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nside Cover Story Tis the season of The List. You know The List—that unmanageable, dreadfully long collection of names waiting for you to connect each one with this holiday season’s perfect gift. To help you avoid this annual stress-inducing mix-and-match game, the Independent dedicates its annual holiday gift Cover illustration by Courtney Blazon guide to addressing almost every conceivable person on The List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

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Letters Marijuana, military spending and corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Week in Review Snowbowl troubles, Griz win and Santa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Briefs Muralt’s, beets and dangerous dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Etc. Finnegan’s wake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Up Front Suicide prevention specialists combat troubling stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Ochenski Shooting the messenger doesn’t change the message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Writers on the Range Frustrated hunters off-target in wolf debate . . . . . . . . . . .11 Agenda Peter Neufeld of The Innocence Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

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Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan A special crème Christmas story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Happiest Hour Flathead Lake Brewing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Ask Ari Gamey game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 8 Days a Week We’re asking Santa for more snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Mountain High Warren Miller’s Wintervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Scope Randy Pepprock takes a trip down punk rock’s memory lane . . . . . . . . . . .38 Noise Jeni Fleming, The Lumineers, Paul Kelley and Das Racist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Film Inside Job asks the tough questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked Tuesday afternoon on and around Jacob’s Island.

This week the Independent publishes its annual gift guide. What do you hope to find under the tree this year? Follow-up: What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?

Dustin Nelson: Probably an Amazon Kindle. We’ll see if I get it. Hopefully I’ll find myself on the list of someone rich enough. Too grand: My worst gift was bad not for what it was, but because it was the only gift I got for my 16th birthday—a Tshirt from the Grand Canyon. I might have worn it to bed once, but it hung to my knees and was insanely huge, like a XXXL. I got rid of it right away.

Jenni Warren: I want tickets to the show Wicked. It’s a big Broadway production showing in Spokane that’s a background on The Wizard of Oz, told from the Wicked Witch’s perspective. Puppies panned: My husband’s going to hate this, but for our first Christmas he gave me a too-small pair of pink pajama bottoms with little pink puppies on them. The poor guy, I gave them away a week later.

Will Massie: Boy, this year I’m going back to Virginia where my family and I will be celebrating a non-commercial Christmas. We’re going to pool our money and eat well and drink well. I’m not sure what we’re having, but probably a traditional turkey meal. Good tidings: I can’t think of any bad gifts. I think I’ve liked them all.

Emerald LaFortune: I want some new skis, Black Diamond Starlets. I’ve got a pretty good chance of getting them, because I’m giving my old skis away and should be set with karma points. But I am hoping that Santa is a skier. Fruitless: Well, I always thought fruitcakes were just some cartoon joke, but one year I got one and realized they actually do exist—and are gross. Besides, you can’t ski on a fruitcake.

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The president’s bipartisan Deficit Commission has released some of its recommendations for cutting federal spending and, as one would expect, it is a mixed bag. Some, such as cutting Social Security benefits and increasing the qualifying age, are clearly a bad idea as the burden would fall primarily on the elderly poor and the struggling middle class. A better move would be to let lapse George W. Bush’s tax cuts for his wealthy friends and have those whose earnings top $250,000 per year (raise your hand if this is you!) go back to paying taxes more appropriate to their income. The best idea proposed by this commission is to reduce annual military spending by $100 billion. Another way of writing that staggering sum is to call it $100 thousand million. Or picture a line of a million people (about the total population of Montana), each carrying a thousand $100 dollar bills, all marching up to a gigantic black hole and throwing their money into that national rat hole. Every year. Anyone who has spent any time in the military service can attest to the waste and mismanagement for which the military is (in)famous. The laundry list of wasteful military spending practices include weapon systems that don’t work, aircraft that the military didn’t want but were built anyway at the insistence of members of Congress in whose states the things were built, and accounting systems that allow billions of tax dollars to disappear without a trace. The United States presently spends more on its military establishment than do all the other industrialized nations—combined! There is no rational argument that can justify that level of spending. Nowhere is it written that the U.S. has to be the world’s policeman. And nowhere is it written that we have to continue wasteful spending habits just because those habits have become, well, just habits. Patrick Leonard Corvallis

Is Montana going to pot? Could it be that from the beginning proponents of marijuana have been using “medical” as a guise to get marijuana legalized and create a market for a huge cash crop? Tom Daubert recently made a statement that the Montana Department of Agriculture is best suited to regulate the

this about “Is pain and suffering or is this about creating a marijuana industry and trying to develop a cash crop to make marijuana proponents rich?

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production and sale of Montana’s burgeoning and largely unregulated Medical Marijuana. Why Montana Department of Agriculture? Daubert, who currently is a medical marijuana caregiver, has publicly stated that he was involved in the final drafting of the 2004 Citizens Medical Marijuana Act. The 2004 Ballot Statement for the Medical Marijuana Act stated that Montana would be legalizing marijuana for “the limited use of marijuana, under medical supervision, by patients with debilitating medical conditions to alleviate the symptoms of their conditions.” The voter information pamphlet stated that the initiative would allow for the caregiver to grow

and possess limited amounts of marijuana. The following is a quote by Daubert that was published on June 11, 2010: “It’s a shame,” said Daubert. “We’ve been working on a careful strategy to use medical to get toward legalization. It was working until medical blew up in our faces.” Thank you, Mr. Daubert, for finally stating the obvious. It now appears that Mr. Daubert believes that marijuana should be legalized, treated as a commodity and regulated by the Department of Agriculture. No other “medicine,” as marijuana proponents want to call this drug, is being controlled by the Department of Agriculture in Montana. What happened to the “limited use,” “medical supervision,” and the “grow and possess limited amounts of marijuana” compassionate law that some Montanans voted for? Is this about pain and suffering or is this about creating a marijuana industry and trying to develop a cash crop to make marijuana proponents rich? All you have to do is look at Prop. 19 in California to see a glimpse of the future for states that have legalized medical marijuana. Pro legalization people funded that campaign as well as the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act campaign in Montana. So much for compassion when you can make a buck at the expense of the unsuspecting people who have trusted you to be their “caregiver.” Cherrie Brady Chair Safe Community Safe Kids Billings Clarification: A caption under the “Viewfinder” photo on page 6 of the Nov. 18 issue stated a University of Montana Park-N-Ride shuttle collided with a car during an icy morning commute. Police confirmed the car, not the bus, was responsible for the accident. Correction: A caption in our recent Feast publication incorrectly identified a lunch special from Sa Wad Dee. The dish pictured is yellow curry with chicken over rice. The Indy regrets the error.

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via e-mail: editor@missoulanews.com.

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Santa's Pony invites you to find a magical wish list of gifts at the Carousel! Shaped rubber bands (all the rage!) Season pass gift certificates Bracelets, tiaras and wands for little girls Light-up swords and armor sets for little boys Bags of tokens Musical jewelry boxes with dancing fairies, ballerinas and horses Plush horses, dragons and other cuddly animals

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Police find Errol Brent Bouldin, 56, dead of a gunshot wound in his pickup truck outside Townsend hours after Bouldin allegedly shot and killed 23year-old state trooper David DeLaittre during a shootout outside Three Forks. DeLaittre becomes the youngest Montana trooper to die in the line of duty.

• Thursday, December 2 Police arrest Joshua Jeremy Peltier, 21, suspected of raping a 28-year-old woman who was walking her dog on Railroad Street early Wednesday morning. Police believe Peltier is also responsible for the assault of a 25-year-old woman walking at South Fourth and Inez streets on Nov. 26.

• Friday, December 3 Nearly a foot of fresh snow draws a huge crowd to Montana Snowbowl, but long lines and chairlift malfunctions frustrate eager skiers hoping for early-season fresh tracks. Season-pass picker-uppers report waiting up to an hour. On the bright side, those who arrived early enough to beat the crowd speak of “epic” conditions.

• Saturday, December 4 Santa and Mrs. Claus head down Higgins Avenue in a black Corvette convertible during Missoula’s eighth annual Parade of Lights. The parade, which also features 23 other ornately decorated floats, ends at the downtown XXXXs, where, with the lighting of a 40-foot pine tree, locals officially kick off the holiday season.

• Sunday, December 5 The University of Montana men’s basketball team nets a huge upset by topping Pac-10 powerhouse UCLA 66–57 at Pauley Pavilion. Griz point guard Will Cherry scores 13 of his game-high 18 points in the second half to help defeat a Bruins squad that had lost by one point to No. 4-ranked Kansas on Thursday night.

• Monday, December 6 A man wielding a pistol and wearing a blue ski mask gets away with an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing at gunpoint Noon’s convenience store at Russell and Mount. Police say the suspect is in his mid- to late-20s, around six feet tall with average build and had a black bandanna wrapped around his left hand.

• Tuesday, December 7 Adam Miner, 23, of Lolo, appears in court on charges of felony sexual abuse of children. The arrest follows an investigation by Missoula Internet Crimes Against Children detective Chris Shermer, who, posing as a 14year-old girl, had been chatting online with the suspect.

A 30-foot scale model of ancient Rome, built by University of Montana art students and on display in the university’s Native American Center, was allegedly usurped Monday night by students placing hundreds of paper teepees and toy figurines of cowboys and American Indians. The anonymous culture jammers declared the “Roman savages have ceded all rights to all lands and resources in their former territories,” and placed cowboys in “reservations.” Roman structures were labeled as “INDIAN-OWNED TOURIST DESTINATIONS.”

Labor Muralt’s allegedly censors staff Less than a week after local landmark Muralt’s Café shut its doors, putting at least 15 waitresses, busboys and cooks out of work, a local labor union leader has alleged that café owner Walt Muralt threatened to withhold severance packages from outgoing employees if they speak ill of the establishment. “Walt demanded they withhold anything negative,” says Mark Anderlik from UNITE HERE Local 427, which represents outgoing Muralt’s Café employees, many of whom also worked for All Events Catering, an affiliated company owned by Muralt. UNITE HERE’s claims mark the latest skirmish between Muralt and organized labor. Last December, the union filed a claim with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which investigates allegations of unfair labor practices, claiming Muralt failed to fully cooperate in contract negotiations. The complaint also stated that Muralt’s withheld gratuities due to All Events Catering employees.

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“There was an issue in our case that concerned the distribution of tips and how much the catering parties were charging and how much the employer received,” says Seattle-based NLRB Regional Director Richard Ahearn. Anderlick asserts that Muralt’s took more than $6,000 in service charges slated for employees in 2009. “Muralt’s would charge the 15 percent and then would keep 5 percent for themselves to cover overhead costs,” Anderlik says. “One hundred percent of that service charge is supposed to go to the workers. That violates the custom in the catering business and it also violates state law.” Muralt acknowledges the house took a portion of the service charge, using proceeds to pay catering company expenses. However, he denies the money was a gratuity. “It certainly wasn’t tips,” Muralt says. Anderlik ceased pursuing the NLRB complaint in February, when Muralt again agreed to negotiate. It appeared Muralt and the union found common ground last week, when Muralt agreed

to pay his former staff two weeks of pay—in some cases more—and end the service charge dispute with a $3,900 settlement. Anderlik says days after the parties agreed to the tentative settlement, Muralt, upset about a Missoulian article that publicly broached the tip grievance, added a stipulation to the severance agreement obligating employees to not speak publicly about labor disputes. “He added a loophole statement with a gag order,” Anderlik says. Muralt denies the allegations, but declines to elaborate on contract specifics until after a severance deal is inked. “I’ll table the conversation until we resolve the actions we’re taking,” he says. Jessica Mayrer

Agriculture Bracing for a beet down An ongoing legal battle pitting advocacy groups against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the agency’s approval of biotech giant

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Monsantoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genetically modified sugar beets has Montana producers concerned about the future of their sweetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as in $40 million-plus per yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; industry. On Monday, the comment period ended on the federal governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental assessment, which weighs interim guidelines for how it will regulate Monsantoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2011 before a court-ordered environmental impact statement (EIS) is completed in mid-2012. One of the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s options is to ban Roundup Ready sugar beets until the USDA completes its EIS, in which case sugar beet production in the U.S. would drop, according to a USDA report, by 37 percent. Farmers would revert to conventional seeds. Tom Schwartz, of the Sugar Beet Development Foundation, believes conventional seeds are inferior to Monsantoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genetically engineered varieties, which account for 95 percent of the sugar beets planted in the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The conventional seed out there probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have all the disease packages and characteristics we would need, nor the yield potential that the current Roundup Ready sugar beet seeds have,â&#x20AC;? Schwartz says. The Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), one of the plaintiffs in the case, says seed companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;namely Monsantoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;would be to blame for the shortage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there is not enough quality conventional sugar beet seed available, this is the fault of seed companies that put profit before farmer choice,â&#x20AC;? says OSA Director Micaela Colley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companies had more than a year to plan for this outcome. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear USDA improperly approved Roundup Ready sugar beets and continues to dismiss adverse agronomic and economic effects that these sugar beets will have on organic and conventional seeds.â&#x20AC;? Advocacy groups appear to have momentum on their side. Last week, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ordered that 256 acres of USDA-approved genetically engineered baby beet plants intended to make seeds for future sugar beet crops be plowed under, an unprecedented move. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The legality of [the USDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] conduct does not even appear to be a close question,â&#x20AC;? White wrote. Matthew Frank

Dogs Kalispell bites back The Kalispell City Council bit back at aggressive dogs on Monday by unanimously approving a strict ordinance requiring, among other things, that dogs

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deemed dangerous have identification numbers tattooed on their inner thighs. The move follows a slew of recent incidents resulting in injured residents and dead canines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past two years weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a number of issues with very aggressive and dangerous dogs where people have been injured and the police have had to dispatch dogs on scene,â&#x20AC;? says Kalispell City Attorney Charles Harball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a period of two months I think our police officers ended up shooting three dogs.â&#x20AC;? The ordinance, which goes into effect Jan. 5, states the owner of a dangerous dog must display a warning sign, build a proper enclosure, muzzle the dog and keep it on a leash no longer than six feet in length when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property. Owners must also

notify law enforcement when the dog is at large, is sold or dies. Additionally, the court can require a dangerous dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner to post a $50,000 surety bond payable to any person injured by the dog, pay an annual licensing fee of $250, and have a registration number tattooed on the dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right inner thigh. The Kalispell Municipal Court can deem a dog dangerous following a hearing, Harball explains, and those are scheduled only if a warden or police officer petitions for one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems to have been over the last five or six years to be the cool thing, for some people, to get a junkyard dog. Get yourself a real bad-ass dog and then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cool,â&#x20AC;? Harball says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then some of the people who were doing that really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the means to take care of themâ&#x20AC;Śand basically they just end up having a mean dog. So this is an attempt to put some responsibility on the part of the owners.â&#x20AC;? Matthew Frank

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City Council Strohmaier targets â&#x20AC;&#x153;social hostsâ&#x20AC;? Missoula City Councilman Dave Strohmaier is again proposing an ordinance likely to raise eyebrows among local civil libertarians. The twoterm councilman on Wednesday unveiled his vision for a citywide law that would empower law enforcement to fine adults who host events involving underage drinking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll run it up the flagpole and see what folks have to say,â&#x20AC;? says Strohmaier. The councilman proposes a $500 fine for the first violation of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;social host ordinance.â&#x20AC;? Those found guilty of violating the law, a misdemeanor, would also be held responsible for the costs of police officer hours accrued enforcing the ordinance. Two-time offenders would be sentenced to two days in jail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have that there to send a clear message,â&#x20AC;? he says. Missoula has one of the highest underage drinking rates in the nation, as much as 16 percent higher than the national average, according to the Missoula Underage Substance Abuse Prevention Team. Strohmaier says his ordinance constitutes an effort to curb that trend and, more specifically, cut down on drunk driving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very real problem for our community,â&#x20AC;? says Strohmaier, who has also recently tackled topics like texting while driving, refusing DUI tests and LGBT discrimination. His proposal aims to punish adults who host underage parties, rather than parents sharing a glass of wine with a teenager over dinner. The latter is protected under state law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The applicability is fairly narrow,â&#x20AC;? Strohmaier says. Twenty-three states have social host ordinances on the books. In Montana, Helena became the first municipality to create such a law in 2008. Great Falls and Billings have since followed suit. Based on constitutional concerns, Helenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law is now being challenged. Defense attorney John Doubek in September filed a motion to dismiss charges against three individuals cited under the social host ordinance. Doubek asserts the law invades citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; right to privacy in their own homes. A judge will hear that case beginning Friday. In Missoula, Strohmaier aims to hold a public hearing on the matter in the coming months. Jessica Mayrer

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Projected cost of a road renovation project at the south end of the Madison Street Bridge. The University of Montana, which would share the cost with the city, revealed the details at a community presentation earlier this week.

etc. Forty or so people dressed in mostly black gathered last weekend to sip coffee together in the icy parking lot of Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Restaurant. Jessica â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jonnieâ&#x20AC;? Sangray Scheible wore her green Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uniform to the makeshift funeral and sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;I (heart) Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? bumpers stickers for $3. Scheible, a Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waitress and bookkeeper whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked at the restaurant for the past 11 years with her husband, Eric, was one of 40 employees laid off last week when the restaurant abruptly closed its doors. She said the restaurant had recently pulled its billboard near the Broadway exit of I-90 because of financial issues, a move that may have made it even easier for cars to bypass Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for the glut of Reserve Street restaurants. But that was just the straw that broke the busboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back: The lull in business, she said, has been going on for years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do the books so I saw it happening,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how bad it was.â&#x20AC;? The loss of Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about jobs or about one more business biting the dust. The 24-hour restaurant was a particularly well-loved meeting spot for a strange brew of regulars dosing on bottomless cups of coffee and 2 a.m. cheese fries. During its 23 years as Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and previously as a similar restaurant called the Apple Treeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been where parents brought their kids for grilled cheese sandwiches on weekend afternoons. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where seniors went for practical meals. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where college kids pulled all-nighters. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where high school punks, poets, fantasy geeks and thespiansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the latter donning black nail polish and carrying packs of community cigarettesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;settled in for a night of philosophizing with friends. In the late afternoon, after the funeral group had mostly dispersed, Scheible and a few others stood on the catwalk and fed the ducks that live in the creek below the restaurant for the last time with bread donated by Subway. Behind them, the windows revealed empty pie display cases and a kitchen stripped of appliances. It seems a shocking scene for those who made the place their second home. Biggest tragedy ever? Perhaps not. But the place had a lot of diehard fans. On the Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook fan page, customers and employees alike still swap stories and describe the closure as â&#x20AC;&#x153;bottomlessly depressingâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;an outrage.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also noteworthy that the Facebook fan base doubled from 200 people to 410 after the 24-hour diner closed its doors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly feel like someone in my life has died,â&#x20AC;? wrote one downtrodden regular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love you, Finneganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

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Tackling a taboo Suicide prevention specialists combat troubling stats by Alex Sakariassen

The Whitefish School District last year suffered its first brushes with suicide in more than a decade when a high school student and the spouse of a district employee took their lives. The separate incidents highlighted a dramatic bump in Flathead County’s suicide rate in 2009, and rocked a community unaccustomed to public conversations on the issue. “You never can forecast, you can never guess, you can never predict a completed suicide, so obviously we’re in

connected the dots. We’ve never seen what’s in somebody else’s toolbox. “You look out in our community— aunts, uncles, neighbors—there’s a huge, huge effect it has on people,” House continues. “That was the driving force.” The Flathead isn’t alone when it comes to high suicide rates in Montana. The state ranked second in the country for suicides in 2007 according to the Center for Disease Control, and has landed in the top five states every year for the

Courtesy of Suicide Prevention Resource Center

The darker shaded counties in the graphic above indicate those at or above the 90th percentile for high suicide rates on a national scale. Among them is Flathead County, regularly ranked in the top 100 counties nationwide for suicides.

a state of shock,” says 11-year Whitefish School District Superintendent Jerry House. “There’s no other way of saying it…We’ve never, ever had a suicide to the best of my knowledge.” Nearly 80 parents, educators, public officials and mental health professionals from the Flathead Valley met last Thursday night in Whitefish to address last year’s tragedies and some increasingly troubling statistics. Flathead County has for years ranked in the top 100 counties nationwide for suicides; last year alone, the Flathead’s annual suicide rate nearly tripled from an average of seven to 20. As House says, the problem has become a serious community concern, prompting the creation of a fledgling 15member committee aimed at pooling resources and guiding public discussion through events like last week’s town hall meeting. “Everybody has their own little toolbox,” House says. “You stay in-house and the school district does this, the fire department does that, the police do this, the clergy does something different. But we’ve never as a town, as a community,

past three decades. Data from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) shows suicide is the ninth ranking cause of death in Montana, claiming an average of 65 people a year from 2000 to 2009. The SPRC states that for every completed suicide in the state, there are six uncompleted attempts. “I applaud Whitefish for trying to make it at a community level,” says Montana Suicide Prevention Coordinator Karl Rosston. “Unfortunately, usually people don’t do it until there’s been a suicide in their community, and then you get people who want to rally. I wish more people would take initiative…but it’s a reaction rather than a prevention measure.” As Whitefish begins to map a longterm plan for suicide prevention, specialists are struggling to expand services throughout western Montana. Suicide prevention coordinators in Flathead, Ravalli and Missoula counties have their sights set on establishing a regional task force to curb the state’s startling statistics, and the initiative stands to benefit neighboring counties historically lacking in experienced prevention resources.

