three-year infusion. “It’s all an effort to restore pure westslope cutthroat to the South Fork, and for statewide purposes,” explains FWP Fish Health Coordinator Ken Staigmiller as he waits for another fish, turned belly-up by a lethal dose of anesthetic just moments before, to arrive at his fish-cutting station. The biologists often use the words “pure” and “wild” to explain their work. The words seem out of place, considering there’s nothing wild about the artificial insemination. The same has been said of FWP’s larger restoration effort, known as the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project, which involves poisoning lakes to kill hybrid trout and replacing them with “wild” fish from the Washoe Park hatchery. This level of human intervention is required, the state decided, to save the
species. Some doubt the agency’s motives are as pure as the cutthroat genes it’s working to preserve. But, in any case, the project serves as an example of how convoluted native fish conservation has become in Montana. Staigmiller receives the next fish, lays it out on the cutting board, and slices off its head. He puts the head in a small plastic baggie with the handful of others.
in 2008, and Clayton and Margaret lakes in 2009. All are on Flathead National Forest land east of the Hungry Horse Reservoir and south of Glacier National Park. The remaining 16 lakes are scheduled to be poisoned in the coming years. The project still makes some fishermen scratch their heads. They were used to catching big, beautiful rainbows and Yellowstone cutthroats, and never seemed to mind that those species weren’t there—nor any other fish species—100 years ago.
University of Montana and FWP Geneticist Robb Leary determined in 2007 that the agency needed to infuse new genes into the Washoe hatchery brood stock. “We were seeing a few more slight develAfter Staigmiller removes a fish’s head, opmental abnormalities in the fish”—like spleen and kidneys, he passes the rest of the changes in fin morphology—“than we did body on to fellow Fish Health Specialist Marc when they were originally established,” Terrazas. With his tiny forceps, Terrazas careexplains Leary, who has inspected the brood fully pulls out the fish’s testes, which look stock since its first generation arrived in 1983 like a gooey white string. He jokes about its and 1984. resemblance to an earthworm. “But the main thing,” he continues, “was Terrazas then passes the testes to anoththat these fish have been held in isolation ever er biologist, Mark Kornick of the Flathead since then, and when you keep a population Lake Salmon Hatchery, who blots blood off in isolation, you’re always going to build up the testes with a paper towel. Kornick then some level of inbreeding. Another thing is the dices the testes into a milky mush. population starts to adapt to the hatchery Meanwhile, a few hundred feet away at environment. And so that was really the impethe covered end of a fish hatchery raceway, tus behind it. It’s like a rancher deciding it’s three more FWP biologists, wearing waders time for fresh blood.” and rubber gloves, stand in the water next to FWP biologists go to great lengths to a tub of motionless cutthroats. They’re anesensure that the fresh blood is free of disease. thetized four-year-old females from the After Staigmiller opens a fish he cuts out its hatchery’s brood stock, and the biologists kidneys and spleen and drops them into a pick them up out of the water one by one small glass test tube. and squeeze and massage the fish’s sides, “We’re not looking for any bacteria,” and out squirts a stream of florescent orange Staigmiller says. “We’re looking for certain eggs into a stainless steel bowl. FWP Fish bacteria—certain bacteria and viruses that we Culturist Paul Suek explains that each fish know are problematic. There are three bacteyields, on average, about 1,100 eggs. ria, three viruses and one parasite that we Plastic containers of freshly squeezed basically have to certify this stock is free of fish eggs are taken back to the garage, where before we can move on.” they await their union with the mush of invisThe parasite is Myxobolus cerebralis, ibly teeming sperm. which induces whirling disease. The disease leads to skeletal deformation and neurological damage that causes fish to swim in an A FWP biologist squeezes eggs out of a genetically pure four-year-old cutthroat at the Washoe Park Trout uncontrolled whirling motion. Staigmiller’s Hatchery. The hatchery’s brood stock was established in 1983 and 1984, and this spring marked only the second time since then that the state introduced wild genetics to prevent inbreeding. plastic bags of fish heads are headed to a lab in Bozeman to be tested for the parasite. throat, the state fish, but they do question how “I read one report on stocking Lake Mary Scientists grind up the heads, put them in a cenFWP held its annual informational meeting on much the project sacrifices in order do so. Ronan,” says Vashro, “and the fish came in on the trifuge and add enzymes, which free up any whirling the Westslope Cutthroat Conservation Project in late In 2007, after four years of environmental train and it took them three days by wagon—this was disease spores occupying the fish cartilage. May at its office in Kalispell. With the rotenone treatreview, FWP began applying a toxicant called in the 1880s—to get the fish up and planted.” “This is such a valuable brood stock—it’s captive ment of Wildcat Lake scheduled for the fall, opporotenone to remote mountain lakes in the South All of the lakes lie above the Hungry Horse and we’ve invested a lot of years and money into it— nents of the plan were expected to show up. But Fork drainage to kill all of the nonnative hybrid fish Reservoir, which separates the South Fork drainage and so we’re very protective of it, very concerned none did. Agency staffers outnumbered members of from the rest of the Flathead River system. The reser- the public, who barely outnumbered the two jourabout bringing anything into the hatchery that’s that thrive there. “At that time,” recalls FWP Fisheries Mitigation voir, and the Hungry Horse Dam that created it, are nalists in attendance. going to be incorporated into this brood stock,” Coordinator Joel Tohtz, “there was a lot of concern— central to the restoration effort, partly because it Staigmiller says. “I think this meeting is a good sign,” Vashro said. legitimate concern from everybody, including internal- means that the Bonneville Power Administration, “This has been a contentious project. I mean, taking After all, FWP biologists have high hopes for the hatchery’s fish. Most of them will ultimately end up ly on our staffs—about what we were doing, and all of charged with mitigating the effects of northwest chemicals into the Bob Marshall Wilderness is no somewhere in the South Fork of the Flathead things you have to watch out for, the pre-work that goes hydropower facilities on fisheries thanks to the small issue, and it took four years just to get through drainage as part of the Westslope Cutthroat Trout into this, all the monitoring of levels of toxicants and Northwest Power Act of 1980, is paying for it. Last the environmental reviews, and some of those earliyear the dam’s mitigation budget was about $1.8 er meetings were well attended and very passionate. Conservation Project. The agency is entering the making sure they’re doing what you think they are.” The nonnative fish were largely introduced into million, about $500,000 of which went toward poi- And so I think this is an indication that the work Matt fourth year of the 10-year effort to restore native westslope cutthroat trout to the drainage, an area the lakes—many of which were historically fishless— soning lakes in the South Fork to make way for the and his crew are doing is dealing with a lot of those that accounts for about half of the 10 percent that by the government and the public between the wild cutthroats. The entire 10-year Westslope concerns and moving ahead.” 1920s and 1960s. Even before the ’20s, says FWP Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project is expected to remains of the species’ historic range. Vashro was referring to Matt Boyer, the project’s The project has proven contentious ever since it Regional Fisheries Manager Jim Vashro, people were cost more than $2 million. lead biologist who had just completed a presentawas originally proposed about a decade ago. Few “amazingly determined” to stock these lakes with FWP began the project in 2007 by treating Black tion on its progress. He detailed how the agency dispute the importance of preserving westslope cut- fish. and Blackfoot lakes. It treated Lower Big Hawk Lake monitors the success of rotenone treatments.
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“We’re not just thinking about restoring fisheries, but also about the things that sustain these fisheries, and that’s down to the plankton, the insects and amphibians,” Boyer said. “So when we’re managing for the persistence of native westslope cutthroat trout, we’re trying to think long-term, trying to keep intact the ecosystems and evolutionary processes that allow these things to exist.” FWP calculates the volume of the lake in order to apply the correct amount of rotenone needed to achieve a concentration of one part per million. “We’re lucky that trout are pretty wimpy to this stuff,” Boyer said. Then the agency flies an air tanker—the same kind used for crop dusting or dropping fire retardant—or uses a boat to apply the chemical. It also sets up “drip stations” to access lake tributaries. The agency treats the entire fishery up to a barrier waterfall. Amphibians—including the Columbia spotted frog, western toad, long-toed salamander and tailed frog—largely avoid the rotenone, Boyer said, because they’re typically in their terrestrial stage in the fall when the piscicide is applied. But invertebrate numbers dip. Boyer displayed a slide showing the number of invertebrate taxa—insects like mayflies, midges and beetles—in Black and Blackfoot lakes before and after About a half-dozen FWP fish biologists work in a makeshift lab at the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery in Anaconda artificially inseminating treatment. In Black Lake in 2007, before treatment, trout eggs. “What I can’t believe is that fish can do this without us interfering,” quips biologist Mark Kornick, far right. biologists counted 27 taxa. After treatment, in 2008, the number dropped to 19. But they had rebounded stopping or curbing mining or logging. It has to do Endangered Species Act listing is a positive thing. It by last year when biologists counted 23. Blackfoot with mining and logging, not fish, ultimately.” gives us a little more flexibility and lets the state stay in Lake saw a similar dip, but the number of taxa found control of managing that fish.” The westslope cutthroat has been petitioned for last year, 36, actually exceeded the pre-treatment listing four times since 1997. The U.S. Fish & It’s a positive thing for the Bonneville Power count of 34. Boyer said it takes a few months, rough- Wildlife Service has said that aggressive projects like Administration, too. FWP Hydropower Mitigation ly, depending on the size of the lake, for the rotenone Montana’s Westslope Cutthroat Conservation After Kornick dices the testes, he takes his knife Coordinator Brian Marotz explains that the federal to break down and become non-detectable. Project, by attempting to protect about half of the and scrapes the milky mush into a plastic container agency can save ratepayers money by preventing a The FWP staffers at the meeting lauded the projremaining wild population, make the species’ listing of fish eggs—the same eggs just recently squeezed fish from being listed. ect as a success so far. “But that work’s not done,” “It just makes business sense to not let cutthroat unwarranted. from knocked-out trout. Hatchery manager Mark said Tohtz. “That diligence continues and part of Still, Workman believes the restoration project Sweeney squirts in a few ounces of cold water, and get in such a bad way that they are required to be why we have this meeting every year is to remind listed,” Marotz says, “because then it becomes much insemination ensues. will ultimately prove futile. everybody that the promises made, we’re keeping Sweeney explains that the water activates the more costly to restore a species compared to just “So,” he says, “not only are we destroying fishthem.” sperm, stimulating a rush of activity, lasting no perpetuating that species. So it’s a good business Vic Workman, for one, says that’s impossible. eries—fabulous fisheries—with no assurance that the longer than a minute, during which the millions of model. It’s cheaper to help them now than to recovThe former FWP commissioner from Whitefish one goal of restoration will happen, but we’re probsperm frantically search for an egg’s opening, called er them if they’re going to wink out.” ably not going to stop the listing.” describes himself as the project’s biggest a micropyle. The micropyle closes immediateFWP and BPA already have to manage for one critic. ly after a sperm enters. endangered fish in Montana—the bull trout. But the “It was a Band-Aid on a situation that “They just swim like crazy looking for the listing of cutthroats would bring even greater chalcan never be perfect,” he says a few days party,” Sweeney says. “If there’s no party, lenges because it’s more prevalent in the state. after the meeting. “And to those who would they’ll all just kind of get lonely and hang out “I think it would just open a lot of dialogue if an love to see it be perfect and us undo what and die.” animal that was as widespread in our area as the cutwe’ve done in nature: It cannot happen.” Sweeney adds a couple dashes of iodine throat trout were to be listed…,” says Tohtz. “It Workman’s biggest complaint, he says, to the milk-soaked eggs, a precautionary meas- wouldn’t be insignificant, the change in how we do is that the agency doesn’t know the extent ure should any of the eggs contain viruses or business in the local areas, if the animal was listto which the Hungry Horse Reservoir conbacteria. He then sets the mixture aside. ed…You’d have to be more careful than ever.” tains hybridized trout, which could threatWith the insemination complete, Kornick Vashro says the species listing would affect timen the genetic integrity of the pure quips: “What I can’t believe is that fish can do ber sales, road construction, mining and the licenswestslope cutthroats stocked in the lakes this without us interfering.” ing of federal dams, among other things. above it. “And from a state standpoint,” he says, “we have (FWP acknowledges that its data isn’t to be very conservative about managing not just the exact, but says if it can cut off the sources of listed species but any other species that might hybrids—the mountain lakes—it can reverse impact it. So that in turn has an impact on fish stockthe problem in the entire drainage.) ing, and fishing regulations, and the kind of species But more than that, Workman claims “The largest part of why we’re doing all of that we might manage for. There aren’t many facets FWP is driven by ulterior motives. He says this,” Vashro says, “is that cutthroat are part of of our life that it doesn’t touch in some way.” the project has roots in former our natural heritage, and it’s our state fish. So Gov. Marc Racicot’s concern that dwindling Ironically, the 564-feet-high Hungry Horse Dam— taking care of our natural heritage is primarily cutthroat numbers could have far-reaching the drainage’s most obvious example of why, as what is driving us. Being the state fish, they’re economic implications. Workman puts it, we can’t undo how we’ve changed a real symbol of Montana in terms of cold, “A lot of people think this is about the A dead genetically pure westslope cutthroat trout lies on a the ecosystem—makes the entire project possible. clean water and good habitat. And to some fish,” Workman says. “This all started with table before state fish biologists remove its testes to be “The Hungry Horse Dam,” explains Bruce extent, those native fish are a canary in the the Racicot administration trying to hold used for artificial insemination. The trout was caught last Farling, director of Montana Trout Unlimited, “has fall from either Knieff or Paint creek, tributaries of the South goldmine. They’re telling us whether we’re off the Endangered Species Act from being Fork of the Flathead. In all, fish from about 15 South Fork been a 100-percent effective barrier from introduced doing our job. enacted [by adding the westslope cutthroat tributaries will be taken over the course of the three-year “That said,” he continues, “we think avoiding species that we don’t want in the South Fork system to the endangered species list] and thus genetic infusion. getting into the South Fork system.”
