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Vol. 20, No. 36 • Sept. 3–Sept. 10, 2009

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Not everyone is feeling the brunt of a brutal economy. An ammo producer, mortician, mechanic and more divulge the secrets to steady employment in Missoula.

Up Front: State’s public defender system takes the stand Up Front: Tester bill may rewrite the book on wilderness Scope: Blood, sex, camp fill Geoghegan’s new slasher film

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Vol. 20, No. 36 • Sept. 3–Sept. 10, 2009

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

Not everyone is feeling the brunt of a brutal economy. An ammo producer, mortician, mechanic and more divulge the secrets to steady employment in Missoula.

Up Front: State’s public defender system takes the stand Up Front: Tester bill may rewrite the book on wilderness Scope: Blood, sex, camp fill Geoghegan’s new slasher film

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nside Cover Story This Labor Day, many of you will kick back on the front porch, crack open a cold one and enjoy the last three-day weekend of the summer. Many more may not feel quite so comfortable and will crack open the classifieds in a search for steady work. With the nation’s econCover illustration by Kou Moua omy still struggling, some businesses have laid off workers, cut back hours or folded altogether. We side-step those frustrating fluctuations and profile seven locals who’ve managed to thrive in the current market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Letters Health care vs. wealth care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Week in Review Rehberg visits hospitals, twice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Briefs Grizzly dens, localwashing and student parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Etc. Welcoming the city’s first real roundabout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Up Front Tester bill may rewrite the book on wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Up Front State public defenders take the stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ochenski Playing politics with a $15 million pork project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Writers on the Range Answers trickle in on colony collapse disorder . . . . . . 11 Agenda The Fifth Annual Festival of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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In advance of Labor Day, the Indy profiles seven local workers in seemingly recession-resistant jobs. Since the economy took its tumble, how nervous have you been about job security?

Follow-up: What’s your dream job?

Patty Knotts: Didn’t you hear?

As of today the recession’s over.

The indicator is that underwear sales are up. I heard it on talk radio. Walk on the wild side: My dream job would probably be a naturalist. Wandering through the woods, seeing the natural beauty all over the country.

Paul Bird: I’ve been pretty darn worried, actually. My job’s been hit hard. I do flooring in town…It’s Tuesday and I’ve got the day off. Not just a surfer: A heli-ski guide. I’m just a huge skier. I wouldn’t be worried about money. I’d do it just for the experience.

Mark Doty: Actually, I got a cut in pay. I got a day taken away from me at the post office. Wet for cash: A river guide here in Missoula. Just being out on the river every day would be nice. I’m out all the time anyway, so I might as well get paid for it.

Shoved down Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.V., issued the following statement at the passing of Ted Kennedy: “In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American.” This is shameless political pandering. The health bill should pass or fail on its merits, not be tied to one man’s legacy. The health bill’s plunging approval numbers show Americans are not behind a bill that increases and expands government intrusion into our private lives. History has shown that government takeover of the private sector has disastrous results. Mark my words: Despite the majority of Americans opposing the health care bill, our representatives in Washington, Sens. Baucus and Tester included, will shove it down our throats at Obama’s bidding.

Matthew Berry Kalispell

Wealth care The question of universal health care is not about money, ideology, politics, patriotism, religion, etc. It’s about life and death. Every half hour someone dies because of a lack of medical treatment. This is not only a cruel, callous and avoidable tragedy on a national scale, it is a shameless display for all the world to see of savage capitalism.

The rich have a death grip on the American public. They only believe in wealth care. The majority of politicians are no help because they are allies of the rich. They give trillions of dollars to the bankers and the war profiteers while our people are dying and getting sicker by the day.

Recently, I nearly lost my wife to pneumonia. She is alive today because of the excellent and compassionate care she received at a local hospital for nine days. She had no insurance, no Medicaid or Medicare.

We had to rely on charity to save her

Scott Laird: I’m fairly concerned. It’s affected my job. I buy land for the American Prairie Foundation. Sweet spot: I’m real close to it already. I guess I could fine-tune it, but I feel really fortunate.

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life. It was a marvelous recovery, but I couldn’t help but believe her ordeal could have been avoided if she had continuity of care under a universal health care system like every other

“Despite the majority of Americans opposing the health care bill, our representatives in Washington, Sens. Baucus and Tester included, will shove it down our throats at Obama’s

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civilized country in the world. If we had lived in a big city where hospitals turn people away when they can’t pay, she probably would have been a victim like so many others of a primitive for-profit health care system.

Health care should be a public obligation to help the sick, not to make a fortune from the unfortunate.

The only humane solution to this crisis is to set up a program of compre-

hensive, socialized medicine paid for by taxation. This would bring us out of the dark ages and possibly into the modern world. We should have done it 74 years ago when the Social Security Act was passed in 1935. It is our right and, like Social Security, should be a public service for every human being in this country.

Michael Allan Andrus Missoula

Health care costs One issue that I don’t see being discussed in the health care debate is the relationship between a healthy employee and the productivity of that employee to the general economy.

All the talk about health reform costs to make health insurance available to the low-insured and the uninsured does not take into account the cost to business because of sick workers’ absences. If a flu pandemic materializes, will workers opt to “stick it out” and possibly infect coworkers or instead stay home until well?

North Carolina ranks among the top 15 states in the number of uninsured (1.75 million). The estimated economic cost of lost productivity in North Carolina from the state’s uninsured is in the range of $4.2 billion to $8.3 billion annually. Lost productivity factors include shorter life spans and time not working. The Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C., think tank, estimates the cost of not insuring 52 million Americans at $124 billion to $248 billion annually.

Doesn’t it make more sense to keep Americans healthy and productive as a boon to the economy? Or do we want to cut off our noses to spite our face?

Margie A. Gignac Kalispell

Correction: Last week’s news story, “Spoiled soil,” incorrectly stated that the herbicide Milestone is commonly used on lawns. The Independent regrets the error.

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

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• Wednesday, August 26

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by Anne Medley

In an odd foreshadowing of his next night’s adventures, Rep. Denny Rehberg sits down with health care professionals at both St. Patrick Hospital and Community Medical Center in Missoula. Rehberg’s visits come one day after Sen. Jon Tester made the same rounds.

• Thursday, August 27 Rep. Denny Rehberg suffers a broken ankle and a shiner after a late evening boat crash on Flathead Lake. Four other people are injured, including serious head trauma sustained by Rehberg state director and UM grad Dustin Frost. State Sen. Greg Barkus was driving the boat, which he owned, when it hit the rocks near Wayfarers State Park.

• Friday, August 28 High school football kicks off its season with a double-header at Missoula County Stadium between Big Sky and Billings West and Hellgate and Bozeman. Big Sky wins its matchup 27-21, but Bozeman quarterback Tanner Roderick runs circles around Hellgate—literally—in a 48-19 victory.

• Saturday, August 29 At its annual convention, Montana Democrats pick Jim Elliott of Trout Creek to chair the party. Elliott, who served 16 years in the state legislature, replaces Dennis McDonald, who’s stepping down in an effort to unseat U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg.

• Sunday, August 30 The fourth annual River City Roots Festival wraps up with a performance by Hot Buttered Rum. Aside from the music, the day features a marijuana legalization advocate toking up in the middle of Main Street, begging for attention from passerby and police. Two officers—one on a cell phone, one walking a puppy—stroll by without seeming to notice.

• Monday, August 31 Classes begin at the University of Montana with 62 students arriving without room assignments—down from 150 last year—and forced to camp out in dormitory study lounges. But the students waiting for an upgrade may not get much of one: the Princeton Review ranked UM 12th in the category “Dorms Like Dungeons.”

• Tuesday, September 1 Robert Millage of Kamiah, Idaho, bags the first gray wolf–an adult female–legally shot by a hunter since delisting. So far, Montana and Idaho combined have sold over 12,000 wolf permits. Millage shot the wolf near the Lochsa River.

A city crew cleans up after a tree uprooted by a severe Sunday evening storm fell onto a home at the corner of Central Avenue and Thames Street.

Public schools

Shifting childcare support Missoula County Public Schools recently canned a long-established daycare nursery at Sentinel High School, and with it the last vestige of in-school support for parenting students.

The district eliminated two full-time positions by cutting the nursery, which was part of the decades-old Young Families Program. Public Affairs Director Lesli Brassfield notes only two or three parenting teens were enrolled in the nursery last year.

“We just don’t feel having a daycare option in one of our public schools is an affordable option,” Brassfield says.

Karen Allen, a regional director in the district, says the district will now focus on having school counselors alert local specialists to individual students raising children. Those specialists can, in turn, help students meet parenting needs.

“Sometimes these things are very stealth,” Allen says. “These kids disappear. Where did they go? What happened to them? It’s our goal to go out and find them.”

Allen adds the district hopes to improve

staggering dropout rates by identifying and aiding parenting students in all high schools.

The district first opened dialogue with childcare groups in June. Trudy Mizner, a division supervisor for the Missoula City-County Health Department, says the district’s sudden emphasis on community support going into the 2009-10 school year marks a dramatic shift. In years past, parenting teens have mainly been kept “inhouse,” Mizner says.

“We need to have the schools as a partner,” Mizner says, “because we all agree that education is essential for [parenting teen] success. I guess I’m optimistic because for the first time in a long time, the school is listening.”

But not everyone sees the switch as a good thing. Gypsy Ray, executive director of Mountain Home, which houses up to six homeless teen mothers at a time, says this is a major setback for parenting teens. She points to Mountain Home resident Jancy Wells, mother of a 4-month-old son, as a prime example.

“The fact that we had a parenting program for mainstreaming students in our public school system was so ahead of the game,” Ray says.

Ray adds that Mountain Home co-founder

Lois Reimers, until recently a teacher with the Sentinel nursery, had seven teen parents enrolled in Young Families for this fall.

Wells planned to enter a second year with the nursery. She now has to take her infant across town for daycare.

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Safeway goes “local” While the Safeway produce aisle is dotted with signs advertising “locally grown produce,” Dixon cantaloupes are the sole Montana-grown item in the chain’s West Broadway store. The melons appear alongside Canadian tomatoes, Peruvian asparagus and corn grown in Washington state.

“I’d like to see them define what local really is,” says Maggie Allen, winding her way out of the produce aisle with a bag of nectarines imported from out of state.

Defining “locally grown,” depends on one’s perspective. While Safeway aims to buy food raised close to home—stocking Flathead cherries earlier this year and selling Montana-grown peaches this fall—it can be challenging to find

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producers equipped to handle Safeway-sized quantities, according to store spokesperson Cherie Myers. She adds that because Safeway requires producers carry insurance to protect against legal liability, sometimes Washington state is as local as the store can get.

“If produce is available for us to buy, we will buy it,” Myers says. “We do buy as much local produce as we can.”

But others call Safeway’s “local” claims bunk. The Missoula Community Food Co-op, for instance, defines local produce as that grown within Montana’s borders.

“Their claims to locally grown are a little on the ridiculous side,” says Co-op Coordinator Kate Keller about Safeway.

Keller says that as consumers across the country become increasingly educated about the benefits of eating homegrown grub, some businesses are attempting to co-op the local brand. It’s a practice called “localwashing.”

“I do feel like it’s becoming a marketing term that’s being thrown around a lot more, specifically to make a profit,” Keller says.

She recommends that shoppers keep an eye on where their food comes from to help create local supply networks independent of environmentally and nutritionally draining shipping costs. Otherwise, “it’s not a sustainable system,” she says.

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court to prohibit the agency from retaining 10 culverts in decommissioned roads—culverts that give snowmobilers access to grizzly bear denning areas and that could be detrimental to threatened bull trout.

The crux of the debate is the Flathead National Forest’s Amendment 19, which gives standards for protecting grizzly bears and puts their needs above other competing land uses.

“We hope to have the Forest Service actually enforce Amendment 19 to the forest plan,” Garrity says, “and they haven’t been following it.”

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The plaintiffs lost their first lawsuit in December 2006. But they appealed to the Ninth Circuit, and in January the court issued a decision requiring the Forest Service to “establish and apply a standard for evaluating when land use values ‘compete’ with grizzly bears’ needs within the meaning of the Forest Plan.” The Flathead National Forest did so in its April amendment. The recent lawsuit, then, challenges the Forest Service’s method for arriving at the standards, arguing that it lacked public and scientific input.

“The precedent is absolutely important,” says Keith Hammer of the Swan View Coalition, “because if the Forest Service on the Flathead thinks that they can get away with just exempting them from its own management standard whenever it wants to, well so will the Kootenai, so will the Lolo, so will the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, or any other forest, no matter what standards those are. And that’s what standards are there for. It’s a minimum requirement of what they themselves

Bears vs. snowmobiles Three environmental groups filed suit last week in U.S. District Court in Missoula against the U.S. Forest Service, continuing a litigious back-and-forth over a salvage logging operation on the Flathead National Forest. But the issue isn’t trees—it’s how the so-called Moose PostFire Project gives snowmobilers access into grizzly bear habitat about 20 miles north of Columbia Falls.

“It comes down to grizzly bears versus snowmobile use at certain times of the year,” says Michael Garrity, director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.

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say they have to do to protect grizzly bears and bull trout and other wildlife and fish.”

