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nside Cover Story A series of crippling economic blows have left local unions reeling. Smurfit Stone Container Corp. closed its Frenchtown mill in January, eliminating 417 union jobs. In 2008, Stimson Lumber Mill’s Bonner plant closed after 122 years in business. With the state’s economy shifting, what’s the future hold for local organized labor? .........................14

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Letters DUI, Rehberg and climate change ................................................................4 The Week in Review Wild Walk, wolves and Glacier’s centennial ...........................6 Briefs Flathead finances, Wal-Mart and Crystal Video................................................6 Etc. Alternative choices for UM’s commencement address .......................................7 Up Front Bitterroot conservatives ready for Adams Center event ............................8 Up Front UM looks to hire firm to study possible football move .............................9 Ochenski Heed the voice of the people on medical marijuana “fixes” ..................10 Writers on the Range A former editor reports on life after being laid off.............11 Agenda Living Art of Montana’s “The Light Show”..................................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan More grossness in our meat.........................................................19 Happiest Hour Sportsman’s Bar..............................................................................20 Ask Ari Cross examination .......................................................................................21 8 Days a Week Watching Norma Rae ......................................................................22 Mountain High Park 2 Park Montana ......................................................................33 Scope Dan Flores reclaims the history of Northern Rockies art .............................34 Noise Rooster Sauce, Barenaked Ladies, Gogol Bordello and Drive-By Truckers ...............................................................................................35 Books McCue touchingly traces Hugo’s path ..........................................................36 Film Iron Man 2 stays strong thanks to Downey.....................................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................38

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday morning in downtown Missoula.

This week UM Athletics Director Jim O’Day speaks with the Indy about hiring an outside firm to evaluate the football program’s options should it receive an invitation to join a Football Bowl Subdivision conference. Do you think the Griz should move up? Follow-up: If the program moves up, UM would have to add at least two new sports. What sports would you like to see on campus?

Sandra Ballard: I think they’re good enough that they could do it. They have a good coach and a good team. It’s a good thing and maybe it would bring more money into Missoula. Pitched battle: Rugby. My son plays and I know he’d love to see that here. Men’s soccer, too.

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Naïve solution

Criticizing Rehberg

Maybe Mr. Strohmaier needs to look deeper into the drunk driving problem. His intentions are good but to me naïve. As a recovering alcoholic and sober for over 23 years, my observations are you cannot fine, scare or force a drunk into recovery. Only severe consequences ultimately work and help them reach a point where they decide help is needed. A $500 fine is merely an inconvenience to someone with a drinking problem. Loss of a driver’s license only puts unlicensed drivers on the road. Jail time is effective, public humiliation is not. Unfortunately, a problem drinker has to drink their way to a point of desperation before they seek help. I’m open to other ways but this is the only one I’ve seen to be effective. I am very pleased to see the problem is seriously being recognized. The slaughter on the highways has to come to an end. Charley Abell Missoula

Although 99 percent of Montanans will experience no increases in their Medicare tax, Congressman Denny Rehberg has lashed out at the increased tax that would only affect those earning more than $200,000 annually ($250,000 for married couples) who currently pay no tax on unearned income. Rehberg,

Concerns addressed Lee Walsh: Yes, I do. They’re a good team. I think it’s a good idea if they can make the grade. Batter up: Baseball. I’m more of a baseball than a football fan. Do they have golf? [Editor’s note: Only for women.] Some of these guys that can’t play football could go out and putt a ball around.

Allison Domenech: Absolutely. I think the Griz have proven time and time again they could totally do it. Swing it around: Lacrosse and gymnastics.

Zach Chada: No. I think it’s a bad idea because we don’t get the kind of recruits that the bigger schools like Notre Dame do, because there’s not as much incentive to come to Missoula if you hope to go on to the NFL. Bump, set, spike it: I’d like to see women’s beach volleyball.

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Judging by the civil and substantive discussion and considerable support from Montanans for the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, it may well be one of the most relevant and timely pieces of natural resource legislation to grace our great state in a very long time. Rightfully, there have been concerns raised about certain aspects of the bill. Fortunately, Sen. Tester and his staff are thoughtfully addressing and exploring all suggestions. When the Forest Service raised questions last December about mandates for mechanical treatment of timber, Tester and his staff went to work to address those questions. A few months later, the Secretary of Agriculture, who oversees the Forest Service, came to Montana to give Tester’s bill his vote of confidence. Personally, I have been heartened by recent clarifications that these mechanical treatments will be focused in heavily roaded areas and that projects will preclude any new permanent roads. I’m glad that others—including the Forest Service—are also getting more comfort as the process continues. I support continued discussion on the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act and I look forward to its passage and implementation. Michele K. Reinhart State Representative House District 97 Missoula

protect the environment, rejected the conservation-minded energy bill, voted against Supreme Court nominee Sonja Sotomayor and vigorously opposed the economic stimulus package. Who says Rehberg has acted on behalf of Montana and its people? After 10 years in Congress, Rehberg has scammed Montanans long enough. It’s time to send Denny back to the ranch where he can do some useful work. John Shellenberger Bozeman

Climate change critic

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Rehberg is positioning himself for a run at Jon Tester’s Senate seat or possibly that of

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the governor…

one of the wealthiest members of Congress, erroneously predicted that middle class families were at risk if they sell their homes or rent out property. Most Montanans will see no tax increase in the new health insurance reform law. Unwilling to support a measure that will enable the uninsured and underinsured to obtain insurance protection, Rehberg and his wealthy friends would see a modest increase in the Medicare tax they would pay. Obviously, multi-millionaire Rehberg is positioning himself for a run at Jon Tester’s Senate seat or possibly that of the governor—and he is doing favors now for those who will lend him their support in 2012. In the meantime, Rehberg has voted against reform of the health care system, opposed measures to

In her recent letter to the editor, Catherine Haug cites NASA in her global warming alarmist diatribe (see “Four big hitters,” April 15, 2010). NASA is led by a corrupt alarmist named James Hansen. John Goetz of Climate Audit analyzed the way NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies calculates global temperatures, and found that NASA has changed published figures hundreds of times, resulting in an artificial increase in warming. The single largest increase was 0.27 degrees, which occurred when the temperature anomaly for August 2006 was raised from 0.43 degrees to 0.70—an increase of 63 percent. This is more than one-third of the total increase in global surface temperature that has occurred over the last century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and it reveals a large global warming bias. The United Kingdom’s Hadley Center for Climate Studies found that global temperatures have decreased since 1998, and that the Earth is not much warmer now than in 1878 or 1941. Data from the University of AlabamaHuntsville and Remote Sensing Systems, which both use highly accurate and comprehensive satellite data for measuring global temperatures, agree with Hadley. They found global temperature declining over the past decade or so, with only a slight increase above the 30-year average from 1978 to 2008. Haug cites climate change in Montana as purported proof of humancaused warming, which isn’t scientific, since warming and cooling has been occurring for millions of years prior to the latest warming period. And she got it wrong: she claims 50 years of warming, but the Earth cooled from about 1945–1975, leading to forecasts of an impending ice age. Roger Stang Missoula

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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• Wednesday, May 5

News Quirks by Cathrine L. Walters

Jordan Iddings, 24, pleads guilty in District Court to felony assault for head-butting a Missoula police officer. Charges against Iddings were filed in November following his unruly bar-hopping bachelor party. According to law enforcement, five men participated in the night on the town, marked by allegations of groping and aggressive behavior.

• Thursday, May 6 Wayne Kelly, a Libertarian candidate for Ravalli County sheriff, reportedly shoots his Hamilton neighbor, Michael Teeple, in the head and stomach after Teeple enters his home without invitation. Teeple is later flown to an intensive care unit in Missoula. As of press time, the sheriff’s office had yet to officially release the names of the men involved.

• Friday, May 7 Montana wildlife officials ask the state’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission to nearly triple the gray wolf quota during the fall hunting season, from 75 to between 186 and 216. But a higher quota could be moot if U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy this summer rules in favor of returning wolves in Montana and Idaho to the endangered species list.

• Saturday, May 8 The International Wildlife Film Festival hosts its annual Wild Walk, unleashing hundreds of costumed school children (and a few adults) onto Main Street and Higgins Avenue for a march to Caras Park. Standouts in the procession include a giant snorkel orchestra and a collection of “underwater” starfish.

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• Sunday, May 9 Missoula kicks off the new Carousel Sunday Market and Festival in hopes of promoting locally grown food and homespun crafts, as well as increasing downtown traffic on a traditionally slow shopping day. The new market gives locals looking for fresh veggies and Montana-made wares a chance to sleep in, running from 1 until 5 p.m. through October.

• Monday, May 10 The Missoula City Council approves an emergency ordinance making it a misdemeanor crime punishable by a $500 fine for motorists suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to refuse a police officer’s request to submit to a breath or blood test. The ordinance goes into effect immediately.

• Tuesday, May 11 Hundreds of admirers gather at Glacier National Park to kick off a weeklong celebration marking the park’s 100th birthday. Those gathered are offered a glimpse into the past with historical tours and a peek into the future as the park’s glaciers disappear.

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Subdivide and conquer Five years ago, at the peak of northwest Montana’s real estate boom, the city of Whitefish suffered through growing pains. But it probably didn’t hurt as bad as this. Ahead of Whitefish’s May 17 budget review, city officials find themselves staring into empty coffers, largely due to the slowdown in development. A third-quarter financial report shows the city’s general fund and its property tax-supported funds total $81,725, about $1.1 million less than at the same point in 2009, and about $1.5 million less than in 2008. The city projects a negative operating cash balance through June, the end of its fiscal year. “The biggest problem financially and in the budget up here has just been the drop off of building permits and development revenue,” explains City Manager Chuck Stearns. As of March 31, planning fees stood at 27 percent of budget and zoning fees at 36 percent, signaling that Flathead County’s sluggish subdivision

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activity in 2009 has continued into 2010. Last year the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office approved only 21 subdivisions containing a total of 242 lots, compared to the “speculative high water mark” of 134 subdivisions and 1,690 lots in 2005. So far this year, planners say, the majority of applications are for single lot splits, not for large subdivisions as in years past. “We were the fastest growing community in Montana,” says Stearns, referring to when Whitefish’s population jumped more than 60 percent between 2000 and 2007, “and we had staffed up to help process those [subdivision] permits and applications, and it really just dropped off a cliff.” Whitefish’s predicament can be attributed to other factors, too. Stearns cites the state Supreme Court’s ruling last fall that the city violated a couple’s rights when it denied them a building exemption permit. It cost the city about $400,000. “That was a major unanticipated factor,” Stearns says. What might have been anticipated, given that property tax appraisals in the Flathead have skyrock-

eted in recent years, is the unusually high number of protested property taxes and delinquencies, which account, Stearns says, for about $80,000 of the city’s current shortfalls. Matthew Frank

Bitterroot Wal-Mart populism Dallas Erickson for years contended that his Ravalli County Citizens for Free Enterprise (RCCFE) was a grassroots group. But a complaint lodged in 2006 with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices alleged otherwise, claiming the group was a front for Wal-Mart, which aimed to set up shop near Hamilton despite local resistance. Now, Wal-Mart has paid to settle the complaint. “The group would have been better named ‘Wal-Marts,’ rather than ‘Citizens,’” says State Commissioner of Political Practices Dennis Unsworth. Erickson has been in the news recently for starting another political group, Not My

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Bathroom, to overturn Missoula’s new anti-discrimination ordinance. The Wal-Mart controversy dates back to 2006 when the chain sought to build a 154,000-squarefoot “Supercenter” north of Hamilton. After hearing concerns from locals, Ravalli County Commissioners passed an emergency ordinance limiting retail store sizes to 60,000 square-feet. In response to the cap, Erickson formed RCCFE, aiming to overturn the ordinance through a voter referendum. According to Unsworth, between September 2006 and October 2006, RCCFE reported only one contribution—a $100,000 donation from Wal-Mart. Under Montana law, any group participating in an election must use a name or phrase that clearly identifies the economic or other special interest of a majority of its contributors. On those grounds, the Bitterroot Good Neighbors Coalition, which opposed the Supercenter, filed a complaint against RCCFE alleging it violated the law by not accurately disclosing its contributors. Though RCCFE successfully overturned the ordinance, Wal-Mart eventually pulled out. Meanwhile, during the investigation, Unsworth unearthed a $100 loan made to RCCFE by the group’s treasurer on Sept. 26, 2006. Based on that technicality, Unsworth found RCCFE did not violate Montana’s naming and labeling statute. Instead, he found the group violated the law by failing to accurately report contributions. “The penalty was a penalty for essentially sloppy record keeping,” Unsworth says. After negotiating for more than a year, RCCFE settled. Wal-Mart issued a check on behalf of the group for $1,000 on February 26. Erickson now acknowledges Wal-Mart’s financial support. But he categorizes their participation with RCCFE as more of a partnership among likeminded interests than anything else. “You either have free enterprise or you don’t have free enterprise,” he says. “By passing a law like that you don’t have free enterprise.” Jessica Mayrer

Business It’s a wrap for Crystal Video Crystal Video is apparently closing its doors for good. The quirky neighborhood independent video store located on South Higgins almost shut down in February 2009 before an altruistic financial backer stepped in at the 11th hour. But despite the tempo-

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rary fix, the competition from on-demand movies and Netflix has finally taken its toll. While the near closing last year was due to general economic hardship, this time owner Tim Huffman says that his default on loans has led to the store’s foreclosure. “The last time was sort of my own volition and I really wanted to let everyone know how sorry I was,” Huffman says. “This time I didn’t want to rage against the dying of the light but just sort of let it slip quietly under the water, to mix my metaphors. I got some great community support, but ultimately it didn’t change the big picture, which is that video stores are just on their way out.” Jace Laakso, the original owner of Crystal Video when it opened 23 years ago in the lobby of the

Crystal Theatre, still carries the business contract and stepped in once Huffman defaulted. On Friday, May 14, at 1 p.m., Laakso will start selling the store’s collection of videos, furniture, fixtures and other assets to pay back creditors and recoup his own losses. “I’m really disappointed that it’s come to this,” Laakso says. “It’s a sad day for Missoula to lose such a great collection of foreign films and independents. But it’s the economy.” Despite a tough ending, Laakso insists Huffman did what he could in a tough situation. “I really appreciate the effort that Tim put into the store,” he says. “I just want to make sure that Tim gets his props for doing the best that he could to keep the store going.” Meanwhile, Huffman started his first day working at DirecTV this week. It’s an irony he’s quick to note. “I’ve crawled out of the belly of the beast and gone to work for it,” he says. “I miss everybody that I got to see at the Crystal every day, terribly. That’s definitely the hardest part.” Erika Fredrickson

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Bitterroot Sheriff showdown The primary race for Ravalli County Sheriff heated up last week when a nasty spat between candidate Joede Vanek and incumbent Chris Hoffman reached the public. On May 4, Commissioner of Political Practices Dennis Unsworth denied a list of formal complaints filed by Vanek, a former Las Vegas law enforcement officer, against Hoffman. Among them, Vanek alleged that Hoffman intimidated him during a Republican Central Committee luncheon in early February, when the two first met. “The Sheriff looked me directly in the face and said ‘Let me warn you, be careful what you say before you say it in this election!’” Vanek’s letter to Unsworth reads. Unsworth dismissed Vanek’s complaints due to lack of sufficient evidence. Hoffman says he did warn Vanek, but insists it wasn’t a threat. After browsing Vanek’s campaign website, which promises to return integrity to the county office, Hoffman grew concerned that the race was taking a turn toward dirty politicking—an outcome he says he preferred to avoid after a contentious 2006 race. “[Vanek] went into some detail about issues that we addressed years ago—the suicides in the detention center, deputies who had been disciplined and in some cases even terminated,” Hoffman says. “I feel like we’ve been very transparent with the public.” Vanek begs to differ, saying that in conversations with roughly 40 county residents he’s heard the sheriff ’s office referred to as “oppressive” and “threatening.” “It’s all about rebuilding the trust of the people in the sheriff ’s office,” Vanek says of his campaign, “and improving that communication.” Vanek’s woes have only grown worse since his complaints were dismissed. The Ravalli Republic this week reported on the candidate’s financial troubles, including the repossession of a Porsche he purchased in Las Vegas in fall 2007. According to documents filed with the 21st Judicial District Court in Ravalli County in fall 2009, Hoffman collected the vehicle at the request of the court when Vanek failed to make payments to West Star Credit Union in Las Vegas. Vanek says he’s “not ashamed” of those losses and never attempted to hide them. But that’s not all: Vanek confirms that following the complaint controversy with Hoffman, all of his campaign staff have quit save one—his wife and campaign treasurer, Ginger. Alex Sakariassen

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Montana’s estimated wolf population at the end of 2009. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is slated to discuss increased quotas for the 2010 wolf hunt this week.

etc. For the first time, the University of Montana will hold its graduation ceremony on the Oval. Administrators ostensibly made the switch because the school’s president, George Dennison, is giving the commencement address, presumably to offer a public trip down memory lane before he retires in August. But we have all summer to bid our farewells, and so we thought we’d suggest a few alternative commencement speakers who might provide this year’s graduates more practical words of wisdom. How about Don Malerk, the human resource manager at Missoula’s taxpayer-subsidized DirecTV call center? Last year Malerk fired an employee for organizing a walkout, and last month the company, after the National Labor Relations Board accused it of union busting, settled the case. Instead of a ho-hum “reach for the stars” speech, we think Malerk could tell graduates something useful, like that corporations have the upper hand in an economy like this, and it’s futile to think you can improve working conditions. Speaking of jobs, maybe UM could bring in a medical marijuana clinic owner. After all, “ganjapreneurs” with their “cannabusinesses” make up what appears to be the only booming industry in the state. Plus, the trend gives some graduates the ability to pursue an activity they truly excelled in while in college—you know, as long as they’re willing to run the risk of anti-marijuana militants chucking Molotov cocktails through their dispensary window. Or maybe UM could go back to basics and choose someone to read Robert Fulghum’s platitudinous mantras from his book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. We’d suggest Gov. Brian Schweitzer, known for his irksome cowboy clichés, deliver that speech, but evidently he didn’t learn much in kindergarten. After all, Schweitzer recently held elected officials across the state hostage by withholding stimulus funds unless they backed the development of the Otter Creek coal tracts. But maybe he could address the graduates anyway, explaining the incredible science behind how Montana coal, when burned in China, doesn’t contribute to climate change here. But, alas, we’ll have to settle for Dennison. Who knows, he may wow us with a tearjerker as moving as the excavators that dug up campus throughout his tenure. In any case, we suspect Saturday’s graduates, with all of their reasons to despair, will be thinking of other things—like wishing that they were on the couch watching DirecTV, “medicating” in their black-lit dorm room, or reflecting back on the simplicity of kindergarten.

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Conservatives on parade Bitterroot group not armed, but ready for convention by Alex Sakariassen

Adams Center Director Mary Muse has skeptical about Docteur’s assurances that side the state. Her desire to see new chapters founded in other communities confielded many questions over the years from members will adhere to university policy. “In the promotional materials that firms those suspicions, he says, and cona wide array of promoters looking to use her facility for everything from gun shows we’ve seen about the event, there’s never cerns about the group have only grown to mixed martial arts fights. But the one been any mention that firearms are not with the announcement of the Liberty question she never saw coming was allowed in campus facilities,” says Travis Convention. “The basic concern remains that this whether crowds at the Adams Center could McAdam, executive director of the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN). “When is going to be another attempt for them to pack heat. “That’s not a question I’m frequently you look at all the other events that widen the net, draw more people in, and Celebrating Conservatism has had…every- hear from a guy who is basically a disasked,” Muse says. The answer, according to Montana one is always encouraged to bring their graced law officer talk about how a sheriff should run his county,” says McAdam, University System policy, is a firm no. firearms with them.” referring to former Arizona That means anyone sheriff and staunch states looking to attend rights activist Richard Celebrating Conservatism’s Mack, one of the guest upcoming Liberty speakers at the Liberty Convention May 21 and 22 Convention. “We vehebetter leave the side arms at mently disagree that these home. are the types of people that “If we want to come communities should be back to the Adams Center, looking to learn [from].” we need to adhere, right?” Mack will appear says Mona Docteur, founalongside Second der of Celebrating ConserAmendment Task Force vatism. “I’m not saying I founder Schaeffer Cox and like it. I don’t like that I Photo by Anne Medley 2008 Constitution Party can’t exercise my Second Amendment right. I don’t An attendee at a Celebrating Conservatism event last year at presidential candidate like it at all. But I’m going the Ravalli County Fairgrounds carried a gun on his hip. The Chuck Baldwin, among othMontana University System has a strict policy against firearms to be responsible and in campus facilities like the Adams Center, making for a poten- ers. All three have spoken at Celebrating Conservatism respectful of the policy.” tial problem at next week’s Liberty Convention. meetings in the past. News of the Liberty Criticism of the Liberty Convention Muse and University of Montana Public Convention—an event Docteur hopes to make an annual happening—spread fast Safety Director Jim Lemcke say they’ve had headliners—and Celebrating Conservatism through web forums and conservative talk multiple conversations with Celebrating itself—does little to dampen Docteur’s radio last month. Docteur and her fellow Conservatism organizers about the policy. optimism. Organizations such as the organizers anticipate a crowd of 5,000 from Neither group anticipates a problem with National States Rights Coalition out of South Dakota and the Leadership Institute across the country, and have scheduled two violations or confrontation. “They know they have to be good of Washington, D.C., have reserved booths nights of speeches from the usual cast of far-right celebrities. The whole thing guests,” Lemcke says. “Otherwise they at the event. And although the costs of is designed to promote Celebrating won’t be able to get this venue again. And monthly meetings at the Ravalli County it’s my understanding they want this venue Fairgrounds pale in comparison to a twoConservatism’s message, Docteur says. day extravaganza at the Adams Center, “I’ve had so many phone calls from all again.” A compromise on Second Amendment Docteur acknowledges no difficulties in over the country, all over the state, about what it is we’re doing that I thought it’s rights may sound implausible for those with fundraising. probably a good time to think about put- Celebrating Conservatism. But the Liberty “It’s just really a walk of faith to get this ting all these people together in one place,” Convention presents a new opportunity for done,” she says, throwing in that the $15 Docteur says. “This is our opportunity to the group, and Docteur seems ready to price of tickets and donations from sponsors embrace the challenge—even without the like Montana’s Constitution Party have so far do that, to network.” Since its start in December 2008, reassuring weight of her pistol. Specifically, floated the Liberty Convention financially. “I Celebrating Conservatism has drawn Docteur plans to market the Celebrating think the challenging thing is that I don’t roughly 500 followers to monthly meetings Conservatism formula through workshops have a bunch of people [helping]. It’s just in Ravalli County. The group expanded its and a self-published manual (which will me. I’m the one driving this thing forward.” activity beyond the educational forums this cost extra) that explain how to establish Docteur’s singular leadership also spring, holding several street-side rallies conservative groups in other communities. means responsibility for the group adhering “So many people feel that they’re the to the firearms policy falls to one person. and backing a number of political initiatives, most notably a questionnaire only ones,” Docteur says. “They don’t have “I’m a woman of faith,” she says. “I just demanding that Ravalli County Sheriff the numbers that we do. They think it’s just leave it up to God that we’ve got it under Chris Hoffman form a militia. Many with a few of them in their communities.” control…I’m just praying that those issues McAdam says the MHRN has long sus- don’t come up.” Celebrating Conservatism insist on carrying firearms during public appearances, and pected Docteur of aspiring to expand given that habit, critics of the group remain Celebrating Conservatism’s influence outasakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Game changer UM looks to hire firm to study possible football move by Skylar Browning