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In other words, the manmade dam ensures that the genetically pure trout that grow from the artificially inseminated eggs and stocked into the previously poisoned (and historically fishless) mountain lakes aren’t hybridized by the descendents of the trout the state introduced in the drainage decades ago. But, as Farling points out, “It’s not being done in the name of wildness, it’s largely being done in the name of cutthroat conservation.” The bottom line, he says, is that the project has been successful so far. The rotenone has worked. And fish that, for the most part, evolved over millennia in the Flathead system are still swimming there. Wildness, though, may be what brings back the voices of opposition to the Westslope Cutthroat Conservation Project. All of the lakes that have been treated so far, and the lake on schedule to be treated this fall, are on Flathead National Forest land. But 11 of the 21 lakes on the list—Pyramid, George, Woodward, Lena, Lick, Koessler, Sunburst and the four in the Necklace chain—are inside the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and beginning next year with the Necklace lakes, they’ll be treated with rotenone. “There’s going to be a little more scrutiny,” says Vashro. He says the non-wilderness lakes are being treated first to “fine tune” the process. But treating wilderness lakes with chemicals has been done before, even in the South Fork. In the ’90s rotenone was used to kill invasive brook trout. “And so we’ve established precedent of the process and the chemical use,” Vashro says. “But we have to go through a lot more steps as we move into wilderness to get that administrative approval.” The wilderness lakes were included in an environmental impact statement (EIS) completed in 2006. Farling expresses concern about temporarily letting chemicals and possibly motorboats into wilderness, where even mountain bikes are prohibited. But he says circumstances surrounding native fish have become so dire that compromises must be made. “This temporary impact—actually an aesthetic impact—is going to be worth it,” Farling says, “in terms of the return we’ll
get for maintaining that important genetic reservoir of those ancestral lineage cutthroats in the Bob Marshall Wilderness… “Some people have problems with that,” he continues, “and I kind of do, too. But I’m looking at the trade-offs here. One thing about wilderness is it’s a reservoir for native species and for ancestral strains of those species, be it an elk, be it a bighorn sheep, be it a cutthroat trout. That’s one of the highest values of wilderness.” FWP still needs to complete a “minimum tools analysis” for the rotenone treatments of each wilderness lake. The process determines whether it’s most appropriate to access the lakes using, say, a helicopter or pack stock. The forest supervisor then decides if the tools to be used warrant further public comment.
In the makeshift lab at the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery, Mark Sweeney combines some of the containers of inseminated eggs dyed with iodine and gives them to Angela Smith, a FWP fish culturalist. Smith takes them inside the hatchery’s main building, which houses several rows of long, aqua-blue troughs. The troughs in the main room are empty. But two smaller rooms contain large glass cylinders full of glowing orange eggs. One of the rooms holds about 275,000. Smith pours the new eggs into a glass cylinder. She then attaches a hose that supplies a constant flow of fresh, 56-degree water. It brings oxygen and removes waste, and makes the cylinder constantly overflow. The iodine color begins to fade away. It will take two weeks or so, Smith says, until the eggs “eye up,” the stage at which dark dots become visible inside the egg. Another few weeks after that, the fish will actually hatch. They’ll do so right inside the cylinder, Smith says, and swim up over the lip of the cylinder and into a tank. And eventually, some of these wild fish, after this strange evolutionary interlude, will return to the wilderness. mfrank@missoulanews.com
Mark Sweeney, manager of the Washoe Park Trout Hatchery, tends to tanks full of thousands of inseminated westslope cutthroat eggs. Most of the genetically pure fish that grow from the eggs will end up back in the South Fork of the Flathead drainage, an area that accounts for about half the of the remaining wild cutthroat population.
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The artistic annihilation of thirst FLASHINTHEPAN I ordered my first mangoneada because I thought it sounded vaguely like mango-lemonade, which seemed perfect on a hot day. Better Spanish speakers may have realized mangoneada refers to unscrupulous use of power, like graft or bribery. With my first slurp I began to see why. Mangoneadas are powerful and desirable. On a hot day I bet you could bribe Satan with one. A mangoneada consists of a mango popsicle and a dipping sauce of red chili powder, salt, lime juice and sugar. The sweet, caustic solution resides in a cup, and is reapplied between slurps. Altogether, the mangoneada is at once too sweet, too spicy, too bitter, too sour and too salty. But these intense and different flavors somehow manage to play brilliantly together. The chili demands sweetness, which is improved by sourness, which likes salt, which goes great with chile. It’s like rock, paper, scissors in your mouth, all because it’s so hot out, and the mangoneada is so cold. As the popsicle thaws, it softens around the edges and becomes increasingly impregnated with the red syrup. Chunks break off in your mouth to expose a bright mango core. It looks like a sunset, tastes like a hot day at the beach, and makes you a little crazy. I ate my first mangoneada at a paleteria, a kind of Mexican popsicle emporium the likes of which can be found in most southwestern cities. They serve a bewildering array of fruity and creamy popsicles, called paletas, as well as other treats, and whole families hit the paleteria like Americans hit DQ. Rough looking dudes can be seen smiling like kids. There’s often someone selling sunglasses and pirated DVDs in the parking lot. The most authentic mangoneadas will contain chamoy, a Mexican syrup made from pickled fruit. But real chamoy is rare these days, and some bottled
chamoy doesn’t even contain pickled fruit. You’ll find some alternatives in my recipe. How to make a mangoneada: One average-size mango blended with a cup of water will make an ice cube tray’s worth of mango popsicle. Remove the flesh from a mango, cut it into cubes, add the fruit to a blender along with a cup or two of water. The second cup makes the popsicles more hydrating, and stretches your
mango supply. For each cup of water, add a tablespoon each of sugar and lime. Blend, and pour the puree into your popsicle cups. Insert popsicle sticks after 1–2 hours in the freezer, and allow to freeze completely. At serving time, remove the popsicles from the cups. For each popsicle, combine a teaspoon each of sugar and chili powder (mild to hot, depending on the person), and a big pinch of salt. Stir in a tablespoon of fresh lime juice. This sauce can be made ahead of time in large quantities, or mixed individually in each popsicle cup, allowing the mangoneada maker to adjust for preferences in heat and sweetness. Add a tablespoon or two of sauce to each cup, depending on the size of the popsicle, and, option-
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ally, a teaspoon or two of real chamoy, if you can get it. Replace the popsicle in its cup. It is now a mangoneada. If you can’t find real chamoy and want that acidic, fruity sourness in your mangoneada, here are some alternatives: A fine store-bought solution is the sour orange marinade you can find in Caribbean food markets. Even better, make tamarind syrup like they do in some parts of Mexico. Soak 1/4 cup of dry or brick tamarind in 3/4 cups of warm water for about an hour (heat the water to speed the process). Stir and mash it around, and then filter out the seeds and skin. Over a low flame, reduce the tamarind water by about 80 percent, and then let it cool. Use it as you would chamoy—adding a teaspoon or so to the chili sauce. The hot, sour, salt and sweet flavors of a mangoneada are in good company. Asian cuisine is often described in terms of the interplay of these very flavors. The same ingredients can also be found in other Photo by Ari LeVaux good dishes, such as a bowl of freshly cut mango chunks, sprinkled with chili and salt, spritzed with lime and followed, perhaps, with a squirt of chamoy or tamarind. Alternatively, the same ingredients can all go into the blender together with ice and perhaps tequila. If making a blended drink like this, add the chili powder last, a bit at a time, tasting as you go. Among all such variations on this brilliant flavor equation, the mangoneada remains in a league by itself. The use of dipping to control the flavor mix, the changing conditions as the popsicle melts and the visual spectacle of the bright colors contrasting and blending all conspire to make it a memorable experience. On a hot day, a mangoneada will command your attention completely as it quickly disappears.
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HAPPIESTHOUR Fox Club Cabaret Claim to fame: Well, it ain’t the drink specials. Instead, it’s mostly undressed women sporting a variety of scintillating styles, including pierced punk and girl next door. When not performing an array of acrobatic feats with a pole, Fox Club ladies sit, drink and chat with club patrons. Lap dances are also available for those looking for personal attention. Atmosphere: Plush red velvet couches, a heavy granite bar and lots of mirrors make the Fox feel like an upscale bordello. A live poker table, gambling machines and two pool tables illuminated by black lights are underutilized when the ladies are on stage. What you’re drinking: Patrons these days favor the Irish Trash Can, says Fox Club bartender John Erickson. The drink includes a stomach-churning array of vodka, gin, rum, triple sec, blue Curacao and peach schnapps. “Then you just basically put a Red Bull on top of it,” Erickson says.
Who you’re drinking with: The stereotypical lonely older gentleman with a pocket full of dollar bills, plus a smattering of women, frat boys, bachelor party attendees and random locals. Happy Hour specials: Between 9 and 10 p.m. Monday through Photo by Jessica Mayrer Thursday the Fox offers two-for-one cover—that’s two for $5. A Kokanee sets you back $2.75 and well drinks run $3.50. Keep an eye out for an array of nightly drink specials. Extras: The club hosts a raucous amateur night on the last Sunday of every month. And if you want to bring something home, Fox Club gstrings sell for $10. How to find it: 2006 Ernest Street. —Jessica Mayrer Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.
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. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on all-natural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don't feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$
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SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal on our park side patio or within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues.-Sat. 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring locally produced specials as well as international cuisine and traditional Irish fare. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$ The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. • 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$
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Enjoy a barbecue and learn about a team of bike riders who are riding across the country in order to bring awareness to poverty during the Cycling For Change rest stop barbecue, which begins at 11 AM at the Poverello Center, 535 Ryman St. Free. The barbecue includes comments from ride leader Father Matthew Ruhl, along with tours of the Pov’s facilities. Visit cyclingforchange.org. End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery (formerly known as The Cellars) hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
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Those in the Flathead can keep it fresh and keep it local during the Whitefish Farmers’ Market, which occurs this and every Thu. from 4–6 PM until Sept. 16 in the parking lot of the Pin and Cue, 6570 Hwy. 93 S. in Whitefish. Free. Expect much more than scribbling at Scribbles, a writers group for kids grades 7–9 that meets at 4 PM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
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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. Montana museums and artists get an artistic high five during a screening of Allen Powers’ Behind the Vault Doors, a documentary that celebrates Montana’s community of artists and their impacts on the state during a screening/artist reception from 5–8 PM at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Includes appetizers, beer/wine and a Q&A session. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Celebrate the legacy and work of late landscape artist John Fery during a reception
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Slightly Stoopid keeps its medical supply on dry ice when it plays weed-inspired punk, reggae and hip-hop Tue., June 22, at 7 PM at Ryan Creek Meadows, 15886 Willis Ranch Lane near Clinton. $33/$27.50 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. Steel Pulse and The Expendables open. for John Fery: Artist of the Rockies, which features a talk by Fery’s grandson John B. Fery and runs from 5–7 PM at Kalispell’s Hockaday Museum of Art, 302 Second Ave. E. $10/free Hockaday Museum members. Call 755-5268 and visit hockadaymuseum.org.
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.
Call ‘em aesthetic hot shots: The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents its Second Thursday opening exhibition titled All Star Show, which features new works by Robert Moore, Carol Spielman, Davi Nelson, Robert Schlegel, Theodore Waddell, Parvin and Tom Bluemlein and runs from 5:30–7:30 PM at the gallery. Free. Call 721-3154.
Nibble on some potluck foods with your neighbors during the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project’s MUD Mingle, which runs from 6–9 PM at MUD, 629 Phillips St. Free. Bring a potluck dish to share, as well as your own plates, cups and utensils. Call 721-7513 and visit mudproject.ning.com.
It’s time for dinner and a summer show with hundreds of your fellow friends during Downtown ToNight, which features food, kids’ activities and music from Big Sky Mudflaps starting at 5:30 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com. Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change
Dan Dubuque lets his slap happy side run free when he plays slap blues guitar at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., June 18, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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Permaculture guru Paul Wheaton gives the good word on how you can build a home, animal shelter or root cellar in a fast and cost efficient manner during the talk “Wofati Eco Buildings,” which starts at 6:30 PM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Visit permies.com. 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. Email openfieldartists@gmail.com.
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On Center Performing Arts presents Life Is Beautiful, a recital that starts at 7 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $12. Call 542-0730 for tickets or visit oncenter.biz. You can do it: Author Judy Wright hosts a presentation and signs copies of Building Self-Confidence with Encouraging Words, at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:45 PM and trivia at 8 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. E-mail Katie at kateskins@gmail.com. The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Fiddler on the Roof, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20–$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows. An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. Bowling and karaoke go together like formaldehyde and cookies 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. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Ka l e i doscope K araoke e v e r y Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. 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. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and 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. It be gettin’ hot in here: The Montana Actors’ Theatre presents another round of song, dance and hilarity with a dark twist—and likely a scantily clad cast—during this month’s “hot summer” installment of its popular cabaret, which starts at 9 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9. Visit mtactors.com. Jump into a local salmagundi when locals The Ethan Thompson Band plays rock with folk rocker Kevin Koutnik and Lauren Wagner at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. (See Scope in this issue.) Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit o’ karaoke with help from the band Party Trained during Ladies’ Night and Live Band Karaoke at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free. Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free. 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. Don’t go huffing elephant tusk dust when Colorado’s Elephant Revival plays folk/Americana with California’s Dead Winter Carpenters at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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Keep it crafty while perusing the work of 80 juried artists and crafters during the second annual Big Sky Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, which occurs at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., from 10 AM–7 PM. Free. The festival continues Sat., June 19, from 10 AM–6 PM and Sun., June 20, from 10 AM–4 PM. Call 207-6502.
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. Email Deb at star@blackfoot.net.
ance by Camille Bloom, and the annual diversity march on Sat. Tickets vary from $55 to $10 depending on the event. Visit montanapride.org for tickets and a complete schedule.
End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery (formerly known as The Cellars) hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
Come for the motorcycles and stay for the music at Hot Harley Nights, which runs from 6:30–10:30 PM at Caras Park and features food and drinks, as well as music from Johnny Cash tribute band The Cold Hard Cash Show, along with The Tomcats and The Celtic Dragon Pipe Band. Free to attend, and free to enter your bike. Call Andrea at 721-2154 for more info on entering your bike.
nightlife Support diversity with several of your friends during Montana Pride 2010, which runs June 18–20 and begins with a meet and greet at 5 PM at the Flathead County Fairgrounds, 265 N. Meridian Road in Kalispell. Several events follow throughout the weekend including workshops, a perform-
Gypsy jazz goes hand in hand with fermented spirits when members of El 3-OH! play the Ten Spoon Winery Tasting Room, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 6 PM. Free.
You’re a cheap date, not a cheapskate: The Missoula Public Library hosts another installment of its cheap date movie night, which screens a TBA movie at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Call 721-BOOK and visit missoulapubliclibrary.org for updates on movie titles.