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Boat crash

UM alum still unconscious University of Montana alum Dustin Frost, 27, remains unconscious and in stable condition at Kalispell Regional Medical Center following an Aug. 27 motorboat crash that included Frost’s employer, U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, as well as fellow staffer Kristin Smith, state Sen. Greg Barkus and Barkus’ wife. Frost, who suffered a serious but “survivable” head injury, serves as Rehberg’s state director.

“He’s stable,” says Jim Oliverson, a spokesperson with the hospital. “His family is here, and they appear to be doing well.”

As news of Frost’s condition continues to trickle in, friends and fellow members of UM’s College Republicans remain upbeat about the Sunburst native’s chances of recovery.

“He’s very intelligent, but he’s a very humble Hi-Line kid,” says UM student Will Selph. “If you tried, you could spend a year and you couldn’t find anything bad to say about the kid.”

Selph points out that Frost helped elect a Republican majority to the Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate before graduating in 2005.

“That’s no small feat,” Selph says.

Dan Stusek attended the Republican National Convention with Frost last year and points to him as an example for young Republicans still on campus.

“He’s intelligent and savvy beyond his years,” he says.

Frost’s family has yet to make a statement about his condition. Rehberg’s spokesman and former chief of staff Erik Iverson said the congressman’s thoughts and prayers are with his staffer.

“Everybody’s optimistic that he’s going to recover,” says Iverson.

The crash continues to be under investigation by Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan and the state Highway Patrol. The Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks already turned its portion of the investigation over to Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan.

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Hours, roughly, that Rep. Denny Rehberg waited to call his wife, Jan, and inform her that he’d been hospitalized after a serious motorboat accident Aug. 27 on Flathead Lake. “He is in a little bit of trouble,” Jan said during a Saturday press conference.

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First, freshly painted bike lanes appeared across town. Then, back-in, angled parking came to Spruce Street. Now, the longawaited roundabout at Higgins, Beckwith and Hill is set to debut. Knock on wood (and ignore those nasty bulbouts), but transportation-conscious Missoula is beginning to resemble an enlightened European city.

That’s apparently cause for celebration. Thursday morning’s roundabout ribbon cutting includes all the fanfare of a Griz Homecoming weekend. There’ll be Mayor Engen, Montana’s entire congressional delegation and a veritable parade, including a fire engine, Mountain Line bus, the Western Montana Shrine Club Motor Patrol and a peloton of cyclists all navigating the roundabout.

Surely, the hoopla’s designed to educate we simple-minded Montanans, for whom a roundabout is about as foreign as a 10-lane-wide tollbooth. It’s all an elaborate effort to make sure the city’s $600,000 stimulus-funded solution to one of its most awkward intersections doesn’t backfire.

“Part of it is just getting to the people and letting them know that we’re more than happy to present to them the ABCs and 123s of roundabout education,” says Project Manager and Jackson-5 fan Gregg Wood. “I think there’s going to be a learning curve. We don’t anticipate any large problems, but I think people need to understand the yield concept there.“ Go to the city’s Higgins Roundabout website and, beyond a long list of roundabout instructions and links, you’ll find an animation—reminiscent of the “Frogger” arcade game—that allows you to watch how all road users should use the circle thingy.

It seems like a little too much handholding to us, but you can’t blame the city for doing all it can to make the transition safe and quiet the critics. Around the country roundabouts are booming largely due to their impressive safety record. Some groups say roundabouts lead to a 60–90 percent reduction in injuries compared to a traffic signal. But they’re still contentious.

Over in Nampa, Idaho, one report claims a city council member actually lost his seat last year over his support of a roundabout.

“The first thing I would say to [critics] is this is very important for community safety,” says Philip Demosthenes, a Denverbased roundabout expert. “It calms down the traffic, it saves lives, it saves injuries…If people are uncomfortable with them, I’d much rather have them uncomfortable with the roundabout, and angry about something, than risk having more injuries in the community.”

We agree. And while the roundabout may take some getting used to, it’s further evidence that Missoula is farther down the road than most other cities.

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War of words Tester bill may rewrite the book on wilderness

by Skylar Browning

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Sen. Jon Tester’s 84-page Forest Jobs and Recreation Act doesn’t exactly make for scintillating summer reading. But environmental groups who have pored over the proposal warn that its “incredibly sloppy” language may set a dangerous precedent for what’s permissible in wilderness areas, and federal employees have confirmed that some provisions read unlike anything they’ve ever seen before—and not necessarily in a good way. The concern is that the bill, as currently written, will change the very definition of wilderness.

“Once these provisions get into wilderness bills, they often get replicated in future bills,” says George Nickas, executive director of Wilderness Watch, a

The Independent found no such examples.

“I misspoke,” says Stewart. “I was thinking of low-level overflights. I am not aware of any landings, and I do not believe there is any legislation that authorizes it.”

Stewart’s misunderstanding is indicative of how subtle wording in the bill may cause confusion. Low-level overflights, or military aircraft using airspace above wilderness, are commonly allowed in wilderness bills. But landings inside a designated wilderness area would be a first.

“Forget about the legality or the illegality or the conflict with the original Wilderness Act,” says Nickas. “It’s really

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Missoula-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting federal wilderness. “You see that in Tester’s bill, where he’s included provisions that have shown up in other recent bills. All these bills are now becoming a race to the bottom. They never put in any provisions that strengthen wilderness protections. Each one seems to be allowing more and more nonconforming activities so that wilderness becomes less unique, less protected and less special.”

The most glaring example in Tester’s bill allows military helicopters to land inside the Highlands, a portion of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest slated for wilderness designation. Tester included the provision in order to honor an existing agreement with Peak Enterprises, a private company in Butte that drops soldiers in the area as part of a mountain warfare training exercise threeto-four times per year.

Allison Stewart, national press officer for the U.S. Forest Service, incorrectly told the Independent three weeks ago that similar provisions existed in other wilderness areas throughout the country.

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hard for me to envision anything that’s more contrary to the idea of wilderness, to these sacred places where nature is in charge, than overlaying military training in these places.”

Aaron Murphy, a spokesperson for Tester, says the senator’s aware that no other bill allows for military landings, but stresses that the training exercises are infrequent. He adds the provision is an example of Tester’s willingness to work with all Montanans to craft the proposal.

“Jon wrote this bill because he—like many Montanans—knows that the old way of managing our forests isn’t working,” says Murphy. “He knows that in order for good forest policy legislation to move forward, it needs to be created from the bottom up.”

Good policy or not, the Forest Service still expressed surprise with how Tester’s bill addressed typically boilerplate wilderness provisions. In a portion of the bill covering the proposed Snowcrest Wilderness Area, one passage allows specifically for “historical motorized access to trail sheep.”

“I’m not familiar with that specific

term,” says Terry Knupp, a Washington, D.C.-based wilderness program manager with the Forest Service, when asked whether she’s heard of “historical motorized access to trail sheep” before. “There are several pieces of legislation that have some accommodation for historical grazing practices in them, but it’s typically listed in a general way. What you’re asking me, I’m not sure what that means, as written. I’ve never heard of something like that before.”

Krupp goes on to explain that most legislation references detailed guidelines on grazing practices provided in a 1990 House report. Those guidelines read, in part, “Where practical alternatives do not exist, maintenance or other activities may be accomplished through the occasional use of motorized equipment…”

Critics believe Tester’s Snowcrest section doesn’t account for “practical alternatives” and, when it broadly preserves motorized access “for other ranching activities,” it opens the door to more than just “occasional use.”

“What does that mean?” asks Nickas.

“Does that mean a rancher could come along and say that he’s been driving all over hell just to count his cows and listen to them bawl? The point is, it’s not specific.”

Tester’s office admits the language is “unique,” but says the bill simply reinforces the continuation of grazing in the Snowcrest and adapts “to Montana’s historic needs.”

“Jon is not concerned about this provision being expanded beyond sheep trailing,” says Murphy.

That’s little consolation for those worried about some of the bill’s squishy language. With Tester touting the bill as “a model for the West,” as he recently told the Helena Independent Record, precise wording becomes a priority.

“One of the problems with the bill, in general, is that it’s incredibly sloppy,” says Nickas. “Having been involved in a lot of litigation and appeals and other things involving the Wilderness Act, words matter. Language matters a lot.

The sloppy language in Tester’s bill is really problematic in a lot of places.”

Tester’s office does concede that there is still time to make changes.

Murphy calls the bill a “work in progress” and that amendments can be made.

“Many legal experts have reviewed the bill,” he says, “and have the best intentions to make this language uniquely fit Montana.”

The question remains whether the bill fits the traditional definition of congressionally designated wilderness. sbrowning@missoulanews.com

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Self-defense State’s public defender system takes the stand

by Alex Sakariassen

Mike Sherwood likens the past three and a half years for Montana’s Office of the State Public Defender (OPD) to a group of greenback smokejumpers dropped onto a remote wildfire. The lesser details of management and paperwork–now under critique by an independent review group–simply got lost in the struggle for survival.

“None of us are management pros,” says Sherwood, chairman of the Montana Public Defender Commission. “None of us have any experience in setting up what is in effect the largest law firm in the state of Montana.”

That’s the case Sherwood makes in response to a 66-page draft recommen-

than $13 million. But with unexpected or uncalculated costs, Sherwood offers an estimate closer to $20 million. Annual costs haven’t dropped much since, Sherwood says, and implementing the review’s suggestions will likely drive the number up further.

Specifically, Sherwood takes issue with AU’s concerns over how much the state pays the roughly 200 contract lawyers it employs for felony, misdemeanor and civil defense cases. Those lawyers receive $60 an hour at present, compared to the $120 they typically net when contracted directly by clients.

Sherwood and the commission have pushed both Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the Montana Legislature to up hourly pay to $80, to no avail.

“Every $10 increase is a million dollars,” Sherwood says. “If we get them to $80, our budget has to go up $2 million a year. If we got them up to $110, our budget would have to go up $5 million a year. They’d have to increase our budget by 25 percent.”

Sherwood admits the commission may have acted prematurely in requesting the review–a move strongly encouraged by the ACLU. But Caroline Cooper, assistant director for AU’s Criminal Courts Technical Assistance Project, commends former commisPhoto by Alex Sakariassen sion chairman Jim Taylor’s early push for an independent analysis. It gives Earlier this month, American University released a study on the efficiency of Montana’s 3-year-old Office of the State Public Defender. The study list- the OPD time to make “mid-course cored 32 recommendations for improvement, prompting a 37-page response rections” and address the hiccups comfrom defender commissioners. mon to newly formed defense systems, Cooper says. dation report from American University In 2005, McGee and then-Rep. Mike “I think that’s common with any jus(AU) on how to improve the fledgling Wheat of Bozeman sponsored the tice system initiative,” Cooper says of the OPD, which is responsible for represent- Montana Public Defender Act. The bill recommendations in the report. “Just having roughly 26,000 defendants a year. passed, establishing both the OPD and ing the idea and putting it into practice are AU conducted the in-depth study over an 11-member commission to oversee two different things…the legislation in the past year, highlighting 32 specific operations.

Montana has really established a great The subsequent three-year period saw foundation for a very effective system.” areas for urgent improvement.

The OPD faces its biggest challenge Sherwood’s 37-page response addresses major improvements in defense for each, and explains that the suggested Montana’s poor, but the AU study rattles in management, an area in which overhauls to the system could cost the off a rash of criticisms, from mundane Sherwood says the commission has items like poor inter-office communica- “acted poorly.” AU’s report says state millions annually.

“We’re certainly not to where we’d tions to more serious charges of lack of Montana’s new defender system is like to be,” Sherwood says. “But I think management. “adrift” regarding management, with no that the system itself, the creation of it, has The system continues to evolve, clear chain of command below Chief improved representation for people Sherwood argues, adding many of the Public Defender Randi Hood. Sherwood across the board in the state.” problems AU identified have already been doesn’t argue the point, and McGee says As recently as 2005, Montana was one remedied. the problem isn’t entirely surprising.

“They’ve been attorneys,” McGee says of the few states left in the country with“ Wa s i t b e t t e r i m m e d i a t e l y ? ” out an official public defender system. Sherwood asks. “I hope so. Is it better of those in charge of managing OPD Public defenders existed, Sherwood says, now? I’m committed to the fact that it is. affairs. “They’ve been looking at things but in a “hodgepodge” of county-based Should it be better? Yeah, we’re trying to from the world of legal defense, not the offices. Montana lacked any coordinated make it better than it is now. But we’re world of business management.”

Hiring a separate management team effort or central funding to protect the learning.”

Some of the AU study’s findings would again drive up OPD expenses. indigent in matters of justice.

The final version of AU’s report is due State Sen. Dan McGee, R-Laurel, says could result in considerable costs for problems with the old system–or com- Montana. According to the American Bar out no later than next week. plete lack thereof–came to a head in 2003. Association, start-up expenses for asakariassen@missoulanews.com A bill revising the state’s approach to Montana’s OPD in 2005 totaled more defense of the poor in felony cases bottomed out in the Legislature that year, and followed on the heels of a lawsuit filed against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in February 2002.

McGee says the ACLU and then-Attorney General Mike McGrath agreed to shelve the suit until legislators had a chance to address the situation.

“It’s not just about defending criminals,” says Scott Crichton, executive director of the ACLU. “It’s about defending people accused of crimes…it’s about defending innocent people as well as providing good defense for guilty people, it’s about saving tax dollars by having shorter pretrial incarceration.”