“Why should we just do suicide prevention work in these three counties when there’s a need in some of the outlying counties as well?” says Brian Cherry, suicide prevention coordinator for the Ravalli County Youth Suicide Prevention Alliance. “The people who haven’t done it, rather than inventing the wheel, could talk to us about what we’ve done and decide if they want to listen to us.” Cherry is working with Maureen O’Malley of the Missoula Suicide Prevention Network and Joan Schmidt of the Flathead Suicide Prevention Coalition to gain funding for the task force from the Montana Mental Health Settlement Trust, a $9.5 million agreement reached in September in a state lawsuit against pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. Cherry says the funding could “ensure sustainability” for prevention services, but he understands funding for suicide prevention is notoriously hard to secure. O’Malley says the groups have operated on a $10,000 shoestring budget annually since a 2007 legislative bill set aside $400,000 for statewide hotlines and prevention programs. Yet even that cash flow is proving unsustainable. “We have virtually no money at this point in time,” O’Malley says. “So we’ve all applied for some of that mental health trust fund money, and one of our more visible projects then will be establishing that task force. At one point we did have a statewide task force that was just kind of becoming cohesive, but money for suicide prevention is really tough to come by these days.” The trio agrees the difficulty in raising funds is due in large part to the stigma suicide carries. Cherry says suicide awareness is a “constant grind” because people view it as a “spooky subject.” That belief has stymied long-term discussions in Missoula in the past, O’Malley says, and could hinder not only creation of the task force but also the success of Whitefish’s efforts to build a more cohesive prevention network. “The taboo is so strong that people are afraid to walk into those events,” O’Malley says. “Several years ago when we had several deaths in the school district, we sponsored a town hall meeting and we had more than 174 people at the first meeting, all speaking out, all with ideas. We had two other meetings, and by the time we got to the third one, we had 25 people.”

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Lauding the leak Shooting the messenger doesn’t change the message As I write this, Julian Assange, the founder of web-based WikiLeaks, is stuck in England awaiting extradition charges from Sweden. Assange is accused of sexual assault, a charge he says is part of an elaborate plot to silence his site. As most people know, Assange is releasing through WikiLeaks and selected mainstream media a quarter million documents that detail the realities of American foreign policy as gleaned from leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange did not write those cables, nor did he simply release them without taking precautions to protect certain vulnerable individuals mentioned therein. All he did was make them public. But here in the Land of the Free, we have a serious and growing problem: Our political leaders would rather shoot the messenger than allow their own citizens to know the truth. The content of the cables Assange released spans the spectrum of foreign policy issues. Particularly interesting are those dealing with American corporate machinations in the various petroleum-containing regions of the world such as the massive gas and oil fields in the various “Stans.” Where pipeline routes will go, who will pay and build them, and who has to be coddled or bribed to achieve the profit-driven ends of those corporations. For those who wonder why American tax dollars are supporting government workers smoothing the way for petro exploitation, the cables are both revealing and disturbing. If you had any questions about why we’re in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, the communications from our embassies will pretty much vanquish any illusions about spreading democracy or rectifying injustices. We’re there, as we are virtually everywhere, for money and oil, and we’re ready to do whatever it takes to get both in large quantities. Likewise, if you’re wondering why all the sword-rattling about Iran seems to dominate D.C., the cables from our Saudi embassy will prove illuminating. Ailing 86-year old King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told the American ambassador the United States needed to “cut off the head of the snake” in Iran to protect its interests in the Gulf region. That wouldn’t be such a startling revelation except the same Arab leaders have been lying to their own people about not supporting a devastating American military strike on fellow Muslims. Simply put, they’ve been saying one thing in public and quite another behind closed diplomatic doors. And like so much of the façade that passes for American foreign policy these days, we’re supposed to believe that Saudi Arabia is our friend and ally and that the massive shipment of state-of-the-art fighter

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jets we recently agreed to sell them will somehow cement that friendship. Meanwhile, we’re supposed to forget that 15 of the 19 hijackers who flew planes into the Pentagon and the Twin Towers on 9/11 weren’t from Iran or Iraq or Afghanistan— they were from Saudi Arabia. The WikiLeaks cables reveal a lot more than that, however, and if you believe rabid war hawks like Sen. Joe Lieberman, Assange should be tried for espionage by the U.S.

“Anybody

remember Dick Cheney’s energy task force, warrantless search and seizure, the sudden and senseless death of habeus corpus, or the torture conducted at

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Guantanamo?

government, tossed into a cell and forgotten—just like the truth Lieberman doesn’t want us to know. Other equally benighted members of Congress think the United States should just put out a contract on Assange and assassinate him. But in the end, it comes down to killing the messenger rather than dealing with the thorny issues the messages reveal. Why shouldn’t the American people get to know what’s being done with their tax dollars? While President Obama cuts a backroom deal with Republicans to plunge us another $700 billion in debt by extending tax cuts for the wealthiest among us, why shouldn’t the average Joe get to know what’s really happening and whose interests are really being served abroad? Considering we’re now borrowing 40 cents for every dollar we spend—and passing that staggering debt load on to future generations—what’s so terrible about knowing where America’s pri-

orities really lie? In short, the single biggest reason this nation launched a worldwide manhunt and propaganda war against Assange is because he embarrassed us. Most of the talk about how he gave away state secrets is baloney. Of the 250,000 cables Assange made public, only 15,652 were “secret,” 101,748 were “confidential” and the other 133,887 were simply “unclassified.” Many of the cables went out to various recipients throughout government agencies and were available to tons of people without regard to their security clearance. But a few, such as those from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telling diplomats to gather personal, financial and bio-metric data on people such as the head of the United Nations, didn’t just talk about the day-to-day meetings with foreign diplomats and business interests. No, they revealed the depth and perfidy that is now de rigeur in American politics. That the cables showed the world how we “do business” these days will undoubtedly impact future diplomatic relationships globally. But what’s wrong with that? If foreign diplomats know our representatives are spying and lying on a regular basis, so what? Ever since George W. Bush became president most Americans know that we, too, have been spied on and lied to on an equally regular basis. Anybody remember Dick Cheney’s energy task force, warrantless search and seizure, the sudden and senseless death of habeus corpus, or the torture conducted at Guantanamo? It would be convenient if we could forget those infamous episodes in American governance. But we can’t. Likewise, it would be more than convenient if the information WikiLeaks revealed would just go away. But it won’t. The sad truth is that we have gone from the high ideals of transparent government in American democracy to operating in darkness and secrecy—even from our own people. And we have morphed from the open hand to the iron fist— even with our own people. Assange may currently be in jail, but what he has done will never be removed from public purview. That we find the image in the mirror he has held up to our society disturbing is perhaps to be expected. But shooting the messenger doesn’t change the message—and it would behoove us all to wonder if this is the country we wanted to become. 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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Bad aim Frustrated hunters off-target in wolf debate by Ben Long

Hunting season just closed here in Montana, and I oiled my rifle for its annual winter hibernation. After all, hunting regulations—and the law in general—are something I respect. It’s too bad that more community leaders out West fail to grasp that fundamental tenet of citizenship. In central Idaho last month, a local sheriff had to answer some uncomfortable questions about a raffle he was helping to promote. The prize is a .308-caliber Winchester rifle. Nothing new there—it’s a standard prize for selling raffle tickets in America’s more rural neighborhoods. But the devil is in the marketing. The rifle is given away with a shovel and is being labeled as an “SSS Wolf Pack” rifle. SSS is shorthand for the local expression “shoot, shovel and shut up.” And that is the half-in-jest way of dealing with inconvenient wildlife that happens to be protected by law. In particular, the phrase is used in conversations around wolves, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Sheriff Doug Giddings bends over backward trying to explain this. “No, we are not advocating shooting wolves,” the top lawman in Idaho County told the press. SSS, he now says, stands for “safety, security and survival.” Yeah. Right. This hayseed wouldn’t make the cut to play sheriff on “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Giddings is not alone. At my county fair here in Montana, the local “wise use” club also raffled off a rifle, this one a nice .243 caliber. I might have bought a ticket, except they were calling it the “Annoy Molloy” rifle. Does the name Molloy ring a bell? Federal Judge Donald Molloy was

the fellow who put wolves back on the endangered species list, after they were off it for one year. Now we have local bumper stickers that say “Throw Molloy to the wolves.” Alas for these folks, he has a lifetime appointment to the bench, courtesy of

were “ They calling it the ‘Annoy Molloy’ rifle. Does the name Molloy ring

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a bell?

the Founding Fathers and the U.S. Constitution. And guess what: This last hunting season, at least two “sportsmen” decided to shoot, shovel and shut-up. Actually, they just shot and left the wolves to rot alongside the road in northwest Montana. Another vandal did the same thing with a grizzly bear, which is also protected by federal law, over in Montana’s Lincoln County. Now, some folks hate wolves, some folks love ‘em. Most of us are in the middle, shouted out by the loudmouths on the extremes. But nobody benefits from

disrespecting the law. We do not live in a country where we can pick and choose which laws to follow. These rifle raffles are going off half-cocked, shooting their proponents in the foot. Each wolf that gets shot illegally and stuffed down a badger hole is one more setback for those who want wolves off the endangered species list. It’s also one more piece of evidence for those who say Western states cannot be trusted to manage their wildlife. Those of us who hunt and fish should know better than most that, even if it’s inconvenient and frustrating at times, there is a greater value in following the law than in flouting it. Anarchy is bad for wildlife. Lawlessness nearly wiped out our wildlife resources in the 1800s, from bison to whitetail deer. The rule of law rebuilt America’s wildlife heritage into the envy of the world. Yes, wolves are controversial, and they can do real damage to livestock and sometimes to big game herds. The same is true for coyotes, mountain lions and bears. They are all part of our wildlife legacy. They can be successfully managed for the long term if all sides cool the rhetoric, come to the table, respect the best science and reach a reasonable plan. Not that any law is perfect. If you don’t like it, work to change it. But don’t circumvent it. Democracy is a wonderful thing: Let’s not blast holes in it. Ben Long is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is the senior program director for Resource Media in Kalispell.

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Back in 1987, Montana resident Jimmy Ray Bromgard’s life changed. At the time, he was convicted of raping an 8-year-old girl in Billings, despite the fact that his fingerprints couldn’t be linked to any evidence. A l m o s t 15 y e a r s l a t e r, Bromgard was exonerated, after post-conviction DNA testing proved he wasn’t guilty. Bromgard was freed thanks to The Innocence Project (TIP), a national nonprofit legal clinic that aims to free people wrongfully convicted of crimes. What’s more, according to TIP, Bromgard’s conviction occurred in part due to bad legal representation and fraudulent science. This week, you can hear from someone who helped free Bromgard when Peter Neufeld, TIP’s co-director, presents a talk titled, “The Age of Innocence.” His speech will touch on why wrong-

ful convictions occur and how they can be prevented, and concludes with a Q&A session. You’ll also get a chance to hobnob with Neufeld earlier in the night during a special meet and greet that benefits the Montana Innocence Project, a local nonprofit that works to exonerate innocent Montana prisoners and prevent unjust convictions through probono legal and investigative work.

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City Club Missoula presents its monthly City Club Forum titled “New University of Montana President Dr. Royce Engstrom,” from 11:30 AM–1 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $16/$11 members/$5 for the nolunch option. RSVP by noon Thu., Dec. 9, by visiting cityclubmissoula.org, e-mailing ccm@cityclubmissoula.org or by calling 541-2489. 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. Bring an open mind during “American Perspec-tives on Islam” a discussion that aims to spark civil discourse that begins with a presentation from ASUM president Ashleen Williams at 5 PM, followed by dis-

—Ira Sather-Olson Peter Neufeld speaks Thu., Dec. 16, at 7:30 PM at the University Center Theater. Free. A meet and greet with Neufeld occurs at 6 PM at the same place, and costs $30. Call 243-6698 to RSVP for the meet and greet, and visit mtinnocenceproject.org.

Join others who promote community-based solutions to the climate crisis, and take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change in the Northern Rockies, when Northern Rockies Rising Tide meets from 7–9 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.wordpress.com. Hear about why four American diplomats support a world free of nukes when the World Affairs Council of Montana presents a screening of the documentary Nuclear Tipping Point, followed by a discussion with Dr. Schuyler Foerster, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. $5/free for students and World Affairs Council members. Visit montanaworldaffairs.org.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 14 Help reward a local organization that has chosen to “See Commuting Differently” when Missoula in Motion hosts nominations for its annual “Transportation Best Practices Award.” Nominations are accepted until 4 PM today. E-mail Sherry at slewis@co.missoula.mt.us or call 258-4961 to get a nomination form, or visit the Missoula in Motion office, 127 W. Spruce St. Be one with some patriots when the Conservative Patriots meet at 6 PM at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane, for a program that includes a potluck dinner, a talk with Michelle Bedard Smith (mother of late soldier Andrew Bedard), a presentation for the winner of the Second Amendment Committee Contest, plus music and other activities. Free. Bring a side dish to share, and a non-perishable food item to donate to the hungry. Call 251-5961.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is Montana Shares. Visit kettlehouse.com.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - When Walter Allen Jr. bought two Bentleys from a Houston car dealership for $458,000, he paid by signing over a $500,000 check issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. Managers at the dealership became suspicious because the Federal Reserve Bank usually uses wire transfers, not checks. They asked Allen to return later to pick up his cars, then alerted police, who confirmed the check was a fake and were waiting for Allen when he returned. A man who was robbed at gunpoint outside a Subway store in Homestead, Pa., flagged down police and told them he recognized the suspect as having applied for a job at the Subway right before the robbery. “We checked with Subway, and they did have an application,” Homestead Police Chief J.A. DeSimone said. Using information from the form, police arrested Kris Johnson, 18. SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION - Massachusetts authorities concluded that Joseph Cummings, 51, killed his pregnant girlfriend, her sister and then himself during an argument over the last name of the baby that the girlfriend, Kimberly Nguyen, 35, was carrying. “She wanted to hyphenate the name,” said Steve O’Connell of the Essex district attorney’s office, “and he did not.”

TONIGHT, December 9th @ 7:00pm vs. the University of Great Falls

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BACK TO PAPER-OR-PLASTIC - Officials for Publix, a supermarket chain in the Southeast, said they would ask suppliers of their reusable grocery bags to lower the lead content after The Tampa Tribune found elevated levels of the toxin in bags it tested. The Florida newspaper reported that some of the bags had enough lead that they would be considered hazardous waste if residents put them in their household trash.

VS Wednesday, December 15th @ 7:00pm vs. Oregon State •Come cheer on the Griz as they welcome the Pac-10 Beavers into Dahlberg Arena. •Giveaway Night: Montana Dairyfarmer backpacks will be given out to a select number of fans who come to the game. •Promotions include: Dairy Queen T-shirt Toss and the Cell One Phone Phrenzy. •Halftime Entertainment: Performance by On Center Performing Arts.

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TAKING THE PLUNGE - When a tractor-trailer caught fire after pulling over at a bridge on Interstate 65 in Hoover, Ala., the driver of a vehicle going the other way stopped to check on the truck driver. The good Samaritan jumped over a retaining wall but fell to his death. Police Capt. Jim Coker pointed out that a paramedic died at least 20 years before in the same spot when he leaped over the retaining wall to check on an accident victim and fell to his death.

Sunday, December 12th @ 2:00pm vs. the University of Portland

Sharon R. Glover, 55, was riding in a motor home traveling on Interstate 10 near Defuniak Springs, Fla., when she walked to the rear of the vehicle to use the restroom. She was seriously injured after she opened a door, fell out and slid 100 feet on the paved emergency lane before hitting the grass shoulder, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, which reported, “It is unknown if the passenger opened the wrong door or leaned on the door.”

•Youth Group Day •Promotions include: Musical Basketball & the Perkins Dress, Dash, & Dine.

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

ABOVE SUSPICION - The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violation of the city’s trans fat ban. The offender was a restaurant named Healthy Choice. HUG THOSE TREES - Crime occurs less in neighborhoods with big trees and more at homes with small ones, according to a U.S. Forest Service study using crime data from Portland, Ore. Forester Geoffrey Donovan explained that large trees might signal to crooks that a neighborhood is well cared for, making it more likely that criminals will be caught, whereas small trees can provide hiding places for criminals and obstruct their illicit activities. RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSES - Deputies investigating a possible break-in at a museum in Hillsboro, Ore., stumbled on their suspect when a search dog followed the scent from a large hole in the wall of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals for about half a mile and became “very interested in a particular piece of ground,” Washington County sheriff’s Sgt. Gregory Thompson said. “The dog then bit the ground that in turn cried out in pain.” The dog’s handler realized Gregory Liascos, 36, was hiding at his feet, dressed head to toe in a moss-like camouflage outfit, known as a ghillie suit. FIRST THINGS FIRST - Miguel Soto III, 25, was leaving a deli in New Haven. Conn., after buying a sandwich, when two men shot him in the leg and groin. The victim told police he went home and ate his sandwich before asking his father for a ride to the hospital to have his wounds treated. Detroit police reported that before two men attacked and robbed an 85-year-old woman who hired them to rake her leaves, they first raked the victim’s entire front yard, neatly bagged the leaves and put them on the curb. FAT-CAT JUSTICE - Facing felony charges after striking a bicyclist from behind with his 2010 Mercedes Benz sedan in Eagle, Colo., and then speeding away, Martin Joel Erzinger, 52, had the charges reduced to misdemeanor traffic violations. Court records indicate Erzinger drove some distance after running down the cyclist before stopping at a parking lot, where he called the Mercedes auto assistance service to report damage to his vehicle and request a tow. He did not notify the police about the cyclist, who was seriously injured. Erzinger is a financial manager for “ultra high net worth individuals, their families and foundations,” according to his biography, and would have to publicly disclose felony charges. “Felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger’s profession, and that entered into it,” District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said of the reduced charges, noting that Erzinger is willing to pay restitution. “When you’re talking about restitution, you don’t want to take away his ability to pay.” QUEUE CLUES - The average British adult can tolerate waiting in line only 10 minutes and 42 seconds before becoming upset, according to an online survey by Britain’s Payments Council. Respondents over age 55 became impatient more than three minutes before younger people, but those under 35 were more likely to take out their frustrations on those around them. Supermarket lines topped the list of hated waits, followed by post-office lines and airport check-in and security lines. Two-thirds of the respondents said the most irritating part of lines is people in front of them who dawdle. DON’T TREAD ON ME - Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon announced plans to build the world’s tallest flagpole. Scheduled for completion in March, the 541-foot pole will be located in Dushanbe, the capital. The current tallest flagpole, 531 feet, is in Azerbaijan.