Jim O’Day says he’s a visual guy. That there’s something new,” he says. “If we don’t their money, including the Idahos and the means just before the University of Montana think people are looking at us, we’re crazy. Boise States.” The flip side of big-market revenue, athletics director launches into a detailed That’s not to say they’re serious, but they’re discussion of the now-annual off-season looking. And we need to be ready if they however, is big-market expenses. For instance, UM would be required to add at debate among Griz fans—whether or not the come to us with an offer.” UM’s decision ultimately involves least two additional sports to become eligiprogram should move up to the big-market Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)—he needs finances more than football. O’Day uses his ble for the FBS. O’Day also expects the comto be at his dry-erase board with about four collection of colored markers to illustrate his missioned study to confirm the need to subdifferent markers, and standing next to an annual operating budget for 14 different stantially upgrade facilities, including the oversized map displaying the location of men’s and women’s sports, and how it’s cur- men’s and women’s locker rooms, team meeting rooms and academic center. For all every Football Championship Subdivision rently tapped out. “Basically, I’ve had a $13 million budg- his apparent enthusiasm at the prospects of team in the nation. “That map,” he says, pointing at a deso- et for each of the last three years,” he says. a big television contract, O’Day offers up just as much concern over the late patch in the western necessary maintenance part of the country, “is costs. very scary. If, for example, “There’s a perception Montana and Montana that athletics has everything, State were offered an invibecause the majority of the tation, and we both people see the stadium, the declined…then the offer arena and the track comgoes to someone else in plex,” he says. “They don’t this region. Now, if that see where our student-athhappens, who are we letes spend 85 percent of going to play? That’s just their time, and we’ve had to another thing to consider neglect that space over the with all of this.” years because we’re so “All of this” isn’t just Photo by Cathrine L. Walters intent on reaching the minwater cooler conversation. An NCAA moratorium on Athletics Director Jim O’Day points to a map showing the loca- imum goal of revenue.” O’Day is quick to offer conference realignment tion of every Football Championship Subdivision school. Among a long list of pros and cons associated with moving up in comand institutions moving to petition, O’Day is worried about who the Griz would schedule if up examples of schools that didn’t consider all the the FBS lifts in August they remain in the Big Sky Conference. aspects of moving to FBS2011, and administrators anticipate a major reshuffling across the “My travel’s gone up. My tuition fees and level competition. For instance, Idaho strugcountry. If top conferences select schools room and board have gone up significantly. gled mightily after moving with Boise State for expansion—the Pac-10, for example, is My insurance has gone up, and my rent has out of the Big Sky Conference in 1996. It expected to add two schools from the West— gone up. I don’t have anything that’s going wasn’t until 2004 that Idaho finally made it will create a domino effect in the region down. The challenge is, where do we find multi-million dollar investments to its facilities and reached a bowl game last season. that could potentially leave the Mountain more money?” West or Western Athletic conferences lookO’Day knows where he’s not going to Idaho’s 2010 operating budget is $14.6 miling to lure new members with the promise find it. A cash-strapped institution will not lion. Boise State, which built one of the most of major cable television contracts and the offer more than its current $4.3 million. successful football teams in the country chance to compete in lucrative bowl games. Last week’s campus-wide vote shot down since leaving the Big Sky, spends $25.8 milThe tradition-rich Griz appear a logical can- an increase in student athletic fees. lion, nearly double UM’s current budget. “Montana is an attractive option for didate to move up, and that possibility Football ticket sales currently bring in prompted O’Day to announce earlier this roughly $4.2 million, the highest among conferences, no question,” says Jon Kasper, spring that he’s in the process of hiring an championship subdivision teams and more assistant commissioner for media relations independent consulting firm to study the than double Appalachian State’s second- at the Big Sky Conference and a former Griz university’s options if it receives an offer. ranked total, meaning the sport already beat writer for the Missoulian. “That said, “The reason you do a study is to find exceeds expectations. Then, with a green there are some major questions to consider. out, internally, if anyone ever came to you, is marker, O’Day circles the three areas on his Have you seen the locker rooms? Have you it worth it to even listen to them?” he says. “I board where he sees room for improve- seen the study area?…All of that would have think it’s prudent to listen. I don’t know that ment: television and radio contracts, NCAA to change, and all of that costs money.” O’Day gets it. He’s unsure whether or it will be prudent to make the jump.” money, and conference funding, all of O’Day has yet to hire the firm and says which would increase with a move to an not it ultimately makes sense for UM to leave the Big Sky Conference—hence, the study. the effort will be funded entirely by private FBS conference. “I think right now we’re exactly where donors. He says information provided by the “When I see that my television revenue study will help guide the athletics depart- is at $100,000 and the Big Ten schools just we should be,” he says. “I also think intercolment, new university president and Board of got [a television contract worth] $17 million, legiate athletics today means things could Regents on a decision that may have to be the SEC just got $17 million and the ACC change very quickly. I at least want to be made quickly. just got $24 million—that’s how they’re pay- ready.” “Every day you’re reading new pieces ing for things,” O’Day says. “Radio and teleabout conference expansion. Every day vision—that’s where the big schools make sbrowning@missoulanews.com

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Pot shots Heed the voice of the people on medical marijuana The firebombing of two caregiver shops in Billings this week brings Montana’s on-going medical marijuana debate to a new low. And now the Legislature is going to get involved and propose “fixes” for the citizen-passed initiative that legalized medical marijuana. Unfortunately, much of what is currently being suggested is both hypocritical and unjust—exactly what one might expect from those who never had the courage to address the issue in the first place. Montana voters passed I-148, the medical marijuana initiative, in November 2004. What some folks seem to have forgotten is that the measure garnered a stunning 62 percent of the vote, more than any politician on the ballot that year. It was, as they say, vox populi— the voice of the people—speaking loudly and clearly to say it was time to drop the insanity of criminalizing a substance that has been used for millennia by people all over the planet and is documented to provide relief to those who suffer from any number of illnesses. Six years later, however, a growing number of Montana’s politicians are hellbent on retreating to their moralistic pedestals to once again demonize both the substance and those who provide and use it. The creeping arrogance of conservative municipal officials, no matter their actual real-world experience or lack thereof with medical marijuana, is evident as several cities rushed through various forms of bans on allowing new medical marijuana businesses within their districts. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to recall an analogous situation in Montana’s history. Mining has easily killed more people in our state than any other business. In fact, it continues to kill people on a regular basis, including the long-suffering victims of W.R. Grace’s asbestos poisoning, the gasping emphysema of silicosis from Butte’s mines, and the on-going deaths and injuries of coal extraction. And that says nothing of the cancers and subsequent deaths of those exposed indirectly to the toxic by-products that remain scattered across the landscape after working smelters or mines go defunct. Despite the mining industry’s phony claims, even those operations lauded as “state of the art,” such as Golden Sunlight, leave perpetual pollution in their wake long after the paychecks stop. Yet, we haven’t seen communities hurry to pass ordinances to keep such destructive processes from harming citizens and the air, water and land shared by all.

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So far, about the only real ban on the death and destruction caused by mining is the citizen-passed initiative to stop new cyanide heap-leach operations. And guess what? The Chamber of Commerce opposed that initiative, but hypocritically remains silent as municipalities ban the commerce of new medical marijuana operations.

Despite the “ frenzied claims of anti-marijuana zealots, it’s worth taking a moment to objectively consider the relative damage done by medical

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Despite the frenzied claims of antimarijuana zealots, it’s worth taking a moment to objectively consider the relative damage done by medical marijuana. Let’s see, there has never been a single recorded case of a fatal overdose of marijuana. Not one. That some people abuse the legal right to obtain a medical marijuana card may be troubling, but if you keep it in perspective, the overall abuse of alcohol by the general population is of significantly greater concern. Just take a look at the fine examples set by Congressman Rehberg falling drunk off his horse in Kazakhstan during an official visit to that country. Or take last year’s late-night Flathead Lake boat ride of state Sen. Greg Barkus. Both hold themselves out to be good, family-values Republicans. Neither, however, would likely embrace reinstituting Prohibition. Some would say the emergence of the medical marijuana industry is simply too much, too quickly and too openly. But again, let’s take a moment to compare the medical marijuana industry to the existing pharmaceutical industry. While you may see a medical marijuana ad or even a billboard, the reality is that you cannot escape the ubiquitous adver-

tising for prescription drugs. It’s in your face in magazines, newspapers and on television 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year, every year. Do folks abuse prescription drugs? Are they taken by those who don’t need them, by those who are underage or who don’t have a prescription? The answer is undeniably “yes.” Just ask Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock, who pledged to set up a prescription drug database because he feels the abuse of pharmaceuticals has skyrocketed. Yet, we don’t see municipalities banning pharmacies, do we? Nor do we see cities dictating where pharmacies may be located in relation to schools. Are there problems that need to be addressed as Montana’s medical marijuana law matures? Sure there are, just like with almost every law on the books. That’s why we have a Legislature. Every two years the laws regulating virtually every aspect of our lives get tweaked to make them work more efficiently, to reflect changes in our society, and to fill in the gaps or address unintended consequences that only become evident after the law takes effect. In this respect, our medical marijuana law is no different. To their credit, many within the emerging medical marijuana industry have already stepped forward to suggest changes that they believe will make the law work better. Among those suggestions is more regulation of the industry itself. Again, this is not out of the ordinary in the case of evolving laws and holds promise to address the problems that arose after the passage of I-148. Constructive suggestions from those with hands-on experience are one thing, but retribution by those who have little or no experience, but feel morally compelled to meddle with a citizen-passed initiative, is altogether different. Many states have passed—and others continue to pass—medical marijuana laws. Montana can and will learn from their experiences as they will learn from ours. Evolution is one thing, devolution quite another. As the wave of reefer madness swirls among Montana lawmakers, it would serve them well to remember those two little words—vox populi—and tread gently and with great care on the voice and will of the people. 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 beat A former editor reports on life after being laid off by Dean Krakel

The best way I could think of to honor the Rocky Mountain News’ death a year ago was to avoid the Denver Press Club party. I imagined the scene: a few losers in the newspaper wars standing around, reminiscing about the paper we thought would never die. Born during the gold rush of 1859, printed above a saloon on presses hauled overland by oxcart, the Rocky had survived flood, fire, fistfights and gunplay, tumultuous changes in ownership, evolution from a broadsheet into a tab, from a weekly to a daily, from an evening edition to a morning. On Feb. 27, 2009, we published our last headline: “Goodbye, Colorado.” As the anniversary date approached this winter, I found myself thinking of the many ways in which the Rocky had shaped my life during the past 20 years. I’d started there as a staff photographer and ended as photo director. And so at the last minute, I decided to go to the party. So did a few others, it turned out. More than 200 of my former colleagues jammed into the rickety old clubroom. Everywhere I turned, I encountered a familiar smile, a hand to shake, a hug to give, a story to share. The walls echoed with loud laughter and conversation. Happiness vibrated from the crowd. People had gone in a dizzying array of directions. Publisher John Temple had been named editor at Peer News in Honolulu. Features editor Joe Rassenfoss started a media and public relations firm. Business editor Rob Reuteman writes as a freelance business journalist. Deputy business editor Gil Rudawsky has become a media consultant. City editor Eric Brown w o r k s f o r D e n v e r ’ s m a y o r, J o h n Hickenlooper. Reporter Laura Frank founded I-News, the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network. Political reporter M.E. Sprengelmeyer bought a New Mexico newspaper, the Guadalupe County Communicator.

Others had taken less predictable paths: Photo editor Jay Quadracci had become a fireman. Reporter Hector Gutierrez now drives an ambulance. Photographer Darin McGregor manages a brewpub. Copy editor Heather Pitzel teaches school in Egypt.

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Still others, like me, were struggling. In the weeks following the News’ demise, I often woke with a pounding heart. I was 56, recently divorced. I had a son in college and another in high school, a mortgage, car payment, child support and a healthy credit card debt. The economy was a disaster. What was I going to do? The first job I took was cooking Chinese food for eight bucks an hour at Panda Express. Mainly this meant being chased around the kitchen by the diminutive Mrs. Li. “You waste!” she scolded about sauces, paper towels and eggs. Frowning in disgust, she routinely threw away half of the wontons I painstakingly made: “You waste.” My hands blistered from dribbling bits of chicken into bubbling hot woks. When the Associated Press offered me temporary employment editing basketball photos, I immediately quit. Since then I’ve cut timber for fire mitigation and worked construction. For every job, no matter how small, I have competed

against several dozen to several hundred other hopeful applicants. I still don’t have steady work, but the search has given me the time and space to rekindle some old passions. I’m writing, and shooting pictures again. I’m finishing a novel—about an unemployed newspaper guy. I’ve created a small business editing wedding photos. I’ve spent a lot more time with my boys. My boldest gamble was going to Africa with my friend Mad Max to raft the Omo River in southern Ethiopia. The Omo would be dammed soon, its remote and beautiful valley and the cultures of its wild tribal people forever changed. Unfortunately, the Ethiopian government didn’t approve of our plans. We were stopped on the verge of launch. Instead, Max and I drove 1,400 miles through the Omo Valley, visiting the Hamer, Karo and Mursi peoples. Recently, I got a call from Ryan Burg, a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Ryan is writing a thesis about job loss and people in transition. This is what I told him: Some mornings I still wake full of resentment about the newspaper’s closing. I’m still feeling divorce aftershock. Three months ago, I stopped paying the mortgage. Last winter, to survive, I sold off some of my camera equipment. I’m still not sure how I will make ends meet. But on most mornings I feel like the luckiest man alive. If I was still employed at the Rocky, I would have never written a novel or traveled to Africa; I wouldn’t have floated the San Juan and Salmon rivers with my sons, worked for Mrs. Li, hammered nails, fired up a chainsaw, or looked at a hundred happy dancing brides. Dean Krakel is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes and photographs in Denver, Colo.

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THURSDAY MAY 13 Help promote literacy when you donate your old books to the Better World Book Drive, which is taking donations from 8 AM–6 PM at the buy-back area of the University Center Bookstore. Free to participate. Collected books will be sold online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Visit betterworldbooks.com.

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giving you the chance to decorate your digs by bidding on artistically altered lamps, mirrors and light-themed pieces created by local artists, including Michael deMeng and Paul Filicetti. As a bonus, the always entertaining and affable actor Severt Philleo is emceeing and auctioneering this event, and ought to provide some laughs before and during the benevolent bidding war. –Ira Sather-Olson Living Art of Montana hosts “The Light Show” Saturday, May 15, at 5:45 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. $50 person/$375 table of eight/$450 table of 10. Call 549-5329 or visit livingartof montana.org for tickets.

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. You will score, politically that is. Forward Montana presents Speed Candi-dating!, where candidates in contested primary races in Missoula talk about their campaigns, and you get some face time to ask them questions, starting at 5 PM at the Badlander. Free. 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 on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org. The Montana/Idaho Tourette Syndrome Support Group hosts a meeting for those interested in participating in a support group starting at 6 PM, in Room 215 of the University Center. Free. E-mail Daniel at dviehland@aol.com. If you’ve suffered a brain injury, join others during this month’s Missoula Brain Injury Support Group Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Duran Learning Center of St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway St. Free. This month covers the topic “Stress & Anxiety Reduction through Healthy Living & Self-Monitoring” with speaker Larry Plant. Call Jim Mickelson at 544-6629. If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Alateen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use alley entrance. Call 728-5818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.

TUESDAY MAY 18 You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955. Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691.

WEDNESDAY MAY 19 Support an organization that raises roofs by munching on some gourmet food during Dine Out for Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, which runs from 5:30–9 PM at Scotty’s Table, 131 S. Higgins Ave. Unit P3. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Missoula. Reservations recommended by calling 549-2790.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Robby Rose pleaded guilty to felony cheating in a fishing tournament in Rockwall County, Texas, after he was caught stuffing a one-pound lead weight into a bass to try to win top prize: a bass boat. Tournament officials became suspicious when they placed the fish in a holding tank before weighing it, and it sank to the bottom. “As far as we’re concerned, the case was about a $55,000 boat,” county prosecutor Kenda Culpepper said, “not a 10-pound fish.” Police arrested a 44-year-old man for DUI after he drove his pickup truck onto a racetrack in Bremerton, Wash. Officers were already on the scene, using the track to conduct emergency vehicle training. UNFRIENDLY SKIES - Europe’s Ryanair confirmed it intends charging passengers to use the restroom on flights lasting an hour or less. The coin-operated lavatory will cost either 1 euro or 1 pound. The airline also plans to reduce the number of restrooms. “By charging for the toilets, we are hoping to change passenger behavior so that they use the bathroom before or after the flight,” Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said. “That will enable us to remove two out of three of the toilets and make way for at least six extra seats.” REASONABLE EXPLANATIONS - Police said Hope L. Neff, 35, admitted setting a fire that destroyed an apartment building in Juniata, Pa., explaining she was curious to see “how fast a mattress would burn.” Fire officials estimated the damage at between $350,000 and $500,000. After four people reported they were shot with blow darts from a passing van while walking in downtown Stevens Point, Wis., police arrested Paula Wolf, 41, who explained “she liked to hear people say ‘ouch.’” SCHOOLWORK IN LATER LIFE - After a camera caught his wife running a red light in Collier County, Fla., math tutor Mike Mogil insisted the ticket was illegal because the yellow light didn’t last long enough. County guidelines state the yellow light should be 4.5 seconds, but Mogil tested it 15 times and found it averaged only 3.8 seconds. He challenged the ticket, and a special magistrate dismissed it. Not content to stop there, Mogil said he checked 65 of the county’s 200 intersections with red-light cameras and found that only seven yellow lights are long enough. ET STAY HOME - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, 68, warned that communicating with aliens could be “too risky.” He explained that a visit to Earth by extraterrestrials would be like Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World, “which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.” WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S IV - British authorities arrested two women at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport for trying to board a flight to Germany with a dead man in a wheelchair wearing sunglasses. When check-in staff questioned Gitta Jarant, 66, she assured them her 91-year-old husband, Willi, was just resting and had on sunglasses because he wanted to spare passengers from looking at an unsightly eye. Told he was indeed dead, she insisted he’d been alive when they arrived at the airport. The other woman, Willi Jarant’s stepdaughter, agreed. “He was pale,” Anke Anusic, 41, said, “but he wasn’t dead.” PERPETUAL MOTION - Noting cows walk about eight hours a day while grazing, Irish farmer William Taylor calculated that if the world’s 1.3 billion cattle used treadmills for those eight hours, they could produce 6 percent of the world’s power. To that end, he developed the Livestock Power Mill, which consists of a feed box hooked to the front, a non-powered, inclined belt, and a gearbox that powers a generator. Each cow can produce 2 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power four milking machines. Taylor, who operates a prototype on his farm in Northern Ireland, estimates that a small farm using the system for 50 cows could earn back its $100,000 price tag in three years. Inmates at Tent City Jail in Phoenix, Ariz., who want to watch television have to pedal stationary bikes customized to power the sets. The bikes generate 12 volts of electricity to operate the sets, and an hour of pedaling equals an hour of TV, according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who started the program, called “Pedal Vision.” SHOT IN THE DARK - When a light is turned on at night, even briefly, it triggers cellular changes that might lead to cancer, according to researchers in the United Kingdom and Israel. Writing in the journal Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of Haifa recommended, “If you want to get up to go to the toilet, you should avoid reaching for the light switch.” EIGHTH-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - After a Nevada judge sentenced Michelle Lyn Taylor, 34, to life in prison for forcing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breasts, public defender Alina Kilpatrick pointed out, “She is getting a greater penalty for having a boy touch her breast than if she killed him.” WATCHING THE DEFECTIVES - An inspector general’s report that high-ranking employees in the Security and Exchange Commission violated SEC rules “by viewing pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images using government computer resources and official time” cited as one example a staff accountant who tried to access pornographic websites nearly 1,800 times in a two-week period, using her SEC laptop, and had some 600 pornographic images saved on her laptop hard drive. The report also said a senior attorney admitted to spending up to eight hours a day downloading pornography to his government computer, so much pornography, in fact, “that he exhausted the available space on the computer hard drive and downloaded pornography to CDs or DVDs that he accumulated in boxes in his office.” NOT-SO-GREAT ESCAPE - Sheriff’s deputies who went to a farm in Albion, Ind., to arrest Thomas Hovis Jr., 52, on drug charges, said that when they arrived, Hovis ran from the house to a small outbuilding. They used tear gas to try to flush him from the building, but he remained inside. Finally they entered the building, where they found him neck deep in a pit filled with hog and dog feces. Chief Deputy Doug Harp said Hovis stood in the manure pit for at least an hour and had to be treated for hypothermia.