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Border games Playing politics with a $15 million pork project

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Montanans have heard for years how our members of Congress take credit for securing appropriations for Montana projects. Sen. Max Baucus is famous for claiming hundreds of millions of dollars in highway funding projects every year while Rep. Denny Rehberg claimed credit for funds this year while voting against the bill that provided them. Our newest senator, Jon Tester, has likewise slipped effortlessly into the pattern. But now, both Baucus and Tester find themselves locked in a tangled web with the Obama administration over who did what to secure which funds—and the truth of the matter remains elusive.

The issue of securing “pork,” as such home-state projects are known in Congress, hit a rough patch last week when the Washington Post reported that a remote Montana border crossing had received $15 million in Homeland Security funding for upgrades. The crossing, at Whitetail, Montana, hasn’t been improved in its 45 years of existence, which is hardly surprising considering it gets about 3 cars a day in cross-border traffic.

Tester, in one of his first acts as a U.S. senator, requested a security review of Montana’s northern border.

Some might credibly wonder just what we have to fear from Canada, a country that has been one of our greatest allies, populated by our friendliest neighbors.

That would have been a great question to ask any time in the last two centuries of our peaceful co-existence, but after 9/11 and the mass hysteria induced by George Bush and Dick Cheney, those kinds of questions were looked at as unpatriotic. Unfortunately, Tester fell prey to D.C.’s paranoia.

It should come as no surprise that, try as they may, it was pretty tough for Homeland Security to see Canadians as much of a serious security threat to the U.S. But there was the issue of crossborder trafficking in illegal drugs, the primary one being the potent marijuana known as “B.C. Bud,” which is highly prized by pot smokers in this country, who thus maintain the demand that fuels the supply. Since growing and possessing marijuana is not against the law in British Columbia, it’s not surprising that entrepreneurs would want to take advantage of the market to the south.

And so our friendly neighbors to the north routinely drag hockey bags filled with bud across the border and go back home with pockets full of cash.

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they want is to remain pretty much invisible. As far as a security concern goes, well, there’s never been a recorded death attributable to marijuana use and Montana just happens to be a state that legalized the use of medical marijuana by an overwhelming vote of the people.

None of that fits in with the fear of terrorism, however, so some new phrases had to be coined to make our northern border seem dangerous.

Tester himself liked to use the phrase “our porous northern border” to

“It is this sad mimicking of the Bush-Cheney fear tactics that now has Tester embroiled in a serious conflict with the White

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House.

describe the endless miles of wheat fields that spread on both sides of the 49th parallel. In fact, in his recent press statements, he went overboard, proclaiming: “We’ve pushed to make sure that border is as secure as possible. We are only as secure as our weakest point.

It only takes one terrorist.”

Really, “it only takes one terrorist” to do what, exactly? Unfortunately, it is this sad mimicking of the Bush-Cheney fear tactics that now has Tester embroiled in a serious conflict with the White House. Even worse, Baucus echoed those remarks, saying the Canadian border “cannot be a backdoor for terrorism and other illegal activity.” It’s important, at this juncture, to note that “other illegal activity”—like smuggling in some pot—is now on par with terrorism in Baucus’ mind.

To make a long story short, after both Tester and Baucus claimed credit for the $15 million in pork for

Whitetail, Janet Napolitano, former governor of Arizona and now Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, found herself in an embarrassing situation. If two senators from a state with less than a million people claimed they were responsible for securing the money, what does that say about the validity of Homeland Security’s threat rating system and the prioritized list of which threats should be addressed first? Well, it says politics as usual continue under President Obama, who promised to change the way Washington does business.

The issue came to light at the request of an investigation into the funding of such projects made by California Rep. Darrell Issa, who is the senior Republican member on a House oversight committee that is reviewing the use of stimulus funds. If a three-car per day border station in the middle of nowhere can get $15 million, Issa wants to know who got bumped to provide the bucks for Whitetail.

I n a c l a s s i c D . C . c o v e r- u p , Napolitano’s office initially denied ever meeting with Tester or Baucus. But when the press investigated, both Baucus and Tester confirmed they had met with Napolitano to urge funding for the Canadian border and Tester even issued a press release taking credit for $77 million in Montana projects.

Issa has made a request to determine if politics played a role in the appropriation, asking Napolitano to “disclose the criteria DHS used to determine who got what and why.” So far, Napolitano has refused to do so.

It is logical to believe that Tester and Baucus used their positions to continue the long-standing practice of securing appropriations for their home state despite that, at least in regard to Whitetail, it appears to do little more than add to the burgeoning national debt which has skyrocketed to $12 trillion and is projected to double in the next 10 years.

What’s really disturbing, however, is why the Obama administration and Secretary Napolitano won’t just release the data requested by Issa. Simply revealing the truth might indeed prove embarrassing for the Obama administration, but it’s a lot better than coverups and outright lies.

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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Bringing back bees

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by Jodi Peterson

Over the last four years, millions of the Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers have vanished. No, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not immigrants deported back to Mexico. Rather, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re honeybees, and no oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone.

Scientists have been baffled by the largescale disappearances, but now thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finally some good news: Recent research has identified at least three of the major contributors to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as colony collapse disorder.

Honeybees pollinate nearly one-third of the food we eat, from almonds to avocados, cherries to celery, and their work adds about $15 billion to the annual value of U.S. agriculture, according to a congressional study. But in Western states from California to Montana, thousands of hives have gone quiet. They contain larvae and honey but very few adult bees, and that decline bodes ill for our food supply. In China, hive collapse has forced some farmers to start pollinating fruit treesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by hand, with brushes.

So far, there are still enough honeybees to go around, at least on a small scale. The gnarled apple tree in my backyard, for instance, is loaded with ripening fruit, thanks to the honeybees who visited it earlier this spring. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different story for commercial growers with hundreds of acres of monoculture crops.

Other pollinators, like native bees and wasps, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the demands of servicing, say, 500 acres of almonds in bloom.

So almond ranchers rent honeybees from nomadic beekeepers who haul hundreds of hives from farm to farm, all the way from North Dakota to California, then back again. With the scarcity of healthy bees, the cost of renting a single hive for a few weeks is now as much as $200, up from just $40 a few years ago.

Scientists have had lots of clues to follow in this mystery. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve considered parasitic mites, viruses, malnutrition, pesticides, genetically modified crops and even cell phones. But even before colony collapse disorder, domestic bees, brought to this country from

Europe, werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t faring so well. Their habit of crowding into hives allows illnesses and parasites to spread easily.

Modern agriculture has also been hard on those traveling hives, which account for more than half of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honeybees. When crops arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in bloom, itinerant beekeepers feed their bees highfructose corn syrup. Life on the road and a junk-food diet stresses the bees, and makes them more susceptible to infections of all sorts.

Now, researchers are finally homing in on the causes of colony collapse disorderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and there seem to be many.

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Illinois

In China, â&#x20AC;&#x153; hive collapse has forced some farmers to start pollinating fruit treesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by hand,

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just discovered that sick bees have high levels of viral infections, carried by mites, that attack protein-producing ribosomes essential for good health. At Washington State University, researchers recently identified two other factors. One is a pathogen called Nosema ceranae, a microbe that impairs the beesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to process their food and makes them more susceptible to other diseases. Scientists in Spain also connected the microbe with colony collapse this spring, finding that antibiotic treatment restored infected colonies to health.

Another factor the Washington scientists noted is that U.S. beekeepers use the same honeycombs for many years, allowing toxic levels of pesticide residue to build up. Traces of more than 70 different pesticides have been detected in honeycomb wax. Mark Pitcher, the president of Babeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honey in British Columbia, told the Victoria News that the connection to the beesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; disappearance seemed obvious: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Would you allow your youth to be raised in a totally ridiculous slum environment?

No. So why did we, as beekeepers, become slum landlords?â&#x20AC;?

Some beekeepers are now sandblasting their hive boxes, getting rid of the old honeycomb wax and repainting with nontoxic paint. Others are letting their honeybees forage only in areas where pesticides and herbicides arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used. In the meantime, native bees may help pick up the pollination slack: Species such as bumblebees, alfalfa leaf-cutting bees and blue orchard bees pollinate certain crops even more effectively than the exotic honeybee. The wild bees need other plants to forage on when crops arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in bloom, though, and habitat loss has cut into their populations. To help restore native bee habitat, The Xerces Society just got a $500,000 federal grant for work in California and Oregon.

By cleaning up our act, perhaps we can turn the corner on the bee crisis.

The solutions seem to follow common sense. If we stop drenching the plants that bees visit with toxic chemicals, clean up their hives and quit trucking them thousands of miles, and if we give our native bees more forage in the field, maybe we can avoid a grim future in which we, like those Chinese farmers, must tickle each apple blossom with a brush to make it bear fruit.

Jodi Peterson is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She is the magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associate editor in Paonia, Colorado.

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With wars still raging in Afghanistan and Iraq, peace seems out of reach.

But perhaps hope will drown out our collective cynicism when Frances Moore Lappé speaks at the Fifth Annual Peace Festival, a gala for world harmony at Arlee’s Garden of One Thousand Buddhas.

Lappé, a native of Pendleton, Ore., is no stranger to advocacy.

She’s written or co-written 16 books, including the health-conscious bible Diet for a Small Planet, as well as Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad, a treatise on political empowerment. She also holds 17 honorary doctorate degrees and runs the Small Planet Institute with her daughter Anna. The organization is dedicated to advancing “Living Democracy,” a theory aimed at replacing failing democracies with a system that combines inclusion, fairness and mutual

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Aspen Hospice of Montana is currently looking for volunteers to help offer comfort, pain relief and emotional support for those who are near the end of their lives. The hospice utilizes health care professionals and trained volunteers to provide care. Call Lois at 642-3010.

Quit leeching off mom and dad and find yourself a part time job, you damn slacker, during UM’s Fall Student Job Fair from 9 AM–3 PM in the University Center Ballroom on campus. Free. Call 243-5460.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Help fend off major corporations from tearing down historic buildings just to make a buck. Lend your voice as an “at large” member of the Historic Preservation Commission, where you’ll advise city government on a range of preservation issues. Hurry and apply at www.ci.missoula.mt.us./vacancy or visit City Hall, 435 Ryman St. for an app. Be sure to turn it in by 5 PM. Call 552-6078.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Summer in Missoula is probably the best time to travel around on a bike, but if you don’t have one already, you’ll be able to make your own recycled bike after you volunteer for two hours at Missoula Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., on Saturdays at 2:30 PM. Call 800-809-0112.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Ahhh, a day of rest for our labor. Well, not for all of us (Indy staff included), but for those of you with a day off, don’t waste your time trying to head over to the Missoula Public Library, because it’s closed for Labor Day. Veterans can find support with trained facilitator

accountability into all facets of civic life.

When Lappé speaks on Sunday afternoon, look forward to an enlightening discussion that centers on peace, the core principles of Buddhism and perhaps methods for improving our blemished political system. Consider this a chance to fill your mental toolbox with ideas to bring about positive change.

–Ira Sather-Olson Frances Moore Lappé leads a discussion with Lama Tsomo at the Fifth Annual Festival of the Peace on Sun., Sept. 6, at 3:30 PM, at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas. The festival runs from noon–7 PM and is free. To get there, drive two miles past Arlee and take a right on White Coyote Road. Call 726-0555 or e-mail admin@ewam.org.

Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 While Missoula Aging Services is a sprightly 25 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.

You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 11 AM–1 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Aspen Hospice of Montana is currently looking for volunteers to help offer comfort, pain relief and emotional support for those who are near the end of their lives. The hospice utilizes health care professionals and trained volunteers to provide care. Call Lois at 642-3010.

Everybody likes free money, especially when it’s a grant. So learn how to persuade others to throw money at your next grant proposal during a writing workshop on the subject at UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, Buckhous Room 284, at 1 PM. Free. Register by e-mailing linder.schlang@umontana.edu or calling 243-5869.

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.

You can also e-mail entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Alaska State Troopers said Stacey J. Captain, 18, was driving a Dodger Dakota that burst into flames, but he was nowhere to be found when they responded. While a witness was giving her statement to troopers, she noticed someone, later identified as Captain, stealing her Chevy Blazer. The Daily News-Miner reported the troopers gave chase, but the driver abandoned it and fled on foot. Meanwhile, troopers who went to the address of the owner of the burning vehicle found Captain, the owner’s nephew. Vehicle theft was just one of several charges filed against him.

Police responding to a bank robbery in Greensburg, Pa., arrested David Morgan, 35, several blocks away because (a) he matched the robber’s description and (b) they saw him counting the stolen money while walking down the street.

NO SHORTAGE OF SHORTAGES - Cypriots seeking love potions are wearing away the tomb of Saint Agapitikos in the village of Arodes. People have been using dust from the grave in the church courtyard for centuries and are supposed to slip it into the drink of the person they’re trying to attract. Reuters reported that in recent years people have begun taking entire shards of stone, so that a quarter of the tomb has disappeared. “I don’t know what has come over people, but they are flocking to the tomb for the stuff,” Mayor Matthaios Stefanou said. “Just the other day, locals saw some people visiting the tomb, and they were there for a very long time. In the end, they walked off with a huge chunk of stone, maybe even half a kilo of it.”