On Center Performing Arts presents the “Best of” performance of Life Is Beautiful, a recital that starts at 7 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $15. Call 5420730 for tickets or visit oncenter.biz. John Floridis makes your steak ache for more when he plays The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, from 7–10 PM. Free. Call 728-5132. Tap your feet and then eat during a night of African dancing, drumming and cuisine with Portland, Ore. drummer/dancer Darrell Sekou Soumah Walker and others, which begins at 7 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $20/$15 advance if tickets are bought by June 17. Call 541-7240 for tickets and visit ddcmontana.com. An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org.
SPOTLIGHT vivid vault Despite the vast spaciousness of our great state, the art world here is as tight-knit and snug as that cardigan your grandma knit you back in the 1980s. At least that’s the impression I get when watching Behind The Vault Doors, a still-in-progress pilot documentary produced by Billings-based filmmaker Allen Powers that examines Montana’s art scene from the perspective of artists and gallery curators from around the state. It offers a glimpse into the sense of camaraderie artists feel for one another and why, of all places, they choose to live and work here. The doc also delves into the aesthetic highs and financial challenges of being an artist, and touches on why monetary and social support of the arts in Montana is pretty darn essential for it to thrive. You’ll be able to see for yourself the fruits of Allen’s work—who, by the way, started the film in 2007—when he visits town this week during a screening and reception for Behind the Vault Doors at the Missoula Art Museum (MAM). WHAT: Film Screening and Reception for Behind The Vault Doors WHO: Allen Powers WHEN: Thu., June 17, 5–8 PM WHERE: Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: Visit behindthevaultdoor.com
Powers works as a cameraman for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football.” Not long ago, he hooked up with the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, and his idea for the film took off from there. “I’ve been a cameraman in the sports world for 24 years,” Powers says. “I get to witness the source of pride that sports brings to a community like the Green Bay Packers in the little town of Green Bay….And then I fly home to Montana, which is just the most wonderful place to live. And it’s like, ‘Well, where are our heroes? Where’s the source of pride that Montana deserves as far as its sense of place?’“ The film will be shown in conjunction with the Behind the Vault Doors exhibit, which just opened at the museum. It features a host of eye candy from the MAM’s vault, like the insanely detailed work of the late Jay Rummel, and the exquisitely crafted wood cuts of James Todd—whose piece, “Wessis and Ossis”, appears above. —Ira Sather-Olson
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The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20–$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows. John Patrick Williams slips a doughnut onto your ring finger when the singer/songwriter plays at the Raven Restaurant and Bar in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 8 PM. Free. Call 837-2836. Dan Dubuque’s guitar loves a good slap or two when he plays slap blues/soul guitar at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Enjoy a rollicking Western musical when the Hamilton Players present Annie Get Your Gun, with a performance at 8 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 375-9050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com The Lifers want you to break free from your shock therapy addiction when they play 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. 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. Bust a smooth move to sizzling hiphop 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. It be gettin’ hot in here: The Montana Actors’ Theatre presents another round of song, dance and hilarity with a dark twist—and likely a scantily clad cast—during this month’s “hot summer” installment of its popular cabaret, which starts at 9 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9. Visit mtactors.com. Get robotically crunk but not robo-fried during ElectroKrunk, a dance party featuring dubstep and hip-hop from Mikee Sev, Ebola Syndrome, Kid Traxiom, Tonsofun, Linkletter and Slopstar at 9 PM at the Badlander. Free. Port Angeles, Wash.’s Lonely H keeps your lonesome loins company when they play rock at the Palace at 9 PM. $5. Locals Volumen and Secret Powers open. Son of a Gun lets you float down that river of firewater when they play the Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment
every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. Dance like you’ve got mayo in your socks during DJ and Dancing at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. No Shame totally knows how to one up your blame game when they rock Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2. Call 830-3277. Full Grown Men know all you need is another shot of coagulated lactose when they play blues and jazz at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free. Russ Nasset and the Revelators spread some summer rockabilly love over your feet when they play the Great Northern Bar in Whitefish, 27 Central Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. The Lil’ Smokies know that only you can prevent a fungal apocalypse when they play Americana/bluegrass at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Bend, Ore.’s Eric Tollefson dips his axe in blue shades of toffee when he plays blues at Sean Kelly’s at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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Your heart, the planet and your farmerneighbors 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. The Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. in Hamilton, parties it up for our state flower during Bitter Root Day, which runs from 9 AM–1 PM and features arts, crafts and produce, along with music by Cabin Fever and a poetry reading/book signing by Victor and April Charlo. Free. This event also doubles as a fundraiser for the museum. Call 363-3338. Just don’t expect Charles McRaven to sign that magic stone you carry in your pocket when he signs copies of Stone Primer and other publications at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., from 10:30 AM–noon. Free. Call 721-2881. Those suffering from illness or loss can find solace during one of Living Art Montana’s Creativity for Life workshops at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St., at 10:30 AM. This week features the program “Adventures with Plants” with Martha Kimmich. Free, but donations are appreciated but not expected. Register by calling 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org.
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It’s all about a pony ride, music, vendors and plenty more during Stevensville’s Western Heritage Days, which began yesterday with an auction at the Full Moon Saloon, and kicks off today at 11 AM with a parade down Main Street in Stevensville. Free. Events follow throughout the day, including live music from Shodown from 7–10 PM. Call 777-3773 and visit mainstreetstevensville.com for a schedule of events. Home is where the artistic heart is during “Saturday Family Art Workshop: Shoebox City with Bev Glueckert,” where children and their families create their own store, home or community building with an array of materials starting at 11 AM at the Missoula Art Museum,
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335 N. Pattee St. Free. This is the culminating event for Habitat for Humanity of Missoula’s Youth Week. Call 549-8210.
Sat. at 2 PM in Liquid Planet’s conference room. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com.
Stevensville Hardware, 323 Main St., offers its patrons the gift of blues for customer appreciation day when the Gorgeous Franks play from 11:45 AM–3:45 PM. Free.
Celebrate the opening of Missoula’s newest fermented grape juice watering hole during the Missoula Winery and Event Center Grand Opening, which runs from 2–11 PM and features a barbecue at 4 PM, a raffle, as well as a concert by the Kevin Van Dort Band at 8:30 PM, all at the center, 5646 W. Harrier. $5 concert/free for the opening. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
Get intimate with lactose and curds during the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project’s (MUD) cheese-making workshop, which runs from 1–4 PM near MUD, 629 Phillips St. $20/$10 for members. RSVP required by calling 721-7513. The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every
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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. Support the work of a regional fish and wildlife conservation organization during The Teller’s TNT Dinner and Auction, which features a live/silent auction, raffles, and gourmet appetizers starting at 5 PM at the Slack Barn at The Teller, 1288 Eastside Highway near Corvallis. $75 per person, with limited tickets available. Call 961-3507 and visit theteller.org. Hellgate Rodeo never subjects you to the depths of a hellish pit when they play blues, rock, country and jazz covers along with originals at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Voodoo Horseshoes would prefer a barley soda over a glass of your cold sweat when they play rock with shades of psychedelia at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.
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Gleefully watch others kickbox and beat each other around using a mixture of fighting styles during a Mixed Martial Arts and Kickboxing Fight, which starts with the first fight at 7:15 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $10 at the door or advance by calling 544-0028. An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. Enjoy a rollicking Western musical when the Hamilton Players present Annie Get Your Gun, with a performance at 8 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 375-9050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com The Lifers want you to break free from your shock therapy addiction when they play the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free.
Sick Pony would rather not snort your ibuprofen stash when they play bluegrass and indie at the Raven Restaurant and Bar in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 8 PM. Free. Call 837-2836. They call him General Lee for a reason: Lee Zimmerman commands his cello to make sweet tones when he plays the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. 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, bootybusting 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. It be gettin’ hot in here: The Montana Actors’ Theatre presents another round of song, dance and hilarity with a dark twist—and likely a scantily clad cast—during this month’s “hot summer” installment of its popular cabaret, which starts at 9 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9. Visit mtactors.com. 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. Shane Clouse cuts through the proverbial crud with his axe when he plays country at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Visit lumberjacksaloon.com. Great Falls’ The Cold Hard Cash Show lets you grease their palms with pomade when the Johnny Cash cover band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand Ave., at 9 PM. $5. Call 728-1559. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. Russ Nasset and the Revelators spread some summer rockabilly love over your feet when they play the Great Northern Bar in Whitefish, 27 Central Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free.
Quit singing alone: Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., presents a Karaoke and Singing Contest with K J Charlotte starting at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Zoo City probably won’t be asking, “Do I Make You Horny?” when they play an Austin Powers/British Rock Invasion costume party at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2/free if you’re in costume. Call 830-3277. They’ve got the green triangle hookup: Humboldt County, Calif.’s Moo-Got-2 woos haters when they play funk and jam rock at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Wyoming’s Screen Door Porch opens with a set of alt folk at 8 PM. (See Noise in this issue.)
SUNDAY June
20
Just when you thought there weren’t enough farmers’ markets, along c o m e s t h e Ta r g e t R a n g e Community Farmers’ Market, which features an array of local products and runs from 10 AM–1 PM this and every Sun. until Oct. 10 at the parking lot of Target Range School, 4095 South Ave. W. Free. Interested vendors should call Todd at 531-0877. Kick off your Sunday with a cup of joe, snacks and informal spiritual discussions on past lives, dreams, soul travel, visions and other topics starting at 10 AM at the River Street Dance Theatre, 421 N. Second St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 369-0964 or email randomityplus@gmail.com. Yet another opportunity to peruse local arts and crafts hits Missoula during the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 1–5 PM this and every Sun. at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel of Missoula and the Caras Park pavillion. Free to attend. Enjoy a rollicking Western musical when the Hamilton Players present Annie Get Your Gun, with a performance at 2 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 375-9050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com If you suffer from pain, join others who understand your plight during a meeting of the Missoula Pain Support Group from 2–4 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. Call Nicole Dunn for more info at 327-8408. An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 3 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. If your chakras have been a little backed up lately, clear ‘em out during
Band practice at the hobbit hole. Port Angeles, Wash.’s Lonely H brings the rock when it plays the Palace Fri., June 18, at 9 PM with Volumen and Secret Powers. $5. Table Time with Alternative Healers, an intuitive healing and energy balancing workshop from 4:30–6:30 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. Call Janit at 207-7358.
bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: Jazz from the Freemole Quartet and DJs Gary Stein and Ryan Wendel.
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MONDAY
Aaron Williams caresses your earlobes with his instruments of choice when he plays the Raven Restaurant and Bar in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 5 PM. Free. Call 837-2836. 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. Email openfieldartists@gmail.com. Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kelly’s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. Glowsticking is not a crime: DJs DRE and Chachi get you to dance in a trance when they spin house and progressive trance music at 10 PM at the Palace. Free. 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
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Eternal Springs Healing Center, 180 S. Third St. W., above Meadowsweet Herbs, presents a Women’s Health Qi Gong, which meets this and every Mon. and Wed. at 8:30 AM at the center. Call 240-6182 for pricing and visit eternalsprings.webs.com.
nightlife Wiggle those hips in order to bring awareness to the toxic water accumulating in Butte’s Berkeley Pit during the last Cool Water Hula Practice in Missoula, which begins at 5:30 PM in the third floor community room of the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. Free. The hula itself takes place in Butte on July 10. Call Kristi at 327-6681 and visit coolwaterhula.blogspot.com. What reason have you got for lying around the house watching the tube when Florence’s High Spirits offers Free Pool at 6 PM? Free. Call 273-9992. Keep your credit card in check during homeWOR D’s Financial Fitness class, a three day course that meets Mon.–Wed. from 6–9 PM at homeWORD, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 303. $10 per person. Call 532-4663.
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You’ve got another chance to connect the dots this evening when the VFW hosts bingo at 7 PM. Free. Russ Nasset keeps the mumbo clear from the jumbo when he plays a solo set at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free. The Missoula City Band plucks, toots and emanates an assortment of sounds for your pleasure when they practice this and every Mon.
until Aug. 9 from 7–9 PM in the band room at Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. Free. Call Gary at 728-2400 Ext. 7041 and visit missoulacityband.org. The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20–$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows.
This ain’t no “TV Party”: Punk legend Henry Rollins brings his comedic observations to the stage when he performs a spoken word set at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $20/$18.50 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. (See Soundcheck in this issue.)
The Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., lets bubbles reign supreme from 2–3 PM with Bubbles and Beyond, where kids grades 1–6 build their own bubble wand and see how big of a bubble they can blow. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
Who says America never invented a pub sport? Beer Pong proves them all wrong at the Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where alcohol and performance anxiety climax into a thing of beauty at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.
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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. Have a drink and take a load off in the company of your fellow laborers during the Badlander’s Service Industry Night, which runs this and every Mon. and includes drink specials for service industry workers starting at 9 PM. Free. Also, if you’ve got an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it. 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. Denver’s Oblio’s Arrow gives Adam back his Adam’s apple when they play psych country and rock at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
TUESDAY June
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If you can’t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
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Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free. Call 370-3200. See if your buzzed mind can correctly guess what family of animalia the epihippus came from during Buzz Time Showdown Trivia, which features free trivia—along with drink specials—and runs from 6–9 PM this and every Tue. at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4152. Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com. Slightly Stoopid just might ask to meet your caregiver when they play a weed-inspired mix of punk, reggae and hip-hop at Ryan Creek Meadows, 15886 Willis Ranch Lane near Clinton, at 7 PM. $33/$27.50 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. Steel Pulse and The Expendables open. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? Here’s something volcanic for you: The volcano Vesuvius is located in what country? (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. Jewel wonders just exactly who will save your soul when she plays a solo acoustic set at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $39.50, with tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. (See Soundcheck in this issue.) An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $ 3 7/ $ 3 0 / $ 2 5 d e p e n d i n g o n seats/$18 for students. Call 862SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678. Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers host an open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free, with free beers for performers. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during K aleidoscope K araoke e v e r y Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. Ladies get their drink on and celebrate themselves with $1.50 well drinks during Ladies’ Night at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which runs this and every Tue. starting at 9 PM. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.
