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Vol. 20, No. 27 • July 2–July 9, 2009

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

Up Front: Relationship counselor analyzes City Council’s ills Flash in the Pan: China muscles in on the organic market Books: Iranian literature illuminates country’s complexities

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Vol. 20, No. 27 • July 2–July 9, 2009

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

Up Front: Relationship counselor analyzes City Council’s ills Flash in the Pan: China muscles in on the organic market Books: Iranian literature illuminates country’s complexities

Missoula Independent

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nside Cover Story The house Lela and Rudy Autio lived in for nearly 50 years looks like a museum of Montana’s most revered artists. The living room alone feels like a tribute to masters—and friends—well known in the region. Paintings by Peter Voulkos and Freeman Butts hang on the walls. Two sculptures by Ken Little are fastened to another wall.

On one table stands a sculpture by Adrian Arleo. Jay Rummel drawings stack up in a pile. Rudy Autio’s own drawings and famous ceramic vessels—painted with his signature nudes and horses—fill every corner of the room. It’s a collection that rivals any local gallery. But among those pieces of art, and throughout the home’s hallways and bedrooms, are hints to a second generation of the Autio legacy...........14

News Letters An open letter to Huey and the news on farmers’ markets ...........................4 The Week in Review The King of Pop, fire and a sex offender ................................6 Briefs Drug drop, a long haul and The Octopus wins................................................6 Etc. Bicycle season claims its first victims....................................................................7 Up Front Words of wisdom for the city’s zoning debate ............................................8 Up Front UN to assess mining threats to Waterton-Glacier ........................................9 Ochenski Single-payer finds support from both sides of the aisle...........................10 Writers on the Range Community battles beetles by burning trees .......................11 Agenda Tyler Boudreau reads Packing Inferno.........................................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Slippery Silk Road..........................................................................20 8 Days a Week Coloring outside the lines................................................................21 Mountain High Just check out that photo................................................................27 Scope Thai sculptor makes his mark in Bigfork........................................................30 Noise Double Dagger, Pterodactyl, Eden Atwood and Regina Spektor ....................31 Books Iranian lit illuminates country’s complexities................................................32 Film All head, no heart in Mann’s Public Enemies....................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................34

Exclusives Street Talk....................................................................................................................4 In Other News...........................................................................................................13 Independent Personals ............................................................................................35 The Advice Goddess .................................................................................................35 Free Will Astrolog y...................................................................................................36 Classifieds..................................................................................................................37 Crossword Puzzle .....................................................................................................41 This Modern World...................................................................................................46 PUBLISHER Matt Gibson GENERAL MANAGER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Peter Kearns PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Jonas Ehudin STAFF REPORTERS Jesse Froehling, Matthew Frank, Alex Sakariassen COPY EDITORS Samantha Dwyer, David Merrill EDITORIAL INTERN Megan Gyermek ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jenn Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Carolyn Bartlett, Steven Kirst, Chris Melton, Hannah Smith, Scott Woodall CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER Miriam Mick CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, George Ochenski, Nick Davis, Andy Smetanka, Jay Stevens, Jennifer Savage, Caitlin Copple, Chris LaTray, Ednor Therriault, Jessie McQuillan, Brad Tyer, Katie Kane

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by Chad Harder

Open letter to Mr. Lewis

This week arts editor Erika Fredrickson profiles the Autio family of artists. What traits that you inherited from your parents are you thankful for?

Follow -up: What’s one thing you wish you could remove from your gene pool?

Joellen Shannon: I’d say generosity, hospitality and a really nice sense of family, as well as what having a family really means. Guilty as charged: Well, I was raised Catholic, so there is a sense of guilt that comes along with that. You know, an overarching sense of guilt that gets the best of me when I really wish it wouldn’t.

Levi Horn: I’d say my size. I play football for the University of Montana. Left tackle. Being 6-foot7 and 320 pounds really helps.

Red zone blitz: I guess acne.

That’d be really nice to have no more pimples. That really would be splendid.

Kensie Peterson: They taught me to be polite all the time, and I’m a polite person. I also inherited my mom’s blond hair, and I’m happy about that. Four eyes: Probably having to wear glasses. I hate having to put contacts in and out all the time.

Chloe Autio: Hey! That’s my grandpa! But my dad’s not one of the artistic ones. I’m glad I inherited their smarts, or their smartness. Both of my parents are really intelligent, and I guess I’ve shown that in school. Arrested development: Shortness!

Everyone in our family’s tiny!

We’re short and stunted.

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Dear Huey, I read with interest your interview with the Indy (see “Deep cut,” June 18, 2009). You sound like a regular guy with a great respect for the land (water is a different story). You dress like a regular guy, are philanthropic (kudos on helping out the university’s Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival fundraiser), and you are a good steward of your land (water, of course, is a different story). Your home, apparently, is not some ostentatious monstrosity, but just a typical abode of a moneyed Montanan fortunate enough to have Mitchell Slough run through the property. In short, you live a typical idyllic Montana lifestyle.

I can understand your dislike of being vilified and portrayed as a “pig,” for your stance that Mitchell Slough is private and not subject to public access from public roads. Of course, that “political” decision by the Montana Supreme Court in support of the people’s right to access Mitchell Slough sure didn’t help future plans for fishery enhancement (land is a different story) on your property.

See, your problem with people not understanding what you’re all about just took another hit when you declared since Mitchell Slough was “public” you were no longer interested in trying to do any further fish enhancement work. It sounds a lot like sour grapes, Huey. Since you can’t set the rules, then you’re going to pick up the marbles and go home. I guess scoring 800 on the math SAT back in the day is no guarantee of understanding, common sense or maturity.

Thanks for the clarification on your thinking, Huey. Guess the common perception isn’t too far off after all.

Mitchell Slough runs through your property! Take care of it! If you were accepted to Cornell, you certainly have the mental capacity to handle the state permitting process.

Prove you are the conservationist you claim to be by getting over the Supreme Court decision and moving on. If you are a Montanan, as you claim to be, then as a fisherman you should understand how important that decision is for all Montanans, including yourself.

Finally, Huey, I think I can help you on your massive public relations problem. Direct access to Mitchell Slough would be a small price to pay.

I’ll bring a six pack. Give a call.

Bob Pfutzenreuter Hamilton

Like a good neighbor Regarding the interview with Huey Lewis, I must ask: Isn’t it time we retire the whole “I’m from here and you’re not” argument and judge people for who they are, what they do and not where they’re from? It is undeniable that some folks from

a “lotIt sounds like sour grapes, Huey.

Since you can’t set the rules, then you’re going to pick up the marbles and

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go home.

other parts of the country—California being most notable—have come to Montana and pissed off a lot of people by trying to impose their preferences on indigenous Montanans. And shame on those people who didn’t honor and express their gratitude for living in the last best place. But like Huey—and as another out-of-stater— I’ve done my best to give more than I get from Montana and specifically the Bitterroot where I live.

So I would like to suggest that we just kinda move on and resist the temptation to judge others and condemn them because they come from somewhere else. If they’re full of crap, let them live in their glass houses and after a few winters they’ll be gone. But just maybe they will bring something to the state that Huey has: a good

neighbor, a good friend and the heart of rock and roll.

Peter Rosten Darby

Market matters The Missoula Farmers’ Market welcomed the creation of the Clark Fork Market (see “Market trends,” June 11, 2009). In fact, we provided the market founders with copies of our bylaws, articles of incorporation and rules and regulations. We were available for advice whenever it was needed. We knew the need for a second produce market because at the height of the summer season, we had to turn away sellers because we lacked the space.

The Missoula Farmers’ Market was founded in 1972 because we saw a nutritional need for locally grown vegetables and fruit, and it was created for small farmers and backyard gardeners. Later the Health Department allowed us to sell homemade bread and jelly and jam made from fruit grown in western Montana.

We considered meat produced by local ranches, but our market space is small and the refrigerated meat trucks take up more space than we have. (For many years we did sell fish from a trout farm in St. Ignatius.)

When we began the market, we had few rules: hours, table size and fees. And speaking of fees, the market fee for a card table is $5. As the market grew, the rules list grew. Each rule has a story behind it.

Each rule was voted on by the volunteer Market Board of seven vendors and seven non-vendors. All rules have been made in an effort to be fair to all vendors. Many rules grew out of vendors’ complaints and often were drawn up by vendors at the yearly open meeting. For example, the attendance rule that requires reserved space sellers be “vendor, grower and producer” was written because small vendors feared large commercial growers. The original rule that allowed the vendor five absences has been modified to allow for extra absences.

We anticipate that as the Clark Fork River Market grows, it will, in a natural way, need more rules. Markets are like small towns that don’t need stop signs until they grow.

Mavis McKelvey Founder, Missoula Farmers’ Market 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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The house was filled with garbage stacked to the ceiling. Narrow pathways between dirty dishes and rotten food led from room to room. Her owner was a hoarder and couldn't throw anything away. The cat had just been another thing the old lady collected. Foxy came to us reeking of the trash-filled home she'd been living in, the smell clinging to her fur.

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She was dumped high up on a mountain in the dead of winter. Fancy made her way back to civilization through waist deep snow; how she did it will forever remain a mystery. When the manager of a ski resort found her she was skin and bones. Her benefactor wanted her to be the official office cat, but soon realized he could not overcome his allergies.

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VIEWFINDER

• Wednesday, June 24

News Quirks

by Chad Harder

Missoula Police arrest registered sex-offender Jesse William Kirk, 35, after he allegedly spies on a woman tanning at a local salon. Police find Kirk at a different tanning salon and Taser him after he resists arrest. Kirk is wanted for felony burglary in Lewis and Clark County and is charged in Missoula with resisting arrest and two counts of burglary.

• Thursday, June 25 Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 50. Luke Softich of Rockin Rudy’s says the store sold its entire Michael Jackson inventory, including Jackson 5 collections, by 9:15 a.m. the next day. “It kind of started that evening,” Softich says, “but a few people came in the next morning and cleaned us out.”

• Friday, June 26 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Joe Maurier introduces Art Noonan as the new deputy director of the department. Noonan has 35 years under his belt in the legislative process and will start in his new position immediately.

• Saturday, June 27 Helen Tester, mother of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, dies at her home in Hayden, Idaho, at age 89. The University of Montana graduate and former Big Sandy resident moved to northern Idaho with her husband, David Tester, in 1978.

Freshly rerouted and sporting new baskets, the Pattee Canyon Disc Golf Course will open again on July 3 with 18 legal holes, says Al Hilshey, recreation specialist for the Lolo National Forest. The popular course was shuttered for seven months to reduce user conflict and resource damage. The reopening comes one week after Montana Snowbowl’s course opened for weekend rounds throughout the summer.

UM

Rural Institute bumped

• Sunday, June 28

A University of Montana-affiliated research program has moved twice in the last year in an attempt to consolidate space in the Curry Health Center. Now UM is asking it to pack up once again, this time elbowing the program off campus entirely.

The latest in the ongoing consolidation of the Rural Institute, a developmental disabilities research program, emerged last week when UM signed a five-year lease on an 8,000 square-foot space at 700 SW Higgins Avenue. Facility Services Director Hugh Jesse says UM will pay $11,140 a month in rent for the Rural Institute, including the cost of renovations.

Labs and office space in the health center basement will now house the newly resurrected Department of Communicative Science and Disorders (CSD), a speech sciences program that closed in 1988. The Rural Institute moved out of the building’s west wing last spring to make room for CSD and vacated three offices this June ahead of CSD’s

Firefighters successfully snuff out the Buffalo Speedway grass fire north of Missoula. The blaze was reported to officials by a 911 call at about 7 p.m., and crews had it fully contained by 10 p.m.

No damage was reported. Officials blame a passing train for sparking the 39-acre fire.

• Monday, June 29 Hellgate junior Colin Gunstream qualifies for the top junior golf tournament in the country.

Gunstream beats out 17 other golfers at a sectional qualifier at Laurel Golf Club to qualify for a single spot in the 62nd U.S. Junior Amateur. That tournament, scheduled for July 20–25, will be held at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles.

• Tuesday, June 30 The Missoula Osprey snap Great Falls’ six-game winning streak with a 10-6 extra-innings victory.

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“In my mind, this is again a temporary solution,” Dwyer says. “We’re going to continue to try to consolidate these folks into some space that makes sense for everyone involved…We will be working on a plan to reorganize things so the Rural Institute can have their place on campus.”

That, of course, will require more packing.

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accreditation panel. Shortly after, the institute received notice to completely relocate by mid-August.

Timm Vogelsberg, executive director of the Rural Institute, declined comment except to say he believes everything will work out fine. For now the atmosphere in the health center basement is one of annoyance. Signs guiding visitors to the institute have been replaced with plaques announcing CSD’s return to campus.

Costly disability equipment—moved from a west wing lab last year—waits to be repacked and transported.

“My feeling is they’re disappointed, don’t understand completely why they are not being valued,” says Dan Dwyer, vice president of research and development at UM and Vogelsberg’s boss. “From their vantage point, I can certainly understand that, but we do value the Rural Institute highly.”

The Rural Institute has brought research grant money and notoriety to UM for nearly three decades. Dwyer says the institute will remain an important part of the campus community despite the move.

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Nineteen Missoulians and more than 300 Montanans died from prescription drug overdose last year. Eight of the Missoula deaths were attributed to suicide. The department started Drug Disposal Day in hopes of limiting access to unneeded pills and reducing the risk of overdoses.

“Kids are always experimenting,” said Mizner, underlining the concern.

Collecting the drugs also helps prevent residents from flushing pills down the commode, a practice that can contaminate local water systems. O’Malley said the drugs dropped off Saturday will be incinerated, the same way police destroy illegal narcotics.

“We got everything,” said O’Malley.

“People just didn’t know how to get rid of them.”

In one case, an older man dropped off a glass bottle from 1951.

“He didn’t remember what the medication was—the name had been rubbed off—but you could still read the date,” O’Malley said. “He said to us, ‘I had no idea it would be so easy, and I’m very grateful because I didn’t know what else to do with it.’”

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Wrecks

Montanan joins tow ring Pat Gilboy remembers towing daredevil Evel Knievel once or twice back in the day.

And, in a memory he says is common among older Butte tow truck operators, Gilboy remembers having to chase Knievel later for payment.

“When you’re in this business and you’ve been in it such a long time, I’ve always said I should have taken notes,” says Gilboy, 71. “I could write a best seller.”

Gilboy, founder of Gilboy’s Towing Inc., started towing wrecks in Butte with a 1953 Chevrolet folding-boom wrecker 43 years ago. As he puts it, the business grew from “$500 and a lot of guts.” He’s since been named to the Montana Tow Truck Association’s Hall of Fame, but a letter from Chattanooga, Tenn., this spring delivered even bigger news: Gilboy’s the first Montana inductee to the International Towing Hall of Fame.

“It’s the highest honor a tower can ever

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earn as far as I’m concerned,” Gilboy says, “being recognized by his peers for doing a good job.”

According to Frank Thomas, curator at Chattanooga’s International Towing and Recovery Museum, the hall of fame started up in 1986 and currently includes 250 towers from across the globe. Gilboy is one of nine to be recognized at an official ceremony this September.

Gilboy earned the honor, in part, for services that go well beyond towing strand-

ed motorists. Over the years he’s supported policies aimed at cleaning up the industry, namely the Abandoned Vehicles law that outlines disposal practices for junk cars. Rustbuckets used to pile up in tow yards and gave the industry an unwarranted hayseed reputation.

“There’s a lot more to towing and the industry than buying a tow truck and a pair of coveralls and going to work,” Gilboy says.

Gilboy plans to attend the induction ceremony in Chattanooga, but he won’t be long away from the job. Gilboy Towing Inc. averages six jobs a day and, though he’s handed the business down to his stepson, Gilboy just can’t stay away.

“Let me put it this way,” he says, “there’s never a dull day around here.”

Alex Sakariassen

Chess

Octopus wins Wyoming Greg Nowak’s not sure what proved more exhausting—the 38-hour, 1,800-mile roundtrip Greyhound bus ride to Cheyenne,

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Wyo., or the chess tournament he won while he was there.

But even though the $92 purse didn’t come close to covering his $238 bus ticket, he says it was well worth it, because Nowak can now call himself the tri-state chess champion.

Nowak, a Missoula chess legend known as “The Octopus” for playing multiple games simultaneously, won the Wyoming Open in late May at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, beating out 22 other top-notch competitors from surrounding states.

“I went down as a combination tourist and chess conqueror,” says Nowak, 61. “I wanted just to see how many states I can win in the year 2009, money permitting…It’s nice to have three straight titles at one time.”

Nowak won the Idaho Open Chess Championship in April, and in the 18 years he’s lived in Montana, he’s won the state championship 12 times, including the most recent. Now he’s eyeing tournaments in the Dakotas to expand his tentacular reach.

But Nowak’s tri-state title doesn’t rank atop his list of accomplishments. As a junior in high school in Milwaukee, Wisc., he played international chess icon Bobby Fisher to a draw.

In Cheyenne, he didn’t face quite the same competition, but he did go head-tohead against one of the higher rated players in the West. Nowak beat Colorado’s Jeffrey Csima, who boasts a United States Chess Federation (USCF) rating of 2068, which classifies him as “Expert.”

“He was my strongest opponent,” Nowak says.

The top-rated chess player in Montana, Nowak’s rating stands at 2129—the only 2000-plus rating in the state. The top player in the country, Gata Kamsky of New York, rates at 2797, making him a “Senior Master.”

But Nowak says his rating could be even higher than it is.

“The trouble in Montana is that all the experts from whom I used to get all of my rating points, they all either moved away or are dead,” he says. “There’s no one left to beat.”

Matthew Frank

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Feces-covered Siberian huskies seized by Flathead County officials June 25 from Juanita McGranor’s 21-foot camper.

McGranor, 66, was charged with aggravated animal cruelty, according to county animal warden Paul Charbonneau.

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Missoula’s used to getting a pat on the back for being “bicycle-friendly.” In May, the League of American Bicyclists awarded us its “silver” rating, which placed Missoula among the top 30 or so bicycle-friendly cities in the country. In the ‘90s, Bicycling magazine put us among the top 10 cities.

We work hard for the recognition. Missoula boasts many miles of urban bike trails and lanes, promotional events like Bike Walk Bus Week and the PEDal Festival, and groups like Adventure Cycling and Missoula in Motion. We even have official Bicycling Ambassadors wheeling around town.

But then, every so often—too often, in fact—a bicyclist gets hit and killed. It happened twice in Missoula County just last week.

On Tuesday, Beverly Joyce Felton, 67, was walking her bike across a crosswalk at Reserve Street and Old Highway 93 South when a man in a pickup drove through the stoplight while attempting to make a right-hand turn, and struck her. Felton died that night of head injuries.

On Friday, police found Rodney Jacob Loudon, 18, dead in a ditch along Highway 83 just north of Seeley Lake. Authorities believe he was hit by a pickup the previous evening, between 10:30 and 11, while biking in the road without lights.

Both motorists sped away from the scenes, only to later come forward and claim responsibility. No charges have been filed in either case as of press time.

The incidents support complaints we hear from many Missoulians, but that magazines fail to factor into any top-10 list—that Missoula may appear two-wheel-friendly, but the Missoulians motoring around town are not. Or that many bicyclists don’t understand the laws, and do just as little to foster a bicycle-friendly community. As a result, many contend that biking around Missoula is downright dangerous.

“If you’re operating a 2,000-pound vehicle on a roadway you don’t have permission to not see things,” says Phil Smith, the city’s Bike/Ped program manager.

“And if you’re riding a bicycle, you don’t have permission to do whatever you want.”

The deaths are tragic. While one bicyclist appears to have been riding defensively and the other perhaps not, it’s beside the point. These incidents shows how much work we Missoulians—motorists and bicyclists alike—still must do to truly earn our “bicycle-friendly” reputation.

“Bicycles and cars can do really well together on the road,” says Smith. “But both halves of the equation have to be extra thoughtful about the other.”

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In treatment Relationship specialist lends an ear to council

by Jesse Froehling

Since fall 2007, the city of Missoula and the Office of Planning and Grants have conducted 11 Plat, Annexation and Zoning Committee (PAZ) meetings, 21 Planning Board meetings, three town hall meetings, 37 listening sessions, three community forum sessions, 17 neighborhood council presentations and nine advisory group meetings to develop Title 20, the city’s new zoning ordinance. All told, Roger Millar, director of the Office of Planning and Grants, estimates that the city has spent 6,000 hours on the ordinance thus far.

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noted a strong correlation between the zoning debate and fighting families who walk into his office. “I’m assuming there’re two sides here?� he asks, before learning that progressives hold a 7–5 majority over the council’s more conservative members. “As long as one of the groups feels the things they are saying are not being validated, then that sends that minority into a further state of retreat because it breaks down trust.�

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After investing an estimated 6,000 hours into drafting the city’s new zoning ordinance, the Missoula City Council will spend the rest of the summer finalizing the contentious 271-page document. Relationship counselor Ty Clement suggests patience is key to finding consensus.

And it’s not nearly over.

The Missoula City Council has already started plodding through a 271-page tome—the result of all those meetings—in hopes of finding some consensus on local zoning regulations. The tedious and often contentious process is expected to drag on throughout the summer, during an election year, with little else dominating the city’s agenda. It’s enough to test even the heartiest councilmember’s patience—not to mention the patience of interested citizens, 51 of whom showed up to speak about zoning at a recent council meeting.

Evidence of the tension bubbled to the surface during the June 23 PAZ meeting when Ward 2 Councilmember John Hendrickson signaled a growing mistrust among the council. “You guys want to act in good faith and cooperate with us,� he said, referring to those in favor of the ordinance. “Well, we’re not getting anything from you. Not a thing. Trust is earned, not expected, and this just seems different. The air is different.�

Ty Clement has heard that sort of tone before. Clement, a local marriage and relationship counselor, listened to a recording of the June 23 meeting and

work through its differences. During the day, Clement works as a counselor at the Winds of Change Mental Health Center and runs a private practice to help married couples. He doesn’t have a personal opinion on the zoning debate, but he knows about group dynamics. “Say with a family of five, you have a dyad and a triad,� he says. “One side might be the mother, the sister and the younger brother. And when they get angry, they say, ‘Fine, we’re going shopping,’ and they leave. And the dad and the older brother say, ‘Okay, well, we’ll just sit here and drink beer.’ What happens is both sides invest their energy in avoiding the resolving process. If they don’t find a responsible way of resolving the process, it will further entrench existing polarities.�

With City Council, Clement hears both sides wanting a resolution, but senses a lack of trust in finding common ground. He also senses frustration with what’s already become a long process.

For instance, Ward 1 Councilmember Jason Wiener, a progressive, moved to accept the zoning rewrite as passed by the Planning Board during the June 23 meeting. The idea, Wiener said, was not to pass the ordinance that day, but

to find a starting point for the amendments to the rewrite that were sure to follow.

Ward 5 Councilmember Dick Haines, a conservative, argued that council should suspend all motions and work through the ordinance chapter by chapter. Haines explained that his motion would ensure that council investigated the entire ordinance rather than just the hot button issues, and it would prevent majority members from ramming the ordinance through the legislative process without input from the minority. “A key to conflict resolution is patience,� Clement says. “But typically, those that feel that their needs are already met tend to be the least patient.�

That said, Clement cautions the minority council members not to take advantage of any added time. “There’s some validity to [the progressive’s] point of view and that’s where the other team has to provide a convincing version of what their plan is for an end date‌The real struggle for any group is about the fact that you could literally talk about any issue forever, so there does need to be an end point or deadline.â€?

Haines’ motion failed in the meeting, and, as a compromise, Wiener amended his original motion so that if any member asked to vote on the ordinance, the council would have to wait a week before offering a show of hands.

More compromise followed June 24, when council found common ground on accessory dwelling units, aka granny flats, perhaps the most controversial aspect of the zoning rewrite.

Clement says it’s a promising sign. “When people can find common ground, it becomes such a big issue in itself,� he says. “All the other stuff, the emotion, falls away.�

But it’s just one step, he cautions.

Relationships take time, and he suggests the council continue working toward its goal of passing the entire ordinance unanimously. “With a group like this, when you discount somebody’s perspectives or you don’t encompass them, you’re not talking about five individuals, you’re talking about portions of the whole city,� he says. “So it’s really important that everyone’s needs are considered.�

And that means investing as much time and patience as it takes. jfroehling@missoulanews.com

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by Matthew Frank

More than 5,000 miles from his office in Whitefish, Will Hammerquist of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) delivers good news: The United Nations will send a mission to Canada to assess the threats mining projects pose to the WatertonGlacier International Peace Park.

“The case that we made was pretty straightforward,” says Hammerquist over the phone from Spain. “It came back to the fact that there are outstanding universal values of the park,

Continent ecosystem,” wrote the committee in its decision.