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is the season of The List. You know The List—that unmanageable, dreadfully long collection of names waiting for you to connect each one with this holiday season’s perfect gift. Family members, friends and coworkers certainly make The List, as do a few marginal sorts who linger at the bottom as you try to calculate whether they’ll gift back to you. The List is as much a part of the holidays as fruitcake (which should never make The List) and Rankin/Bass stopmotion specials. But for every easy check-off on The List, a maddening number of deserving names get stuck with the dreaded “?” or, worse, something like this: “Fruitcake?” To help you avoid this stress-inducing mix-and-match game, the Independent dedicates its annual holiday gift guide to addressing almost every conceivable person on The List. Pops? Easy. Grandma? No problem. Those distant relatives who inexplicably invited themselves to this year’s holiday feast? Child, please. We think we’ve covered the bases—at least those bases situated a little left of center— over the next five-plus pages. And if not, consider some candlesticks or a nice bottle of liquor—anything but the fruitcake.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE PERSON ON YOUR LIST by Independent staff Tiny Environmentalist

The Drunkard

BEER KOOZIE NECKLACE OR WINE GLASS KOOZIE

TRUCK FROM SALVAGE TOYS

A koozie is critical for seasoned drinkers looking to keep their beer cold and their hand warm. However, a koozie with a neck strap takes the accessory to an entirely different level. Not only will the imbiber enjoy perennially cold suds and warm, dry hands, they’ll be able to easily locate their drink, even as the night wears on. Alternately, if your drunkard has more refined tastes than domestic brew and prefers a nice glass of Boone’s Farm, consider getting him or her a classy wine glass koozie made of cotton, like the one pictured here. The sleeves come in various colors attached to a fashionable black strap, sure to match the recipient’s best Missoula evening wear. Wine glass koozie, $3.95. Available at The Green Light, 128 W. Alder Street. Beer koozie necklace, $7.50. Available online at www.floattripper.com

Plastic schmastic. Let’s return to wood. Better yet, reused wood. That’s the idea behind Salvage Toys, a small venture from 27-year-old Missoulian Matt Gray. He makes trucks, tractors, bulldozers and cars from old wood he gets mostly from Home Resource, and other recycled items like coffee cans. Gray started making

Photo by Chad Harder

Raisin smugglers Freezing baby

POSSUM PAM NIPPLE WARMERS According to the Possum Pam website, the introduction of the brushtail possum to New Zealand from Australia resulted in a possum explosion in the early 1900s, with 60 million possums now consuming 21,000 tons of indigenous vegetation nightly. One population control solution? Make those critters into nipple warmers. The warmers come in different colors—blue, red, purple, natural and black—and are naturally non-allergenic and biodegradable, requiring no factory or harmful chemicals to make them. You just pull off the adhesive backing and apply to nipples. They’re great for added warmth during Montana’s cold winter months, and it’s at least one way to keep people from asking you about smuggling raisins. $9. Available at www.possumpam.com.

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STARRY KNIGHT LEATHER SLIPPERS Little babies can be tough to shop for, mostly because the toys you think they’d love aren’t yet age appropriate (almost everything, it seems, is labeled for age 3 and up). Plus, babies don’t really play. They just squirm and poop and sleep and cry. That leaves you looking for clothes, which can be an equally tough challenge. Make the search easy by focusing on infant/toddler shoes handmade by Melanie Knight in Corvallis. She offers a wide selection of Robeez-like footwear, all made from remnant or recycled leather. We’re partial to the leather boots lined with organic fleece cotton, but they’re a little expensive ($40). No matter what style you choose, these would surely work better for a wee one than, say, the nipple warmers. $20 and up. Available at Blackbird Kid Shop, 525 S. Higgins Avenue, or www.starryknightdesign.com

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the toys about a year ago when his two sisters began having babies, and the hobby turned into a small business. Besides being a durable, fun and environmentally friendly holiday gift for the little kid on your list, it’s probably good karma to support a guy like Gray—he has a master’s degree in philosophy and works at the Good Food Store—instead of some mega-chain full of stuff made in China. $8–$30. Available at Good Food Store, 1600 S. Third Street; Walking Stick Toys, 829 S. Higgins Avenue; and Home Resource, 1515 Wyoming Street.

Diehard Griz fan

GRIZ KNIT KITS

Obsessive Big Lebowski fan

When the temp inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium starts to dip at the tail end of football season, it’s the longtime devotees—not the fair-weather crowds—chanting “First down, Montana!” And odds are at least one of those cold-braving souls is on your Christmas list. Fortunately Camas Creek Yarn in Kalispell has the only line of officially licensed Griz Knit Kits to solve your holiday gift quandary. Keep your beer-guzzling bud or fashion-savvy gal warm with a maroon and silver beanie—if you’ve got the stones or the skills to take a crack at knitting, that is. Feeling real cocky about your needlework? Throw in a pair of Griz mittens to match. They might not ensure a Griz victory over the Bobcats next year, but at least your favorite fan won’t be left entirely in the cold. $25.95 for the Griz beanie knit kit. $35.95 for the Griz mittens knit kit. Both available online at www.camascreekyarn.com.

THE DUDE SWEATER The Territory Ahead offers a “classically comfy cardigan” modeled after the one Jeff Bridges famously lounged around in as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski in Joel and Ethan Coen’s classic The Big Lebowski. The 100 percent lambs wool sweater isn’t an exact replica—The Dude’s, after all, was pretty ratty—but it does sport the same “easy fit,” “chunky ribs” and “natural tones” as the original. Oh, and there’s a sweet thunderbird on the back. More importantly, the catalog description specifies the cardigan “pairs exceptionally well with White Russians and discursive conversation.” To paraphrase a line from the film, this sweater could really tie a fan’s look together. $129. Available at www.territoryahead.com.

Frustrated hunter

Future Rollergirl

RECYCLED CARDBOARD DEER HEAD

CARPET SKATES Few organizations made as large an impact in Missoula this year as the Hellgate Rollergirls. The DIY roller derby league dominated headlines—from the Indy to Mamalode—and now counts more than 50 full-time “butt-kickin’, tights-wearing’, rollerskatin’ Missoula ladies” as members. Help cultivate the next generation of rollergirls with these lightweight (9.2 ounces), wheel-less plastic “skates.” Designed for indoor use, they slide right over shoes and attach with a Velcro strap. At the most rudimentary level, carpet skates allow you to glide across the living room rug like you’re gliding around a derby rink. Be warned: Carpet skating is also morphing into an extreme sport, growing a following of bored office workers and daring college kids who perform jumps over cardboard boxes and fly down staircases covered with flattened plastic tables. It seems carpet skating, like roller derby, isn’t for the faint of heart. $9.98 and up. Available at various online retailers, including amazon.com.

General hunting season has come and gone, and chances are you know a few camouflage-clad hopefuls now crying into their empty freezers. Help soften the blow of a winter of store-bought beef—or, if you’re taking a harsher angle, rub in your loved one’s awful aim/poor luck—by offering up this faux mount. Made of recycled cardboard, the deer head would make a relatively artistic addition to any trophy wall. $28–$58, depending on size. Available at www.uncommongoods.com

Whirling dervishes

JAM BAND SETLIST PAD Brah, it’s like wicked hard to remember stuff when you’re busy tripping out at a Phish show, or a Slightly Stoopid bash, or even catching Slanky at the Top Hat. This pocket-sized tour journal, available from the kind buds at Phish’s Dry Goods online store, helps you “keep track of setlists, show no., directions to your hotel, or anything else you want to be able to remember the next morning.” Totally. In fact, that reminds us of this one time, at Great Woods in Massachusetts, right after an epic Stonehenge set, when we got lost in the parking lot with some folks selling fatty veggie burritos and…wait, what were we talking about? $6. Proceeds go to Phish’s WaterWheel Foundation, which raises funds for a preselected nonprofit in each community the band visits while on tour. Available at drygoods.phish.com.

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Gun nut in training

N-STRIKE VULCAN EBF-25 Nothing screams “right to bear arms” like a little backyard battle among the neighbor kids. But every parent knows your kid needs the biggest and the best armament possible to make the final stand. We’re guessing that’s why Nerf offers a battery-operated, belt-fed automatic machine gun with collapsible tripod—the aptly named N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25. This puppy can empty 25 darts on next-door enemy factions in five seconds flat, making even the latest Super Soaker model look like a toddler’s bath toy. Patriots young and old need to be ready to defend their own. And whether it’s the bully down the block or the big bad federal gov’ment, the Vulcan will strike fear into anyone looking to stomp on a kid’s God-given gun-toting freedoms. $39.99. Available at Wal-Mart, 4000 Brooks Street or 3555 Mullan Road.

Slave to fashion

CUSTOM COWBOY BOOTS Slaves to fashion, above all, fear being ordinary. There’s nothing humdrum about alligator-, kangaroo- or elephant-skin cowboy boots custom made to fit. That’s why we’d happily throw down a chunk of cash to Bad Dog Custom Boots in Whitehall. Proprietor Kay Cook lovingly designs the footwear to fit your fashionista’s arches, ankles and delicate little toes, while also meeting your specifications on sole thickness, color and how the footwear tapers at the tip. You can even have the boot monogrammed with your stylish recipient’s initials. $1,000 and up. Available from Bad Dog Custom Boots, 32 Toll Mountain Road, in Whitehall. Visit baddogcustomboots.com or call 406-494-7967.

Photo by Jessica Mayrer

Empty nesters

A NEW DOG There’s a significant void that forms when the last little troublemaker grows up, and home begins to resemble not a warm pocket of love but a post-war wasteland of lovelorn mothers and cranky fathers. They need exercise, they need affection, they need some outlet for their natural parenting instincts. The answer is simple: a new dog. The Humane Society of Western Montana always seems burdened with an excess of homeless animals. Call it a double dose of philanthropy if you want, but your folks will love you all the more when they’re once again romping through the backyard with a slobbery bundle of joy. The Humane Society takes great care of these dogs; adopted animals already have their rabies shots—though spaying and neutering costs extra—and come with a starter bag of Science Diet food. Mom and Dad deserve something special after putting up with your crap all those years. Now they can work out the last of their maternal and paternal tendencies without eating up your Verizon minutes. Adult dogs go for $90, puppies under four months for $125. Visit the Humane Society of Western Montana for more details at 5930 Hwy. 93 South or www.myhswm.org. Photo by Chad Harder

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Adventurous home brewer

Photo by Chad Harder

Grandma and Grandpa

WATER PURIFICATION UNIT

Self-painted ornament from the ZACC

It’s illegal to make your own spirits with a still in the United States without being a licensed production plant— and that’s final! Got that? Illegal. Naughty. Dangerous. Don’t do it. That said, a water purification unit can be used for other things, like distilling oils and water. Your home brewer can also get a free ethanol fuel permit from the federal government, which would come in handy for their green transportation projects. Whatever you do, don’t suggest that they make whiskey or moonshine-type products. And definitely don’t include instructions on how to make those alcoholic beverages—you know, for hypothetical purposes—along with this nice gift. That would be irresponsible. A water purification unit (think of it as a home brewer’s “water pipe” to the layman’s bong) is an expensive holiday present, but probably one that will make your favorite home brewer very happy for being able to distill so much…water. $262.70. Available at Chapman Homebrew, 2506 Mount Avenue.

Grandparents are pretty freaking cool, showering the next generation with heavy checks and scores of pricey toys. So forgo the usual scarf or tie this year and go with something a little more personal. The Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) offers a “paint your own pottery” room at its digs on N. First Street with a wide variety of gift options. They’ve got pre-made plates, bowls, tiles, figurines and ornaments ranging from $5 to $30. Try the cute and slightly festive penguin ornament for a modest $7, then paint it yourself. The ZACC supplies the paints and brushes, and they’ll fire it for you when the masterpiece is done—no extra charge. The process takes about a week, but budget your time right and you’ll walk out with a Christmas present that says, “Thanks for all the awesome stuff over the years.” Paint-it-yourself penguin ornament, $7. Available at the ZACC, 235 N. First Street W. Open noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and by appointment on Saturday.

The shirttail cousins

BERNICE’S BAKERY WATER BOTTLE Seeing distant relatives—those third cousins once removed and whatnot— every five years or so leaves some pretty big gaps in familiarity. What grade was she in again? Was he varsity football or varsity “World of Warcraft”? But you’re obligated, and if you’re not in the loop regarding their interests, you might as well go with whatever you can find. Since you’re already stopping for coffee before you hit the highway, kill two or more birds with one stop. Bernice’s Bakery has an artsy 20-ounce aluminum water bottle—emblazoned with their skull and crossed rolling pins logo—that works for both the equestrian-obsessed girl and the Xbox-addicted boy. It’s age neutral, gender neutral and incredibly practical, even if little Zuzu or Mikey gives you a weird look at the next family reunion. And if they complain that the gift’s “lame” or “impersonal,” just tell them Christmas will go better next year if they finally friend you on Facebook. $10. Available at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W.

Photo by Chad Harder

Cannabis enthusiast

THE LAUNCH BOX OR “FOLD-A-PIPE” Vaporizing has become the preferred method of cannabis consumption for Montana’s more than 26,000 medical marijuana patients (and the countless other cannabis enthusiasts we hear about). But there’s a significant price to pay to save your lungs from smoke. “Vapes” can cost $500 or more. Not the Magic-Flight Launch Box, though. The Launch Box, made of birch hardwood, fits in the palm of your hand, and, instead of a lighter, requires a rechargeable battery to heat up your medicine. The Launch Box, pictured, is discreet and windproof, meaning you can use the little guy just about anywhere—like, say, on a chairlift. And since it produces vapor, not smoke, there’s little odor. Looking for something more portable and even cheaper? Consider the “Fold-a-Pipe” for about a tenth of the price. It’s not a vaporizer, but a stainless steel card—about the size of a credit card—that folds into an “emergency pipe.” Either way, merry medicating. The Launch Box, $99. Available at www.blisssville.com, or 760-723-3800. The “Fold-a-Pipe,” $7. Available at www.bewild.com.

Photo by Chad Harder

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Besieged parents

NATURE BOY’S CLOTH DIAPER SERVICE It’s perhaps the biggest conundrum facing all expecting parents: disposable diapers or cloth? Missoula’s Nature Boy helps you make the more environmentally friendly choice by offering cloth diaper “rentals.” Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday, Nature Boy picks up your wee one’s dirty diapers and drops off a stack of clean ones. You choose how many diapers you want to have in rotation, and the number of diapers you turn in each week will be returned to you the following week. Diapers are laundered by Missoula Textile Services. (Heads up: They use bleach to meet public health and hygiene standards, so be mindful of a potential skin sensitivity.) Consider it a way to free your friends with newborns of that dirty duty, while also making their newly hectic lives just a little more sane. $8–$12 per week. Available at Nature Boy, 892 S. Higgins Avenue, or call 406-728-1408.

Photo by Chad Harder

The Mulder or Scully of your life

AREA 51 LOVE DOLL She’s purple, with green eyes, three breasts and, according to the package, features “three out of this world love holes.” We’ve heard the Area 51 Love Doll is a popular item at Fantasy for Adults Only on Main Street. Maybe she’s in demand because of the included “alien lube.” Or, it could be the fact that with no hair, no ears, and supple suction cup fingers, she’s the “kinkiest love slave in the galaxy.” Regardless of the reason, we think this popular extraterrestrial gal is a superb selection—and just geeky enough—to help satisfy any Trekkie’s otherworldly bedroom fantasies. $28.95. Available at Fantasy for Adults Only, 210 E. Main Street, Missoula.

Photo by Chad Harder

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Year-round folfer

WINTER TRACTION Missoula is home to many an obsessed folfer who isn’t deterred by a little snow and ice. Make sure your buddy doesn’t fall on his or her keister while chucking a disc around Blue Mountain Disc Golf Course this winter by buying them some traction in the form of YakTrax or Kahtoola MICROspikes. They’re like tire chains for your sneakers or boots, giving users sure footing on the trickiest of terrain. The pull-on mini crampons also happen to be great for the devoted sidewalk shovelers, all-season runners and dog walkers on your list. A few different companies make them, including YakTrax (www.yaktrax.com) and Kahtoola (www.kahtoola.com). Some styles aren’t exactly cheap, but neither are the alternatives: butt cushions and helmets. $18–$60. Available at the Trail Head, 221 E. Front Street; Bob Ward’s, 3015 Paxson Street; and REI, 3275 N. Reserve Street.

Depressed liberals

CHIA OBAMA Nothing says big change like a Chia Obama. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but here’s the thing: Unlike the economy— which, unfortunately, has no step-by-step directions—a Chia pet will prosper and grow if you just follow the easy instructions for seeding and watering. On a side note, you can be reassured that the controversy about the Chia Obama being racist doesn’t hold much water considering there’s a Chia Washington and a Chia Lincoln. Those presidential Chias, however, are for nostalgic people living in the past. For the progressive and green-thumbed voters, this handmade clay planter and drip tray says, “Yes We Can.” I mean, literally. Right there on the side of the clay planter. $21.99. Available at Rockin Rudy’s, 237 Blaine Street.

Hunter with poor sense of direction

SPOT PERSONAL TRACKER You love that your partner brings home meat during hunting season, but it’s a little disconcerting when they’re gone for days at a time, often without cell phone service and no way to call for help if something goes wrong. So buy the hunter in your life—and yourself—a little peace of mind this holiday season in the form of a SPOT Personal Tracker. It’s a GPS device with four very cool features, but none of the super-expensive—and often excessive—mapping technologies. Push the “911” button in the event of a critical emergency to notify emergency services of your GPS location. Push the “Help” button in the event of a non-life threatening emergency. And push the “OK” button to tell select family and friends that all’s good in the woods. Plus, you can use the “Track Progress” feature to send your location to Google Maps, where others can watch your progress. Pretty snazzy, and relatively easy on the budget. Happy hunting. $99, plus $99/year for a service plan. Available at Bob Ward & Sons, 3015 Paxson Street; REI, 3275 N. Reserve Street; and Wholesale Sports, 2523 N. Reserve Street.

Anyone on the outside

INMATE-MADE HORSEHAIR BELT This stylish accessory is made of horsehair and “hitched” into geometric designs by a convicted criminal currently serving time at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. “Hitching” with horsehair involves making stitches, like knots, in a concentric arrangement on a wooden or wire dowel. It’s a time consuming process—which, of course, makes it appropriate under the circumstances. Inmates make other items, too, including art, beadwork, leather goods and furniture, and 75 percent of the proceeds go directly back to those who made it. Between $200 and $400. Available at the prison Hobby Store on Main Street in Deer Lodge, across from the Old Prison, or by calling Montana Correctional Enterprises at 406-846-1320 ext 2323.

Klutzy wine-drinker

THE WINESTEIN Wine glasses are the high heels of the drinking world. The delicate stem and quaint vessel is really engineered for those with a keen pinky balance–sexy, but maybe not practical when you’re just trying to get a buzz on without ruining someone’s carpet. With that idea in mind, the Winestein is the perfect gift for your klutzy friend who’s got a wine tooth but can’t seem to drink anything without guzzling it. The wine glass inside of a beer mug allows less-thangraceful people to enjoy their favorite red, white or pink drink in style but with the ability to hold tight to the hefty handle of a beer glass. Put another way, this gift gives them a figurative handle on their drinking situation—at least until the fourth round. $19.99. Available at Liquid Planet, 223 N. Higgins in Missoula. editor@missoulanews.com

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During the holidays, the warm feelings in my heart always glow brightest in the kitchen, where I like to prepare a festive treat called “White Christmas.” Many of the world’s finest meals have been made with ingredients of the white and creamy persuasion, and White Christmas is no exception. My appreciation of such things started on day one and has held firm ever since: breast milk was followed by a parade of crèmes, including whipped cream, ice cream, cream cheese and crème brulee. And not all crème is sweet. Hard cheese, salted butter, coconut milk curry and other unsweetened formulations of crème have stroked many a savory tooth. But not all crèmes are as innocent as their pearly white hues might imply. Those produced with cow milk—that would be most of them—have been drawing consumer suspicion for a range of concerns over various health, environmental and moral issues. And while taste is not among the complaints against cow milk, there is, nonetheless, a non-dairy threat to milk’s dominance in the kitchen—an ingredient at the heart of my delicious White Christmas. When I was in college, a stoner friend announced that he could smoke more pot with less post-nasal drip when he quit eating milk products. Until then, I’d never even contemplated the meaning of “post-nasal drip” beyond its status as a mildly amusing medical term. But the term lingered in my head, joined by images of the phlegmy loogies I would sometimes hack up, loudly, and launch great distances to the sound of a whale clearing its blowhole. I wondered if these loogies were related to the stale smell I could sometimes detect on my breath, for which I carried gum in case I was ever close to a chick. At the time, I was eating bovine crèmes with reckless abandon, in sandwiches, soup and coffee; on salad, bread, brownies, pasta. It was anythinggoes with the bovine crème, like the sexual revolution in San Francisco, pre-VD, with white clam sauce and tiramisu instead of coke-fueled orgies.