Cuba is running out of toilet paper and may not get new supplies until the end of the year. Cuba imports toilet paper and makes its own but doesn’t have enough raw materials on hand to make any, according to an official with the state conglomerate Cimex. The year-end shipment will enable the state-run company “to supply this demand that today is presenting problems,” the official said on staterun Radio Rebelde.

WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - The day after David Whitaker, 18, told police he was stabbed during a home invasion in Cherokee County, Ga., he admitted making up the story. The Rome NewsTribune reported that Whitaker slashed his own arm while playing with a sword in the house.

Witnesses told police in Austin, Texas, that Randy Keith Carlson, 43, and another man were arguing when Carlson attacked the other man with deer antlers. KENS-TV News reported the fight ended when an officer pulled up at the scene.

Authorities charged Yurub Mohammed Arte, 25, with attacking another woman during an argument at a nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Globe and Mail identified the weapon as a potato peeler.

NOW HEAR THIS - Japanese police arrested a 41-year-old man they said stabbed a 21-year-old woman who worked at an ear-cleaning salon in Tokyo after he had been banned from the salon. The attack occurred at the woman’s home, where her grandmother was fatally stabbed when she answered the front door. The Yomiuri newspaper reported the suspect told police he had been having trouble with the salon worker and prepared knives to kill her. Ear-cleaning salons are common throughout Japan.

SUBPAR FOR THE COURSE - An Irish bookmaker was so sure that golfer Tiger Woods would win the U.S. PGA championship that it paid out $2 million to nearly 5,000 customers before Woods teed off for his third round while leading by four strokes. The golfing legend lost to South Korea’s Y. E. Yang in what some called one of the biggest upsets in golfing history. “It takes a special kind of dimwit to turn what should have been our best ever golf result into our worst,” a representative of bookmaker Paddy Power told Agence France-Presse.

ODD ENDINGS - An Alberta woman attempting to exit a parking garage in downtown Calgary died after she became “entangled between her car door and the body of the car,” fire department official Jeff Budai told the Calgary Sun. He explained the woman apparently leaned her torso out of the open driver’s door to reach the ticket dispenser when the vehicle unexpectedly moved forward. The vehicle then crashed into a post next to the ticket machine intended to prevent people from running into the ticket booth, and the door closed on her, crushing her torso. Budai called the accident “freaky.”

At least five people died to boost the ratings of the Brazilian television show “Canal Livre,” according to police, who are investigating the show’s host, state legislator Wallace Souza. The Associated Press reported that authorities suspect Souza ordered the murders to prove his claim that Brazil’s Amazon region is rife with violent crime. “The order to execute always came from the legislator and his son, who then alerted the TV crews to get to the scene before the police,” state police intelligence chief Thomaz Vasconcelos charged, adding that the killings “appear to have been committed to get rid of his rivals and increase the audience of the TV show.”

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Divorce filings nationally are down as much as 50 percent, again because of the economy, according to WTHR-TV News in Indianapolis. Family law expert Drew Soshnick called divorce a path to bankruptcy because splitting up also means dividing debts. He added that people whose retirement savings have dwindled since last year are rethinking whether divorce is affordable, and many couples are choosing to stay married.

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his Labor Day, many of you will kick back on the front porch, crack open a cold one and enjoy the last three-day weekend of the summer before returning to the usual weekly grind.

Many more may not feel quite so comfortable and will crack open the classifieds instead, in search of steadier—or better—work.

With the nation’s economy still struggling, some businesses have laid off workers, cut

back hours or folded altogether. Montana’s unemployment rate slightly increased in July— up from 6.4 to 6.7 percent—and traditional cornerstone industries like timber and construction continue to suffer the most.

“Like the national economy, the Montana economy is showing mixed signs of recovery,” says state Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly.

“Compared to the significant financial and economic downturn this past winter, the mixed

signals can be seen as a blessing. However, we are eagerly awaiting clear indications of job stability and an economic recovery.”

We’re waiting, as well. In the meantime, we’ve decided to sidestep those frustrating market fluctuations and profile the lucky ones when it comes to job stability. The following seven local professions appear to not only be steady, but actually thriving in the current economy.

Not everyone is feeling the brunt of a brutal economy. An ammo producer, mortician, mechanic and more divulge the secrets to steady employment in Missoula.

by Independent Staff

isty Browning navigates the machinery at Bitterroot Valley Ammunition and Components (BVAC) the way she might stroll through her kitchen.

She treats loaders, pallets and inspection conveyors more like home appliances.

Despite the deafening clink of thousands of rounds being primed and shaken, Browning doesn’t even wear earplugs.

“When I started working here, I knew nothing about ammo,” says Browning, 29.

“I’d never shot a gun. Now I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else. I can support my boys [she has three]…People are just dumbfounded by it. ‘What is it like? Can I get a job?’ I wear my [BVAC] T-shirt at WalMart and I get people saying they saw me on commercials or asking if we’re hiring.”

The upbeat vibe at BVAC is perhaps best characterized as a byproduct of the recession and the election of President Barack Obama. Fears over gun rights and economic hardship have firearms enthusiasts nationwide stockpiling ammunition. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, background checks for gun purchases topped 7 million in the first half of 2009, a 24-percent increase over last year. Ammo manufacturers are struggling to fill months-long back orders–an unquestionable indication that business is, forgive the pun, booming.

But Browning’s story boasts a unique twist: BVAC is less than two years old and was founded just as the economy tanked. Owner Darren

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Newsom left his post as manager of the Hunting Shack–a Stevensville-based manufacturer–in January 2008 and started his own company in Florence.

Now BVAC churns out 300,000 rounds a day, Browning estimates.

“He’s really big about hiring down here in the valley, keeping jobs local,” Browning says. “Even if they’re working minimum wage an hour, they’re employed. It’s an opportunity to get up and help the valley out.”

Browning’s experience serves as a comforting story for those frantic about job security. A native of Midland, Texas, she moved to Montana in 2001 and scored a job at the Hunting Shack in 2005.

Like others at BVAC, she followed Newsom to Florence. Now she’s production manager for a company servicing law enforcement offices in Montana and Kansas, as well as private dealers as farflung as New Zealand and the Philippines.

“I didn’t know a lick of anything when I started,” Browning says. “I went from someone who sat on the production line inspecting ammunition to a full-on production manager.”

Walking down the assembly lines, Browning nods to her brother Michael, working an automatic loader. BVAC more than doubled its employees since opening, Browning says, from 20 to 45.

About 30 work full-time for $8 to $10 an hour. Most have kids at home, and none are shy about working overtime.

“There are times that we have employees coming in at 7 in the morning to work and you see them loading a truck at 8:30 at night,” Browning says. “It’s always busy.”

BVAC quickly outgrew its Florence facility, prompting Newsom to construct a warehouse in Stevensville that roughly triples production space. BVAC expects to relocate in October and, judging from

Browning’s seven clipboards of orders, that couldn’t come soon enough.

“It’s a given that everybody’s going to slow down,” Browning cautions. “But even when it does, we could work six more months just filling back orders.

And there’s always a demand for ammunition. We serve law enforcement, hunters—someone’s always buying.”

—Alex Sakariassen

AMMUNITION PRODUCTION MANAGER MISTY BROWNING

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ocal pawnshops house what people, in a pinch, are willing to give up for cash. And in the midst of a recession, especially, the items themselves serve as evidence of who, exactly, needs extra dough.

Walk into Downtown Pawn & Gun on Broadway and, beyond the electric guitars, guns, mountain bikes, leather jackets, cameras, analog TVs, GENE video games, tapes and DVDs—all the pawnshop staples—you’ll likely see a surfeit of power tools, left behind by unemployed workers who, just a few years ago, couldn’t build houses in Missoula fast enough. The trowels still have a little drywall mud on them. There are piles of hammers, socket sets and drill bits.

Of course, the poor man’s plight leads to more business for the pawnbroker: When the economy sours, more people throw down their stereo, say, as collateral for a loan. And when they can’t pay that loan back, there are more people looking for a deal on a decent stereo.

“Sales are up,” says Downtown Pawn & Gun owner Gene Senne.

“We’re selling more stuff, so I guess people are buying more used instead of new. Business is good.”

So good that Senne had to recently hire more workers.

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“We used to be a one-man show,” he says. “And now we’re a two or three man show. I always have at least two people there now, and a lot of it’s because of the sales activity that goes on. We’re selling a lot more stuff.”

But the shop hasn’t seen an increase in loans or loan defaults.

Dahlgren, who’s worked at the shop for about three years.

Interestingly, national pawnshop trends don’t exactly mirror what’s happening at Downtown Pawn & Gun. Dave Crume, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association, says that at most pawnshops around the country

He also reports a glut of power tools.

“Whether it’s a nail gun or hammers, drills and things like that, we’re definitely seeing a lot more power tools than we have in the past.” And jewelry. “With the price of gold I think more people are deciding to part with what they consider to be a luxury item.” pawnSENNE, BO DAHLGREN AND KRISTAL COWART shopsMissoula’s might be doing even better if the local economy was faring worse.

“Right here in Missoula, we’re awfully, awfully lucky,” says Liquid Assets owner Kevin Pfau, “because our unemployment rate is hanging at about five percent, about half of what it is nationally.

If we were up around Kalispell, where they’ve had about 13 percent unemployment, we’d be busy.”

But while Pfau hasn’t seen a big up-tick in business, he has noticed Photo by Anne Medley that one item in particular is flying off the Senne says the number of people who retail sales are flat, but they benefit from shelves: safes. default on collateralized loans has the down economy by giving out more “People are buying safes, nationalgenerally stayed steady, at about 20 loans, which tend to be high-interest. ly, in record numbers,” he says, percent.

(Downtown Pawn & Gun, for example, “because they’re buying guns and On a recent Friday, Bo Dahlgren, charges 20 percent interest per month.) they’re spooked by banks, and they’re 21, and Kristal Cowart, 28, man the “If you go into most pawnshops afraid of the increase of home theft and counter. They both say that the reces- you can see inventory building up a lit- so on. So people are buying more safes sion definitely hasn’t hurt the business. tle bit, particularly this time of year,” to secure their possessions.”

“I’m glad I still have a job,” says Crume says.

—Matthew Frank

PAWNSHOP EMPLOYEES

ick Evans defies the stuffy, stoic, humorless stereotype that characterizes most funeral directors. The owner of Garden City Funeral Home smiles easily, loves chitchat and apologizes because he

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lacks bourbon to top off a visitor’s coffee cup. He’s also not above the occasional well-placed curse word and loves a good joke.

Why’d he become a mortician?

“I like to drive big cars,” he quips.

Plus, he adds later, “All your clients look up to you.”

Although humor rarely applies to something as permanent as death, Evans says it’s the only way for him to be truly compassionate in his job.

FUNERAL DIRECTOR RICK EVANS

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“You have to be yourself,” he says.

“If you’re not, families will see right through it. You have to put yourself in their place.”

Evans’ ring tone is Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me,” a pertinent tune for a funeral home director. He says that 80 percent of his job is simply dealing with families who would generally prefer to be anywhere other than Evans’ office.

“People are forced to come to me not at a time of their choosing,” he acknowledges. “It’s not like being a car salesman.”

Unlike many industries, funeral homes can rely on a steady supply of business. But despite the continual demand for his services—roughly 1,100 people die in Missoula County annually—Evans says compassion still serves as the backbone of his business. In fact, he points out that mortuaries are one of the more localized industries in the country, with, he says, 90 percent of funeral homes running as “mom and pop operations.” Chains simply don’t work. Before Evans started his business, a Canadian conglomerate owned the funeral homes in Missoula. It went out of business, Evans says, because “you can’t run a funeral home like a hardware store,” he says.

“You want people to shake their heads in 30 or 60 days and say, ‘They really helped me,’” he says. “You don’t want people to feel that they were taken advantage of.”

During a down economy, that means trying to work within the means of his customers. He invites families to have an honest discussion about their financial affairs and makes suggestions like cheaper caskets or a graveside service. He also says many families will decide to cremate the body, and perhaps scatter the ashes with no burial costs at all.

“The family is oftentimes devastated,” he says. “And they’re not thinking straight. A good, honest funeral director will help them through that difficult time.”

Being honest doesn’t make the job any easier. Evans has lived in Montana most of his life and because he’s been here so long, and because Missoula is so tight-knit, Evans will occasionally be called upon to prepare the body of a friend.

“You want to do it for free,” he says.

“But you can’t. It’s my job. And it’s a service that needs to be performed.”

—Jesse Froehling

elling more than a half-pound of weed a month means cash for cross-country trips. It also means extra money for cocktails and beers at local bars, and sushi or steak dinners in downtown Missoula. And, for Carlton—we won’t give his real name or day job for obvious reasons—selling weed also means he can afford to pay for the big things in life.

“I paid for half a wedding and all of a honeymoon,” he says. “And it’s extra cash to be able to do things like get gas for road trips, get hotel rooms, pay campground fees. I budget my life off my regular paycheck for bills, car payments, stuff like that. Everything else—the fun stuff—comes from the other money.”

Carlton dabbled in selling weed in high school back in the early ’90s. But eight years ago he started making it a dedicated supplemental job. His wife at the time suggested he start selling weed because he was spending so much of their money on it for his personal enjoyment.