Brooklyn’s Shellshag wants you to leave your birthday suit at home when they play rock with shades of punk at the Palace at 9 PM. $5. Locals At Home in the Cosmos and The Blox open and close the show, so get there early. (See Noise in this issue.) Javier Ryan keeps his instrument away from death row when he plays originals, acoustic covers and maybe some folk-hop at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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Your weekly lunch date with almost everyone comes at 11 AM at Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities and music this week by the Ed Norton Big Band. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com. The Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., presents River Sports with 40,000 waves, a program for teens entering grades 7–12 that begins at 2 PM at the library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
nightlife If you’re a Missoula Art Museum (MAM) volunteer, you better not miss the MAM’s free Volunteer Appreciation Party, which features food, choice beverages, music and perhaps a game of kickball from 5:30–8 PM at Kiwanis Park. Call Linden at 728-0447 for more info on becoming a MAM volunteer. Spinal Pizza just wants a taste of your Italian soda when they play Delta blues, Texas ragtime and American folk at the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville, at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0680. If you know the difference between His Knobs and His Knees, bring that skill to the Joker’s Wild Casino, 4829
N. Reserve St., where the Missoula Grass Roots Cribbage Club invites players both new and old to see how many ways they can get to that magical number 15 at 6:30 PM. Free. Call Rex at 360-3333. In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Tragedy hits the screen in HD during The Met: Live at The Roxy encore screening of the opera Roméo et Juliette, which begins at 6:30 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $12.50 plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s or online at morrisproductions.org. Hump day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore. It’s also a day for playing games of chance with other likeminded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471. An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Project’s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org. The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Fiddler on the Roof, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20–$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows. Craig Wickham gives your greens some lovin’ when he plays acoustic originals and covers at Kalispell’s North Bay Grille, 139 First Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Call 755-4441. The Missoula City Band toots it up with special guest the UM Band Camp Faculty when they perform at Bonner Park, on the corner of
Hastings and Ronald Avenues, at 8 PM. Free. Call 728-2400 Ext. 7041 and visit missoulacityband.org. 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: The volcano Vesuvius, known as Mount Ve s u v i u s , i s l o c a t e d n e a r Naples, Italy and is classified as a stratovolcano.
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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.
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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. It be gettin’ hot in here: The Montana Actors’ Theatre presents another round of song, dance and hilarity with a dark twist—and likely a scantily clad cast—during this month’s “hot summer” installment of
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its popular cabaret, which starts at 9 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9. Visit mtactors.com. YETI just wants to let you know your flotilla will be in good hands when they play the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
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Belt out a few bars of somethinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ridiculous at East Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reno Casino and Cafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s karaoke night, brought to you by Karaoke by Figmo, every Thu., Fri. and Sat. night at 9 PM. Free. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402.
An aesthetic appreciation injection is in store during â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julius Seyler: An Impressionist Painter in Glacier National Park,â&#x20AC;? a talk with UM history prof William Farr on the artist at 7 PM at the Montana Theatre, in UMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PARTV Center. Free. This lecture is in conjunction with the Montana Museum of Art and Cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glacier National Park Centennial Exhibition. Call 243-2019.
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 bumpinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the feet stompinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at 9 PM. $3.
Let Immanuel Kant be your guide to questioning everything under the sun during another installment of Socrates Cafe, a philosophy discussion group which meets at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:45 PM and trivia at 8 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Innâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;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.
It be gettinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hot in here: The Montana Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theatre presents another round of song, dance and hilarity with a dark twistâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and likely a scantily clad castâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;during this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot summerâ&#x20AC;? installment of its popular cabaret, which starts at 9 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9. Visit mtactors.com. DJ Ever No only takes maybe for an answer when she plays whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to be electronic music at the Palace at 9 PM. Free. Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; karaoke with help from the band Party Trained during Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Night and Live Band Karaoke at Harry Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free. Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free.
The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows.
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.
Tenneseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Anderson gives you a benevolent country-and-western itch to scratch when he plays the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $27 plus fees, with tickets available at all GrizTix outlets and griztix.com.
Ahh, nothing like hot barbecue, cold beer and sizzling tunes to ring in the beginning of summer. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your thing, get your bad self to the Old Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pig roast, the annual soiree where meat and music mix into a thing of beauty starting at 4 PM Sat., June 19. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $3, and features the sweeping harmonies of Wartime Blues, slices of funk by Reverend Slanky, and culminates with a sweaty dance party with local favorites the Dead Hipster DJs. Until then, keep me in the know about your upcoming pig roasts, sacrifices (just kidding) and concerts by kindly sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., June 18, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see a link that says â&#x20AC;&#x153;submit an event.â&#x20AC;?
Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably want to go organic for life during a screening of The Future of Food, a documentary that examines genetically engineered crops with screening at 8 PM at Whitefishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. Free, with free non-GMO food and a discussion to follow. Call Kelly at 862-3661. Nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. See a plethora of patterns and colorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after a few pitchersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.
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Keep it fruity during Tropical Night at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., where you can get a $10 pitcher of something tropical of the bartenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choosing this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.
Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features trivia plus specials on Jello shots and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.
An old-school actor gets celebrated on the stage during the Alpine Theatre Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rendition of Barrymore, which follows late actor John Barrymore as he reminisces about his glory, with a performance at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. $37/$30/$25 depending on seats/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW for tickets or visit alpinetheatreproject.org.
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Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Journeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stop Believingâ&#x20AC;? during Combat Karaoke at Deanoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Thu. at 9 PM. Free.
When it comes to cooking and camping, I’m a burgers-for-dinner and eggs-for-breakfast kind of guy. My motto is to keep it simple and, I’ll admit, I get a little lazy with my food when I’m getting my camp on. I mean, I could try making a Thai curry, but it just seems like too much work, you know what I mean? Thankfully, you and I can snag some wicked outdoors culinary tips—and perhaps become the Wolfgang Puck of outdoors cooking— when REI Missoula hosts a free camp cooking basics course on Thu., June 17, at 7 PM at REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2. The class gives you a tasty rundown of tips from what foods to bring, to how you can broil and braise your ingredients into a scrumptious campsite meal fit for an outdoors king or queen. Registration is required, so click to rei.com/stores /72. Call 541-1938. If you have even more time to kill on Thu., June 17, and you’re in the mood to slaughter weeds, skip the cooking course and leave the house a half-hour earlier so you can join a weed pull at the Black Bridge on the Blackfoot River in Milltown, which runs from 6:30–8:30 PM. Free. Get to the bridge by turning onto First Street in Milltown, across from the Town Pump gas station’s main entrance, and take the first right turn. Bring water, work shoes, tools and be ready to pull like a pro. As a bonus, some ice cream and socializing is in store after the pull. R SVP with Gary by e-mailing gjmatson@montana.com. I know you also like to get wet, so why not do it for a good cause on Fri., June 18, during the 6 PM kickoff clinic for The Blackfoot River Challenge, a weekend long watery soiree that benefits the Missoula Food Bank and features canoe/kayak races on Sat. and Sun., along with clinics and more aqua-based fun than you can shake your paddles at. $25 for two to three events/$20 for one event/$10 for clinics without a food donation/$5 for clinics with a food donation. Pre-registration for the clinics is required, so e-mail Brandon ASAP at blackfootriverchallenge@gmail.com. Visit blackfootriverchallenge.blogspot.com.
Or give avians all the attention during the Five Valley Audubon Society’s overnight trip to Freezeout Lake near Choteau on Sat., June 19, which departs at 7 AM. Once at the lake, expect an avian ogling fest on Sat., along with an epic birding expedition at the Rocky Mountain Front on Sun. $10 per person. You are asked to bring your own food/snacks, and to make your own accommodations at the Stage Stop Inn in Choteau, so call 1-888-466-5900. Call Larry at 549-5632 to coordinate carpooling. Then again, you could also spend Sat., June 19, sweating and giving your legs a benevolent beating during the Montana Made Run, a race that celebrates Montana made products and begins with registration at 8 AM at McCormick Park. A kids’ race follows at 9 AM, and all 5k/10k runners and walkers hit the gravel at 9:30 AM. Once you
that have bark beetle infestations, and aims to help you understand why this little bugger isn’t such an awesome friend to our forests. $20/$15 members. Call 372-0405 to register. Covering yourself in pollen thankfully isn’t a requirement to check out the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society’s Palladini Pollinator Party, which begins Sat., June 19, at 1 PM at the home of Mike Young, 529 Evan Kelly Road. Free. Expect a steady buzz from bee expert Jennifer Palladini, who plans to point out native bees in Young’s garden, while you witness the splendor of Young’s plants. Free. Call Mike at 721-7615. Any and all geezers who enjoy pushing their pedals ought to join the rolling mob known as Missoulians on Bicycles on Sun., June 20, during the Geezer Ride to River City Grill, which departs from the Greenough Park parking lot, on the corner of Monroe and Locust Streets, at 10 AM. Free. Call Gayle or Ernie at 240-9279. As you settle back into the week, spend the evening on Thu., June 24, learning how to attract members of the pollinating set during the MNHC’s Community Pollinator Workshop, which runs from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Nature Adventure Teaching Garden at Fort Missoula. Local experts will be on hand to fertilize your mind with info on how to make bee-nesting boxes, as well as how to ID the good insects from the bad apples. $5 suggested donation. Call 327-0405. You could also learn how to avoid becoming a bear’s next meal on Thu., June 24, during REI Missoula’s free Bear Safety and Awareness Clinic, a class that covers bear ID and defending against a gruesome attack at 7 PM at REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2. Space is limited, so RSVP by clicking to rei.com/stores/72. Call 541-1938. Finally, hunters can set their gun sights on a potential Photo by Chad Harder hunt by registering for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park’s Game Damage Hunt Roster, which is open for regcatch your breath, expect an awards ceremony and a lip-smacking istration until July 15. Here’s the deal: The hunts are designed to b a r b e c u e t o f o l l o w . $ 2 5 / f r e e f o r t h e k i d s r u n . V i s i t help landowners mitigate the effects of their damaged crops and montanamaderun.org to register. property, and could occur anytime between Aug. 15 and Feb. 15. For something on the intellectual side, dig into a tunnel of beetle- Visit fwp.mt.gov/hunting/seasons/damage.htm to register and for based knowledge with UM entomology prof Diana Six on Sat., June more info. 19, during the Montana Natural History Center’s (MNHC) Saturday Now head to the woods and cook me up an order of eggs beneDiscovery Day titled “Bark Beetles–Natural History and Future dict, pretty please? Impacts,” which runs from 9 AM–4 PM and begins at the MNHC, calendar@missoulanews.com 120 Hickory St. Six plans to guide you around several sites in Missoula
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Jingle all the way Ethan Thompson Band wakes up to $25,000 prize by Erika Fredrickson
Aretha Franklin and Randy Travis did it. Johnny Cash did it country and Rockapella did it a cappella. It’s been done with Celtic fiddles, gospel choirs and really cheesy 1960s-styled folk guitar. Once, it even featured an appearance by Scott Bakula. For the last 25 years “The Best Part of Waking Up” Folgers coffee jingle has gotten stuck in all of our heads, in all its many forms, for better and for worse. (It’s stuck in your head right now, isn’t it?). And, recently, Missoula’s own Ethan Thompson Band won $25,000 in a Folgers jingle contest, getting to share in that rich, pre-ground history. Ethan Thompson, the singer-songwriter for the band formerly known as What Rhymes with Oranges, doesn’t even drink coffee. But he does know that coffee culture
looks like a typical college students’ house. The song begins with the line, “Each morning I wake up in all these broken bottom shoes, these days have got me blue again,” and ends with “The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cup.” The song’s performed with a reggae-lite undertone, utilizing a can of Folgers for a percussion shaker. “I just started singing about broken bottom shoes because everyone’s shoes are kind of beat up around here, and it’s something people can relate to,” he says. “And that whole feeling of getting up and maybe feeling down but everyone’s here to make you feel better…and Folgers is here. And that’s what you’ve got to do for a commercial.” Thompson grew up in Whitefish playing piano, and when his family moved briefly to Alaska he sang in a chil-
rehearsals. The band met the other contestants and the judges, including music producer and “American Idol” panel judge Kara DioGuardi. But it’s the morning of the contest that Thompson says he remembers best. The band members got up early and, before they left their hotel room, Coburn gathered the musicians in a circle and proceeded to enact the winning moment. “Dan was trying to pump us up before we left the hotel for the competition because we were all trying to stay calm,” says Thompson. “We got into a circle and Dan gave a spiel and then he said, ‘And the person who wins is…the Ethan Thompson Band!’ And I kind of got a little bit nervous right then. But it was like imagining the moment in
Members of the Ethan Thompson Band recently won $25,000 with their Folgers jingle—a rendition of the coffee company’s 25-year-old “Best Part of Waking Up” song campaign. Singer-songwriter Ethan Thompson says Folgers might end up using the jingle in a commercial, but in the meantime he hopes the win will jumpstart his music career.