by ARI LeVAUX

the case of mayo, the emulsifier is lecithin, found in egg yolk. When you place a jar of mayo on the table as you sit down to eat, it’s a bold statement and people take notice. Curiosity and skepticism are common first reactions as you drop a dollop of that lily-white mouth-pleasing goodness onto your dish. If you’re able to get spectators to become participants by accepting an offered dollop of their own, odds are good they’ll have a jar of their own on the table someday. They may not give up their bovine crèmes, but they’ll respect the special crème. Over the years I’ve gone through many brands of mayo, always with a spoon, never a fork. Best Foods was number one for longer than I care to admit, followed by a slew of natural-ish mayo brands, none of which I loved, until I found Mystic Lake mayonnaise. That was love. I stuck with Mystic Lake for many creamy years before I found something better. And that, to my surprise, turned out to be a crème of a very different construction. A fake mayo called Grapeseed Oil Vegenaise. I didn’t make this switch because I went vegan—I still eat meat and eggs. And I didn’t make this switch out of cholesterol concerns. Photo by Ari LeVaux I switched because when the instead of cream cheese, with chips and salsa, on lights go down and the taste-testing gets started, the fake mayo in the jar with the purple label is clearly steak and potatoes, or leftover Chinese food. And special crème has a place in sweet foods, the crème de la special crème, and blows away the too. If you replace the eggs and oil with special competition. The taste is better and the mouth-feel is crème in almost any cake recipe you’ll enjoy moist, lighter, and it’s simply better spooned on top of food. Since there are no egg yolks in Grapeseed Oil happy results. In Siberia, mayo is widely considered Vegenaise to provide lecithin, a soy protein acts as an more valuable than vodka. Chemically speaking, mayonnaise is an emul- emulsifier to unite the grapeseed oil, apple cider sion, which is a mixture of substances that don’t typ- vinegar and lemon juice. It also contains rice syrup, ically want to mix. In the case of mayo, those would mustard powder, salt, and water. A simple recipe, be oil, which is a fat, and vinegar or lemon juice, well executed, and well received. Whenever I dollop special crème into soup or both of which are acids. Look no further than a jar of homemade salad dressing to see how much these breakfast tacos, an ordinary day becomes like Christmas. And that’s the true meaning of a White acidic and fatty fluids want to be together. Such emulsions are often formed with the aid of Christmas: any dish with a dollop of special crème. an emulsifier, which is a substance that forges a And unlike Christmas, you can have special crème truce between the mutually disinterested parties. In every day. When, for the sake of that possible post-nasal drip, I stopped consuming bovine crèmes cold turkey, I began feeling better almost immediately, and my snotty symptoms diminished. Meanwhile, I began exploring the possibilities of a very special non-bovine crème, one that works in almost any situation bovine crème would be called for. I call it special crème, though it’s known to most as mayonnaise. Its prize characteristic is making that which goes into your mouth more delicious. On steamed broccoli and toast in place of butter, on pasta instead of parmesan, with lox on bagels

LISTINGS $…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Bernice’s offers a wide selection of Artisan Sourdough loaves, tarts, cakes, cupcakes, pies, pies, pies and DINNER ROLLS for the holidays. We are currently accepting orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Give us a ring (728-1358) or stop on by for a “cup of fresh hot joe” while we take care of you. May the season bring you health, warmth, and community. xoxo bernice Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced beega) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as

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artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Cat Bake Shop 2000 West Broadway (next to Noodles Express) • 542-9043 Come try Missoula’s newest coffee house & bakery. Try our signature buttery morning buns, scones, cinnamon rolls, huckleberry coffee cake, & organic artisan breads. We also offer a variety of cakes, French pastries, & full coffee menu. (Banquet room available for morning meetings.) Tues - Sat. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve • 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: Tavern hours Monday-Saturday 3pm-11pm, Sunday 3pm-10pm . Dining Room hours Monday-Saturday 5pm-10pm, Sunday 4pm-9pm. $$-$$$

The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 38 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross • 549-5595 Holidays are here and so are Cold Stone gift cards! Cold Stone Creamery offers the Ultimate Ice

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Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it’s a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius. Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$

Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-2:30pm Happy Hour 36pm. Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on all-natural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$

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

Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall • 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Chilly weather is here. Stop in, warm up, & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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

HAPPIESTHOUR Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula evening as “the best coffeeflavored beverage I’ve ever had,” and IPA 2, which boasts an alcohol content of 8.9 percent. Hungry? Order up a pulled-pork sandwich or the local beef burger.

News bulletin: Make way, Missoulians, there’s a new brewing company in town bringing some diversity to the local beer scene. The Woods Bay-based Flathead Lake Brewing Company (FLBC) opened its N. Higgins Avenue location last Tuesday, showing off a snazzy and spacious taproom and the brewery’s collection of award-winning beers.

Stay late: Since FLBC brews off premises, it doesn’t have to close at 8 p.m., as is the case with Big Sky, Kettlehouse and Bayern. The taproom’s open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, Atmosphere: Remember and 11 p.m. otherwise (it’s the old music venue The Loft? closed on Mondays). And Well, FLBC completely gutted Photo courtesy of Michael Schweizer when you head out, take a it and built one of the nicest bars in town. The bar itself stretches nearly the growler with you. Refills cost $14 ($18 for the length of the space and there are plenty of IPA 2). Subtract $2 on Thursdays. tables. Two large flat screen TVs bookend the How to find it: FLBC is located upstairs at room, with two smaller ones above the bar for 424 N. Higgins Avenue in Missoula, adjacent those sitting belly-up. Charlie B’s. —Matthew Frank What to drink: This time of year, start out with the Holiday Ale, a delicious MontanaHappiest Hour celebrates western grown two-row pale with caramel, chocolate and honey malts blended with “holiday spic- Montana watering holes. To recommend a ing.” Other notables: Espresso Porter, which bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, was described by a first-timer on a recent e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

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Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring international & Irish pub fare as well as locally produced specials. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS. $-$$ Silver Dollar Bar 307 W. Rail Road St. • 728-9826 Celebrating our 75th anniversary. Established, owned & operated by the Martello family in 1935, the bar is a true Montana tavern. We have the latest in

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

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

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ASKARI Gamey game Dear Flash, I’m sure you’ve answered this before, but can you advise on how to take the extreme gaminess out of freshly killed meat? —A Successful Shooter

Dear Successful Shooter, Congratulations on your hunt! Now for the bad news: It sounds like you may have screwed up royally after the animal went down—that is, if it wasn’t a nasty gut shot that’s to blame for this “extreme gaminess” of which you speak. Unfortunately, for you anyway, I’m not much of an expert on gaminess. I do everything I can to make sure they die quickly and bleed out soon after, hopefully on a cold day. I’m careful to avoid puncturing the guts while field dressing. On deer, I always cut off those two stinky glands on their hind legs, by the elbow joints—and then I make sure to clean my knife before using it again on good meat. I never let the meat get above 45

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degrees until it’s cooking, starting from when I stuff the body cavity with snow after gutting it (or with ice bags kept in coolers back at the truck if its a warm day). Ideally I keep the meat hanging in the 20–30 degree range until it’s cut up. Throughout the entire process, from field to butcher paper, I take every step to minimize animal hair getting on the meat, and I carefully remove any hairs that do. When I cut it up, I remove as much fat and connective tissue as I can. Any meat that’s bloodshot from the bullet goes in the dog pile. And I wouldn’t shoot a muley buck in the rut unless it was the last day of the season. Well, maybe if he was really big. So, lucky for me, I can’t be much help to you on dealing with your gamey game. I know that in Jamaica when they make curry with extra-randy goat meat, they toss the cubes of meat in fresh lime juice, let it marinate for an hour, rinse the meat off under the tap, and then cook it for hours with strong spices. You could give that a try. Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net.

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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. Try your luck at winning a dream home when the Montana Building Industry Association, in conjunction with The Flagship Program and UM’s College of Technology, offers the chance to win a $340,000 student built home located on 2604 Roderick Way. $100 per raffle ticket, with the raffle to be held on Jan. 2. Tickets are available at the MBIA office, 1849 South Ave. W., and several other places. Call 543-4423 or visit buildmissoula.com. Children learn about circuits and create glowing art during the spectrUM Discovery Area’s “LEDs” program, which occurs from 3:30–7 PM at the Discovery Area, Room 166 in UM’s Skaggs Building. $3.50 for children ages 4 and up/free children three and under. Call 243-4828. End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Scope out top notch ceramic, sculpture and other 3-D works during the UM School of Art’s Holiday Juried Show/Sale, which kicks off with an opening from 4–7 PM, with an awards presentation at 5 PM, plus music by Beth Lo, David Horgan, Steve Glueckert and Joe Batt, all at the UM Art Annex, adjacent to Grizzly Pool and the Adams Center. Free. The show continues through Dec. 12. Call 243-6476.

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

If looks could kill. Grammy Award-winning country artist Rodney Crowell croons a solo set at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier, on Fri., Dec. 10, at 8 PM. $12. Call 830-3296.

Heidi Meili last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., presents a Christmas stocking workshop, that runs from 5–6 PM at the store. $10, includes supplies. Call 541-7171. You have to sign up, or already be a member, but if you’re part of the Missoula Art Museum’s Contemporary Collectors Circle, don’t miss its annual acquisition meeting at 5:30 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. The meeting includes participation in acquisition of artwork for the MAM collection, as well as a discussion on the development of the collection and more. Call Ted Hughes at 728-0447 ext. 222 to join the CCC. Rock out with an all-female rock band when locals Slowly But Shirley play the Top Hat’s “Artists-In-Residence” family-friendly concert series every Thu. this month from 6–8 PM. Free. He’ll butter your folk biscuits: Local folk songsmith David Boone plays a solo set at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.

Hang and shoot the bull with some fellow scifi, fantasy and horror-interested writers, artists and musicians when the Speculative Movement meets from 6–8 PM at 1843 S. 14th St. W. Free. Contact Greg at darknight8@gmail.com for more info. Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features trivia plus specials on Jello shots and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152. Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians’ Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with sign ups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., December 10, 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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Sizzle your shorts with a night of films covering a host of environmental issues when the Peace and Justice Film Series presents a Shorts Night with screenings of The Story of Cap & Trade, Nourish and The Story of Bottled Water, starting at 7 PM at the University Center Theater. Free. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

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Expect a roaring good time with a self-centered, upper-crust English family when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of Noël Coward’s play Hay Fever, which begins at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children 12 and under. Call 243-4581 and visit umtheatredance.org.

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Hilarity, hormones, angst and characters from the Peanuts gang hit the stage when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Bert V. Royal’s play Dog Sees God, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off your ticket price if you bring a donation for the Western Montana Humane Society. Visit mtactors.com for a complete list of needed donation items. UM student Joselyn Thomsen shows her notes who’s boss when the mezzo-soprano plays a senior recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

starting at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728-PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org. Bowling and karaoke go together like honoring the working class and giving tax cuts to the ultra rich during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosterone-fueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

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

The Klassix stuffs your turkey and smokes your jerky when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free. Call 728-1559.

The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,

Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit of karaoke during

Rock your lederhosen and move your moon boots to the sounds of locals The Magpies, Velcro Kicks and Letters to Luci, which play various strands of rock at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. (See Scope in this issue.)

ladies’ night and live karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. 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. Ease your tense muscles with some bass therapy during BassFace Fire and Ice, which features an array of bass-heavy electronic music from Ebola Syndrome, Kid Traxiom, Cadence, Illegitimate Children and Feldman, plus live stage painting, break dancing, and lighting installations by Amber Bushnell, starting at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Free. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing free when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free.

FRIDAY December

The UM School of Art Holiday/Juried Art Show and Sale, which features ceramic, sculpture and other 3-D works, continues from 9 AM–7 PM in the UM Art Annex, located next to the Grizzly Pool by the Adams Center. Free. Call 243-6476. Get your game face on when the University Center Gameroom hosts an “All Day Gameroom Tournament,” which runs from noon–midnight. $7/$5 with a Griz Card. Call 243-5400.

Eleanore’s Project, an organization that provides wheelchairs and other equipment to children with disabilities in Peru, seeks donations of wheelchairs of any size. To donate, call Tamara at 370-3689. The Western Montana Combined Federal Campaign announces that it is accepting applications from federations and charitable organizations to serve as the administrator for the 2011 federal employee fundraising drive. Interested agencies should submit an application by Jan. 24. Call 549-6104 for more info. Submissions can be sent to the Local Federal Coordinating Committee, PO Box 7395, Missoula, MT, 59807. Toot your tuba when you sign up to be part of Tuba Christmas, the annual holiday music performance at Southgate Mall that starts with registration at 3:30 PM and rehearsal at 4, all in the band room in Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. W. The Performance follows at 7 PM at the Clock Court in the mall, 2901 Brooks St. $5 registration fee, with an additional $18 if you want a copy of the music. Call Gary Gillett at 728-2403 Ext. 7041. End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. Peep photos that capture common objects and views with sentimental overtones and undertones when local photographer and UM student

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Ray Chapman presents Photomento, an exhibit of his work featured during a “Second Friday” opening reception at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., from 5:30–8:30 PM. Free. Call 549-7555 and visit zootownarts.org.

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Bring the kids and your most mountainous dance routine when The Girlie Mountain Boys play the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday, from 6–8 PM. Free.

Witness the story of a lonely letter without a stamp or return address, and her adventure from mail bin to delivery, when The Back Pack presents Going Postal, a performance that mixes theater with dance, music and movement, starting at 7:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10/$8 advance/$7 DDC members/$5 students. Visit mtbackpack.blogspot.com.

Concepts of human armament mix with vulnerabilities of the human psyche when UM BFA students Katie Jividen and Kelsey Duncan present their work—featuring ceramic sculpture, pottery and relief prints by Jividen, and large-scale figurative sculptures by Duncan—during a Second Friday opening reception from 6–9 PM at The Ceretana Gallery, 801 Sherwood St. Free.

Expect a roaring good time with a self-centered, upper crust English family when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of Noël Coward’s play Hay Fever, which begins at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children 12 and under. Call 243-4581 and visit umtheatredance.org.

Cure that musical itch with a man named Richie and a fine glass of fermented juice when Richie Reinholdt plays Americana and folk rock, at 6 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703.

The Missoula Community Chorus celebrates old man winter with several melodious tunes during its concert “So Hallow’d and So Gracious,” which begins at 7:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St. $8, with tickets at the door and at Rockin Rudy’s. Visit missoulachorus.net.

Ride a pony and help aid flood victims in Pakistan when Hellgate High Students Against World Malnutrition host “Ponies for Pakistan,” a benefit party at A Carousel for Missoula, 101 Carousel Drive, that features unlimited rides, plus baked goods and hot chocolate for sale, starting at 6:30 PM. $3. All proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. E-mail Jack at jklempay@gmail.com. Soak yourself in story when David Gates, who’s UM’s William Kittredge Visiting Fiction Writer, and author of two novels plus a book of short stories, reads from his newest work starting at 7 PM in the Dell Brown Room of UM’s Turner Hall. Free. Call 243-5267. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Slip some international culture into your night when the Missoula Public Library hosts its World Wide Cinema movie night, starting at 7 PM in the large meeting room of the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK and visit missoulapubli-

Hilarity, hormones, angst and characters from the Peanuts gang hit the stage when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Bert V. Royal’s play Dog Sees God, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higg ins Ave. $15/$7.50 students, with $2 off your ticket price if you bring a donation for the Western Montana Humane Society. Visit mtactors.com for a complete list of needed donation items. Enjoy a delightful tale about a magical garden when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a performance of The Secret Garden, at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 seniors/$10 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org and call 862-5371. Bust a wicked move with the help of a seasoned instructor when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents a free communi-

ty dance class, starting at 7:30 PM. Call 541-7240. Two-step with a grape when Grammy Award-winning country and alt country artist Rodney Crowell plays a solo set at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier, at 8 PM. $12. The show is expected to sell out, so get there early. Call 830-3296. Be someone’s private dancer when John Patrick Williams plays blues and country at 8 PM at the Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728-PLAY for tickets. Spark your internal spark plugs with some piping hot country when The Jimmy Snow Country Show plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678. Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, at 9 PM. Free. Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” in tongues when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & Grill in Frenchtown, 16780 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327. Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Hall and Oates’ “Kiss on My List” during Combat Karaoke at the Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Shake it like a salt shaker when DJ Sanchez cranks out the jams at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” and begins at 9 PM. Free. Dress down (or up) to impress when the Hellgate Rollergirls hosts its second annual Black and Blue Ball, which features an auction for a date with six bachelors and six bachelorettes (roller girls), plus music by DJ Monty Carlo, starting at 9 PM, with the auction at 11 PM, at the Badlander. $5. Dance like a freewheeling zoo keeper when the Zookeeperz present a night of electronic music with tunes by DJs Jackrabbit, Milkcrate Mechanic, Mankiisi, Fractal Love and Lui, plus visuals by Greater Sun VJ Visuals, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

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UM’s Entertainment Management Program presents the fruits of its academic labor during “Winter WrapUp,” a concert featuring music by Darah Fogarty and entertainment management student Meggie McDonald, plus art and photography from other UM students, starting at 9:30 PM at The Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. $3 suggested donation. All proceeds will be donated to the Watson Children’s Shelter, and donations of new toys will also be accepted at the concert. Party Trained parties with your hairpiece and dances with your dirty jeans when it plays variety tunes at Florence’s High Spirits Club & Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Tom Catmull and The Clerics squeeze your knees until you say please when they play Americana and roots music at 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Free. Chew the nougat and dance with the fat when County Line plays country at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Call 830-3277. Freak out with the firewater when The Whiskey Rebellion plays outlaw country at 9:30 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

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belt, plus a collection of short stories, and his short works of fiction have graced the pages of mags like GQ and Esquire. He also regularly teaches collegelevel writing courses, and is a journalist who writes about books and music—check out his fascinating dissection of the life of Michael Jackson sometime— for periodicals like Newsweek (which he used to edit) and The New York Times. Gates has been kicking it around town for the past few months as UM’s William Kittredge Visiting Fiction Writer. And, lucky for us, this talented wordsmith is offering us a chance to check out his newest work when he reads a short story during a free public reading on Friday night. –Ira Sather-Olson

Keep your sausages sizzling with some country and rockabilly buckaroos when Russ Nasset and The Revelators play the Great Northern Bar & Grill 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. Oxygenate your funky parts when Reverend Slanky busts out a set of funk and soul at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.

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station” for kids to make holiday ornaments, plus snacks and drinks. Today’s program features music by Dan Dubuque. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org for specific details. Honor a veteran who has passed by sponsoring a wreath to be put on their grave site when cadets with the Missoula Composite Squadron of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol lay wreaths at 10 AM at the Flag Court at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetary, off Tower Road. $15 to sponsor a wreath. Call Dave at 251-3388. The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 301 S. Sixth St. W., hosts a Christmas bake sale from 10 AM–4 PM featuring Greek and American delicacies. Free. Call Renie at 543-7307, or 549-7865.

The UM School of Art Holiday/Juried Art Show and Sale, which features ceramic, sculpture and other 3-D works, continues from 9 AM–5 PM in the UM Art Annex, located next to the Grizzly Pool by the Adams Center. Free. Call 243-6476.

Expect some profound arias when The Met: Live at the Roxy presents a screening of Verdi’s Don Carlo, at 10:30 AM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/$17 students and seniors, with tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and online at morrisproductions.org.

Good times abound during the Missoula Art Museum’s Holiday Weekend Fun activity, which features live music and runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, includes a “creativity

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Printing with Odette Grassi.” Free. But donations are appreciated but not expected. Register by calling 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org. Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. The Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Hwy. near Hamilton, hosts selfguided tours from 11 AM–4 PM. $5/$2 children/$1 enlisted service members/free for children under age 6 and children of enlisted service members. Call 363-6004 Ext. 3. Visit with some pets and perhaps adopt one too when the Humane Society of Western Montana, 5930 Hwy. 93 S., presents its holiday open house from 11 AM–4 PM. Free. Call 549-HSWM.

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Kids in the second and third grade can learn how electrical and mechanical toys work, and take them apart as well as build their own, during the spectrUM Discovery Area’s “Toy Take Apart” program, which meets from 11 AM–2 PM at the Discovery Area, Room 166 in UM’s Skaggs Building. $20/$15 members. Call 243-4828 to RSVP and for details. Children and their parents design jewelry and ornaments from a range of recycled materials when the Missoula Art Museum presents its “Saturday Family Ar t Workshops: Recycled Jewelry and Holiday Ornaments with Feather Sherman,” which runs from 11 AM–12:30 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $5 per participant. Children under age 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 728-0447 Ext. 228 to RSVP. Bring your favorite plant-based entree and your musical appreciation cap when the Western Montana Vegetarian Society hosts its annual Winter Solstice/Holiday Vegetarian Potluck, which features music by The Shenanigans, and begins at

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noon at 102 McLeod Ave. $4 donation requested if you don’t bring food to share. Call 529-2018. The Bird Woman Falls Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meet at noon at the Whitefish Library, 9 Spokane Ave. Free. Call 892-2952. Keep your eyes on the sudsy prize when the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project, 629 Phillips St., presents a “Beer Brewing Workshop” that begins at 1 PM. $20/$10 members. Call 721-7513 to RSVP and visit mudproject.org. The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org. Get artistically doughy with wheel throwing demos, a kid’s decoration station, a silent auction and raffle, plus peruse and buy ceramic works by local, regional and national artists during The Clay Studio of Missoula’s Holiday Open House, which runs from 2–8 PM at the studio, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A. Free. Call 543-0509 and visit theclaystudioofmissoula.org.