“I was hooking her friends up for favors, running errands for them anyway,” he says, “so I just started buying bulk and started going from there with constant turnaround.”

Carlton looks like any normal dude in Missoula. He lives in a nice ranch-style house, drives a four-runner and owns a Blackberry. As he talks about his side business, he sits comfortably in his chair

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hen the phone rings at Kent Bros. Automotive and Lindsey Owen picks up the receiver, the reaction is usually the same.

“They immediately think I just work at the front desk and they ask for a mechanic,” says Owen, 22.

“When I say I’d be happy to help them, there’s always a little bit of a pause. At first, that was a little bit of an annoyance. Now, I get a kick out of it.”

A year ago Owen became the first-ever “sister” mechanic at Missoula’s most popular Subaru garage, Kent Bros. She started learning the ins and outs under the hood as a kid, serving as “the expert flashlight holder” when her father worked on the family car. Once Owen purchased her first ride, a Nissan Sentra, her father passed down everything he knew and let her take over. After a brief stint working at a local Jiffy Lube, Kent Bros. owner Steve Bierwag recruited Owen to work at his shop.

“To me, I love the job because you see what you do and the result every day. It’s right there,” she says. “I know how an engine sounds when it comes in, and I know that it sounds better when I drive it out.”

Owen works with three other fulltime mechanics and Bierwag on approximately 10 cars every day, four days a week. She and Bierwag report that business has been exceptional this summer—they’re currently booked two

at a downtown bar, rolling cigarettes and sipping a PBR. As a drug dealer, he maintains about 15 regular clients. He sells his goods at $50 for an eighth of an ounce, $100 for a quarter, and his profit margin is about 20 percent.

“I basically take that cash money and it never sees the inside of my bank,” he says. “That’s mostly because it smells bad—it needs to be laundered in more than one way—since it’s all kept in the same safe [as the weed].”

Carlton says his clients remain consistent, even during a recession. If one cuts back on his or her intake for a stretch, it never lasts long. He’s also noticed that weed’s quality and availability never wavers in a down economy, so there’s never a need for prices to fluctuate.

“Frequency drops sometimes, but I still have the same number of clients,” he says. “Definitely no one has quit because they can’t afford it. That would be like giving up your Pabst Blue Ribbon, or, if you’re not inclined toward drinking, it’s like giving up your yoga. A lot of people need to get their yoga in. Potheads need to get their relax time in.”

Carlton says that he could make dealing weed a full-time job, if he wanted. He knows several people who make a living off the practice, though they’re usually higher up the chain than him. In fact, he says, the

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number of people who sell weed locally and continue to do well despite the economy shows precisely how lucrative the business is in

high school students or college freshman because of the chance that he could get caught. For him, the two jobs—one legal, one not—balance each

WEED DEALER “CARLTON”

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Missoula. For instance, he says a sports team he plays on includes four different dealers on the roster.

Still, going full-time would require him to expand his clientele, which, in this profession, involves risk. His current clients are friends he’s known for a long time or, if not, friends of friends he trusts. He scoffs at “messing with”

other out. And in tight times, that makes a difference.

“It totally lessens the blow of a recession,” Carlton says. “This job kind of makes my normal job recessionproof. It provides me with money to do recreational things that I might not otherwise be able to afford in a recession.”

—Erika Fredrickson

MECHANIC LINDSEY OWEN

Photo by Anne Medley

weeks out—and things hardly drop off in the winter. With fewer consumers purchasing new cars lately—the “Cash for Clunkers” program notwithstanding—more people are paying to upkeep their current automobile, or buying used. That helps keep Kent Bros. busy.

“I’m extremely happy to have this job,” says Owen. “I have friends who are stuck looking for work right now,

so I know how thankful I am to be working here, in a steady position and with a boss that takes great care of everyone in here.”

This wasn’t always Owen’s plan.

She enrolled at the College of Technology to learn to be a surgical technician, but put that on hold because she couldn’t afford to cover her bills and tuition. While she’s not

necessarily done with that career track, she’s fully embraced her current gig as one of the few women wielding a wrench professionally in a garage.

“I’m proud of it,” she says. “I’m still learning every day—I think we all are— but I’m confident in what I know and confident in my abilities. I’m not looking to change anything.”

—Skylar Browning

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ank Green wants nothing to do with this interview. For one, he’s naturally humble and self-deprecating, and it’s hard to be either when some newspaper writer wants to plaster your name under the title, “Visionary.”

Second, he’s not sure this whole

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the vlog, including some Potterinspired hits). Exhibit A of silliness playing a factor in the brothers’ rise to fame (aside from Potter-inspired songs): Some of their most popular “Brotherhood 2.0” videos feature a brief screen shot of giraffes having sex;

tivate a 12,000-strong e-mail list of the most diehard nerdfighters.

“It’s two different things to grow a community and make it stronger,” explains Hank. “Those who are already a part of Nerdfighteria [the “place” where fans reside] want one thing—to

which produces albums by YouTube stars. Hank and John have also expanded their YouTube channel to include video shows featuring other Internet celebrities. In his spare time, Hank helps local nonprofits create promotional or advertising videos, as well as website

VISIONARY HANK GREEN

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“visionary” title fits. Although he’s twice capitalized on the slippery fortunes of new media, he’s not sure that makes him anything but lucky.

“It’s important to me to say that most of what we do is silly,” he says.

“Can you just make sure people know this is all a little silly? I mean, all of it?”

Fair enough. Green’s rise to—no joke—international stardom is lined with its fair share of silliness. He is, after all, an Internet celebrity, made famous by a year-long video blog he created in 2007 with his brother, Indianapolis-based author John Green.

What started as a way for two brothers to reconnect turned into an online phenomenon, with their “Brotherhood 2.0” videos watched more than 40 million times. YouTube ranks their ongoing channel—Vlogbrothers—among its top 50, and the brothers have been featured on National Public Radio, in the Wall Street Journal and as the keynote speakers at LeakyCon 2009, a Harry Potter convention hosted by The Leaky Cauldron fan site (Hank sings songs on

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the one titled “People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes” was seen 3.3 million times alone.

“If we started doing what we do now, we wouldn’t have ever been popular,” says Hank, 29. “YouTube had a lot more growing up to do when we started, and we were able to grow along with it. There are a lot of people who are much smarter and much better looking than us who just got there after we did.”

Hank and John came out of the “Brotherhood 2.0” experience with one of the Web’s most cherished commodities: a fiercely dedicated fan base.

Known as “nerdfighters,” the community of mostly 13–17-year-old women supports nearly any project the brothers present. That includes vaulting John’s latest book onto the New York Times bestseller list for children’s books, or submitting videos to help the brothers complete “The Happy Dance Project,” which ended up featuring clips from six different continents.

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feel part of an exclusive club—but we can’t grow it if it only includes inside jokes. We spend a lot of time searching for a balance.”

Hank’s lesser known—but equally successful—project is the creation of EcoGeek.org, the Web’s first environmental technology website. Hank launched EcoGeek in May 2006, while enrolled in the University of Montana’s environmental studies program, and, like Brotherhood 2.0 and the niche popularity of vlogs, beat the Al Gore-inspired masses to another burgeoning corner of cyberspace. (An Inconvenient Truth premiered in the United States in June 2006.)

“The ad market the year after I launched the site was ridiculous,” says Hank. “I was getting $20 CPMs [cost per thousand impressions], which is TV-level prices on the Internet. That didn’t last forever, of course, but the site still does well.”

EcoGeek and Brotherhood 2.0 make up just two of Hank’s long list of projects. His success with the vlog created a spin-off record label, DFTBA Records,

designs. When asked what his next big breakthrough may be, he says the better question is how in the world he ever had two successful ventures.

“All you have to do is look at the list of domain names I own to see that I’ve failed many more times than I’ve gotten something to work,” he says. “Ideas are entirely, 100 percent worthless. An idea poorly executed is much more valuable because at least you’re putting it out there and testing it.”

That’s all Hank has ever tried to do—put ideas into action and see what sticks. He knows that in a down economy, a visionary should see opportunity and seize the next big thing. But saying he’s trying to do that would be giving him too much credit.

“I’m not a business guy,” says Hank. “I’m much more interested in growing a community and seeing how that works. That’s what’s exciting to me…I’m working on a bunch of different ideas, but I have no idea what will work next.”

—Skylar Browning

n a given day, Lisa Leikam draws blood, hands out medication, starts IVs and bandages nasty wounds. She also sits behind a desk, fielding calls and managing a staff of 25 to 30 nurses as director of nursing for Hillside Health Care Center, a skilled nursing facility near the bottom of Missoula’s South Hills.

Working in the midst of a recession, Leikam finds herself in a unique position. Unlike, say, the automotive industry, nursing hasn’t been hit by massive layoffs or lost profits. Rather, as Baby Boomers start to age and increased attention is put on elderly care, the industry is taking off, and demand seems as high as ever.

“It seems to always be a need right now…I’m always looking for nurses,” she says on a recent Thursday afternoon, noting she hired a new employee earlier that day.

Nationally, the nursing industry, especially registered nursing, seems to be a viable path in a shaky labor market.

A study published in May by the trade journal Health Affairs indicates the recession has actually been a boon to the industry: As more people pursue nursing as a profession, it’s temporarily alleviating the nation’s chronic shortage of registered nurses, a problem that’s plagued the industry for decades. However, the

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study also says the shortage is likely to increase again, since many veteran nurses are within a few years of retiring.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in its Occupational Outlook Handbook for 2008-2009, also notes that job prospects are extremely promising for nurses. According to Bureau estimates, the industry is expected to create as many as 587,000 new jobs within a 10year time frame, from 2006 to 2016.

Liekam, a 20-year nurse originally from Billings, believes the flexibility of a nursing degree is one of the profession’s biggest advantages. “You can specialize in a lot of different things,” she says, listing things like long-term and acute care, as well as management-level office work. But the biggest reason the job remains steady is more obvious.

“People always need health care,” she says.

As for her own career path, Leikam joined Hillside seven years ago after the company transferred her from Billings.

She and her employees care for 82 patients that range in age from 46 to 99, with most averaging about 70-years-old.

The typical patient stays at Hillside after they can no longer live alone, or for closely monitored rehabilitation.

As she sits in her cream-colored office, with her dog Gigi milling about

and older residents passing by in wheelchairs, Leikam exudes the bedside manner expected of a nurse. Job security’s nice, but she’s quick to emphasize that the reason she chose this job was to help people.

“I did a lot of baby-sitting growing up, helping others,” she says. “I guess I still kind of do that when I’m not working as a nurse. I still care about people and try to help out where I can.”

—Ira Sather-Olson

REGISTERED NURSE LISA LEIKAM

Photo by Anne Medley

the $$–$$$...$15 and over Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 Ciao Mambo, at the end of the Hip Strip on 4th and Higgins, serves up fresh, classic, immigrant style Italian food seven days a week. Terrific service and an extensive domestic and Italian wine list makes Ciao Mambo a hit for any occasion. Dinner only and take out service available. Ciaomambo.com or 543-0377. $$-$$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. Special senior menu & a great kids’ menu. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house.

Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Bird Restaurant & Wine Bar 111 N. Higgins Ave. • 549-2906 A hidden culinary treasure in the Historic Florence Hotel. Treat yourself to a sensuous dining experience, service, cuisine and ambiance delivered with creative and elegant detail. Seasonal menus featuring the freshest ingredients. New wine bar open Monday - Saturday, 5:00 - 10:30. Enter through the Florence Building lobby. $$-$$$

Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal on our park side patio or within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients.

Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner 7 days a week 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sushi Bar & Japanese Cuisine 549-7979 Corner of Pine & Higgins Located in beautiful Downtown Missoula, serving traditional Japanese cuisine and exquisite sushi. Sushi Hana offers a variety of traditional and local favorites, including nigirisushi, maki-sushi rolls and sashimi. In addition, we offer Tempura, Teriyaki and appetizers with a delicious assortment of sauces. Expanded selection of sakes, beer and wine. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. $$–$$$

$–$$...$5–$15 Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzone, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a "biga" (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch & dinner. Beer & Wine. Mon-Sat. $-$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 Dine-In, Drive-Thru, Delivery... Truly a Missoula find. Popular with the locals. Voted Missoula's best pizza. Everything from hand-tossed, thin-crust, stone deck pizza to wild salmon burritos, free-range chicken, rice bowls, ribs, pasta, salads, soups, sandwiches & "Pizza by the Slice."

And now offering gluten-free dough. Local brews on tap and wine by the glass. Open every day for lunch & dinner. $-$$ Catalyst Cafe and Espresso Bar 111 N Higgins • 542-1337 Open daily from 7 am to 3 pm. Breakfast and lunch served all day, everyday. Huevos Rancheros, Omelets, Tomato

Lime and Tortilla Soup, Bing Cherry Salads, Fried Egg Sandwiches. Locally owned and operated since 1991.

Daily specials from our local farmers and ranchers. $-$$ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula “Original” Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, baked goods and an espresso bar til close. Mon thru Thurs 7am - 8pm Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm. www.thinkfft.com $-$$ 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,

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attentive service. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $-$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 All of our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products.

Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Mustard Seed Asian Café Located outside Southgate Mall Paxson St. Entrance • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our all new bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Take out & delivery available. $$–$$$.

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. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $6.95. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $6.95. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$.