has changed since that first sleepy-eyed, morning brew scene in the 1984 “Horse Farm” Folgers commercial that launched the brand’s signature song. “When I first heard about [the contest] I was talking to one of my friends who’s a business major,” says Thompson. “He said Folgers is probably trying to revamp their brand because so many kids are going to Starbucks these days.” That, and the kids are flocking to the local coffee shops that promise a social atmosphere along with their free trade coffees and espressos prepared in a multitude of ways. At any rate, coffee drinking appears to have become a culture centered on shops rather than the comfort of home. Thompson says that his jingle is based on the idea of beckoning young people, in particular, back to the concept of cheap home-brewed coffee. With that idea in mind, the band made a homemade Folgers commercial, which shows guitarist/singer Thompson, bassist Landon Lee, drummer Dan Coburn and singer Jenny Snipstead hanging out on a sunny morning, making coffee at what
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dren’s’ choir there. But it wasn’t until he started attending school at the University of Montana in 2008 that he really began seriously writing songs. He formed What Rhymes with Oranges with some college friends and played a few shows around town. Realizing that he wanted to focus on music, Thompson took time off during his second year at UM. That’s when he heard about the contest and convinced his band to put together the video. In March, the members learned that they had reached the top 10. In late April, they found out they made the top five, and for a full week they were sworn to secrecy by the contest officials until the news came out on the Folgers website. And then it was off to New York. “It was crazy,” says Thompson. “Most of us had never been to the East Coast before and none of us had ever been to New York City. When we got there, there was a guy holding a sign with our name on it for a limo. Going through Queens we were just kind of hanging our heads out the window looking up and seeing how big the city was.” The following day involved soundchecks and
order to make it happen. And then, during the contest it actually happened exactly like that. It was surreal.” Thompson says that even though the band’s jingle won first place, it’s still not clear if and when the song will appear in an actual Folgers commercial. In the meantime, the band’s waiting for the check in the mail and looking forward to its upcoming show this week at the Palace. It’ll be one of the band’s last shows considering Thompson was recently accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. He’ll begin classes in the fall and turn his attention full-time to his own, jazz-inspired music. “I definitely want to do my music professionally and we’ll see if this Folgers thing is a good way to get my foot in,” he says. “Everybody seems to love the jingle. I hope they’ll like my songs just as much.” The Ethan Thompson Band plays the Palace Thursday, June 17, at 9 PM with Kevin Koutnik and Lauren Wagner. $5. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Screen Door Porch Screen Door Porch self-released
Screen Door Porch sounds, at times, like a summer day on a rickety deck after several mint juleps: relaxed, but the inhibitions are starting to unravel. Other times, like when the pedal steel chimes in on “Light Through the Pines” a few tracks later, you’re transported to a campfire party in the Appalachians. And, in “Zemurray,” you could be at a gypsy vaudeville show drinking whiskey and smoking cigars under dim red lamps. In other words, the album is quite a journey. Screen Door Porch is an alt-country duo from Jackson Hole, Wyo., comprised of Seadar Rose and Aaron Davis, who both sing and play guitar, among other instruments. Rose has sweet-and-smoky vocals
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Rumors in Disguise Don Giovanni
It’s hard to explain my 1990s love affair with bands like Cub and Delightful Little Nothings, but just listen to Shellshag and you might get an inkling of it. This Brooklyn duo (a couple, natch) is reviving cuddlecore, and I like it. John Driver (Shell) and Jennifer Shagawat (Shag) take shifts on vocals, while Shag’s drums keep the songs going at a jaunty clip. A skirling, swooping, fuzzy, cuddly guitar blanket fills out the sound and hints at a
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Olympia, Wash., churns out a particular breed of do-it-yourself bands. It’s not that they all sound the same, it’s that they all emit a certain feral raucousness, and Olympia’s RVIVR is no exception. The band’s new LP continues in the same vein with bright and stormy punk anthems and a hell-if-I-care attitude. The strongest parts of the album happen when vocalists Matt Canino and Erica Freas aren’t teaching people how to live their lives. Unfortunately, those moments are few and far between. “Animal Hands,” one of the worst offenders, has the band telling listeners that they should admit to their mistakes
White Widow Black Heart BMI
I keep saying it: The ’90s are back. But the marketing has changed, and that fact may prove to stunt songwriting growth. White Widow (aka Carla Patullo) is a bit Tori Amos and a bit Courtney Love, except that Patullo’s being played on soap opera soundtracks. That seems to be the new thing. But, hey, just because this “indie” artist is getting airtime on “The Young and the Restless,” should we
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reminiscent of Catherine Irwin from Freakwater. Together with Davis, who sports mellow countrified pipes à la Mark Knopfler, they’re a mighty force. Davis shines on “Ramblin’ Around,” a highway tune with the adventurous chorus: “Head straight for the beach, drink absinthe by the sea, reminisce the ramblin’ days of you and me.” The jazzy, ragtime tunes like “Jivin’” seem borrowed and contrived, but there are few moments when the duo doesn’t hit the bull’s eye. Take Rose’s ballads, like “Gold” and “Blow Away,” which are so moving they’ll send shivers down the spine. (Erika Fredrickson) Screen Door Porch plays the Top Hat Friday, June 19, at 8 PM. Cover TBA.
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Pixies/Breeders influence. Rumors in Disguise opens with “1984,” which brought me back, emotionally, to 1994. It could have been a Belly song. “Means That Much,” utterly sweet soundtrack material, features the great side-by-side suggestions “You can take the angels away from the gods/You can take the needles away from the nods/But don’t take tonight.” Shell sings with a tenor voice that has just a touch of plumy depth to it, and he enunciates with pleasurably expressive variability. Shag’s voice is pitch perfect indie-rock chick: a little spray of gravel, no vibrato, a cool high chest voice. When they sing together, I’m in heaven. This album isn’t perfect—there are a few clunkers—but it makes me damned happy. (Ali Gadbow) Shellshag plays the Palace Tuesday, June 22, at 9 PM with At Home in the Cosmos and The Blox. $5.
because everyone is just “a man, an animal with hands.” True, I guess, but that’s a self-help idea best left on the discount shelf. I’d much rather listen to “Rain Down,” which is almost all instrumental. Or “Edge of Living,” which urges people to make an escape before the drudgery of life kills them. That’s also naïve sounding, I suppose, but it’s delivered more like a real plea than a sermon, and I can get behind that. The real charm of the album is Freas’ beautiful raspy vocals. Just don’t listen to the lyrics too hard. You’ll be disappointed. (Erika Fredrickson) completely discount her? Maybe. On her 2005 debut, No Wood to Knock On, the Widow sounded like a talented Pink knockoff. Five years of heavy use on TV and movie soundtracks later, this singer-songwriter’s sound is more subtle and assured, but still highly derivative. The title song on Black Heart is a bit more than glancingly acquainted with Hole’s “Doll Parts.” Worse, “Warriors” sounds like Pat Benatar singing “Cherokee People,” while “Give or Take” is P.J. Harvey singing Bon Jovi. The toned down “I Break” feels genuine and hits all the right notes, but more often this album feels off-kilter. Patullo is a talented singer with a pleasantly jagged instrument, but the whole package fails to convince. She could produce good material, but so far it’s all soap opera emotion. (Ali Gadbow)
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Battle royale Jewel vs. Rollins: Who will save your soul? by Erika Fredrickson
This week, two completely different, high-profile, nationally touring artists take to the Wilma’s stage on back-to-back nights: Current spoken word maven and former hardcore frontman Henry Rollins delivers his intense brand of stand-up storytelling on Monday, June 21. Then, on Tuesday, June 22,
singer/guitarist Jewel cranks out dust-kicking pop country in support of her new album, Sweet and Wild. The artists couldn’t be more different, and your ticket dollars couldn’t be more precious, so we sized ’em up to determine which one deserved your well-earned presence.
VS. Rollins
Jewel Origin of Name
Born Henry Lawrence Garfield. Took the Born Jewel Kilcher, but known simply as last name Rollins when he joined Black Jewel. Named after her Swiss grandfather, Flag in 1981, but the name originally Juel, who first settled in Homer, Alaska, in came from a threatening character he and his friend Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, 1940. Fugazi) created.
Greatest Hits
“Who Will Save Your Soul” and “You Were Meant For Me” helped make her 1995 debut, Pieces of You, go platinum 12 times, making it one of the best-selling debut albums of all time. She went country in 2008 with Perfectly Clear, an album that debuted atop the country charts.
Greatest Flubs
Obvious lip-synching of the national Appearances in ill-advised sequels, includanthem before Super Bowl XXXII in San ing 2003’s Bad Boys II and 2007’s Wrong Diego. Also, her book of poetry, A Night Turn 2: Dead End. Without Armor.
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Has written 15 different books, including Eye Scream (wherein he documents “how brutal the country is and how much ferocity, cruelty, and oppression are inherent in the culture and how much of it was in me”) and A Dull Roar (“a journal of my life from April to early September 2006”).
Best Cameo
Received praise for his role as a white Appeared as an actress in “The Young and supremacist in the 2009 TV series “Sons of the Restless” in 2006. Anarchy.” Also spotted in Michael Mann’s Heat and David Lynch’s Lost Highway.
Before Making It Big
Lived out of her car for a year, playing gigs Managed the Georgetown Haagen-Dazs ice around San Diego. cream store in Washington, D.C., until 1981.
Big Break
In 1993, a rep from Atlantic Records showed up at San Diego’s Innerchange coffee shop where she was playing and signed her.
A big fan of D.C. band Black Flag, Rollins attended a New York show where he got invited to sing “Clocked In.” The band later asked him to join.
Crooked teeth.
Tattoos and all-black outfits. Also performs barefoot.
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From A Night Without Armor: “I go back today/back to where I must move from/my toothbrush no longer welcome/my clothing canker sores/my altar a wound/whose bleeding can only stop/when there’s nothing left/to remind him of me.”
Something from Black Flag’s classic 1981 album, Damaged, or The Rollins Band’s “Low Self Opinion” and “Liar.” But speaking strictly of his spoken word show? Has to be his stories about Ozzy Osbourne’s parties.
Pet Cause
Dozens, including gay rights. During one spoken word performance he said: “If I The Clear Water Project, which works to was gay there would be no closet. Why? improve water systems in poor countries. Because I’d have burned it for kindling by the time I was 12.”
Where to Hear More
At the Wilma Tuesday, June 22, at 8 PM. At the Wilma Monday, June 21, at 8 PM. $39.50 $20/$18.50 in advance.
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In the new French-produced documentary Babies, the filmmakers attempt to observe the many unique cultural components of early childhood development and parenting by…Oh look at that baby play with the goat! Isn’t that just the most precious thing you’ve ever seen in your whole life? Wait, where was I? Right, there’s a film here with a lot to teach us about how the people we become is so often a factor of…Oh no, she just fell into the sandbox! The poor thing! Here’s what’s both fascinating and frustrating about Babies: You can see what it’s trying to be, as well as what it feels it has to be. The way people raise their children varies as much as any other human behavior, and it can be fascinating to explore how cul-
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think you might see some amusingly touchyfeely/New-Agey activities involving Hattie and her San Francisco parents, you’d be correct. Most compelling, though, is the subtext regarding how these children are shaped by the level of independence granted to them. We may be cringing as we see Bayarjargal in danger of being trampled by livestock, or having a rooster wander around what amounts to his crib, but it’s clear that he’s growing up in a culture where the parents don’t have the luxury of hovering over him—and as a result, he’s likely to grow up with a very specific personality and mindset. Contrast those moments with the reaction of the father during the above-mentioned scene when Hattie pitches face-first into playground sand—or better yet, Mari’s
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tures define their values by what they do and don’t do with those children. But it’s also hard to escape that when a movie spends 80 minutes just watching babies be babies, you’re going to end up wallowing in some schmaltz. A viewer will need to work to extract the educational merit from Babies, like mining National Geographic from beneath a thick layer of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Director Thomas Balmes starts with a solid foundation, following four babies born in four different countries through the first year-plus of their lives. The two boys are Ponijao, born in Namibia, and Bayarjargal, born in Mongolia; the two girls are Mari, born in Tokyo, and Hattie, born in San Francisco. Opting to bypass narration entirely, Balmes simply watches as they interact with parents and siblings, explore their surroundings and take their first steps. The result is often terrifically interesting as anthropology. Predictably, there’s more new information from the segments dealing with the non-FirstWorld cultures, as when we see Ponijao’s mother cleaning him with saliva like a cat and wiping his bottom with a corncob, or Bayarjargal being swaddled so tightly you wonder how it’s possible for him to breathe. Yet we also see what constitutes “quality daddy-daughter time” in one Japanese household, as Mari’s father multi-tasks his way through a toy-jingling/cell-phone-conversing moment, or sits Mari on his lap while he works at the computer. And if you
response to problems getting wooden blocks to do exactly what she wants them to. As she flops over into hilariously overwrought tantrums every time her construction project fails, it’s hard not to find a cultural component in how these kids respond to having their will frustrated. But it’s hard not to recognize that for every scene that delivers a noteworthy idea, there are two that either repeat a similar point, or exist primarily to tickle our “isn’t that adorable” reflex. Is it particularly noteworthy that Bayarjargal spends an afternoon unrolling and chewing up a roll of toilet paper? Or that Ponijao is fascinated by another child’s penis as a plaything? As the “learning to crawl” montage unspools, it becomes clear that maybe Balmes doesn’t have 80 minutes worth of insight to offer, and that he has no shame about filling the rest with stuff that would work just as well on the front of a Hallmark card. Maybe that’s a savvy, pragmatic approach to documentary filmmaking, even if something like Babies can wind up feeling as cloying as it is perceptive. By playing up his chubby-cheeked cherubs, Balmes shows that he understands what most parents—and Mary Poppins—come to understand: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Or, in this case, a spoonful of saccharine. Babies continues at the Wilma Theatre.
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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK JONAH HEX Josh Brolin’s a dude with a badass attitude, and a cringe inducing scar, who’s got serious beef with crazier-than-thou terrorist John Malkovich in this western adventure based on a DC Comics characters from the 1970s. Village 6: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and 10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:05, 2:35, 4:50, 7:05 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30. PLEASE GIVE Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt are looking for some extra leg room in their cramped NYC digs, but their older neighbor isn’t going to budge until
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THE KARATE KID Yet another remake surfaces in this face-lifted plot that features an uncommonly calm and composed Jackie Chan teaching some neck snappin’ kung fu moves to Jaden Smith, a Detroit native and newbie to Beijing, China who aims to bruise up some bullies. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7:05 and 10:05. Village 6: 1, 4, 7:05 and 10:05. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:10, 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 9:10 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:10 and midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. KILLERS Katherine Heigl gets punked by Ashton Kutcher— well, in a way—when the duo ties the knot and Heigl realizes that Kutcher’s line of work means bullets will blaze, and rude dudes will come crashing through their living room windows.
additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:55, 3:50, 6:50 and 9:30 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: 7:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 3:35 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 6:45 and 9:15. SEX AND THE CITY 2 Your favorite sexually empowered home girls— who are now mostly married—escape from the Big Apple for a trip to Abu Dhabi where cultures clash, motherhood gets hashed out over cock-
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she kicks the can in this flick that touches on themes of materialism, doubt and class. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9 with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. TOY STORY 3 The voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and the rest of this 3-D animated pack are at a loss when they find out their buddy Andy is going to college to do “adult stuff.” Thankfully though, this team of toys finds another set of adorers at a daycare. Carmike 10: 1:15, 2:25, 3:45, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:45 and 9:40. Village 6 in 2-D: noon, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at noon, 12:30, 1, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 7:30, 8, 8:30 and 10 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:30 and midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7 and 9.
NOW PLAYING THE A-TEAM Old-school television gets a cinematic makeover when four Special Forces soldiers—including Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper—get wrongly set up, then locked up, and then break free. From that point, lots of things explode as they try to track down the dude who screwed them...but you didn’t see that coming, did you? Carmike 10: 1:15, 2, 4:10, 5, 7, 8 and 9:45. Village 6: 1:15, 4:10, 7 and 9:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at
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Pharoahplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:20, 3:45, 7:20 and 9:40 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. 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 and 7:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:05 and 6:40.
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 40-year-old disappearance of a teen. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 9 with a Sun. matinee at 3, and no shows Sat., Mon.–Tue. and Thu.
MARMADUKE Round up your dawgs for yet another movie with a talking dog. This one follows Marmaduke, voiced by Owen Wilson, who moves with his family to Orange County to live the California dream. What follows could be considered a lesson in canine adaptability, as Wilson learns to get down with fellow canines like Kiefer Sutherland and, um, Fergie. Carmike 10: 1 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:15 and 6:45.