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bout 50 union members took to Russell Street in front of Wells Fargo Bank on a recent overcast afternoon, chanting and carrying signs reading, “Jobs, not banker bonuses” and “You got bailed out, we got sold out.” The local protest, which coincided with a simultaneous New York City march that drew roughly 10,000 people, aimed to give Congress notice that organized labor wants wholesale reform of the nation’s financial system. “Wall Street has gambled with our economy, has gambled with our jobs. And they’re getting away with it,” says Missoula Area Central Labor Council President Mark Anderlik, who helped coordinate the event with Americans for Financial Reform. Listening to Anderlik, there’s urgency in his voice—and for good reason. A series of crippling economic blows have left local unions reeling. Smurfit Stone Container Corp. closed its Frenchtown mill in January, eliminating 417 union jobs, some of which paid as much as $70,000. In 2008, Stimson Lumber Mill’s Bonner plant closed after 122 years in business. In its heyday, the plant employed nearly 1,000 people. Even worse, those displaced workers entered a historically poor job market. Missoula County’s unemployment rate currently sits at 7.9 percent, the highest it’s been since 1991. For Anderlik, the Wells Fargo demonstration hits at the heart of the problem:

As Wall Street receives billion-dollar bailouts, CEOs continue to rake in huge bonuses and industry jobs leave town, financial reform becomes a necessity. He believes fellow union members must come together to form one strong voice, and utilize what they’ve always counted on to enact change: unity. “This is the only way workers can have a fair shake in any society,” says Anderlik, who wears a hat for the rally that states “Jobs with justice,” and a button that reads, “Kicking ass for the working class.” “Through organizing,” adds Missoula resident Ruth O’ Connor, a member of the American Postal Workers Union at the rally, “it gives a voice, even to the weak…It means that we have some kind of solidarity for decent jobs and decent pay.” While he’s heartened by the turnout in front of Wells Fargo, Anderlik admits that his ranks are thinning. In addition to presiding over the labor council, the 51year-old serves as executive officer for Unite Here Local 427, which represents roughly 500 maids, hospitality workers and dishwashers across the state. Private sector unions, like the Local 427, have seen a significant dip in numbers. “Here in Montana, we’re struggling to maintain,” he says. In fact, the numbers from the demonstration underscore the point. Most of those marching along Russell Street are attending a regional American

Postal Workers Union (APWU) convention. Roughly 10 of the 50 demonstrators come from the local APWU chapter, and two attendees—including Anderlik—represent Unite Here. The rest are from out of town. Anderlik says the local turnout is usually stronger for issues that hit closer to home, and explains that national politicking is still a pretty new push. Nevertheless, the scene sends a strong message: Solidarity only goes so far if there are fewer and fewer workers standing together.

he story of Montana’s labor union movement runs deeper than the copper mines that color its early years. The effort started in 1878, when copper barons told miners at the Alice and Lexington silver mines that if they wanted to continue working, they’d have to take a pay cut. Instead of $3.50 per day, he announced salaries would drop to $3. Incensed, 400 miners walked out and took to the streets with a brass band leading the way. That night the miners created the Butte Workingmen’s Union. That first strike proved a success, with miners fending off the wage cut. But the fight was far from over. At the time, the mining companies paid no benefits to workers. But the Workingmen’s Union, later renamed the Butte Miner’s Union, did provide a safety net and a voice for laborers.

“It was the only countervailing force for large corporations,” says Pat Williams, a nine-term U.S. congressman and lifelong union member who now teaches at the University of Montana. Williams, now 72, recalls learning about the labor movement by watching his father, a restaurant owner in Butte, negotiate with the Women’s Protective Union. “Although my father was a tough negotiator, because he was on the management side, he would always say to me as a kid, ‘I’m trying to protect my profits. But I’m trying to do so in a way that I know there will be a little jingle in the pockets of our workers, because they’ll spend in our restaurants,’” Williams says. That lesson stuck with Williams, who throughout his career has advocated what he calls “percolate-up economics.” He believes Main Street stays healthy when employers pay a decent wage. It’s a holistic approach to economics that relies on the advocacy unions provide to keep people in power from treading on those who are less powerful. “They are America’s most important institution,” he says. Labor’s history in the state is mostly one of large battles waged for small victories. Every so often, though, the movement scores a significant success. Victories gained over the years include implementation of the eight-hour workday, ending child labor, increasing Montana’s minimum wage and improving worker safety conditions.

ASSESSING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR ORGANIZED LABOR IN MISSOULA by Jessica Mayrer • photos by Cathrine L. Walters

About 50 union members gathered on Russell Street in front of Wells Fargo Bank at the end of April to support a financial reform bill now working its way through Congress. “Through organizing,” says Ruth O’ Connor of the American Postal Workers Union, “it gives a voice, even to the weak.”

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The Missoula Area Central Labor Council helped organize a demonstration with Americans for Financial Reform outside a Missoula Wells Fargo last month. The rally coincided with a march in New York City that drew roughly 10,000 people.

While economic and political landscapes shift over the years, the key to the labor movement—solidarity—has remained the same. Solidarity relies on the basic principle that if one group member is harmed, the rest suffer too. For union members, that’s a powerful lure. “That’s the thing that really drew me to the labor movement,” says Roy Houseman, a current Missoula councilman and former president of the United Steelworkers Local (USW ) 885. Houseman’s first lesson in how organized labor works came soon after he went to work at Smurfit Stone in 2005. The company shorted him holiday pay that first summer. Houseman talked to his union steward, and the steward ensured he was paid. Unified workers have more pull, Houseman says. They also make more money, on average, earning $2.23 more per hour than non-unionized counterparts in Montana. But for a variety of reasons, organized labor’s message isn’t resonating in the private sector today. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), union membership has slid significantly during the past 20 years. In 1989 (the earliest year BLS has on record), 17.8

percent of Montana’s workforce belonged to unions. Last year, membership comprised just 13.9 percent. Meanwhile, according to the BLS, wages compared to inflation have stayed flat for at least the past decade. Earnings actually decreased 1.3 percent between 2008 and 2009. That same time period marked an increase in productivity of 2.9 percent. “One can look at any state in the union and, where union representation is declining, wages are flattening,” says Williams. “In those sectors where union is increasing, wages are climbing. And benefits are improving. So it’s a direct cause relationship. That’s the most critical economic boost that Montana could possibly get.”

ark Anderlik isn’t going down without a fight. The organizer says he traveled 20,000 miles last year trying to grow Montana’s unions. “We’re scrappy. Let’s put it that way,” he says. Anderlik devotes much of his time to simply encouraging people to stand up for themselves. Whether it’s verbal abuse from an employer or forced overtime, workers don’t have to take it.

Empowering people gives him the greatest pride. “Every day we’ve got little victories,” Anderlik says. “That’s really the heart and soul of what unions are about.” But little victories have been hard to come by recently because organizers regularly run up against well-funded opposition. He asserts companies in Montana regularly break federal labor laws to keep unions out of the workplace. It’s not tough to find examples. For instance, in January, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which investigates allegations of unfair labor practices, accused DirecTV of firing an employee for attempting to unionize its Missoula call center. “DirecTV, that’s a classic example,” Anderlik says. The company settled two days before the case went to trial. As part of the settlement, the terminated worker received nine months of back pay totaling $21,056. The agreement absolved DirecTV of violating the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and mandated the company post notices stating that federal law gives employees the right to unionize. “What employer is going to go, ‘Hmm, well, that’s tough’?” Anderlik asks. “There’s no downside for them to do this.” According to the NLRB, last year the public filed 22,943 charges alleging that employers or labor organizations committed unfair labor practices that adversely affected employees. “That’s documented,” says Anderlik, “so the [actual number of] incidents is probably way higher.” The statistics are part of the reason Anderlik and other organized labor groups are pushing for the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier to unionize workplaces. The legislation, now in Congress, would also increase penalties imposed on companies found violating the labor law. That’s just a start. Anderlik estimates that someone is fired roughly every hour in this country for union-related activities, making an already difficult job of recruitment that much harder. “People are so scared of losing their jobs,’” he says, “even though it’s against the law.”

money. The union was very good to me. I didn’t know there was any other way.” McGarvey says that while organizing in the private sector is an uphill battle, unions are successfully making gains among government employees. “People would like you to think we’re dying on the vine, our membership,” he says, noting that in the public sector, at least, that’s not true. The AFL-CIO has 38,000 active union members, and 23,000 of them are government employees. That’s the highest AFL-CIO membership in Montana history, according to McGarvey, who is the union’s executive secretary. The hardscrabble union man takes pride in the numbers. He says he and MEA-MFT president Eric Feaver have brought in a record number of teachers, health care workers and state and local employees. Since 1980, they’ve grown from 7,334 members to 17,550 today. McGarvey and Feaver attribute much of the growth to aggressively putting boots on the ground and offering a valuable product. But McGarvey also says there are significant differences between public and private unionizing. For instance, private industry is more capable and willing to mobilize resources to subvert union activity, McGarvey says. Another big difference is oversight. In Montana, a state labor board oversees public workplace grievances. That makes the ramifications of union busting more immediate.

im McGarvey grew up surrounded by the state’s labor movement. From his childhood home on North Main Street in Butte, he could hear mine elevator doors crashing throughout the night. He joined the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers at age 15, making a living as a laborer on highway projects before he earned a teaching degree from Carroll College. “Back then there was a lot of opportunity for young kids to work union jobs,” says McGarvey, now 67. “I made good

Local members of the International Workers of the World (IWW) celebrated May Day with an elaborate parody involving Sir Michael Smurfit and a his reported purchase of a $68 million yacht. “We live in an extremely anti-union country,” says IWW member Jay Bostrom. “There are reasons for it. I’m a teacher. I can tell you that inside schools, we don’t teach it.”

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Photo courtesy of Pat and Carol Williams

Butte’s Miners Union Local Number One was the first group of underground workers to organize a union in the nation. “They were militant because they were working for pennies a day and no benefits, period, over and out,” says Pat Williams, a Butte native and former nine-term U.S. congressman.

“The labor board isn’t in Denver or Seattle or someplace across the country,” he says. “The labor board is right here in Montana.” Another hurdle for private sector unions is elected officials, says McGarvey. He points out that not one contractor working on the massive Superfund cleanup in Butte Silver-Bow County is union. In light of the area’s history, he finds that offensive.

uring the International Workers of the World (IWW ) annual May Day celebration this year gathered at Caras Park. As they arrived, bewildered shoppers looked up to see people in hard hats and overalls pushing a soggy cardboard boat dubbed the “Lady Ann Magee II.” “We’ll get boats, toys, all you have to do is work,” shouted IWW’s Jay Bostrom from the boat’s rickety helm.

yacht with the help of someone playing the role of the late legendary labor leader Mother Jones. After the guerilla theatrics, about 45 people carrying umbrellas and signs— “Socialist and proud” read one, “People not profit” read another—wound down Front Street and up Higgins on the way to Kiwanis Park. The mood turned serious at the park, as University of Montana professor

That’s the same message IWW founders brought to Montana more than 100 years ago. Since the industrial union’s 1905 inception, the IWW has offered a far more radical critique of capitalism than the mainstream labor movement ever did. IWW members advocate using direct action—everything from strikes to sabotage—to better workplace conditions. The group also aims to seize the means of production

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 17.8 percent of Montana’s workforce belonged to unions in 1989. Last year, membership comprised just 13.9 percent. “At one time,” he says, “you would have never had a situation in Butte where legislators slept through the fact that it wasn’t union people doing the work, where their forefathers had died…to get unions. “You know,” he continues, “a corporation, they want to make money, and they don’t want to pay good salaries, and they don’t care about safety. But when government officials allow—and this is what’s happening—all that cleanup work, with not one union job, Butte legislators ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

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Bostrom had assumed the persona of Irish packaging tycoon Sir Michael Smurfit in a tongue and cheek salute to International Workers Day. Sir Smurfit was the former chairman of Smurfit Stone’s parent company, Smurfit Kappa. The elaborate parody spawned from the packaging tycoon’s reported purchase of a $68 million yacht, complete with a gym, movie theater and beauty salon. The purchase came within months of Smurfit Stone’s bankruptcy. “Thank you, Missoula. Thanks for the boat,” Bostrom continued. As part of the skit, a bunch of faux workers then ejected Sir Smurfit from the

Michel Valentin talked about the origins of the international workers holiday in the U.S.: On May 1, 1886, 80,000 people took to the streets of Chicago demonstrating their resolve to stick to an eighthour workday. The strike lasted for days—340,000 workers nationwide walked out of 12,000 factories. As with most of organized labor’s endeavors, implementing the eight-hour workday didn’t happen overnight. But on that spring day more that 100 years ago, a tradition was born. “We have to reclaim tough, in-yourface politics,” Valentin said. “Let’s stop behaving like slaves.”

from those in power and return it to the working people. From the beginning, the Wobblies, as they were known, posed a threat to business as usual in Montana. In the summer of 1917, IWW leader Frank Little showed up in Butte spreading an anti-war and anti-capitalism message, giving more than a few leaders cause for concern. “An injury to one is an injury to all!” Little wrote in a July 1917 publication called Solidarity, which Montana State University professor Jerry W. Calvert dug up and published in his book, The Gibraltar: Socialism and Labor in Butte, Montana.

“So all you together, you diggers and muckers,” Little continued, “boost for the organization that is going to get you the things that will really make life worth living. Force the bosses off your backs, put them to work down a hole with the producers; hand them their muck sticks and make them earn a living for a change.” According to Calvert, less than two weeks after that publication, six men took Little from his Butte boarding house, tied him to a vehicle, dragged him behind it, beat him and hung him from a train trestle. Little’s message lives on today in about three-dozen Wobblies from the Missoula, Butte and Hamilton areas. Bostrom, a Big Sky High School Spanish teacher and one of the group’s most outspoken members, proudly shares his views with anyone who will listen: Poverty breeds crime, he says. If certain segments of society scrape for scraps while another lives the high life, there will be anger and, in turn, violence. It’s a cycle, Bostrom explains. If working people don’t come together in solidarity, our global society will continue to be fractured by the symptoms of inequality. “If there is no justice, there ain’t no peace,” he says. From the beginning, the Wobblies have been called purveyors of radical rhetoric. But Bostrom says that’s bunk. “I don’t think it’s rhetoric,” he says. “I think it’s either honest and it’s true and it’s factual, or it’s not. Capitalism and its marketing system, its propaganda machine, can give us really potent emotional oversimplifications.” Bostrom believes schools provide a prime example of why unions have a hard time getting their message across. He points to textbooks that imply free markets have solved workers’ problems, while high schools and colleges teach organized labor as if it’s a historical footnote rather than a modern-day tool. “We live in an extremely anti-union country. There are reasons for it,” he says. “I’m a teacher. I can tell you that inside schools, we don’t teach it. In fact we’re loath to teach it, which is interesting because we’re in a union.” Plus, as evidenced by Michael Smurfit and his 213-foot yacht, the issue of inequality is just as real as it ever was, he says. In turn, Little’s dream of creating the “One Big Union” comprised of workers across the globe is still painfully relevant. “If people are okay with this system of winners and losers,” Bostrom says, “then lets keep going down this road of capitalism.”

ontana Chamber of Commerce President Webb Brown sees things a little differently than Bostrom. For one, “industry” is not some faceless force bent on bleeding its workers dry. He says it’s largely the face of people just like you and I.

erative relationship with their employer,” he says. As it stands, workers have a right to vote on whether or not they want to organize. Brown says they’re simply making a conscious and informed decision based on organized labor’s sales pitch. “Employees are voting,” he says, “and they’re voting to not join the union.” Rather than blaming external forces, Brown thinks unions need to look within themselves. “The promises that are made by union organizers, there’s no weight behind that,” he says. “I think it’s more an issue of, what are they offering to the workers? What value are they offering?”

Former U.S. Congressman Pat Williams recalls watching his father, a restaurant owner in Butte, negotiate with the Women’s Protective Union. The lessons Williams learned during childhood stuck with him throughout his career. “They are America’s most important institution,” he says of unions.

“I think most folks want to do what’s right for employees,” he says. Really, business in the state is comprised of mostly mom-and-pop shops, Brown says. And operations like that often have a tough time stomaching the expense of union demands. “It becomes where the hands of management are actually tied,” Brown says. “Companies can’t continue to compete because the loads of demands are too high, everything from the wage levels to the benefits.” Organized labor’s critics say that when unions gain too much power, an excessive and inflexible wage burden is passed on to consumers. According to James Sherk, senior policy analyst in labor economics for the Heritage Foundation, profits at unionized companies run between 10 and 15 percent less than those of comparable nonunion firms. In turn, Sherk asserts in articles published through the Heritage Foundation that unionized businesses are left at a disadvantage when competing with non-unionized shops. In Detroit, for example, General Motors was hindered by its salary agreements with the United Auto Workers (UAW ) union. Weighted down by labor’s demands, the company was left with less money to invest. Innovation stagnated. That’s largely what hurt GM. “Active and retiree health benefits alone add $1,200 to the cost of each vehicle GM produces,” Sherk writes. “The UAW has also saddled them with complex work rules that allow only certain workers to do certain tasks, and no one else. Ford’s Master contract with the UAW is more than 2,200 pages long and weighs more than 22 pounds. Those work rules

prevent the Big Three from opening any integrated and competitive plants.” Other union watchdogs say labor’s claims of deep-pocketed and illegal resistance to organizing efforts are overstated. In fact, NLRB board member Peter Schaumber told the American Bar Association last winter there’s no hard evidence to back up claims of union busting. “As to the asserted increasing willingness of employers to violate the (NLRA), I have yet to see any persuasive empirical evidence to support that assertion,” he said. “Certainly, it does not square well

with the Board’s own statistics that show a significant decline in unlawful labor practice complaints being filed over the last several decades, from 6,230 in 1980 to 1,108 in 2008.” Schaumber argues that declining union participation among contemporary workers can largely be chalked up to changing times. “I would maintain, as some others have argued, that of the several factors involved in the decline of union density is dissatisfaction with that model; that contemporary employees, particularly more skilled workers, want a more coop-

at Williams doesn’t make this a fight between those who favor unions and those who don’t. In his opinion, all working people benefit from union advocacy. “Interestingly, because of labor’s success in raising the salary and benefits of their members, all workers in Montana, union and non-union, have better benefits and wages than they would have had,” he says. “Every study demonstrates that paying dues to a union is a good investment, because unionized workers are better off.” With such a clear benefit, the longtime public servant says he’s saddened by the downfall of private sector organizing. “Although it’s not spoken about much, the failure to modernize America’s labor laws is a national tragedy,” he says. “It used to be that leaders of other nations wanting to enact good labor law would come to America to find out how we did it. Now our labor leaders and members of Congress go to other countries to see how they’re doing it.” Houseman is similarly disappointed by the current plight of unions, especial-

Current Missoula City Councilman Roy Houseman, 29, previously served as president of the United Steelworkers Local 885, where he worked hard to convey organized labor’s rich history to a new generation. “The question is, how do you educate young people to basic labor rights?” Houseman asks. “There needs to be some branding and some basic advertising.”

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A helmet once worn by a veteran Smurfit Stone employee hangs on the fence outside the shuttered mill. The facility closed in January, eliminating 417 union jobs. “I just can’t tell you what a pounding and a gut-wrenching hurt this Stone closure was,” says Jim McGarvey, executive secretary of Montana’s AFL-CIO.

ly the many misconceptions about what organized labor represents. For instance, he vigorously disputes the Heritage Foundation claims that unions burden innovation. “There are a lot of places where money can come from besides the workers themselves,” he says, pointing instead to auto industry CEOs. “They’re the same guys who flew down to beg for money from the government—and each in individual planes.” Maybe they should have sold their jets and used that money to innovate, he adds. “People are going to scream class warfare, but you’re looking at the richest 1 percent owns like 24 percent of the wealth in this country,” he says. “It’s just amazing to me.” From Houseman’s perspective, the issue of organized labor moving forward is one of message. “The question is, how do you educate young people to basic labor rights?” Houseman asks. “There needs to be some branding and some basic advertising.” That’s a primary reason the 29-year-old was elected president of the Steelworkers Local 885. When he stepped into the position in January 2008, Houseman stood out among his USW peers who were almost double his age. He quickly worked to improve and modernize communication, reviving a monthly newsletter and creating a text message list for union members. In essence, Houseman simply

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looked for ways to translate lessons learned in Butte’s copper mines into the modern era. “It’s important that we recognize that history,” he says. “But how do we translate that history for the 21st century?” It’s slow, but there is a shift to modernize underway, Houseman says. For instance, the AFL-CIO opted to independently broadcast its Wall Street rally in New York. “There really wasn’t any major media press coverage,” Houseman says. “So they live streamed the speakers, they live streamed the march. And basically said, ‘All right, if the major media isn’t going to cover it, we’ll cover it ourselves’…I see that and I have a lot of hope, you know what I mean? This is a good start. Now the question is, how do we integrate that and make sure it works with social media.” Organized labor advocates like Williams, Houseman, McGarvey and Anderlik agree that, no matter what the answer is to today’s challenges—be it rallies, public parodies, social media or something else—that answers must be found. Labor built Montana. Without it, workers will face even tougher struggles. And that’s not an option. “It’s just like any other organization,” Houseman says. “You have to evolve or die.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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In 2008, Mexican authorities rejected a shipment of U.S. beef because the meat exceeded Mexico’s regulatory tolerance for copper. The rejected meat was returned to the United States, where it was sold and consumed, because the U.S. has no regulatory threshold for copper in meat. Events like this are why the food safety arm of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), known as the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), is under USDA scrutiny. While the public has gotten used to microbes like E. coli and salmonella threatening the nation’s meat supply, and while food safety agencies make foodborne illness a high-profile priority, contamination of meat by heavy metals, veterinary drugs and pesticides has been slipping through the bureaucratic cracks. Microbial contaminants can be killed by cooking, but chemical residues aren’t destroyed by heat. In fact, some of these residues break down into more dangerous substances when heated, according to the FSIS National Residue Program for Cattle, a recent report by the USDA’s Office of the Inspector General. The report is full of bad news about the ineffectual attempts that are being made to keep chemical residues out of the food supply, but optimists might point to the report’s tone as a sliver of good news. The report is sharply critical of the lack of efforts to keep our meat free of chemical residues, and shows determination to shore up this gaping hole in the safety of our food supply. “[T]he national residue program is not accomplishing its mission of monitoring the food supply for harmful residues,” the report states, noting that thresholds for many dangerous substances, like copper and dioxin, have yet to be established. “We also found that FSIS does not recall meat adulterated with harmful residues, even when it is aware that the meat has failed its laboratory tests.” The routes by which veterinary drugs make it into human food trace a disturbing portrait of how large dairy farms operate. Sick dairy cows are given medications to help them recover, but if it appears an animal will die, it’s often sold to a slaughterhouse as quickly as possible, in time to kill it before it dies. That way, “[the dairy farmer] can recoup some of his investment in the animal,” according to the report. In such cases, medications may be consumed along with the meat. Such drugs include Ivermectin (which can act as a neurotoxin in humans), Flunixin (which can

damage kidneys) and penicillin (which can cause lifethreatening allergic reactions in some people). The meat from sick dairy cattle is low-grade, and is usually turned into burger and sold to the sorts of buyers who stretch their dollars furthest, like fast food chains and school lunch programs. But veterinary drugs are also finding their way into an upper echelon of meat: veal. The milk produced by medicated dairy cows is barred from sale to human consumers—a sensible rule,

given the dangers suggested above. Unfortunately, no law prevents this “waste milk” from being fed to veal calves, the meat of which sometimes tests positive for these drugs. As with sick dairy cow meat that tests positive for antibiotics, no measures are taken to recall such veal or penalize the slaughterhouses that produce it. One slaughterhouse, according to the report, amassed 211 violations in 2008 and was still considered by FSIS as a place where contamination “is not reasonably likely to occur.” Such failings can be traced to a 1984 memorandum of understanding between the FDA, FSIS and U.S Environmental Protection Agency. These three agencies agreed to appoint senior executives to oversee a group called the Surveillance Advisory Team (SAT). The SAT was supposed to manage interagency collaboration aimed at preventing the entry of chemical residues into the food supply. But according to the recent report, “…high-level officials from the agencies involved do not attend [the annual SAT] meetings, and there is no mechanism for elevating issues, making recommendations, and ensuring that appro-

priate actions are taken to solve identified problems. Without such a mechanism, many problems requiring interagency coordination have not been dealt with despite the agencies’ awareness of the problems.” In addition to veterinary drugs and heavy metals, agricultural pesticides also find their way into the meat supply, often through contaminated food and water. While the SAT agencies jointly determine which pesticides should be tested for, it’s the FSIS that actually conducts the tests. In recent years the FSIS has tested for only one of the 23 pesticide classes it is charged with testing for: chlorinated hydrocarbons/chlorinated organophosphates. FSIS blames its limited budget and a lack of guidance as to minimum levels the agency is supposed to enforce. The Office of the Inspector General report dismisses the excuses and calls the oversight unacceptable, saying “the SAT needs to seek executivelevel involvement from all three agencies to resolve differences, and, if necessary, to determine the best method for obtaining the needed testing resources to ensure that the highest priority substances are tested.” Several other chinks in the food supply’s armor are noted as well, including faulty testing methodologies, bureaucratic smothering of innovative testing techniques and failure of FSIS to share testing results. After raking the muck, the report makes recommendations on how the inter-agency collaborations behind the SAT could be improved. The report also mentions that the FSIS has agreed to many of its recommendations, such as increasing testing at plants that slaughter veal and dairy cows—where 90 percent of the residue violations have been detected. While the Office of the Inspector General appears to be making a sincere effort to improve the framework that’s supposed to protect our food, it could also be argued that these efforts amount to enabling an industry that remains rotten at its core. Rushing sick cattle to slaughter before they die, or feeding tainted “waste milk” to veal calves, are practices that would be better eliminated than improved, but in fairness that isn’t within the mandate of the OIG to decide. So while improvements appear to be in the works for the production practices behind mystery meat and mystery milk, the system shows little sign of becoming inherently less disgusting. As long as customers keep demanding cheap meat, cheap meat will probably continue to be produced.