Specifically, UNESCO voiced concern over “the potential threat to the Outstanding Universal Value and integrity of the property from potential mining and energy development within the Flathead Valley and, in particular, to the continued quantity and quality of water supplies and ecosystem connectivity between the property and important habitats outside its boundaries.”

and dump more than 325 million tons of waste rock into Foisey Creek, a headwaters stream of the Flathead River.

Cline Mining measured the Lodgepole project’s total coal resources at 154 million tons. Two weeks ago, during Cline Mining’s annual meeting, American and Canadian environmental groups, including NPCA, once again called on the company to abandon the project.

But the company, which didn’t respond to the Independent’s requests f o r c o m m e n t , h a s n’ t b u d g e d .

Hammerquist admits that UNESCO’s World Heritage Site in Danger designation wouldn’t necessarily force the company’s hand, but argues the global attention still bodes well for the park.

“I think what you’re seeing is awareness of this issue has been taken to another level,” he says. “At one time it was a local issue. Then, as a candidate for president, Sen. Obama weighed in on the issue, and it became somewhat of a Photo by Chad Harder national issue. Now it’s a Proposed mining operations north of the border could lead to the United Nations global issue. So I think declaring Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park an endangered site. we’ll see it continue to grow as people recogand the British Columbia land-use The mission will be conducted by nize the impacts a coal mine would have plan, which allows corporations to t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n f o r in the headwaters of the park.” come in and propose coal mines in the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a sciAnother promising outcome of the headwaters of pristine rivers, is a threat entific conservation organization that meeting, Hammerquist adds, is strong to those values.” partners with the United Nations. The leadership from the Canadian federal On June 29, the United Nations group expects to travel to the park g o v e r n m e n t a n d Pa r k s C a n a d a .

Educational, Scientific and Cultural sometime this year.

Initiative from north of the border will Organization’s (UNESCO) World “They want to take a really broad help keep pressure on Cline Mining.

Heritage Committee wrapped up its look at the whole ecosystem,” “Whereas the province of B.C. may 33rd session in Seville, a nine-day meet- Hammerquist says, “because there is own the resources,” he says, “the ing during which Hammerquist and sort of a global recognition that the Canadian government, they have interrepresentatives from Canadian envi- Crown of the Continent is one of these national obligations, and it’s their job ronmental organizations argued that few [intact] ecosystems left on the to make sure those are upheld.” the Peace Park, a World Heritage Site, planet. And that’s the sad reality of our The Waterton-Glacier International should be designated a World Heritage situation.”

Peace Park, declared by UNESCO a Site in Danger.

To help UNESCO inform its deci- World Heritage Site in 1995, would be It’s the latest attempt to protect the sion, the committee asked Canadian the first endangered site in North area from energy development in a and U.S. officials to prepare a report by America, and only the third that spans transboundary dispute that’s lasted 30 Febr uar y 1, 2010, examining all an international border. The World years.

Flathead River Valley energy and min- Heritage Committee last week added The committee, composed of rep- ing proposals and their cumulative three more to the endangered list, resentatives from 21 countries, voted environmental impacts. including protected areas in Belize, unanimously to send the mission, one That report will surely evaluate Colombia and Georgia. A cultural of seven to be conducted around the Cline Mining Corporation’s proposed area in Azerbaijan was removed from world.

Lodgepole Coal Mine project in the the list. The current total of World “The integrity of the property is Crowsnest Pass area in southeastern Heritage Sites in Danger now stands inextricably linked with the quality of British Columbia, a project that, at 32. stewardship of the adjacent areas with- according to environmental groups, mfrank@missoulanews.com in the international Crown of the would remove 40 million tons of coal

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The push for single-payer health care reform picked up more support in Montana this week when both a Republican and a Democrat endorsed the concept. That leaves Max Baucus, Montana’s senior senator, standing almost alone in his refusal to consider, much less endorse, a single-payer system of universal health care.

Life-long Republican Bob Brown counted coup on the Democrats early this week by penning an insightful column on why single-payer makes the most sense for overhauling America’s woefully broken health care system.

Brown, the former president of the state Senate and secretary of state before launching his gubernatorial challenge to Brian Schweitzer, relates the story of Matt Himsl, his mentor and former senatorial colleague. Himsl was known as “Mr. Republican” in the Flathead Valley. “In dramatic contrast to most Republicans now, he was an advocate of what today would be called a ‘single payer’ health care system,” wrote Brown. “Matt told me this about 30 years ago, after a life-threatening experience with cancer. He said that he was a cancer survivor because he had been able to afford health care.

He shared with me his belief that it was wrong in our great and civilized country that health care was not available to all Americans. He told me the only way that could be accomplished was through government.”

Building on the historic references from his own life experiences, Brown was unequivocal in clarifying the significant difference between health insurance and health care. “Health insurance is not health care, and that is why people in other countries pay far less for universal medical care than we pay for our discriminating hodgepodge of health insurance.”

Needless to say, Brown’s column raised the eyebrows of today’s Republicans who seem to see universal health care as a threat—a position Brown debunks by pointing out that United Parcel Service and the U.S. Post Office both continue to exist and improve thanks to the competition between them. Competition, writes Brown, “would have the same effect in health care, but in doing so would cut into the profit margin, encroaching on multimillion-dollar salaries and bonuses of insurance industry executives. That is what the private insurers are afraid of and that is what they are counting on their surgically targeted political contri-

butions to protect. The competitive struggle in providing health care for all our citizens would lead to lower costs and better quality. What a concept.

What are we waiting for?”

Meanwhile, Democratic Party Chair Dennis McDonald, who is seeking to challenge Republican Denny Rehberg for Montana’s lone congressional seat, let fly with his own endorsement of single-payer, universal health care.

“Families in Montana are struggling,” wrote McDonald in his press release, “and right now we have the chance to seize on health care reform that will

“So why would McDonald,

obviously following his own high-level political ambitions, take on the Baucus

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behemoth?

ensure everyone has access to the medical care they deserve. The rumors that we cannot afford a single-payer plan are false, rather, what we cannot afford is further delay.”

McDonald’s strong position on this seminal issue has significant political ramifications considering it is exactly opposite to Baucus’ stance and Baucus maintains a lot of political weight in Montana thanks to the hundreds of millions of dollars he brings to the state through his powerful position as Chair of the Senate Finance Committee and the additional millions he spreads around in campaign contributions.

So why would McDonald, obviously following his own high-level political ambitions, take on the Baucus behemoth? The answer is likely found in Montana’s large and growing number of single-payer supporters. Take the MEA-MFT, for instance, which is the state’s largest labor union. Eric Feaver, MEA-MFT’s president, took his own strong stand for single-payer during the rallies at Baucus’ statewide offices earlier in June. “I think he has a very

difficult job and he has 100 senators to work with that are not of one mind,” Feaver said of Baucus. “But I am here to remind Sen. Baucus that MEA-MFT does have 18,000 members who live and work everywhere in this state and they all vote. And they have supported single-payer for many years.”

Considering McDonald has a Democratic primary challenger in Missoula’s Tyler Gernant, it makes sense for McDonald to get those 18,000 votes on his side as soon as possible. Toss in thousands more from Montanans for Single Payer and a host of other supporters, and McDonald’s strategy becomes clear. Sure, his stance on health care will give Baucus conniptions, but McDonald has a primary to win here in Montana— and you do that with Demo voters who, by and large, support single-payer, universal health care.

One leading Democrat who is conspicuously absent from the debate is Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Many Montanans remember when Schweitzer took on Conrad Burns, rising from a political unknown to nearly unseat the incumbent senator. One of the pillars of Schweitzer’s campaign was the cost of prescription drugs. At the time, Schweitzer took busloads of Montanans to Canada to buy the drugs they needed at vastly lower costs than they could get them in the United States —and Schweitzer vowed to address the issue when he went to Washington, D.C. Well, as we all know, Schweitzer didn’t go to Washington then and seems to have been passed over by the Obama administration now. But his position here in Montana remains prominent and one has to wonder if his former allegiance to health care for Montanans was merely campaign rhetoric. If the governor was really concerned, why is the silence from his office on this important issue so deafening?

Given the setback to Baucus’ effort on health care reform over the whopping $1.6 trillion price tag for his plan, it would appear that new leaders are stepping forward here in Montana.

Those new voices, both Republican and Democrat, are loudly saying, “We want single-payer.” We’ve heard all the excuses, but Bob Brown asked the seminal question: “What are we waiting for?”

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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Bugged out Community battles beetles by burning trees

by Vicki Lindner

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exclaimed, ‘Let’s take out this weapon of mass destruction! Get a chainsaw!’

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“No, they’re global warming’s way,” I said, and watched 80 percent of her lodgepoles succumb, including a sky-brushing veteran that had stood there since before the white man’s time. When she sold her property to a dentist, he tried to save the remaining pines by watering them. Unfortunately, he committed a war crime by crossing a fence and pumping water out of the ditch that irrigates an attorney’s hay ranch. The lawyer showed admirable restraint by urging the dentist to get his own federal permit.

A couple in their 70s lacked the strength to cut down red trees, so we marked 25 infected pines for them, all

spotted with telltale sap “popcorns.”

“You have to axe them before they look dead,” I explained, “or they’ll infect the rest.”

“I’ll be right up to deal with it,” a busy sheep rancher promised, but in the midst of a divorce, he couldn’t face it. A year later, the bark beetles finished off his lodgepoles; our yellow tape was still tied around them.

After a couple of years of this, I had about given up when the will to resist finally moved the community.

Grandkids turned up to clear one lot, a neighbor who had been in denial borrowed a wood chipper, then loaned it to us, and the dentist chainsawed sick trees instead of watering them. And our fiercest opponent finally said: “Why don’t we just cut down all the trees and get it over with?”

Best of all, our community diplomat persuaded the last holdout that firefighters might not defend her home if the standing dead trees began blazing.

As for us, our early intervention paid off. We have saved most of our pines, along with a chunk of our property value. But how long can we spray, and what might we be poisoning besides the bugs? Isn’t it futile? Experts predict 90 percent mortality. When we sawed up one granddaddy pine that didn’t make it, a cloud of black beetles stormed out.

Putting aside those disturbing questions, we recently hosted a homeowner’s meeting. Instead of discussing beetle kill and the flames predicted to sweep the diseased forest, we drank watermelon margaritas, compared our visits to foreign countries and laughed at bad jokes. And people said they were already replanting.

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One woman, who owns three lots, refused to thin. “The beetles are nature’s way,” she said.

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Four summers ago, I enlisted in the war against the pine bark beetle raging on Wyoming’s Togwotee Pass. I started to fight by inspecting every pine on the two-acre lot where my partner and I spend much of the summer. Sawdust at the base of one tall lodgepole indicated that the humpbacked killers had already drilled in. Were they blocking the tree’s conductive vessels with deadly spores of blue-staining fungus? Pink resin wads on the trunk indicated that this tree was trying to eject the evil dendroctonus by immobilizing it in sap.

But we faced a hard choice: Let this pine live, or cut it down.

The lodgepole’s crown was still bright green. We could leave it alone and hope that deep snow and cold would return. If the temperature dropped to 40 below and moisture helped my tree deploy sap, it might cast out the beetles. But if the barbarians took hold, their eggs would produce armies nurtured on my pine’s juicy phloem. By the time its branches turned rust-colored, the newly hatched soldiers would have flown out to invade another tree. I didn’t know then that I could peel back the bark to check for orange larvae galleries, indicating that the beetles had reached the invincible stage.

Instead, I exclaimed, “Let’s take out this weapon of mass destruction!

Get a chainsaw!” After that, we burned the tree and its invaders before they could escape. Yet this was just the first wave. Our trees fell like dominoes.

Even as pipes burst in below-zero cold weather, more orange pines turned blue inside.

Spying boreholes in a favorite lodgepole, we tweezered out a beetle and waterboarded it in gasoline. “Made you feel better, didn’t it,” chuckled an entomologist friend. After that, we sprayed our 150 surviving trees with Permethrin.

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On a day typically dedicated to saber rattling and explosive pride, an event of a decidedly different nature takes place at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (JRPC), 519 S. Higgins Ave. Former Marine Tyler Boudreau served more than 12 years of active duty, including a tour of duty in Iraq in 2004, and finally resigned his commission in 2005 when concerns about the war overrode his ability to continue following orders.

On June 15, the author of the memoir Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine began a cross-country bicycle tour dubbed “The Other Side.” Conceived to reacquaint veterans with the American landscape, help them reintegrate with their communities and families and positively reinvest their strength in their country, the tour winds its

Fri. 3 July Join the Clark Fork Coalition for the Clark Fork 320 Community Float, with shuttles leaving from Caras Park from 1–3 PM for the celebrity-packed put-in at the Sha-Ron access.

And once that’s done, the 5 PM “One River, One Voice” Party overwhelms the Caras Park bandstand with tunes by the Cold Hard Cash Show, tons of food and beverage and your chance to speak up for your waterway.

Free. Call 542-0539 or visit clarkfork.org/320.

Sat. 4 July Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can join facilitator Chris Poloynis every Sat. at 3 PM, when Spartans Honour, an outdoor PTSD support group, meets at Greenough Park’s southernmost footbridge. Free. Call 327-7834.

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way along northern latitudes on its way to Boudreau’s home in Massachusetts.

At 5 PM on July 4, the JRPC hosts a potluck and discussion with Boudreau, whose continuing efforts to help veterans discover what lies on the other side of the battlefield carry deep meaning for us all.

—Jonas Ehudin Author and former Marine Tyler Boudreau speaks with attendees about the wars of our time when the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., hosts a community potluck and book reading at 5 PM on Sat., July 4. Free, but bring a dish to share. Call 543-3955 or visit tylerboudreau.com.

the first four Mondays of every month, holidays excluded—at 7 PM in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Call 552-6080.

Tue. 7 July While Missoula Aging Services is a sprightly 25-ish years of age, their Meals on Wheels program serves a more mature crowd, and you can too: Deliver hot meals to seniors as often as you’d like—and cash in on the sweet mileage reimbursement—from Mon.–Fri. between 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM. Call 728-7682.

Historically speaking, Afghans have proven to be impossible to control, but you’ll have plenty of guidance when you join the group Knitting for Peace, which meets every Tue. from 11 AM–1 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

Quit wasting the planet’s precious lifeblood when you attend a Laundry Direct Greywater Installation Workshop, presented by MUD and the Greywater Guerrillas, at 10 AM at a location to be announced once you register. A second workshop takes place on July 18. $20-50 sliding scale/20 percent off when you register for both. Call 880-1038 or e-mail summerpnelson@gmail.com.

The YWCA of Missoula, 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.

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Parents and families experiencing difficulties and/or chaos with their Guardian Ad Litems (GALs) are invited to a confidential bi-weekly meeting of the Missoula GAL Family Support Group at 4 PM in the Missoula Public Library’s small meeting room. Free. Email missoulagalfamilygroup@yahoo.com.

Green Drinks, the monthly meet-up for the eco-boozy set, begins at 7 PM at Sean Kelly’s, where you might find a job, make a friend, develop a plan for world domination or simply find joy at the bottom of a pint glass. Free.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – When a man ordered a teller at a bank in Winslow Township, N.J., to hand over the money, she locked her cash drawer and walked away. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that the frustrated thief yelled at her, but she ignored him and alerted a co-worker, who activated the silent alarm. The would-be robber left empty-handed.

Police in Monroe, La., said Clifton C. Wright, 44, tried to buy 50 cell phones from a Minnesota distributor by using a forged cashier’s check but aroused suspicion by misspelling “cashier’s” as “cahier’s.” The Monroe News-Star reported the suspect also used the FBI office in Monroe as the delivery address, which is where police apprehended him when he met the delivery truck outside the bureau to intercept the shipment.

Guards caught Bobby Finley, 20, using bolt cutters to get through the chain-link fence that surrounds the jail in Miller County, Ark. He wasn’t escaping, however, but trying to break into the jail to sell drugs and tobacco to prisoners. State Trooper Scott Clark told the Texarkana Gazette the case was the first one he’d worked “where somebody went to so much trouble to remove an obstacle so they could bring contraband into the jail.”

SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES – A 37-year-old security guard in Glendale, Ariz., was getting ready to leave for work, when, according to police official Tara Simonson, he tried to place his gun in a holster in the small of his back and accidentally shot himself in the buttocks.

MARYLAND GETAWAYS – After the Maryland Zoo opened its new $500,000 escapeproof prairie-dog habitat, half the rodents inside needed just 10 minutes to figure out how to bypass the aircraft wire, poured concrete and slick plastic walls. None escaped, zookeepers told the Baltimore Sun, but they managed to find every weakness in the enclosure and jump and climb over the walls, sending workers scrambling to plug escape routes by adjusting the wire fencing and installing more slippery plastic on the walls. “They find all the weak spots and exploit them,” zoo chief executive officer Karl Kranz said.

The day after officials opened the New Beginnings Youth Center in Laurel, Md., hailing the $45 million juvenile facility as an “anti-prison,” devoid of customary razor-wire fencing, an inmate scaled a fence and escaped. He was quickly recaptured, the Washington Post reported, but Vincent N. Schiraldi, director of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, who at first said he would place prickly shrubbery near the fence to discourage further attempts, decided to add razor wire.

INCENDIARY DEVICES – A man in his late 50s or early 60s was seriously burned when he used a cordless drill to puncture a spray paint can. Fire officials in Spokane, Wash., told the Spokesman-Review the contents of the pressurized can released suddenly, and a spark from the drill ignited a flash fire, which burned the man’s face.

An unidentified man in Sheboygan, Wis., was injured when his garage caught fire after he tried to use a shop vac to siphon gasoline from a boat gas tank and, fire official Joel Daum told the Sheboygan Press, “it must have ignited from a spark.” Flames engulfed the garage and caused minor damage to two neighboring garages.

EXCEPTIONS DISPROVE THE RULE – The British government has directed schoolteachers not to require pupils to learn the spelling rule “i before e, except after c,” because there are too many exceptions. “It is not worth teaching,” says the government document “Support for Spelling,” which is being sent to thousands of primary schools. Jack Bovill of the Spelling Society, which advocates simplified spelling, said he agreed with the decision, but supporters said the rule has merit because it’s one of the few that most people remember.

FATHER AND SON DISUNION – When Andrew Mizsak of Bedford, Ohio, ordered his son, Andrew Jr., to clean up his room, the son became angry, raised his fist at the father and threw a plate of food at him across the kitchen table. The father called police, who reported, “Andrew was sent to his room to clean it. He was crying uncontrollably and stated he would comply.” Andrew Mizsak Jr., who lives rent-free with his parents, is 28 and a member of the Bedford School Board. His mother, Paula, is a Bedford councilwoman. Andrew Mizsak Sr. told Cleveland’s Plain Dealer he “overreacted” by calling 911 and wouldn’t press charges because “I don’t want to ruin his political career,” but after other school board members heard of the incident, they voted to strip Junior of some of his duties.

THE BLAME GAME – A British Columbia volunteer search-and-rescue unit announced it is suspending service because a lost skier filed a lawsuit blaming it for taking too long to find him and his wife after they got lost in the wilderness. Gilles Blackburn said the Golden and District Search and Rescue (GADSAR), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Kicking Horse Resort didn’t do enough to rescue him and Marie-Josee Fortin, 44, who died of hypothermia after seven days, two days before rescuers found them. GADSAR’s president, Joel Jackson, said the group wouldn’t resume operations until the province provides legal coverage against actions such as Blackburn’s.

District of Columbia Councilmember Jim Graham blamed neighborhood crime on pizza slices. Acknowledging that pizzerias that stay open until 4:30 a.m. are popular and operating legally, Graham said they nevertheless have become a nuisance “in terms of music, in terms of letting people hang out and also in terms of tolerating a certain level of violence.”

Graham said he is drafting legislation to crack down on late sales.

MENSA REJECTS OF THE WEEK – Justin Sleezer and Cameron Chana, both 22, suffered fatal head injuries when they stood up on a double-decker bus as it drove under a highway overpass. The Associated Press reported that the bus was going about 40 mph and that several of the 20 people partying on the upper deck were standing. Witnesses said the two victims were the tallest ones: 6 feet 2 inches and 6 feet 3 inches. “I’m thinking the other taller guys were sitting down,” Sleezer’s friend, 5-foot-7 Robert Stiles, 22, said, adding, “There was nothing ever said to us about any safety precautions.”

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by Erika Fredrickson

Photo by Chad Harder

Lisa Autio works on one of her dish paintings at her home in Missoula. “I think about his influence all the time,” she says about her dad, Rudy. “One of the things he talked about—and it’s an extremely liberating idea—is that there really aren’t any rules in art.”

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Chris Autio preserves his larger photos by rinsing them in his backyard sprinkler.

T

he house Lela and Rudy Autio lived in for nearly 50 years looks like a museum of Montana’s most revered artists. The living room alone feels like a tribute to masters— and friends—well known in the region. Paintings

by Peter Voulkos and Freeman Butts hang on the walls. Two sculptures by Ken Little—one of a deer’s head, the other a bull’s head, both made out of leather straps and shoes—are fastened to another wall. On one table stands a sculpture by Adrian Arleo. Jay Rummel drawings stack together in a pile. Rudy Autio’s own drawings and famous ceramic vessels—painted with his signature nudes and horses—fill every corner of the room. It’s a collection that rivals any local gallery.

Lela and Rudy collected the pieces together, before Rudy died in 2007 at the age of 80. But his work stands out, even in such strong company. Rudy started the ceramics program at the University of Montana in 1957, and art historians credit him with pushing ceramics from functional craft to respected modern art. Over the years, Rudy’s work gained world acclaim and consistently fetched the highest prices at Missoula Art Museum (MAM) art auctions. One of his decorative pots remains the event’s highest single bid ever—$27,000 in 2008.

While Rudy’s reputation soared, Lela staked her own claim in the arts community. Her eyepopping colored plexiglass installations, usually pasted together in abstract patterns, are part of gallery and museum collections across the state.

Together, Rudy and Lela created a huge part of the state’s artistic foundation.

That history hangs on the walls of the living room as a strong reminder. But among those pieces of art, and throughout the home’s hallways and bedrooms, are hints to a second generation of the Autio legacy.

Two of the Autio’s four children, Chris and Lisa, have followed in their parents’ sizable footsteps. Chris’ photography and Lisa’s round painted fiberglass pieces have appeared in museums, art galleries and art auctions across the state, including at MAM, the Dana Gallery and the

Holter Museum. In some ways, being an Autio has opened doors for the siblings. In others, it’s kept them stuck under the wide shadow cast by their famous parents.

But those who pay close attention to the arts scene recognize the stand-alone value of Chris and Lisa’s work. Steve Glueckert, MAM’s curator, notes how both embraced different mediums and found different motivations than their parents’. It seems that the pressure of a name, like any pressure, can still result in rich, surprising work.

“The spirit of experimentation and the love of what they see in the world, I think they’ve cer-

creatures in her decorative plate, “Shimmer,” which is currently on display in MAM’s Montana Triennial exhibition.

“How were they designed to live in such a barren environment, where they have to come up with all these devices to just make a living?” she asks. “They have so many millions of pounds of pressure on them from above. Life is so hard and yet they survive.”

Lisa, 56, knows a thing or two about pressure and durability. For one, she paints vibrantly colored designs on fiberglass plates made from satellite dish molds. For 16 years she’s chosen to specifically work on these round, bowl-like

“I think that because they’re raised in this environment where art is what they live and breathe, they’re light years ahead of the other artist who just decided to go to art school.”

—Timothy Gordon, art appraiser

tainly been influenced by their parents in those ways,” Glueckert says. “But I think it’s like any of us when somebody asks, ‘How are you like your mother or father?’ You don’t really know, because you’re too close to it. And I think that’s really the case with both Chris and Lisa. They don’t really see how they’re like their parents. But they do know that they’re artists.”

LISA Lisa Autio heard a lecture on NPR last year about life forms deep at the bottom of the sea that survive in especially tough conditions. Those creatures inspired the green and orange aquatic

shapes, which are sturdier than most other art mediums. In fact, she once propped one of her pieces against her car and, forgetting it was there, backed over it.

“It didn’t even hurt it!” recalls her mother, Lela.

“We thought, ‘God, this is a real selling point!’”

Lisa’s perseverance goes beyond just her fiberglass plates. She admires strength in people and the natural world. She admires the ability to push forward and innovate and survive through reinvention. They’re traits she learned from her father at an early age.

“Something that I liked about dad is that he kept reinventing himself,” she says. “I don’t know

if that’s to do with the fact that he was the son of immigrants, and because immigrants often feel like the canvas is wide open, they reinvent themselves from the old country. I think I get some of that from him.”

Lisa remembers from an early age delving into art projects when the family lived in Helena. She’d spend all day cutting and pasting and painting.

After the family moved to Missoula, she recalls going to the Quonset hut—the only sign of a ceramics department at UM at the time—and piecing together pot shards in a frame of wet cement.

Lisa was 8.

“I’m sure I was with my dad,” she says. “He probably said, ‘Go outside and find something and put it together.’ But I honestly don’t remember. He might have said, ‘Here, I’ll pour you some concrete and you can place these however you want to put them.’ But after all these years I just remember how it exciting it was.”