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. Rock your sneakers for the kids during the annual Toys for Reservation Kids benefit show, which features sets by LMLF, 10 Year Old Girlfriend, Doomfock, Fag Rag, At Home In the Cosmos, Bridgebuilder, Horse Nozzle, Satan’s Slave, Zebulen Kostas, Cassandra, Psycho Punk Chicks and Bad Naked, starting at 6 PM at the Four Star Bar, off Hwy. 93 N. in Ravalli. Admission is a donation of unwrapped toys or cash at the door.

Dodge the sudsy bullet when The Dodgy Mountain Men play a mix of music at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Feed your need for the white stuff during a screening of Warren Miller’s Wintervention, a ski/snowboard film geared towards powderhounds that features riders hitting up wicked terrain, with a screening at 6 PM, and again at 9 PM, at the Wilma Theatre. $10/$8 advance, with tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Bob Ward & Sons and The Trail Head. All proceeds benefit the West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation. The Discount Quartet, with David Horgan on guitar, makes your sirloin scream for an encore when it plays jazz from 7–9 PM at Finn & Porter, 100 Madison St. Free. Keep it artsy when William Farr, a UM prof of history, hosts a reading, signing and presentation on his book Julius Seyler and the Blackfeet: An Impressionist at Glacier National Park, at 7 PM at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company, 3187 Hwy. 83 in Seeley Lake. Free. Call 677-0008. Witness the story of a lonely letter without a stamp or return address, and her adventure from mail bin to delivery, when The Back Pack presents Going Postal, a performance that mixes theater with dance, music and movement, starting at 7:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10/$8 advance/$7 DDC members/$5 students. Visit mtbackpack.blogspot.com. Expect a roaring good time with a self-centered, upper-crust English family when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of Noël Coward’s play Hay Fever, which begins at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children 12 and under. Call 243-4581 and visit umtheatredance.org. Hilarity, hormones, angst and characters from the Peanuts gang hit the

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If you thought your teenage years were hard—pimples, awkwardness and all—think again. Consider the stories of Densi, Johny and Wilber, pictured left to right, three teenage boys from Central America who decided to leave their homeland—unaccompanied by their parents—in search of a better life in America. Along the way to the land of the free, these three boys dealt with some really bad situations, like getting lost in the desert, coming across dead people, and watching a friend lose his legs after slipping underneath a train. Not only that, but all three of them were detained at various times by U.S. immigration officials, and were subsequently locked up with criminals. Doesn’t sound like an easy journey, does it? Indeed, it wasn’t, but all three of them persevered. Their stories are told in-depth in Posada: A Right to Cross All Borders, a documentary directed and produced by Mark McGregor, an associate pastor at

WHAT: Screening of Posada: A Right to Cross All Borders WHEN: Sun., Dec. 12, at 5 PM WHERE: Blessed Trinity Catholic Community Church, 1475 Eaton St. HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: Call 721-2405

St. Francis Xavier Parish who is also a Jesuit priest. McGregor’s film also illustrates a parallel between the hardships that other youth immigrants have to face— like being turned away from the border—with those depicted in Las Posadas, a nine-day celebration practiced by Mexican Catholics that re-enacts Mary and Joseph’s search for refuge during their trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem. That said, this film deals with many spiritual themes—including Densi, Johny and Wilber’s strong connection to God during their travels—just so you know. It’s also reaped a few awards since its release, including winning “Best Short Documentary” at the Orlando Hispanic Film Festival in 2008. According to McGregor, one of his aims with this movie is to put a human face on an immigration issue that many of us might not be aware of. “If you see the story and understand the situation, you can help deal with the issue of incorporating immigrants, and of passing laws regarding immigrants that are more informed,” he says. —Ira Sather-Olson

stage when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Bert V. Royal’s play Dog Sees God, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15/$7.50 students, with $2 off your ticket price if you bring a donation for the Western Montana Humane Society. Visit mtactors.com for a complete list of needed donation items.

Usual Suspects, calling by Roy Curet, plus a silent auction with baked goods, pottery and other items, from 7:30–10:30 PM at the Northridge Lutheran Church in Kalispell, 323 Northridge Drive. $15 family/$7 adults and teens/free if you just want to listen to the music. Call Sherry at 752-8226.

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

Jump into the season when the Bitterroot Valley Chorus presents its Christmas Concert, which features music by Handel and other seasonal favorites, starting at 7:30 PM in the Hamilton Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. $5 suggested donation. Call Peter at 375-0331.

Bust a wicked move with the help of a seasoned instructor when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents a free community dance class, starting at 7:30 PM. Call 541-7240.

The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org.

An enchanting night of arias awaits during the UM Concerto Aria Competition Finals, which begin at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

Spark your internal spark plugs with some piping hot country when The Jimmy Snow Country Show plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free.

Folk out with your best contra dance moves during a Flathead Contra Dance that features music by the

Do the shuffle with a broomstick when the Alan Lane Band and Frank Chavere play rock at 8 PM at the Symes Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot

Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Drink plenty of love juice during the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance with Heart to Heart, which runs from 8–11 PM at the center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. $5. Call 543-7154. Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana tips its hat to winter during the “2010 Polar Express Holiday Drag Show,” which features the drag show, plus music afterward by the Dead Hipster DJs, starting at 8:30 PM at the Palace. $5. Proceeds benefit Mountain Home Montana, and donations of infant/toddler supplies are accepted and appreciated. 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.

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Dance like you have red ants in your socks when a DJ spins dance music at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., this and every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Chew the nougat and dance with the fat when County Line plays country at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Call 830-3277. Freak out with the firewater when The Whiskey Rebellion plays outlaw country at 9:30 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free.

DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

Keep your sausages sizzling with some country and rockabilly buckaroos when Russ Nasset and The Revelators play the Great Northern Bar & Grill in Whitefish, 27 Central Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free.

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

Skip that oxygen mask party and bust a jig to Cash for Junkers, which plays Americana with a swing at 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Free.

Bring the jalapenos during “Saturday Night Live,” a dance party dubbed as Missoula’s hottest 18 plus event, which features DJ MVP playing Top 100 and hip hop, at 9 PM at the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. $4. See who’s the best shredder or plucker of them all when Sean Kelly’s hosts the Top of the Mic Open Mic Competition Finals, which begins at 9 PM. Free. Party Trained dives into the blubber with your lover when it plays variety tunes at 9 PM at Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, 190 Hwy. 135 outside of Paradise. Free. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

Just don’t dance with a scalding hot yam when Denver’s Yamn plays “progressive-trancefusion” rock with local rock/jam band Miller Creek at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5–$7 cover. Jam out with a taco and your favorite pirate costume when La Parrilla, 130 W. Broadway St., hosts a “Yamn After Party,” featuring a pirate theme and music by 3J Rap Sword and Syblings Species (formerly Luau Cinder), from 1–3 AM. Free.

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Good times abound during the Missoula Art Museum’s Holiday Weekend Fun activity, which features live music and runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, includes a “creativity station” for kids to

make holiday ornaments, plus snacks and drinks. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org for details. The UM School of Art Holiday/Juried Art Show and Sale, which features ceramic, sculpture and other 3-D works, continues from 10 AM–2 PM in the UM Art Annex, located next to the Grizzly Pool by the Adams Center. Free. Call 243-6476. Snag a hip, DIY-crafted gift during Missoula’s fourth annual holiday MADE fair, which features handmade clothing, jewelry, ceramics and other items, with the fair running from 11 AM–6 PM at the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. An “Early Bird Door Buster Deal” occurs from 11 AM–noon. Visit missoula madefair.com. Go with the palms during a reiki share potluck open to beginners that runs from 11 AM–5:30 PM at the Union Place Community Room, 2500 Great Northern Ave. Bring a potluck dish to share, and a $5 suggested donation if you can. You must RSVP for the potluck by Sat., Dec. 11. Call 255-8504 or 274-2977 to RSVP. 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. Playing bingo at 2 PM at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center is your chance to yell, “I’d rather give tax breaks to snakes!” Free. Call 543-7154. The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728-PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org. Jump into the season when the Bitterroot Valley Chorus presents its Christmas

Concert, which features music by Handel and other seasonal favorites, starting at 2 PM in the Hamilton Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. $5 suggested donation. Call Peter at 375-0331. Enjoy a delightful tale about a magical garden when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a performance of The Secret Garden, at 4 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18/$16 seniors/$10 students. Visit whitefishtheatreco.org and call 862-5371. Tragedy hits the screen when Morris Productions presents a screening of the London National Theatre’s production of Hamlet, at 4 PM at the Roxy Theatre, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/$17 students and seniors. Get tickets at Rockin Rudy’s or online at morrisproductions.org. Seek connection, mutual life, or even death using the ancient Japanese strategy game Go when a group of enthusiasts meets to play the game this and every Sun. at 4:30 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Email goinmissoula@yahoo.com.

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The MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, starting at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18/$15 children. Call 728-PLAY for tickets or visit mctinc.org. Get worldly with sonorous tunes when the String Orchestra of the Rockies presents “Music of the Spheres featuring Dolce Canto,” a concert that begins at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $20/$10 students. Get tickets at Fact & Fiction and Rockin Rudy’s, or online at sormt.org. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 7:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from the Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid. 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. Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night starting at 9 PM. Free. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the karaoke mic at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke at 9:30 PM, Sun.–Thu. each week. Call 830-3277.

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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. The Missoula Mended Hearts Chapter #324, an organization of heart disease survivors and their families, presents a meeting featuring a talk by Dr. Simone Musco, at 2 PM at the conference center of St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway St. Free. Call 329-5824 and select option 3 to leave a message. The Whitefish Theatre Co. is looking for a few good young actors to audition for the musical Dear Edwina Jr. Auditions for children ages 11–16 occur today at 4 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave., and participants are asked to bring sheet music if they have a prepared piece. Auditions for children ages 8–10 occur Dec. 14 at 4 PM, also at the center. Call 862-5371 Ext. 225 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org. Give science a thumbs up during UM’s Integrative Microbiology & Biochemistry Seminar Series,

which begins at 4:10 PM in Room 110 of the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. Free. Call 243-5122.

nightlife Bring an open mind during “American Perspectives on Islam” a discussion that aims to spark civil discourse that begins with a presentation from ASUM president Ashleen Williams at 5 PM, followed by discussion, at Liaisons Coffee House, 111 N. Second St. in Hamilton. Free. E-mail Zack at bitterroot.humanities@gmail.com and visit bitterrootpolitics.com. 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. You’ve got another chance to connect the dots this evening when the VFW hosts bingo at 7 PM. Free. Build bridges with some fellow Missoulians with an informal game when The Garden City Duplicate Bridge Club hosts bridge lessons and informal games for newcomers and beginners every Mon. at 7 PM at the Bridge Club, 3108 S. Clark St. Call Michael at 890-0743. Join others who promote community-based solutions to the climate crisis, and take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change in the Northern Rockies, when Northern Rockies Rising Tide meets from 7–9 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit northernrockies risingtide.wordpress.com. Hear about why four American diplomats support a world free of nukes when the World Affairs Council of Montana presents a screening of the documentary Nuclear Tipping Point, followed by a discussion with Dr. Schuyler Foerster, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. $5/free for students and World Affairs Council members. Visit montanaworldaffairs.org.

Tug your vines and sip the grape juice when Cash for Junkers plays Americana with a swing at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free. The Bonner Milltown Community Council meets at 7 PM in the library of Bonner School, 9045 Hwy. 200 E., to discuss a variety of topics including ongoing PCB clean-up at the Stimson Mill site. Free. Call Chuck at 207-4988. Expect a dazzling tune or four when UM student and soprano Heather Barnes performs a student recital, at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Get your holiday music fix from some local high schoolers when Sentinel High School’s Concert, Spartan, Jazz and Symphony bands perform a holiday concert at 7:30 PM at the Margaret Johnson Theater at the high school, 901 South Ave. W. Admission is donation of a non-perishable food item, to be given to the Missoula Food Bank. A reception with desserts and beverages follows the concert. Call Gary at 728-2403 Ext. 7041. Let some seasoned singers get you in the festive mood when the Treasure State Chorale presents Holiday!, a concert featuring holiday music plus works by Bach, John Rutter, Gerald Hartley and others, at 7:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St. Admission is a free will donation. 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. 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 have an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it.

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Men drink on the cheap and can enjoy a game of pigskin, as well as karaoke, during Men’s Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Mon. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277.

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.

TUESDAY

Be one with some patriots when the Conservative Patriots meet at 6 PM at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane, for a program that includes a potluck dinner, a talk with Michelle Bedard Smith (mother of late soldier Andrew Bedard), a presentation for the winner of the Second Amendment Committee Contest, plus music and other activities. Free. Bring a side dish to share, and a non-perishable food item to donate to the hungry. Call 251-5961.

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. Shoot the bull and polish your public speaking skills when the Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters Club meets every Tue. at noon, at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 570 5 G r a n t C r e e k R o a d . Fr e e . Vi s i t shootinthebull.info. You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955. Southgate Mall, 2901 Brooks St., hosts its Kids Club craft program, which features a holiday theme and runs from 4–7 PM at Sears Court in the mall. Free. Help reward a local organization that has chosen to “See Commuting Differently” when Missoula in Motion hosts nominations for its annual “Transportation Best Practices Award.” Nominations are accepted until 4 PM today. Email Sherry at slewis@co.missoula.mt.us or call 258-4961 to get a nomination form, or visit the Missoula in Motion office, 127 W. Spruce St.

nightlife Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free. Call 370-3200.

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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.

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Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. This week: Live and local hip hop from MCs Tonsofun, Mite Aswel, Primate UA, Pallas Athena and Tahjbo.

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Just don’t eat the candlewax during the Missoula Senior Center’s Candlelight Dinner, which begins at 5:30 PM at the center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., and is followed with a bus tour of Christmas lights around Missoula. Call 543-7154 for pricing.

Expose yourself to a better understanding of photographic exposure modes during “An Introduction to Exposure,” a talk with professional photog Doug Johnson that touches on the relationship between f-stops and shutter speeds, what ISO means, and other topics, starting at 7 PM in the quarry of the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, 216 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit rmsp.com/aboutus/lectureseries.aspx and call 543-0171. Let some seasoned singers get you in the festive mood when the Treasure State Chorale presents Holiday!, a concert featuring holiday music plus works by Bach, John Rutter, Gerald Hartley and others, at 7:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St. Admission is a free will donation. 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? Beethoven, Bach and what other famous composer comprise what is known as the “three B’s of music”? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Chance mixes with money and prizes during bingo night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which occurs this and every Tue. starting at 8 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678. All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae,

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Who’s the boss of the mic? She is. Local musician Darah Fogarty plays a solo set of acoustic music at The Central Bar & Grill, 143 West Broadway, Fri., Dec. 10, at 9:30 PM as part of the UM Entertainment Management Program’s “Winter Wrap-Up” concert. $3 suggested donation.

dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. Break through the drywall and shred out with some local favorites when Bridgebuilder and Vera play rock and post-rock during the Badlander’s “Live and Local” night at 9 PM. Free. Keep it on the cool side when you listen to some hip hop and enjoy a drink special or two during Hip-Hop Tuesday with Wapikiya Records, which features DJ B Mune spinning beats along with guest MCs starting at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. Free. Call 830-3276.

WEDNESDAY December

The Montana Public Service Commission presents a hearing to determine rates charged by Mountain Water Company— which proposes a change in rates from around 6 percent to more than 14 percent—starting at 10 AM, with public comment beginning at 10:10 AM, at the Montana Technical Enterprise Center, 1121 E. Broadway St. Free. Citizens may also comment during a comment period at 6 PM. Visit psc.mt.gov/Customers/comments to make a comment online, and call 444-6171. Celebrate the retirement of a librarian who’s been in the game for 40 years when the

Monday, December 13th, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. UC Theatre, 3rd Floor University Center - UM Campus Visit www.montanaworldaffairs.org or call 728-3328 for more details. This event is open to the public and admission is $5. Free for Council members and students.

Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts a retirement party for librarian Vaun Stevens from 3–5 PM with food, drinks and the guest of honor. Free. Call 258-3851.

nightlife Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is Montana Shares. Visit kettlehouse.com. Pianist Jodi Marshall tickles your senses with her deft piano skills while you munch Chinese food when she performs every Wed. from 6–9 PM at Hong Kong Chef, 2009 Brooks St. Free to attend, with free potstickers. Call 549-6688. Missoula Alliance Church, 100 E. Foss Court, presents its “MACKids Christmas Party,” which is geared towards children in kindergarten through the sixth grade, and features Christmas songs, frosting and eating cookies, and making gifts, from 6–8 PM. Doors open at 5:30 PM for children to sign up for the gifts they will make. Call 251-3983 for pricing. Spend the evening with a sultry jazz vocalist when singer Jeni Fleming plays a “rescheduled” CD release party with a full band of Montana-based musicians, starting with cocktails at 6:30 PM, followed by the concert at 7:30, all at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18/$15 advance/$10 student rush at the door. Get advance tickets at mctinc.org. (See Noise in this issue.)

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Have a chorale-riffic time and help support a culture where people with disabilities are fully involved with the arts when the VSA Choir performs at 7:30 PM, in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Donations accepted. Call 549-2984.

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Help support the creation of a new youth-based theater and media arts center at the Roxy Theater during “A Night to Remember,” a holiday open house and benefit hosted by the International Wildlife Media Center and Film Festival that features a screening of Sun Come Up and shorts from the Montana Film Academy, plus a silent auction and music, from 7:30–10:30 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $20 per person. Call 728-9380 for tickets. Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two plays by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com. Missoula’s Trivial Beersuit, a trivia night for the layperson, expands its tentacles to the Press Box for four rounds of trivia with sign ups at 7:45 PM, followed by the game at 8 at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free. E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com. 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 third person that comprises the “three B’s of music” is Johannes Brahms, a composer who was prolific during the Romantic period. The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Get a wicked case of “bowling finger” during Five Valley’s Bowl’s Wicked Wednesday, which features $2 bowling after 9 PM plus $2 cans of Bud Light this and every Wed. at the bowling center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4158.

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Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Don’t ever worry about getting into a sing-off during Combat Karaoke, which runs this and every Wed. at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve, 5550 N. Reserve St., starting at 9 PM. Free. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Ease your case of the jellybean jitters with some folk when Denver’s The Lumineers plays with Portland, Ore.’s Kory Quinn & The Comrades, at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3. (See Noise in this issue.)