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LISTINGS $…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice’s: a Missoula’s staple; serving strong coffee and baked goods in the heart of the Hip Strip since 1978. Bernice’s will be celebrating spring’s vibrant colors and smells with Cupcake MayNia: 16 unique and delicious cupcakes all May long. Buy 16 cupcakes and get one free merchandise item! AND, stop by and see us at the Clark Fork River Market. We’ll be there bright and early on Saturdays beginning May 8th from 8AM to 1PM. If you miss the market, we’re open every day 6AM to 8PM. $ 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 artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) 541-BLUE www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: Tavern hours Monday-Saturday 3pm-11pm, Sunday 3pm-10pm . Dining Room hours Monday-Saturday 5pm-10pm, Sunday 4pm-9pm. $$-$$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 Dine-In, Drive-Thru, Delivery... Truly a Missoula find. Popular with the locals. Voted Missoula's best pizza.

Everything from hand-tossed, thin-crust, stone deck pizza to wild salmon burritos, free-range chicken, rice bowls, ribs, pasta, salads, soups, sandwiches & "Pizza by the Slice." And now offering gluten-free dough. Local brews on tap and wine by the glass. Open every day for lunch & dinner. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 37 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 Ciao Mambo, at the end of the Hip Strip on 4th and Higgins, serves up fresh, classic, immigrant style Italian food seven days a week. Terrific service and an extensive domestic and Italian wine list. Try our Wednesday all you can eat Spaghetti! Dinner only and take out service available. Ciaomambo.com or 543-0377. $$-$$$

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"Voted Best New Restaurant 2009" Now Open at 5 PM Live jazz thursdays 6:30 PM Homemade Asian dishes with no msg and real ingredients. Featuring local organic MT beef. Premium teas including bubble tea and homemade desserts. 529 S. Higgins Hip Strip Missoula • 830.3237 Mon- Sat Lunch & Dinner www.izarestaurant.com

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Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 The month of May is come, when every heart beginneth to long for....ColdStone! Bring forth the home-made, super premium ice cream! Bring forth the ice cream cakes, cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches, the shakes and smoothies! For it giveth unto all courage, It's a Great Day for Ice Cream! $-$$ Doc's Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius. Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. Open Mon-Thurs 7am-8pm, Fri & Sat 8am4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted free-range chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm. $–$$ Harry Davids 2700 Paxson Street, Suite H • 830-3277 Kicking off in February is LIVE BAND KARAOKE and LADIES NIGHT at Harry David’s every Thursday night at 9:30pm. Drink specials for the Ladies! Part Karaoke / Part Dance night with the band Party Trained, this is your opportunity to sing like a rockstar with a live band backing you up – and it will be every Thursday! If Karaoke is not your thing – no problem the band will be playing in between karaoke songs to keep you on the dance floor! Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot.

All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$ HuHot Mongolian Grill 3521 Brooks • 829-8888 At HuHot you’ll find dozens of meats, seafood, noodles, vegetables and homemade sauces for the timid to the adventurous. Choose your favorites from the fresh food bars. You pick ‘em…we grill ‘em. We are as carnivore, vegetarian, diabetic, lo-salt and low-carb friendly as you want to be! Start with appetizers and end with desserts. You can even toast your own s’mores right at you table. A large selection of beer, wine and sake’ drinks available. Stop by for a great meal in a fun atmosphere. Kid and family friendly. Open daily at 11 AM. $-$$ Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave. 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors from baci di dama to pizzelles, gourmet cupcakes, scones and decadent cinnamon rolls. Specialty breads hot and fresh between 3 and 5pm daily. Open M-F 7am-6:30pm; Sat. 9am-4pm See us on Facebook! Call to find out more (406)523-3951. $ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $-$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch 11:30-2PM and dinner 5PM-close. LIVE JAZZ Thursdays FREE $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. Special senior menu & a great kids’ menu. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$

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HAPPIESTHOUR Sportsman’s Bar Claim to fame: Bar owners John and Tammy Zunski are known for crazy, un-PC shenanigans. Last month, Sportsman’s Bar (aka “Sporty’s”) announced a midget toss. After bar patrons hung out for hours waiting for midgets purportedly arriving on a bus from Seattle, John finally revealed that it was all an April Fools’ hoax. “Midget tossing is illegal,” he noted to the partly relieved, partly disappointed crowd, which slowly dispersed. Atmosphere: The sign on the front door says, “Entering is Consent.” Behind the bar another sign reads, “Notice: Sexual harassment in this area will not be reported. However, it will be graded.” In the corner is a claw machine where you can win flavored condoms and penis- or boob-shaped key chains, among other things. On the walls are pictures of patrons partying hard, breast flashing and all. Despite its crassness, Sporty’s somehow comes off as more playful than sleazy or threatening. What you’re drinking: Budweiser and shots of Apple Pucker, served with snack boats

of peanuts. “I touched your nuts,” said one female bartender as she handed them over to a patron. Who you’re drinking with: Twenty-something groups of friends taking photos of themselves flipping off the camera. John Zunski, whose looks and persona earned him the nickname “Howard Stern,” DJs an array of arena rock from AC/DC to G n’ R. Longtime locals, including the town’s official Santa Claus, sit drinking at the bar. Others hang out in the backyard around a bonfire next to a life-sized purple palm tree made of lights. How to find it: 616 Railroad Avenue in Alberton. Take I-90 west toward Coeur d’Alene for about 26 miles, and then exit 77 at Petty Creek Road. Merge onto Adams Street and then onto Railroad Avenue next to the Ghost Rails Inn. —Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on allnatural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don't feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $6.95. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $6.95. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$

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Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal on our park side patio or within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues.-Sat. 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring locally produced specials as well as international cuisine and traditional Irish fare. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$

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The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana. Certified Organic Wines, No Added Sulfites. Tasting Room Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Before you visit, consider: "Come on, drink up, Lewis. We have thinking to do." Chief Inspector Morse, Cambridge, UK $$ Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Monday Sunday 8a.m. - 3p.m. $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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ASKARI Cross examination Dear Flash, In response to a recent question on crystallized honey, you basically told someone who was worried that nuking his crystalized honey would “kill the good stuff” that this was a ridiculous concern (see “Honey help,” Feb. 18, 2010). In fact, honey’s medicinal and antibacterial properties all derive from its complex enzyme structure, and heat breaks the molecular bonds in enzymes quite easily. So, yes, microwaving honey probably will destroy the good stuff. Another week, you told a reader afraid of bacterial contamination of her wooden utensils that she could soak them in a bleach solution (see “Utensil dysfunction,” Feb. 25, 2010). That’s really dangerous advice. Bleach is highly toxic and becomes more so when combined with organic compounds. One should never treat any cooking tools, especially those made of porous materials, with bleach. Distilled white vinegar is a great disinfectant and won’t produce dioxins. —Respectfully Disagree

If your honey is crystalized and you want to melt it, then you have to heat it—whether by microwave, stove-

top or hot tap water. Your point is well taken that this heat will denature beneficial enzymes. But you’re going a bit too far in claiming I called the original letter writer’s concerns ridiculous. All I did was point out that there is nothing living in honey—enzymes aren’t technically alive—and thus there is nothing for the heat to kill. Bottom line: Go ahead and heat your crystalized honey if you want it to liquefy. But keep in mind that some beneficial enzymes might not survive the heat. With regard to wooden utensils: Among those who are paranoid about germs, cleaning wooden utensils in bleach is quite common. I don’t know what to make of your claim that bleach becomes more toxic upon contact with organic compounds. Do you have an example? As for distilled white vinegar not producing dioxin, that’s nice. But, for the record, I haven’t seen any evidence that soaking wooden utensils in bleach will either, if that’s what you’re implying. Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net

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Arts & Entertainment listings May 13–May 20, 2010

THURSDAY October

Heidi Meili Steve Fetveit He’s got a discerning taste for ancient artifacts. Houston rapper Mike Jones performs Fri., May 14, at 9 PM at the Badlander. $20/$15 advance plus fees at Ear Candy. Members of Wapikiya Records and the group Shaymlusly Elliterate open.

We're proud THURSDAY May to be part of a team that is committed to earning your trust.

Help promote literacy when you donate your old books to the Better World Book Drive, which is taking donations from 8 AM–6 PM at the buy-back area of the University Center Bookstore. Free to participate. Collected books will be sold online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Visit betterworldbooks.com. UM presents the “Coming Home” walk, a symbolic walk at 8:30 AM from UM’s Adams Center to the UM Oval which kicks off the dedication of The Payne Family Native American Center. Free to attend. A flag song and flag rais-

ing ceremony will also occur. Call Linda at 243-6093.

public tours of the center also occur from 1–4 PM. Call Linda at 243-6093.

Nature gets nurtured on the big screen during the 33rd International Wildlife Film Festival, which continues through Sat., May 15, and features films that touch on nature, the animal kingdom, and humanity’s brush with each, with the first screening starting at 9:30 AM at the Wilma Theatre. $7/$5 students/$3 youth per film, or $40 full pass. Visit wildlifefilms.org for a full schedule.

The Stevensville Art and Sculpture Society hosts its regular monthly meeting at 10 AM, in the office of the Bitterroot Star, 215 Main St. in Stevensville. Free. Visit sassart.org.

UM hosts the “Dedication: Bonnie Heavy Runner Memorial Gathering Space,” from 10–11 AM at UM’s Payne Family Native American Center. Free. An event to recognize the artisans and designers of the buildings details occurs at 11 AM at the center, while lunch on UM’s Oval Follows at 11:45 AM. Free

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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. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May14, 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.

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

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Too much to do: The Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., presents a host of activities today, starting with the Home Health of Montana Introduction booth at 11 AM, followed by a pancake supper at 4:30 PM, and ending with Bingo at 6 PM. $5 pancake supper/25 cents for two bingo cards/free for the introduction booth. Call 543-7154. If you commute by bike on Brooks Street and would like to comment on the need for bike lanes on that street, consider going to a meeting of the City Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, which meets to discuss the matter at 3 PM at Missoula’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Call Steve King at 552-6345. UM hosts the The Payne Family Native American Center Dedication Ceremony, which runs from 4:30–6:30 PM at the front entrance of the center, near UM’s Oval. Free. Includes an honor song, along with remarks from George Dennison, Elouise Cobell and Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Call Linda at 243-6093.

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463. The Montana House Inc., in Apgar Village at Glacier National Park, hosts a celebration with the theme of “50 Years of Hosting 550 Montana Artists,” from 5–7:30 PM at the Montana House. Includes music by Neuvo Columbia at 5 PM, a presentation by Deirdre Shaw at 5:45 PM, as well as the presentation “West Side of Glacier National Park & Community.” Free. Call 888-5646. Pull some weeds, spread mulch and learn about gardening for wildlife and sustainability during Nature Adventure Garden’s Annual Spring Spruce-up and Native Plant Sale, which runs from 5–8 PM at the gardens, off of H Road at Fort Missoula. Free. RSVP with Leah by e-mailing miss_grunzke@yahoo.com. Call 493-0544. After the revolution we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., where their Sewing Lounge begins at 6 PM. $9–10 hour. Call 541-7171. The valley’s haven for year-round thrashers, Fiftytwo Skatepark, on El Way past the Missoula Airport, hosts Girls’ Skate Club Night every Thu. at 6 PM, which means girls skate for free. Guys are welcome, but should plan on parting with a few bucks. Call 542-6383. Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockies risingtide.wordpress.com. John Floridis keeps the strings in motion when the singer/songwriter plays the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Tap into spiritual psychotherapy when The Fellowship Club meets to discuss A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, during a club meeting at 6 PM in the west meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-1670.

Connect your mind and soul to whatever deity you deem divine during a taize chanting circle with Rev. Jennifer Hackenbruch and Erin Barnes the second and fourth Thu. of the month at 6:30 PM at 2237 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 370-9631. Paul Wheaton, master gardener and permaculture designer, presents “Rocket Mass Heater,” a talk on heating your home efficiently with this particular type of heater which starts at 6:30 PM at the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. E-mail info@ediblemissoula.com and visit permies.com. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night, begins with sign ups at 6:45 PM and trivia at 7 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Includes drink specials by Bayern Brewery, prizes and trivia categories that change weekly. E-mail Katie at kateskins@gmail.com. Feeling too straight and separate? Remedy that situation pronto at Gay Men Together, a safe and affirming place for gay and bisexual men, at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224. 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. The Glacier Centennial Program presents its Centennial Film Festival, which features a screening of Heaven’s Gate at 7 PM at the Whitefish Mountain Cinema, 6475 Hwy. 93 S. $10/$8 students and seniors. Call 888-7971 and visit glaciercenennial.org.

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A portrait of a woman’s struggle to steady her life in a dying community hits the stage during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s production of Bird in House, a play by local playwright Alicia Oravetz with a performance at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. Scott Kirby gives the ghost of Scott Joplin something to joyously moan about when he plays ragtime piano and other styles at the Polson High School Auditorium, 111 Fourth Ave. E., at 7:30 PM. $14/$12 advance at True Value Hardware in Ronan or Fiddlesticks Music in Polson. Visit accessmontana.com/ bigproductions. A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatre’s performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets. Bowling and karaoke go together like flying saucers and milk of magnesia 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. Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to

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Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” during Combat Karaoke at Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Thu. at 9 PM. Free. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ ridiculous at East Missoula’s Reno Casino and Cafe’s karaoke night, brought to you by Karaoke by Figmo, every Thu., Fri. and Sat. night at 9 PM. Free. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features halfoff drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $3. Idaho’s Finn Riggins saves you from a tongue lashing when they play experimental postpunkish tunes at the Palace at 9 PM. $3. Locals Vera and Airstream Safari open. Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit o’ karaoke with help from the band Party Trained during Ladies’ Night and Live Band Karaoke at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free. Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing free when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free. The Skurfs and Hail Man Well Met bring on the storm when they play metal-inspired surf rock and rock at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

FRIDAY May

Help promote literacy when you donate your old books to the Better World Book Drive, which is taking donations from 8 AM–6 PM at the buy-back area of the University Center Bookstore. Free to participate. Collected books will be sold online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Visit betterworldbooks.com. The Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., presents its Art 4 All Project: MAM CAM, a project where you can check out a small video camera at the museum and record yourself or a friend talking about pieces you like the most

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at the MAM. The videos will then be collected and shown in the museum’s upcoming Art 4 All exhibit. Free. Gallery hours are: Wed.–Fri. from 10 AM–5 PM and Sat.–Sun. from 10 AM–3 PM. Call 728-0447. The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3–6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, The Chocolate Cupid Killings: A Chocoholic Mystery by JoAnna Carl. Just kidding. (Did I need to tell you that?) Free. Call 721-BOOK. Toddlers always find something to intellectually suckle or gnaw on at Toddler Story Time, which features age-appropriate stories from 10:30–11:15 AM in the west meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-1670. UM student Julia Jessop keeps major and minor chords in check when she plays piano during a student recital, at 1 PM in the Music Recital Hall, in UM’s Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

nightlife Bust a smooth move to sizzling hip-hop and Top 40 tracks when The Tallest DJ in America spins tunes at 9 PM at The Underground, a new downtown dance venue in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. 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. They’re more about bleeding colors than bleeding hearts. The Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents its Second Friday opening with art by the Montana Watercolor Society, with a reception from 5:30–8:30 PM at the gallery. Free. Call 549-7555. Don’t forget munchies: UM’s School of Journalism student documentary class presents a screening of Cannabusiness—a one hour doc which explores the issue of medical marijuana in Montana—with the film starting at 7 PM, in the University Center Theater. Free. Visit umt.edu/cannabusiness. The Missoula Public Library continues its World-Wide Cinema Series with a TBA movie at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK and visit missoulapubliclibrary.org for an updated list of films. A portrait of a woman’s struggle to steady her life in a dying community hits the stage during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s production of Bird in House, a play by local playwright Alicia Oravetz with a performance at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatre’s performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets. Rhanda Johnson slams the door on derivatives when the singer/songwriter plays originals at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. The Wild Coyotes want you to spend that hush money wisely when they play country

and rock at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free.

Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

SPOTLIGHT

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, kicking off at 9 PM. Free. If you liked Tolkien’s mines of Khazaddum, you’ll love tunneling through the AmVets Club, where DJDC rocks dance music to slay orcs to at 9 PM. Free. Shake it like a salt shaker when DJ Sanchez cranks out the jams at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969. Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” in tongues when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & Grill in Frenchtown, 16780 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327. Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Hall and Oates’ “Kiss on My List” during Combat Karaoke at the Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Fri. at 9 PM. Free.

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The Workers keep the gears of the working class heavily lubricated when they play a mix of Americana, bluegrass and rock at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Although some have yet to catch the bug, many of us are quickly realizing that “keeping it local” with our wallets is a good thing. And if you’re like me, you get a certain sense of satisfaction when you buy from a local business—since you know that your hard earned dollars are put back into the pockets of your fellow neighbors, and not into the bank account of some filthy rich CEO several states away.

Party Trained helps you graduate from briefs to boxers when they play cover tunes at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2. Call 830-3277. The Country Boogie Boys keep your shish kebabs sizzling when they play country at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992.

In a nod to thinking and buying local— and to celebrate all the things that make this burg a sweet place to call home—the Sustainable Business Council turns up the local-centric faucet yet again with the second installment of Garden City Localfest.

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.

Essentially, this shindig is a literal smorgasbord of all things Missoula, from the scrumptious food and locally brewed brews, to the arts/crafts vendors, kids’ activities and freestyle kayaking competition at Brennan’s Wave. Keeping with this theme, the soiree also offers you a chance to cut loose to some of our hottest

Support a local DIY art institution by getting your fix of loud local rock during a benefit show for the Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) which features sets by Hologram Pants, At Home in the Cosmos and Buttlarva, at 9 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages. His bling is always ice cold: Houston’s Mike Jones brings his southern rap swagger to Montucky when he plays the Badlander at 9 PM. $20/$15 advance plus ticket fees at Ear Candy. Local support from members of Wapikiya Records and Shaymlusly Elliterate. Get your thugstep lean on and let the bass wash over your face during There Goes the NeighborHOOD, a dubstep dance party with sets by Ebola Syndrome, Kris Moon and Ert and Bernie at 9 PM at the Palace. $2. Includes a “ghetto Kool-Aid” punchbowl drink special.

WHAT: Garden City Localfest

homegrown musical acts, with sets by the likes of Americana swingers Cash for Junkers (pictured), garage rockers Rooster Sauce (who celebrate the release of a new CD) and funk soul brothers Reverend Slanky. Also, don’t forget to check out talented songster Kira Means, plus some bumpin’ tunes from the always-versatile DJ Kris Moon. And while you’re kicking up those heels, keep an eye out for a live mural painting featuring Missoula artists like Lane Timothy and Josh Quick. As with last year’s Localfest, this one also includes an appearance by Missoula filmmaker Seth Warren and “Baby,” his truck that runs on biofuels. And here’s something else about this bash that’s not only noble, but helps keep our energy sources alternative and close to home: This party will be a carbon neutral event that utilizes carbon offsets and a portable gasifier.

WHEN: Sat., May 15, from 12:30–10 PM WHERE: Caras Park HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: gardencitylocalfest.com

Reverend Slanky just wants to see the funk flow forth from your soul when they play the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Shed a tear and chug a microbrew beer while sopping up the sounds of experimental quartet Elephant Gun during their farewell party, which starts at 10 PM at Higgins Alley Upstairs, 424 N. Higgins Ave. $3, with $2 microbrews on tap. Also features a set by DJ Katmai.

SATURDAY May

—Ira Sather-Olson You might recognize him from that one Snoop Dogg track. Rapper Kurupt spits the whole truth and nothing but the truth when he plays the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St., at 9 PM. $20 advance plus ticket fees at Ear Candy and Rockin Rudy’s. Opening support from Ambedext, E-note and Michelob. Known V keeps a masterful hand over his machines when he plays a set of electronic music during his CD release party at The

Craggy Range Bar & Grill, 10 Central Ave. in Whitefish, at 9 PM. Free. Features guest sets by Kieshie, Electroflux, JC, E Rock and Grahambino. Whiskey Rebellion lets cowpunchers take the first swipe when they play country at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope

Your heart, the planet and your farmerneighbors give thanks every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If it’s non-edibles you’re after, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturday market.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample.