Lisa revels in the darker, bleaker aspects of her work. For years, her own paintings, though brightly colored, took on an edgy tone with images of sharply beaked birds, skulls and aggressive angular shapes. She also prefers spare landscapes, and the social commentary of German Expressionism over what she calls the more “vacuous” French Impressionism.

“I really don’t like pretty paintings,” she says. “I like things that are rough and jarring, or dark and brutish, or a little bit menacing.”

Her love for the natural world reflects that same outlook—dark and strong. Magpies are one of her favorite subjects. Despite their penchant for stealing other birds’ eggs and their loud squawking, their toughness stands out to her.

“I like success stories where nature fights back,” she says. “If you’ve ever heard them squawking loudly you probably know they’re raising Cain with some cat that’s on the ground. But they won’t give in. They won’t give in like a morning dove. A magpie will get down there right above the cat…and scream until he runs away. I admire them. Visually they’re fun to paint. And they’re real fighter birds. They stand up for their family members.”

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Lisa works out of her home in the Rattlesnake. Her backyard deck—populated by plants, a bird in a large metal cage and a cat—faces the rolling slopes of Mount Jumbo. Her father’s sculptures flank the front porch, which faces Rattlesnake Creek. Her newest plate paintings fill the table and floor of her living room, some in progress, others just hauled back from exhibition.

Lisa went through a rough personal time a few years back, something she’s not willing to talk about on the record. But she says for about three years she didn’t paint at all. She worked at her job as a librarian in Wisconsin and tried to keep her life afloat without art. But it was a hard thing to do.

“Art’s sort of your center,” she says.

She moved back to Montana to be with her family a year before Rudy died, landed a job in the St. Patrick Hospital library, and began painting again. But this time, it was different.

“I would go make lots of drawings of the creek,” she says. “Not really the bank, but just what you see straight down into the rocks—the brown and green and black and the darker green. And then you’ve got the reflections.

There’s something about that that’s just so delicious. I just can’t stay away from it.”

For Lisa, color is almost the most important aspect to her art because it provides the mood for her work. Although she still loves darker subject matter, she’s found her work since she moved back to Missoula to be softer and more abstract.

It’s her own reinvention.

“No one can really teach you how to paint, you just have to have courage and get out there and do it,” she says. “It’s like sailing across the ocean and leaving the land behind.”

and, while passing through Indianapolis, he saw the back alleys of poor neighborhoods. Those images sparked his interest in photographing the raw realities of people living on the brink. He found they emitted a certain beauty despite the hard living, and he worked hard to gain their trust.

“I think it’s very important that you photograph a group of people that you’re interested in

backyard, his parents helped him build a studio, where he keeps photography lamps, his computer and scores of photographs in progress.

One of his newest photos is an old farmhouse in black and white, tinted with color. Since the 1990s he’s hand colored a lot of his photos, honing his technique so that the color isn’t too overbearing. He’s also been experimenting with transposing one photograph on another. Many of his

“I say take the name and run with it. If you’ve got it, flaunt it. They say, ‘I want to be my own person.’ Well, I don’t know if that’s possible. In this state everybody knows Rudy’s name and so there’s no way you can get away from it.”

“You get a sense of expertise and then if you can’t measure up to that expertise it’s easy for one to feel guilt or inability,” he says. “I think that’s true in photography because you have to be so well heeled in your use of tools.”

On a warm afternoon, Chris clips a large photo of a farmhouse to a clothesline and lets his sprinkler wash over it to remove any chemicals and preserve the image. While in school for photography, Chris says he was struck with how difficult it was to actually go through the process of making a photo, that any small error along the way could ruin it. It was from his dad, however, that he found the drive to learn his craft inside and out.

“Looking back—now that my dad has died— I realized how much importance he put on knowing your tools,” he says. “And I still do. I think it’s true of any artist. You become familiar with chisels and wood and drawing lines, and, for me, the way light falls on everything.”

EXPECTATIONS

In both Europe and the United States, there is a history of art dynasties. Hipólito Rafael Chacón, an art history professor at UM, says that in the Middle Ages and through the Renaissance, art was a family affair. Titian, for and approach them without your camera first,” he nude images combine women and plants. In one, instance, lived and worked in Venice in the 16th says. “That way you can elicit more of a real per- a woman appears wrapped in mother-in-law’s century, and his three children followed in his son rather than a person who’s being watched.” tongue. footsteps. In the United States, the Peales, whose In Mexico, he did a photo essay on Mexicans Like many artists, Chris works commercially children were named after Renaissance artists like gathering fish for their supper. In Seattle, he met to cover his bills. He takes photos of artists’ work Raphaelle and Rembrandt, constituted one of the up with Sioux Indians living on the street. He for them to display in portfolios, and museums most significant artistic families. hung out with them and smoked cigarettes, even and galleries hire him to take photos of their dis“Closer to home, there are the Autios,” says though he doesn’t normally smoke. plays. He also works weddings and architecture Chacón, “but they are not alone in this. Certainly other family that comes to mind are the DeWeeses in Bozeman and the Shaners, CHRIS another family of art dynasties in the Chris Autio was already a shutstate. So we know what it’s like to see terbug at 16. While taking photothis model play out here.” journalism at Hellgate High School, Chacón says that every year Lela— his teacher, Wayne Seitz, let him borand Rudy before he died—brings boxes row a 35 mm camera for the summer of art books and journals to the resource and Chris obsessively took black and center at UM’s art department. The white pictures—mostly of the department always goes through the Burlington Northern trains and old items to take out extraneous material machinery. Despite his love of phostuck in the pages, and every year tography, Chris started college in Chacón finds evidence of the Autios’ life. a nursing program for lack of a “I have found a bunch of kids drawbetter option. ings and some of those were Chris and “I didn’t know what I wanted to Lisa’s and that generation,” he says. do,” he says, “but my dad said, “Now we find [Lela and Rudy’s] grand‘Follow your heart and go with what kids’ drawings in the more recent stuff. you’d really like to do.’ So in ’83 I What I realized is that this is a very ferstarted at the photography program tile, very fecund creative family life. They down in Bozeman.” have a lively rapport with the visual arts, In retrospect, Chris seemed desand that’s a pretty wonderful and unusutined for photography. He still rememal thing.” bers the first photograph that sparked Timothy Gordon, a local art appraishis interest—a photograph his brother, er and longtime friend of Lela and Rudy, Arne, took when they were kids of a says that art families hone their craft like family standing near a lake. His other any skill that’s passed down from generbrother, Lar, had dabbled in photograation to generation. phy, as well, so the Autios built a tiny “I think that because they’re raised Chris Autio grew up with a darkroom in the family house and, after a brief stint studying nursing, focused on photography at Montana State University. His images, including “Bumper to Bumper” above, are primadarkroom in the house. Once Chris in this environment where art is what rily black and white. threw himself full force into the trade, they live and breathe, they’re light years his parents built an even bigger darkahead of the other artist who just decidroom as encouragement. ed to go to art school,” says Gordon.

“They asked me to get a bottle of wine so I jobs, and he’s traveled to Mexico and Australia to “There was no hesitation among my parents Gordon says Lisa and Chris also benefit from to help any of us four kids pursue any kind of aes- went into this market and I got some $13 bottle shoot educational videos about art making. All of the family name when selling their work. Buyers thetic: music, stained glass, astronomy,” Chris of wine,” he says. “I brought it back and they said, this, he says, buys him time to do the art he wants know the Autios, and trust in the investment. says. “My parents created a way that we could pur- ‘Oh, no, no! Not that.’ So I came back with some to do.

“People can’t buy a Rudy charger anymore,” MD 20/20. And that’s the kind of wine they wantBut it’s not the time or the travel or the sub- he says, “but then they look at Lisa’s work, which sue our interests.”

Once Chris turned to photography, he never ed. I hung out with them all day, and I’ve got ject matter that seems to put the pressure on is wonderfully colorful and bright and a little bit Chris. Instead, growing up in a family that has similar and, consequently, they’ll purchase hers looked back. While getting his degree in some really nice shots.”

Chris, now 46, lives in a funky bright purple built up high standards when it comes to crafting in the idea of it being a lineage.”

Bozeman, he took a railroad trip to Cleveland house that has been built around a trailer. In the art is what challenges him.

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—Lela Autio

But being part of an art family also comes tools to create when the muse strikes.

“That’s the blessing of having parents like Lisa growing up in the shadow of these wonderfulwith challenges. Any advantage gained through a You have access to resources and you’re that—you get their wisdom and their encourage- ly famous parents. On the other hand, I don’t think famous name can appear unearned. The family instilled with an open attitude toward the creative ment,” says Chacón. “The curse, of course, is that they would trade their parents for any others.” name can also attract more criticism. process. you get their name. I empathize with Chris and “It can open doors but it can also MOM close doors,” says Lisa. “There were lots Lela Autio describes her daughter as of times I never got anywhere because “sisu,” which is Finnish for strength of will or of my name, and so I think there was an perseverance. equal amount of disadvantage in some “Lisa’s just got that old Finn way of stickways. You feel like you really have to be ing with it no matter how tough it is,” she extra vigilant about not letting any crap says. “Every night she comes home from out there. You have to raise the bar a litwork and she’s tired and she has to paint. tle higher for yourself. Or at least you And that’s a hard thing to do.” feel you do.”

The Autios have just returned from Chris also says that in the past it’s Helena for Lisa’s art opening at the Turman been difficult for him to create art withLarison gallery. out feeling inadequate compared to his “It just looks like a real knock-out show,” father’s fame.

Lela says. “At these shows you sit up half the “It did at first seem like a dilemma,” night and then you go around the next day he says, “but my dad was such a lovely and meet everybody and talk your head off man that I don’t see it as a dilemma anyand then you come home and you just sit more. It’s not important to me to measdown and sort of sag for about two days. But ure up to the man, anymore.” it’s fun.”

Artist dynasties of the past have Lela has the confidence of a woman who wrestled with this issue, as well. has succeeded—in her art and in cultivating a Growing up in the shadow of a famous full life. She laughs infectiously and talks artist means the children’s work is often openly about Rudy and other artists whom overlooked. Chacón says that in the case she finds interesting. When asked about her of Titian, historians for centuries attribkids’ work, she’s not exactly the gushing uted work to him before realizing it was mother who’s blinded with bias. She’s proud actually by his offspring. that Lisa’s doing good work and is “getting “It’s only been in the last century or better and better all the time.” And she so that we’ve been able to tease out the has her favorites when it comes to Chris’ kids’ work from the father’s work,” he photographs. says.

“The one I truly love is just a wooden Although Lisa finds her newer work to be softer, her early paintings, like “Ravens of Odin” above, Still, Chacón says that growing up in pier sticking out in the lake with a boat focused on dark subject matter. “I don’t really like pretty paintings,” she says. “I like things that are an artistic family means being given the beside it,” she says. “And he did one last year rough and jarring, or dark and brutish, or a little bit menacing.”

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with a woman sitting at a table and she has a plate—maybe some kind of fruit—in front of her.

Sometimes he takes old barns and old cars and stuff and those are nice, too, but I always like one that has a story to it.”

When asked if she thinks it’s hard for Lisa and Chris to make their own way as artists she smiles and says, “I say take the name and run with it. If you’ve got it, flaunt it. They say, ‘I want to be my own person.’ Well, I don’t know if that’s possible.

In this state everybody knows Rudy’s name and so there’s no way you can get away from it.”

She pauses, then adds: “Well, maybe it’s just natural for them to feel that way.”

In Rudy’s studio a few unfinished art pieces still remain. In the backyard, next to a large patch of wild daisies is another space filled with the last of Rudy’s work. Lela’s done selling them and, instead, each of these 20 or so works has been labeled with the names of their children who will inherit them.

which was blind juried by a Seattle curator.

MAM’s Steve Glueckert says that he’s excited to have the younger Autios involved in the exhibit, and that it’s been inspiring to watch their work evolve over the years.

“You know they’re taking chances and they’re challenging themselves,” he says. “I think in some ways artists look at the world a little bit differently and that certainly has been passed on to them.

I don’t think necessarily I could say that this color

LEGACY “I had a breakthrough this year,” Lisa says. “I decided I just had to work fast. If you’re going to make a big mistake and you have to erase, you might as well erase a great big area and not be too timid.”

The work both Lisa and Chris have produced over the past year goes on display in several upcoming shows. In late July the Autios, including Rudy, will each have two pieces in a family show at the Holter Museum in Helena. All three of them—Chris, Lisa and Lela—have pieces in the current Montana Triennial show at MAM,

Chris Autio’s photograph titled “Snake River Barn” is currently on display at MAM’s Montana Triennial exhibit. He started hand painting his black and white photographs in the early 1990s. “Looking back—now that my dad has died—I realized how much importance he put on knowing your tools,” Chris says. “And I still do.”

of theirs comes from mom and this comes from their dad. I think a lot of people will do that, but what they’re doing is different than their parents.

I think that’s what we want to celebrate.”

If nothing else, that spirit of experimentation and curiosity, their ability to jump into art without fear, is one trait Chris and Lisa carry with them from their parents.

“I had no other knowledge of people who weren’t in art,” says Chris. “My house was filled with art, and it still is. My mom was a teacher of art, my dad taught art and there were artists all around.”

Lisa says that she thinks about her dad’s influence all the time when she’s working.

Mostly, she’s reminded of how he always told her that when it comes to art, there are no rules.

“I guess it’s like growing up in any house where you’re exposed to people who are experts in their field,” says Lisa. “You see how the creative process actually takes place. It’s not this magical talent that comes off your fingertips.

It’s problem solving, like anything else. I remember maybe half of dad’s pieces didn’t turn out.

They busted, they blew up, they cracked, but you just keep trying. It can be kind of discouraging. But if you have parents who show you the way it becomes not a scary thing.”

The Montana Triennial exhibit, featuring the work of Lela, Lisa and Chris Autio, continues at the Missoula Art Museum through September 24. Free. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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

Noodle Express 2000 W. Broadway • 541-7333 Featuring a mixture of non-traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Polynesian contemporary dishes.

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

Posh Chocolat 119 South Higgins 543-2566 Next to the Historic Wilma Building in downtown Missoula.

The chocolate lovers paradise is now also a great place for lunch. With a total remodel, serving freshly made sweet and savory crepes, delicious quiches, soups, seasonal salads and artisanal European style pastries. And don't forget what's been keeping us busy since 2005; stop in and try our single origin, 100% Ecuadorian, hand crafted Truffles. www.poshchocolat.com. $-$$

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Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the HUB of the LOOP! Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions.

Traditional Irish fare combined with tasty specials from around the globe! FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$ Staggering Ox 1220 SW Higgins • 542-2206 123 E Main • 327-9400 Home of the famous Clubfoot Sandwich - unique, portable, delicious! We serve fantastic sandwiches on fresh-baked bread. Now featuring a special summer menu. Call in your order and pick it up on your way to play $-$$ 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 $-$$ 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 12 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Monday - Sunday 8a.m. - 3p.m. $-$$

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. $

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. $-$$

Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 Cold Stone Creamery, the ultimate ice cream experience! Our smooth and creamy ice cream is made fresh daily using our secret recipe. Come in for our weekday specials. Get $5 off ice cream cakes with your business card. Get Gift Cards any time. Treat yourself to a 10minute vacation at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$

Wok-ee Mountain Asian Restaurant 11300 US Hwy 93, Lolo 273-9819 Brand new Thai & Chinese cuisine featuring original recipes. Specializing in curry. Extensive menu, vegetarian options and many soup options as well including Vietnamese style pho, Tom Yum, wonton and more.

Wok-ee Mountain Asian Restaurant is perfect for take out or dine in. $-$$

$...Under $5 Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Where Myrtle Avenue ends at Bernice's, a tiny bakery sits as a veritable landmark to those who enjoy homestyle baked goods, strong coffee, community, and a variety of delicious treats. Join us for lunch if you'd like. Crazy delicious. Crazy cheap. 30 years and still baking. Open Every Day 6AM to 8PM. $ Bucks Club 1805 Regent 543-7436 Missoula’s best Food & Drink Values. 2-for-1 food specials daily. Eat the legend. Burgers for a buck. Over 1,000,000 sold. Great Breakfast served daily. If you go away hungry, don’t blame us. Mon.–Sat. Open 7 AM and Sunday 8 AM. $

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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

eMpanadas 728-2030 www.empanadalady.com eMpanadas are back! Indulge in your favorites at the Clark Fork River Market this Saturday, 8am to 1pm and at Downtown Tonight, Caras Park, Thursdays, June-August 5:30-8:30pm.

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Bitterroot Valley Main Street Cafe 363-4567 upstairs 217 Main St. Hamilton Danielle Dupuy presents...A little taste of France in the Bitterroot.

Serving Gourmet French American Cuisine. Lunch Board: Tuesday through Friday 11:30 to 2pm. Dinner A La Carte: Tuesday through Saturday 5 to 9pm. Reservations Accepted. For special events (business meetings, birthdays, baby showers, etc.) please call Chef Jason Tenesch.

Whitefish Café Kandahar 406-862-6247 A George’s Distributing fine wine tasting, a Café Kandahar 7 course wine dinner, Kandahar Lodge luxurious accommodations and an Andy Blanton champagne brunch come together May 14-15 for a “Not To Be Missed” event. Meet & greet with the winemakers. Full package $299 for two. Call 406862-6247 for limited tickets.

Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors - Russian teacakes, pizzelles, baci di dama, as well as cupcakes, scones, specialty breads, with new specialties added daily. Get bread fresh from the oven between 3 & 5PM. Open M-F 7AM to 6:30PM, Sat 7AM-4PM. We're just around the corner from Bamboo Chopsticks.

Stop in today. $ Le Petit Outre 129 South 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European handcrafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche.

Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, MondayFriday 7-6. $

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Even as demand for organic food continues to explode, organic farmers in America are getting thrown under the beet cart they helped build. The Chinese are taking over market share, especially of vegetables and soy, thanks to several American-based multinational food corporations that have hijacked the organic bandwagon they only recently jumped onto.

A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report titled “Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry” discusses two notable trends in American food: Conventional food corporations are taking over successful independent organic companies, and these organic mega-corporations are becoming increasingly dependent on imported ingredients.

When Dean Foods acquired White Wave, maker of Silk brand soymilk—which I used to drink like it was liquid crack—the prospects looked good for American organic soy farmers.

Silk had always been committed to supporting domestic organic farmers, and with the might of Dean Foods behind it, Silk would likely grow.

Silk did grow, but soon dropped its commitment to domestic soy. Soon after, Silk bailed on its commitment to organic soy.

After the sale of White Wave to Dean Foods, multiple Midwestern farmers and farmer cooperatives in the heart of American soy country were told

by Silk they had to match the rock-bottom cost of Chinese organic soybeans—a price they simply could not meet. Organic agriculture is labor-intensive, and China has a big edge in the cheap labor department.

“Dean Foods had the opportunity to push organic and sustainable agriculture to incredible heights of production by working with North American farmers and traders to get more land in organic production,” says Merle Kramer, a marketer for the Midwestern Organic Farmers Cooperative, based in Michigan. “But what they did was pit cheap foreign soybeans against the U.S. organic farmer, taking away any attraction for conventional farmers to make the move into sustainable agriculture.”

Silk bought Chinese soybeans for years, building a commanding share of the soymilk market,

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green “USDA Organic” seal may be missing in action, hexane-processed soymilk can still be labeled “natural,” and if the product contains organic ingredients, the label “made with organic ingredients” is still used.

While the retail price of imported produce remains the same as what consumers were paying for domestic organic, there’s reason to believe the quality is lower. At Whole Foods, labels reading “USDA inspected” are stuck to produce imported from abroad, but according to a recent study by Wisconsin’s Cornucopia Institute, the USDA’s record with food imported from China is fraught with irregularities.

“The [USDA] found multiple noncompliances of the federal organic standards, [including] the failure of one certifying agent to hire Chinese inspectors that are adequately familiar with the USDA organic standards, and the failure by another organ-

ic certifying agent to provide a written and translated copy of the USDA organic standards to all clients applying for certification. This raises serious concerns about whether foods grown organically in China follow the same USDA organic standards with which we require American farmers to comply.”

A stand at my local farmers’ market has a sign that says “Boycott Chinese Garlic.” China currently supplies 75 percent of the garlic sold in the United States, for an average price of 50 cents a pound. Two years ago it was 25 cents a pound. Even with the price of garlic up, large garlic growers, and whole garlic-growing regions like Gilroy, Calif., are hurting. Gilroy used to be known as the nation’s garlic capital. In addition to garlic cultivation, a retail empire was built on value-added products made with garlic. Now Gilroy is just a garlic processing capital. Most of its supply comes from China.

One advantage local garlic producers have going for them is that most Chinese garlic is the soft-neck variety, which is inferior—in terms of flavor, clove size and peelability—to the hard-neck varieties favored by many American garlic growers. But while farmers’ markets are spreading like weeds and creating ever more opportunities for consumers to buy the good stuff directly from growers, most Americans continue to reach for the netted bulbs of garlic at the supermarket, or jars of pre-peeled and pre-chopped garlic.

Consumers buy organic for several reasons, including lighter environmental impact, cleaner and safer working conditions for farm workers, and the perceived health benefits of organic foods—or at least their lack of toxic health detriments. Unfortunately, the import-fueled corporatization of questionably organic food is making all of these attributes less certain. Silk’s road to China is a well-worn trail, and further evidence that organic as we knew it is dead, replaced by gigantic corporations that are in it for all the wrong reasons. And these corporations, more than the Chinese, are who killed organic.

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Dear Flash, This farmer guy at the market has been trying to sell bunches of green squiggly things. He says they’re garlic flowers, but he doesn’t speak good English, and I can’t figure out what to do with them. He just says, “Cook with meat.” Well, no duh. My mom’s boyfriend says you’re supposed to cook them like asparagus. The question is: How do you cook asparagus, and will garlic flowers make my pee neon-yellow like asparagus does?

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before substantially decreasing its use of organic ingredients.

Few Silk products are certified organic anymore, and some are processed with hexane, a neurotoxin.

The use of hexane poses risks to workers in the food processing plants and, some fear, consumers, and is listed as an air pollutant by the Environmental Protection Agency. In the state of Illinois alone, five million pounds of hexane are released into the environment annually by food processors including Bunge, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland. While the

and often twice, before tapering off in an arrowshaped head.

They’re produced by hard-neck garlic, which I find superior to soft-neck. Hard-neck tastes better and its shell peels off in a single piece, while soft-neck is littered with tiny runt cloves and annoying paper that sticks to your fingers. Hard-neck garlic farmers get the added bonus of an early crop of delicious garlic flowers, which are also known as “scapes.”

They won’t make your pee bright yellow, MGG, but they are slender like asparagus, and often steamed or grilled whole, not chopped into bits. While some people like to cook them whole for presentation, I prefer to chop them and use them like garlic.

Cooking with meat, as your farmer says, is indeed a great way to cook ’em. I’ll never forget a stir-fry of garlic flowers and pork in some dark sauce—think soy or oyster—that I ate in a railway dining car in China. I like to recreate this dish with bacon. Just fry some pieces of chopped bacon, adding safflower oil if the bacon’s not fatty enough. As soon as the bacon starts to release grease, add coarsely chopped garlic flowers and pour a shot or three of sherry (or water and/or lime) and put the lid on. Let it steam/fry, stirring occasionally, until it’s cooked, adding more shots of liquid if necessary. Season with soy or oyster sauce while it’s still piping hot.

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The SpectrUM Discovery Area, located in Room 166 of UM’s Skaggs Building, presents the program Science of Spin from 3:30–7 PM. $3.50/Free under 4. Call 243-4828 or visit spectrum.umt.edu.

Get your fresh produce up near Glacier, if you choose, every Thu. from 4–8 PM as the Columbia Falls Farmers’ Market overtakes Nucleus Ave. and offers live music from 5–7:30.

Even those without a bun in the oven will benefit when the Happy Mama Prenatal Center, 736 S. First St. W., presents a low-impact Community Yoga Class every Thu. at 4:15 PM. $5 suggested donation.

Literacy spreads ever westward as the Frenchtown Public Library, housed deep within Frenchtown Elementary School, reminds us of their summer hours: Thu., Tue. and Wed. from 4:30–8:30 PM, and Sat. from 10 AM–3 PM. Call 626-2635.

Support local environmental education and conservation efforts whilst sprucing up your environs when you visit the Wildflower, Bunchgrass and Native Shrub Sale at the Fort Missoula Conservation Nursery from 5–8 PM. Free admission. E-mail miss_ grunzke@yahoo.com.

nightlife It’s time for dinner and a show with several hundred friends as Caras Park hosts this week’s Downtown ToNight at 5:30 PM, a celebration with food vendors, kids’ activities including Safety Night and music by Full Grown Men. Free. Call 543-4238.