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Peruse sleek works of art, make a DIY craft, and enjoy a drag show with tunes by DJ Beepbot during Artini: Ribbons & Boas, the Missoula Art Museum’s holiday installment of its popular Artini series that runs from 5:30–9 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 7280447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Rock out with an all-female rock band when locals Slowly But Shirley play the Top Hat’s “Artists-In-Residence” family-friendly concert series every Thu. this month from 6–8 PM. Free. Exclamations are a must when EL3-OH! plays gypsy jazz at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians’ Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with sign ups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296. Have a jolly chortle when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents “A David Sedaris Christmas: Santaland Diaries and Season’s Greetings,” a performance of two plays by Sedaris that begin at 7:30 PM in the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 students, with $2 off admission if you bring a toy to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula. Visit mtactors.com. Hear about why wrongful convictions occur and how they can be prevented when Peter Neufeld, co-director of the New York Innocence Project, presents a lecture on the issue at 7:30 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. A “VIP Meet and Greet” with Neufeld, which benefits the Montana Innocence Project, occurs at 6 PM and costs $30. Call 243-6698 to RSVP for the meet and greet. Visit mtinnocenceproject.org. (See Agenda in this issue.) Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. Rock out to help provide scholarships for the Zootown Arts Community Center’s after school arts program during a fundraiser that features music by The Scribblers, Matt Hassler, The Hydes, Pony Canon and The Skurfs, at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. The Klassix pull your pork and stick you with a spork when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, 1805 Regent St. Free. 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. Rock with the orange team and then the blue team when Orange Shades, The Blox and The Blue Belles play rock and blues at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA. Do the moonwalk to some local rock music, bust out the Charleston to your favorite DJ and high five some thespians, and always remember to follow my weekly mantra of sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Dec. 10 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff to me online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

MOUNTAIN HIGH A pparently this film is so awesome, someone had to pilfer it last month when it was slated to screen at the Wilma. Thankfully, though, another copy of Warren Miller’s Wintervention was procured, so you’ll be able to check out this epic powder flick for yourself this week. But, in the interest of enticing you, here’s a little primer on it. It features icy cool footage of riders like Chris Davenport, Jonny Moseley and Lindsey Vonn hitting up towering terrain in Alaska, Norway, Canada and even Antarctica. I’ve only watched the trailer, but admittedly I’m awed: It includes a number of impressive shots of Davenport and his cohorts busting out crazy spins, death defying descents and fast shredding and carving in the back-

woods. Powderhounds will be sorry if they miss this. Here’s something else you should know: The screening is also a benefit for the West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation, a nonprofit that provides avalanche safety education and awareness through such things as snow reports, and a number of clinics on avalanche awareness and other pertinent topics. Warren Miller’s Wintervention screens at the Wilma Theatre Sat., Dec. 11, at 6 PM and 9 PM. $10/$8 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Bob Ward & Sons, and The Trail Head. Tickets from the November screening will also be honored at the door. Visit missoulaavalanche.org.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 9 Get tips on the best mountaineering gear to use during your upcoming winter adventures when REI Missoula hosts a “Mountaineering Basics” class, which begins at 7 PM at REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2. Free. Visit rei.com/stores/72 to RSVP and call 541-1938.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 Get into the Nordic ski groove when the UM Outdoor Program hosts a “Beginner Cross-Country Ski Trip” on Dec. 12 that’s open to first timers and those looking to get back into the game. $30, with registration due today. Call 243-5172 to RSVP. Get your pow pow face on and carve it up on a newly reopened ski hill when Teton Pass Ski Resort, located near Choteau, tentatively opens for the season. $29 full-day pass/$23 half-day pass. Visit tetonpassresort.com for directions and call 466-2209.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 Be the avian ogle master you have always wanted to be when the Montana Natural History Center (MNHC) presents “Saturday Discovery Day: Winter Birding Workshop,” where you spend the day with bird watcher Brian Williams learning about winter birding— and take a trip to Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge to put your knowledge to use—from 9 AM–4 PM at the center, 120 Hickory St. $25/$20 MNHC members, with registration required. Call 327-0405 to RSVP and visit montananaturalist.org. Have a hootin’ good time when the Five Valleys Audubon Society embarks on a half-day field trip in Missoula Valley to watch researcher Denver Holt capture, band and record data from long-eared owls—and hear about the owls’ adaptations in vision, hearing, flight and plumage—starting with a meet-up at 9 AM in the middle of the UM Adams Center parking lot. Free. Dressing warm is encouraged, as you’ll be outside for 2–3 hours. Call Larry at 549-5632 and visit fvamissoula.org. Go ahead and shred with your Uncle Ted when Moonlight Basin, 1020 Hwy. 64 near Big Sky, announces its full opening for the season starting around 9 AM. $58 full-day pass/$49 half-day pass. Visit moonlightbasin.com and call 993-6000.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 12 Tonya Harding will thankfully not make a cameo appearance when the Missoula Figure Skating

Club presents “Holiday on Ice,” a series of solo, duet and group performances by club members and folks from its Skate Basic Skills program, which begins at 4 PM at the Glacier Ice Rink at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Free, but donations are appreciated. Visit missoulafsc.org.

MONDAY DECEMBER 13 Learn how to buck up and run around town when it’s colder than the Dickens during “Stay Motivated to Run Through the Winter,” a panel discussion sponsored by Run Wild Missoula that features expert tips from seasoned runners, starting at 7 PM at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Those in the Flathead can get the good word on bird ID when the Flathead Audubon Society meets for a presentation on identifying winter birds by Dan Casey, starting at 7 PM at The Summit, 205 Sunnyview Lane in Kalispell. Free. After the presentation, stick around and hear about preparations for upcoming Flathead Valley Christmas bird counts. Visit flatheadaudubon.org. Keep those hums to yourself when the Five Valleys Audubon Society meets to hear about the flight of hummingbirds from Bret Tobalske, a professor at UM in the biological sciences department and director of a field research station at Fort Missoula, starting at 7:30 PM in Room L14 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Visit fvamissoula.org.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 Figure out how to be ultra safe when roughin’ it in the backcountry when the UM Outdoor program presents a “Transceiver Clinic,” which meets from 9 AM–2 PM on Dec. 18 at the outdoor program’s digs, in UM’s Fitness and Recreation Center. $15. Registration is due today. Call 243-5172 to RSVP.

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

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Randy Pepprock takes a trip down punk rock’s memory lane by Erika Fredrickson

Pepprock grew up in Missoula’s late ’70s/early ’80s mark on the scene when he started hardcore band Randy Pepprock sees Guns N’ Roses in a much different light than most of us. As a budding musician in 1985, music scene playing punk rock in bars full of blues Deranged Diction before hitting it big with Pearl Jam. Most places weren’t ready for punk, says Pepprock. Pepprock moved to Los Angeles after growing up in hounds and hippies. As a young rocker he met Steve Missoula and spending time playing music in Seattle. He Albini, the now legendary music engineer, journalist and The Top Hat’s main draw at the time was The Lost recalls his excitement the day he noticed GNR bassist Duff musician who also grew up in Missoula. He played in Highway Band—a big deal outfit that toured with Bruce Springsteen and Willie Nelson, among others. Blues and McKagan’s red Ford Maverick parked on his block in his Albini’s band Just Ducky for two weeks. “And then he realized I really didn’t know how to play psychedelic country bands ruled the roost, but when Who Hollywood neighborhood. Killed Society got up on stage it Guns N’ Roses hadn’t made a was glaringly different: short, blip on anyone’s radar yet, but speedy songs with very little Pepprock knew McKagan’s name attention paid to precision. from the Seattle punk scene “We got up there for a talent when McKagan played in the night once,” says Pepprock. “Back Fastbacks and The Living, two then you had guys doing blues bands that often opened for hardjams for hours and hours and we core acts like Hüsker Dü and were doing something different. D.O.A. Hoping to find a comrade Our songs were 20 seconds to in music, Pepprock left a note two minutes, loud, fast and slopon the Maverick’s windshield. py. We weren’t really very good, McKagan stopped over to the but we had a lot of energy and apartment for beers and the two spirit so people were into that. We became fast friends, working did our own songs, some Clash together as telemarketers (along songs and a Sex Pistols song. And with fellow GNR bandmate Izzy they were really cool about it.” Stradlin) and eventually forming Other places weren’t quite so a band with Ron Reyes, the foraccommodating. When the band mer singer for Black Flag. They got a gig at the 44 Bar in St. played a few shows, but McKagan Ignatius (a place that now often had a couple of other music projhosts punk, noise and metal ects going on. One day he told bands), Pepprock recalls thinking Pepprock to come down to a they’d at least be playing on a small club to hear one of his stage, even if they didn’t have other bands play. much of an audience. “We’ve been working on this “We show up and they had to new song,” he told Pepprock. “It’s move the candy machine out of called ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’” the corner so we could set up,” Pepprock tells a handful of laughs Pepprock. “We played one stories like that one, all worthy of set and they said, ‘Well, we’ll pay a segment on VH1’s “Behind the ya. But you’re going to have to Music.” His own life seems quileave.’” eter in comparison, but listening If you were in Missoula in the to him talk about growing up in early 1990s, you might recall Missoula’s punk scene, or his Pepprock’s other band, Shangridays in Seattle and L.A., provides La Speedway, which played with a sense of the moment from the likes of Skunk Throat at the someone who was in the thick of Moose Lodge and Union Hall. it. Now at 49, he’s still playing Since that time, Pepprock marmusic, most recently with his ried, had kids and started a busiband Letters to Luci, which opens ness called Downtown Deco in at the Palace this week. His bandFlorence, where he sells model mates include friend Paul Nelson kits for building dioramas. He says on lead guitar and bassist Randy Pepprock played punk rock in Missoula back in the late 1970s and had a he’s happy to be back playing Stephanie Mansfield, who’s 20, brief stint in a Los Angeles band with Guns N’ Roses’ bassist Duff McKagan. He’s now back in Missoula playing with Letters to Luci, a band comprised of, from left, music, but he’s not unhappy that and Malcolm Morgan, who’s 17. Malcolm Morgan, Pepprock, Paul Nelson and Stephanie Mansfield. he never made it big. The songs are edgy with a sound Photo by Chad Harder “I’m glad to live in a little that’s reminiscent of old punk town and have my family and my bands like Social Distortion. With Pepprock at the helm, the songs are a little less fueled on guitar because I had just started,” laughs Pepprock. “I got band and not be on the National Enquirer,” says teenage angst and more crafted by Pepprock’s years of kicked out, which was fine. So then I started my own band Pepprock. “The guys I know that made it had talent, worked really hard and positioned themselves for it. going from dyed-hair rebel to Bitterroot Valley business called Who Killed Society.” Who Killed Society played random gigs at places like Whether I thought I was going to make it, well, you always owner and family man. “I had fun,” he says. “I had other friends who went the Tijuana Cantina, which used to be across from the Top hope, but you can’t count on it. I don’t regret trying.” Letters to Luci plays the Palace Thursday, Dec. 9, from high school straight to college and straight into Hat. Pepprock says the few punk bands at the time—Ernst working for a corporation. They’re probably set up better Ernst and Eye-90, plus a couple others—would show up at 9 PM, with Mag pies and Velcro Kicks. $5. than me now, but I got to do a lot of cool stuff when I was along with a few friends for support. In that crowd, he recalls, was a young Jeff Ament, who later made his own young.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Jeni Fleming Come to Life self-released

Bozeman’s Jeni Fleming has an incredible voice, no doubt about that. Her newest release shows off her vocal range from warm jazz to soft rock with a velvety Sade quality. Covers of The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” show off Fleming’s talent for delivering a fresh alternative to familiar classics. Others don’t fare quite as well. “Drift Away,” with its lite rock sheen and noodling guitar solos, just rehashes an old song—made popular by Dobie Gray—that should probably be amped up rather than toned down, if it has to be redone at all. “Never My Love” is sentimental—romance with all the banal

The Lumineers The Lumineers 6Cheek Records

The Lumineers appears to have uncovered the secrets of simplicity and, like dental veneers, the Denver folk duo’s eponymous EP shines bright. The opener, “Flowers in Your Hair,” emerges from thin air with nice acoustic guitar picking and soft, scratchy vocals that seem to have been recorded with a mic hanging distantly from the ceiling. A minute in and the room’s reverberation becomes as much a player as any musician. Drum and tambourine

Paul Kelley Round the Bend self-released

Paul Kelley’s newest album seems, for the most part, split into two kinds of music. Tight songs like “Bluebird At the Mirror” and “No Excuses Now” have a classic country feel along the lines of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Hoyt Axton. Others, like the kind of jokey “Buddha Rock” and the blues rock ditty “Kick Back,” might not make the cut on a big label album but would certainly get a family-friendly crowd dancing down at Caras Park during a brewfest. It’s not exactly a schizophrenic situation, but some songs feel more complex than others. Kelley—a Missoula music institution himself— couldn’t have picked a better group to back him up.

Das Racist Sit Down, Man Mad Decent

If they’re not doing it already, obnoxious cultural studies grad students will be picking apart Das Racist’s gnarly lyrics for doctorate dissertations in the years to come. And for good reason. By gnarly, I mean listening to this Brooklyn duo requires a certain knowledge of pop culture, socio-economics, race, ’90s hip hop and the Google. That’s a good thing for those of us bored to death with radio’s

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trappings of roses and candlelight—and dated like 1980s “contemporary rock.” What’s great about Come to Life are the originals written by Fleming’s husband, Jake. “Happy Valentine’s Day” is a striking love song in which you can picture Fleming leaning sleepily against a grand piano in some swanky lounge. For the title track, Fleming sings, “There’s a shadow hangin’ over me,” backed by beautifully sad guitar plucking. Those originals bring the album to life. (Erika Fredrickson) Jeni Fleming plays the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 PM with cocktails and a performance by Josh Farmer at 6:30 PM. $15/$10 students. drive the song to an abrupt ending at 1:45. Like any kid, I want more sweet, sweet candy; fortunately, there is plenty. “Classy Girls” makes me nervous at first listen. The mandolin riff is reminiscent of those movies where Boomers get a list of stuff to do, like skydiving. Not to worry. When the chorus hits with the line, “Classy girls don’t kiss in bars, it’s true,” I am sold. And, more importantly, I learned something about girls—finally. (John Mayer, I’ve learned nothing from you.) A myriad of sonic dimensions, four-on-the-floor drumming and a vocal strain that reminds one of Thom Yorke mark the morose epic, “Scotland,” the EP’s most complex and rewarding jam. For those who crave forlorn sounds to match the darkness of winter, this is it. (Jason McMackin) The Lumineers plays the Top Hat Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 9 PM with Kory Quinn. Cover TBA. It’s a who’s-who of Missoula musical royalty: producer Jim Rogers on various instruments including piano, Chuck Florence on saxophone, Phil Hamilton on harmonica and Ellie Nuno on fiddle, to name a few. For that, the musicianship is pretty airtight. It’s nice to hear a solid album of all originals. “An American Soliloquy,” which is split into two sub-songs called “Open Any Window” and “Rang Dang Do,” has its heart in the right place, but the story about 9/11 and a mighty soldier is a bit heavy-handed. It’s the more mysterious songs that keep the album strong. (Erika Fredrickson) hottest juh-juh-jamz. But it isn’t all about being smarter, more oblique or more hyper-literate than everyone else (maybe a little). Das Racist knows partying rules and that it’s best to not take one’s self too seriously: “They call us joke rap/ We kinda weed rap/ We just like rap, we don’t even need rap.” Perhaps, but rap needs Das Racist. “Return to Innocence,” with a sick sample from that Enigma song of the same name, features some of the album’s most cocksure rhyming and demonstrates the duo’s wide-ranging knowledge of cultural real estate: “Really, though/Frat dudes are like juggalos/Underrated in the game like Mark Ruffalo/I rock well like Sam and people love it yo.” With 19 tracks and almost as many producers, it’s tough to sum up this mixtape. I beg you to sit down and listen, man. (Jason McMackin)

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Crisis crackdown Inside Job asks the tough questions by Dave Loos

The most telling interview moment of Inside Job— and there are many important ones—actually comes from some B-roll footage of former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as he prepares for the formal questioning to begin. As the 83-year-old economist, who now leads President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, gets himself settled in the chair, he sips liberally from what looks to be half a glass of bourbon. Just about every other interview subject in the doc-

Bernanke and other Fed officials, the blind eye of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory agencies and, above all, the greed of men. Mixing informative on-screen graphics and text with the steady narration of Matt Damon, Inside Job manages to merge all the elements of an extremely complicated crisis in a way that somehow does not overwhelm the audience in confusion. To clearly articulate such a dense and muddled subject is almost an

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umentary looks as though they too could use a stiff drink, and who can blame them? Though no one person is responsible for causing the catastrophic worldwide financial crisis of 2008, many of those who appear on camera in Inside Job were complicit in either creating the conditions that caused it, ignoring the many warning signs years in advance and/or failing to properly penalize the responsible parties. That any of these financial players—ranging from Clinton and Bush administration officials to former executives to academics—even agreed to appear on camera for a crisis postmortem is a testament to the brilliance of director Charles Ferguson, who has finely crafted the best documentary of 2010. In a roundabout way, it’s also a film that makes me never want to watch another Michael Moore documentary. Moore’s more recent filmmaking methods, particularly in Capitalism: A Love Story, are fully exposed here in contrast to the methodical, non-partisan explanations and analysis offered by Inside Job. Whereas Moore aims for the easy kill shot, like standing outside an investment bank and asking exiting workers what a derivative is, Ferguson actually explains what derivatives and collateralized debt obligations (CDO) are, and what they mean in the context of the crisis. Whereas Moore never shies away from the human sob story, milking every tear until the subject has been fully exploited, Inside Job wisely steers mostly clear of the personal narratives. It touches on the human element, but never lingers. I counted exactly one tear in the film, from a woman who had been taken advantage of by a predatory lender and lost her house. The lack of human-interest vignettes doesn’t mean the film lacks an emotional punch. You’ll be plenty angry by the time it’s over. I’m just not sure with whom to be most pissed off. The film makes it clear any one political party or investment bank cannot shoulder the blame for the financial meltdown. This was a team effort in the worst sense, aided by deregulation policies during the late Clinton years, the hubris of Alan Greenspan, Ben

impossible task. Yet in five chapters over the course of 110 minutes, Ferguson manages to fuse together a narrative that includes the audience-friendly juicy bits with explanations of the legislative and financial frameworks that eventually caused such havoc on the entire planet. Yes, there’s the interview with the high-end escort service owner who claims that at the height of the economic bubble in 2005 she had over 10,000 Wall Street clients, almost all of whom billed their companies for the service using phony invoices. But we also get equally telling interviews with a former Federal Reserve governor who quit months before the meltdown, as well as George W. Bush’s chief economic advisor, Glen Hubbard, who irritably admits on camera that he should not have agreed to this interview. Hubbard is now the dean of Columbia Business School, which gets to one of the film’s final and most interesting conclusions: Through conflicts of interest among academics and the seemingly revolving door between politics, consulting, academia and Wall Street, the country’s higher education system has corrupted the study of economics itself. Inside Job is an education. Until now only National Public Radio (NPR) has dared to try and explain the crisis from beginning to end using more than the standard four-minute news clip. And since we all now know a bunch of left-wing politically correct Communists are running NPR, we are luckily left with an even more indepth examination here. Most telling of all may be the officials who declined to appear on camera, including members of the Obama administration and the former banking executives who received tens of millions of dollars in salary and bonuses for bankrupting their companies. Like Volcker, they’re probably off drinking somewhere. With how clear a conscience they are doing so remains a mystery. Inside Job continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoulanews.com

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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER The third film based on C.S. Lewis’ fantasy trilogy gets a little 3-D love in a story that centers around Edmund Pevensie and company venturing to the end of the world in a ship, and features lots of eye candy like eerily glowing swords and shapeshifting humans. Carmike 10: 4:55, 5:25, 7:30, 8 and 10:05, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 10:35, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 11:45, 12:15, 2:20 and 2:50. Village 6 in 2D: 7:30 and 10:05, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 11:45, 2:20 and 4:55. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 9:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9:15.

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DIE WALKÜRE What goes good with your evening latte? Perhaps this epic opera by Richard Wagner, which features a complex plot steeped in betrayal, love and fighting, and was filmed in the Teatro alla Scalla opera house in Milan, Italy. Carmike 10: Wed. only at 6:30. DUE DATE Robert Downey Jr. is an architect with anger-management issues and Zach Galifianakis is a flighty wannabe actor. The duo is forced to travel crosscountry in the latest installment of the odd-couple road comedy. Carmike 10: 4:10, 7:15 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

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al economy went to hell. Features interviews with folks like liberal financier George Soros and Sen. Barney Frank. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7, with no show Sat., and a Sun. matinee at 1. LOVE & OTHER DRUGS Adorable free spirit Anne Hathaway unexpectedly finds true love in the form of pharmaceutical salesman Jake Gyllenhaal. I guess she just doesn’t know how to quit him. Village 6: 7:20 and 9:55, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:40 and 4:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:30, 4:05, 7:10 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. MEGAMIND No lack of star power in this animated 3-D comedy: Will Farrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Ben Stiller and UM grad J.K. Simmons lend their voices to the

Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Village 6 in 2-D: 7 and 9:25, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 1:05, 2:30, 3:30, 5, 6, 7:20, 8:30 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 7:20, 8:30 and 9:40. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7 and 9, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Entertainer Cinema in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9. UNSTOPPABLE A train filled with toxic chemicals is on the loose. Railroading vet Denzel Washington teams up with young buck conductor Chris Pine in order to stop what could become a horrible accident—or per-

FAIR GAME The story of one of the hottest political scandals of 2003—aka “Plamegate,” in which former covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson’s name was leaked to the media, allegedly in response to her husband’s published criticism of the War in Iraq—hits the screen with Naomi Watts taking on the lead role, and Sean Penn as her husband. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. THE TOURIST Two good looking people—Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie—meet on a train, and sparks fly. Depp, however, finds himself in hot water after he realizes people think he’s a criminal wanted in 14 countries. Carmike 10: 4:50, 7:20 and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at noon and 2:25. Village 6: 7:20 and 9:50, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at noon, 2:25 and 4:50. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 4:05, 7:20 and 9:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. WAITING FOR SUPERMAN Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, tackles the depressing state of public education—and points to some unexpected culprits— in this critically acclaimed documentary. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7, with a Sun. matinee at 1, and Mon. with a matinee at 4:30 (followed by a panel discussion) with an additional screening at 9.