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If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org. Keep your stomach and your local farmer happy during the Hamilton Farmers’ Market, which offers local produce and crafts and runs from 9 AM–12:30 PM on the corner of Bedford and Third Streets in Hamilton. Free to peruse. Call 961-0004. Snag a bargain or two in the ‘root and support your local library during the Bitterroot Public Library Foundation’s Garage Sale, which runs from 9 AM–3 PM at 419 S. Fourth St. in Hamilton. Free to attend. Call 363-1670. Learn the principles of design, color and folk art style as they apply to painting on a variety of surfaces during “Painting on ThreeDimensional Forms for Adults with Maxine Stahl,” a class which runs this and every Sat. from 10 AM–1 PM for five weeks at

Fashion and compassion for your furry friends hits the runway during the Humane Society of Nor thwest Montana’s Fashion for Compassion, a style show/luncheon that begins at 12 PM at the Whitefish Community Center, 121 Second St. E. $20. Get tickets at the Humane Society in Kalispell or in Whitefish at The Village Shop and Whitefish Community Center. Call 752-PAWS and visit hsnwmt.com. Dr. Seuss’ stories jump out of the page and into your child’s imagination during Seuss Saturday, an interactive story time for kids ages 3–6 featuring The Cat in the Hat at 12 PM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541PLAY. Just make sure to examine every nook and cranny during a tour and gallery talk for David Nash’s sculpture Crack and Warp Column, which is led by Jose Chavez and begins at noon at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org.

Enjoy a scholarly look at the dictatorial reign of Egypt’s president Muhammad Hosni Mubarak when Mohammed Elaasar reads copies of his book The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age at 2 PM at Barnes and Noble, 2640 N. Reserve St. Free. A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatre’s Performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets. Kids grades 4–6 exercise their spontaneous sides during “Improv! Act Out,” this month’s installment of the Missoula Public Library’s “find something to do” series, which starts at 4 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

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

Ave., presents free live jazz from a rotating cast of local musicians at 6:30 PM this and every Sat. at the restaurant. Call 830-3237. A portrait of a woman’s struggle to steady her life in a dying community hits the stage during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s production of Bird in House, a play by local playwright Alicia Oravetz with a performance at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatre’s performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets. The Wild Coyotes want you to spend that hush money wisely when they play country and rock at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Canes and walkers mix and match for a good cause during a benefit dance with Country Combo, which runs from 8–11 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. $5. Call 543-7154. Kathy Colton and The Reluctants keep your toes tapping eagerly with blues, folk and originals when they play the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING.

This is actually four photos. No, really. Idaho’s Finn Riggins play experimental, post-punkish music Thu., May 13, at 9 PM at the Palace. $3. Locals Vera and Airstream Safari open.

the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $160/$144 members. RSVP by calling 7280447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Procure something hip when the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., presents its Hip-Strip Sidewalk Sale, which starts at 10 AM. Free to attend. Call 543-7154. 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. Your child expresses innovative abstraction through dance, claps, singing and more during Kids’ Vibrations with Matthew Nord and Lynn Talarico of Tangled Tones, where the imagination rolls at 11 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Free. Call 396-3352. Do the robot: The SpectrUM Discovery Area continues its Science Saturdays with the program “Robotics,” where kids learn how to create and program robots with interactive programming from 11 AM–2 PM at the discovery area, Room 166 in UM’s Skaggs Building. $20/$15 members. Open to children in the fourth and fifth grades. Participants bring their own lunch. Call 243-4323 and visit spectrum.umt.edu.

Being local-centric is always a good thing during Garden City Localfest: Celebrating the Soul of Missoula, a soiree for all things Missoula which runs from 12:30–10 PM at Caras Park. Free. Includes an appearance by local filmmaker Seth Warren, a kayak competition, beer garden, local arts/crafts vendors, as well as music from DJ Kris Moon, Cash for Junkers, Rooster Sauce and Reverend Slanky. Call 824-7700. (See Spotlight and Noise in this issue.) Move gracefully through early parenting and beyond with tips on breastfeeding, postpartum emotional health, body strengthening and plenty more during the Wellspring Women’s Vitality Center’s Vital Mama Workshop, which runs from 1–4 PM at the center, 2089 Alder Springs Lane in Victor. RSVP by calling Sheehan at 642-6527. The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2 PM in Liquid Planet’s conference room. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com. He keeps an eye on extreme risk takers and sensationalists. Author Chris Palmer reads and signs copies of Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom, from 2–4 PM at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.

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. Munch on Italian food while also doing your part to help the American Cancer Society during a spaghetti feed fundraiser, which runs from 5–8 PM at the First Church of the Nazarene, 2339 26th Ave. $25 family of four/$15 per couple/$8 per person. Ticket sales benefit the cancer society. E-mail Lisa at ldunton@missoulahousing.org. Do your part to help individuals heal through the power of art during Living Art of Montana’s “The Light Show” fundraiser, which features auctions of functional art and lightthemed pieces with emcee/auctioneer Severt Philleo, along with a gourmet dinner, starting with a silent auction/reception at 5:45 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. $50 per person/$375 table of eight/$450 table of 10. Call 549-5329 for tickets and visit livingartofmontana.org. (See Agenda in this issue.) The Workers wonder where you hid those weapons of mass distraction when they play a mix of Americana, bluegrass and rock at the Bitterroot Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363–PINT. Jazz makes the pad thai go down smooth when IZA Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins

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

Feel free to perform “Bella Ciao” by Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW but don’t be surprised if someone tells you we’re in Missoula, and so it’s time to start talking American. Free. Here’s your chance to get freaky on the dance floor. AmVets Club offers up DJDC and his dance music to the hungry horde at 9 PM. Free.

The Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., lets the karaoke genie out of the bottle at 9 PM. Turn south after taking exit 89 from I-90. Free. Call 370-3200. Have one too many drinks and you just might start singing pop tunes backwards during Bassackwards Karaoke at Larry’s Six Mile Bar & Grill in Huson, 23384 Huson Road, every other Sat. at 9 PM. Free. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip-hop, electronic and other bass-heavy, booty-busting beats ‘til the bar closes, or at least until the vodka runs out, during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Whiskey Rebellion lets cowpunchers take the first swipe when they play country at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. DJ Bionic keeps the remixes and mash-ups flowing while you shake it when he plays at 9 PM at The Underground, a new downtown dance venue in the basement of the Elks

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Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. 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. Party Trained helps you graduate from briefs to boxers when they play cover tunes at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, at 9:30 PM. $2. Call 830-3277. The Country Boogie Boys keep your shish kebabs sizzling when they play country at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Cash for Junkers make gold diggers dig for bronze when they play Americana with a swing at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free. You’ll just have to skip that meeting of headbangers anonymous when locals Judgment Hammer, Eliptikys, Mageddon and High Voltage play metal and heavy rock at the Palace at 9:30 PM. $5. Wartime Blues would rather you keep your toga on instead of off when they play Americana and folk at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

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SUNDAY May

Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the Internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiritual message for your viewing pleasure at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM. this and every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 375-9996. Get a taste of local food at a lower price and learn more about a participatory business model when you check out the Missoula Community Food Co-op’s Sunday Public Shop, a chance to shop at the co-op before you join from 10 AM–5 PM at the co-op, 1500 Burns St. Free to attend. Nonmembers are welcome to shop three times before becoming a member. Call 728-2369 and visit missoula communitymarket.org. Kick off your Sunday with a cup of joe and informal spiritual discussions on past lives, dreams, soul travel, visions and other topics starting at 10 AM at the River Street Dance Theater, 421 N. Second St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 369-0969 or email randomityplus@gmail.com. Just when you thought there weren’t enough farmers’ markets, along comes the Target Range Community Farmers’ Market, which features an array of local products and runs from 10 AM–1 PM this and every Sun. until Oct. 10 at the parking lot of Target Range School, 4095 South Ave. W. Free. Interested vendors should call Todd at 531-0877. Ladies, start your hogs: Montana Harley-Davidson, 5106 E. Harrier, presents its Ladies Motorcycle Ride, which departs at 11 AM from the motorcycle shop and takes you up to Flathead Lake for lunch in Polson, and then back to Missoula. Free. Call 721-2154 and visit mtharley.com.

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. Yet another opportunity to buy local fruits and veggies, as well as arts and crafts hits Missoula during the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 1–5 PM this and every Sun. at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel for Missoula and the Caras Park pavillion. Free to attend. Call 549-8382. UM student Traci Kutzleb keeps her fingers from getting into a brawl when the flautist plays a student recital at 1 PM, in the Music Recital Hall, in the UM Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Playing bingo at 2 PM at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center is your chance to yell, “Who’s up for a fondue party?” Free. Call 543-7154. A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatre’s Performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets. Learn how to get pregnant—or avoid it altogether—in a natural way when Meadowsweet Herbs presents its Natural Family Planning Method: Natural Birth Control Class, which occurs this Sun. and next Sun. from 2–4:30 PM at Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W. $160 couple/$95 individual. RSVP by calling 728-0543. Support local water monitoring education programs for area youth during the Watershed Education Network’s Mayfly Fling, which runs from 2–7 PM at Caras Park and features music by Party Trained, Butter and Wartime Blues along with a host of family-friendly activities. $5/free for children. Activities run from 2–4 PM and include fly casting, a ring toss, groundwater

demo and a poetry writing session with Sheryl Noethe. Call 541-9287 and visit montanawatershed.org. Celebrate the fusion of pen and imagination when the Missoula Public Library hosts a reception for winners of its writing contest, which includes announcements of winners and starts at 2 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Enjoy a brew while helping swimmers in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;root during the Bitterroot Swim Team Fundraiser/Pint Night, which features music by Tumbledown House, a raffle and plenty more from 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free to attend, but the beer costs you. A portion of proceeds from every pint sold goes to the swim team. Call 363-PINT. 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. E-mail goinmissoula@ yahoo.com. If you fancy yourself a crackerjack with a pool cue, consider joining a weekly pool tournament at Harry Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which runs this and every Sun. starting with a sign up at 4:30 PM and the game starting at 5. $5 buy-in with a minimum of eight players, includes one free drink per player. Call 830-3277.

nightlife A pirate, a flying boy and a land where life is never planned hits the stage during the MCT Community Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Performance of Peter Pan, which starts at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18/$15 children. Call 728-PLAY and visit mctinc.org for tickets.

Give voice to your creativity and spirituality with a devotional, improvisational song circle that meets the first, third and fifth Sun. of every month at 7 PM at Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. A $2 donation is requested, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let lack of funds (or shyness) be an obstacle. Call 542-1066. Actors in the Flathead can flex their chops in a story about a dog, the couple that adopts her, and the drama that ensues during auditions for AR Gurneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sylvia, which start at 7 PM at the Whitefish Montessori School, 1301 E. Seventh St. in Whitefish. Free to audition. Roles are open for two men and two to four women, ages 18 or over. E-mail stumptownplayers@gmail.com. Create something dramatic out of nothing during the Open Field Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theatre Lab, a theater workshop that occurs this and every Sun. and Mon. at 7 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1861 S. 12th St. W. Free. Email openfieldartists@gmail.com. Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free. The weekend isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t over â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til you wrap it up with Jam Night at the Finish Line, 153 Meridian Road in Kalispell, with host Landslide at 8 PM. Free. Call 257-0248. 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. Men always get to belt out a slick tune or two during Man Night featuring Karaoke, which occurs this

and every Sun. starting at 9 PM at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S. Free. Call 251-5402. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the karaoke mic at Harry Davidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which is back in action with free karaoke at 9:30 PM, Sun.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thu. each week. Call 830-3277. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from The Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid.

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Quit that dead-end job and head down to the Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center, 310 S. Curtis St., where you can brush up on your reading, writing and math skills in order to pass the GED during adult education courses, every Mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thu. from 8 AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 PM and 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 PM, as well as every Tue.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thu. from 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 PM. Call 542-4015. Those interested in issues pertaining to the homeless population are invited to a meeting of the Montana Homeless Network, which meets this and every Mon. at 10 AM in the small conference room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call Mary Alice at 880-1210. 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.

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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.

You will score, politically that is. Forward Montana presents Speed Candi-dating!, where candidates in contested primary races in Missoula talk about their campaigns, and you get some face time to ask them questions, starting at 5 PM at the Badlander. Free.

Alcohol and bowling go hand over foot during Monday Madness at Five Valley’s Bowl, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which features $1 bowling after 9 PM as well as $1.25 Coors Light cans this and every Mon. at the bowling center. Free to attend. Call 549-4158.

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 on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9 PM. Free.

What reason have you got for lying around the house watching the tube when Florence’s High Spirits offers Free Pool at 6 PM? Free. Call 273-9992. The Montana/Idaho Tourette Syndrome Support Group hosts a meeting for those interested in participating in a support group starting at 6 PM, in Room 215 of the University Center. Free. E-mail Daniel at dviehland@aol.com. Get this: Every Mon., Lolo’s Center, 9555 Hwy. 12, begins lessons at 6:30 PM and then square dance party mode beginners’ sessions free/$4 273-0141.

Square Dance with beginners’ moves into full at 8. First two thereafter. Call

If you’ve suffered a brain injury, join others during this month’s Missoula Brain Injury Support Group Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Duran Learning Center of St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway St. Free. This month covers the topic “Stress & Anxiety Reduction through Healthy Living & Self-Monitoring” with speaker Larry Plant. Call Jim Mickelson at 544-6629. You’ve got another chance to connect the dots this evening when the VFW hosts bingo at 7 PM. Free. If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Alateen 12Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use alley entrance. Call 728-5818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.

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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 Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. This week: DJs Mankiisi, Fractal Love and Special K.

Just chillin’. Literally. Members of Wapikiya Records including, from left, Frodie, Dice and Overtime, play hip-hop during a Camp-Mak-A-Dream benefit show Tue., May 18, at 9 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $5 minimum donation. Locals Chereal, Miller Creek and artists from Felony Records open.

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

Create something dramatic out of nothing during the Open Field Artists’ Theatre Lab, a theater workshop that occurs this and every Sun. and Mon. at 7 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1861 S. 12th St. W. Free.

Joining up with UM’s French Club Le Cercle Francophone means you can repeatedly ask people “Pourquoi suis-je en vie?” or just brush up on your French skills when the club meets this and every Mon. at James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., at 7 PM. Free

Bozeman’s Tumbledown House decides against raising any roofs when they play “gritty saloon jazz” at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, at 7 PM. Free.

Actors in the Flathead can flex their chops in a story about a dog, the couple that adopts her, and the drama that ensues during auditions for AR Gurney’s Sylvia, which start at 7 PM at the Whitefish Montessori School, 1301 E. Seventh St. in Whitefish. Free to audition. Roles are open for two men and two to four women, ages 18 or over. E-mail stumptownplayers@ gmail.com.

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At Be Here Now Sangha you can learn the basics of meditation every Mon. night at 7:30 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated. The Missoula Community Concert Band gives a tip of the hat to warmer weather during its spring concert, which features conductor Benedict Kirby and begins at 7:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. Free. Call 542-7664.

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.

TUESDAY May

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. Kids and their parents learn the intricacies of arched backs and other lively poses during Family in Motion: Fun with Yoga, which starts at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY. 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. Teen slackers, here’s a chance to do some good: The Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main — St., hosts a training session for VolunTeen— a volunteer program at the library for teens—from 4–6 PM at the library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

nightlife Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free. Call 370-3200. Honor the dedication, generosity and service that J. Martin Burke has provided to the Missoula Art Museum (MAM) during MAM Award: Dedication, an event honoring Burke which features the unveiling of recently restored leaded glass windows, along with music, libations and appetizers from 5–7 PM at the MAM, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, but a donation is welcome and suggested. Call 728-0447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org. It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Bluegrass at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. 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. Keep your mind outta the gutter. Learn what exactly the “backdoor” is while wrapping your head around the “stop and go” and slurping down a fuzzy navel or sex on the beach during free poker lessons at 6 PM this and every Tue. at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Includes drink specials. Call 549-4152. Give plastic a wag of the finger during a Basic Glass Class, where you learn the basics of glass fusing and create a piece of art from 6–7:30 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $20. RSVP by calling 549-7555 and visit zootownarts.com. Exercise your nosy side in regards to development when the Arlee Community Development Corporation votes in new board members and discusses its present work and plans for the future during its meeting at 6 PM at the business lab in Arlee High School, 72220 Fyant St. Free. Call 726-5550. Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691. You never know what you’ll find—except for probably a bunch of womyn—at Womyn’s Night at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224. 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. Email terillovet@hotmail.com.

Give a nod to the ancients when author Gayle Redfern reads and signs copies of Ancient Wisdoms: Exploring the Mysteries and Connections, at 7 PM at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Here’s a hint: Ask their permission. The Rocky Mountain School of Photography continues its evening lecture series with “How to Take Better People Pictures,” a talk with Jeremy Lurgio at 7 PM, in the quarry of the school, 210 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-0171 and visit rmsp.com. The Center for Inspired Wisdom hosts it’s weekly speaker series with the topic “Animal Totems: Messengers in Your Life,” a talk with Red Star which starts at 7 PM at The Green Tea House, 415 Second St. E. in Whitefish. Donations accepted. Visit inspired wisdom.org. Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? How did the American gangster Al Capone die? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) You have practiced in front of the mirror long enough—head to the High Spirits in Florence, where open mic night features a drum set, amps, mics and recording equipment and awaits you and your axe at 8 PM. Free. Call 273-9992 to reserve your spot.

Paxson St. Ste. H. $5 minimum donation. All proceeds and donations go to Camp-Mak-ADream. Visit wapikiyarecords.com. Pinegrass gives your battle axe that fresh, pine smell when they play bluegrass at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

WEDNESDAY May

They probably won’t be playing Britney Spears’ “Toxic” on repeat when UM hosts the “Air Toxics Under the Big Sky” science symposium, which features an array of presentations and runs from 9 AM–2 PM in the Urey North Underground Lecture Hall. Free. Call 5464254. Keep an eye out for musical droplets during Preschool Story Time at the children’s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton, when storyteller Allison Jessop presents “Singing in the Rain” from 10:30–11:30 AM. Free. Call 363-1670. Art projects, educational games and storytime activities aim to stimulate your 3-7-year-old’s mind into Noam Chomsky-esque capabilities during Ready Set Read at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front. St., at 11 AM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY and visit familiesfirstmontana.org. Teens ages 13–18 stir their creative juices during Teen Media Club every Wed. at 4 PM at the Missoula Public Library computer classroom, where video creation, music mixing and digital art formulation are all the rage. Free. Call 721-2665.

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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.

Dudes and duderinos, it’s your time to imbibe all day with drink specials this and every Wed. when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Men’s Day. Free. Call 370-3200.

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

Support an organization that raises roofs by munching on some gourmet food during Dine Out for Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, which runs from 5:30–9 PM at Scotty’s Table, 131 S. Higgins Ave. Unit P3. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Missoula. Reservations recommended by calling 549-2790.

The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678. Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers host an open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free, with free beers for performers. Elephant Gun wants you to relish that gunpowder flavor when the experimental rock quartet plays their last Missoula show at the Badlander, at 9 PM. Free. He bounces beats like he’ll bounce you outta the bar if you get too rowdy. The Palace presents a DJ set of reggae and dancehall by Jamaican native Supa J, aka the Badlander/Palace’s bouncer Jimmy, starting at 9 PM. Free. They rap and rock for the kids: Wapikiya Records presents a benefit concert for Camp-Mak-A-Dream featuring artists from its label, along with sets by Miller Creek, Chereal and members of Felony Records, starting at 9 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700

The Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., presents a potluck and entertainment at 5:30 PM at center. Cost TBA. Call 543-7154. Develop eloquence in the face of inebriation, as well as impressive business contacts, when Toastmasters meets this, and every, Wed. at 6 PM in St. Patrick Hospital’s Duran Learning Center. Free. Call 728-9117. It’s once again time to render flesh, muscles and an assortment of body parts from a live model into a work of genius during the Missoula Art Museum’s non-instructed figure drawing classes, from 6–8 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $7/$5 members. Participants must be 18 and over. Call 728-0447. If you know the difference between His Knobs and His Knees, bring that skill to the Joker’s Wild Casino, 4829 N. Reserve St., where the Missoula Grass Roots Cribbage Club invites players both new and old to see how many ways they can get to that magical number 15 at 6:30 PM. Free. Call Rex at 360-3333.