All genres are encouraged—excepting, perhaps, death metal—every Thu. at 5:30 PM at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 1/2 South Ave. W., where musicians bring their noise makers and synergy builds a joyful sound during the Tangled Tones Pickin’ Circle. Free. Call 396-3352.

In light of ever-encroaching human sprawl, Creation unveils the Urban Camo Bear. Harry Koyama’s “The Marauder” is in the house in full Technicolor when the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., hosts a two-artist opening reception at 5 PM on Fri., July 3, wherein Kent Lovelace’s work is also spotlighted. Free.

Heidi Meili You’re invited to dance as though nobody’s watching—but, come on, we all know they’re watching—as the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W., hosts another sesh of Ecstatic Dance at 6 PM. Cover TBA. E-mail ecstaticdancers@gmail.com.

Flathead artist Shannon Webster exhibits a series of paintings called Observations during a reception at Stumptown Art Studio, 145 Central Ave. in Whitefish, at 6 PM. Free.

Whitefish’s Walking Man Frame Shop and Gallery, 305 Baker Ave., presents an opening reception for Montana artist Peter Moore at 6 PM. Free. The North Fork & Beyond will also be playing jazz music during the reception. Call 863-2787.

Beginning Pottery at The Clay Studio, 1106-A Hawthorne St., is your shot to make something big and beautiful every Thu. at 6 PM through July 23. $168/eight-week class. Call 543-0509.

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.

Every Thu., Dianne Keast offers tips on taking care of yourself with the class Basic Self Help EFT Acupressure at 6:30 PM. Free. Call 2258504. Also on Fri. Jane Smith, author of The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants reads from and signs her book at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W., at 7 PM. Free.

Come to The Cottage Inn in Kila for a 7 PM Irish jam session and stay for the weekly cribbage tournament at the world famous home of “Turbo Crib.” Free. Call 755-4572.

If your normal swing spot’s become jampacked with losers, head to the Eagle’s Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., where swing lessons begin every Thu. at 7 PM and the dance party gets going in earnest at 8. $5. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 3, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Comrade Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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childhood notions that art is meant to be created by professionals and enjoyed by the rich, to tales of their individual awakenings to their need to create beauty, the interviews document an unplanned, yet highly successful, siege of the established art world.

As stencil art and hip hop stylings have been thoroughly melted into the mainstream, it’s clear that today’s outsiders face a similar dilemma as their forebears. Perhaps in reviewing the unlikely effects of a raggedy posse of aesthetics-obsessed visionaries, some in this Friday’s Wilma Theatre audience will see new artistic pathways laid out before them.

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Hoot and holler in support of our hometown ball whackers when Missoula Osprey baseball continues with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Great Falls Voyagers. $9–14. Call 543-3300.

Grab yer guitar and head down to a local artist show at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 541-8463 to secure yourself a spot.

The real hip hop is over here: The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., gives you something to pop and lock about every Tue. at 8 PM during Hip Hop Class. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Bring your instruments of entertainment, but leave the drum kits at home, as Polson’s East Shore Smoke House, half a mile north of the Finley Point turnoff on Highway 35, hosts a weekly “semi-unplugged” Blues Jam from 8–11 PM. Free. Call 887-2096.

Bowling and karaoke go together like a dream during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Start down the path that ends in a Las Vegas dressing room every Thu. at 8:30 PM when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents Show Girl 101. Call 5417240 for pricing.

The heavens open, the price of well drinks plummets and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, krunk, pop and more at 9 PM. $2.

Missoula’s most ballady balladeer, Russ Nasset, graciously picks up a gig at the Old Post Pub, playing every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

Landslide hosts open mic night at the Bandit Saloon in Columbia Falls every Thu. and Tue. night, starting at 9 PM. Free.

Bassackwards Karaoke turns your world underside-up every Thu. at 9 PM at Deano’s Casino on Airway Boulevard. Free. Call 531-8327.

Join the ranks of the Missoula Metal Militia, which brings metal DJs and bands to the Palace Lounge at 9 PM every Thu. Free.

It’s an all-star line-up (Joe Nickell on drums, Shmed from Secret Powers on keys, Louie Bond on lead guitar, and Tyler on bass) when Andrea Harsell and the Night Lights electrify the Top Hat at 10 PM. Free. Call 728-9865.

Clear that pile of cougars from your lap and hit the dance floor every Thu. at 10 PM, when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJs Fleege and Kris Moon spinning an all-over-tha-map mix of lounge, breakbeat, dub, tech house and progressive electro dance music. 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. Join the Clark Fork Coalition for the Clark Fork 320 Community Float, with shuttles leaving from Caras Park

from 1–3 PM for the celebritypacked put-in at the Sha-Ron access.

And once that’s done, the 5 PM “One River, One Voice” Party overwhelms the Caras Park bandstand with tunes by the Cold Hard Cash Show, tons of food and beverage and your chance to speak up for your waterway. Free. Call 5420539 or visit clarkfork.org/320.

The Opera House Theatre in Philipsburg offers three running productions this summer: The Va u d e v i l l e Va r i e t y S h o w, Butterscotch and Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her are staged every week from Thu.–Sun. at varying times throughout the season. $17/$9 under 13.

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Every weekday, kids aged 6–13 flock to the ZACC, 235 N. First St., where the Young Artists Afterschool Program provides experiences with ceramics, painting, construction, wire, robots and more. $12 per day. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.com If art loses hands-down to video games, then the Missoula Public Library’s your gig, where Game On! invites teen gamers to play on the big screen and mow snacks at 3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Healthy Hummingbird Massage & Art Center, 725 W. Alder St., Ste. 27, presents a First Friday party featuring free chair massage, Native American oil paintings, local artists and potters and food to boot from 5–9 PM. Free.

Vibrant paintings and portraits, as well as collage style charcoal and ink illustrations, grace the walls of

Bernice’s Bakery, where Katheryn Pearl Cathersal presides over her exhibit Pop and Circumstance from 5–8 PM. Free.

The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents the opening of two exhibitions—northwest artist Kent Lovelace’s The Vaucluse and local Harry Koyama’s Fresh Paint—at 5 PM. Free. Call 721-3154.

The Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., throws the doors open wide with free admission for your art-loving horde. Call 541-PLAY. The Catalyst, 111 N. Higgins Ave., presents an exhibit of medium format black and white photography by Richard Pruitt at 5 PM. Free. Call 207-1210.

What happens when you erect a faux cubicle and invite the public to decorate the space? Find out at La Parrilla, 130 W. Broadway, where the public exhibit The Paint Cubicle warms the cockles of disgruntled office workers starting at 5 PM. Free, and there’ll be beer and chocolate to boot.

Feel the throbbing pulse of the art world through the personal work of artist Abe Coley, whose exhibit Paintings of Passion opens at 5 PM at Piece of Mind, 123 W. Main St. Free.

New Yorker magazine artist M. Scott Miller presents an exhibit of his work at 5 PM at 420 Higgins Ave., Ste. D. Free. Call 531-6258.

The apex of fashion is also that of art: Betty’s Divine presents the black and white photography of Scott Hevener, whose exhibit Fourteen Non Sequiturs couldn’t go better with the wine and cookies at 5 PM. Free. Call 721-4777.

Experience a new First Friday venue as artists Timothy Cook and Marlo Crocifisso present a collection of their paintings as the exhibit Co. Signs opens at 5 PM at 628 Toole Ave. Free, as is the food by Ron Seifert.

Looking for a varied buzz? Try a weekly wine tasting at the Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St., where the sweet juice of divinity begins flowing at 5:15 PM every Fri. $10.

nightlife Match wits with local musician and singer Ron Bissell, who leads a prizeladen session of Musical Trivia from 6–7:30 PM at Stevensville’s North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St. Free. Call 777-5061.

The gates open wide as Main Street in Ronan hosts a fundraiser for the Big Sky Pro Racing Association beginning with some warm-up band at 6 PM and climaxing with a 10 PM performance by AC/DC tribute band Highway to Hell. $25. Call 261-6592 or visit bigskyracing.net.

For one night, the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., hosts an exhibit of a less mobile art than is their normal fare: Artist Esther Beckwith presents an exhibit of her vibrant oil paintings—she’s been called an “Impressionistic colorist”— from 6–8 PM. Free. Call 541-7240.

Artists Aaron T. Fields and Christopher Judge will be on hand to grapple with your interpretations of their work—or simply to scoff at your naivete—when the mixed media exhibit opens at 6 PM at Butterfly Herbs. Free.

Every Fri., Dianne Keast offers tips on taking care of yourself with the class Basic Self Help EFT Acupressure at 6:30 PM. Free. Call 225-8504.

Also on Thu. A new-ish First Friday tradition continues as the Old Post Pub’s outdoor deck supports Iron Lasso, who brings the smoky bluegrass flava from 7–11 PM. Free.

Hoot and holler in support of our hometown ball whackers when Missoula Osprey baseball continues with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Great Falls Voyagers. $9–14. Call 543-3300.

The Big Sky Film Series presents Beautiful Losers, a film documenting the birth of a new sort of art movement in 1990s New York, at 7:30 PM in the Wilma Theatre. Free.

(See Spotlight in this issue.)

Jody Miller plays a show at Lake Missoula Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, at 7:30 PM, and barbecue food will be available for purchase. $5. Call 541-8463.

Celebrate the grand opening of the Stonefly Lounge in Coram with a healthy helping of hippie tonk favorites by the Canyon Creek Ramblers at 8 PM. Free.

Live music of an unspecified nature shakes things up at 8 PM at The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, which should add some spice to the Walleye Fish Fry as well. Visit sleepeatdrink.com.

DJs HaULi and Lady Stuff ‘n’ Such, as well as a smattering of guest spinners, raise the grinding threat level to fuschia as the Badlander hosts the Emergency Dance Party at 9 PM. Free.

You’re certain to be glad you got outta the house when Cabin Fever plays Florence’s High Spirits at 9 PM. Free.

It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sexy at East Missoula’s Reno Casino and Cafe’s karaoke night, brought to you

by Karaoke by Figmo, every Fri. and Sat. night at 9 PM. Free.

Be thankful that 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.

Paint your eardrums with a palette of hip hop, funk, house, techno and more when Friday Night Delights delights the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. Free.

Get your freak on at AmVets Club, where DJ DC rocks dance music at 9 PM. Free.

Release your inner Kool Moe Dee when Larry’s Six Mile Casino and Cafe in Huson presents an evening with Grayhound Karaoke at 9 PM. Free. Call 546-8978.

When the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., turns over the sound system to a live DJ every Fri. at 9 PM, all you’ve got to remember is to turn south after taking exit 89 from I90. Free. Call 370-3200.

Consider donning a pair of the complimentary Depends undergarments when Flood presents a bladderbusting series of sets at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

When the sun sets at 9:33 PM, be sure you’ve staked out your little bit o’ turf at the Northside’s Head Start School, where Missoula Outdoor Cinema presents Quick Change, in which three New Yorkers learn that robbing a bank’s trickier than it might seem. $5 suggested donation.

Call 829-0873.

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.

SATURDAY July

04

for Tyler Boudreau, author of Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine and core member of the cross-country “The Other Side” bicycle ride, which aims to bring veterans a sense of reacquaintance with the country for which they’ve fought. Free, but bring a dish to share. Call 543-3955 or visit tylerboudreau.com. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Okay, so in addition to being Saturday, it’s the Fourth of July.

Many of your favorite spots—the library, the post office, the Badlander, etc.—are closed, so plan accordingly.

And yay for freedom.

Prove you’re a real American hero when you attend the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula’s annual Fourth of July Celebration and Pancake Breakfast, which runs from 8 AM–4 PM, features free antiques and collectibles appraisals, costume contests, raffles and more. $5/$3 seniors/$2 students/$15 family/Free under 6. Pancake breakfast is an additional charge. Call 728-3476.

Your heart, the planet and your farmer-neighbors give thanks every Sat. from 8 AM-noon 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. And if it’s non-edibles you’re after, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample.

If you’re south of Missoula, your weekly dose of freshness awaits at the Hamilton Farmers’ Market, which opens at 9 AM every Sat. through Oct. 3 on Bedford Street near the Ravalli County Museum.

Free. Call 961-0004.

Alison Laundrie gets you in shape and provides a few moments away from your spawn every Sat. at 11 AM during a Pilates class at Sunflower Montessori School, 1703 S. Fifth St. W. $10 includes childcare. RSVP 214-7247.

Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can join facilitator Chris Poloynis every Sat. at 3 PM, when Spartans Honour, an outdoor PTSD support group, meets at Greenough Park’s southernmost footbridge. Free. Call 327-7834.

The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., hosts a 5 PM potluck dinner and book discussion

Satisfy that thirst for something beyond ordinary wine at the Hidden Legend Winery, at Sheafman corner and Highway 93 S., where the honey wine flows and the local music rolls every Sat. at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 363-6323.

Arrive early for the 8 PM sign-up— and to down a few jitter-killing drinks—as Frenchtown’s Alcan Bar and Cafe hosts the weekly Saturday Night Open Jam with Jimmy Falcon and Sam Massa at 9. Free.

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. Expose the economic underpinnings of our so-called freedom by heading to Southgate Mall, where a 9 PM Fourth of July program features MCs Steve Fetveit and Hasalyn Harris, skydivers, helicopters, Mayor Engen, choral performance and the Missoula City Band, to be followed at 10:30 by a fireworks display loud and large enough to make us all glad we don’t live in Baghdad.

Or Pakistan. Or Colombia. Or Palestine. You get the drift. Free.

You’re certain to be glad you got outta the house when Cabin Fever plays Florence’s High Spirits 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.

Feel free to perform during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW, but do your best not to bellow, as people are trying to eat pizza next door. Free.

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

You’re a diva on the dance floor: AmVets Club offers up DJ DC and his dance music at 9 PM. Free.

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DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

SUNDAY July

05

You’re hereby invited to Hamilton’s Carriage House, 310 N. Fourth St., every Sun. at 9 AM, in order that you might bear witness to Rev. Kathianne Lewis’ message from the Center for Spiritual Living in Seattle. Free. Call 375-9996.

Quit wasting the planet’s precious lifeblood when you attend a Laundry Direct Greywater Installation Workshop, presented by MUD and the Greywater Guerrillas, at 10 AM at a location to be announced once you register. A second workshop takes place on July 18. $20-50 sliding scale/20 percent off when you register for both. Call 880-1038 or e-mail summerpnelson@gmail.com.

Sunday brunch at 10 AM with jazz from Three of a Kind is classy so don’t just roll out of bed and head into the Blue Canyon Kitchen & Tavern, located in the Hilton Garden Inn at 3720 N. Reserve Street. Free.

You’re invited to wrestle with the claims of Jesus in an open and accepting environment every Sun. at 10 AM, when All Souls Missoula meets on the third floor of the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Free. Visit allsoulsmissoula.org.

nightlife If you like singing in small groups in a playful and meditative environment, you’ll love Song Circle, which meets at 6:30 PM every first, third and fifth Sun. of the month at Unity Church of Missoula, 546 South Ave. Free. Call 258-3863.

The Wilma Theatre pounds with the radioready riffin’ of Saving Abel, who commence to jam at 7:30 PM. $25/$23 advance.

The weekend isn’t over until you wrap it up with Jam Night at the Finish Line, 153 Meridian Road in Kalispell, where Landslide hosts at 8 PM. Free. Call 257-0248.

Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kelly’s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free.

Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with live jazz by the Front Street Jazz Group and spun sounds by DJ The Mermaid from 8:30 PM–midnight. Free, and the martinis are super affordable.

Hear ye, hear ye: AmVets Club offers a new spin on karaoke night, and it’s known as “Jheryoake.” Delve into the mystery at 9 PM, when Happy Hour gets the crowd loose until 10. Free.

Salem brings the rocky funk to the stage of the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

MONDAY July

06

And thus begins Bev Glueckert’s four-day Art Extravaganza Camp at the Missoula Art Museum: Beginning at 10 AM, kids aged 7–11 can explore a variety of ideas and media

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including printmaking, Shrinky-Dinks, wooden totems, and more. $50/$45 MAMbers. Call 728-0447.

Tired of Morning Classics and/or Freeforms?

Twist your radio dial to KBGA, 89.9 FM, every weekday from 11 AM–noon to hear Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s award-winning program Democracy Now!, which offers an alternative perspective to the corporate media and features lively, progressive reporting and debates with no advertising, corporate underwriting or government funding whatsoever.

Free. Visit kbga.org or democracynow.org.

The five-day YMusic Hip Hop Camp, led by none other than James Two of Shovel and Jiggywatts fame, begins at 1 PM at the YMCA, and offers a full week of writing, rapping, recording and performing. $85/$70 with family membership. Call 721-YMCA or visit ymcamissoula.org.

Carrie Maynes presents students aged 16 and over with five weeks of Figure Drawing for Young Adults every Mon. at 4 PM at the Missoula Art Museum through July 13. $75/$67.50 MAMbers. Call 728-0447.

Give yourself and your soon-to-be infant a dose of nurturing exercise during a Prenatal Yoga Class every Mon. at 4 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. $11/$10 with a card. Previous yoga experience is not required. Call 549∑9005.

World Rhythm Youth Hand Drumming Class for kids aged 5–7 takes place at the Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. every Mon. at 4:30 PM. $30 per month/drum rental: $15 per month. RSVP 396-3352 or visit tangledtones.com.

nightlife Beginning World Fusion Bellydance takes place every Mon. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Beginners are more than welcome. $7. Call 531-3000.

Get to work on your sun salutations during a Vinyasa Yoga Class every Mon. at 5:30 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. $12/$10 with a card. Call 549-9005.

Increase your digital proficiency to at least second grade level every Mon. at 6 PM when the Missoula Public Library presents an ongoing series of Computer Classes in the classroom near Web Alley. Free. Call 721-2665.

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.

Train your fingers to feel the difference between a “Q” and an “E” when you attend the Missoula Scrabble League’s weekly Scrabble meet at 6 PM in the boardroom of the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-0387.

Get this: Every Mon., Lolo’s Square Dance Center, 9555 Highway 12, begins with beginners’ lessons at 6:30 PM and then moves into full square dance party mode at 8. First two beginners’ sessions free/$4 thereafter.

Call 273-0141.

That dynamic duo Charlie Seitz and Pete Hand play the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Free. Call 549-2906.

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

If you’ve got a horn, go ahead and blow it in the Sentinel High School Band Room at 7 PM when the Missoula City Band rehearses every Mon. through Aug. 3, in preparation for some grand performance of the future. Free.

Call 728-2403, ext. 7041.

There’s 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.

BIG OR SMALL, WE HANDLE IT ALL Much like yawning, untied shoelaces can be downright contagious. Bernice’s Bakery hosts the exhibit Pop and Circumstance, a collection of paintings by Katheryn Pearl Cathersal, from 5–8 PM on Fri., July 3.

In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Unite the clans with Geneva Bybee, who presents Tribal Fusion Bellydance at 8 PM every Mon. and Wed. at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Baltimore, Md. punks Double Dagger play the Badlander at 9 PM. Cover TBA. The Milkcrate Mechanic keeps the groove fine tuned when he presents random music for random people, featuring rotating DJs and acts, free pool and mad krunk every Mon. at 9 PM at the Palace Lounge. Free.

Bring your music appreciation glands to Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9:30 PM, and you’ll soon find yourself surrounded by the finest musical acts on the planet. Free.

TUESDAY July

07

Bend, stretch and play every Tue. and Thu. at Happy Mama, 736A S. First St. W., where Yoga for Everybody eases the suffering at 9:30 AM. $12 drop-in/$10 advance. Call 880-6883.

Historically speaking, Afghans have proven to be impossible to control, but you’ll have plenty of guidance when you join the group Knitting for Peace, which meets every Tue. from 11 AM–1 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

Let’s keep it simple folks: Sky Moose plays Hamilton’s Legion Park during this week’s “Tuesday at 12,” which actually begins at noon. Free.

Toes will tap and fingers will snap (in the painless way) when the Rocky Mountain Rhythm Kings ride into Snappy Sport Senter, 1400 Hwy. 2 E., every Tue. at noon. Free, donation suggested. Call 257-7525.

Find strength and the will to fight at the Breast Cancer Support Group, which meets at noon each Tue. at St. Francis Xavier Church, 420 W. Pine St. Free.

The Shootin’ The Bull Toastmasters Club meets at noon at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. The first few are free. Call 529-5488.

For the latest Latin cardio dance craze, try a dose of Zumba every Tue. at noon at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

The dictionary defines “BOGO” as an acronym for “Buy One, Get One,” which means BOGO Pottery Tuesdays ease your entry into ceramics ownership from noon–6 PM every Tue. at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. Call 5497555 or visit zootownarts.com.

Montana’s Alternative Energy Resources Organization offers the Home Acres Orchard Tour at 1 PM, in which you can learn more about growing fruit, berries and nuts from people who’ve been doing so here since 1989. The tour’s free, but RSVP at 443-7272 for more info.

Sara Polanchek presents Families First’s Library Forums: Helping Siblings Live Harmoniously at 2 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. RSVP 721-7690.

You probably can’t convince your parents that you need a pony, so get them to give you a ride to the Missoula Public Library at 2 PM instead, where the noble beasts of Parsons’ Ponies will gladly take you for a brief tour. Free. Call 721-2665.

Surrender your spawn to the alabaster halls of commerce as the Southgate Mall Kids Klub meets to craft some nifty Summer Craft from 4–7 PM in Sears Court. Free. Call 721-5140.

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If you’re already out of Saturday’s veggies, try the Whitefish Downtown Farmers’ Market at 5 PM at Depot Park, where musical treats by Lucien Midnight will make your zucchini want to sing. Free. Call 862-2043.

nightlife Every Tue. at 5:30 PM, Intermediate Bellydance/World Fusion meets at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., but be warned that prior dance experience is recommended. $7. Call 531-3000.

Instructor Holly Jeremiassen teaches young people aged 10 and up the finer points of glass fusing every Tue. at 5:30 PM during Youth Glass Class at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $15 per session. Call 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.com.

Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Tue. at 6 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets in room 109 at the Providence Center, 902 N. Orange St. Free. Call 327-7834.

Don’t it make your green grass blue? The pickin’ circle begins at 6 PM, and house pickers Pinegrass play at 9:30 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

The YWCA of Missoula, 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.

A single bracelet does not jingle: Unity Dance and Drum’s all-levels West African Dance Class meets every Tue. evening at 6:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10/class or $35/four classes. Call 5497933.

Big Daddy and the Blue Notes brings the blues when they play Kalispell’s Picnic in the Park concert series at Depot Park, located at Center St. and Main St., at 7 PM. Free. Call 758-7717.

If you can’t read this and you’re not interested in Tiny Tales, allow me to suggest the 7 PM informal English conversation group Talk Time, which is led by TEFL instructor Adam Hart and meets the first and third Tue. of the month at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-2665.

You’re invited by Turning the Wheel to take part in some Body-Centered Creative Expression to live music every Tue. at 7 PM. $5–10 donation. Call 543-4414 for location and more details.

Hey wrong-side-of-the-street-rider: You can learn to bike responsibly at Free Cycle’s Bike Well classes at 7 PM at 732 S. First St. W., where class also convenes on Wed. and Thu. Call 541-7284 for times.

Hoot and holler in support of our hometown ball whackers when Missoula Osprey baseball continues with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Casper Ghosts. $9–14. Call 543-3300 or visit missoulaosprey.com.

Israeli musician and storyteller David Louis commits one helluva mitzvah when he performs for the masses at 7:30 PM at Har Shalom, 3035 S. Russell St. Free.

When In Rome Productions takes you deep into Blanche’s world as they present A Streetcar Named Desire at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $8/$14 couples. Call 670-9358.

It’s a mando-rrific jam-stravaganza when Sierra Hull and Highway 111 play W h i t e f i s h ’ s O ’ S h a u g h n e s s y C e n t e r. $20–27/$15 under 13/Get four tix for the price of three. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

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Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? In the world of bicycle frame building, to what do the terms “trail” and “rake” refer? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

It’s still bigger than disco: The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., keeps on keepin’ it real every Tue. at 8 PM, when Hip Hop Class puts the “back” back in “back in the day.” Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Appease your jam band/psychedelic rock cravings at 8:30 PM, when Pizza T and The Z-Kamp Extravaganza and Luau Cinder rock the Elk’s Lodge. $5/$8 under 21.

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.

In these trying economic times, leave it to the Badlander to serve up a hungry-for-fame local band at 9 PM with the super affordable cover charge of “free.”

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.

The moon’s always full and the pack’s always howlin’ at the Wolf Den’s Open Mic Night in Polson. Free. 9 PM. Call 883-2054.

Forego the weekly shower and join Unwashed Promotions for live music and moist DJs Harvey and Heyska when Punk Rock Tuesday fumigates the Palace Lounge every Tue. at 9 PM. Free.

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08

Take a load off in the company of friends every Wed. from 9–11:30 AM as Aspen Hospice, 107 Bell Crossing West, hosts the Caregiver Coffee Break. Free. Call 642-3010.