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Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula “Original” Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, baked goods and an espresso bar til close. Mon thru Thurs 7am - 8pm Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm. www.thinkfft.com $-$$

Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 All of our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch and dinner. $$$

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$$–$$$...$15 and over Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 Ciao Mambo, at the end of the Hip Strip on 4th and Higgins, serves up fresh, classic, immigrant style Italian food seven days a week. Terrific service and an extensive domestic and Italian wine list makes Ciao Mambo a hit for any occasion. Dinner only and take out service available. Ciaomambo.com or 543-0377. $$-$$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. Special senior menu & a great kids’ menu. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house.

Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Bird Restaurant & Wine Bar 111 N. Higgins Ave. • 549-2906 A hidden culinary treasure in the Historic Florence Hotel. Treat yourself to a sensuous dining experience, service, cuisine and ambiance delivered with creative and elegant detail. Seasonal menus featuring the freshest ingredients. New wine bar open Monday - Saturday, 5:00 - 10:30. Enter through the Florence Building lobby. $$-$$$

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Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal on our park side patio or within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients.

Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner 7 days a week 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sushi Bar & Japanese Cuisine 549-7979 Corner of Pine & Higgins Located in beautiful Downtown Missoula, serving traditional Japanese cuisine and exquisite sushi. Sushi Hana offers a variety of traditional and local favorites, including nigirisushi, maki-sushi rolls and sashimi. In addition, we offer Tempura, Teriyaki and appetizers with a delicious assortment of sauces. Expanded selection of sakes, beer and wine. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. $$–$$$

$–$$...$5–$15 Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzone, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a "biga" (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch & dinner. Beer & Wine. Mon-Sat. $-$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 Dine-In, Drive-Thru, Delivery... Truly a Missoula find. Popular with the locals. Voted Missoula's best pizza. Everything from hand-tossed, thin-crust, stone deck pizza to wild salmon burritos, free-range chicken, rice bowls, ribs, pasta, salads, soups, sandwiches & "Pizza by the Slice."

And now offering gluten-free dough. Local brews on tap and wine by the glass. Open every day for lunch & dinner. $-$$ Catalyst Cafe and Espresso Bar 111 N Higgins • 542-1337 Open daily from 7 am to 3 pm. Breakfast and lunch served all day, everyday. Huevos Rancheros, Omelets, Tomato

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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,

The Mustard Seed Asian Café Located outside Southgate Mall Paxson St. Entrance • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our all new bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Take out & delivery available. $$–$$$.

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 Pick-Up 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

by Ari LeVaux

Ratatouille and I Ratatouille, a French dish of stewed vegetables, is a staple in my pantry and important wintertime comfort food. More than anything else I squirrel away for year-round consumption, ratatouille epitomizes summer in a jar.

Dried fruit is wonderful too, but relatively onedimensional. It offers only sweetness, while ratatouille is a fragrant whirlwind of flavors, a rich tapestry of chlorophyll and earth. Condiments like salsa, sauces and pickles are indispensable to a well-rounded stash, but they remain in support of the main event. Ratatouille, meanwhile, can be a meal’s central pillar. And with tomato, eggplant, summer squash, garlic, peppers and herbs, ratatouille delivers practically an entire garden in every bite.

French food is rustic at heart, forged by long-term relationships between a people and their landscape, and ratatouille illustrates the earthy roots of French cooking as well as any meal. A movie by the same name does justice to ratatouille while illustrating something entirely different: me. Yep, it’s a little known fact, but I’m actually an unseen star of Ratatouille, Pixar’s 2007 animated feature film.

My persona, as it relates to food, is dissected by the movie into its component parts, each played by a different character: the rat, the klutz and the critic.

Like me, Remy the rat is endowed with a large nose for flavor detection and an intuitive culinary compass. We share a fascination with the way distinct ingredients interact when chewed together, and the ways in which previously undetected flavors can be drawn out by food pairings. “Each flavor is totally unique,” Remy remarks at one point, “but combine one flavor with another and something new is created.”

Then there’s Linguini, the skinny janitor who has no business in the kitchen other than cleaning it. Left to his own devices, he’s more proficient at creating a mess than anything worth eating. This is me when anybody is watching, especially anybody who knows what they’re doing in a kitchen.

I have no formal training, I rarely have a game plan and I’m ignorant of much basic culinary terminology and technique. Like Linguini, I live in

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her feet. The house takes on the smell of a French country kitchen and I begin to taste a year’s worth of meals as the counter fills with pint jars. Shorty is a peasant at heart, and ratatouille reveals her earthy brilliance.

When I try to make it my way Shorty becomes the critic, and I don’t question her authority.

That’s why it’s her recipe, not mine, that follows.

The basic proportions are one part summer squash, two parts eggplant and three parts tomato.

Cut everything—lengthwise or crosswise depending on your preference—into half-inch slices.

Layer the veggies alternately, lasagna-like, interspersing whole garlic cloves and dried red chiles if you wish. Layer in basil leaves, rosemary, oregano and bay leaves. Pour safflower or olive oil liberally between the layers (about a quarter cup per eggplant), and sprinkle salt and pepper between the layers as well, along with a splash of cider vinegar.

Bake covered at 350 degrees for roughly an hour per inch of depth. The best timer is the dish’s water content, which is dependent on the water content of the tomatoes. You want to cook it until there’s no water left.

Check by pulling the ratatouille away from the sides of the dish; keep cooking until the bottom is dry.

The finished product can be canned in Photo by Ari LeVaux sterile glass jars—I like pints—in a pressure canner for 90 minutes at 11 pounds of the scene, the pen falls from Ego’s hands and pressure, or frozen in whatever freezerware bounces on the floor. He’s mesmerized and hum- you choose. bled by the taste. In the dynamic tension of that When it comes time for a summertime flashmoment, as the rat and the klutz watch from the back, serve your ratatouille on toast or pasta, or kitchen, I catch a glimpse of myself. do like Shorty and inhale it straight out of the jar.

But this doesn’t explain my soft spot for rataJust as I’m a hybrid of klutzy kid, ruthless critic touille, which has more to do with my sweetheart, and gifted varmint, ratatouille is a mix of diverse Shorty. Unlike Collette, Linguini’s love interest in elements that’s greater than the sum of its parts. As the film, Shorty doesn’t exactly own the kitchen such, the dish is a bridge between city and country, with finely tuned chops and a sexy French accent. connecting the roots and blossoms of a legendary While Shorty’s talents are many, cooking, alas, cuisine. And if you make enough when the ingreisn’t one of them. dients are plentiful—in other words, now—rataExcept when she makes ratatouille, that is, at touille will be your lifeline from the depths of winwhich point the kitchen muses gather upon her ter to the heart of summer. And it will probably pry shoulders and garden spirits kneel like puppies at open the hearts of everyone who tries it.

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Is my garlic too far gone?

Dear Ari, I was in Alaska all summer and just got back to find my Romanian red garlic stalks completely brown and dried out.

I harvested them and the skin on the cloves is extremely thin, and I’m worried whether they’ll keep. I think I have about 40 heads. Do you have any tips on what to do if they start to go bad? I’m so bummed.

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constant fear of being discovered as a fraud, and without my inner Remy I’d be useless.

The third frame in this inkblot trilogy is the character of Anton Ego, the haughty food critic who wields his power with imperial ruthlessness.

I too am a restaurant critic—for Albuquerque’s Weekly Alibi—and despite my own shortcomings I rarely pity the fool who serves me soggy chicharonnes or a weak margarita. But like Mr. Ego, I have my soft spots.

At the taste of Remy’s ratatouille, Ego is transported back to his childhood, when his mother served him a version of that peasant dish. During

Indeed, your garlic will not last as long as it would have had you harvested in time, but as long as there’s a lit-

tle paper around the cloves, it will probably make it a few months. You can extend the shelf life by keeping it in the fridge. And if any of the cloves start to mold, rot or otherwise go south, you should remove the bad heads from the stash immediately, before the deterioration spreads.

Perhaps this is an opportunity in disguise. If you can keep the majority of that garlic in good shape until October, you might want to consider planting most or all of it. Romanian red averages about five monster cloves per head, so if you plant 30 heads this fall, you’ll get 150 heads next year. That leaves you with 10 heads to eat

in the meantime. If 10 heads doesn’t seem like much, that’s a good reason to grow a bigger patch.

Think of it this way: Romanian red is expensive. Rather than eating your expensive stash in a rush, you could reinvest the dividends from this year’s garden. Spend some money on lesser garlic for eating in the meantime, and this time next year you’ll be sitting pretty.

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Heidi Meili Steve Fetveit After years of having to hear his amplified, oddly pitched voice, the members of Modest Mouse give Isaac Brock a taste of his own medicine when they play a sold-out show at the Wilma Theatre, Fri., Sept. 4, at 9 PM.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for an all â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Merican mix of hoe downs, bull rides, Christian worship ceremonies, carnivals and more during the Ravalli County Fair, which runs today through Sept. 6 and opens at 9 AM today at the fairgrounds, 100 Old Corvallis Road in

Hamilton. Ticket prices vary, visit www.ravallicountyfair.org or call 363-3411.

Quit leeching off mom and dad and find yourself a part time job, you damn slacker, during UMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fall Student Job Fair from 9 AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 PM in the University Center Ballroom on campus.

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If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Although they had the reception in late August, you can still see the ethereal silk images of Gail Cluff and unconventional collage of Steve Thomas through Oct. 17 at Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art City Gallery, 407 W. Main St. Gallery hours are Tue.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat. 11 AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 PM. Free. Call 363-4764.

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Shake it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til you break it when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., offers Booty Ballet every Thu. at noon. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Enjoy a trip into the crust during the talk Moving Siberia: A Plate Tectonic Journey presented by professor James Sears in Room 304 of the Clapp Building on UMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, at noon. Free. Call 243-6670.

Make something functional out of clay, be it a cup or water pipe (or maybe just skip the pipe) during The Clay Studio of Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Instructed class which runs today through end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., September 4, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Playa c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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Oct. every Thu. from 1–4 PM. All classes occur at the Clay Studio headquarters, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A. $168/eight week session. Call 543-0509.

Don’t you think it’s time for your kids to learn the intricacies of pointillism and abstract expressionism? If not, perhaps take them to something less highbrow during Playdate with an Artist at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., at 3 PM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-7529 or visit www.learnplayimagine.org.

If your toddler’s movement seems kind of, well, stale, bring them to Creative Movement Class every Thu. at 3:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 5417240 for pricing.

If art loses hands-down to video games (which is slightly unfortunate, don’t you think?), then the Missoula Public Library’s your gig, where Game On! invites teen gamers to glue their eyes on the big screen and mow snacks at 3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. I bet he’s happy he still has a job in print media: check Michel du Cille, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and assistant managing editor for photography at the Washington Post when he discusses “Storytelling through Photojournalism: From Life Magazine to Modern Multimedia” in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building, at 3:40 PM. Free.

Call 243-2981.

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 PM.

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

All genres are encouraged—excepting, perhaps, totalism—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.

Gypsies come out during Troupe Night class every Thu. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. $25/month for every class you can make it to. First class is free, $7 drop-in after. Call Blair at 531-3000.

After the revolution, we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S.

Higgins Ave., where their Sewing Lounge begins at 6 PM. $9–10/hour. Call 541-7171.

The valley’s haven for year-round thrashers, Fiftytwo Skatepark, on El Way past the Missoula Airport, hosts Girls’ Skate Club Night every Thu. at 6 PM, which means girls skate for free.

Guys are welcome, but should plan on parting with a few bucks. Call 542-6383.

Old school funk and soul from California’s ultra-liberal college town, aka Santa Cruz, melds perfectly with bubbly microbrews when Naomi and the Courteous Rudeboys play Bitterroot Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free.

Laugh at people in archaic costumes, and be glad you don’t share their romantic shortcomings, when Montana Shakespeare in the Parks presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona at UM’s Oval at 6 PM. Free. Call 994-1220.

Your fix for art comes one day in advance up in Whitefish during Whitefish Gallery Nights, where a number of galleries hold receptions from 6–9 PM, including conceptual art by Kate Hunt and others at the Jest Gallery, 305 Second St. E. Free. Check www.whitefishgallerynights.org for a complete listing of galleries and addresses.

Works of acrylic and mixed media catch your gaze when Toni Doilney, Essie Roberts and Greta Roberts present Related Landscapes, a mother/daughter art show at Whitefish’s Walking Man Frame Shop, 305 Baker Ave., from 6–9 PM. Free. E-mail thewalkingman@cyberport.net.

Feeling too straight and separate? Remedy that situation pronto at Gay Men Together, a safe and affirming place for gay and bisexual men, at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224.

Swallow your pride, grab up to seven doublespaced pages of your best verbiage, and bring it to this week’s Authors of the Flathead meeting for constructive critique at 7 PM in Room 151 of the Science and Technology Building on the Flathead Valley Community College campus. Free. Call 881-4066.

Cougars aren’t just old ladies looking to score with younger men, they’re also important predators who, along with wolves, help restore and maintain our ecosystem. Find out their importance during a screening of Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Free. Discussion to follow. Visit www.lordsofnature.org.

The real hip-hop is over here. The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., gives you

something to pop and lock about every Thu. at 7:20 PM during beginning and intermediate Hip-Hop Class. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

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

Transcend the horrors of modern day living with an introductory lecture on Transcendental Meditation at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 207-7496 or e-mail montana@tm.org.