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In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 6:30 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Female motorcycle enthusiasts get to rev their educational engines during Montana HarleyDavidson’s Women’s Only Garage Party, an intro clinic on several aspects of motorcycling, which starts at 6:30 PM at the motorcycle shop, 5106 E. Harrier. Free. Call 721-2154. Organizational and sci-fi enthusiasts can satisfy both cravings by attending bimonthly meetings of MisCon, Montana’s longest running science fiction convention, the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7 PM at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. Free. Call 544-7083. Being square will never be as much fun as it is at square dancing lessons every Wed. at the Kalispell Senior Center at 7 PM. $4, children 12 and under must bring an adult. Call 752-4964. A portrait of a woman’s struggle to steady her life in a dying community hits the stage during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s production of Bird in House, a play by local playwright Alicia Oravetz with a performance at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. Hump day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore. It’s also a day for playing games of chance with other like-minded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471. Rapper Tech N9ne spits his rhymes in a semiautomatic fashion when he plays the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $28/$26.50 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. Includes sets by tour mates Krizz Kaliko, Brotha Lynch Hung, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, Prozak and Cognito. History and musicality hit the stage during the Port Polson Players’’ centennial musical Valley Full of Diamonds, which presents 100 years of Mission Valley and Polson history in musical form with a performance at 8 PM at the John Dowdall Theatre, on the Polson Golf Course, off Hwy. 93. $14/$13 students and seniors/$48 family of four. Call 883-9212 or email portpolsonplayers@centurytel.net to make reservations. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s trivia question: You’d think someone living a life of crime would get got—as they say in the show The Wire—but Al Capone died due to a heart attack. The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Get a wicked case of “bowling finger” during Five Valley’s Bowl’s Wicked Wednesday, which features $2 bowling after 9 PM plus $2 cans of Bud Light this and every Wed. at the bowling center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4158. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. No intensive training required: The Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S.,

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presents beer pong this and every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free, with prizes. Call 251-5402. Don’t ever worry about getting into a sing-off during Combat Karaoke, which runs this and every Wed. at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve, 5550 N. Reserve St., starting at 9 PM. Free. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the karaoke mic at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which is back in action with free karaoke at 9:30 PM, Sun.–Thu. each week. Call 830-3277. They’ll make you bust a move, or else: Local electronic music enthusiasts and all around swell dudes DJs Kris Moon and Aaron Bolton keep you dancin’ late when they play an assortment of tunes at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

THURSDAY May

nightlife Get a dose of artistic pleasure this and every third Thu. during the Dana Gallery’s Third Thursdays, which features the exhibit Second Annual Celebration of Missoula Artists Show on display for your perusal from 5–8 PM at the gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 7213154. Bob Wire would rather not take shots of castor oil when he plays country at the Bitterroot Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363–PINT. Swap seeds, stories and nibble on some potluck foods during the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project’s first MUD Mingle of the season, which includes a seed swap and runs from 6–9 PM at MUD, 629 Phillips St. Free. Bring a potluck dish to share, as well as your own plates, cups and utensils. Call 7217513 and visit mudproject.ning.com. 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. She’s what you’d call a seasoned hippie: Author Star Jameson reads and signs her new book Medicine Rock—a memoir describing communal living, sexual experimentation and other cultural themes of the 1970s—starting at 7 PM at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Don’t expect to be speaking in ebonics when Brian Jameson offers a devotional singing program with live music and gentle direction at 7:15 PM at Hamilton’s Common Ground Center, 258 Roosevelt Lane. $3 donation requested. Call 363-4026. A portrait of a woman’s struggle to steady her life in a dying community hits the stage during the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s production of

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Bird in House, a play by local playwright Alicia Oravetz with a performance at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10. Visit mtactors.com for tickets. Soak up a tale of a servant who’s a little too eager to offer up his services when the Sentinel High School Drama Department presents its rendition of Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, with a performance at 7:30 PM in the Margaret Johnson Theatre at Sentinel High, 901 South Ave. W. $6/$5 students and seniors. Call Katie at 728-2400 Ext. 7065. History and musicality hit the stage during the Port Polson Players’’ centennial musical Valley Full of Diamonds, which presents 100 years of Mission Valley and Polson history in musical form with a performance at 8 PM at the John Dowdall Theatre, on the Polson Golf Course, off Hwy. 93. $14/$13 students and seniors/$48 family of four. Call 883-9212 or email portpolsonplayers@centurytel.net to make reservations. The Barenaked Ladies expose you to their instruments of choice when they play alt rock at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $37.50, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. (See Noise in this issue.) Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $3. Shoulder pads not required: An evening of local rocking rock awaits when The New Hijackers rip it up with indie rockers The Magpies and garage rockers Rooster Sauce (who play their final Missoula show), at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. 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. Seattle’s Reptet wants you to dance like you’ve got ants in your pants when they play jazz with an experimental touch at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. It was pretty disappointing to find out this week that Missoula’s Crystal Video—a Garden City institution for some 23 years—is closing its doors for good. In light of this bad news, I urge you to support all things local this week and beyond. That doesn’t just mean supporting local businesses. I’m also talking about cheering on your favorite local band during their next gig, perhaps buying some merch from them and downing a brew at the venue that provides you with the opportunity to see them play. It’s a simple gesture, and it’s something that helps to keep our arts scene thriving. In the meantime, you can support me by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 14, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

Imagine bicycling 400 miles, from Glacier to Yellowstone National Park, with the Rocky Mountain Front and Montana’s rolling hillsides and dense forests as your scenic vista. It sounds like a heavenly time coupled with an intense workout for your legs, doesn’t it? Come September, you’ll have the opportunity to bike from the majestic mountains of Glacier to the steaming calderas of Yellowstone during Park 2 Park Montana, a five-day biking jaunt that occurs Sept. 6–10. But this excursion isn’t just an excuse to feed your pedalpushing addiction. It serves as a fundraiser for CASA of Montana, otherwise known as Court Appointed Special Advocates—a program of volunteers who advocate in court for abused and neglected children. Here’s the lowdown: Registration is $495, and you’re required to fundraise a minimum of $300. Registration isn’t due until July 15, but it’s recommended that you RSVP early so you can start training. Visit park2parkmontana.org and call 1-866-863-2272. With that firmly rooted in your mind, we move on to something that might help you train for that aforementioned adventure. On Sat., May 15, Missoulians on Bicycles (MOBI) hit the pavement for the 80-mile Paul O’Connell Memorial Eighth Annual Sula to Wisdom ride, which begins at 7:30 AM with a carpool from Kmart. Alternately, meet at Sula at 9 AM. Free. Call Norman at 370-3876 and visit missoulabike.org. Or you could pay your respects to Glacier before she melts away during the Glacier National Park Association’s annual “Volunteer Day,” which begins with a complimentary breakfast at 8:30 AM Sat., May 15, at the West Glacier Community Building. Shortly after, a volunteer session goes down, where you can keep your fingers busy with trail work and other fruitful activities. Free, but be sure to dress appropriately (that means no hot pants), and bring gloves, lunch and water. Call Ed at 257-5567. All the ladies in the hizhouse who like fishing shouldn’t miss the S.A.F.E. Women’s Flyfishing Clinic on Sat., May 15, which starts with a beginners/intro class from 9 AM–12 PM at the Teller Slack Barn in Corvallis, 1288 Eastside Highway. An intermediate/advanced class

Or tug your bike chain to the max during another MOBI ride on Sun., May 16. This time you’ll tackle the 90-mile 18th annual Lolo Lulu, which departs at 8 AM from Montana Lil’s, 3801 Brooks St. Free, and bring food to share for a large lunch. Call Wayne at 721-3095. At 2 PM on Sun., May 16, have a watery fling of sorts during the Watershed Education Network’s (WEN) Mayfly Fling, the network’s annual fundraiser that runs from 2–7 PM at Caras Park. $5/free children. The soiree includes music by Party Trained, Butter and Wartime Blues, along with a slew of activities including a ring toss, fly casting and a poetry writing session. Proceeds from the party will go toward WEN initiatives like the School Stream Monitoring Program, which takes students to local stream sites to gather info on water health. Call 541-9287 and visit montanawatershed.org. On Mon., May 17, all whitewater guides, boaters and river enthusiasts ought to slack from duty for a few days so they can participate in the Montana River Guides Swiftwater RescueTechnician Course, which runs May 17–19 at a TBA time and location near Missoula. $295. Contact Mike at 777-4837 or e-mail rivers@montana.com to register. Visit montanariverguides.com. Once you have dried off, let forest ecologist Paul Alaback seduce your senses with wildflowers Mon., May 17, during another Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society Wildflower Hike up Mount Sentinel, which begins at 6:30 PM on the south side of UM’s Campus, at the corner of Beckwith and Madeline Avenues. Free. Call Paul at 531-7953. Any mamas or papas who want to train for the Hellgate Village 5k in July ought to know that Tue., May 18, marks the start of Run Wild Missoula’s Running Class for Parents, which runs this and every Tue. at 6 PM through July at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. $50/$25 Run Wild Missoula members. Visit Photo by Chad Harder runwildmissoula.org. Later on Sat., May 15, party it up with your fellow mountaineers Finally, I’ll finish by giving you a heads up on an event that ought during the Rocky Mountaineers’ 50th birthday party, which starts to tickle the fancy of kayakers and fitness freaks. It’s the Deep Bay at a TBA time at the Larry Creek Group Site near the Charles Waters Kayak and Fitness Symposium, which runs May 28–31 at the Campground, and is open to anyone who’s been associated with this Deep Bay Resort in Lakeside. Here’s a sample of what’s in store: the group of climbers. Details are still in the works, so check rockymoun- chance to enroll in sea kayak basics to advance skills courses, as well taineers.com for updates. as a slew of fitness and yoga workshops. E-mail bobbie@glaciOn Sun., May 16, cure the barley soda hangover you got from erseakayak.com for pricing and call 862-9010. imbibing with the Rocky Mountaineers when you join them for a As for now, get those spokes in training mode. climb up St. Joseph Peak in the Bitterroots. Free. It starts at a TBA calendar@missoulanews.com time, so contact Forest Dean at mtnear1@gmail.com for details.

follows from 1–4 PM. $60, with lunch included. A portion of proceeds go to S.A.F.E., aka the organization Supporters of Abuse Free Environment. RSVP by calling Jenny at 360-2644. Take a hike, literally, on Sat., May 15, when the Missoula Chapter of the Sierra Club leads a Blodgett Canyon Day Hike, which starts at a TBA time and location. Free, but it’s limited to 15 participants and you must sign a liability release. RSVP for specifics with Mary by e-mailing her at mowens320@gmail.com. Sat., May 15, also means that kayakers have an excuse to slip their paddles into some water during the 12th annual Best in the West Freestyle Kayak Competition, which begins with registration at noon at Brennan’s Wave. $20/free to watch. Call 546-0370 or email waves@zootownsurfers.com.

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Visual rescue Dan Flores reclaims the history of Northern Rockies art by Erika Fredrickson

In 1996, Dan Flores, a University of Montana professor of Western history, got a phone call from former student Allen Jones. Remembering that Flores had given a slide presentation on Western art in his “19th Century West” class, Jones, now the editor at the Big Sky Journal, asked Flores to write a feature about some of the regional artists of the Northwest. The feature became a regular column for eight years and Flores used the opportunity to delve into the history of artists—men and forgotten women—who were significant specifically to the area. Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West is the culmination of those Big Sky Journal essays, as well as more than a decade of research by Flores on the history of regional Northwest art. The book acts as sort of a visual counterpart to The Last Best Place, which focused on the literature of the Northern Rockies and Northern West. In fact, Last Best Place editors Bill Kittredge and Annick Smith brainstormed with Flores on his book. We spoke with Flores about Visions of the Big Sky, charismatic animals, nostalgia and Charlie Russell.

didn’t happen in this part of the world. It’s happened with writers. But painters and photographers didn’t do it. Indy: What did you notice about American Indians in Northwest art? Flores: In the Southwest artists were painting and engaged with Pueblo Indians who had managed to preserve their culture, their ceremonies, their religion. Indians were still living in the places they had been living in for a thousand years with traditions that are intact. When a painter like Joseph Henry Sharp, who had painted the Pueblos in exactly that way, comes to Montana, he’s

Indy: Can you talk about the charismatic animal and how that affected art in this region? Flores: The only thing that remotely resembles it in the Southwest are howling coyotes with handkerchiefs around their necks, and that’s nothing by any means to compare to all this rich art tradition that we have here of bison herds, of grizzly bears, of wild horses. I’ve got a chapter on John James Audubon in here that sort of reproduces the Great Plains when it was ecologically whole. There were bison herds and prairie dog towns and now extinct wild sheep that were in the Badlands of eastern

Indy: What happened to art in the Northwest? Flores: I think one explanation is that because Charlie Russell loomed so large up here he and his followers kind of captured the visual arts tradition and pretty much distilled it into cowboy art and nothing else. And, of course, in the middle 20th century, cowboy art along with Western movies and Western television shows was sort of fading away. It went out of style. The result is that over the last half-century we kind of just lost this memory of a time when this was one of the places that visually told people what the West was. Indy: Did you have a particular moment when this idea hit you? Flores: I was in Fact & Fiction after having been In Visions of the Big Sky, author Dan Flores argues that art from the Southwest and Northern California in Santa Fe all summer. I was standing in front have retained their regional identity, while art in the Northwest—full of large animals, wild mountain of the art section and it struck me that of landscapes and American Indians—has been relegated to the generic term of “Western art” despite its very specific origins. Maynard Dixon’s “Home of the Blackfeet,” above, depicts the Rocky Mountain Front almost all the art books that existed in this part and a more modern American Indian lifestyle. of the world, 80 percent had Charlie Russell’s name in the title. Meanwhile, I’d just been down in Santa convinced, as is everyone else, that the Indians in this part Montana and the Dakotas and wolves and coyotes. He just Fe where there would be entire walls devoted to the art of of the world are all losing their cultures. The buffalo are did this marvelous complete ecology of the Northern the Southwest covering scores of people. It was sort of this gone. They’re abandoning their teepees. So it’s kind of Plains. epiphany. I said to myself, “Ah, so this is what happened.” this visual salvage anthropology to try to capture the way Indy: But we haven’t lost those themes. they looked maybe 50 years before. Flores: We haven’t lost any of them. They’re all still there. Indy: You say in the book that unlike with writers, visual But many of these themes were regionally specific and the Indy: Does it tend to be more political for that reason? arts colonies didn’t develop in the Northwest. Why not? Flores: People tended to live somewhere else. They Flores: I think it’s nostalgic. It’s Edward Sheriff Curtis, world at large lost sight of the fact that there was a regionwould come out here in the summer, they would paint maybe the most famous Indian photographer in our histo- al visual arts tradition here in the Northwest. Nobody realand sometimes come several years in a row. From the very ry who goes to a Blackfeet Sun Dance with George Bird ly noticed that all these animals that were being painted first American artist who came out to the Northern Rockies Grinnell in 1901 and gets the idea for photographing the and almost all of the wilderness landscapes are actually in the pattern is: You come from the East, usually up the Indians of North America. But he photographs them as he the Tetons and Yellowstone and Glacier. People just Missouri river. You spend a couple of summers in the imagines they were living in 1850. There’s a photograph thought of it as “Western art.” But it’s a very specific part in here where Curtis has photographed this trio of of the West. What I’m trying to do is reclaim it as a specifNorthern Rockies and then go back to civilization. Blackfeet men inside a teepee, a classic scene. And he gets ic regional tradition and remind people that it is out there, back to his studio and develops the negative, pulls the that those marvelous Albert Bierstadt paintings, absoluteIndy: And is that different from artists in the Southwest? Flores: I think it is. In the Southwest many of the artists print and realizes that there is an alarm clock in the scene ly that’s Western art, but it’s also the art of the Wind Rivers, who became famously associated there often grew up and so he airbrushes the alarm clock out. But when he and it’s part of the Northern Rockies tradition. somewhere else but they moved there. Mabel Dodge, shot the photograph in 1908 these Blackfeet were all Mary Austin, Georgia O’Keeffe—they all moved there. That using alarm clocks and they drove to the shoot in a car. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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There are a million reasons to fall in love with Secret Order of the Donkey Shadows. For one, the sound is exuberantly devoted to the ghoulish legacy of The Cramps and The Makers, while maintaining its originality. Second, each song sees a different member of Rooster Sauce taking the vocal reins to tell a wild story. Third, the songs are about creatures, drive-in double features, aliens and alter egos couched in R&Btinged arrangements and injected with kookiness usually saved for Japanese garage bands. In “My Kinda Love,” General Lee belts out the bluesy

Barenaked Ladies All in Good Time Raisin’ Records

Barenaked Ladies are easy to pick on: geeky, chunky, Canadian, do blow, get arrested…Wait, what? That’s why their most prolific songwriter, Steven Page, got booted last year. On All in Good Time, BNL go off on Page, managing to sound both like themselves and like heartbroken teenagers, as in the opener, “You Runaway”: “I tried to be your brother/You cried and ran for cover/I made a mess, who doesn’t/I did my best but it wasn’t enough.” Angsty teenager isn’t the worst sound for pop-rock out-

Gogol Bordello

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My first Gogol Bordello album was the band’s sophomore release, Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony. And because my obsession with the raucous gypsy punk collective from New York City’s Lower East Side rests first and foremost on that release, it’s difficult to listen to any other Gogol Bordello album with the same kind of embrace. It’s like going to your favorite restaurant and—though you want to be adventurous—ordering the same tried-and-true chicken curry you know will never, ever disappoint. Well, I’ve changed my mind. Or I’ve found an equal favorite. Trans-Continental Hustle, the group’s fifth release, is classic Gogol Bordello with its mish-

Drive-By Truckers The Big To-Do ATO Records

When alt-country band Old 97’s released their fifth album Fight Songs (1999), some critics expressed relief that the band had finally matured. I don’t dispute that the lyrics got a little more nuanced and the instrumentation more refined, but the band certainly also got a whole lot more boring. I’m not saying the same goes for Drive-By Truckers on their newest release, but it’s a similar conundrum.

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line, “If I’m Han Solo, she’s the carbon freeze. I’m the record and she’s the needle scratchin’ me.” In “Creature Feature Attraction Distraction,” David Lee sounds like Vincent Price. And Sara Lee’s “Surfin Song” about sea monsters feels so old-school. Given so many self-serious bands trying to be King Cool of the indie rock mountain, it’s refreshing to listen to a band that doesn’t seem obsessed with vanity. This album is funny and fun and that, my friend, is what “cool” means. (Erika Fredrickson) Rooster Sauce plays a CD release show at Localfest in Caras Park Saturday, May 15, at 6 PM. Free. fits. Unfortunately, “You Runaway,” and most of the album is milquetoast. The band’s past hits, like “Brian Wilson” and “Pinch Me,” were at least highlighted by quirky lyrics memorable to listeners: “I could hide out under there/ I just made you say underwear.” Well-crafted musical hooks of old abound on this new effort, but lyrical hooks don’t. You won’t find anything like, “Chickity China the Chinese chicken/You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin’?” on here, but “Four Seconds” busts out a characteristic rat-a-tattat delivery, nifty Balkan-esque guitars and swell vocal harmonies. BNL has played together for 20 years. It’s easy to understand their disappointment in Page, but it’s just as easy to hear that though the band may not miss him personally, they miss him musically. (Jason McMackin) Barenaked Ladies play the Wilma Theatre Thursday, May 20, at 8 PM. $37.50. mash of Ukranian and English lyrics, flamboyant accordion, yearning fiddle and the gritty, unrestrained charisma of lead singer Eugene Hütz. Songs like “My Companjera” have rough-edged harmonies and wonderfully desperate gang vocals. In “Uma Menina” the surreal call-andresponse shows how the band takes nonsensical ideas to the most serious levels. And it all feels deliciously radical, like in “Immigraniada” where Hütz lyrically flips off anti-immigration policy with, “To hell with your double standard. We’re comin’ rougher every time.” Even with all the same elements and, dare I say, gimmicks, it’s an album full of entirely fresh songs. Instant crush. (Erika Fredrickson) The Big To-Do is a salute to blue collar life in a recession, with the nostalgic and wistful flavor of Springsteen or Mellencamp. The themes are easy to relate to, but have lost the weird, boldly uncomfortable details that make DBT songs strong. Only a few songs display elements of albums past. “The Wig He Made Her Wear” tells the story of a woman who kills her preacher husband after years of debasement. And in “The Flying Wallendas,” a family falls from the sky and performs on trapeze and high wires. Those kind of songs seemed par for the course on previous albums. On The Big To-Do they’re exceptions, replaced by stories of people working for low wages while box stores eat up the only culture left in town. True, but generic. Good stories, but not great. (Erika Fredrickson)

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In Frances McCue’s newest book, The Car That to “take someone you emotionally trust, a friend or Brought You Here Still Runs, the poet and founding a lover, to a town you like the looks of but know litdirector of the Seattle-based Richard Hugo House tle about, and show your companion around the goes on a road trip. Part travelogue and part literary town in the poem.” discussion, this engaging and meditative book, which In her own book (with chapters organized by takes its title from Hugo’s poem “Degrees of Gray in town), McCue does just this in essay form. She takes Philipsburg” (Hugo’s and McCue’s favorite of his the reader on a journey, giving us a tour of the towns poems), rediscovers the Northwest towns Hugo cap- about which Hugo wrote, but giving us her own take tured in poems over the course of his 30-year career. on it too. When she buys a pack of gum and a bag of When she gets to Dixon, Mont., McCue—along chips at the 3 Bridges Deli in Cataldo, Idaho, the man with Mary Randlett, the acclaimed photographer at the counter asks her: whose stunning black-and-white photographs illus“Want a beer to go with that?” trate the book—finds the bar Hugo immortalized in “Too early,” she replies, “But thanks.” his poem, “The Only Bar in More than a reflective Dixon.” journey, McCue’s book is At some point in 1970, also a deeply engaging Hugo, Jim Welch and J.D. discussion, a rediscovery Reed (the latter two, 20 even, of a poet whose years younger than Hugo, presence looms over the had once been Hugo’s stuAmerican West. McCue, dents) walked into the who was 20 when Hugo Dixon Bar and, over the died in 1982, drives the course of the evening, they narrative forward (okay, each decided to write a pun intended) with the poem about it titled, “The very basic tools of her own Only Bar in Dixon.” All curiosity and sharp narrathree poets sent their vertive instinct (with help sion to the New Yorker and, from Randlett’s photos, to their apparent surprise, which make this book not the New Yorker published only a good read, but a all three versions in the beautiful object to hold). same issue on October 10, Hers is an insightful dis1970. The town of Dixon, cussion, and who can however, wasn’t flattered. blame her? The proprietor, a red- The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs McCue graduated from headed woman named Frances McCue, Mary Randlett the same graduate program Joanne Schmauch (she took Hardcover, University of Washington Press where Hugo had attained p a r t i c u l a r u m b r a g e a t 260 pages, $27.95 his degree some 40 years Welch’s line: “You can have before. She’d go on to start the redheaded bartender for a word...”), wrote an a still-thriving writing center that bears Hugo’s name. inflamed letter to the Missoulian, claiming that she The poet she didn’t know has influenced at least one and the mayor of Dixon were writing a poem called pillar of her career immensely. Suitably, hers is an “An Ode to Five-Bourbon Hugo.” Hugo was not insightful and compulsively readable discussion, free shamed. In a response, he sharply retorted that of the tedious and limiting rhetoric inherent to so “Joanne Schmauch finds my poems unflattering to many book-length literary analyses. Dixon but my poems are not about Dixon. For When writing about “Degrees of Gray in Schmauch’s edification, poems are works of imagina- Philipsburg,” McCue points out that the reader is tion and are not intended to be factual accounts…If never quite totally alone in a Hugo poem, “but you I wanted to write about Dixon, I would write an arti- feel as if you were standing in some foundation of a cle.” The words were a precursor to Hugo’s now- house blown down long ago, and you’re looking famous essay “The Triggering Town,” where he wrote around. And you could find yourself packing one bag that “an imagined town is at least as real as an actual and moving into a town where the degrees of gray town. If it isn’t, you may be in the wrong business.” feel somehow more alive than your regular life.” The Hugo, however, didn’t write about imaginary thought is a near echo of Hugo’s closing remarks in towns—he wrote about real ones: Dixon, Milltown, “The Triggering Town” when he writes, “You found Philipsburg, Pony and a scattering of others the town, now you must start the poem. If the poem throughout Washington, Idaho and, of course, turns out good, the town will have become your Montana. The difference, perhaps, is that for Hugo hometown no matter what name it carries.” No matter what names they carry, McCue has characterizing a town had as much to do with the poet’s sense of the place as it did with the actual helped to make Hugo’s imaginary hometowns her reality of the place itself. Somewhere between the own—and ours too. real and imagined town, lay the foundation of the poem. In the same essay, Hugo advised his students arts@missoulanews.com

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For the sake of clarity, it’s not as though a performance has never before increased the popularity of a comic-book movie. It’s just that previously, it’s always been the villain—most specifically, the bookend Joker performances by Jack Nicholson in 1989’s Batman and Heath Ledger in 2008’s The Dark Knight. But Robert Downey Jr.’s quicksilver line readings as billionaireturned-hero Tony Stark fueled everything that was genuinely interesting and entertaining about the first Iron Man—to the extent that, when the finale turned into a brawl between two big hunks of metal, it felt like a letdown to be deprived of Downey’s sly smirk. Tony Stark, not Iron Man, was the star. For Iron Man 2, Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux attempt to retain what worked the first time around, while simultaneously fixing what didn’t—and that proves to be a tall order. They pick up the bulk of the action six months after the end of the first film, in which Stark announced to the world that he was in fact the armored super-hero. Now out of the closet as the world’s one-man peacekeeping unit, he’s facing a variety of challenges. The government wants to appropriate Stark’s armored weaponry for national security; the arc reactor unit in Stark’s chest that keeps him alive is also poisoning him. And, oh yeah, a Russian scientist named Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke)—the vengeance-seeking son of Stark’s dad’s ex-partner—appears to create his own dangerous variation on the Iron Man technology. If that sounds like the all-too-common problem of trying to crank a summer sequel’s volume up to 11, you’re pretty close to right. In addition to our new villain, the filmmakers add a new Stark employee named Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johanson) who has a few specialized skills, a weapons-manufacturing rival to Stark named Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) who

But thank heaven for Downey, who’s still a delight even when the script has his psychology bouncing in a dozen different directions: meditating on his own mortality; brooding over daddy issues; basking egomaniacally in his role as the world’s savior; etc. He’s at his best when he gets to trade do-they-or-don’t-they/willthey-or-won’t-they banter with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) or preen his way through his congressional hearing, and you can feel Iron Man 2’s energy rise every time Downey is given room to have fun with his role. Every time the narrative swerves away to focus on something or someone else—even the reliably wonderful Rockwell—you can feel what’s missing. There’s not as much missing from the action sequences, however, and if Iron Man 2 ultimately feels fairly satisfying, it’s because they’re executed with a lot more style this time around. The racetrack confrontation between Stark and Vanko is a well-choreographed set piece, as is the final large-scale battle involving Iron Man, Rhodey’s War Machine and dozens of dangerous robot drones. Even better is the showcase for Johanson as a cat suit-clad super-spy, which packs a sexy, funny wallop. When it sets out to be a bang-up action movie, Iron Man 2 delivers better than its predecessor. But audiences didn’t fall for Iron Man because it was just another spectacle. With just a bit more streamlining, Tony Stark could have been just as compelling, and Downey’s performance even more effortlessly witty. Even as it’s delivering its entertainment, this sequel leaves you wanting more of the guy who made the original fly. Iron Man 2 continues at the Carmike 10 and Village 6. arts@missoulanews.com

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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK GREENBERG Ben Stiller is the ultimate slacker in his 40s—he just lost his job in New York City and literally wants to do nothing, except chill as a house sitter at his brother’s pad in Los Angeles. Still, his mid-life funk won’t last too long, especially when the lovely Greta Gerwig jumps into his view. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9 nightly with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

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Carrell decides to take Fey to an upscale restaurant, only to find out they’ve become the targets of some seriously corrupt cops. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 1:15, 4, 6:50 and 9 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

JUST WRIGHT Queen Latifah keeps it real as a physical therapist who can’t find a guy who wants to be more than just buddies. That might change after rapper Common—who’s a pro b-baller—blows out his knee and counts on Latifah to be his queen of recovery. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:10 and 9:40 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.-Sun. at 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:35, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:45.