If you can toddle, you can play: The Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., presents Toddler Playgroup at 11 AM. $4.25/members free. Call 541-PLAY. Your weekly lunch date with, well, everyone comes at 11 AM as Caras Park transforms with Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities by the SpectrUM Science Tent and music by Deja Voodoo.

Free. Call 543-4238.

Once your kids attend Ready? Set... Read!, an early literacy program for children aged 3–7, at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum, 225 W. Front St., every other Wed., your tactic of spelling out naughty words may no longer be effective. $4.25 admission/members free. Call 541-7529.

Lost and Found plays during the lunch portion of Kalispell’s Picnic in the Park concert series at Depot Park, located at Center St. and Main St., at 11:30 AM. Free. Call 758-7717.

Take a break from the swelter and enjoy a cold, dark room full of your fellows as the Missoula Public Library presents an Afternoon Matinee at 2 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Honor the artists who helped raise funds during WORD’s Many Faces of Women Fundraising Gala when you attend their Inaugural Thank You Art, Wine and Music Fest, which runs from 5–9 PM at the Rattlesnake’s Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free. Call 543-3550, ext. 253.

It’s a season of great change, as that initial burst of springtime energy—remember that, folks?—mellows into the consistent heat and weedy blooms we identify with early summer. For my part, I’ve taken it upon myself to make a big change this week, and so it’s with more than a hint of sadness that I prepare to say goodbye to the Indy. I think I’ve got one last issue left in me, so think of this as a pre-emptive adios.

Now, just because I’m taking off doesn’t mean you should quit heading for yon hills and hollers.

Much like the gentleman in the photo over there, I encourage you to grab life by the terminal moraine and plunge deep into its crystal-clear waters. Even if there isn’t an $11 burger in it for you—which I’m told was the model’s compensation for that photo-documented feat—I think you’ll agree that no amount of seared cow flesh can compete with the simple joy and exhilaration of taking a plunge into the new.

And with that bedrock truth as our guide, I encourage you all to step out of your ordinary routines. Runners, take up biking. Bikers, head for a long hike in the canyons. Cavers, get some sun, for cryin’ out loud. Above all, be safe as you push ever further into the void.

And speaking of voids, or brinks rather, you’ve an opportunity this week to celebrate the beginnings of a return from the brink by a famed local waterway. Yes, on Fri., July 3, we honor the Clark Fork River with a two-stage event comprising a celebrity float trip and a post-float Caras Park blowout. The Clark Fork Coalition is the crew of masterminds behind this shindig, and it’s hooked into the “Clark Fork 320,” a 20-day float down the full length of the river by Coalition board member Daniel Kiely. He’s joined, as you can be as well, on the float from the Sha-ron put-in to Caras Park

by Mayor John Engen, Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Montana Attorney

BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 In July Scott Hevener displays his photography. The show is entitled "fourteen non sequiturs" and is comprised of fourteen black & white images, taken over the last year. They all share a rather dark sense of humor, and an equal measure of dread. Cookies for the monsters and wine for the adults. 5-8pm BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Please join Butterfly Herbs for their First Friday celebration where Aaron T. Fields & Christopher Judge will be combining their artist talents during the month of July.

Their mixed media will be on display at Butterfly Herbs where you can meet the artists during their First Friday opening on July 3rd at 6pm.

your dinners and transportation. Sign up at www.cfc.umt.edu/wi, or by calling 243-5361.

And we arrive at our fabled day of national independence.

Unlike the public library, our public lands remain open for business—but absolutely no fireworks—on the Fourth of July. It’s a good thing, too, as the Missoulians on Bicycles have a threeday ride on the Beartooth Highway—it weaves through the Custer, Shoshone and Gallatin National Forests—beginning on Sat., July 4. Call Wayne at 721-3095.

Independence Day also signals the onset of the Big Hole National Battlefield’s summer speaker series. On Sat., July 4, the Battlefield outside Wisdom hosts the Second U.S. Cavalry Association, historical re-enactors of the highest caliber. If you’re interested in the life and times of a cavalryman from 1865–1901, get yourself to Wisdom. And call 689-3155 for more info.

Sunday brings a day of rest for some, but not for the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society. On Sun., July 5, Virginia Vincent shares her vast knowledge of the plants and birds in the environs of her summer home at Stark Mountain. The two-plus-hour drive is well worth it, we’re told, and carpoolers can meet in the Providence Center parking lot at 9:30 AM. Call Kelly at 258-5439.

And we move into the weekdays proper. On Tue., July 7, Stevensville’s Home Acres Orchard throws open the gates and invites gawkers in.

Sponsored by Montana’s Alternative Energy Resources Organization and the Montana Organic Association, the tour is limited to 50 people, food and drink is provided and reservations are required. Call 443-7272, ePhoto by Chad Harder mail areo@aeromt.org or visit aeromt.org.

Wolves will probably always be a hot button topic, Marshall complex. The idea is to get to the trailhead on the and never more so than during the Walk by the Light of the Moon third, hike on the fourth and set up camp, then have a full day to Series’ Wolf Moon event, which begins at 7 PM on Tue., July explore before returning home on the sixth. If that makes sense, 7, at Lake Como’s North Trail area. A guided hike leads to an 8 PM presentation about wolf behavior, biology and management call Julie at 543-6508 to sign up.

The Wilderness Institute has their sights set on the Sapphire options by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Call Julie at 375-2606.

That should take care of your rambling spirit for another seven and Blue Joint Wilderness Study Areas, and they need your help on their monitoring trips. One such journey begins on Fri., July 3, days. Send your outdoor events to me at the address below, one as you’re invited to hike the Skalkaho Trail from Skalkaho last time…

Falls south to a variety of forest lakes and creeks during a three-day tour. To make the deal even sweeter, they provide calendar@missoulanews.com General Steve Bullock and some or all of the Missoula County commissioners. Free shuttles leave Caras Park beginning at 1 PM, and the party begins at 5, with music by the Cold Hard Cash Show and all the food and drink you’d expect from a fete of this sort. Visit clarkfork.org/320, or call 542-0539.

Two more adventures await on this side of the Fourth, and the first comes courtesy of the Rocky Mountaineers.

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I’m sure the Advice Goddess would have plenty to say about this situation… When In Rome Productions presents a five-day run of the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire starring, from left, Erin Cote, Tim Larson and Karie Pietrykowski. Opening night begins at 7:30 PM on Tue., July 7, at the Crystal Theatre. $8/$14 couples.

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A revolving cast of local singers and musicians makes up the band Katy and Friends, who do the rocking every Wed. at 6:30 PM at the Cottage Inn in Kila. Free. Call 755-8711.

Green Drinks, the monthly meetup for the eco-boozy set, begins at 7 PM at Sean Kelly’s, where you might find a job, make a friend, develop a plan for world domination or simply

find joy at the bottom of a pint glass.

Free.

Author Jim Hogan reads from and signs his book, Yes We Are!, at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.

Learn to mystify and entrance by wiggling those hips every Wed. during a Hula/Tahitian Dance Class at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave., where you can learn beautiful and energetic rhythms at 7 PM. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482.

Having fully bitched out Barnes & Noble, the Missoula Stitch ‘N’

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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.

Blue Argon plays “eclectic blues, R&B, and jazz featuring Colleen Cunningham, Steve Sellars and Jim Clayborn” every Wed. at 6 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell.

Free. Call 755-9463.

pro every Wed. evening at 6 PM during a Burlesque Dance Class at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482.

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Combine a relaxed and supportive atmosphere with live models in their birthday suits—18 and over only, please—and you’ve got the Missoula Art Museum’s Hump Day Figure D r a w i n g g r o u p e v e r y We d . from 6–8 PM. $7/$5 members. Call 728-0447.

Gillian Kessler asks only that you embrace your inner diva as she fuses slick Brazilian moves with modern techniques for her AfroBrazilian Dance Class, which takes place every Wed. at 6 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

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Bitch needlework circle brings the circle of warm fuzzies to the Good Food Store, where you can knit purls of wisdom every Wed. at 7 PM. Free.

BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com.

Being square will never be as much fun as it is at square dancing lessons every Wed. at the Kalispell Senior Center. 7 PM. $4, children 12 and under must bring an adult. Call 752-4964.

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 7 PM. Free. Call Rex at 360-3333.

Hoot and holler in support of our hometown ball whackers when Missoula Osprey baseball continues with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Casper Ghosts. $9–14. Call 5433300 or visit missoulaosprey.com.

When In Rome Productions takes you deep into Blanche’s world as they present A Streetcar Named Desire at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $8/$14 couples. Call 670-9358.

The Missoula City Band blows away the Bonner Park crowd at 8 PM when they present the George Goodrich Memorial Concert with vocalist Jenn Jones. Free. Call 7282400, ext. 7041.

Your punk rock lifestyle inspires two traveling bands—Off With Their Heads and Dear Landlord—to touch down at 9 PM at the Badlander with local support from the Hangover Saints and TSMF. $5/$8 under 21.

The Palace Lounge meets its match as Portland, Ore.’s Purple Heart plays at 9 PM with Brooklyn’s Pterodactyl and local wunderkinds Rooster Sauce. $7.

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

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Hate smoky pool halls? No sweat— and no smoke—but plenty of girl power: Head underground at 9 PM every Wed. when The Palace, 147 W. Broadway, presents Ladies’ DJ Night. Free.

Spit the gorf out of your taorht with Bassackwards Karaoke every Wed. at 9 PM at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve Street. Free. Call 531-8327.

This Missoula legend has nothing to do with ground beef: Wasted Wednesday at the Top Hat offers unlimited tap beer and M-Group at 10 PM and the wisdom you’ll gain is worth the $7 cover many times over.

Call 728-9865.

Longevity is the man’s secret weapon: DJ Dubwise spins mad flava all over the ladies’ drink specials starting at 10 PM at Feruqi’s.

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Enjoy WORD’s story hour for children aged 3–5 years at 11 AM every second and fourth Thu. of the month, and get the games, activities and snacks at no extra charge. Free.

Call 543-3550, ext. 255.

The five-week YMusic Class Beginning Acoustic Guitar, led by the Broken Valley Road Show’s Caroline Keys, begins at 7 PM at the YMCA, is open to kids aged 8–15 and runs through Thu., Aug. 6. $40/$32 with family membership. Call 721-YMCA or visit ymcamissoula.org.

The SpectrUM Discovery Area, located in Room 166 of UM’s Skaggs Building, presents the program Toy Take Apart from 3:30–7 PM. $3.50/Free under 4. Call 243-4828 or visit spectrum.umt.edu.

Get your fresh produce up near Glacier, if you choose, every Thu. from 4–8 PM as the Columbia Falls Farmers’ Market overtakes Nucleus Ave. and offers live music from 5–7:30.

nightlife It’s time for dinner and a show with several hundred friends as Caras Park hosts this week’s Downtown ToNight at 5:30 PM, a celebration with food vendors, kids’ activities by Mismo Gymnastics and music by Tom Catmull and the Clerics.

Free. Call 543-4238.

Learn to identify, prevent and manage the curious critters in your neighborhood when you attend a Wildlife Pests Class at 6:30 PM at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge, where MSU wildlife specialist Roy Fenster and Montana Department of Agriculture’s Sarah Holden teach the tricks o’ the trade. Free.

Call 329-1346.

Come to The Cottage Inn in Kila for a 7 PM Irish jam session and stay for the weekly cribbage tournament at the world famous home of “Turbo Crib.” Free. Call 755-4572.

If your normal swing spot’s become jam-packed with losers, head to the Eagle’s Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., where swing lessons begin every Thu. at 7 PM and the dance party gets going in earnest at 8. $5.

Hoot and holler in support of our hometown ball whackers when Missoula Osprey baseball continues with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Casper Ghosts. $9–14. Call 5433300 or visit missoulaosprey.com.

When In Rome Productions takes you deep into Blanche’s world as they present A Streetcar Named Desire at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $8/$14 couples. Call 670-9358.

Whitefish’s Alpine Theatre Project presents the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. $12–37. Call 862-SHOW or visit alpinetheatreproject.org.

Join the ranks of the Missoula Metal Militia, led by Vibrant Society, Filth Mattress and Bridgebuilder, at the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. $3.

The heavens open, the price of well drinks plummets and a tsunami of pure unabashed booty dancing hails your arrival every Thu. at the Badlander, where Dead Hipster DJ Night rewards you with rock, indie, krunk, pop and more at 9 PM. $2.

Join Sandy Bradford and Mark Souhrada when they host the jam at Los Caporales in Columbia Falls at 9 PM. Call 892-5025.

I’m about to take a nice, long one of these: Stoney Holiday floods the Top Hat with R&B and rock at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Call 728-9865.

Clear that pile of cougars from your lap and hit the dance floor every Thu. at 10 PM, when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJs Fleege and Kris

Moon spinning an all-over-tha-map mix of lounge, breakbeat, dub, tech house and progressive electro dance music. Free.

It is with deep gratitude and my sincerest best wishes that I reveal you’re holding my second-to-last calendar in your hands. Yes, Comrade Calendar’s been reassigned by the High Calendar Council, and really, I’m powerless to object. It’s been a grand run here at the Indy, and I’ve been honored by your trust and your cooperation in spreading the word on all manner of events. I think my favorite’s got to remain the animal dress-up function that takes place around Halloween. Or maybe that pancake breakfast/footrace combo presented by UM’s physical therapy folks. Anyway, this has always been more about you than me, and so I encourage you to take the paper’s new Calendar Editor under your wing, as they’ll have plenty to learn in a short amount of time. Before that day, however, we’ve got one more week together, so please continue to adhere to our bedrock maxim: Send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 3, to calendar@missoulanews.com.

Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Comrade Calendar c/o sthe Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. And for Peet’s sake, don’t submit events through our website. Just don’t do it.

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Art really imitating life Thai sculptor Sunti Pichetchaiyakul makes his mark in Bigfork

by Erika Fredrickson

Outside Sunti Pichetchaiyakul’s art studio, a When it was finally time to go to college, they thought the art was too weird.” Finally, they monk wrapped in an orange robe sits meditating Pichetchaiyakul applied to an art school in put a sign over him saying he wasn’t real. “After that on a grassy knoll. He looks ancient and content, Bangkok but failed the admissions test. “He didn’t everyone knew Sunti as the artist who made the and I’m careful not to bother him as I step out of want to go home until he actually got a degree,” monk. People are big fans of him around here. my car. explains Erica, “so he stayed in Bangkok for a year They joke with him and say, ‘If I see that monk Pichetchaiyakul and his wife, Erica, emerge with a friend who was working photographing walking down the street you’re in big trouble!’” from the small cabin studio to greet me. They pay autopsies and surgeries. Sunti attended all of the Pichetchaiyakul likes to show off his monk, no mind to the monk, talking to me instead about surgeries so he could see what was under the skin but his recent focus has turned to American the studio situated in what’s known as the and that helped with his sculpting.”

Indian art.

Saddlehorn eco-development just outside of Erica met Pichetchaiyakul while she was “Native Americans are really cool in Bigfork. Eventually, though, they beckon me over teaching and studying in Thailand. She often Thailand,” says Erica, “but nobody knows anyto the monk and, grinning, Pichetchaiyakul drags went with him as he transported his monk sculp- thing about them. As Sunti was learning about the elderly man into the sunlight. tures to various temples for ceremonies. “They them he realized that many of them respect the He’s not real. believe that the spirit can come back and live same kind of things as the Buddhist culture in Instead, it’s the likeness of Luang Boo Luan, within the sculpture once they die,” says Erica. Thailand.” an 87-year-old Thai monk. Pichetchaiyakul made “It’s kind of the highest ‘thank you’ you can presCurrently he has a bronze sculpture of the statue with fiberglass resin, using a process ent to someone is a sculpture of themselves.”

Tatanka Yotanka and one of Chief Sitting Bull. that includes clay, wax and plaster. But even up close it’s hard to tell. The monk’s browned skin shows liver spots and light blue veins. His collarbone juts out just right, and delicate white eyelashes curl from his dark, downturned eyes. Even knowing that Pichetchaiyakul creates sculptures didn’t prepare me for such realistic work.

In his home country of Thailand, Pichetchaiyakul sculpted Buddhas, Thai angels and other Hindu figures on commission. His sculptures appear in at least 50 temples throughout the country, and he’s had governments and private groups in Laos, Taiwan, Malaysia, Cambodia, Japan, and the United States request his work. He’s made 37 television appearances in Thailand, Japan, Korea and China, and has appeared in more than 8,000 magazines and newspapers across the world. His wife says that across the Siamese Kingdom, he’s known as “Amazing One” or “One.” B u t e v e n a t a n e a r l y a g e Sunti Pichetchaiyakul, left, made a name for himself creating lifelike sculptures, such as this fiberPichetchaiyakul always romanticized glass resin monk of 87-year-old Luang Boo Luan. Since moving from Thailand to Bigfork, the Western culture of American Pichetchaiyakul has turned his attention to bronze sculptures of American Indians.

Indians, cowboys and pioneers. Now, at 36 years old, the Thai artist has made his home Transporting the resin monks proved to be a His Chief Joseph sculpture will be done in midin Bigfork where, among other things, he makes comical adventure for the couple. Often July in time for his Aug. 9 show at the bronze sculptures of American Indian chiefs.

Pichetchaiyakul would be delivering the sculpture Ravenwood Benefit Auction in Bigfork and the “I wanted to sculpt Indians since I was little,” at the last minute and get pulled over speeding. River City Roots Festival in Missoula Aug. 29 he says through Erica, who works as his inter- But once the Thai cops saw the monk in the back- and 30. preter. “I always wanted to come here. And now, seat, they’d let the couple go, sometimes usherThe couple plans to stay in Bigfork as long as I’m here.” ing traffic to the side or calling other cops to let they can, and Pichetchaiyakul says he’d like to Pichetchaiyakul grew up on a small farm in them pass at full speed. Sometimes the couple continue sculpting images of the West and learnChumpuang, Nakhon Ratchasima, a poor village would stop to eat and people would nervously ing about the history. in northeastern Thailand. His mom was a seam- peek at the monk in the backseat. One time they “He says that it might be silly to say that in a stress and his dad was a teacher who dabbled in watched from a distance as a waitress approached past life he lived in the West or that he’s now comthe arts. They were both supportive of their son’s the car with a tray of water, slipped off her shoes ing home,” Erica says. “But he does feel like he artistic endeavors. and asked the monk if he would like to drink. She was meant to be here.”

Pichetchaiyakul says he sculpted toys out of asked a second time, and then turned red at the river clay while other kids his age were in school. realization that he wasn’t real.

Sunti Pichetchaiyakul shows his sculpBut after school, he says, kids would come down In fact, one of the couple’s first introductions tures at the Whitefish Arts Festival Friday, July to the river to try to buy the toys. Eventually his to Bigfork was displaying a monk outside of the 3, through Sunday, July 5. Call 862-5875 for father made him go to school, too, even though Electric Avenue folk art and gift shop. more information or visit Pichetchaiyakul’s he felt out of place with his long hair and artistic “People were going out of their way not to go web site at suntiworldart.com. interests. At age 7, he says, he began winning art near him,” says Erica, laughing. “Sunti thought that efredrickson@missoulanews.com competitions in the region. maybe they didn’t like that he was a Buddhist or

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Double Dagger More

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Oh, how I love Baltimore. I’ve never been there, so my love is actually a hypothesis based on two facts: “The Wire” is a kick-ass series, and Baltimore produces kick-ass post-punk bands like Double Dagger.

I say post-punk because Double Dagger combines the hardness of punk with a brainy musicality that makes use of complexity and pleasurable noise, which I guess makes them “post.”

The only complaint I have about More is that

Pterodactyl Worldwild Brah Records

On Worldwild, Pterodactyl basks in watery, mystical sounds that often seem snared from the natural world rather than any sort of humanmade instrument. Haunting gang vocals make the band feel more like a tribe than the trio they are, and the wispy, far off level of their voices gives the sense they’re hidden away in some exotic jungle.

“Rising and Shining” is what reveille might sound like if you lived in a paradise. The windy blast of drums and the vibration of guitar riffs provide just enough force to awaken your senses while the shimmering lyrics keep you in a peaceful state.

“Share the Shade” combines fast punk rock drums with vocals about waterfalls that slip between Muppet-like harmonies and Deep Forest yodeling.

Eden Atwood Turn Me Loose Umbrella Media

Recently, NPR’s been airing segments on the best songs for summer. If jazz is your thing, I’d recommend Eden Atwood’s Turn Me Loose as the perfect album for a Missoula July, as it’s sultry, sweet, playful and flawless. Jazz singers remain a rare breed in Montana, and it seems unlikely that Atwood could find a way to honor her Montana heritage in this album, but that’s exactly what she does.

Regina Spektor Far

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Regina Spektor is one of those rare singersongwriters who simultaneously challenges and exemplifies the definitions of both “singer” and “songwriter.” Most of Spektor’s songs are stories, and the language she uses to tell those stories is always acrobatic. It’s as if Nabokov wrote pop songs. (Spektor learned English as a second language, after Russian.)

Spektor’s compositions are equally accomplished, playful and subversive. Like Björk or Cat Power, she can contort her beautiful voice in ways that confer an additional layer of meaning to lyrics that already fascinate. All this and she still

one might easily mistake original songs like “Vivre Sans Temps Mort” for Fugazi covers. That’s a minor complaint since the world can always use another Fugazi song. All hot sounds have second and third lives in the world of popular music, and this category of noisy smart rock—in which lyrics are delivered in throaty boy-screams and lead guitar is unnecessary—is one I’ve been missing.

I am in love with the production on More, too— letting a wall of noise build and give way to poignantly clear tones at chosen moments, emphasizing bass over drums and vocals on “Camouflage,” and allowing the backing vocals to ring out from a sonic distance on “The Lie/The Truth.” I’m not one to gush praise, but I love this. (Ali Gadbow) Double Dagger plays the Badlander Monday, July 6, at 9 PM, with Juveniles and Bridgebuilder. $5.

In “Easy Pieces” the sound of underwater echolocation weaves in and out of soft static and chiming bells.

Like fellow Brooklynites Oneida, whose otherworldly processionals also sound far off, Pterodactyl doesn’t rely on catchy pop hooks. That can be refreshing, though the repetitiveness, vocal monotone and lyrical muddiness can just as easily disappear into background noise. Far more interesting will be watching how they make their natural psychedelic sound during a live performance. (Erika Fredrickson) Pterodactyl plays the Palace Lounge Wednesday, July 8, at 9 PM, with Purple Heart and Rooster Sauce. $7.

The granddaughter of iconic A.B. Guthrie Jr. has sung nationwide, but this collection of 13 tunes is clearly a celebration of coming home. Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In” is an ode to the “wide open country that I love,” and the samba-tinged “Home” expounds on the pull toward familiar places.

Atwood’s delectable voice is clearly the star of this album, and shows no signs of her vocal surgery two years ago. Her band, however, must get a mention as well—tight, talented and excellently attuned to Atwood’s style. Together they offer fresh, original takes on classics like Duke Ellington’s “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good,” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Lazy River.”

Missoula only has a handful of excellent jazz artists. This album proves how lucky we are Atwood is among them. (Melissa Mylchreest) manages to write catchy tunes, whether jazzy and loose in the mode of Ricky Lee Jones, or tight and springy like her hit “Fidelity,” from the 2006 album Begin to Hope.

To use a word critics employ when their subjects get easier to pin down, Far is a more mature album than Hope was. The sound is more consistent, more accessible and a bit more traditional, but Spektor has lost none of her clever punch. Far may be the album that solidifies Spektor’s reputation as the author of truly great, affecting songs, including “Blue Lips,” “Laughing With” and “Genius Next Door.” (Ali Gadbow)

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In context Iranian lit illuminates country’s complexities

by Azita Osanloo

In recent decades, the Western understanding of Iranian culture has been almost entirely shaped by the public discourse of politicians invoking fear and reducing the Islamic headscarf to a symbol of totalitarianism. Increasingly, though, books about Iran by actual Iranians have become more common in bookstores. Particularly, two titles stand out within the last year: Hooman Majd’s The Ayatollah Begs to Differ (November 2008) and Azadeh Moaveni’s Honeymoon in Tehran (February 2009).

Much has already been said about these books. Both have enjoyed time on the bestseller list, both have been extensively reviewed and discussed.

However, the aftermath of the (certainly) botched 2009 Iranian presidential election offers a timely opportunity to revisit these books in the context of an ongoing crisis.

In the introduction to The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, Majd writes of his hope “that this book, through a combination of stories, history, and personal reflection, will provide the reader a glimpse of Iran and Iranians, often secretive and suspicious of revealing themselves, that he or she may not ordinarily have the opportunity to see.”

Perhaps most insightful is Majd’s explanation for why the Iranian government and even Iranians themselves are hostile to the West. Prior to 1979, Iran had essentially been a pawn of U.S. and British powers. Among other things, Majd points to the 1953 CIA coup that overthrew the democratically elected Mohammad Mossadegh in favor of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who ruled as an absolute dictator.