See a plethora of patterns and colors after a few pitchers, and muster up the courage to belt out some classics too, during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Tue., Wed., Thu. and Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

Bring yer guitar, bass or other instrument of choice every Thu. night to The Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, when it holds an open-mic style artists showcase at 8 PM. Free. Interested musicians should Call 541-8463.

Indulge in saccharine pop vocals when 2008 American Idol winner David Cook plays the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $30 at Rockin Rudy’s or www.ticketweb.com.

Cough up the dark phlegm residing in your mind and have a laugh or two at a blend of comedy, dance and more when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents an adult themed German expressionist cabaret at 8 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $7. Buy tickets at www.mtactors.com.

Indie acoustic with a slight punk edge via the U.K. sweeps into Mizzou when Neil Sutherland plays the ZACC Gallery, 235 N. First St. W., at 8 PM with imadethismistake. $5/all ages. Locals Abe Coley, Tyson Ballew and A Memory of Elephants open.

It’s a question many of us in the news industry ponder: What’s next? Get a grasp, perhaps, when Michel du Cille, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and assistant manager for photography at the Washington Post discusses “Modern Media: A Photojournalist’s Vision for the Future” at the Montana Theater in UM’s PARTV building, at 8 PM. Free. Call 243-2981.

Bowling and karaoke go together like drinking and then driving a boat on Flathead Lake during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING.

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

Free.

Leave the schwag at home and pack your oney with the bloodshot bluegrass of Idaho’s Stoney Holiday, who play the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Cross your karaoke sword with others under the influence of that music box you sing along to during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free.

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Photographers, sculptors, woodworkers and others from around the Seeley-Swan Valley invite you into their studios for the Alpine Artisans 2009 Fall Tour of the Arts, which takes place at various locations around the valley from 10 AM–4 PM through Sept. 6. Free, from what I can tell.

Visit www.alpineartisans.org for downloadable maps and locations for hard copy maps, or call 793-5706.

Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosterone-fueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free.

Call 363-6969.

The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3–6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, Culture Warrior by Bill O’Reilly. Just kidding. (Did I need to tell you that?) Free. Call 721-BOOK.

Get your fix of improvised music with Sandy Bradford and Mark Souhrada when they host the jam at Los Caporales in Columbia Falls at 9 PM. Call 892-5025.

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 several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $2.

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Invigorate that spine of yours during a Classical Pilates Mat Class taught by Alison Laundrie every Fri. at Main Street Pilates, 214 E. Main St., at 11 AM. $12. RSVP 541-2673.

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nightlife Run-of-the-mill is not a word I’d use to describe Missoula Now, a First Friday showcase of unconventional art at the Ceretana Studios, 801 Sherwood St., from Leslie Millar, Sheilah Healow, Linden How, Kim Shirley, Greg Chambers, Craig Wienke, Aimee Lewis, Mike Wanzenreid, Angelita Martinez, Genna Smith, Jessica Abel, Ladybird and Abe Coley from 5–9 PM. Free. Also includes music by Tom and the Tomatoes and Sapphire Grey. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Gawk at the work of the late Montana painter Freeman Butts, whilst sipping on your beverage of choice and perusing three other exhibits during the First Friday open-

ing of Family Gifts: Works by Freeman Butts at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., from 5–8 PM. Free. Includes a 7 PM talk

by Daisy Butts and Ray Campeau.

Call 728-0447.

It’s an Autio Family First Friday art extravaganza at Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St., from 5–9 PM where fluorescent plexiglass pieces by Lela Autio sit in concert with painted fiberglass works by Lisa Autio, as well as glitter paintings by Lisa’s daughter Laurel Fletcher and photography by Chris Autio. Free.

Call 541-7100.

Silhouette art is likely what’s in store for ye when Indy contributor Andy Smetanka collaborates with Martin McCain during Let A Little Light in the Attic, an exhibit at the Catalyst,

111 N. Higgins Ave., with a reception at 5 PM. Free.

Fiber isn’t just something that passes through your intestines, it’s also art, okay? So head over to see a First Friday exhibit of fiber art by Odette Grassi at Missoula’s newest yarn shop Loopy: knit/crochet, 115 W. Front St., at 5 PM. Free.

Call 543-0560.

Just in case you missed it last month, you’ve another chance to see award winning photojournalism when the Montana Museum of Art and Culture presents Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs at the Paxson and Meloy Galleries in UM’s PARTV building, as well as the Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences Building, from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 243-2019.

A metallic penguin finds warmth outside of the cold, dark recesses of the poles during Caras Nursery’s Fifth Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, featuring 38 pieces (like this one by Kate Davis). Free reception on Sat., Sept. 5, from 10 AM–1 PM at Caras Nursery, 2727 S. Third St. W.

Help fend off major corporations from tearing down historic buildings just to make a buck. Lend your voice as an “at large” member of the Historic Preservation Commission, where you’ll advise city gov’ment on range of preservation issues. Hurry and apply at www.ci.missoula.mt.us./vacancy or visit City Hall, 435 Ryman St. for an app and be sure to turn it in by 5 PM. Call 552-6078.

You’re bound to wish you were a hostel-hopping bohemian traveler when travelogue author Marty Essen shows off a digital slide show of his world travels at 5 PM at the Ravalli County Fair, 100 Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton. Free with admission. Show also runs on Sat. at 2 and 5 PM. First Friday isn’t just for mom and dad to ogle art and get a wine buzz; kids get in on the action at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., during an art appreciation program with snacks, art and more from 5–8 PM. Free.

Call 541-7529.

Dylan Dreckshage gets eclectically spectral with an array of his photos during a First Friday reception at Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave., from 5–8 PM. Free.

Montana forests provide clean water, public access, hunting and fishing and familywage jobs. That’s why Montanans from all walks of life rallied around innovative new stewardship practices that reflect these values. And why Senator Jon Tester has introduced the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. The bill is backed by Montana Wilderness Association, Trout Unlimited and others, as well as Montana-based local sawmills. See how it will work in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Blackfoot-Clearwater and the Yaak at MontanaForests.org.

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Get your buzz on just after work with a varied selection of vino when The Loft, 119 W. Main St., presents a weekly wine tasting every Fri. at 5:15 PM. $10.

Sponsored by Montana business owners, loggers, sportsmen and conservationists

Heidi Kreitchet calls forth the power of abstract ceramics when her exhibit Slice debuts on First Friday at the Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A, from 5:30–9 PM. Free. Call 543-0509.

Witness the volunteerism of Habitat for Humanity at Missoula’s Art of Building, a photo exhibit on the construction process with a reception at A&E Architects, 222 N. Higgins Ave., from 5:30–8 PM. Free.

Call 549-8210.

Relive the glory of 1993 all over again when alternative rockers Cracker (the band that had the MTV hit “Low”), when they play a show at the UM’s Oval on campus at 6 PM. Free. (See Noise in this issue.)

Dance your way downtown to see vivid paintings by April Erickson when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., holds a First Friday reception at 6 PM. Free.

Dance lessons to follow at 8 PM. Call 541-7240.

Put your party hat on and keep the colonialism at bay when Stevensville’s North Valley Public Library celebrates the independence of seven Latin American countries at Fiesta Latina, a celebration featuring music by Oscar Macz, dance demonstrations and more from 6–8 PM at the library, 208 Main St. in Stevensville. Free. Call 777-5061.

It’s bound to get gritty and crunk up in da place when The Big F’n Party Fall Kick Off rocks the Western Montana State Fairgrounds with some hip-hop performances by members of Wapikiya and Felony Records, as well as Nine Side, Conceit, Koshir and Pallas at 6 PM. $5/gate entry fee.

Missoula’s country crooner Russ Nasset balladeers his way through your steak and salad during a set at the Keep Restaurant, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, at 7 PM. Free.

I’m not sure what to expect, but I think hip-hop is on tap during an open forum cabaret featuring MCs L i n k l e t te r , To n s o f u n , A a r o n Jennings and DJ Dirty Needle at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Cover TBA. If Cracker didn’t satiate your addiction to soundwaves, perhaps flautist Margaret Lund Schuberg will do when she rocks a set of flute music for the UM Faculty and Guest Artist Series Recital at UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building on campus, at 7:30 PM. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880.

Unlike Blind Melon, I’m guessing the lead singer of the Blue Melon Band isn’t a junkie. Find out when the jazz and blues band plays the Cellars, 5646 Harrier, at 7:30 PM. $5. Wine tasting and BBQ available for purchase.

After soaking up visual culture and vino at the galleries, a night of lo-fi indie rock with surf and shoegaze leanings awaits your ears when Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls plays a show with fellow friends The Beets at the Union Hall, 208 E. Main St., at 8 PM. $7/all ages. Fag Rag!, Electric Dandelion and Velcro Kicks open. (See Noise in this issue.)

Whet your whistle with some relaxing folk from Charlotte Thistle, who plays the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St. N., at 8 PM. Donations requested. Call 1-888305-3106.

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.

If you liked Tolkien’s mines of Khazad-dum, you’ll love tunneling through the AmVets Club, where DJDC rocks dance music to slay orcs to at 9 PM. Free.

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.

Feel free to shake it like a salt shaker when DJ Sanchez cranks out the jams at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

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

Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” backwards and forwards like the star that you aspire to be when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & Grill in Frenchtown, 16780 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327.

Mellowish emotive indie rock (but not slit wrist emo, mind you) from Portland hits the Badlander when Themes plays at 9 PM. $3. Dead Hipster DJs, Velcro Kicks and Victory Smokes open.

Dreads and cowboy hats mix without fights when Whitefish’s Canyon Creek Ramblers play their “hippietonk” of Americana, bluegrass and country tunes at The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, at 9 PM. Free. Call 837-2836.

Militarism is all the rage, in an ironic way at least, when your favorite goth/industrialists host Dark Dreams: Martial Law, a party featuring DJs Erastaroth, ir8prim8 and HAuLi spinning industrial, fetish, powernoise and other goth or military-inspired electronic music at Club Q in the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St., at 9 PM. $5/18 and over.

Military uniforms and attire requested.

A musical coup awaits you when Coupe De Ville rocks the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., at a TBA time, but I bet it’s 9 PM. Free. Call 626-5720.

Help those who’ve lost their homes to fire by gorging on huckleberry pancackes during the 10th Annual Huckleberry Pancacke Breakfast for Montana Fire Victims, which runs from 8 AM–noon each morning until Sept.

7 at the Laughing Horse Lodge, mile marker 71.5 off Hwy. 83 near Swan Lake. $6/minimum donation.

Call 886-2080.

Steel sculptures and more decorate the landscape of Caras Nursery, 2727 S. Third St. W., during the Caras Nursery Fifth Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit featuring 38 sculptures by 12 artists from 10 AM–1 PM. Free.

Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers

engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kick it to your core during a CoreKicking Pilates Class with Alison Laundrie every Sat. at 646 Sixth St. W., at 11 AM. $10, includes childcare.

RSVP 214-7247.

Get a 20 minute shot of artistic pleasure when you take a tour of the Missoula Art Museum’s latest exhibition from the late Freeman Butts titled Family Gifts: Works By Freeman Butts at noon at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447.

Your chance to procure some of that sweet, sweet liquid gold is now here when UM’s Scott Debnam leads the

MUD class Bees & Honey Harvesting at MUD’s Headquarters, 629 Phillips St., at 1 PM. $15/$10 members. Call 721-7513, and be sure to bring a half-pint mason jar.

The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2 PM in Liquid Planet’s conference room. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com.

Summer in Missoula is probably the best time to travel around on a bike, but if you don’t have one already, you’ll be able to make your own recycled bike after you volunteer for two hours at Missoula Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., on Saturdays at 2:30 PM. Call 800809-0112.

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Lose yourself in a sea of tight pants, plaid shirts and Isaac Brock’s grating voice when indie (but not so indie) rockers Modest Mouse take the stage of the Wilma Theatre at 9 PM. Be sure you’ve scored tickets though, as the show is sold out.

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Hip-hop, dubstep, techno and other beats to make you dance reign supreme under the firm guidance of DJs Kris Moon, Cadence, Aaron Bolton and Ryan Crowe during tonight’s installment of Friday Night Delights at the Palace Lounge at 9 PM. Free.

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After you’ve had your fill of First Friday and a performance by Cracker, you might thirst for a movie, so check a free screening of Land of the Lost at the University of Montana’s Oval on Campus at 9:30 PM. Zeppo MT chucks hunks of funky blues at your feet when they play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Get locked, loaded and ready to rock when Son of a Gun plays Florence’s High Spirits Lounge & Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free.

He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

It’s time again to idolize the king that actually made country music not suck: check Johnny Cash cover band Cold Hard Cash when they play at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

SATURDAY

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September

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.

September 11th & 12th, 2009 Friday 8:30-6:00 • Saturday 8:30-4:00 Scott Street City Shops (Intersection of Scott St. & Turner St. Scott Street Bridge is closed - use alternate route)

Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange Bring your old mercury fever thermometer to Haz Waste Days for disposal and receive a coupon for a free digital thermometer.