IRON MAN 2 Robert Downey Jr. returns as Iron Man, the wellliked industrialist with a few metallic tricks up his sleeve. This time around, however, Downey Jr.’s got the government pleading for his technological secrets, and dudes like Mickey Rourke after his head. Carmike 10: 4:10, 4:35, 6:10, 7, 7:30, 9 and 9:50 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 12:30, 1:15, 1:45 and 3:20. Village 6: 7 and 9:50 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:15 and 4:10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:45, 7:15 and 9:15 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:15 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20 and 9:20 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:15 and midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20 and 9:20. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.Sun. show at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:15.

LETTERS TO JULIET Amanda Seyfried tours the Italian town where Romeo and Juliet is set, and happens to stumble across a group of people who answer love letters left on a wall for Juliet. For some reason, she decides to join in on the action—and in the process, Seyfried helps Vanessa Redgrave hook up with her long lost Italian stallion, and ignites her own flame with Christopher Egan. Carmike 10: 4:30, 7:20 and 9:50 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Village 6: 7 and 9:30 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:45 and 4:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.Sun. at 12:05, 2:30, 5, 7:25 and 9:50 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:45, 4:15, 7:25 and 9:50. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. ROBIN HOOD Russell Crowe (Robin Hood) keeps the despotic and corrupt Matthew MacFadyen (Sheriff of Nottingham) at bay with his trusty bow and arrow—while also trying to win the heart of dashing Cate Blanchett—in this adaptation of the classic tale. Carmike 10: 3:40, 7 and 10:05 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:30. Village 6: 7 and 10:05 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 12:30 and 3:40. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 1, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15, 7:30 and 9:25 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:30 and midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15, 7:30 and 9:25. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 6:45 and 9:20.

NOW PLAYING A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Who’s ready for a remake? Jackie Earle Haley replaces Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, disfigured face and all, as he revels in terrorizing a gaggle of Elm Street residents—including Kyle Gallner and Katie Cassidy—in their dreams, and eventually, in reality. Carmike 10: 4:10, 7:25 and 10 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: nightly at 9 with no show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:15, 2:25, 4:40, 7:30 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:50, 4:30, 7:30 and 9:45. THE BACK-UP PLAN Jennifer Lopez is eager to settle down and have kids but can’t seem to find the right dude to be

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON This 3-D animated flick follows Hiccup, a scrawny Viking teen who was brought up to mercilessly slay dragons. But things change when he befriends a “different” dragon that makes him realize they aren’t so evil after all. Carmike 10: 4:15 and 7:05 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30. Village 6 in 2-D: 7:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 1:30 and 4:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton in 2-D: 7 and 9 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 1:30, 3:55, 6:40 and 9 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

KICK-ASS Aaron Johnson is a nerdy teen who’s obsessed with comics and is lacking on luck with the ladies. At some point, he brings his fixation to life by becoming a superhero—and soon enough, people like Nicolas Cage start emulating his pulverizing moves. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9:10 only Sun.–Thu. with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:10. THE LOSERS Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba and others unleash the mother freakin’ fury—at least try to—against CIA agent Jason Patric, who left the band of mercenaries for dead during a covert op in a Bolivian jungle. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 9:25 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.-Sun. show at 1:15.

“This grants you unlimited head rubs…for eternity.” Robin Hood opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

BARBIE IN A MERMAID TALE Barbie lives it up in this cartoon as a surfing champ in Malibu, until she finds out that she’s also a mermaid. Eventually though, her new appendage helps her do things like rescue her mother, as well as save an ocean kingdom. Village 6: 1 only on Sat.–Sun. CLASH OF THE TITANS Sam Worthington (Perseus), the Greek warrior and son of Liam Neeson (Zeus) decides to wage battle against demons and freakish beasts in his quest to defeat the hellraising ways of Ralph Fiennes (Hades). Carmike 10: 9:25 only. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Thu. at 1:05, 4:05, 6:45 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. DATE NIGHT Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are suburbanite parents with a marriage that’s going stale. In an attempt to inject a little spice into their lives

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FURRY VENGEANCE Brendan Fraser’s a naïve developer is lured into believing that building over a nature preserve is a totally great idea. The animals he’s displacing, however, aren’t going to take it— and they do their best to screw with Fraser until he loses his cool for good. Village 6: 7 and 9:25 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:25, 2:40, 4:50 and 7:05 and Mon.–Thu. at 2, 4:15 and 7:05. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke are all down-on-their-luck dudes who decide that getting hammered in a ski resort hot tub is a good idea. When their night of debauchery ends, they wake up realizing they’ve been transported back to 1986. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9.

OCEANS Narrator Pierce Brosnan helps you dive deep into this documentary that utilizes spellbinding cinematography to chronicle Earth’s oceans and its inhabitants. Village 6: 7:30 and 9:40 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 4:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:35, 2:40, 4:45, 6:55 and 9:05 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:40, 4:20, 6:55 and 9:05. Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., May 14. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: C a r m i k e 10 / Vi l l a g e 6 – 541- 74 6 9 ; Wi l m a – 728 - 2521 ; P h a r a o h p l e x i n Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7804. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): What happens when someone “sells out”? Typically, it refers to a person who overrides her highest artistic standards or her soul’s mandates in order to make a bundle of money. But I want to enlarge the definition to encompass any behavior that seeks popular appeal at the expense of authenticity, or any action that sacrifices integrity for the sake of gaining power. I think you have to be especially on guard against this lapse in the coming days, Aries—not only in yourself but also in those you’re close to. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I can’t live the button-down life,” says cartoon character Homer Simpson. “I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles.” Born May 10, Homer is unusual for a Taurus. Many of your tribe love the creamy middles but are quite content to live without the terrifying lows, even if that means being deprived of your fair share of dizzying highs. While that may sometimes seem like a boring limitation, I don’t expect it to be any time soon. The creamy middles that are looming for you are the lushest, plushest creamy middles I’ve seen in a long time. Terrifying lows and dizzying highs will be irrelevant. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Spanish painter Francisco Goya created an etching entitled “El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos.” Its two possible translations have very different meanings: “The sleep of reason produces monsters” or “The dream of reason produces monsters.” The first version suggests that when our reasoning faculties go dormant, we’re susceptible to doing dumb and crazy things. The second version implies that if we rely excessively on our reasoning faculty, it acquires a lunatic hubris that devalues our emotions and distorts our imagination. You’re more susceptible to the former than the latter right now, Gemini, but it’s crucial that you avoid both. A way out of your pain is available if you use your reason just right—neither too little nor too much.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some of your illusions seeped into you before you learned to talk. Others sneaked into you later, while you were busy figuring out how to become yourself. Eventually, you even made conscious choices to adopt certain illusions because they provided you with comfort and consolation. There’s no need to be ashamed of this. It’s a natural part of being a human being. Having said that, I’m happy to announce that you’re entering a phase when you will have the power to shed at least some of your illusions—especially the ones you consciously chose—in ways that don’t hurt you. To begin the process, declare this intention: “I have the courage to see life as it really is.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to a statute in the state of Indiana, you may not use your bare hands to catch a fish from a lake. In Fairbanks, Alaska, you’re breaking the law if you let a moose slurp an alcoholic drink. In Flowery Branch, Georgia, you may be arrested if you shout out “Snake!” Arizona doesn’t permit you to let a donkey sleep in your bathtub. And yet I’ve got to say that you Leos could probably get away with all of these acts and more in the coming weeks. The omens suggest that your levels of freedom are extremely high, as is your amount of slack. You’ll have clearance to do many things you wouldn’t normally be able to do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I didn’t think it was possible, but paranoid visions of doom and gloom have become even more popular in the past few years than ever before. Apocalypsewatching is no longer a fringe hobby reserved for conspiracy fetishists; it has gone mainstream. And yet here I am in the midst of the supposed mayhem, babbling my eccentric ideas about how we are living in the single most wonderful time in the history of civilization. So let me ask you a crucial question, especially if you’re one of the millions of normal people who believes that cynicism is a supreme sign of intelligence: Do you really want to be getting your fortune told by a rebel optimist like me? You should know that all my horoscopes are rooted in the hypothesis that expecting the best makes you happier, safer, kinder, wilder, stronger, and smarter. What happens in the coming weeks will, in my opinion, be dramatic proof of that.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The bad news is that climate change is really underway. That’s why Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal has sunk beneath the waves, swallowed up by rising sea levels and shifts in monsoon patterns. The good news is that its disappearance has ended a dispute between India and Bangladesh, both of which claimed it as their own. There’s nothing left to fight over. I foresee a metaphorically comparable scenario coming to your life, Libra: an act of nature that will render a conflict irrelevant.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some experts say methamphetamine is more addictive than any other drug. Here’s one reason why, according to “Mothers Against Methamphetamines” founder Dr. Mary Holley: “The effect of an IV hit of methamphetamine is the equivalent of 10 orgasms all on top of each other lasting for 30 minutes to an hour, with a feeling of arousal that lasts for another day and a half.” At least that’s what it’s like in the early stages of using the drug. After a while, hell sets in and the body is no longer happy. Luckily, you Scorpios won’t be tempted to fall victim to meth splurges any time soon. Without relying on anything more than your natural powers, your capacity for experiencing erotic pleasure will be substantial.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your eyes can discriminate between about 500 various shades of gray. Let’s hope your moral compass is as precise in its power to distinguish subtle differences. Why? Because there will be no easy black-versus-white decisions to make in the near future; no simple, foolproof way to determine the distinctions between good and bad. I recommend that for now you give up hope of achieving utter certainty, and instead celebrate the refined pleasures of nuanced, complicated truth.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): These days you have an extraordinary capacity to perform magic. And when I use that word “magic,” I mean it in a very specific sense: causing practical changes to occur in accordance with your most noble and beautiful desires. I’m not talking about the kind of “magic” that helps you gratify mediocre wishes or tawdry fantasies. I’m not saying you should go on an acquisitive binge as you gather up booty and bragging points. Rather I’m letting you know that you have the power to create inspiring transformations in the way your life works.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you want to know where all the power lies for you right now? It’s nowhere. Do you want to know what the nature of that power is? It’s nothing. But before you jump to conclusions about the meaning of what I just said, read this passage from Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell: “We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A Pisces woman I know was harried by ant swarms invading her kitchen. She could have run out to the drug store and brought home loads of poisonous little ant hotels. Instead, she gave her imagination the go-ahead to brainstorm. Soon she’d come up with a solution. She scooped up a host of ants and threw them in a blender with the other ingredients of her smoothie, then drank it all down. The next day, all the ants had departed, as if scared off by the Great Devourer. I suggest you learn from her example, both in the sense of being open to outlandish possibilities and in the sense of finding alternate ways to deal with adversaries. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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carry out all applicable requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 in the award and administration of DOT assisted contracts. As required by 49 CFR Part 26, the Airport Authority is required to create a bidders list, consisting of information about all DBE and non-DBE firms that bid or quote on DOT-assisted contracts. The purpose of this requirement is to allow use of the bidders list approach to calculating future overall DBE goals. As per the requirements of the Proposal section, all Prime Bidders submitting bids on this project must submit, with his or her bid, a list including the name, address, and DBE/nonDBE status of all subcontractors and suppliers that bid or quote for work under this contract. Failure to provide this information, as outlined in the Proposal section, will make the bidder non-responsive and not eligible for award of the contract. This contract will be funded in part by a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. Therefore, award of the Contract by the Sponsor will be made subject to concurrence of FAA. Bidders may not withdraw Proposals for a period of ninety (90) days after the bid opening date. The pre-bid conference is hereby established at 2:00 p.m. (local time) Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at the Airport Terminal Conference Room, Missoula International Airport. A tour of the work site at the Missoula International Airport will be conducted following the pre-bid conference. Signed: /s/ Cris JensenAirport Director Missoula County Airport Authority

issued on behalf of Richard A. Reep, Robert T. Bell, and Cory R. Laird (the “Applicants”) in order to finance a portion of the costs of designing and constructing an office building located at Lot 8 of North Reserve Business Center on Stockyard Road in Missoula County (the “Project”) and to pay certain costs of issuance of the Bonds. The Project is expected to cost approximately $820,000. When finished, it is anticipated that the Project will provide approximately 4,000 square feet of office space. The Project will be owned by the Applicants or a legal entity to be formed under Montana law comprised of the Applicants (the “Borrower”). The maximum aggregate principal amount of the proposed Bond issuance is $667,000. The Bonds will be secured by a pledge of the revenues to be derived by the County from a loan agreement with the Borrower and by such other security devices, if any, as may be deemed advantageous, including a mortgage or trust indenture on the Project. The Bonds will be a special, limited obligation of the County, and the Bonds and interest thereon will be payable solely from the revenues of the Borrower pledged to the payment thereof. The holder of the Bonds will never have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the County to pay the Bonds or the interest thereon, nor to enforce payment thereof against any property of the County except money payable by the Borrower to the County and pledged to the payment of the Bonds. Any interested persons may appear and will be heard at the public hearing at the time and place stated above or may file written comments with the County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer prior to the date of such hearing. Further information regarding the proposal is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer. For additional information on the proposed resolution or Bonds, contact Andrew Czorny, Chief Financial Officer, or Dale Bickell, Chief Administrative Officer, Missoula County, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 or by calling 406-721-5700. Dated: April 20, 2010. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA

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INVITATION TO BID AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MISSOULA, MONTANA Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received and publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, May 20, 2010 by the Missoula County Airport Authority at the Airport Terminal Conference Room for the construction of “Airport Improvements” to include the following: Water and Sewer Development For the Construction of a New Air Traffic Control Tower This work is to include all tools, equipment, materials and labor to complete this project. Bids must be sealed and delivered: Missoula County Airport Authority, 5225 Highway 10 West, Missoula, MT 59808 at or before 2:00 p.m., local time on Thursday, May 20, 2010, and marked “Bid for Airport Improvements at the Missoula International Airport.” The bidder’s name, address and state Contractor’s Registration Number shall appear in the lower left hand corner of the envelope. All bids must be accompanied by lawful monies of the United States or a Cashier’s Check, a Certified Check, Bid Bond, Bank Money Order or Bank Draft, drawn and issued by a National Banking Association located in the State of Montana, or by any Banking Corporation incorporated under the Laws of the State of Montana, in an amount equal to not less than ten (10) percent of the total bid, payable to the order of the Missoula County Airport Authority as liquidated damages in the event said successful bidder shall fail or refuse to execute the contract in accordance with the terms of his bid. After a contract is awarded, the successful bidder will be required to furnish a separate Performance and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract. Plans, specifications, bidding and contract forms may be inspected at the Airport Director’s Office – Missoula International Airport, or at offices of the consulting engineer, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., at 1 Engineering Place, Helena, Montana; 315 N. 25th Street, Suite 102, Billings, Montana; 2880 Technology Blvd West., Bozeman, Montana; 1321 8th Avenue North, Suite 104, Great Falls,

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Montana; or 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, Montana. Copies of these documents may be obtained from the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, Montana 59803 – Phone: (406) 542-8880, on the payment of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) nonrefundable, for each complete set. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities. The Contractor will be required to comply with the wage and labor requirements and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedule of wage rates established by the United States Department of Labor as referenced in the Contract. Contractors and any subcontractors doing work on this project will require registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Avenue, Helena, Montana 596048011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-800-5566694. Contractors are required to have been registered with the Department of Labor and Industry prior to bidding on this project. The Bidder must supply all the information required by the bid documents and specifications. The Bidder is required to submit a Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities (included in the Proposal form). A Contractor having 50 or more employees and his subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative action program, the standards for which are contained in the specifications. To be eligible for award each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in these specifications. The proposed contract is under subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal Labor Provisions. The Missoula County Airport Authority has established an overall DBE goal for the year. Under this contract, the Airport Authority is adopting a race-neutral means of facilitating DBE participation. The bidder shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the performance of this contract. The bidder shall

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PUBLIC NOTICES MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT

NOTICE OF HEARING MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) of Missoula County, Montana (the “County”) will hold a public hearing on May 19, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., Mountain Time, in Room 201, Second Floor of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on a proposal that the County issue revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) under Montana Code Annotated Title 90, Chapter 5, Part 1, as amended (the “Act”), and designate them as recovery zone facility bonds under the Internal Revenue Code. The Bonds would be issued on behalf of Craig A. Langel (the “Applicant”) in order to finance a portion of the costs of purchasing 50% of the assets of Radio Way LLC, a Montana limited liability company, consisting of a 6,000 square feet office building located at 2700 Radio Way in the City of Missoula, Montana and remodeling, renovating, furnishing and equipping the building (the “Project”) and to pay certain costs of issuance of the Bonds. The Project is expected to cost approximately $1,225,000. The Project will be owned by the Applicant or a legal entity to be formed under Montana law comprised of the Applicant (the “Borrower”). The maximum aggregate principal amount of the proposed Bond issuance is $631,000. The Bonds will be secured by a pledge of the revenues to be derived by the County from a loan agreement with the Borrower and by such other security devices, if any, as may be deemed advantageous, including a mortgage or trust indenture on the Project. The Bonds will be a special, limited obligation of the County, and the Bonds and interest thereon will be payable solely from the revenues of the Borrower pledged to the payment thereof. The holder of the Bonds will never have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the County to pay the Bonds or the interest thereon, nor to enforce payment thereof against any property of the County except money payable by the Borrower to the County and pledged to the payment of the Bonds. Any interested persons may appear and will be heard at

the public hearing at the time and place stated above or may file written comments with the County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer prior to the date of such hearing. Further information regarding the proposal is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer. For additional information on the proposed resolution or Bonds, contact Andrew Czorny, Chief Financial Officer, or Dale Bickell, Chief Administrative Officer, Missoula County, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 or by calling 406-721-5700. Dated: April 20, 2010. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD L. BUNCH, Deceased. Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-10-58 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to DONALD L. BUNCH, JR., the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 5th day of May, 2010.Donald L. Bunch, Jr., Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-10-51 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELVIRA GIULIANI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will b forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to MARILYN GIULIANI, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Marsillo & Schuyler, PLLC, 103 South 5th Street East, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2010. /s/ Marilyn Giuliani, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-10-55 NOTICE

TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY K. HALDER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bonnie Halder, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. DATED this 30th day of April, 2010. /s/ Bonnie Halder, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-10-54 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. HEINLE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa M. Heinle has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Lisa M. Heinle, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE, 818 West Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of May, 2010. CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE /s/ Kyle D. Cunningham, Attorney for Personal Representative, Lisa M. Heinle NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/30/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200728739, Bk. 808; Pg. 376, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael D. Brooks and Mirabai Henley was Grantor, Provident Financial, Inc. 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: LOT 10A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5801, LOCATED IN THE WEST ONE-HALF OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 23, WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note

(“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 9, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $330,647.14. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $310,100.47, 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. PLEASE NOTE: The Maturity Date is March 31, 2010, at which time full satisfaction is required. No reinstatement will be accepted after that date. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 8034.20042) 1002.149615-FEI Mi NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/29/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200728835, Bk 808, Pg 472, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Colleen M. Combs & Steven R. Combs, as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC 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: Lot 34 of