NOW PLAYING BURLESQUE Wanna see Cher in leggings? Okay, how about Christina Aguilera in a leotard? You get both in this story of a fading legend mentoring an aspiring dancer/singer in a sexy Los Angeles club. Carmike 10: 3:55, 7:05 and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:45. Village 6: 7:05 and 9:50, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:45 and 3:55. Pharoahplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 3:55, 6:55 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. CONVICTION When Sam Rockwell gets sentenced to life in prison for murder, little sister Hilary Swank, a former high school dropout, dedicates her life to studying law, passing the bar and overturning the conviction. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 9, with no show on Sat., and a Sun. matinee at 3.

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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP Maybe another hoax, maybe not. One thing is for sure about this graffiti documentary: Critics love it. Enigmatic street artist and co-director Banksy, who keeps his identity a mystery, was the toast of Sundance and recently won top prize at the Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 9, with no show Mon., and a Sun. matinee at 3. FASTER Tough guy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sets out to avenge his brother’s death by killing all those responsible and, in the process, proves he’s as adept at following a list as he is at handling weaponry. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 4:15 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 The first part of the seventh (and, thankfully, last) installment of this ever popular book/film empire follows Harry and his pals Ron and Hermione as they try to bring down the dark lord known as Voldemort. Carmike 10: 4, 4:30, 7:20 and 8, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:45 and 1:15. Village 6: 8, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:15 and 4:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 3:20, 6:30 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 4 and 7:30. INSIDE JOB Heart melter Matt Damon narrates this critically acclaimed documentary that details how the glob-

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story of a villain who conquers his nemesis only to find that life has no point without someone to fight. Carmike 10 in 2-D: 4:05, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20 and 3:50. MORNING GLORY Rachel McAdams has the unenviable task of getting morning television anchors Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton to put aside their squabbles and revive the flagging broadcast. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:10.

haps the setting for a sweet B-grade horror flick. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1, and a 4 only show on Wed. Pharoahplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:40, 5, 7:35 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:35, 4:10, 7:35 and 9:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7 and 9, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

THE NEXT THREE DAYS Russell Crowe races all over downtown Pittsburgh in an attempt to break his wife, convicted murderer Elizabeth Banks, out of prison. It’s written and directed by Paul Haggis of Crash and Casino Royale fame. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:25, 3:25, 6:30 and 9:20, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:45, 6:30 and 9:20.

THE WARRIOR’S WAY South Korean actor Jang Dong-gun is a deadly assassin who finds himself in a pickle after he refuses to kill a baby belonging to a rival clan. After he flees with the kid, Dong-gun befriends Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth, but soon realizes a horde of ninjas want him dead. Carmike 10: 7:10 and 9:35. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20 and 6:55.

RED When former black-ops agent Bruce Willis has his cozy retirement life threatened by a mysterious assassin, he decides to check on his old running mates, including Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 6:45 and 9:25, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

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TANGLED The Rapunzel fairy tale gets a 3-D makeover in this “action-packed” animated version starring the voice of Mandy Moore as the girl with really long hair. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:20 and 9:45, with

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, life will beguile you with secrets and riddles but probably not reveal as much as you’d like. I think this is an opportunity, not a problem. In my opinion, your task isn’t to press for shiny clarity, but rather to revel in the luxuriant mysteries. Let them confer their blessings on you through the magic of teasing and tantalizing. And what is the nature of those blessings? To enlighten your irrational mind, stimulate your imagination, teach you patience, and nurture your connection with eternity. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Butterflies recall at least some of what they’ve learned during their time as caterpillars. The metamorphosis they go through is dramatic, turning their bodies into a soupy goo before remaking them into winged gliders. And yet they retain the gist of the lessons they mastered while in their earlier form. I see something comparable ahead for you in 2011, Taurus. It’s as if you will undergo a kind of reincarnation without having to endure the inconvenience of actually dying. Like a butterfly, the wisdom you’ve earned in your old self will accompany you into your new life. Are you ready? The process begins soon. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What nourishes you emotionally and spiritually, Gemini? I’m not talking about what entertains you or flatters you or takes your mind off your problems. I’m referring to the influences that make you stronger and the people who see you for who you really are and the situations that teach you life-long lessons. I mean the beauty that replenishes your psyche and the symbols that consistently restore your balance and the memories that keep feeding your ability to rise to each new challenge. Take inventory of these precious assets. And then make a special point of nurturing them back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Two-thirds of American elementary-school teachers spend their own money to buy food for their poor students. Meanwhile, there’s a 50 percent chance that an American kid will, at some point in his or her young life, resort to using government aid in the form of food stamps. Those facts make me angry and motivate me to volunteer to distribute free food at the local food bank. I encourage you, my fellow Cancerian, to summon your own good reasons to get riled up in behalf of people who have less luck and goodness than you do. It’s always therapeutic to stretch your generosity and spread your wealth, but doing so will especially redound to your advantage in the coming weeks. Unselfish acts will bring profound selfish benefits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to some sources, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates practiced the art of sculpture as a young man. But he abandoned it early on, deciding that he wanted to “carve his soul rather than marble.” Can I interest you in turning your attention to that noble, gritty task, Leo? It would be a fine time to do some intensive soul-carving. Soul-scouring, too, would be both fun and wise, as well as soul-etching and soul-emblazoning and soul-accessorizing. I highly recommend that you enjoy a prolonged phase of renovating and replenishing your most precious work of art.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her haunting tune “One Blood,” Virgo singer Lila Downs confesses that “the deepest fear [is] my desire.” I personally know many Virgos who make a similar lament. How about you? Is there any way in which you are scared of the power of your longing? Do you ever find yourself reluctant to unleash the full force of your passion, worried that it could drive you out of control or lead you astray? If so, the coming weeks will be prime time to face down your misgivings. It’s time to liberate your desires, at least a little.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are your words of power: hybrid, amalgamation, composite, aggregate, medley, alloy, ensemble. Now here are your words of disempowerment: welter, mishmash, jumble, hodgepodge, patchwork. Strive to accentuate the first category and avoid the second. Your task is to create a pleasing, synergetic arrangement from a multiplicity of factors, even as you avoid throwing together a hash of diverse influences into an unholy mess. Be calculating and strategic, not rash and random, as you do your blending.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On my Facebook page, I posted this excerpt from a Pablo Neruda love poem (translated by Stephen Tapscott): “Our love is like a well in the wilderness where time watches over the wandering lightning. Our sleep is a secret tunnel that leads to the scent of apples carried on the wind.” In response, a reader named John F. Gamboa said this: “I once found a well in the desert. There was a rope and a bucket. The bucket had a small hole in it. While pulling up the bucket of water, about half of it drained. But I suppose a decent bucket would have been stolen. So a bucket with a small hole was perfect; I got what I needed!” I’m here to tell you, Scorpio, that like Gamboa, a bucket with a small hole is probably what you need right now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve arrived at a delicate yet boisterous turning point when one-of-a-kind opportunities are budding. I’m going to give you seven phrases that I think capture the essence of this pregnant moment: 1. wise innocence; 2. primal elegance; 3. raw holiness; 4. electrifying poise; 5. curative teasing; 6. rigorous play; 7 volcanic tenderness. To maximize your ability to capitalize on the transformations that are available, I suggest you seek out and cultivate these seemingly paradoxical states of being.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For years I’ve had recurring dreams of finding treasure amidst trash. I interpret this to mean that I should always be alert, in my waking life, for the possibility that I might come across beautiful or valuable stuff that’s mixed in with what has been discarded or forgotten. Recently I heard about a literal embodiment of this theme. A sewage treatment plant in Japan announced that it has been culling huge amounts of gold from the scum and slop—so much so that their haul outstrips the yield at the country’s top gold mine. I urge you to make this your metaphor of the week, Capricorn. What riches might you be able to pluck out of the dirt and shadows?

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on December 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, on the Tourism Business Improvement District budget, work plan and a resolution levying annual assessments on the hotels located in the Tourism Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula for fiscal year 2011 in the amount of $1 per occupied room night in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE RAT-

TLESNAKE/ BROADWAY CROSSING (RUX) PROJECT City of Missoula, Montana City Project No. 10-022 NOTICE TO ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRMS: Notice is hereby given by the City of Missoula, Montana, an Equal Opportunity government, that it will receive written, and electronic, statements of qualifications and professional proposals for the design of the RUX Project (Project). The Project is to install a Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge across Rattlesnake Creek, construct a trail from that bridge to Van Buren Street, improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities on Van Buren Street to Front Street, and improve safety and opera-

tions at the Van Buren Street and East Broadway Street intersection. The Project enhances existing Rattlesnake neighborhood access to The University of Montana with improved safety and multimodal facilities. It is planned that the engineering design portion of this project will begin by February of 2011 and that the construction will be started as soon as practical after the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and final design are complete. Request for proposal and submission requirements may be obtained from the City Engineer, City of Missoula, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana 59802 -4297, by call-

ing (406) 5526345. Professional proposals shall be submitted to the City Engineer before 5:00 p.m., local time the 30th day of December, 2010. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with State statutes governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, the City of Missoula reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory or inappropriate. The City of Missoula is an EEO/AA, M/F, V/H Employer. Qualified women, veterans, minority and handicapped indi-

viduals are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR QUOTES Notice is hereby given that sealed quotes will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Emergency and Disaster Services Contracted by City of Missoula This project consists of annually pre-arranging rates for leasing equipment and labor, which may be used prior to, during, and after an emergency situation or disaster occurring within the City of Missoula. Firms shall submit quotes consisting of hourly

Missoula Police Department Sale

ABANDONED VEHICLES TERMS: $85.00 MINIMUM BID

PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, December 21, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1. Subdivision & Planned Variation Request— Clearwater Meadows Ranch A request from John Richards, represented by Eli & Associates, to subdivide a 199.10 acre parcel into 59 lots near Highway 200 and Blanchard Creek Road, approximately one mile west of Clearwater Junction. The property is legally described as Tract 1 of COS 5720 less Tract 1-A of Certificate of Survey 5800, located in Section 5, T14N, R14W, P.P.M. (see Map Y).

The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on this subdivision at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in Room 201 of the County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway in Missoula. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

Notice is hereby given to all legal owners of the following vehicles; unless vehicle is reclaimed, the following vehicles will be sold at the Missoula Police Department Sale on THURSDAY the 16th of December, 2010, at 9:00 am at Pro-Towing 1922 S 3rd St W, Missoula, in the county of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in the said County of Missoula, and particularly described as follows, to wit: Agency Assigned Number PAV11 028 PAV11 031 PAV11 036 PAV 11 038 PAV11 039 PAV11 040 PAV11 041 PAV11 042 PAV11 043 PAV11 044 PAV11 047 PAV11 048 PAV11 050 PAV11 051 PAV11 052 PAV11 054 PAV11 055 PAV11 056 PAV11 058 PAV11 059 PAV11 060 PAV11 061 PAV11 062 PAV11 063 PAV11 065 PAV11 066 PAV11 067 PAV11 068 PAV11 070 PAV11 071 PAV11 072 PAV11 073 PAV11 075 PAV11 077 PAV11 078 PAV11 079 PAV11 080 PAV11 081 PAV11 082

Vehicle Description 1989 Pontiac Grand Am 4D Blue 1985 Toyota Camry 4D White 1989 Ford Tempo 4D Red 1991 Toyota Camry SW Maroon 1995 Chevrolet Lumina 4D Blue 1991 Chevrolet Lumina 4D Black 1997 Mazda B18 Tk Pk Green 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix 4D White 1985 Ford Tk Pk Blue 1987 Mercury Marquis SW Blue 2001 Ford Focus 4D White 2002 Pontiac Sunfire HB Red 1994 Ford Taurus SW Green 1991 Ford Explorer LL Maroon 1998 Ford F150 Tk Pk White 1987 Ford Taurus 4D Blue 1980 Toyota Corolla 2D Silver 1989 Chevrolet Camaro 2D Maroon 1995 Volvo 850 SW Blue 1993 Ford Escort 4D Grey 1978 Ford TK PK White 1987 Mercury Topaz 4D Red 1994 Dodge Intrepid 4D Black 1998 Dodge Neon 4D Red 1991 Volvo 940SE SW Black 1982 Chevrolet Camaro 2D White 2000 Dodge Intrepid 4D Bronze 1999 Chevrolet Prizm 4D Silver 1994 Lincoln Continental 4D Gold 1999 Dodge Neon 4D Black 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier 4D White 1992 Ford Explorer LL Green 1993 Subaru Impreza 4D Maroon 1980 Brougham Motor Home White 2001 Ford Taurus 4D Maroon 1991 Mitsubishi Montero SU Green 1987 Chevrolet S10 PK Gold 1990 Honda Civic 4D White 1986 Pontiac 6000 4D White

Vehicle Identification Number 1G2NE54D4KC713894 JT2SV12E4F0323073 1FAPP38SXKK136702 JT2VV22W3M0139154 2G1WL52M4S1191730 2G1WN54T6M9177881 PEZV6300352 1G2WJ52M0SF319858 1FTEF14Y9FPA71336 2MEBM79F4HX620911 1FAFP33P81W154122 1G2JD12F327219081 1FALP57U8RG150026 1FMCU24X5MUC60490 1FTDX1764WKA04210 1FABP52U0HA251422 AL10170845 1G1FP21F4KL101234 YV1LW5516S2106125 1FAPP14J1PW110636 X14SKAJ4077 2MEBM36X4HB606641 1B3ED46TXRF194910 1B3ES47C9WD526928 YV1KA875XM0003915 1G1AP871XCL04780 2B3HD56J7YH355003 1Y1SK5289YZ403240 1LNLM9745RY611327 1B3ES47YXXD136594 1G1JC54G3M7278736 1FMDU34X2NVA60100 JF1GC2445PK505194 F34KT9V726315 1FAFP55261A262328 JA4GJ41S5MJ010438 1GCBS14E5H8149628 1HGED365XLA027494 1G2AF19R0GT272572

Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. NO WARRANTY is made as to the condition or title of these vehicles. Vehicles are not available for preview prior to December 16th at 8:45 am. Payment by Cash or Check, at time of Sale Dated this the 6th day of December, 2011. Mark Muir, Chief of Police Suzanne Mirabito, Abandoned Vehicles

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rates for types of equipment, personnel available, and number of units, which may be contracted by the City of Missoula for use prior to, during or after an emergency situation or disaster. Quotes shall include hours of availability, emergency contact information, and addresses. Firms must guarantee pricing of submitted items for a period of one year starting January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. In the event quoted items may not be available when requested, the City reserves the right to hire the next comparable item from the next lowest firm. Equipment and operating personnel can be as follows, but are not limited to: Excavators, graders, backhoes, loaders, scrapers, bulldozers, dump trucks, water tenders, fuel trucks, maintenance vehicles, pick-ups, water storage tanks, fuel storage tanks, cranes, laborers, traffic control, trash pumps, generators, garbage trucks, air compressors, jack hammers, street sweepers, flat bed trucks, flat bed trailers, snow plow trucks, and other equipment not listed here. Firms shall at a minimum provide a model number and a brief statement describing size or capability of each piece of equipment submitted. Quotes must be addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, and be plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Emergency and Disaster Services” The envelopes shall also be marked with the firm’s Name, address, and Montana Contractor’s Identification Number. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work for the City will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1 -406- 444 -7734. All laborers, operators, mechanics, tradesman employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. Questions may be directed to Brian Hensel, City of Missoula Street Maintenance Division at: (406) 552 – 6361 office (406) 240 – 2742 cell Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHERIFF’S SALE FIRST SECURITY BANK OF MISSOULA, Plaintiff, Against THOMAS W. McANALLY, LARINDA R. McANALLY, MELLON MORTGAGE COMPANY, and CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, Defendants. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 29th day of December A.D., 2010, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particu-

larly described as follows, towit: Lot 2 in Block 3 of Seeley Lake Estates, according to the official plat thereof, recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 9th day of December A.D., 2010. MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-10-182 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHAREN R. CRAIG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Pamela L. Craig, n/k/a Pamela Craig-Hartley, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren, P.C., 620 High Park Way, PO Box 4947, Missoula, Montana 59806-4947, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 10th day of November, 2010. /s/ Pamela Craig Hartley, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-10-1598 Dept. No. 1 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO E*TRADE BANK. KLEAN-RITE INC. a Montana corporation, d/b/a Klean-Rite Restoration Plaintiff, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a District of Columbia entity registered to do business in Montana; and E*TRADE BANK, a foreign corporation or federal savings bank; and JOHN M. BRAZIER, III; and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants. TO: E*Trade Bank. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear and answer the Complaint For Money Owing For Work Performed, For Unjust Enrichment, For Conversion, and Jury Demand in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy herewith served upon you. You are directed to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to appear and answer as above required, judgment will be taken against your by default according to the Complaint filed herein for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court this 2nd day of December, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By /s/ Maria A. Cassidy, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-10-188 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY L. FLAGET, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jane E. Cowley, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 22nd day of November, 2010. /s/ Jane E. Cowley, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-183 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALAN LESLIE GRANT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims with-

PUBLIC NOTICES in four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kim Grant, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of November, 2010. /s/ Kim Grant, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-187 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OLGA JOHANNA BERGER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Ellen Marilyn Spalding, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of November, 2010. /s/ Ellen Marilyn Spalding, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DA-10-65 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF KALLEB A. MARCEAU, A Minor Child. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the abovenamed Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Petitioner’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Petition. GIVEN under my hand this 17th day of November, 2010 at the hour of 12:28 o’clock p.m. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT (SEAL) BY /s/ Donna M. Duffy, Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by BENJAMIN T. CORY, as successor Trustee, of the public sale of the real property hereinafter described pursuant to the “Small Tract Financing Act of Montana” (Section 71-1-301, et seq., MCA). The following information is provided: THE NAMES OF THE GRANTORS, ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, THE BENEFICIARY IN THE DEED OF TRUST, ANY SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIARY OR GRANTORS, ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AND THE PRESENT RECORD OWNERS ARE: Grantors: RORY CAMPBELL and RICHARD PALMER (“Grantors”) Original Trustee: STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY Successor Trustee: BENJAMIN T. CORY, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Montana (the “Trustee”) Beneficiary: TREASURE STATE BANK (the “Beneficiary”) Present Record Owner: RORY CAMPBELL and RICHARD PALMER THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST IS: The real property and its appurtenances in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 9 OF RIVERSIDE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AND THAT PORTION OF THE VACATED ALLEY IN BLOCK 9 LYING ADJACENT TO AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID LOT 6, AND THAT CERTAIN 10 FEET VACATED IN IDAHO STREET LYING ADJACENT TO AND CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID LOT 6. The Real Property or it

address is commonly known as 1811 Idaho Street, Missoula, MT 59801. RECORDING DATA: The following instruments and documents have been recorded in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Missoula County, Montana. Deed of Trust dated January 10, 2008, and recorded January 15, 2008, in Book 811 of Micro at Page 1247 under Document No. 200801014, records of Missoula County; and Substitution of Trustee dated November 8, 2010 and recorded November 8, 2010, in Book 868 at Page 1177, under Document No. 201021884. THE DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE IS: Nonpayment of the monthly payments in the amount of $692.70 due under the Promissory Note dated January 10, 2008, which is secured by the Deed of Trust. The borrower is due for the July, 2010 payment and for each subsequent monthly payment. THE SUMS OWING ON THE OBLIGATION SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AS OF NOVEMBER 8, 2010 ARE: Principal: $76 ,848. 14 Interest: Interest continues to accrue at a rate of 9 .00% per annum. As of November 8, 2010 the interest balance is $2 ,207 .19 and interest accrues at the rate of $18 .95 per day. Late fees: $199 .18 The Beneficiary anticipates and intends to disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the real property, and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts or taxes are paid by the Grantors or successor in interest to the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of the sale include the Trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and costs and expenses of sale. THE TRUSTEE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BENEFICIARY, HEREBY ELECTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS. THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE ARE: Date: March 30, 2011 Time: 11:00 a.m., Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time, whichever is in effect. Place: Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South Ave. 4th Street East, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59801 Terms: This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, and 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. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. Dated: November 9, 2010. /s/ Benjamin T. Cory BENJAMIN T. CORY Trustee STATE OF MONTANA : ss. County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on November 9, 2010, by BENJAMIN T. CORY, as Trustee. /s/ Dawn L. Hanninen [NOTARY SEAL] Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana 91-220-038 My commission expires: 02/14/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/19/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200624934, Bk 784, Pg 183, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Thomas J. Woodbury, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Title Services Inc was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract F-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 1080, located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 14, Township 13 North, Range 18 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Together with that certain access and utility easement recorded February 10, 1977 in Book 92 of Micro Records, Page 1504. 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 October 3, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $430,225.95. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $403,445.62, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.79064) 1002.174330-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/20/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200633045, Bk 789, Pg 926, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Ryan E. McMillon, a married person was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 in Block 11 of West View, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No., beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 14, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $90,788.10. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $87,787.21, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802,

City of Missoula on February 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.79333) 1002.175045-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/28/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200630917, Bk 788, Pg 186, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Scott Jensen and Klarissa Jensen, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 6 of Linda Vista Seventh Supplement Phase 4, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 14, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $266,847.99. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $260,671.09, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender

of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.79717) 1002.175178-FEI

Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. Dated: 11/15/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 ASAP# FNMA3814761 11/25/2010, 12/02/2010, 12/09/2010

Notice of Trustee’s Sale T.S. No. 090068764 Title Order No. 090351748MTGSI THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 03/30/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: On the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT.. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JAMES A. MARKOVICH AND GRACIELA MARKOVICH, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantors, conveyed said real property to TITLE SOURCE, INC. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 10/23/2006 and recorded 11/13/2006, in document No. 200629351 in BooK/Reel/Volume Number 787 at Page Number 126 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES, IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA TO-WIT: LOT 3A OF TRAVELER’S REST ESTATES-WEST VIEW NO. 2, LOTS 1A AND 3A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 400 MARI COURT, LOLO, MT 59847 Property Address: 400 MARI COURT, LOLO, MT 59847 The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2008, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $405,704.66 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.125% per annum from 11/01/2008 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. T.S. No. 090068764 Order NO. 090351748MTGSI 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.