Mossadegh’s crime had been to nationalize Iranian oil, effectively disenfranchising the British and allowing Iran “the right to the profits from their own oil.”

The British argued at the United Nations that Mossadegh’s act was “a threat to the security of the world.” To Iranians now, Majd points out, the accusation of being a threat has a troubling echo, particularly when voiced by Americans “in response to Iran exercising its right…to produce nuclear fuel.”

Nine months ago, Majd’s newly released book was enlightening. Today it’s prescient. A June 18 New York Times op-ed by Sen. John Kerry titled “With Iran, Think Before You Speak,” revealed that Kerry may well have read Majd’s book: Kerry wrote that “the last thing we should do is give Mr. Ahmadinejad an opportunity to invoke the 1953 American-sponsored coup, which ousted Prime Minister Mossadegh and returned Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to power. Doing so would only allow him to cast himself as a modern-day Mossadegh, standing up for principle against a Western puppet.”

Born in California a generation after Majd, Iranian-American Azadeh Moaveni (author of Lipstick Jihad) writes of meeting and marrying her

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husband in Iran in Honeymoon in Tehran. The backdrop to Moaveni’s story is post-2005 Iran, where the little-known Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an Islamic hard-liner who campaigned on a populist platform of economic opportunity, appears out of nowhere to win the presidential election.

Ahmadinejad’s talk of economic equity may have swayed the election, but as one cleric points out to Moaveni: “The top leadership wanted a subservient president, a yesman, and it made sure it got one.”

Moaveni translates: “This was a coded way of saying Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader, wanted a weak president who would not challenge his leadership or make him look fusty, so he colluded to get Ahmadinejad elected.”

Four years later, these words are freshly unsettling: In the 1980s, MirHussein Moussavi, 2009 opposition candidate, clashed fiercely with then-President Khameini. At the time, Moussavi was prime minister.

When Ayatollah Khomeini died in June 1989, Khamenei was elected to replace him as the supreme leader. Moussavi retired from politics and soon afterward the position of prime minister was abolished.

The 2005 election would have serious consequences for Iran, any hope for either social or economic reform dying with Ahmadinejad’s tightening of Islamic strictures and his government’s dubious honor of attaining the highest budget deficit since the Islamic Revolution.

Sympathetically, Moaveni points out that young Iranians care “far more about finding jobs and raising their living standards than about whether Islam would become compatible with Western-style democracy in their lifetime.”

By the memoir’s close, Moaveni and her husband decide to leave Iran. While she had been optimistic of the reform movement in Iran when writing Lipstick Jihad, Moaveni is more cynical in Honeymoon. That young people “were willing to shout down a police officer or flirt during a public Islamic ritual meant mostly that they were concerned with freedom in their immediate 10-foot radius,” she concludes. “Beyond that, the risks involved in a rebellion swiftly outgrew the rewards.”

Perhaps this election will result in a re-ignition of Iran’s reform movement, reversing Moaveni’s dismaying conclusion.

No one can really predict what will happen in Iran. Perhaps one positive result, though, is that it forces Americans to see Iran less one-dimensionally. The books discussed here (and others, notably Azar Nafisi’s Things I’ve Been Silent About) reflected an earlier need to get the story straight. Now that need is even greater. arts@missoulanews.com

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Terrific set pieces make Mann’s 140 minutes feel Frankly, I’ve never grasped the cult of Mann like it’s flying by: a botched stakeout at an apartover the years. Though his creation of the icon- ment suspected of being Dillinger’s hideout; a ic “Miami Vice” TV series tended to define him guns-blazing bank job teaming Dillinger with for a decade, he never struck me as a quintes- the crazed “Baby Face” Nelson (Stephen sential style-over-substance guy as he started Graham), a stark contrast to Dillinger’s premaking earthy dramas like Heat and Collateral. ferred style; an FBI siege at the gang’s rural I could recognize his facility as a cinematic Wisconsin hideout; even Dillinger walking craftsman, and his knack for editing together masterfully tense scenes. But his movies never connected with me emotionally. What Kubrick’s detractors saw in the 2001: A Space Odyssey director, I saw in Michael Mann, even in something as ostensibly “romantic” as The Last of the Mohicans: He was all in his head, and never in his heart.

Mann’s new film, Public Enemies, seems on its surface to be an attempt to take things in that more emotional direc- Johnny Depp eyes his spot on “Dancing with the Stars.” tion. Sure, he’s telling a story about criminals, specifically the period in 1933- incognito through the police office devoted to 1934 when John Dillinger ( Johnny Depp) had his capture. Mann understands the timing and captured the public imagination as a Robin Hood- the geography of action sequences as well as type bank robber who never stole from individu- any filmmaker working, leading to an almost als. Mann and his co-screenwriters Ann Biderman constant state of tension. and Ronan Bennett—working from Bryan Indeed, there’s a lot of background context Burrough’s non-fiction book—also follow federal here beyond the shootouts and chases that adds agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) as his crime- to the experience. Bale has a somewhat thankless fighting efforts earn the favor of J. Edgar Hoover role, but he’s effective at conveying the pressure (an almost unrecognizable Billy Crudup) and felt by the guy who needed to make the FBI look land him the task of tracking down Dillinger. indispensable as Hoover attempts to consolidate But there’s also, in theory, a love story at the his power. There’s some interesting stuff about core of Public Enemies. Dillinger launches a Chicago’s freshly minted crime syndicates turning whirlwind courtship of coat-check girl Billie against Dillinger for bringing too much high-proFrechette (Marion Cotillard), if in fact “courtship” file attention to interstate lawbreaking. Mann can is the proper word to describe Dillinger’s no-non- even make it fascinating watching guys plan to sense way of telling a girl, “You’re with me now.” commit a robbery.

The two become lovers and on-the-lam traveling There’s just that one nagging little detail: companions, at times separated by incarceration Do we really care? The climatic FBI stakeout at or law-enforcement observation but forever the movie theater where Dillinger famously devoted to one another (the odd visit to a prosti- (HISTORICAL SPOILER ALERT!) meets his end tute by Dillinger aside). is another great sequence, built on Dillinger At least, that’s what we’re supposed to feel. enjoying a gangster flick that seems to validate Mann, however, crafts “intimate” scenes that his approach to life. Maybe I should feel sympaonly brush the surface of his characters. What thetic as the last few minutes unfold. Maybe I draws Billie to Dillinger beyond his bad-boy should wonder about the message Dillinger appeal? Is Dillinger’s fascination with Billie con- wants to pass on to Billie. My head tells me I’m nected to the photo he keeps in his pocket watching a great director at work—and that watch, perhaps his mother? And if so, isn’t that there was also the potential for something with more creepy than romantic? Depp does a terrif- less of a chilly heart. ic job of creating a Dillinger who’s all-business when it comes to his heists, yet also takes pleasPublic Enemies opens at the Carmike 10 ure in his celebrity and in making law enforce- Friday, July 3. ment look foolish. His sensitive side, however, arts@missoulanews.com isn’t high on Mann’s list of priorities.

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OPENING THIS WEEK Public Enemies Jump on the bank-hating bandwagon with this tale of 1930s gangster John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), who leads the newly formed FBI’s top agent (Christian Bale) and his cohorts on a wild chase complete with betrayals, slick gunfights, car chases and the aspirations for power of J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup). Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 5, 7, 8 and 9:50 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1, 1:55 and 4, and at the Village 6 at 7 and 9:50, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 6:35 and 9:15 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:15 show on Sun. Whatever Works Grumpy old Larry David leaves his life of luxury to reinvent himself as a bohemian in New York, which leads to his shacking up with a young southern belle in this Woody Allen film that also features Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley Jr. Rated PG-13.

Showing at the Wilma Theatre at 7 and 9, with no 9 show on Sat.

at 4:20, 7:10 and 9:45, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 6:50 and 9:10 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 PM and no 9:10 showing on Sun. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian The first film shot inside Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution, this flick reunites hapless security guard Ben Stiller with reanimated figures from history, as well as a few new faces.

Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:10 and 9:50.

The Proposal Sandra Bullock is Ryan Reynolds’ ball-busting boss, whose response to possible deportation—she’s

Up 3D Aging balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen takes his house on a helium-powered expedition to South America, only to discover he’s got a stowaway Cub-Scout equivalent on board.

Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 5:05, 7:30 and 9:55, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:15 and 2:40. Also playing, but in 2D, at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3.

Year One Jack Black and Michael Cera are lazy huntergatherers whose exile from the village leads to humanity’s primordial road trip in this Harold Ramis joint. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Village 6 at 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:15.

with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

Public Enemies Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at noon, 1:15, 3:30, 4:45, 7 and 8, with Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:15 and midnight.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 It’s definitely remake season: John Travolta hijacks a New York City subway train, and lowly dispatcher Denzel Washington is sucked into the action in this summertime fare that’s ohso-easy on the brain. Rated R. Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 4:20 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight.

NOW PLAYING Easy Virtue This adaptation of the Noel Coward play—set in 1929, so period piece lovers rejoice—features Colin Firth and Jessica Biel telling the tale of a difficult home visit for the son of an uptight British family and his new, racecar-driving American wife. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Wilma Theatre at 7, with no Fri. or Sun. shows.

The Girlfriend Experience Adult film actress Sasha Grey makes her mainstream movie debut as an upscale prostitute who goes the extra mile with her clients to provide them with companionship rather than just physical pleasure. The movie, shot in cinéma vérité style, is a snapshot of five days of her life and the ups and downs therein. Rated R. Showing at the Wilma at 9, with no Sat.–Sun. shows.

The Hangover Four gentlemen on a Las Vegas bachelor party expedition scramble to answer the morningafter question, “What happened?” and get the groom back to L.A. in time for some nuptials.

Sick lyrical cameo by Mike Tyson. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 5:30, 7:50 and 10:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:40 and 3:05. Also showing at the Village 6 at 5:30, 7:50 and 10:15, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:40 and 3:05. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 9, with no Sun. show.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs This animated children’s comedy, the third installment in the series, follows Manny and his friends as they navigate life through such adultoriented topics as falling in love and starting a family. Voiceovers include cameos by Queen Latifah and Denis Leary. Rated PG. Showing in 3-D at the Carmike 10 at 5, 5:55, 7:10, 8:10 and 9:30, with Wed.–Sat. shows at 10:20 and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:40, 1:35, 2:50 and 3:45. Also playing, but in 2-D, at the Village 6 at 5, 7:10 and 9:30, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:40 and 2:50, and in 3-D at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. My Sister’s Keeper Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric play parents who have to make a life or death decision about one of their two children. This decision ultimately ends up in court, as one of their daughters fights to become medically emancipated. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Village 6

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Canadian, okay?—is to order the hapless chap to marry her. Then they have to play it off in front of his folks. Anybody see the train coming at us through the tunnel? Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 7 and 9:40, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Also playing at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 7 and 9 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Star Trek Young dynamic duo James Kirk and Mr. Spock take the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew out for their maiden voyage, as director J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) boldly goes where no one’s gone before in remaking the 1979 film based on the ‘60s TV series. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 7, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:20.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons in this sequel to 2007’s fast-moving blurfest that thankfully features Megan Fox. Oh, and Shia LaBeouf’s in it as well. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 10 at 4:45, 7, 8 and10:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 12:30, 1:30 and 3:45. Also playing at the Village 6 at 7 and 10:15, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 12:30 and 3:45, and at the Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 6:35 and 9:15 with Wed., Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 PM and no 9:15 show on Sun.

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FLATHEAD SHOWTIMES The Hangover Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:40, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at noon, 12:30, 1, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 7:15, 7:45 8:30, 9:30 and 10, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4, 7 and 9 with Fri.— Sun. matinees at 1:30, and at the Showboat in Polson at 4, 7 and 9.

My Sister’s Keeper Showing Fri.—Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:25, 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50. Also playing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.—Sun. matinees at 1:30, and at the Entertainer in Ronan at 4, 7 and 9:15.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 1:25 and 6:50.

The Proposal Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:05, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40,

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Showing Fri.—Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:05, 1:30, 2:30, 3:35, 4:50, 6:30, 7:05, 8:10 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sat. shows at 10:15 and midnight. Also showing at the Mountain in Whitefish at 3:45, 6:45 and 9:45, with Fri.—Sun. matinees at 1, and at the Showboat in Polson at 3:45, 6:45 and 9:30.

Up 3D Showing Fri.–Sun. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight.

Year One Showing Fri.–Thu. at the Stadium 14 in Kalispell at 6:55 and 9:35, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight.

Capsule reviews by Jonas Ehudin and Ira Sather-Olson.

Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., July 3. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm.

Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6—541-7469; Wilma—728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton—961-FILM; Roxy Twin in Hamilton— 363-5141. Stadium 14 in Kalispell—752-7804.

Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish—862-3130.

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INK BOTS What’s a boy to do?

After a long relationship, I’m back on the market, but having trouble because of tattoos.

When I see one on a girl, I think “Skank!” (I don’t really believe that of every tattooed girl, but my mind leaps there for a second.) Even hidden ones that aren’t noticed early in the relationship put me off. I guess I just think getting a tattoo says something about you at a core level. Something about your personality. What it says, I’m not sure.

But, it’s probably something along the lines of “Deep down, you and I are not very compatible.”

—Ink Stinks There you are, trying to appreciate the nude female form, when you discover Winnie the Pooh beat you to her cleavage, and there’s Tigger, too, climbing out of her underpants.

Jack London once said, “Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.” These days, it’s “Show me a girl with a tattoo and I’ll show you a bored teen with saved-up babysitting money.” The stats on tats bear out your experience that uninked flesh is getting harder and harder to find. Thirty-six percent of 18 to 25-year-olds and 40 percent of those 26 to 40 have at least one tattoo, according to a 2006 Pew survey. Soon, the only way for a hard-bitten bikerdude to stand out from the carpooling suburban mommies will be to cover up his tats with a Brooks Brothers cardigan, Top-Siders, and a button that says “Kiss me, I’m a Republican.”

Tattoos have been part of cultures throughout history, but in the 19th century Western world, before there were electronic tattooing machines, it was royalty and the aristocracy who had them, says Vince Hemingson, documentary filmmaker and human tattoocyclopedia. Winston Churchill’s mother was said to have a tattoo of a snake around her wrist. And, Hemingson added, after the dinner parties of “the absolute creme of (English) society,” the men repaired to the drawing room for brandy and cigars, and it was “quite common” for them to strip down and show off their tats (a scene they never get around to showing on “Masterpiece Theatre”).

While Hemingson believes men typically get inked to impress chicks, memorialize dead friends, or to build bonds in high-risk jobs (police, firefighters, and the military), he says women often get tattoos to mark emotional milestones. As for what a tat says about a woman, well, it might depend on where she has it. Research by Melanie L. Bromley, a grad student in psychology, suggests women with a

“tramp stamp”—a tat on their hip or butt—are more likely to have a onenight stand. No, that doesn’t mean all will. But, the tendency seems to be recognized by men. As Vince Vaughn’s character said in Wedding Crashers, “Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bull’s-eye.”

Some guys draw the line at smoking, alcoholism, or psychosis. For you, it’s the dragonfly on the shoulder blade. This isn’t wrong or right—it’s just how you feel. If you’re unwilling to compromise, and willing to accept the consequences—fewer options for you—so be it. But, consider that all girls come with some fine print. And sometimes, a really great girl will come with some not-so-fine print; perhaps some profound statement capturing the very essence of who she is—or that would’ve—if the Chinese characters up her arm didn’t actually read “Confucius has a big one.”

THE NONE THAT GOT AWAY I’m a 34-year-old woman who’s been unattached for several years. My life is awesome, and I don’t want to settle for just any guy. The problem is acquaintances who act like this means I’m a leper, in need of intervention, or maybe just a lesbian. I’m really starting to be affected by their shock and speculation, and I hate: “You’re so pretty…I just don’t understand.”

—Oddball Tell people you’re getting into the freak show biz—maybe with the dude who pushes the power drill up his nose and the cat boy who had his teeth reconstructed as fangs. But, they’re just side acts; you’ll be the really big draw: “Unattached 34-year-old goes out with friends! Reads novel!

Orders Netflix!” Of course, you could just tell all these buttinskys the truth: “I’m happy. Don’t need to settle. Don’t plan to. Perhaps we could move on to what you think is wrong with my hair?”

Unconventional forms of happiness make people nervous about their choices. That’s their problem. It only becomes yours if you, maybe just a little, buy into the notion that “single” pairs up with “desperate” and “miserable.” If your life truly is awesome, let ‘em worry. It’ll give ‘em something to do when they aren’t sending the detective out after their husband or screaming at him in the grocery store.

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by ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Time to diversify your energy sources, Aries. It’s as if you’ve grown too dependent on oil—metaphorically speaking—and have neglected to develop relationships with wind turbines, solar panels, natural gas, and other means of generating power. What if in the future—metaphorically speaking—oil becomes scarcer or wildly expensive? And what if, over the long haul, its byproducts degrade your environment? I suggest you start now to expand the variety of fuels you tap into. It’s a perfect moment to adjust your plans for your long-term energy needs.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your mirror may lie to you this week. A friend might neglect to share a crucial detail. Even pets and heroes and normally reliable suppliers might not be completely there for you. Fortunately, I expect that secondary sources will come through. Other people’s mirrors may reveal a clue you haven’t been able to find in your own. An acquaintance could step forward and do a convincing impersonation of a friend. And a previously overlooked or unknown connection might become your own personal wellspring. Moral of the story: If you’re willing to be flexible and forswear all impulses to blame, you won’t be deprived of what you need.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Having discovered I can read the minds of animals, I’ve started a new sideline as a ghostwriter. Here’s an excerpt from an interview I did with Prestige, a potbellied pig born under the sign of Gemini. Brezsny: What do you like best about being a potbellied pig? Prestige: I’m greedy but cute. I get to eat like a pig, yet not be victimized by the negative judgments people usually project onto pigs. Brezsny: Is there anything you’re worried about? Prestige: I need to make my caretaker understand that for the next few weeks we Geminis will need more than the usual amounts of food, love, presents, praise, attention, everything. Brezsny: Anything you’d like to say to my Gemini readers? Prestige: Don’t let anybody make you feel guilty for wanting what you want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The ancient Chinese sage Lao Tse said, “People of the highest caliber, upon hearing about Taoism, follow it and practice it immediately. People of average caliber, hearing about Taoism, reflect for a while and then experiment. People of the lowest caliber, hearing about Taoism, let out a big laugh.” Now substitute the words “your splashy new ideas” for “Taoism” in Lao Tse’s quote and you’ll have your horoscope for this week, Cancerian. For added punch, remember what he said in another context: “No idea can be considered valuable until a thousand people have laughed at it.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Nietzsche’s dictum might be useful for you to keep in mind right now, Leo: “If it doesn’t kill you, it’ll make you stronger.” Since I’m very sure that the turbulent waters through which you’re navigating will not kill you, I’m looking forward to all the ways this journey will upgrade your confidence and enhance your power. But there’s more to be gained, beyond what Nietzsche formulated. It’s also true that if it doesn’t kill you (which it won’t), it will make you wilder and kinder and smarter and more beautiful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to my projections, you will not, in the coming weeks, meet a dark, secretive stranger who’ll play you like a violin. Nor will you be lured to the warehouse district after midnight to pick up the “missing stuff.” And I highly doubt that you will be invited to join a cult that’s conspiring to seize political power following the events of December 21, 2012. No, Virgo. Your fate is far more mundane than that. In fact, it’s more likely that you will soon meet a bright, forthright stranger who will play you like an accordion. You will be drawn to a convenient location at midday to pick up the “missing stuff.” And you will be invited to become part of a group that has the potential to play a significant role in your quest for meaning in the coming years.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For years, I’ve remembered most of my dreams every night, so I’m good at spotting trends. And one of the themes that has arisen recently involves you Libras. Last week, I dreamed that three of my Libra friends were pole vaulting at the Olympics. Four nights ago, I dreamed that my two favorite Libran astrologers were rappelling up a skyscraper. Last night, I dreamed that four Libran celebrities—Mahatma Gandhi, Gwen Stefani, Sacha Baron Cohen (a.k.a. Borat), and Kate Winslet—climbed a gold ladder to a cafe on a cloud where they drank magic coffee that made wings sprout on their backs. So what’s going on? Is my subconscious telling me that it’s prime time for you to raise your expectations and upgrade your goals? Do my dreams mean you should rise above the conventional wisdom and rededicate yourself to your loftiest ambitions? What do you think?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Spiritual epiphany alert! Uncanny revelations imminent!

Hope you don’t mind being awoken in the middle of your regularly scheduled life by a special delivery from the Great Beyond. Yes, my cute little bundle of rumbling feelings and psychic sensitivities: It doesn’t matter if you’re a true believer or an unrepentant infidel—you will soon be invited to have one of your logical certainties torn out by the roots and replaced with a throbbing vision of cosmic whoopee. Brace yourself for the most pungent fun you’ve had since your last mudwrestle with the angel.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): While appearing on the TV show “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here,” ex-pro basketball player John Salley gave some advice I’d like to pass along. “When you see crazy coming your way,” he philosophized, “you should cross the street.” I do think crazy will be headed in your direction sometime soon, Sagittarius, and the best response you can make is to avoid it altogether, preferably in a way that it doesn’t notice you. That’s right: Don’t shout at crazy, don’t bolt away ostentatiously, and certainly don’t run up and give crazy a big hug. There are far better ways for you to gather in your fair share of intriguing mystery; I’d hate to see you get bogged down in a useless, inferior version of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Everyone wants an extra piece of you these days, and they don’t necessarily care about how it will affect you. So beware of emotional manipulation, subliminal seduction, and the temptation to believe in impossible promises. To make matters more extreme, I suspect you may be secretly pleased that everyone wants an extra piece of you—and might be tempted to conspire in your own dismantling. Let me propose a compromise. How about letting three trustworthy people—no more—take an extra piece of you? And be very certain that they have enough self-control to know when to stop taking.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re almost never one brick short of a load. Know what I’m saying? Your elevator almost always goes all the way to the top floor. Rarely, if ever, do I have to warn you against playing with a deck of 51 cards. So I hope you don’t be offended when I say that it’s time to find that missing brick and service your elevator and buy a new deck. In other words, you’re due for your 40,000 mile check-up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): magic (ma’ jik), n. 1. A mysterious event or process that seemingly refutes the known laws of science. 2. A willed transformation of one’s own state of mind. 3. A surprising triumph that exceeds all expectations. 4. Something that works, though no one understands why. 5. The impossible becoming possible. 6. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” (Arthur C. Clarke.) 7. A quality predominant in the lives of Pisceans during the period July 1 through July 20, 2009.

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Announcements “Basic Self Help EFT Acupressure” Thursdays & Fridays from 6:30pm8:30pm WEEKLY. Starting on June 18th & 19th. FREE in Missoula. For more information: dianne.getbetternow@gmail.com 406-225-8504

THE GREEN ECO SHOW. www.greenecoshow.com August 22-23, 9-5. Missoula Fairgrounds.

Fashion Show, Music, Speakers, Organic Food. Sponsor: Herman’s Eco Inc. Anna 846-1252

543-2972 missoulavalleyrecycling.com

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is seeking memories, photos, artifacts, etc. from the 1910 “Big Burn” for an exhibit opening in March 2010. Call 728-3476.

Lost & Found Dry bag full of wet stuff Found along river near Missoula.

Call to identify. 549-2248

Announcements

Employment

Busy Missoula! We will clean your house and make you a home-cooked meal. Call J & R for a delicious day: 251-7275.

and injuries, they need our help.

Spaying and neutering does not solve the problem for these creatures who must scavenge for survival and who need to get out of the cold! Call the Humane Society to borrow a trap at 549-3934 or write to Phyllis for a free tip sheet on how to humanely trap stray cats: P.O. Box 343, Clinton, MT 59825.

$ 6 0 0 W E E K LY P O T E N T I A L !

Helping the Government, PT. No experience. No selling. Call: 1888-213-5225, Ad Code: A32

Ole Miller Janitorial. I will work for $3.35 an hour. Jobs must be on the bus route. OM 327-7859 PLEASE HELP OUR HOMELESS CATS! You may borrow humane traps from the Humane Society or from me to trap stray cats and get them to safety. Subject to illnesses

Got Medical Insurance

Headaches?

LONGTIME MISSOULA LOCAL seeking rental house for 2 weeks.

8/1-8/13. Will use for 2 adult family guests. I have great credentials. Will pay cash or possible trade for renovation work. Phil 531-2327

Be part of the solution.

Announcements

Volunteers AniMeals is looking for volunteers!

AniMeals is a non-profit animal food bank and no-kill adoption center. We are looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, office work, deliveries and giving our animals some love and attention. Please contact Jaime at (406) 721-4710 or info@animeals.net.

Help feed hungry animals!

Fireworks Hotline Volunteers Needed! The 9-1-1 Call Center needs volunteers to take calls on the Fireworks Hotline over the July 4th weekend. Training provided. Good telephone skills, some computer skills and ability to work with the public needed.