Shelby Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 11, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $160,400.75. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $152,999.36, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.72183) 1002.150336-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/08/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200432133, Book 743, Page 662, mortgage

records of Missoula County, Montana in which Scott Parsneau, a married man, as his sole & separate property was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Capital Family Mortgage Company of Montana was Beneficiary and Insured Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 5 of Mulberry Addition, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 17, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $171,174.80. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $157,577.09, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 40. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting May 24, 2010 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to May 27, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 28, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 45, 147, 227, 278, 336, 480, and 568. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, May 24, 2010 by appt only by calling 251-8600. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59803 prior to Thursday, May 27, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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# 7023.01709) 1002.151103-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/17/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200612400, Bk 775, Pg 363, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John M. Brazier III a married man as his sole and separate estate was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract A8-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 2534 located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 10, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Bk 841, Pg 732, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to E*Trade Bank. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 25, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $637,863.25. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $565,000.00, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.04078) 1002.125866-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/08/99, recorded as Instrument No. BK 568, PG 2221, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Richard A. Sandefur and Wendy L. Sandefur, husband and wife was Grantor, North America Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 of Huson Heights, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200704460, Book 792 Page 735, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in

default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 22, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $109,117.42. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $98,623.37, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.06728) 1002.135536-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/03/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200425691, Bk 739, Pg 669, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark A. Bennett and Mona L. Bennett was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp. was Beneficiary and Mark E. Noennig was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Mark E. Noennig as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 8A of Certificate of Survey No. 3277, a tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2004-HE3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 25, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $121,782.69. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $118,640.71, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on August 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the

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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# 7777.12440) 1002.151964-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 2, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 7 and 8 in Block G of Car Line Addition No. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat hereof. Robert Gee, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 10, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Book 772, Page 1922 under Document No. 200608673. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $832.49, beginning May 11, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 9, 2010 is $159,837.67 principal, interest at the rate of 6.2500% now totaling $3,548.92, late charges in the amount of $374.58, escrow advances of $1,680.84, suspense balance of $-610.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,359.75, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.37 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, 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. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 2, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE WEST 60 FEET OF THE EAST 187 _ FEET OF THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF BLOCK 10 IN HOMEVALE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN BOOK 1 OF PLATS AT PAGE 35. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 228 OF MICRO RECORDS AT

PAGE 1805. Mona L Munson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to American Home Mortgage Acceptance, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 06, 2005 and Recorded on April 11, 2005 under Document # 200508158. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Indenture Trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2005-2, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-2. 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 $1,610.30, 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 January 27, 2010 is $251,650.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.125% now totaling $6,278.02, late charges in the amount of $128.44 and other fees and expenses advanced of $150.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $42.23 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, 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. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 18, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 4-A of Certificate of Survey No. 1692, located in the Northeast quarter (NE1/4) of Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Daniel J Martin and M Katherine Stillwell-Martin, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title & Escrow, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 9, 2006 and recorded on March 10, 2006 at 4:16 o’clock P.M., in Book 770, Page 434, under Document No. 200605440. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank, National Association as trustee for WAMU Mortgage Pass Through Certificate for WMALT Series 2006-5 Trust. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1174.10, beginning July 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 27, 2010 is $155,293.02 principal, interest at the rate of 7.50% now totaling $7,655.62, late charges in the amount of $339.71, escrow advances of $1,064.52 and other fees and expenses advanced of $112.95, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts

as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 8, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On February 8, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Teri Lynn Steckler Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 09/22/2012 ASAP# 3531702 05/13/2010, 05/20/2010, 05/27/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 28, 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: Certificate of Survey No. 224A, a tract of land located in and being a portion of Lot 27 of DINSMORE’S ORCHARD HOMES NO. 4, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof STEPHANIE KIMMI KUCERA AND TROY SCOTT KUCERA, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 10, 2007 and Recorded January 16, 2007 in Book 790, Page 780, under Document No. 200701242. The beneficial interest is currently held by US BANK, NA. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,094.68, beginning August 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 28, 2010 is $279,761.56 principal, interest at the rate of 6.7500% now totaling $12,412.52, late charges in the amount of $562.32, escrow advances of $1,140.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $239.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $51.74 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 immedi-

PUBLIC NOTICES ately 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 17, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On 2/17/10, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. NICOLE SCHAFER Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 3/28/11 ASAP# 3544049 05/06/2010, 05/13/2010, 05/20/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 28, 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: TAX PARCEL NUMBER: 3186005 LAND SITUATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA LOT 4 IN BLOCK 7 OF MULLAN TRAIL-PHASE 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. John Fillner, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 29, 2005 and Recorded on October 06, 2005 under Document # 200526390, in Bk-761, Pg-1160. 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 $1,357.42, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2010 is $176,635.75 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $5,188.68, late charges in the amount of $230.72, escrow advances of $244.79, and other fees and expenses advanced of $159.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.43 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or

the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 17, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On February 17, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Nicole Schafer Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 03/28/2011 ASAP# 3544112 05/06/2010, 05/13/2010, 05/20/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 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 12 OF RAVENWOOD HILLS NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Brandon M Dwyer and Pamela A Dwyer, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2006 and Recorded on July 31, 2006 under Document # 200619107, in Bk-779, Pg-1598. The beneficial interest is currently held by Citibank, N.A. as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-4 MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4. 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 $1473.61, beginning August 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2010 is $416,646.42 principal, interest at the rate of 4.21% now totaling $10,471.32, late charges in the amount of $529.28, escrow advances of $977.30 and other fees and expenses advanced of $130.40, plus accruing interest at the rate of $42.89 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 asis, 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: 2/19/10 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 State of North Dakota County of Stark On 2/19/10, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. NICOLE SCHAFER Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 3/28/11 ASAP# 3544808 05/06/2010, 05/13/2010, 05/20/2010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on September 13, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., on the Front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 3 of Certificate of Survey No. 2876. Less and excepting all that portion conveyed to the Montana Department of Transportation in Bargain and Sale Deed recorded May 8, 1997 in Book 504 of Micro at Page 906. Grizzly Development Company, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Earl Pruyn, the Estate of Bertha Pruyn, Judy M. Grunow and Janice N. McKinney, as Trustees under the Will of Norman E. Thyfault, as Beneficiaries, by Trust Indenture recorded May 17, 2007, in Book 797 of Micro at Page 827, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded September 4, 2009, in Book 846, Page 1390, Document No. 200921945, 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 Beneficiaries have exercised, and hereby exercise, their 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 $1 ,450 ,000 .00, plus interest at the prime rate of interest, totaling $208, 256. 25, for a total amount due of $1 ,658 ,256 .25 as of April 27, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiaries have elected, and do hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiaries declare that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 28th day of April, 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA )ss .County of Missoula On this 28th day of May, 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. /s/ Christy Shipp Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 (SEAL) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on September 13, 2010, at 10:15 a.m., on the Front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 1A of Certificate of Survey No. 2002.. Grizzly Development Company, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Earl Pruyn, the Estate of Bertha Pruyn, Judy M. Grunow and Janice N. McKinney, as Trustees under the Will of Norman E. Thyfault, as Beneficiaries, by Trust Indenture recorded May 17, 2007, in Book 797 of Micro at Page 826, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded September 4, 2009, in Book 846, Page 1391, Document No. 200921946, 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 Beneficiaries have exercised, and hereby exercise, their 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 $1 ,450 ,000 .00, plus interest at the prime rate of interest, totaling $208 ,256. 25, for a total amount due of $1 ,658, 256. 25 as of April 27, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiaries have elected, and do hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiaries declare that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice.. DATED 28th day of April 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA )ss .County of Missoula On this 28th day of April, 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... /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 (SEAL) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on September 13, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., on the Front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract A of Certificate of Survey No. 888, being a portion of the Southwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Grizzly Development Company, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Earl Pruyn, the Estate of Bertha Pruyn, Judy M. Grunow and Janice N. McKinney, as Trustees under the Will of Norman E. Thyfault, as Beneficiaries, by Trust Indenture recorded May 17, 2007, in Book 797 of Micro at Page 828, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded September 4, 2009, in Book 846, Page 1392, Document No. 200921947, 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 Beneficiaries have exercised, and hereby exercise, their 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 $1 ,450 ,000 .00, plus interest at the prime rate of interest, totaling $208 ,256. 25, for a total amount due of $1 658, 256 .25 as of April 27, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiaries have elected, and do hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiaries declare that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 28th day of April, 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA )ss .County of Missoula On this 28th day of April, 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. /s/ Christy Shipp Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 (SEAL) SHERIFF’S SALE COMMUNITY BANK, INC., A Montana Corporation, Plaintiff, Against JOHN L. CROSS, LEI ANN CROSS, LOUIS L. CROSS, JORDAN C. CROSS, LUCAS S. CROSS, WHOLESALE FIREWORKS STORES, INC., ABSOLUTE WATER SPORT RENTALS, INC., and 5 STAR FINANCE AND MORTGAGE, INC., Defendants.To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 20th day of May A.D., 2010, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., near Pizza Hut Restaurant, 11100 Hwy 93 S., in the Town of Lolo, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: A red steel shipping container and any contents Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. No warranty is made as to the condition or title of the personal property. Dated this 13th day of May A.D., 2010.MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE

MLS# 10002488. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com. Text:44133 Message:128888 for pics

150 ft Flathead Lake Ftg 3B/2B Home. Boat Dock, level grass-to-lake 1.46 acres: www.MTwaterviews. com $495K / Realtor 239-7588

3 Bd/ 2 Bth home w/ open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, views of Bitterroots. 1 Mile S. of Florence, views all around. Porch swing. Hot tub, and storage shed are all included. 333 Martin Lane. $239,000 MLS# 10000160 JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811

2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. $129,900. MLS#906610. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 2406503 Windermere RE. Text:44133 Message: 12594 for pics 3 acres fenced & ready for horses. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, modular home on a permanent foundation. 24x18 outbuilding, beautiful views. 499 Grandview, Stevensville. $185,000.

3 bed, 2 bath Potomac area home. Covered deck, fenced acreage and great views. The 28 x32 garage has double doors, attached storage in the back and small car port. RV hookups behind garage. 40x49 Quoncet shop with 200 amp service, air compressor, snap on car lift, crane, water. $259,900. MLS#10002960. Janet 532-7903

or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com. Text:44133 Message:12589 for pics 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath, double garage w/ Fireplace. 1/2 + acre lot, view of Lolo Peak. $259,000. MLS#10001969. 4716 Aspen, Upper Rattlesnake. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com 5 acres & a 4 bedroom home on a branch of the Clark Fork on Third Street minutes from downtown! . House sits towards water. Your own private retreat beckons across the water. Enjoy quiet while you watch the wildlife and fish for trout. Private showings only. 3720 S. 3rd W. $679,999, MLS#906926. JoyEarls @windermere.com 531-9811

7097 Mormon Creek $177,000 A MUST SEE HOME!!! COZY, WELL MAINTAINED 2 BED HOME, A PARK LIKE SETTING ON APPROX 1/2 ACRE FENCED IN LOT, BEAUTIFUL MATURE TREES . FOR MORE INFO ON THIS HOME PLEASE CALL HEATHER AT BERGUM REAL ESTATE 406-241-4018. Affordable, nice, like-new single family home in central Msla w/ 3 brm, all aplliances, open floorplan & only $169,900, 1947 12St 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Beautiful custom built 3 bed, 2 bath home with hardwood floors, radiant heat, tongue & groove wood ceilings, tile countertops. Very private setting with great views and only 30 minutes from Missoula. $314,900. MLS#10003067. Janet 532-7903

or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com. Text:44133 Message:12596 for pics

Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy17 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED CENTRAL MISSOULA HOME. 4 Bdr/2 Bath, 10,000 Sq Ft Lot, open floor plan, double attached garage, lots of storage, living room & family room, close to Good Food Store, and more. $223,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com

Development potential, almost 2 acres, vintage farmhouse & duplex, additional undeveloped ground. Preliminary Plat City Council Approval in place, contact agent for details, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

CUTE ROSE PARK/SLANT STREETS NEIGHBORHOOD BUNGALOW. 2 Bdr/2 Bath, 2+ bonus rooms, hardwood floors, arched doorways, built-ins, single garage, fenced yard, mostly finished basement, and much more. $239,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy

EXECUTIVE HOME ON 1.03 ACRES IN THE LOLO CREEK VALLEY. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, Main floor master suite, great room, family room & rec room, formal and casual dining rooms, great mountain and valley views. $575,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy20 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. condo along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #12 porticorealestate.com Fantastic, like-new, 4Bdrm, 2Bth, open floorplan, affordable at $229K, Next to Fantastic Community Garden and close to Good Food Store and bike trail. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com FISH THE BLACKFOOT RIVER FROM YOUR BACK YARD. Beautifully landscaped 4 Bdr/2 Bath home on 1.2 acres on the Blackfoot River just 10-15 minutes from Missoula. Open floor plan, great deck with hot tub overlooking the river and much more. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696,

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REAL ESTATE Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit.. www.mindypalmer.com Five pine studded acres, gorgeous guesthouse, patio, sidewalks, paved drive, trees, and fencing. 6 bed/4 bath/3 car garage. 3231 Big Flat Road, Missoula. $1,295,000. MLS#900288. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 For Sale By Owner, SAVE $ 3 bd 2.5 bath new construction. quality, energy efficient, easy maintenence, and style. come see at 2213 kensington, central msla $215,000 406-546-4170 Great 3bdr house with hardwood floors, fireplace, nice sized kitchen and big backyard with garden space, fruit trees and garage with shop area. 933 Woodford 3278787 porticorealestate.com Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, familyroom, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition! 135 Kensington 327-8787 porticorealestate.com JUST LISTED! 2 bed home on large landscaped lot, garden area in rural setting $229,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906 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

New land/home package in Riverwalk Estates —all on one level with nearly 2000sf on a large corner lot . 30+ acres of easements to enjoy Grant Creek and Clark Fork tributaries. No steps, concrete entrances with covered porch & patio. 3 bed/2 bath/double garage. 6605 Kiki Court W., Missoula. Starting at $299,970. MLS#903596. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811

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NORTHSIDE BUNGALOW WITH A GARAGE/SHOP. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, great location close to Downtown, large fenced back yard, and much more. $180,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy3 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com

PRICE REDUCED! 3 bed 2 bath townhouse West Missoula. ONLY $159,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906

NORTHSIDE DUPLEX IN A GREAT LOCATION. 2 Bdr/1 Bath/1 Bonus on main level + 1 Bdr/1 Bath/1 Bonus on 2nd floor, 2 lots, fenced yard, off-street parking, zoned multi-family. $150,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy9 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

PRICE REDUCED 3 Bed/2 Bath/2 Car Garage, Lg kitchen, hickory cabinets. In floor radiant heat, fireplace. Fenced and landscaped yard. NOW ONLY $209,900 • MLS# 10000024. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com Text:44133 Message: 12887 for pics

Really cute craftsman style, 3Bdr, 1Ba home priced to sell. This home has all the charm of the 20s and original floors. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING JUST A SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, great room, open floor plan, double garage, unobstructed views of the Bitterroot Mountains, great yard. $219,900. Prudential Montana. For more info

call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy16 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SOUTH HILLS CONDO WITH A SINGLE GARAGE . 2 Bdr/2 Bath, 2 balconies. great views, master with walk-in closet & master bath, laundry, and much more. $184,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy18 to 74362, or visit.... www.mindypalmer.com Spacious, light-filled Upper Rattlesnake Home with 2 Fireplaces, 2 Bedrooms & 2 Bonus Rooms, 2 Baths, a really nice big backyard with patio. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com SPECTACULAR BITTERROOT VIEWS. Gorgeous 3 Bdr/2 Bath Stevensville area home on 10 acres. High ceilings, beautiful hardwood floors, fireplace, spacious master bedroom, deck with hot tub, and much more. $489,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy19

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 3 bed 2 bath close to Southgate Mall. Priced under appraisal at $165,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906 View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byowner missoula.com OR call 550-3077 Well cared for 4 bed, 2.5 bath home w/ hot tub, A/C, & UG sprinklers. Near parks and trails. $319,900. 5501 Bonanza. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com

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Older Home with Vintage charm in wildly sought after Missoula neighborhood. 3 bdrm, 2 bth, beautiful floors. This charmer has incredible possibilities. 321 Tremont 3278787 porticorealestate.com One of a Kind Listing, Nine Mile Schoolhouse with all the charm, romance and history one would expect. Unlimited possiblities an

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• 10 level fenced acres • 360˚ views of Jocko Valley • Entitled to seasonal irrigation water • Potential for organic certification

$191,000 MLS# 908233

RICE TEAM

355 Strawberry Lane

Patrick Halsell

• 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home • Addition for possible den or office • Shop & extra space in dbl garage • Zoned for multifamily or commercial • $129,900 • MLS#906610 Text:44133 Message: 12594 for pics

• 3 bdrm/2 bath/10 Acres • Covered deck / fenced acreage • 28 x32 garage / 40x49 Quoncet shop • RV hookups behind garage • $259,900 • MLS# 902389 Text:44133 Message: 12589 for pics

• 3Bed/2 Bath/2 Car Garage • Lg kitchen, hickory cabinets • In floor radiant heat, fireplace • Fenced and landscaped yard • $229,900 • MLS# 10000024 Text:44133 Message: 12887 for pics

• 3 acres fenced & ready for horses • 3 Bed / 2 Bath / 24x18 outbuilding • 499 Grandview, Stevensville • Great views & easy access • $185,000 • MLS# 10002488 Text:44133 Message: 12888 for pics

Seller’s will look at all offers!

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

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

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

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

140 Arrowhead Dr. • $220,000 Great opportunity for sweat equity. Large home on a large lot in the Wapikiya area. 3/2 baths, living room AND family room on main floor.

Downtown Sweetheart

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

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

Mary Mar ry R E A LT O R ® , B r ok er Cell 406-544-2125 mmarry@bigsky.net

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outstanding property. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

PRICE REDUCED! 3 bed 2 bath townhouse West Missoula. ONLY $159,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906

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Featured listing Arlee Cabin

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• 10 level fenced acres • 360˚ views of Jocko Valley • Entitled to seasonal irrigation water • Potential for organic certification

$191,000 MLS# 908233

RICE TEAM

355 Strawberry Lane

Patrick Halsell

• 3 bdrm/2 bath/10 Acres • Covered deck / fenced acreage • 28 x32 garage / 40x49 Quoncet shop • RV hookups behind garage • $259,900 • MLS# 902389 Text:44133 Message: 12589 for pics

• 3Bed/2 Bath/2 Car Garage • Lg kitchen, hickory cabinets • In floor radiant heat, fireplace • Fenced and landscaped yard • $229,900 • MLS# 10000024 Text:44133 Message: 12887 for pics

Seller’s will look at all offers!

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

For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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Rochelle Glasgow

Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com

406-207-2326

drhalsell@gmail.com Janet Rice 532-7903 Robin Rice 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com www.missoulahomesonline.com

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

140 Arrowhead Dr. • $220,000 Great opportunity for sweat equity. Large home on a large lot in the Wapikiya area. 3/2 baths, living room AND family room on main floor.

Downtown Sweetheart

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

Mary Mar ry R E A LT O R ® , B r ok er Cell 406-544-2125 mmarry@bigsky.net

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REAL ESTATE

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

LAND FOR SALE 2300 ACRE FARM FOR SALE, Central Montana. High production area, contiguous parcel. Nice Improvements w/water. Further information call 406-899-5600 or email: trails4@qmail.com Bring your house plans!! 2 Lots available in the Rattlesnake. Views and Privacy. Lot D; 13956 sq ft. Tract 1A; 25,263 sq ft. $165,000/ each. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com NEW MONTANA LAND BARGAIN. 160 Acres / $189,900, Near Billings. Beautifully treed property w/ access to county road and utilities. Excellent for riding, hunting w/ ideal homesites and gorgeous views. Easy drive to Billings, less than 3 miles to Musselshell River and route 12. Call 888-361-3006 or visit www.WesternSkiesLand.com for pictures

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

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333 Martin Lane Price reduced $239,000

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

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

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

745 Rabbit Run, Stevensville • $314,500 • MLS# 10003352

Joy Earls

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

These Two Are Worth It No Matter What! 3 bed, 3 bath, double garage. Lovely, well cared for, cedar home combining exceptional views & plenty of mature trees to ensure your secluded spot. Extensive landscaping with rare finds like purple lilacs & a greenhouse. Inside stylish finishes with sauna, bonus rooms, & functional floor plan including newer master suite on the main leading to your expansive deck &... wait for it... hot tub overlooking the Bitterroots.

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612 Parkview, Missoula •$274,900 •MLS# 10002057 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Spectacular views of Missoula valley, Snow Bowl & Lolo Peak. Ample tiered garden, fruit trees provide shade in your backyard paradise. Inside boasts large master suite with fireplace, open floor plan, new carpet, new lighting, new cooktop, hardwood floors. New roof 2008. So well cared for.

Brigitta Miranda-Freer 406.544.0127 | brigitta@lambros.com FEATURED LISTING • Well Cared for 4 bed, 2.5 bath home • w/ hot tub, A/C, U/G sprinklers • Near parks & trails • On a cul-de-sac, adjacent open space

5501 Bonanza Missoula

$319,900 MLS # 908771

Pat McCormick 240-SOLD (7653)

pat@properties2000.com www.properties2000.com

montanaheadwall.comMissoula Independent Classifieds Page C11 May 13 – May 20, 2010

Painted Hills All Natural Boneless Rump Roast or Bottom Round Steak

$2.99

99¢

lb.

Good Earth Sweet & Spicy Cinnamon Orange Red Tea

$3.29

$6.49

18 count

Golden Ripe Bananas

49¢

lb.

6 pack

Firehouse 2 Alarm Barbecue Sauce

Samuel Adam's or Blue Moon

$1.99

$5.99 6 pack

13.5 oz.

Painted Hills All Natural Extra Lean Ground Beef

Big Sky Brewing Cans or Bottles

$1.99

lb.

Painted Hills All Natural Petite Sirloin Steak

$5.29

Dole USA Broccoli Crowns

Crisp Green Bell Peppers

59¢

each

lb.

Western Family Albacore Tuna

Lindemans Australian Wine

99¢

.75 liter

$5.79

5 oz.

Gold'n Plump Whole Chicken

$4.39

USA Juicy D'Anjou Pears

Western Family 11 oz. Mandarin Oranges

Western Family 7.25 oz. Macaroni & Cheese

79¢

lb.

for

56 oz.

All Natural Boneless Pork Country Ribs

32 oz. Bolthouse USA Mini Peeled Carrots

Western Family 14.5 oz. Canned Tomatoes

Western Family 15 oz. Specialty Beans

$1.99

lb.

each

for

701 ORANGE STREET | OPEN 7 AM - 11 PM MONDAY - SATURDAY | 9 AM - 10 PM SUNDAY | 543-3188

A Fundraiser for Living Art... Artists transform lamps and mirrors into works of art. 2010 Theme: Hollywood Glam Join us for cocktails, dinner and both live and silent auctions.

Saturday, May 15, 5:45pm Info and tickets: 549-5329 or www.livingartofmontana.org

Watershed Education Network presents the 2nd Annual

MAYFLY FLING Caras Park

Sunday, May 16, 2 - 7pm Live music from Party Trained, Wartime Blues and Butter. Huge raffle, family fun activities and more!