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. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 3:40 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.
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 Gyllenhaal’s not-so-noble uncle Sir Ben Kingsley. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:20, 7:15 and 9:55. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10 with an
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tails, and old flames get a slight spark. Carmike 10: 9:40. 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: 1:45, 4:45, 7:30 and 9:55. Village 6 in 2-D: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:35. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: 7 and 9 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25 and 9:35 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. SPLICE Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley think their lofty science experiments with DNA are a good thing, but boy are they wrong, especially when their curiosity concocts an alien-looking hybrid humanoid. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 9:45. Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., June 18. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-F I LM; S t a d i u m 14 i n K a l i s p e l l – 752 - 78 0 4 . Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When you want to get rid of a weed that’s impinging on the autonomy of your growing tomato plant, you don’t just tear away its stalk and leaves; you yank it out by the roots. That’s the approach I urge you to take with the saboteur that has inserted itself into your otherwise thriving patch of heaven. There’s no need to express hatred or rage. In fact, it’s better to be lucid and neutral as you thoroughly remove the invasive influence and assert your right to care for what you love. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A lot of people never got the mothering they needed in order to grow up into the confident, secure lovers of life they have the potential to become. But even greater numbers suffer from a lack of smart fathering. And that happens to be the deprivation that’s most important for you Geminis to address right now. If there was anything missing in the guidance and mentoring you got from your actual daddy, I urge you to brainstorm about how you could make up for it in the coming months. For starters, here’s one idea: Is there any father figure out there who could inspire you to become more of your own father figure?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1965, two Russian cosmonauts orbited the Earth in the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. Due to equipment problems, they had to land the vehicle manually. Instead of hitting the target area, they mistakenly set down in rugged mountainous country covered with deep snow. While they waited overnight inside their capsule, wolves gathered outside, howling and pacing. But the next day their recovery team reached them and scared off the hungry predators. Soon they were safely on their way back home. Let this little tale be an inspiration to you, Cancerian, as you come in for your landing. Even though you may not end up quite where you intended, there’ll be a happy ending as long as you wait for your allies to be ready for you and you don’t try to rush your re-integration.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ancient Greek philosopher Plato advocated the use of dogs in courtrooms. He thought that canines were expert lie detectors; that they always knew when deceit was in the air. I suspect you’ll display a similar talent in the coming days, Leo. You will have a sixth sense about when the truth is being sacrificed for expediency, or when delusions are masquerading as reasonable explanations, or when the ego’s obsessions are distorting the hell out of the soul’s authentic understandings. Harness that raw stuff, please. Use it discreetly, surgically and with compassion.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you’ve been aligned with cosmic rhythms these past few weeks, Virgo, you’ve been rising higher and feeling bolder. You’ve taken a stand on issues about which you had previously been a bit weak and cowardly. You have been able to articulate elusive or difficult truths in graceful ways that haven’t caused too terrible a ruckus. Your next challenge is to rally the troops. The group that means the most to you is in need of your motivational fervor. I suggest that you think deeply about how to cultivate more dynamic relationships among all the parts, thereby energizing the whole.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Human beings are in a state of creativity 24 hours a day,” wrote Raoul Vaneigem in his book The Revolution of Everyday Life. “People usually associate creativity with works of art, but what are works of art alongside the creative energy displayed by everyone a thousand times a day?” I say “amen” to that. All of us are constantly generating fresh ideas, novel feelings, unexpected perceptions and pressing intentions. We are founts of restless originality. But whether we use our enormous power constructively is another question. Typically, a lot of the stuff we spawn is less than brilliant and useful. Having said that, I’m pleased to announce that you’re entering a phase when you have the potential to create far more interesting and useful things than usual—longer lasting, too.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you have been engaged in any S&M scenario, even metaphorically, now would be a good time to quit it. Whether you’re the person who’s whipping or being whipped, the connection is no longer serving any worthy purpose. The good news is that freeing yourself from compromising entanglements will make you fully available to explore new frontiers in collaboration. You will also be blessed with an influx of intuition about how to reconfigure bonds that have become blah and boring. And what if you’re not currently involved in any S&M scenario? Congrats! Your assignment is to transform one of your pretty good relationships into a supercharged union that’s capable of generating life-changing magic.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I wouldn’t say that things are about to get darker for you. But they’re definitely going to get deeper and damper and more complicated. I don’t expect there to be any confrontations with evil or encounters with nasty messes, but you may slip down a rabbit hole into a twilight region where all the creatures speak in riddles and nothing is as it seems. And yet that’s the best possible place for you to gain new insight about the big questions that so desperately need more clarity. If you can manage to hold your own in the midst of the dream-like adventures, you’ll be blessed with a key to relieving one of your long-running frustrations.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The eulachon is a fish that lives off the Pacific Coast of North America. Its fat content is so high that the Chinook Indians used to dry it, thread it with a wick, and employ it as a candle. The stink was bad, but the light was good. Remind you of anything in your life right now, Capricorn? Something that provides a steady flow of illumination, even if it is a bit annoying or inconvenient? I say, treasure it for what it is and accept it for what it isn’t.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was growing up in Michigan, playing in the snow was a great joy. As much as I loved the arrival of each new spring, I endured a mourning period as the ground’s last patch of dirty sleet melted. Once in late March, though, I talked my mom into letting me store five snowballs in the freezer. It wasn’t until my birthday in late June that I retrieved the precious artifacts. I was slightly disappointed to find they had become more like iceballs than snowballs. On the other hand, their symbolism was deeply gratifying. I’d managed to invoke the tangible presence of winter fun in the summertime. I urge you to attempt a comparable alchemy, Aquarius. Figure out how to take a happiness you have felt in another context and transpose it into where you are right now.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Even Norah Jones got bored with Norah Jones,” wrote critic Aidin Vaziri in his review of her recent concert in San Francisco. For years she has tranquilized us with her safe, soothing music, he said, but not any more. It was like she was fresh from a “makeover reality show.” Her new stuff, which included an “indie-rock jolt” and quasi-psychedelic riffs, exuded grit and defiance and weirdness. Norah Jones is your role model for the next couple of weeks, Pisces. If there have been any ways in which you’ve been boring yourself, it’s prime time to scramble the code.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Missoula County Government CALL FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Missoula County Department of Public Works until 10:00 A.M., Monday, June 21, 2010, at which time bids will be opened and read for anticipated construction of Westview Park – Lolo, Basketball Court Resurfacing Project. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Department of Public Works Office, and shall be performed under the supervision of the Public Works Director or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Department of Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 Telephone Number (406) 2584753. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of five percent (5%) 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 “Proposals for Westview Park – Lolo, Basketball Court Resurfacing Project” and addressed to: Missoula County Department of Public Works 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808
Missoula County Government NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Title III Fuel Mitigation Requests Notice is hereby given that a proposal for allocation of Missoula County funds for the purpose of fuels mitigation projects was put before the Board of County Commissioners on June 9, 2010. The funds originate from the federal government as part of the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000, and are being spent under Title III of that Act. The following allocations are proposed: To fund revision of Missoula County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan: $20,000. To mitigate the effects of wildfire by supporting Firewise Communities Programs, including cost sharing on fuels mitigation projects: $74,000 to Missoula Rural Fire District; $74,000 to Frenchtown Rural Fire District; $65,000 to Seeley Lake Rural Fire
Department; $20,000 to Swan Ecosystem; $10,000 to other rural fire agencies in Missoula County proposing a project authorized for Firewise Communities programs and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Agencies receiving these allocations must have the funds spent by June 30, 2011, or those funds will revert to Missoula County for re-allocation by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners will act on these proposals at their regularly scheduled Weekly Public Meeting on Wednesday, July 21, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing on July 21st by phone, mail, fax or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in
the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Fax (406) 721-4043. Additional information on the proposals may be obtained from Bob Reid, Director of Emergency Services, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802; or by calling (406) 258-4758. DATED THIS 9th, DAY OF June, 2010. Missoula County Government NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a petition has been filed with the County Commissioners requesting to abandon that certain county road specifically described as: Mill Street & Bedard Street, located in SE 1/4 Section 34, Township 15N, Range 21W – Townsite of Frenchtown. From Mill Street; previous closing E-25 #275 West End Block 13 to Bedard Street, Bedard Street between Block 13
and 20. To Mill Street to Demer Street Previously Closed Portion E-25 #254 and Commissioners Journal E-25 #301. And further described in the Road Book of the Missoula County Department of Public Works Surveying Division and shown on the attached Exhibit. (For more information, please see petition on file in the Clerk & Recording office at 200 West Broadway, 2nd floor, Missoula, MT.) The abandonment of this county road is necessary and advantageous for the following reasons: 1. Resolved Encroachment of house (existing) in Bedard Street. 2. Connect already vacated streets. 3. Return property to tax rolls. A PUBLIC HEARING on the above requested abandonment will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting on June 23, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., Room 201, MISSOULA County Courthouse. Interested parties are requested to be present
at that time to be heard for or against the granting of this petition. Written protest will be accepted by the Commissioners’ Office, Room 204, Missoula County Courthouse, prior to the hearing date. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Clerk & Recorder /Treasurer By Kim Cox Assistant Chief Deputy Clerk and Recorder 200 W. Broadway St. Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 258-3241 Date: May 26, 2010 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF MISSOULA PROBATE NO.: DP-10-84 DEPT NO.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps III NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF)) MARY DENISE PETERSON,)) Deceased.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary Denise Peterson, also known as Mary D. Peterson. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims
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PUBLIC NOTICES will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Elizabeth Ann Gupton, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in c/o Denise Peterson, Attorney at Law, 301 7th Ave. W., Polson, MT 59860, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2010. /S/ Elizabeth Ann Gupton—Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-10-77 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH V. BUCKHOUSE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to WIlliam Moore, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 27th day of May, 2010. /s/ William Moore, Personal Reprsentative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-10-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF JOSHUA CLAIRMONT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Karen Prazak 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 first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Tamara White, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Del Post, Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., 201 West Main Street, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 8th day of June, 2010. /s/ Del Post Attorney for Tamara, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joshua Clairmont MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-10-73 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LILLIAN J. STENSRUD, 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 (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to SHAWN E. ROSSCUP, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED May 24th, 2010. /s/ Glen H. Stensrud, Personal Representative. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Shawn E. Rosscup, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-10-709 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Carol Lee Ridenour-Brown, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Carol Lee Ridenour-Brown to Kelli Carolee Ridenour-Brown. The hearing will be on July 13, 2010 at 1:30pm. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: May 27, 2010 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court (SEAL) By: Cori Oller, Deputy Clerk of Court 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 21, 2010, at which time bids will be opened and read in the conference room, for the purpose of providing 5,920 tons of inch minus crushed gravel, 13,300 tons of pit run material and 5600 tons of 2 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 Gravel” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Department 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808 NOTICE OF HEARING The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a hearing on the proposed expenditure of Open Space Bond proceeds on the following project: 1. Sunset Hill 2 Conservation Easement A hearing on a proposal to use an additional $150,000 in Open Space bond funding towards the purchase of a conservation easement on 3,440 acres of land in the Sunset Hill area of Greenough. The project was previously approved for $200,000 in bond funds in 2007. The applicant is The Nature Conservancy. The total proposed match is approximately $5.80 for every dollar of open space funding expended. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, Montana. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may speak at the hearing and/or submit written or other materials to the Commissioners at the hearing or by mail, fax or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, FAX (406) 7214043. Copies of the proposed project are available for public inspection at the Missoula County Office of Rural Initiatives, 317 Woody, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-3432; or you may contact Pat O’Herren in Rural Initiatives at 258-4981. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-3422. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. NOTICE OF HEARING SEELEY LAKE MISSOULA COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT - ANNUAL ASSESSMENT The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Museum and Visitors Center (aka “The Barn,” 2920 Highway 83, south end of Seeley Lake near the Golf Course) for the purpose of obtaining public comments on collecting a $108 per lot assessment for lots within the Seeley Lake Missoula County Sewer District for the operations and maintenance costs of said District for Fiscal Year 2011. This hearing constitutes compliance with 7-13-2307 M.C.A., Hearing on Protest to Levy Tax. Any property owner situated within the District may appear and protest the levy of the tax or any matter pertaining thereto. The Commissioners will conduct the Public Hearing on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 6:30 p.m., at the Seeley Lake Museum and Visitors Center (aka “The Barn,” 2920 Highway 83, south end of Seeley Lake near the Golf Course). Any person wishing to be heard on the matter
CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 208. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting June 21, 2010 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to June 24, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing by mail or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802; by fax at (406) 721-4043; or by e-mail at bcc@co.missoula.mt.us Additional information may be obtained by contacting Randy Gordon, Seeley Lake Sewer District at (406) 360-7224; or Pat O’Herren, Rural Initiatives, at (406) 258-4981 or by e-mail at poherren@co.missoula.mt.us. DATED THIS 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 2010 BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Notice of Intent to Transfer Air quality Permit pursuant to the Missoula CityCounty Air Pollution Controll Program. Mickelson Rock Products has filed on 609-10 an intent to transfer an air quality permit with the Environmental Health Division of Missoula City County Health Department. The applicant seeks approval for gravel crushing at 9639 Boy Scout Rd. Seeley Lake, MT T17N. R15W. Sec 20 The transfer permit is ony valid for for the calendar year in which the transfer is granted. Any member of the public who wishes to review the application, obtain a copy of the permit that is transfered, or wishes to submit comments, should contact the Health Dept. at 301 W. Alder Missoula, MT 59802-4123 or phone 258-4755 prior to 6-25-10 (15 days after date published). NOTICE OF POST ELECTION AUDIT Notice is hereby given that a post election audit of the June 8, 2010 Primary Election, which is open to the public, will be starting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Missoula County Record’s Center, 2147 Ernest Avenue, Missoula, Montana. DATED this 4th day of June, 2010. Vickie M. Zeier Election Administrator Missoula County NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustee will on AUGUST 12, 2010, at the hour of 11:00 o’clock A.M., at the front doors of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, the following described property: Two tracts of land located in Government Lot 6 of Section 6, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula, Montana, being more particularly described as Certificate of Survey Numbers 247 and 248. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad rights of way and adjunct properties for the abandoned line of the railroad in, over and across the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 6, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, conveyed by Quitclaim Deed recorded December 13, 1996 in Book 493 of Micro Records at Page 660. ALSO
KNOWN AS Tracts 1-A and 1-B, Certificate of Survey No. 05813, located in Government Lot 6 within Section 6, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Said property is subject to a Montana Trust Indenture recorded May 6, 2005, Document No. 200510567, Book 751, Page 1498, records of Missoula County, Montana, where JEAN M. HAND AND GARY L. HAND, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, are GRANTORS, STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY is TRUSTEE, and ED ENGEL, an undivided 11% interest, GUENZLER FAMILY TRUST, an undivided 9.75% interest, TIM L. GUENZLER, an undivided 12.5% interest, KARL L. ROESCH, an undivided 25.5% interest, CAROLE S. ROMEY, an undivided 8.25% interest, MAX M. JOHNSON AND MARIANNE M. JOHNSON, an undivided 3% interest, STEWART D. FRASER, an undivided 10% interest, JACK C. DOWNES AND GAIL L. DOWNES, an undivided 5% interest, RANDALL S. OGLE, TRUSTEE OF THE OGLE AND WORM, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an undivided 5% interest, SHIRLEY UNRUH, an undivided 5% interest, and RONAN TELEPHONE COMPANY EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an undivided 5% interest are BENEFICIARY. Beneficiary’s interest was assigned by the Estate of Stewart D. Fraser to Corey and Kathy Richwine, Kathleen Richwine, Susan J. Piedalue, Linda L. Roberts and Stewart Gregory Fraser, by Assignment of Promissory Note recorded March 26, 2010, Document No. 201005855, Book 857, Page 540, Missoula County, Montana, and assigned by all fractional interest holders to BLACKFOOT RIVERBEND, LLP, by Assignment recorded March 16, 2010, under Document No. 201005133, Book 856 Page 1217, Missoula County, Montana. Christy L. Brandon is the Successor Trustee pursuant to an Appointment of Successor Trustee recorded March 26, 2010, Document No. 201005856, Book 857, Page 541, records of Missoula County, Montana. Grantor’s default consists of failure to make payments when due beginning
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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 36, 48, 215, 226, 309, 436, 439, 491, 571 and 633. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, June 28, 2010 by appt only by calling 251-8600. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59803 prior to Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.