Shifts are 4 or 8 hours long from 12 a.m. July 3 through midnight, July 5. Call Helen at 728-7682 for more information.

Looking for a volunteer position in your community? Visit the Western Montana Volunteer Center web site at www.volunteer.umt.edu for openings around the area.

EMPLOYERS IN MONTANA • Do your health insurance premiums continue to increase beyond expectations?

• Are your employees disgruntled over their less than adequate health insurance coverage?

• As an employer, do you wish to provide health care insurance to your employees?

Pet of the Week

EMPLOYEES IN MONTANA

Fletch Law, PLLC Steve M. Fletcher Attorney at Law

Worker's Compensation Over 17 years experience.

Call immediately for a FREE consultation.

541-7307 www.fletchlaw.net

• Tired of working without any health insurance coverage?

• You have health insurance available but cannot afford it?

• Your health insurance does not provide for dental or vision care?

• Does $300 per person / $900 per family annual deductible for health insurance sound better?

• Does a $20 / $40 employee monthly health care premium sound affordable?

• If you currently have health care and are forced to use certain medical networks and dislike this, we have a health care plan that you can use anywhere.

Polly Character anyone? Wait until you meet Polly! She is a three year old de-clawed orange girl with more personality than can fit in her tiny self. She leaps and jumps about, but nothing gets her going like meal time! She’ll even attempt to do tricks for her food!

We at the humane Society are offering $35 adoptions on all adult cats over a year old, Tues.Sat. 12-5p.m. or call us @ 549HSWM for more information.

There is a solution!

Call 1-800-428-7017 for more information

ASSISTANT LOAN OFFICER, P/T, Msla. #2975751 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 ! BARTENDING ! $300-Day potential, no experience necessary, training provided. 1-800-965-6520 ext. 278 COBRA SPECIALIST, F/T, Msla. #2975776 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 FINANCE OFFICE ASSISTANT, P/T, Msla. #2975765 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 GENERAL MANAGER, F/T, Msla.

Local fast food restaurant seeking Full Time GENERAL MANAGER. Will work 50 hours per week, varying days and shifts. Must have at least 1 year previous restaurant experience, management skills, and customer service skills. Duties will include: learning team member responsibilities, training, coaching, hiring, firing, developing trainers, shift management, assistant management, scheduling, food orders, and day to day operations of the business. Must be a people person.

MUST be able and willing to work any day of the week and any shift.

Will be working 50 hours per week. Pay will be $30,000 per year. #2975780 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 HOUSEKEEPER/DESK CLERK, F/T, Drummond. A motel in Drummond is seeking a live-in HOUSEKEEPER/DESK CLERK. This is a full-time, long term employment position and the successful applicant must relocate to Drummond. Will be responsible for checking guests in and out, housekeeping (cleaning rooms), laundry and general maintenance duties around the motel. This motel is a smoke free environment and successful applicant must pass a background check. Employer prefers individuals with prior experience in housekeeping/motel and desk clerk duties. Monthly salary averages between $500-$1000 with living quarters included (2 bedroom, 2 bath structure located behind motel). Four days off per month. Couples are encouraged to apply. MUST RELOCATE TO DRUMMOND. #2975770 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. Part-time job!

Full-time BENEFITS-to include medical and dental. If you are 17-42 years old, The Montana Army National Guard has many positions available starting at over $10.00/hr. $20,000 Enlistment Bonus, $80,000 for College Education, $20,000 for Prior Service. For more information call 1-800-GO-GUARD

Pl a c e yo u r c l a s s i f i e d a d .

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317 S. Orange

Talk it.

543-6609 x121 or x115

Send it. Post it. classified@missoulanews.com www.missoulanews.com

Deadline: Monday at 5PM

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Employment

Employment

Mystery Shoppers earn up to $150 Day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail and dining establishments. Experience not required. Call 877-308-1186

customers by listening to their needs and guiding them towards the products they need. Also expected is courteous and friendly communication with customers, skill with computers, and willingness to learn and adapt. High school degree or equivalent required. Work week varies. Rate of pay is dependent on experience. #2975745 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

STATE OF MONTANA POSITIONS, FT & PT, Various locations throughout Montana: Want to serve Montana citizens? Positions are available for locations throughout the state. Access the state job listings at: http://mt.gov/statejobs/statejobs.asp

SALES CONSULTANT, F/T, Msla.

Employer is seeking a sales consultant for local business. Duties include selling appliances and electronics, being knowledgeable of products, develop rapport with

SUMMER JOBS with

MontPIRG • $8-$13/Hour

• Fix America's Health Care • Work With Great People • Make a Difference Work with MontPIRG to pass President Obama's health care reform Career opportunities & benefits available Call 214-3052 and ask for Pat

PROFESSIONAL Help Wanted New women’s specific apparel and outdoor gear store opening Mid Summer.

We are accepting resumes for Manager, assistant Managers, full time sales and part time sales positions. If you love the outdoors and have experience in gear and apparel sales for women and want to join our team. Please send resume to PO BOX 7788 Missoula MT 59807.

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, F/T, Msla. #2975755 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

SKILLED LABOR MONTANA BASED TRUCKING COMPANY is looking for quality owner operators. Western 7, coast to coast or midwest.

Dedicated runs available. Call 406-266-4210

Experienced QC Analytical Chemist needed to join our talented, fast paced manufacturing team.

Responsible for pharmaceutical validation, HPLC and assist with writing SOPs. Must be able to work in a high paced environment and maintain professionalism under pressure. Successful candidate must have previous HPLC experience, knowledge of GLP and GMP procedures and possess strong planning and organizational skills. Masters Degree required. Closing date 07/17/09.

Email or mail resumes and salary history: epratt@nutritionallabs.com Nutritional Laboratories, Attn: HR Director, 1001 S. 3rd Street West, Missoula, MT. 59801. EOE

CALENDAR EDITOR Concerts, readings, meetings, oh my! The Independent is looking for a part-time Calendar Editor to keep his or her finger on the pulse of all things hip and keen.

Candidates should be incredibly well organized, adept at working under deadline pressure, and able to write engaging copy about compelling local events.

Journalism experience is preferred, but we’re willing to train the right candidate.

Send a résumé and cover letter detailing relevant work experience to: Editor, Missoula Independent 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 Or via e-mail to sbrowning@missoulanews.com No phone calls, please.

REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT T E C H N I C I A N , F / T, M s l a . #2975763 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs and refresher courses, rent equipment for CDL. Job Placement Assistance.

Financial assistance for qualified s t u d e n t s . S A G E Te c h n i c a l Ser vices, Billings/Missoula, 1-800-545-4546

Employment

Hiring Experienced Operators, Pipe Layers, Truck Drivers, & Laborers Work Beginning July Pay D.O.E.

Contact Missoula Job Service for referral/ application Women & Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. EOE

TRAINING/ INSTRUCTION CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANTS, F/T, P/T, Various MT locations. #2975772 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 EVEN START INSTRUCTOR / LIAISON / COORDINATOR / COUNSELOR, P/T, Msla. Adult Continuing Ed is seeking part-time instructional assignment for an EVEN START INSTRUCTOR / LIAISON / COORDINATOR / COUNSELOR. DUTIES INCLUDE: Provide leadership; Keep abreast of legislation & assure program operates according to State/Federal standards;

Programming Jobs at InterTech USA We are seeking an experienced Senior Web Developer who can work comfortably in a fast paced environment. This position will be involved in full life-cycle development of web applications written in VB.NET/ASP.NET or classic ASP using SQL Server, Transact-SQL, and stored procedures. Strong .Net Framework experience and database design skills a must.

Strong HTML/CSS skills desired. Successful candidate must be a fast learner who is self-motivated and willing to tackle any task assigned. The position is available immediately in our Missoula, Montana office.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. * Technical lead for web development projects including information architecture, code creation and testing. * Full life-cycle development of web-based applications and websites.

Qualifications: * HS Diploma or equivalent required; B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred. * Solid experience using Adobe ColdFusion and Adobe Flex. * Familiarity with web production issues including browser and platform compatibility, size and speed issues.

For a full job description and qualifications log on to: http://www.intertech-usa.com/about_us/jobs.asp 6070 Industrial Road Missoula, MT 59808

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Instruction Summer Enlightenment

LPN Needed!

Shifts Open Now!

Piano Lessons Ages 8-Adult Beginner-Intermediate

Laura- 250-0228

*Flexible scheduling *Competitive wages *Great environment *Medical Benefits *Scholarship/Holiday pay *401K

ANIYSA Middle Eastern Dance Classes and Supplies. Call 2730368. www.aniysa.com

Body/Mind/ Spirit

Shear Art Salon

Contact: Julissa or Brenda @ 542-0323 or apply on-line at www.expresspros.com Participate in team meetings and work collaboratively with staff/community groups to plan/deliver collaborative services across all components.

Responsible for program operation; Provide direct supervision & guidance to Para educators; Enroll students in program by discussing goals & current skills utilizing test results, previous school history and any barriers &/or requirements regarding participation; Develop student learning plans; More details available. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION: AA / BA or Graduate degree in Early Childhood Development or related field is preferred.

Demonstrated competence & successful teaching experience which engages the adult student focuses on student learning is required.

Current Infant/Child CPR & First Aid Certificate (required within 30 days of hire). Ability to participate in National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) Foundation’s Family Literacy training Position starts 8/5/09. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wed 7/8/06 at noon. #2975748 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, F/T, Msla. #2975775 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060 TRAVEL NURSES - RN / LPN, F/T, P/T, Various MT locations. #2975771 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

HEALTH CAREERS PHYSICAL THERAPIST, P/T, F/T, Msla. Missoula PT practice seeking an experienced, licensed PHYSICAL THERAPIST. This position is with a thriving Physical Therapy practice, working with a team of 8 physical therapists. A minimum of 24 months experience as a licensed physical therapist is required and 36 months experience is preferred. Must be licensed in Montana. Manual skills is also a plus. This position starts out at 25 to 32 hours per week and will develop into fulltime over a 90 day period as the case load allows. Work days are Monday through Friday. Wage is Top Pay with benefits, DOE #2975749 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

SALES SALES / MARKETING POSITIONS, FT, Msla. A local company is looking for motivated, detail oriented people to market their company and product (Sales/Marketing position).

Salespeople contact real estate agents operating websites and offer a competitive search engine marketing program. Will be doing outbound cold calling, handle inbound service calls, email marketing, website research, updating the CRM with

1804 North Ave Free Eyebrow Wax exp 7/9/09

Call 214-3112 w w w. s h e a r a r t s a l o n. c o m

customer information and clerical paperwork. Telephone and computer skills are required for this position. Employer is looking for individuals with excellent customer service skills. There is a two week training period at $8.00/hr and wage will then be minimum or base plus commission of sales, whatever is higher. (Average wage is currently $18.00/hr. for this position). Work week is Monday through Friday, day shift. #2975760 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

OPPORTUNTIES

Text your appointment while driving

TODAY! (Before it’s too late) Michelle @ 406-270-3230 Waxing • Facials

$600 WEEKLY POTENTIAL$$$ Helping the Government PT. No Experience, No Selling. Call: 1888-213-5225 Ad Code L-5.

ALL CASH VENDING! Earn up to $800/Day Potential? Your own local vending route. Includes 25 Machines and Candy for $9,995. 1-888-776-3068

Massage $60/hr Professional Services Only D r. K u r t S o l a r i

549-0777 TEN PERCENT SOLUTION

Instruction

Affordable Medical Weight Management Come in to register for free physical

Turn off your TV and turn on your life.

742 Kensington • 542-8090

Bennett’s Music Studio Guitar, banjo,mandolin and bass lessons.

Rentals available.

721-0190

www.bennettsmusicstudio.com

COSMETIC TATTOOING

T'ai Chi

Eye Brows, Eye Liner, Lip Color, Medical Repigmentation 17 yrs exp

728-0918 missoulataichi.com

De'Ette Balfourd Member NCTA, AAM, PCIA, & SPCP

370-3705 www.permanentmakeup.org

Reiki promotes your body's natural ability to heal itself. Reiki is a series of hand positions which gently applies energy from head to feet. It is effective for the physical, emotional, mental & spiritual

REIKI INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, LLC

2620 Radio Way, Missoula REIKI SESSION $60.00 BY APPOINTMENT

Reiki Certificates Available CALL FOR MORE INFO

360-9153

CLASSIFIEDS Body/Mind/ Spirit

Body/Mind/ Spirit

Body/Mind/ Spirit

Antiques

Antiques

Black Bear Naturopathic Naturopathic Family Practice Medicine IV Micronutrient Therapy

Body/Mind/ Spirit

Dr. Christine White, ND

542-2147 521 S. 2nd St. W. Missoula, MT

Call Word of Hope at

406-549-6565 “The past is not the past if it still affects your present.”

www.missoulanews.com www.missoulanews.com Acupuncture Easing withdrawal from tobacco/alcohol/drugs, pain, stress management.

Counseling. Sliding fee scale.

Licensed acupuncturist. 543-2220 Amy Holmlund, Certified Massage Therapist Now taking appointments at the Hickory Street Chiropractic Clinic.

Discount sessions through August 1st. 406.459.7475 Barefoot deep tissue. Deep compression massage great for relieving neck, shoulder and back pain. 406-360-8746 www.CarlaGreenMassage.com

We make it personal

Local Medical Cannabis Certifications

BodyTalk, Therapeutic Swedish Massage and Arvigo Technique of Maya Abdominal Massage. 18 years experience. Moondance Massage/Rosie Smith, NCMT, CBP 240-9103 Healthy Hummingbird M a s s a g e & Art Center!

Warehouse Mall: 725 W. Alder, Suite 27. Regular Rates: $55/hr, $75/1.5hr, Students: $35/hr, $55/1.5hr. Erica: 396-6868, Souta: 207-6269, Mary: 5965842. Come see our local store and Art Gallery! Open M-F 10-7, weekends by appointment, and First Fridays 5-10pm.

LOVE ASTROLOGY? FREE Monthly Conference Calls, all levels welcome! (406) 552-4477 www.astrologymontana.org

Call for appointment 541- 8092 742 Kensington (intersection of Kensington & Bow)

Loving what is; the work of Byron Katie (Visit www.thework.org) inquiry facilitated by Susie 406543-2220

Ten Percent Solution: Affordable Medical Weight Management Come in to register for free physical. River City Family Health 742 Kensington 542-8090 Wholistic Choices Massage Therapy. Neuromuscular Massage $45/hour. Anna 493-0025

Hypnosis & Imager y * Smoking * Weight * Negative self-talk * Str e s s * D e p r e s s i o n * E m p o w e r y o u r s e l f

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Bathing Beauties Beads 501 S. Higgins Ave.

Missoula Open Every Day 10-6 • 543-0018

215 e main • missoula, mt • 541-6110 8:30am - 5:30pm weekdays 11am - 2pm Saturday

Congregations “I found a brighter world, I found Unity” 546 South Ave. W. Missoula 728-0187 Sundays: 11 am

Electronics DISH NETWORK. Satellite TV systems installed FREE this week!

First month FREE! No bank account needed! No $$$ down needed! (866)689-0523. Call now for details!

Sporting Goods 08 Kona Zing Road Bike Like new, extremely LOW mileage. Excellent road and competition bike. Carbon fork, 53 cm. $1050 O.B.O. Call Gwen @ 258-6091

Crystal Limit

Custom

HUGE selection of

Fly Rods

Gemstones, Jewelry & Beads

1920 Brooks • 549-1729

rodsbyjay@gmail.com

A Touch of Class

HIKING, BIKING, CAMPING AND BOATING

PARADIGM REIKI Theta & Laser Reiki sessions $40. Offering Fall Laser Reiki instruction. For info: 549-0289

NEW TO YOU Antiques & Treasures

Consignments

Professional Massage $50. Swedish & Deep Tissue. Gift

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111 S. 3rd W.

Where am I? Affordable • Quality • Personal

FOR HIRE: Your very own 5-piece blues band. From your backyard get together to corporate blowouts. Horn section extra.

Frank N. Furter 406-381-3629

EVEN MACS ARE COMPUTERS! Need help with yours?

Clarke Consulting

721-6056

GET A NEW COMPUTER! Brand Name laptops & desktops Bad or NO Credit - No Problem. Smallest weekly payments available. CALL NOW 1-800-816-2232 RECOMPUTE COMPUTERS Starting Prices: PCs $40. Monitors $20. Laptops $195. 1337 West Broadway. 543-8287.

Clothing Puddin's Place

Children's Boutique New & gently used children's clothing 800 Kensington (next to Baskin Robbins)

M-F 10-5:30 • Sat 11-3 543-1555

Carlo's One Night Stand

Like new, white crib, bassinet, changing table. Jenny Lind brand. $225. 327-5665

ies r o s s e Acc Wigs 12-6 • M-Sat • On the Hip Strip

Be the first to Email us the answer & WIN a $25 gift certificate to:

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Thrift Stores 1136 West Broadway 549.1610 920 Kensington 541.3210 1221 Helen Ave 728.9252

Music

The Multi Item Store 1358 1/2 W Broadway (corner of Burns & Broadway) 10-6pm Tues-Sat

406-382-0272

Outlaw Music Specializing in Stringed Instruments

724 Burlington Ave. Open Mon. 12pm-5pm Tues.-Fri. 10am-6pm Sat. 11am-6pm

541-7533

101 South Higgins Ave. Suite 4 • 541-8699 www.tsunami-toys.com

406-546-5999 ldrkennel.com 1-year-old Chihuahua, male, neutered, 3 pounds, playful, needs good home. $500. 4936728

Wanted to Buy CASH PAID for old wrist watches, pocket watches and parts. Keith’s Watch Shop. 406-821-3038 OR 406-370-8794 WANTED: Old Auto Dealership Parts Inventories. Also pre-1960 Jukeboxes and parts and old radio station electronics. Call Tim 1-800-772-5158 Colorado.

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Costume Rental

Tapestries Galore!

LDR Kennel

GET A NEW COMPUTER Brand Name laptops & desktops. Bad or NO Credit - No Problem.

Smallest weekly payments available. It’s yours NOW - Call 800803-8819

Furniture

MISSOULA’S new go-to place for CONSIGNMENT FURNITURE.

Pets & Animals

549-6214

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541-8090

Corner of Bow & Kensington

Computers

Buy/Sell/Trade

2935 Stockyard Rd. Unit K2 406.542.1202

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ACCESS MUSIC. Mail Order Prices. Guitar Strings: Buy One Set, Get One Set Free. Two Free Guitar Lessons With Purchase Of Guitar, Mandolin Or Banjo. 7285014. Corner Of Orange & Third. accessguitar.com

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Deni Llovet, FNP • 742 Kensington

PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293

543-0176

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We take Insurance Medicare Medicaid

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Cer tificates Available. Janit Bishop, CMT. 207-7358 127 N. Higgins

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For free confidential help after an abortion

The Goods

Adoption

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION The Office of Planning & Grants has received a floodplain application from Mr. Sam Milodragovich of NorthWestern Energy to work within the Butler Creek floodplain. The project is located in Section 35 Township 14N Range 20W and includes the replacement of an existing gas line. The primary purpose of Floodplain Development Permits is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, to minimize flood losses in areas subject to flood hazards, and to promote wise use of the floodplain.

Copies of the full applications are available for review in the Office of Planning and Grants in City Hall.

Written comments from anyone interested in County floodplain permit application # 09-14 may be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m., July 17, 2009.

Address comments to the Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning & Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 or call 258-4841 for more information.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE 2008 DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAX SALE All 2008 delinquent taxes, including penalties, interest and costs, are now a lien upon the real property upon which those taxes were assessed. Unless the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs are paid prior to the time of the Treasurer’s tax sale, the county’s lien will be offered for sale. The Treasurer’s tax sale is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 08, 2009 in the County Treasurer’s office, first floor, Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 W Broadway Missoula, MT 59802. A list of all properties on which 2008 taxes are delinquent will be on file at the time of the sale and open for public inspection during business hours 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Penalties, interest and costs will be added to the delinquent taxes upon payment by the owner or purchaser.

Before a tax lien can be purchased for assignment, “Proof of Notice” according to MCA 15-17-323 (5) must be presented at the time of purchase. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier, Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer, Missoula County, Montana

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MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF HEARING The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on: 1. A proposal that the County place before the voters in precincts 39, 40, 41 and 42 on a mailed ballot for the November 3rd elections the question of creating a Community Council that covers the areas east and west of Hwy 93 from the Missoula/Lake County line and south, to the base of Evaro Hill; and 2.

The number of members of the proposed council; and 3. Whether interim members will be appointed by the Commissioners prior to the next available election date. The Commissioners will conduct the Public Hearing at the Evaro Community Center/ Schoolhouse on July 13, 2009, at 7:00 PM. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing by mail or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802; by fax at (406) 721-4043; or by e-mail at bcc@co.missoula.mt.us.

Additional information on the hearing, including a map of the proposed Community Council boundary, may be obtained from Missoula County Rural Initiatives, 317 Woody Street, Missoula, MT 59802; by phone at 258-3432; or by e-mail at ri@co.missoula.mt.us

County Commissioners requesting to abandon that certain county road specifically described as: Unnamed GLO Roads, located in the NW 1/4 of Section 34 and the SW 1/4 of Section 27, T15N, R21W From North right-ofway line of Interstate 909 To West line of Section 27 And further described in the Road Book of the Missoula County Surveyer as: Existing GLO Roads. (For more information, please see the petition on file in the Clerk & Recording Office at 200 West Broadway, 2nd floor.) The abandonment of this county road is necessary and advantageous for the following reasons: 1. No physical evidence of this road and/or it’s purpose. 2. To avoid conflict with proposed residential subdivision. 3. Allows road record a more accurate reflection of actual land use. A PUBLIC HEARING on the above requested abandonment will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting on July 15, 2009 at 1:30 p.m., Room 201, Missoula County Courthouse. Interested parties are requested to be present at that time to be heard for or against the granting of this petition. Written protest will be accepted by the Commissioners’ Office, Room 204, Missoula County Courthouse, prior to the hearing date. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier, Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer By: /s/ Kim Cox, Assistant Chief Deputy Clerk & Recorder, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 258-3241

Personal Representative, 1845 36th Street, Missoula, MT 59801

late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on September 15, 2009 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 USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7777.10169) 1002.121720-FEI

Line Addition No. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. , beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of May 13, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $158,768.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $153,290.84, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on September 21, 2009 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 asis, 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# 7023.03866) 1002.122733-FEI

www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.03438) 1002.122802-FEI

Deed of Trust dated August 22, 2005 and Recorded August 29, 2005 at 4:44 o’clock p.m. in Book 759, Page 144 under Document No. 200522537. 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 $667.48, beginning December 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 20, 2009 is $95,790.43 principal, interest at the rate of 5.5% now totaling $2044.84, and other fees and expenses advanced of $99.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.43 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

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF HEARING FIRE REVIEW SERVICE FEES The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a hearing on a proposed Resolution to enact new fees for subdivision related Fire Review Services rendered by the Missoula County Fire Inspector or by the Rural Fire Districts located in Missoula County. A copy of the proposed Resolution and fee schedule is available on-line on the OPG website @ http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at their regularly scheduled Public Meeting on July 22, 2009, at 1:30 p.m., in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing by phone, mail, fax or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, FAX (406) 721-4043. Additional information on the hearing may be obtained from Denise Alexander, Principal Planner, Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802 or by calling (406) 258-4657.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF HEARING The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a hearing on the proposed expenditure of Open Space Bond proceeds on the following project: 1.

Boyer Conservation Easement A hearing on a proposal to use $245,000 in Open Space bond funding towards the purchase of a conservation easement on 752 acres of land in the Frenchtown area. The applicant is Joseph W. Boyer Jr., represented by Five Valleys Land Trust. The proposed match is approximately $8.80 for every dollar of open space funding expended. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 8, 2009, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, Montana. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may speak at the hearing and/or submit written or other materials to the Commissioners at the hearing or by mail, fax or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, FAX (406) 721-4043. Copies of the proposed project are available for public inspection at the Missoula County Office of Rural Initiatives, 317 Woody, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 2583432; or you may contact Pat O’Herren in Rural Initiatives at 2584981. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-3422. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a petition has been filed with the

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a petition has been filed with the County Commissioners requesting to alter that certain portion of a county road specifically described as: Roman Creek Road, located in Section 34, T15N, R21W From a point where a line running 30’ East of and parallel with the west line of Section 34 Intersects the East line of that Tract shown on COS 1959. To the Northeasterly right-ofway line of Interstate 90 (see attached exhibit). And further described in the Road Book of the Missoula County Department of Public Works Surveying Division and shown on the attached Exhibit as: An existing petition road. (For more information, please see petition on file in the Clerk and Recording office at 200 West Broadway, 2nd floor.) THE REASONS for this request are as follows: 1. No physical evidence of this portion of this road. 2. To avoid conflict with proposed residential subdivision. 3.