Notice of Trustee’s Sale T.S. No. 090171529 Title Order No. 90803610MTGSI THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 03/30/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: On the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT., RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which WILLIAM R NOONEY AND ANNA M NOONEY as Grantors, conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A.., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/13/2004 and recorded 04/19/2004, in document No. 200410393 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 729 at Page Number 1754 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LOT 11 OF CHAPPELLE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 3000 SAINT THOMAS DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59803 The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2009, and all subsequent Installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $491,768.64 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 12/01/2008 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums Incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale Include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. Dated: 11/15/10 Stephanie Dempsey, Authorized

Signer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75032 ASAP# 3814598 11/25/2010, 12/02/2010, 12/09/2010 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which RICHARD GENSCH AND LYNN GENSCH, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE AND ESCROW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/18/2003 and recorded 04/18/2003, in document No. 200313429 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 704 at Page Number 132 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4385. Property Address: 19570 HIGHWAY 200 EAST, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $128,624.46 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.75% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: October 21, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 100139143 FEI NO. 1006.116828

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PUBLIC NOTICES Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which Greg C. Huberg and Christina Huberg as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J. PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/27/2004 and recorded 06/02/2004, in document No. 200415232 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 733 at Page Number 751 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B-I OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4972. Property Address: 23972 SIDEHILL LANE, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVIC-

ING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 06/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $132,903.55 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.25% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: November 02, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A.,

Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 100108970 FEI NO. 1006.110349 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which KALLIS, RICK L as Grantors, conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 01/05/2006 and recorded 01/10/2006, in document No.200600684 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 767 at Page Number 514 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows:* LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 OF SHADOWRIDGE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 28 OF PLATS AT PAGE 97. * Property Address: 9294 TUCKER LANE, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and

the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 03/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $322,500.00 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.50% per annum from 03/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above

described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: October 21, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0139145 FEI NO 1006.116826 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ROGER W. OLSON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to DAN G. CEDARBERG ESQ. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/07/2009 and recorded 05/26/2009, in document No. 200912232 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 840 at Page Number 71 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES SITUATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO-WIT: THE EAST 6 FEET OF LOT 13, ALL OF LOT 14 AND THE WEST 12 FEET OF LOT 15 IN

BLOCK 94 OF SCHOOL ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1824 HOWELL STREET, Missoula, MT 59802. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $152,566.68 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.50% per annum from 04/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to

the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: November 02, 2010, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO. 100130610 FEI NO. 1006.114437 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 7, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which DECOITE, DAVID, A MARRIED MAN as Grantors, conveyed said real property to DEBORAH J. BISHOP as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/18/2008 and recorded 04/18/2008, in document No. 200808685 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 817 at Page Number 0462 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula

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PUBLIC NOTICES County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5 OF SUNSET ACRES ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR IRRIGATION PIPE ACROSS LOT 1, 2, 3 AND 4 OF SUNSET ACRES, AS DISCLOSED IN DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1959 IN BOOK 214 OF DEED AT PAGE 75. Property Address: 20 DARLENE DRIVE, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 03/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $205,494.34 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 03/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: October 21, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0138510 FEI NO 1006.116831 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 8, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ADCOCK, CLINTON J. AND AMBER K., AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantors, conveyed said real property to TITLE SERVICESS as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 01/16/2009 and recorded 01/22/2009, in document No.200901326 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 832 at Page Number 357 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: *LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 9A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY

NO. 4379, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. *Property Address: 6003 AIRWAY BLVD, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $313,492.39 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.00% per annum from 05/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: October 22, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0139822 FEI NO 1006.117071 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 21, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which TIMOTHY S. SULLIVAN AND KATHLEEN A. SULLIVAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantors, conveyed said real property to TITLE SOURCE, INC. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/16/2006 and recorded 05/25/2006, in document No. 200612039 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 775 at Page Number 2 In the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: *LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT. LOT 9 IN BOOK 4, OF SPRING HILLS ADDITION NO. 6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2306 HIGHWOOD DR. MIS-

SOULA, MT. 59803. *Property Address: 2306 HIGHWOOD DR, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $156,950.48 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: November 02, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0144323 FEI NO 1006.117879 Notice of Trustee’s Sale THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE sold FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on March 22, 2011, at the hour of 11:00:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which WENDY MARTIN as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/25/2008 and recorded 06/26/2008, in document No. 200815054 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 821 at Page Number 1233 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: FRACTIONAL LOT 18 IN BLOCK 65 OF AMENDED PLAT OF A PORTION OF CAR LINE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TOGETHER WITH THAT PART OF THE VACATED ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF SAID LOT 18 WHICH IS ATTACHED TO SAID LOT BY OPERATION OF LAW PURSUANT TO COMMISSIONERS JOURNAL 446, FEBRUARY 9, 1935, AND TOGETHER WITH THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF

VACATED DIXON STREET LYING NORTH OF LOT 18 WHICH IS ATTACHED TO SAID LOT BY OPERATION OF LAW PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. 77-86, FILED MAY 11, 1997. EXCEPTTHAT PART OF SAID LOT 18 DEEDED TO THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1954, IN BOOK 184, PAGE 521 DEED RECORDS. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 776 MICRO RECORDS, PAGE 949. Property Address: 2345 DIXON AVE, Missoula, MT 598018221. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010 and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $160,075.00 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.125% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: November 5, 2010 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082. T.S. NO 10-0145220 FEI NO 1006.118349 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 18, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 11 OF RAVENWOOD HILLS NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Jon G Kearns and Marlies P Borchers, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 4, 2008 and recorded on September 10, 2008 under Document No. 200821009, in Bk826, Pg-193. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,318.00, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 1, 2010 is $291,578.88 principal, interest at

the rate of 6.000% now totaling $18,829.45, late charges in the amount of $1,298.08, escrow advances of $3,684.75 and other fees and expenses advanced of $241.36, plus accruing interest at the rate of $47.93 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Guild v Kearns 41291.230 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 18, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 22 of Lakewood Estates Phase 2A, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Book 14 of Plats at Page 62 FREDERICK R BAUMAN AND CHRISTINE M BAUMAN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 16, 2003 and Recorded September 22, 2003 in Book 718, Page 880 under Document No. 200336075. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by

failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $770.86, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 4, 2010 is $82,667.48 principal, interest at the rate of 6.2500% now totaling $6,500.87, late charges in the amount of $387.80, escrow advances of $2,036.10, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,757.82, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.16 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Bauman 41926.727 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 73 OF GRANTLAND ELEVEN, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS AT PAGE 9, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Marjorie Blize and Gary Blize, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title Guaranty Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as

Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2007 and recorded May 18, 2007 as Document Number 200712373, in Book 797, Page 969. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank FSB. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,757.94, beginning June 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 29, 2010 is $391,500.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.375% now totaling $40,712.37, late charges in the amount of $2,160.70, escrow advances of $3,451.13, suspense balance of $2,648.76 and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,994.38, plus accruing interest at the rate of $79.10 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 OneWest v Blize 41969.418 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 36 B of Country Crest No. 3 A. Lots

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PUBLIC NOTICES 36A & 36B, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Stephanie T. Descharme and Aaron Jones, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Deborah J. Bishop, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 16, 2007 and Recorded November 21, 2007 in Book 809, Page 264 in Document No. 200730363. The beneficial interest is currently held by Aurora Loan Services, LLC. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $3,306.32, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 18, 2010 is $451,755.78 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $57,985.30, late charges in the amount of $330.64, escrow advances of $11,607.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,596.44, plus accruing interest at the rate of $97.47 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve

and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including

costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Aurora v Descharme/Jones 40990.344 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802,

the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 36 B of Country Crest No. 3 A. Lots 36A & 36B, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Stephanie T. Descharme and Aaron Jones, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Deborah J. Bishop, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 16, 2007 and Recorded November 21, 2007 in Book 809, Page 264 in Document No. 200730363. The beneficial interest is currently held by Aurora Loan Services, LLC. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $3,306.32, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 18, 2010 is $451,755.78 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $57,985.30, late charges in the amount of $330.64, escrow

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advances of $11,607.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,596.44, plus accruing interest at the rate of $97.47 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if

any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 13, 2010 /s/sCharles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 13, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the per-

son whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Aurora v Descharme/Jones 40990.344 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO WIT: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. SUBJECT TO: EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TANYA N. GONZALES AND ROBERT M. GONZALES, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED FROM JASON M. HOBSON AND LEANNA L. HOBSON RECORDED 07/16/2004 IN DEED BOOK 736 PAGE 578, IN THE

PUBLIC NOTICES OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TAX ID# 5811614 TANYA N. GONZALES AND ROBERT M. GONZALES, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FLATHEAD COUNTY TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON AUGUST 31, 2005 AND RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005 IN BOOK 764, PAGE 683. The beneficial interest is currently held by HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1033.31, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 01, 2010 is $134,764.14 principal, interest at the rate of 8.125% now totaling $17,091.16, late charges in the amount of $336.51, and other fees and expenses advanced of $25.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.00 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 15, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 15, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 HSBC v Gonzales 41472.524

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 50 OF DOUBLE ARROW RANCH PHASE IV, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THEADORE LEE THORNTON and CHRISTINE GAIL THORNTON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a Division Of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 22, 2007 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 29, 2007, IN BOOK 808, PAGE 96, UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200728459. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2369.16, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 24, 2010 is $362,386.01 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $23,520.21, late charges in the amount of $236.92, escrow advances of $2,749.20, and other fees and expenses advanced of $223.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $65.78 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 16, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKO-

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r TA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 16, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 PNC V. Thornton 41230.590 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 24, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 10 OF THE FELLOWSHIP HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. David F. Elmore and Staci Elmore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 11, 2006 and Recorded on January 19, 2006 under Document # 200601342 Bk767 Pg-1172. The beneficial interest is currently held by US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,356.91, beginning January 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 27, 2010 is $169,692.22 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $20,275.03, late charges in the amount of $575.50, escrow advances of $3,406.29 and other fees and expenses advanced of $374.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.96 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in

the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 15, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On September 15, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 US Bank v Elmore 41810.211 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, the 2nd day of February, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantors JAMES P. McGUIRL and LAVELLA J. McGUIRL aka L. Janeane McGuirl, in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: Parcel I: Lot 9 in Block 2 of Webber Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. Parcel II: The Northeasterly 25 feet of the Southwesterly 63 feet of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, in Block C of CP Higgins Addition to the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 265 of MIcro at page 1452. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2004, and recorded June 7, 2004, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, in Book 733 at Page 1219 as Document No. 200415700, wherein JAMES P. MCGUIRL and LAVELLA J. MCGUIRL aka L. Janeane McGuirl are Grantors, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MONTANA, INC. is the named Beneficiary, and TITLE SERVICES, INC. is named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated July 10, 2009, and recorded July 14, 2009, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana in Book 843 at page 1106 as Document No. 200917464, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee Title Services, Inc. with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee; and This foreclosure is made because the Grantors, JAMES P. MCGUIRL and LAVELLA J. MCGUIRL, aka L. Janeane McGuirl, and their successors in interest, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that they have failed to pay the monthly payments and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of Three Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-eight and 39/100 Dollars ($311, 578.39), together with interest at the default rate of 18% per annum, until the date of sale. That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of Three Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-eight and 39/100 Dollars ($311,578.39) in principal; Sixty-four Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-nine and 48/100 Dollars (64,559.48) in interest; One Thousand One Hundred and No/100

Dollars ($1,100.00) in late fees; and Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-four and No/100 Dollars ($3,344.00) for force-place insurance, totaling the sum of Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Five Hundred Eight One and 87/100 Dollars ($380,518.87), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 22nd day of September, 2010. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA):ss). County of Missoula). On this 22nd day of September, 2010, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on March 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the followingdescribed property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey NO. 5162, located in the W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH an easement for the purpose of ingress and egress as disclosed in Book 107 of Micro at Page 69. Lyle L. Brown and Anita Brown, as Grantors, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Citizens Bank of East Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture recorded August 3, 2005 in Book 757 of Micro at Page 753, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded November 15, 2010, in Book 869, Page 343, Document No. 201022450, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $54,954.30, plus interest at a rate of 8.5% totaling $10,174.02 and late fees of $42.48, for a total amount due of $65,170.80, as of November 12, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 18th day of November, 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss. County of Missoula). On this 18th day of November, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013

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Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 Classic University Home, Great floor plan, fireplace, hardwood floors, Nice sized rooms, Lots of Bonus Rooms downstairs w/kitchenette, well maintained, oversized 2 car garage, 116 E. Sussex. 3278787 porticorealestate.com Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. townhouses along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #12 & #5 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing or develop. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com GORGEOUS CRAFTSMAN STYLE TARGET RANGE HOME ON 0.94 ACRES. 5 Bdr/3.5 Bath, double garage, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, main floor master, 2 family rooms. Close to schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $469,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy12 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING SOON ON TRAIL STREET!! Trail Street Development, Missoula 4-plex building area Prices starting at $59,000 If you have been looking for income property in Missoula you will search a long time for prices this good on 4 plex building sites! An introductory offer of $59,000 for building areas #2 and #3, and prices will go up once these are sold so don’t wait! Comprised of 13 four plexes, one duplex, and a single family house, 1 bedrooms for 315K!!! Wood floors, doors and trim. Stainless appliances. This property comprises a total area of 3.4 acres and is close to the Good Food Store & lots of parking!! Unique to this project is the abundance of parking and park-like setting which will distinguish it from what is currently offered in the market place. Together with well built and appealing structures, this is a fantastic opportunity for an income property portfolio. Estimated start of construction on phase I is planned for May 15, 2011. If you are interested in rental property but would like to build later, there is an opportunity in Phase III.

GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME IN 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy8 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

acres w views! 36201 Berthoud, Potomac. $215,000. MLS# 10002286. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507

GORGEOUS SETTING ON 16.5 ACRES. Beautifully updated 3 Bdr/2 Bath Potomac area home. Great floor plan, large deck and covered porch, very private and quiet setting, tons of wildlife, trees and pasture. $219,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy15 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Rattlesnake Home on Large Lot, nice 3br home sits on very rare lot, mature landscaping, tennis court, home has lots of upgrades, 506 Redwood 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-de-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com 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 MAKE AN OFFER! 2002 Atlantic home w upgraded energy package. Over 1700 sq. ft. of living space. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Car Garage. Very nice floor plan. Large detached 28 x 40 heated shop, easy access. All on 20 treed

One of a Kind Listing, Nine Mile Schoolhouse with all the charm, romance and history one would expect. Unlimited possibilities an outstanding property. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

SINGLE LEVEL LIVING CLOSE TO THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath single-level Stevensville home. Great, open floor plan, incredible mountain views, next to public park, walk to Downtown Stevi or Bitterroot River. $219,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy10 to 74362 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SOUTH HILLS HOME LESS THAN 1 BLOCK FROM CHIEF CHARLO SCHOOL. 4 Bdr/2 Bath, deck, double car garage, family room, laundry/utility room, great views, and much more. $189,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE RIVER. Gorgeous 4 Bdr/3 Bath Florence area home on 10.4 acres on the Bitterroot River. Beautiful landscape with multiple decks, amazing mountain views, spacious horse barn, cross-fencing, and more. Just 20 minutes to Missoula. $474,000. Prudential Montana. For more info

call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Townhouse along the Clarkfork for income qualified first time homeowners, this jewel lies along the river, incredible views! Check this out! 1401 Cedar St. #5 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Unique log home on 26+ private acres, bordering FS, min. to Snowbowl, hiking, 15 min to dwntwn. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 carport, w/tons of storage above. Small cabin on property. www.11815 benchroad.com. SELLER WILL LOOK AT ALL OFFERS. They are motivated to sell! 11815 Bench Rd, Missoula. $419,000. MLS# 10001348. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507

Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byowner missoula.com OR call 550-3077

MANUFACTURED HOMES 71 Buddy Mobile 12x46 $1000 1971 Buddy Single wide mobile home already placed in lot @4826 Mullan Road Missoula. Lot Rent 249.00 currently, garbage, water , and sewer included.It has gas heat and water, in good shape. Contact renhaf777@yahoo.com

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riceteam@bigsky.net Robin Rice Janet Rice missoularealestate4sale.com 240-6503 240-3932 55+ COMMUNITY • 2 Bed, 2 Bath, large family room • Homeowners fee is $370/mo. • Includes clubhouse, sewer, garbage • Land lease, snow removal & lawn care • $129,900 • MLS#10006023

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

2 creeks down each side of property • 4 Bed, 1.5 Bath, 3 Car Garage • Guest or rental set up • 2 seperate Kitchens • Lots of room to stretch! • $299,000 • MLS#10005332

Price Reduced • Bonner area 5 Bed / 2 Bath on 2 acres • Large kitchen w/ island • Chain link fence in front yard • Private deck in back, mature trees • $209,900 • MLS#906641

912 Defoe • $169,900

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3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage. Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look! Across from the Northside Trail System. MLS #10003358

$215,000 2002 Atlantic home w upgraded energy package. Over 1700 sq. ft. of living space. Very nice floor plan. Large detached 28 x 40 heated shop with water, easy access. All on 20 treed acres with views! MLS#10005731. GRANT CREEK LOG HOME 26+ PRIVATE ACRES

$419,000

Please call Al Zepeda at (406) 880-7115 for more info on this exiting opportunity!

Located just 15 minutes from downtown Missoula! The main house is a 3 bd, 2 bath, 3 story log home, with completely renovated bathrooms, newer 3 car open garage with tons of storage built above it and a small guest cabin! MLS#10001348 www.11815benchroad.com

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Just Reduced! 435 Mount • $199,000 Right across from lovely Rose Park. This home has had many upgrades including remodeled kitchen featuring Hickory Cabinets, Brazilian Hickory laminate flooring throughout, all new stainless steel appliances. New blinds in the living room and solid core doors in all the main level rooms. The new roof was put on in May. The yard features a nice array of perennials. There is parking in the rear under the carport and a shed for extra storage. Call Mary Marry for a showing today. MLS # 10005191.

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LAND FOR SALE 3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Beautiful 14 acre parcel just west of Huson. Meadow with trees & pasture. Modulars or double wides on foundation ok. $174,900. MLS#906774. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Beautiful 20 acres fenced pasture land. Seasonal stream and pond. Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900 MLS# 905366. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

Beautiful wooded 3.69 acres with 550 feet of Twin Creeks frontage. Easy access from Hwy 200 on well maintained county road. Modulars or manufactured homes on a permanent foundation are allowed. Seller will carry contract with $50,000 down at 7 % interest. $219,900. MLS#10005586. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City Sewer available. Great view. Now $95,000. MLS#908159. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Price Reduced! Large 4 bed/3 bath w/ great views on nearly 6 acres set up for horses. Attached sunroom w/ deck & hot tub pad. Kitchen opens to living and dining room. $255,000 • MLS # 10006316. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com PRICE REDUCED! 19,602 SQ FT lot in Mullan Road area with great

views. Sewer stubbed to the lot. Close to river access, golf and shopping. $84,900. MLS# 10003279. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

COMMERCIAL DARBY COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN GREAT DOWNTOWN LOCATION ON MAIN ST. Two main floor retail/professional spaces featuring 10 ft ceilings, storage/back room spaces, and lots of windows plus two second floor residential rentals. Great income potential and priced to sell! $135,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

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