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with the monthly payments from and after November 6, 2007 in the amount of $9,658.54 each. The total sum owing on this obligation is $895,000.00 principal balance plus accruing interest at the rate of 12.95% per year ($321.951388 per day) totaling $284,283.07 as of March 19, 2010, $27,550.00 late fees, $1,201.00 escrow fees, and $1,851.00 other fees and costs. Beneficiary may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, they will be added to the obligation secured by the Montana Trust Indenture. 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. Beneficiary elects to declare all amounts under said Note and Trust Indenture to be immediately due and payable in consequence of the Grantor’s default. Beneficiary directs that Trustee sell the real property above described for the satisfaction of the obligation. This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed and will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances. The sale purchaser is entitled to possession of the property on the tenth day following the sale. The sale is subject to bankruptcy filing, payoff, reinstatement or any other circumstance that would affect the validity of the sale. If any such circumstance exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidder’s funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage. The Grantor or any person having a subordinate lien upon the subject property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the Beneficiary the entire amount then due under the trust indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses 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 and thereby cure the default. This sale may be post-
poned by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. DATED this 26th day of March, 2010. /s/ Christy L. Brandon, Successor Trustee, P.O. Box 1544, Bigfork, MT 59911, (406) 837-5445. THIS NOTICE IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/21/08, recorded as Instrument No. Book 825; Page 550; 200819967, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joshua D. Bryant and Rebekah J. Bryant was Grantor, Provident Financial, Inc. was Beneficiary and Stewart Title Guaranty Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title Guaranty Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 60 of Avalon Meadows, Phase 2 and 3, 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 satisfy the loan upon maturity, and pay the remaining unpaid principal balance plus 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”) was due in full on 02/21/2010. As of April 15, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $226,175.47. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $215,859.52, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the
defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 23, 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# 8034.20083) 1002.153643-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/02/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200421823, Bk 737, Pg 257, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John P. McDonald was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for American Home Mortgage was Beneficiary and Stewart Title Insurance Company was Trustee.
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Knife River – Missoula, 4800 Wilkie Road, Missoula, MT 59808 has submitted for an open cut mining application with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of obtaining borrow material for the Montana Dept. of Transportation road improvement project for Highway 93 just North of the Wye. The legal description which corresponds to the attached map is Township 14 N, Range 20 W, Section 21. This area includes 12 acres for the purposes of obtaining borrow material for upcoming projects. There will not be any aggregate crushing, asphalt production, or concrete production at this site. It is anticipated that there will be 3,000 CY of topsoil and over burden which be used to reclaim the area once the project is complete. Some 40,000 CY will be removed from the hill side over the next 12 months at which time the site will be reclaimed.
Knife River – Missoula, 4800 Wilkie Road, Missoula, MT 59808 has submitted an Application for Amendment of Opencut Mining Permit for the Fort Missoula Site (Target Range Site), located at 2800 40th Street, Opencut Permit No. 1402.The purpose of this amendment is to update the Plan of Operations to revise permitted acreage and reclamation bond, change haul road locations and to update the weed control plan to comply with 82-4-431 MCA of the Opencut Mining Act. The legal description for access roads and pit area is: Tract 1 COS 3744 in S2, NW4 & N2, SW4, Section 36, T13N, R20W, PMM CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 88.9 ACRES. This area includes 13.9 acres of future mining, 3.2 acres of access roads, 6.5 acres for concrete plants and facilities, 4.4 acres for equipment and storage, 16.5 acres for stockpiles and processing and 26.6 acres of pond area. The future gravel mining area is 13.9 acres with a not to exceed quantity of mine material to be excavated of 450,000 cubic yards thru the 2012 calendar year in preparation to turn the property over to the City of Missoula Park Department. Please send e-mails to dave.orbe@knifrriver.com or call 5325208. You can also contact our office at 532-5250.
Please send e-mails to jay.garrick@kniferiver.com or call 532-5202 if you have any questions
PUBLIC NOTICES First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract D of Thibodeau and Poitras Tract Amending Block 1, a platted subdivision located in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 2009006025, Bk 835, Pg 859, 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 09/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 16, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $301,593.24. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $256,368.12, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 30, 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# 7037.18626) 1002.125082-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/19/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200730329, Book 809, Page 230, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Pamela Stanford, a married person and Joseph Stanford, as Joint Tenants 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 1 in Sun Mountain Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200828038; B:831, P:227, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for WFMBS 2008-AR1. 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 09/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 26, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $738,033.37. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $644,528.75, 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 September 7, 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# 7023.19348) 1002.106432-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 10, 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 5 of D&E Homesites, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Tax Map or Parcel ID No. 3392802 ALAN W FUSSELL AND TONYA M FUSSELL, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Pioneer Title Insurance, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 27, 2007 and Recorded November 14, 2007 in Book 808, Page 1500 under Document No. 200729863. The beneficial interest is currently held by Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,378.26, 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 31, 2010 is $130,148.76 principal, interest at the rate of 12.240% now totaling $17,305.88, late charges in the amount of $344.55, escrow advances of $2,784.50, and other fees and expenses advanced of $237.26, plus accruing interest at the rate of $43.64 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid 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: April 2, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss.County of Stark) On April 2, 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 Hsbc V Fussell 41472.441 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 10, 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 B2 of Certificate of Survey No. 2395, located in North onehalf of Section 14, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Brian L Hagestad and Tammy D Schreiber, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Montana Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated January 31, 2008 and Recorded on February 5, 2008 under Document No. 200802582 Bk-812 Pg1241. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,499.62, beginning May 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 April 25, 2010 is $289,176.91 principal, interest at the rate of 7.25% now totaling $22,343.86, late charges in the amount of $1,695.92, escrow advances of $6,253.25, and other fees and expenses advanced of $662.03, plus accruing interest at the rate of $57.44 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: April 2, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 2, 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 Gmac V. Hagstad 41965.224 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 16, 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: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES SITUATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA TO WIT: LOTS ELEVEN (11) AND TWELVE (12) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) OF BECK’S HOME ADDITION A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF NOW ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO.: 2018307 Tina K. Thompson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Pioneer Title Ins., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc. D/B/A Beneficial Mortgage Co., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 04, 2008 and Recorded on April 23, 2008 under Document # 200809064, in Bk-817, Pg-0842. The beneficial interest is currently held by HSBC Mortgage Services. 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 $1,200.71, beginning October 9, 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 April 20, 2010 is $114,213.31 principal, interest at the rate of 8.54% now totaling $5,987.77, late charges in the amount of $222.75, escrow advances of $623.40, suspense balance of $-961.77 and other fees and expenses advanced of $66.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.09 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: April 6, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 6, 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 HSBC v Thompson 41472.419 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S
SALE on August 16, 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 1 IN BLOCK 2 OF ALTA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Phyllis J. Bardwell, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Chase Bank USA, N.A, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 6, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007, Book 808, Page 1311 as Document No. 200729674. The beneficial interest is currently held by CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,614.22, 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 April 30, 2010 is $180,908.85 principal, interest at the rate of 8.125% now totaling $8,574.30, late charges in the amount of $409.30, and other fees and expenses advanced of $361.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $40.27 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
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PUBLIC NOTICES expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 6, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097, Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 6, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Chase V. Bardwell NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 16, 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 25 of Valley Vista, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Randy R. Schwaderer and Lori D. Schwaderer, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 3, 2005 and recorded June 8, 2005 in Book 754, Page 12, as Document No. 200513707. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $655.67, 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 April 25, 2010 is $168,928.92 principal, interest at the rate of 3.50% now totaling $3,345.03, late charges in the amount of $196.68, escrow advances of $1,467.95, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,838.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.20 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: April 6, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 6, 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 Gmac V Schwaderer NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 2, 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: N1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AS DISCLOSED IN BOOK 107 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 69 ALSO TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AS DISCLOSED IN BOOK 661 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1388 Lyle L Brown and Anita Brown, 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 September 24, 2007 and recorded on September 28, 2007 at 4:11 o’clock P.M., in Book 806, Page 847, under Document No 200725694. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the holders of the Certificates, First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series FHASI 2007-6, by First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, Master Servicer, in its capacity as agent for the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 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
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default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $5,002.52, beginning April 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 5, 2010 is $647,733.78 principal, interest at the rate of 7.8750% now totaling $102,437.12, late charges in the amount of $2,120.85, escrow advances of $17,240.63 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,215.92, plus accruing interest at the rate of $139.75 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 23, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 23, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Firsthorizon/brown 41305.710 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 3, 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 2 of East Rattlesnake Addition No. 3, a platted
subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof, recorded in Book 11 of Plats, page 2, Records of Missoula County, Montana. A.P.N.: 1290405 Jacquelyn S. Rundle, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mann Mortgage, LLC, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated April 17, 2007 and Recorded April 23, 2007 in Book 795, Page 1224, under Document No. 200709529. The beneficial interest is currently held by 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 $2,203.15, 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 March 16, 2010 is $279,814.59 principal, interest at the rate of 7.00% now totaling $15,495.20, late charges in the amount of $489.66, escrow advances of $2,598.96, and other fees and expenses advanced of $108.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $53.66 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 26, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 26, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 6, 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 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 47 OF SUNRISE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF DANA R NICHOLS AND TABITHA NICHOLS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Long Beach Mortgage Company, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 22, 2006 and recorded on June 28, 2006 at 4:27 o’clock P.M., in Book 777, Page 1193, under Document No. 200615820. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-7, by Washington Mutual Bank as successor in interst to Long Beach 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 $1,444.59, beginning January 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 12, 2010 is $171,198.03 principal, interest at the rate of 9.350% now totaling $20,535.06, late charges in the amount of $86.68, escrow advances of $2,420.68, suspense balance of $397.61 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,158.71, plus accruing interest at the rate of $43.85 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 29, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark On March 29, 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
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 6, 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 1 in Block 7 of the corrected plat of Hillview Heights No 3. and 4 in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the corrected plat thereof recorded in Book 11 of Plats at Page 57, Records of Missoula County, Montana. Victoria Clark, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated Septemeber 27, 2005 and Recorded on September 30, 2005 in Book 761, Page 802, as Document No. 200525832. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2005-A15, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-O under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated December 1, 2005. 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 $1,093.13, beginning November 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 16, 2010 is $160,600.30 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $15,175.51, late charges in the amount of $1,221.16, escrow advances of $3,341.98, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,280.03, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.25 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as 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 OBTAIN-ED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 26, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss.County of Stark) On March 26, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson,
PUBLIC NOTICES 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 Indymac/clark 41482.985 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 9, 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: A tract of land located in Lots 5 and 6 of Cobban and Dinsmore’s Orchard Homes, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot 5; thence East 221.5 feet along the center line of South Third Street to a point; thence North 30.0 feet to a point on the Northerly right of way South Third Street, said point being the true point of beginning; thence North 190.0 feet to a point; thence East 143.0 feet to a point; thence South 190.0 feet to a point on the Northerly right of way line of South Third Street; thence West 143.0 feet along said right of way line to the true point of beginning, all according to the official plat thereof. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 315 of Micro at Page 320. Robert D Aaland and Heather C Gamble, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinacle Title & Escrow, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 26, 2008 and Recorded June 27, 2008 in Book 821, Page 1355 as Document No. 200815176. The beneficial interest is currently held by Flagstar Bank, FSB. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,049.94, beginning May 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 22, 2010 is $131,872.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $8,511.18, late charges in the amount of $42.58, escrow advances of $3,234.13, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,473.46, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.94 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 PUR-
POSE. Dated: March 31, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 31, 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 Flagstar V. Aaland NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 26, 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 19-A of Certificate of Survey No. 2784, a tract of land located in the NE1/4 of Section 1, Township 16 North, Range 15 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. ROBERT W JENKINS AND ELIZABETH A JENKINS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 10, 2002 and Recorded April 12, 2002 in Book 680, Page 342 under Document No. 200210212. The beneficial interest is currently held by Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $912.12, beginning November 15, 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 26, 2010 is $118,643.53 principal, interest at the rate of 9.280% now totaling $5,389.28, and other fees , plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.16 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO C O L L E C T A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 18, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed
the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Hsbc V Jenkins 41472.434 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 26, 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 3 of Huntington Place, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 27 of Plats at Page 35 Max M. Sherry, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated March 26, 2007 and Recorded March 26, 2007 in Book 794, Page 325, under Document No. 200707028. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1322.61, beginning December 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 31, 2010 is $203,723.38 principal, interest at the rate of 6.375% now totaling $5,396.57, late charges in the amount of $264.34, escrow advances of $183.34, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $1286.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $36.27 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 18, 2010. Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013. Gmac v Sherry 41207.922 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 26, 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 10 OF THE FELLOWSHIP HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. David F. Elmore and Staci Elmore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 11, 2006 and Recorded on January 19, 2006 under Document # 200601342. 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 $1,356.91, beginning January 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 31, 2010 is $169,692.22 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $15,541.88, late charges in the amount of $575.50, escrow advances of $2,311.93, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,869.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.96 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 17, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 17, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Teri Lynn Steckler Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 09/22/2012 Us Bank V. Elmore 41810.211 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 26, 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: THE SOUTH 58 FEET 8 INCHES (58’ 8”) OF LOTS 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 10, BLOCK 72 OF SCHOOL ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF NOW ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TOGETHER WITH A
RIGHT OF WAY OF AND EASEMENT TO ENTER UPON THE NORTH 71 FEET 4 INCHES (71’ 4”) OF LOTS 5, 6, 7, 8, ,9 AND 10, BLOCK 72 OF SCHOOL ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING AN UNDERGROUND PIPELINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING WATER THROUGH AND UNDER THESE LANDS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO EXCAVATE AND REFILL DITCHES AND TRENCHES FOR THE LOCATION OF SAID PIPELINE. APN:2200-16-3-11-13-0000 JIM L BROWN AND BONNIE L MEYERBROWN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2007 and recorded December 10, 2007 in Book 810, Page 170 as Document No. 200731842. The beneficial interest is currently held by Household Finance Corp II. 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 $2,387.20, beginning April 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 5, 2010 is $229,307.52 principal, interest at the rate of 12.15% now totaling $56,031.33, late charges in the amount of $2,621.64, escrow advances of $2,867.50, suspense balance of $-1,740.45 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,425.42, plus accruing interest at the rate of $76.33 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or
delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such 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 18, 2010. Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKO-
TA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Hsbc V Brown 41472.223 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 26, 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 2A of Huson Lots, Lots 2A and 3A, a Recorded Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Plat of Record in Book 30 of Plats at Page 17 DALE HESS AND SHERRY HESS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 2, 2007 and Recorded October 12, 2007 in Book 807, Page 406 under Document No. 200727046. 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 $1,262.08, 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 February 24, 2010 is $180,489.95 principal, interest at the rate of 7.305% now
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PUBLIC NOTICES totaling $6,324.47, late charges in the amount of $315.50, escrow advances of $107.57, and other fees and expenses advanced of $191.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $36.12 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 18, 2010. Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKO-
TA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier. Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Pnc V Hess 41230.510 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 27, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 13 of Leischner Tracts, a Platted Subdivision in
Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. GLEN BROWNLEE AND RHONDA BROWNLEE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co. of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 18, 2007 and Recorded June 25, 2007 in Book 800, Page 312 under Document No. 200716107. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,044.73, beginning December 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which month-
ly 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 16, 2010 is $114,449.90 principal, interest at the rate of 7.5000% now totaling $3,214.00, late charges in the amount of $177.12, escrow advances of $-212.48, and other fees and expenses advanced of $35.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.52 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 19, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM, P.O. Box 1097, Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 19, 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 Citimortgage V Brownlee 41926.829 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Anthony Brown, 9025 Paragon Way, Bonner, MT. 59823. Anthony Brown, 9025 Paragon Way, Boynton Beach, FL. 33437-5134. Current Occupant, Address Unknown. Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest: A part of the SE1/4SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 17 West, Montana Principal Meridian, in Missoula County, Montana, which lies North of the right of the way of line of State Highway No. 20, and South of the Southerly bank of the Big Blackfoot River, as said highway and river are located over and across said Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter to-wit: Beginning at the point where the Southerly bank of the Big Blackfoot River intersects North and South Boundary line of the said State Highway in the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of said Section 8, aforesaid, which is Corner No.1 of the tract; thence Southerly along said boundary line a distance of approximately 100 feet to the Northerly Boundary line of said Highway No. 20; thence Easterly along said Northerly boundary line of State Highway No. 20, to the middle of Lappi Creek, which is Corner No. 3; thence Northerly along the middle of Lappi Creek to the Southerly low water line of the Big Blackfoot River which is Corner No. 4; thence westerly along the low water line of the Big Blackfoot River, to Corner No.1, Missoula County, Montana. Recording Reference: Book 778 of Micro Records at Page 5222. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31, 2007, at five o’clock P.M. 3. The property
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tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 18, 2007. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 18, 2007, by Missoula County 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT. 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Pacific Land Holdings, L.L.C. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due is: TAXES: $823.25PENALTY: $ 1 6 . 4 8 I N T E R E S T: $ 2 6 6 . 1 9 C O S T: $280.54TOTAL: $1,386.467. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by August 16, 2010, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to August 16, 2010, which is the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Vickie M. Zeier Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT. 59802, (406)2584847. FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: Current Occupant1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. DATED at 9:00 A.M. this 17th day of June 2010. /s/ Micheal P Wolfe, Member Pacific Land Holdings, LLC vNOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/10/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200500675, Bk 746, Pg 388, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Doreen Ginn, a married woman was Grantor, Argent Mortgage Company, LLC was Beneficiary and Ticor Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Ticor Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel B. of the Amended Subdivision Plat of Lots 1, 2 & 3, Block 13, Butte Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. , beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2005-7. 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 26, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $149,684.00. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $145,422.83, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on September 3, 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, whereis 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# 7777.12661) 1002.155687-FEI
These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control
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C A LV I N
This playful dog is very much like the mischievous Calvin of comic strip fame. He's always on the lookout for action and more than willing to run and play, especially with his calmer friend Hobbs.
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This dog is the more reserved of our Calvin and Hobbs duo, but he still knows how to have a good time. He and Calvin are great friends, and they are really hoping to be able to stay together in a forever home. 2420 W Broadway 2310 Brooks 3075 N Reserve 6149 Mullan Rd Clark Fork River Market
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Flash is just a youngster, and he's doing everything he can to attract the attention of potential adopters. He's quite handsome, but even more important, he's great fun. Think of him as a young adult with the heart of a kitten.
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C H I L LY
This handsome black and white cat could be said to have the markings of a penguin, but that's not why we named him Chilly. This outstanding fellow got his name because he is definitely the coolest cat around! Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at
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LADYBUG
Ladybug is about eight months old, which means she's still a kitten as far as personality is concerned. She's very curious and playful, and she wonders every day why she's living in a cage instead of having a family to love her.
CHICO
Chico is looking for someone ready to have some fun. He likes playing outside, hiking, swimming, and camping, and he knows the weather is getting nice again. In fact, Chico would love to come along on all your adventures!
MILLIE
Nobody gives you a greeting like Millie! As soon as she sees you coming, her tail and butt begin to wiggle, then her tongue drops and her grin can't help but make you smile. She already thinks she's your best friend, so why not make it official!
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These pets may be adopted at AniMeals 721-4710 BAILEY
He was trapped. It was an extremely inconvenient turn of events. He had things to do and this was most certainly interrupting his timeline. When he realized what was going on (trap, neuter, release program) he let everyone know that he was NOT feral…thank you very much…
GRACIE
The old man died peacefully in his sleep. His family was not able to keep his two faithful companions. It was the only home Gracie had ever known and the loss was traumatic. She is hoping for a guardian angel that will cherish her just like the old man had for so many years.
PRANCER
My name is Prancer. I have been at the shelter for months now. I am not invisible. I am not hidden in the back. I am right in plain sight in the kennel next to the cute cats and kittens. People walk by me every day...but no one sees me.
DOLLY
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RENTALS PUBLISHER’S NOTICE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
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Affordable Housing: No Magic Bullet By Brint Wahlberg, 2010 MOR President How many times and in how many different contexts have you heard a discussion about affordable housing? It has become one of the perennial issues when discussing housing in Missoula. As the old saying goes, ”Familiarity breeds contempt.“ As familiar as the phrase affordable housing is, the lack of progress away from hand-wringing and toward solutions often leads to turning off any meaningful discussion before it can begin. In an effort to overcome the challenges of these discussions becoming stagnant, the Missoula Organization of REALTORS®, in partnership with the City of Missoula and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency made a conscious decision to change the dialogue. The time has come for the Missoula community to get serious about affordable housing. Is it an issue or isn’t it? Mayor Engen has produced a video showcasing the official city position that it is an issue. There is no lack of additional evidence: the Housing Affordability Index – the percentage of income people pay for housing -- the lack of additional funds for down payment and closing costs to name a few.
On June 3, more than 100 Missoulians gathered for the Housing Summit: A Search for Solutions. The gathering made a new statement: Let’s stop the non-productive wailing about what the problem is. Let’s roll up our sleeves and identify what we can do as a community, collectively, working together toward a common goal to ensure that Missoulians have access to clean, safe housing. There is no easy fix; if that were the case we would have moved past this point long ago. But there are some clear messages that emerged from the presentations and discussions: • One of the biggest hurdles to overcome will be educating each other and the community as to what solutions make the most sense for Missoula. It will take creativity, flexibility and, perhaps most importantly, political will and courage to make progress.
• Different generations have different housing preferences, and those may not match what traditional wisdom says they “‘should” want. Mayor Engen has launched the Best Place Project geared toward economic development. No one can deny that housing for workers is a critical part of any effort to attract new businesses and encourage the expansion of existing ones. As Mayor Engen has emphasized, we all have a stake in addressing Missoula’s economic viability. We all equally have a stake in addressing Missoula housing needs. The Summit was a great start. The REALTOR® association will continue in its efforts to find solutions. We invite your participation, your comments, your suggestions, and most of all your commitment to join us as we work together in “Growing a Missoula to Treasure.”
• There is no one right solution. Nothing will be gained by attempting to find general agreement on the one magic bullet.
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3 Kasota Missoula
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• 4 Bed, 2.5 Bath, Garage • Virtually new w/ updates • Exceptional mountain views • Private backyard w/ deck 408 North Ave East Missoula
Pat McCormick
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New Listing • 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3+ Garage • 1+ acre, mountain views • Landscaped, UG sprinklers • Storage galore, RV pad
$408,650
1438 Hayes Drive Missoula MLS# 10003704
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237 North Ave E Missoula
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 10250 Valley Grove Dr., Lolo MLS#902264 - $289,000 Beautiful 2 bed, 2 bath, artsy log home on 1.84 acres 5 minutes from Missoula - Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816
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333 Knowles street-Missoula. 5B/3BA New: Roof, Furnance, AC, 2 gas FP, 230k. Realtor 239-7588 4322 Capy Ln. - MLS#904419 $435,000 Wonderful executive style 4 bed, 4 bath home on 1 acre lot. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 NEW LISTING! Must see to really appreciate the private back yard, decks or private
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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
Hillview Acres - MLS#809493 $2,500,000 - Acreage in Helena area. Zoned for cemetery. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 Huge Price Reduction Lot 1 Georgetown Vista Manor - MLS#905530 - $85,000 or two lots totaling 5.12 acres for $160,000 2.87 acres in Georgetown Lake with easy year round access. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816
GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME IN 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy8 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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Georgetown Lake with easy year round access. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, family room, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition! 135 Kensington 327-8787 porticorealestate.com LOG HOMES. Hand peeled, hand crafted, Saddle notch, full scribe, full length logs. Top quality craftsmanship at very affordable prices. missioncreekloghomes.com or (406)745-2110 Moving to Missoula? Research is what I do. Email me your wish list, we’ll look high and low for your new place. Celia Grohmann, Broker, Banana Belt Realty, celia@ montana.com. NHN Applegate & Prarie Rd., Helena - MLS#809493 $2,500,000 - Great investment to get in at the very beginning of a cemetery development. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 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. riceteam @bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
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1527 S. 4th St. W. • $225,000 Quintessential Missoula! Recycled maple floors, antique bath fixtures, kitchen made for company. Dining room opens onto extensive decking and a gardener's fantasy yard with outbuildings, perrenials, privacy. Lots of unique touches; Art Deco Vibe.
Joy Earls, Broker • 531-9811
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Downtown Sweetheart
16x40 Cabin, 2 tracks 24.49 acres, spring water, turn key $120,000.
514 W. Spruce St. • $269,000
3 contiguous tracks<<
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
34.81 acres, creek frontage, flowing spring, off the grid, deer, elk & bear. $82,500.
>>10 acre track, $27,500.
10250 Valley Grove MLS# 902264 Log Home w/ Modern Kitchen and rock fireplace
912 Defoe • $179,000 $289,000
1500 W Broadway, suite A Missoula
On the corner of Broadway and Russell
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Nice 2+acre property between Elmo and Dayton with views of Flathead Lake and Chief Cliff. Property has shared well and septic approval.
Are you looking for a NEW Home that is all on one level with no steps... wide hallways... and nearly 2000 sf?? Do you like open space to walk your dog or relax or bird watch with shared access on Grant Creek and a tributary of the Clark Fork? Would you like to hop on the new bike/ped path right past this subdivision??
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3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage. Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look!
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Wonderful single level home in quiet neighborhood near Rattlesnake Creek. 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. 3624 Creekwood, Missoula. $279,900. MLS# 10003714. Pat McCormick, 240SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com
0753, 543-4412 or Fidelity Real Estate 721-1840.
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.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
CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES Desirable Elk Hills condo. New listing priced to sell $169,500. Call Loubelle for info: 240-
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LAND FOR SALE 3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000.
Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @2396696, Text Mindy0 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 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. r i c e t e a m @ b i g s k y. n e t . Montana Preferred Properties. Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City Sewer available. Great view. $99,999. MLS#908159. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. r i c e t e a m @ b i g s k y. n e t . Montana Preferred Properties. Bring your house plans!! 2 Lots available in the Rattlesnake. Views and Privacy. Lot D; 13956 sq ft. Tract 1A; 25,263
sq ft. $165,000/ each. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com NEW MONTANA LAND BARGAIN. 160 Acres / $189,900, Near Billings. Beautifully treed property w/ access to county road and utilities. Excellent for riding, hunting w/ ideal homesites and gorgeous views. Easy drive to Billings, less than 3 miles to Musselshell River and route 12. Call 888-361 3006 or visit www.Western SkiesLand.com for pictures
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 residen-
tial 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: 808-640-3100 or E-mail: susie.spielman@hawaiiantel.ne t 20 years experience. FREE INFO~NO PRESSURE~NO OBLIGATION
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