Allows road record to be clarified, more accurately representing actual land use. A PUBLIC HEARING on the above requested alteration will be held on July 15, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 201, Missoula County Courthouse. Interested parties are requested to be present at that time to be heard for or against the granting of this petition. Written protest will be accepted by the Commissioners’ Office, Room 204, Missoula County Courthouse, prior to the hearing date. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier, Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 By: /s/ Kim Cox, Assistant Chief Deputy Clerk and Recorder/Elections (406) 258-3241 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause Probate No. DP-0994 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOLORES M. TREMPER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-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 Franklin C. Tremper, Timothy R. Tremper, Debra T. Williams, Thomas P. Tremper, Tamara G. Tremper and Teresa K. Tremper, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED June 9, 2009. /s/ Franklin C. Tremper /s/ Timothy R. Tremper /s/ Debra T. Williams /s/ Thomas P. Tremper /s/ Tamara G. Tremper /s/ Teresa K. Tremper Co-Personal Representatives Attorney: GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-09-111 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA KURE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Gary Henricks, return receipt requested, at The Modine Law Office, 215 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of June, 2009. /s/ Gary Henricks,

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-09-109 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARTIN K. DUKLETH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jack Dukleth and Glenda Dukleth have been appointed Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four moths after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jack Dukleth and Glenda Dukleth, the Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at 1624 South 4th Street, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 18th day of June, 2009.

Birdsong Law Office, P.C. /s/ Greg Birdsong, Attorney for Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-09-91 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE: The Estate of Dorene Burlingame-Tompkins, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned is counsel for Tamara O’Brien, the 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 Tamara O’Brien, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2009. /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorney for Tamara O’Brien, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Probate No. DP-09-114 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEN J. LABUFF, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the dte of the first publication of this notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Nancy K. LaBuff, the personal representative, return receipt requested, in care of its attorneys, Crowley Fleck, PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, PO Box 7099, Missoula, Montana 59807-7099 or filed with the Clerk of lthe Court. Dated this 22nd day of June, 2009. /s/ Nancy K. LaBuff, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Douglas Harkin Probate No. DP09-106 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARY J. WEISSMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to CHESTER W. OLIVER, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 3231, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 10th day of June, 2009. /s/ Chester W. Oliver, PO Box 3231, Missoula, MT 59806 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-09-92 Douglas G. Harkin. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF GARY L. NOBLE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jeannette A. Noble, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 156 Cascade Street, Lolo, MT 59847 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated the 5th day of June, 2009. /s/ Jeannette A. Noble, 156 Cascade Street, Lolo, MT 59847 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/27/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200607077, Bk 771, Pg 326, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Patrick T. Beers was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. d/b/a Mann Mortgage 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: The South one-half of Lots 16,17,18 and 19 in Block 20 of Car Line 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 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSMC 2006-6. 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 01/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of May 8, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $147,065.91. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $142,298.30, plus accrued interest, accrued

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/30/02, recorded as Instrument No. 200300114, Bk 696, Pg 564, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Carla Hilferty, a married person was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. d/b/a Mann Mortgage was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract D-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 4326, located in the SE1/4 SW1/4 of Section 35, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Together with a 60 foot Private Access and Public utility easement as disclosed by Certificate of Survey No. 4226 and Certificate of Survey No. 4326 and by document recorded in Book 464 of Micro Records at Page 149. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200805875, 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 02/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of May 8, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $317,879.35. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $312,855.72, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on September 15, 2009 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 asis, 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# 7023.03636) 1002.121793-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/05/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200717849, Bk 801, Pg 698, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Sergio Romero & Emily S. Walter, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 27, 28, and 29 in Block “E” of Car

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/31/02, recorded as Instrument No. 200203478, Bk 876, Pg 922, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael A. Lee, a married man as his separate estate was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: All Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company’s rights of way as constructed in the S1/2 SW1/4 of Section 6 and the NE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M. in Missoula County, Montana. Recording Reference: Book 262 of Micro Records at Page 769. An easement 30 feet in width for ingress and egress as set forth in Quitclaim Deed recorded May, 232001 in Book 653 of Micro Records at Page 497. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200208076, Bk 879, Pg 206, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of May 15, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $113,330.93. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $110,225.68, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on September 22, 2009 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE ‚ÄòS SALE on August 17, 2009, 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 SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER LOCATED IN SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. AS SHOWN IN DEED EXHIBIT NO. 3887 RECORDING REFERENCE IN BOOK 274 AT PAGE 1923 MICRO RECORDS James R. Day, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to David r. Chisholm, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by

Missoula County Government PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following items on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana.

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PUD Zoning Amendment Request – Canyon Creek Village A request from Westmont Builders to amend the Canyon Creek Village PUD zoning in order to revise the density allowance in Subdistrict #3 and permit Church uses as a conditional use rather than as a special exception in Subdistrict No. 5. The property is legally described as Reserve B Missoula Airport Development Park/ Parcel B, COS #5176, located in Canyon Creek Village, Phase 12 (not yet filed) in the NW1/4 of Section 1, T13N, R20W, P.M.M. (see Map F).

2. Zoning Ordinance - Historic Preservation Ordinance The Missoula Historic Preservation Commission in consultation with the Historic Preservation Officer and the University of Montana Law School Land Use Clinic has drafted a Historic Preservation Ordinance. The purpose of the ordinance is to promote and safeguard the historic integrity of Missoula’s historic resources and neighborhoods, and to stimulate neighborhood revitalization. The ordinance would apply to properties currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places and properties in Missoula’s nine (9) listed and eligible National Historic Districts: Missoula Downtown District, East Pine Street District, Northside Railroad District, Lower Rattlesnake, University of Montana, University Area, Historic Southside, McCormick Neighborhood, and Fort Missoula. (see Map C). The list of National Register of Historic Places sites in Missoula can be found at http://www.nr.nps.gov/iwisapi/explorer.dll?IWS_SCHEMA=NRIS1 &IWS_LOGIN=1&IWS_REPORT=100000039 and at HistoricMissoula.org. This list is also located at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb /HistPres/ along with a draft of the proposed ordinance. On June 15, 2009, the City Council approved sending the draft ordinance to the Missoula Consolidated Planning Board for a public hearing and their review and recommendation.

The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Item #1 at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, in Room 201 of the County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway in Missoula.

The City Council will conduct a public hearing on Item #2 on a date yet to be determined.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The requests and exact legal descriptions are available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657.

If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County or the City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services.

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Lolo Water District Missoula County RSID 901 Lolo Water District 2008 Drinking Water Quality Report Is my water safe?

Last year, we conducted tests for over 80 contaminants. We only detected 6 of those contaminants, and found only 1 at a level higher than the EPA allows. As we told you at the time, our water temporarily exceeded drinking water standards. (For more information see the section labeled Violations at the end of the report.) This report is a snapshot of last year's water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to standards set by regulatory agencies. We are committed to providing you with information because informed customers are our best allies.

Do I need to take special precautions?

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Water Drinking Hotline (800-426-4791).

Where does my water come from?

Our water source is groundwater from four wells. Three of the wells are located on Glacier Drive and draws from the Bitterroot Aquifer; the fourth well is located along Highway 12 and draws from the Lolo Creek Aquifer.

Source water assessment and its availability We have a source water protection plan available from our office that provides more information such as potential sources of contamination.

Why are there contaminants in my drinking water?

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity: Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses; organic Chemical Contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems; and radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.

How can I get involved?

We at Lolo Water are on duty around the clock to provide top quality water to every tap. We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources. Interested citizens can also take an active role in the District by attending the monthly water board meeting. Please call our office if you have any questions.

Additional Information for Lead If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Missoula County RSID901 - Lolo Water & District is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components.

When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Water Quality Data Table The table below lists all of the drinking water contaminants that we detected during the calendar year of this report. The presence of contaminants in the water does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. Unless otherwise noted, the data presented in this table is from testing done in the calendar year of the report. The EPA or the State requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently.

Contaminants MCLG or MRDLG Inorganic Contaminants

Fluoride (ppm)

MCL, TT, or MRDL

4

Nitrate [measured as Nitrogen] (ppm) Microbiological Contaminants Total Coliform (positive samples/month) Radioactive Contaminants Alpha emitters (pCi/L)

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10

10

0

1

0

15

Contaminants MCLG Inorganic Contaminants

AL

Low Range

0.1

High Range

0.09

0.62

Sample Date

0.1

0.5

0.62

3 NA

1.6

Your Water

1.4

1.6

# of Samples Exceeding AL

Sample Date

Violation

Typical Source

2007 No

Erosion of natural deposits; Water additive which promotes strong teeth; Discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories

2008 No

Runoff from fertilizer use; Leaching from septic tanks, sewage; Erosion of natural deposits

2008 Yes

Naturally present in the environment

2002 No

Erosion of natural deposits

Exceeds AL

Typical Source

Copper - action leve

1.3

1.3

0.13

2007

0 No

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits

Lead - action level a

0

15

1

2007

0 No

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits

Unit Descriptions Term ppm ppb pCi/L samples/month NA ND NR

Definition parts per million, or milligrams per liter (mg/L) parts per billion, or micrograms per liter ( g/L) picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity) Number of samples taken monthly that were found to be positive not applicable Not detected Monitoring not required, but recommended.

Important Drinking Water Definitions Term Definition MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

TT

Treatment Technique: A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

AL

Action Level: The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.

Variances and Exemptions

State or EPA permission not to meet an MCL or a treatment technique under certain conditions.

MRDLG

Maximum residual disinfection level goal. The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

MRDL

Maximum residual disinfectant level. The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

MNR

Monitored Not Regulated

MPL

State Assigned Maximum Permissible Level

Violations and Exceedances

Total Coliform

Coliforms are bacteria that are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that other; potentially-harmful, bacteria may be present.

Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems. On June 27th, 2008 we detected coliform bacteria in the water system. Whenever we detect coliform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up testing to see if other bacteria of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E. coli, are present. We did NOT find any of these bacteria in our subsequent testing. After detection of the coliform bacteria: 1 - We chlorinated the water supply, 2 - Flushed the water mains to scour the pipes and 3 - Increased biological testing. Testing confirmed NO coliform bacteria after chlorination, except in one service line. After flushing of the service, testing confirmed no coliforms. No coliform bacteria have been detected in the water system since.

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19 Subterfuge 20 The Bible's Enos, relatively speaking?

22 Outdoor goods retailer 23 Champagne buckets 24 British ship that shares its name with a New York "village" 31 Jon's dog 32 Swearing-in words 33 Snake that killed Cleopatra 36 Former name of the airport in Phoenix, Arizona 41 2009 "American Idol" finalist Rounds 42 Do an athletic taboo 43 Shakespearean king 44 NASA OK

1 Big inits. in trucks 2 Friend of Tigger 3 "The Joy of Cooking" author Rombauer 4 Mansion worker 5 Mid-1990s Boston Celtics coach 6 "My mistake" 7 Speak highly about oneself 8 Jaromir who helped the Penguins win the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 9 Feature of "Christmas" or "chimera" 10 Play the jester 11 Sun-blocking hat 12 Perfect places 15 Thompson of "Back to the Future" 18 Captain Hook's right-hand man 21 Not, in Germany 24 "___ and Other Poems" (Allen Ginsberg collection) 25 DCCLI doubled 26 Flower box location 27 After-haircut styler 28 Intrusive: var.

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33 Blows away 34 ___ paneer (Indian cheese dish) 35 Firestarter 37 Keeps the engine running 38 MSN competitor 39 Base cops 40 "Slippery" tree 44 M&M's flavor 45 E!'s "The Daily Ten" cohost Catt ___ 46 One of the Jackson 5

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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 safe 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10* day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Dated: April 7, 2009 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 April 7, 2009, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 ASAP# 3143323 06/18/2009, 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009

interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company.

Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1829.43, beginning December 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of March 20, 2009 is $171,307.85 principal, interest at the rate of 9.35% now totaling $6,172.86, late charges in the amount of $86.68, escrow advances of $394.46, and other fees and expenses advanced of $173.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. $43.88 per 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 in cash at the time of sale. The conveyance will be

made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. 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 expensed 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. Dated: April 6, 2009 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 April 6, 2009, 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# 3142095 06/18/2009, 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009

described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES AS TRACT 21-B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2469. Robert C. Matherne, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Surety Title, LLC Mr. John Barker, 2001 11th Ave. Helena, MT 59601, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated February 19, 2007 and Recorded February 20, 2007 at 2:20 o’clock p.m. in Book 792, Page 299 under Document Number 200704024. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association as successor to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CBS. 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 $1,305.31, beginning December 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of March 29, 2009 is $152,183.20 principal, interest at the rate of 8.475% now totaling $6,222.03, late charges in the amount of $223.746, escrow advances of ($451.46), and other fees and expenses advanced of

$146.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.34 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 in cash at the time of sale. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. 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 expensed 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. Dated: April 6, 2009 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 April 6, 2009, 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# 3142398 06/18/2009, 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 14, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 47 OF SUNRISE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Dana R Nichols and Tabitha Nichols, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Long Beach Mortgage Company, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 22, 2006 and recorded on June 28, 2006 at 4:27 o’clock P.M., in Book 777, Page 1193, under Document No. 200615820. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-7, by Washington Mutual Bank as successor in

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 14, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 3 OF MOUNTAINVIEW ESTATES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Stephen Ray McAfee and Patricia Sue McAfee, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated November 08, 2006 and Recorded November 14, 2006 at 01:19 o’clock P.M. in Book 787, Page 262, under Document No. 200629487. The beneficial interest is currently held by Litton Loan Servicing LP. 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 $2,465.94, beginning December 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 29, 2009 is $313,096.29 principal, interest at the rate of 6.6250% now totaling $10,006.66, late charges in the amount of $599.70, escrow advances of $889.73, and other fees and expenses advanced of $156.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $56.83 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 6, 2009 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 April 6, 2009, 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# 3141374 06/18/2009, 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 17, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 9 in Block 4 of Seeley Lake Homesites No. 4, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Matt W. Livingston and Tara Livingston, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title Guaranty Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated December 19, 2007 and recorded December 27, 2007 at 3:30 o’clock-P.M. in Book 810, Page 1403, as Document No. 200733075.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Indymac Federal 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 $1463.59, beginning June 1, 2008, and each month subse-

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quent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 15, 2009 is $186,366.15 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $12,236.36, late charges in the amount of $491.36, escrow advances of $1,328.82, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1396.01, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.10 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 8, 2009 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 4/8/09, 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# 3145152 06/18/2009, 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009

then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 10, 2009 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 April 10, 2009, 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# 3147627 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009, 07/09/2009

Mark L Heppler, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated November 30, 2007 and Recorded on December 05, 2007 at 04:47 o’clock P.M., under Document No. 200731453. The beneficial interest is currently held by IndyMac Federal Bank FSB. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,069.10, beginning November 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of April 2, 2009 is $324,000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.5% now totaling $10,587.70, late charges in the amount of $526.50, escrow advances of $44.04, and other fees and expenses advanced of $59.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $57.70 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 14, 2009 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 April 14, 2009, 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. Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Joan Meier Notary Public ASAP# 3150067 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009, 07/09/2009

amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Montana Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary elects to declare all amounts under said Note and Trust Indenture to be immediately due and payable in consequence of the default of Grantor. Beneficiary directs that Trustee sell the real property above described for the satisfaction of the obligation. This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed and will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the tenth day following the sale. The sale is subject to bankruptcy filing, payoff, reinstatement or any other circumstance that would affect the validity of the sale. If any such circumstance exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidder’s funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage. The grantor or the grantor’s successor in interest in the trust property or any part thereof or any other person having a subordinate lien or encumbrance of record thereon or any beneficiary under a subordinate trust indenture, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s successor in interest the entire amount then due under the trust indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. 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. DATED June 1, 2009. /s/ Christy L. Brandon, Successor Trustee, P.O. Box 1544, Bigfork, MT 59911, (406) 837-5445.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 18, 2009, 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 45 of Meadwolark Acres, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Thomas W Theisen, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated July 20, 2006 and Recorded July 21, 2006 at 04:24 o’clock P.M., in Book 779, Page 515, under Document No. 200618024.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Residential Credit Solutions. 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 $856.11, beginning December 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 8, 2009 is $161,150.59 principal, interest at the rate of 6.375% now totaling $4477.57, late charges in the amount of $128.40, escrow advances of $- , suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $23.52, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.15 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. 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

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 24, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 749, PAGE 156, ID# 759606, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 2 IN BLOCK 3 OF WAPIKIYA NO. 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Erwin L Hilliard and Elaine Hilliard, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Gerald Schuster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated December 15, 2006 and Recorded February 09, 2007 in Book 791 of Micro Records Page 1340.. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon (fka The bank of New York) on behalf of CIT Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-I. 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 $355.60, beginning October 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 10, 2009 is $46,943.85 principal, interest at the rate of 8.190% now totaling $2,338.85, late charges in the amount of $124.46, suspense balance of $1247.24 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1922.35, plus accruing interest at the rate of $10.53 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, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 15, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On April 15, 2009, 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 Schaffer Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 3/28/011 ASAP# 3150056 06/25/2009, 07/02/2009, 07/09/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 24, 2009, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SEK OF SECTION 29 AND THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 32B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5856

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Trustee will on OCTOBER 15, 2009, at the hour of 11:00 o’clock A.M., at the front doors of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, the following described property: Tract 1-B on Certificate of Survey No. 5813, located in Government Lot 6 within Section 6, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Said property is subject to a Montana Trust Indenture recorded October 11, 2006, Document No. 200626378, records of Missoula County, Montana, where GARY L. HAND is GRANTOR, STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY is TRUSTEE, and ED ENGEL, an undivided 16% interest, TIM L. GUENZLER, an undivided 13% interest, KARL L. ROESCH, an undivided 13% interest, MAX M. JOHNSON AND MARIANNE M. JOHNSON, an undivided 11% interest, GREGG FRASER A/K/A STEWART GREGORY FRASER, an undivided 3.2% interest, COREY E. RICHWINE AND KATHY A. RICHWINE, joint tenants with right of survivorship, an undivided 4.4% interest, CHERYL FRASER, an undivided 3.4% interest, JACK C. DOWNES AND GAIL L. DOWNES, joint tenants with right of survivorship, an undivided 11% interest, RANDALL S. OGLE, TRUSTEE OF THE OGLE AND WORM, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an undivided 11% interest, and RONAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an undivided 14% interest are BENEFICIARY. Christy L. Brandon is the Successor Trustee pursuant to an Appointment of Successor Trustee recorded May 12, 2008, Document No. 200810563, records of Missoula County, Montana. Grantor’s default consists of failure to make payments when due beginning with the monthly payments from and after November 9, 2007 in the amount of $3,937.50 each. The total sum owing on this obligation is $315,000.00 principal balance plus accruing interest at the rate of 15% per year ($129.45 per diem) totaling $75,082.20 as of May 12, 2009, $6,300.00 late fees, $562.00 escrow fees, and $6,753.84 other fees and costs. 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 Grantor. If such

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Text:44133 Message:12886 for pics 4 mos New Liberty, 28’x52’, 3bd 2ba. Move or lease lot. Realtors welcome. $81,000 546-5816 4,800 SQ FT EXECUTIVE HOME ON 1 ACRE. 5 Bdr/3 Bath, vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, large family room, deck with hot tub and great views. $424,000. Prudential Montana.

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4600 + finished sf, 3 Bed/3 bath Cedar log home on beautiful private wooded 20 acres adjacent to national forest. 3 decks & private patio off the den. $850,000. MLS#903288.

Janet 532-7903/Robin 240-6503 Text: 44133 Message: 12595 4BD home, 39.5 acres. Certainteed siding, radiant heat, fireplace, wildlife, gravel pit! $824,900 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406207-1185 www.AccessRealty.net 4BD/3BA, 3GAR + VIEWS 6960 Linda Vista 4 doors off Upper Miller Creek. Anne Jablonski 546-5816 www.MoveMontana.com

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GORGEOUS LOLO AREA HOME. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, double garage, hardwood and tile flooring, crown moldings, decks and patios, and much more. $234,900. Prudential Montana.

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GREAT DOWTOWN MISSOULA LOCATION. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, Double Garage, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Built-Ins, Walk to Downtown. $349,900. Prudential Montana.

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HANDCRAFTED CUSTOM HOME ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Bath, 3.3 Acres, guest quarters, heated double garage, $695,000.

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NEW REDUCED PRICE! Senior Community Living 2456 Macintosh 2bd/2bth modular home, handicap access, maintenance package, club house, like new. $139,500. Alan Meyers, Marwest, 360-2121 Newly remodeled 2BD Clark Fork Riverfront retreat! Open floorplan, large deck, hardwood floors. $275,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.AccessRealty.net Price reduced: $185,900 - 2 story in a cul de sac, central neighborhood with large yards, raised beds and 2 car garage. Priscilla @ Pru Missoula 370.7689 REDUCED PRICE! 3bdrm, 1 bath, single garage. Fenced yard and covered front porch. Newly remodeled. MLS# 808575 $84,900 Janet 532-7903 or Robin 2406503 Windermere RE. Text:44133 Message:18883 for pics

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AWESOME MONTANA RANCHES: +/-9920 acres (+/-4400 deeded) on Missouri River, +/-2800 deeded near Glendive, NO HOUSES, motivated sellers. Contact Russell Pederson 406-939-2501. www.montanalandauctions.com Beautiful park-like setting, private trout ponds, nature trail, stunning views. Lots start at $39,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406207-1185. www.RiverRidgeMT.com MONTANA LAND Priced like the “Old Days”! 20 acres w/road & utilities. Mtn. views & pines. $29,900 to $49,900. 160-1000 acres also available. Central MT Round Up - Lewistown area.

Financing available. Call Western Skies 888-361-3006. www.WesternSkiesLand.com REDUCED Beautiful 20 Acre parcel with meadow and view Financing available OAC with 10 % down. Make offer. $159,900.

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UPDATED ALBERTON AREA HOME ON 3 ACRES. 3 Bdr/2.5 Bath, Beautifully updated, great floor plan, mountain and valley views. $295,000. Prudential Montana.

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UPDATED POTOMAC AREA HOME ON 16.5 ACRES. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, Open floor plan, deck and covered porch, very private and quiet, $260,000. Prudential Montana.

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Upper West Rattlesnake 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Fully remodeled bath & kitchen. Large fenced yard. $324,000. 531-5582 Lara@lambros.com Well-maintained 3BD house, 45 minutes from Missoula, hardwood floors, storage shed, updated appliances. $125,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185. www.AccessRealty.net

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4289 Capy Court, $389,900 - Sold at full price in 6 weeks 2815 O’Shaughnesy, $254,500 - Under contract

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Tanning Salon $65,000 •Excellent history •Loyal clientele •Great location

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TWO HOMES ON 1 ACRE. 2 Bdr/1 Bath Log Home + 2 Bdr/2 Bonus/1 Bath Gorgeous Converted Shop. You must see this property! $329,900. Prudential Montana.

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4bd/3ba, Lovely Home w/Views 6960 Linda Vista $349,500 Anne Jablonski 546-5816 www.MoveMontana.com 921 S 4th St W. $239,500 McCormick Park - 2bed/1bath & bonus room, classy upgrades, dble garage KD Dickinson – Portico Real Estate – (406) 240-5227

5 ACRES OF UNZONED LAND ON LOLO CREEK. 320’ of creek frontage, 2 40x60 buildings with 17 storage units and office space, caboose, large shop/commercial building, 2 mobiles, easy Hwy 93 access, $385,000. Prudential Montana. Call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or view photos and virtual tours at...

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2 Bath home in the Canyon Creek Village.

Built in 2003 this home has a wonderful floor plan with Master Bedroom on the main floor and an additional 2 bedrooms on the upper level.

Charming covered front porch for enjoying the summer evenings. Home has been very well maintained and is priced to sell quickly. Home qualifies for many programs - human resource silent 2nd,RD, FHA. For a private showing or more information please call Mary Marry 406-544-2125 mmarry@bigsky.net

Nice newer 3 bedroom 2 full bath home on the North side.

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FOR RENT 908 Defoe Approximately 1,100 Sq. Ft. built in 2005. Includes all appliances and washer/dryer. Small unfenced yard. $1,050 a month. Year lease.

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5 Bedroom Home • 1 Bedroom Apartment MLS# 904336 • $295,000 • www.2626oshaughnesy.com

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6960 Linda Vista MLS 900989 4 bed 3 bath 1/2 acre lot $322,000

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Commercial 40 x 82 insulated metal free span building. 1 acre with security fence.

Three 14 foot overhead doors and one 9 foot door. Easy access and great exposure. $339,900 MLS# 901478 Janet 532-7903/Robin 240-6503 Text: 44133 Message: 12595 Tanning Salon • $65,000 Excellent history, loyal clientele., great location. Call Loubelle Wissler at Fidelity Real Estate: 543-4412 or 240-0753

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800 square foot cabin near hunting, fishing, and skiing in beautiful Haugan, MT. $83,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185. www.AccessRealty.net

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