(Mercury thermometers are glass with silver temperature column)

Items accepted at

NO CHARGE from county residents

• Oil-based paints & stains • Paint thinners • Solvents • Used motor oil and antifreeze (up to 15 gallons in no-return containers) - courtesy of Oily Waste Processors • Mercury Thermometers • Household batteries (ni-cad, lead or mercury containing. Alkalines can be thrown away)

ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR A FEE Pesticides • Strong acids • Caustics • Chlorinated solvents Fees also apply to business es and out-of-county residents for all wastes.

Year-Round Options for disposal of...

Latex Paint - If the can is almost empty, dry it out with cat litter and put it in the trash with the lid off. Give it away! Home Resource (825 W. Kent) takes good, almost full latex that has not been stored outside, during business hours ONLY. Car Batteries - Allied Waste Recycling.

Motor Oil - Allied Waste residential customers can put up to 2 gals per week in clear plas tic containers for free pickup. Many auto parts stores, shops or service stations will take small quantities of used oil for free.

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Our favorite National Park to the north, Glacier, celebrates its centennial with an art exhibit titled Glacier Centennial Art featuring 14 art pieces inspired by the natural Goliath with a reception at Bigfork’s Museum of Art and History, 525 Electric Ave., from 5–7 PM. Free. Call 837-6927.

They’re not drippy hippies, but they do play something called “hippietonk”: catch the Flathead’s Canyon Creek Ramblers when they amble their way to play the Bitterroot Brewery, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

He’ll teach you a thing or two about the old ways: encounter the poetsong of American Indian singer Jack Gladstone when he plays a show with Dave Griffith at the Bigfork Center for Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, at 7 PM. $15, purchase at www.bigforktheater.org.

Call 837-4885.

Watch the rollercoaster life of famed lawyer and media personality William Kunstler in the documentary created by his daughters called William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe at the Wilma Theatre as part of the Big Sky Film series at 7:30 PM. Free. (See Film in this week’s issue).

Watch as two parents crumble into uncivilized behavior brought about by a dinner party that features only alcohol, as well as obsessive hopes of job promotion, and more during the Montana Actors Theatre production of Life x 3 at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., at 7:30 PM. $7/$15 gets you into Thu.’s Live Cabaret and Fri.’s No Shame Theatre.

Expect a “Flathead River Serenade” among other things, when John Patrick Williams folks out at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St. N., at 8 PM. Donations requested. Call 1-888-305-3106.

Duders, now’s your time to shine, especially when the sun sets at an early time of 8:07 PM, so get yourself a hot spot on the lawn of Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave., as the Missoula Outdoor Cinema presents The Big Lebowski as its last film of the season. $5 suggested donation. Call 829-0873.

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. 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.

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Feel free to perform “Bella Ciao” by Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW but don’t be surprised if someone tells you we’re in Missoula, and so it’s time to start talking American.

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Here’s your chance to get freaky on the dance floor. AmVets Club offers up DJDC and his dance music to the hungry horde at 9 PM. Free.

The Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., lets the karaoke genie out of the bottle at 9 PM. Turn south after taking exit 89 from I-90. Free.

Call 370-3200.

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Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, nobody’s exempt from the mandatory “dance down the bar” rule. Free. Call 363-6969.

Have one too many drinks and you just might start singing pop tunes backwards during Bassackwards Karaoke at Larry’s Six Mile Bar & Grill in Huson, 23384 Huson Rd., every other Sat. at 9 PM. Free.

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

Pop, lock and get crunk wit it when local hip-hoppers Ambedext, Slopstar, Tahjbo grab the mic at the Palace at 9 PM. $5. DJ Support from Coma and Aaron Traylor.

I guess imitation is really the sincerest form of flattery, especially when you catch Missoula’s Sublime-like Greenstar, who hit the former band’s sound to a t when they play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

I’m sure your ironic NRA trucker hat finds warm company with others when Son of a Gun plays Florence’s High Spirits Club & Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free.

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.

I foresee that you need a gulp or two of beer before you boogie your ass over to see Full Moon Prophets, who blues up the stage of the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

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September

Librarians need some rest, too. So you’re going to have to get your book/public internet/magazine browsing fix somewhere else, ‘cause the Missoula Public Library is closed today, and Mon. 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.

Get lost in the maze of your body and mind at MissoulaMaze, a lifesize maze made out of hay bales at 1010 Clements Road in Missoula, Sundays from noon–10 PM and Mon.–Thu. from 3–9 PM until Oct. 27. $7/ages 17–65, $5/ages 4–16, free/age 3 and under. Call 529-8324 or visit www.missoulamaze.com.

It’s time for hugs, happiness and wishful thinking (well, at least in this geopolitical climate), when you join others from noon–6 PM during the Fifth Annual Peace Festival, a celebration of peace featuring music by Joan Zen and David Boone, as well as speeches from Frances Moore Lappé and others at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas, 2 miles north of Arlee with a right turn on White Coyote Road. Free. Call 7260555 or visit www.ewam.org. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Playing bingo at 2 PM at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center is your chance to yell, “Tecate is my medicine!” Free. Call 543-7154.

Enjoy a pre-Labor Day show when “cowboy crooner” Gary Redman bellows his way over to the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St. N., for a show at 2 PM. Donations requested. Call 1-888-305-3106.

nightlife Give voice to your creativity and spirituality with a devotional, improvisational song circle that meets the first, third and fifth Sun. of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. A $2 donation is requested, but don’t let lack of funds (or shyness) be an obstacle. Call 542-1066.

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 jazz DJs at 9 PM with a live jazz band at 10.

Free.

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.

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.

Acousti-folk soothes the soul while you grub hard when Charlotte Thistle plays The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, at a TBA time.

Free. Call 837-2836.

Someone named Fabienne is having a birthday, so won’t you join them and others to celebrate? If you’re enticed and don’t mind a Monday hangover, head on over to the Union Club where DJ Mermaid supplies hot trax on wax at 9 PM. Free.

MONDAY

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September

Ahhh, a day of rest for our labor.

Well, not for all of us (Indy staff included), but for those of you with a day off, don’t waste your time trying to head over to the Missoula Public Library, because they’re closed for Labor Day.

The party doesn’t start until 7 PM on Sept. 11, but today’s the last chance you’ll have to RSVP, if you’re a Missoula Art Museum member or Artini insider, that is, for Artini: Cocktail Party a soiree replete with popcorn, Pabst and a film in the cool confines of the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Cost TBA. Call 728-0447.

Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.

Bring a bicycle with a big hook in it to Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9:30 PM, and see if you can troll for cars from the bar while you watch the show. Free.

SPOTLIGHT breaking ground

TUESDAY

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September

Missoula has a glut of artistic talent, but sometimes there’s not enough gallery space to accommodate it all.

while also showcasing a new crop of twentysomething creative connoisseurs like Angelita Martinez, an experimental painter and muralist.

That fact led local artists Patricia Thornton and Adelaide Every to team up last year as curators for Missoula Now, an exhibit at the Ceretana Studios that aims to pierce your eyeballs with a mix of avant-garde and contemporary art from established and emerging artists in Zootown.

Come Friday night, anticipate a barrage of radical eye candy, including paintings by Jesca Cornman, aka Ladybird. She’ll present three abstract expressionist portraits, like the one pictured above, which explore the relationship between names like “Mary Jane” and “Molly” and their subsequent use as slang for drugs like weed and ecstasy. Don’t be surprised if your vision is hammered with an intoxicating array of colors, especially the red and neon Cornman uses for skin tones.

The iconoclastic crew of 12 artists features established Missoula names like Leslie Millar, as well as found object sculptor Greg Chambers,

WHAT: Missoula Now exhibition WHERE: Ceretana Studios, 801 Sherwood St. WHEN: Fri., Sept. 4, 5–9 PM

nightlife If you devote 5:30 to 8:30 PM on Monday or Wednesday nights to silent meditation, political drinking or other non-kid-friendly endeavors, the Parenting Place offers free child care and dinner at 1644 S. Eighth St. Call 728-KIDS to reserve a spot.

Learn to mix and match your bellydance styles during Beginner World Fusion Bellydance, which takes place every Mon. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. $25/month for as many classes as you can make it to. First class is free, $7 drop-in after. Call Blair at 531-3000.

Toss out your 3-and-a-half to 4 year old’s antiquated dance moves and keep it fresh during Creative Movement at the ballet studio in UM’s PARTV building from 3:30–4 PM, this and every Tue. for 12 weeks. $75/$65 UM faculty and staff. Call 243-2849 Teens ages 13–18 stir their creative juices during Teen Media Club every Tue. at 4 PM at the Missoula Public Library computer classroom, where video creation, music mixing and digital art formulation are all the rage. Free. Call 721-2665.

Your pre-teens’ after school activities can be more productive (and cooler, I might add) than homework or the boob tube: Shove them off to the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., for After School Art Adventure with Bev Glueckert, where kids ages 7–12 work on printmaking and drawing projects inspired by current museum exhibits this and every Tue. from 4–5:30 PM until Oct. 13. $55/$49.50 members.

Call 728-0447.

Get your 5–6 year-old to stop emulating bad MTV dance moves and send ‘em off to Creative Movement at the ballet studio in UM’s PARTV building from 4:15–5 PM, this and every Tue. for 12 weeks. $75/$65 UM faculty and staff. Call 243-2849

For a transparent finish to the night, check Millar’s encaustic panels: photos of insect eggs and dragonflies slathered in beeswax, which might actually make you see opaque by the time you finish off that glass of wine.

HOW MUCH: Free

Two sessions of the popular World Rhythm Youth Hand Drumming Class take place at the Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. every Mon.: At 4:30 PM, kids aged 5–7 can get their grooves on, and a class for those 8 and above begins at 5:15. $30 per month/drum rental: $15 per month. RSVP 396-3352 or visit tangledtones.com.

While Missoula Aging Services is a sprightly 25 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.

You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 11 AM–1 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

Don’t expect crappy Mexican beer when you head to Family in Motion: Corona Yoga, but do expect to go with the flow with your kids, starting at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1.

Call 541-7529.

Shaving cream, tempera, chalk and more become the creative fire to ignite artistic passion in your 3and-a-half to 5-year-old when Alli DePuy teaches Preschool Art

Start at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., this and every Tue. until Oct. 13 from 1–2:30 PM. $55/$49.50 members. Call 728-0447.

–Ira Sather-Olson than the crap they currently serve in public schools at a community potluck and picnic in support of the Slow Food USA Time for Lunch campaign, at 6 PM at the PEAS Farm, 3010 Duncan Drive. Free. Call 243-4042.

Get this: Every Mon., Lolo’s Square Dance Center, 9555 Hwy. 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.

You’ll probably want to take out those metallic studs when you head to Gothic Fusion Bellydance, which takes place every Mon. at 6:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. $25/per month for each class you can make it to. First class is free, $7 drop-in after. Call Blair at 531-3000.

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

What reason have you got for lying around the house watching the tube when Florence’s High Spirits offers Free Pool at 6 PM? Free. Call 273-9992.

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.

It’s time to break bread, share it, and discuss ways to help kids eat better

At Be Here Now Sangha you can learn the basics of meditation every

Mon. night at 7:30 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated.

Watch an impromptu party get trashed and slashed during a screening of Sweatshop, a film co-written by former Missoulian and horror movie producer Ted Geoghegan, at 8 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $6. Geoghegan hosts the screening.

Who says America never invented a pub sport? Beer Pong proves them all wrong at the Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where alcohol and performance anxiety climax into a thing of beauty at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

An array of electronic DJs and styles await your booty during the Palace Lounge’s Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week. Free.

Expect the unexpected, but be prepared to get a buzz, when unnamed DJs control the Badlander soundsystem for a night of hot DJ action at 9 PM. Free.

The players in Bad Larrys only ask you for forgiveness as they melt your face with a TBA genre of music at The Raven in Bigfork, 39 Orchard Lane, at a TBA time. Free. Call 837-2836.

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nightlife Find the outlet for that excess energy when Gillian Kessler takes you through the flow of it all during World Rhythm Yoga Class every Tue. at 5 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close.

Free. Call 370-3200.

Get your fresh fruits and veggies from local farmers in the Flathead while listening to the concertina, hammered dulcimer and more as you enjoy the Celtic sounds of Tra le Gael during the Whitefish Downtown Farmer’s Market, at Depot Park on the north end of Central Avenue, from 5–7:30 PM. Free. Call 862-2043.

It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Bluegrass at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

Beginners can try, but those more experienced might catch on quicker during Intermediate World Fusion Bellydance, which takes place every Tue. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. $25/month for every class you can make it to. First class is free, $7 drop-in after. Call Blair at 531-3000.

Find your flow, and the will to practice Pranayama, during Ashtanga Yoga on the river with Evan Lovely, this and every Tue. in Sept. at Birds & Bee’s LLC, 1515 E. Broadway, from 5:30–7 PM. Donations requested. Call 544-1271.

Become Missoula’s next breakthrough cubistsurrealist oil painter when you attend the Missoula Art Museum’s Oil Painting Fundamentals with Stephanie J. Frostad, a five-week course at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St., this and every Tue. until Oct. 6 where you learn the basics by using still life subject matter. $105/$94.50 members. Call 728-0447.

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 549-7933.

Are you feeling lonelier than normal? Remedy that when Singles of Missoula, a group for singles age 45 and over, meets Tue. at 6:30 PM at the bicycle trail head behind Conlin’s Furniture, 1600 North Ave. W., for a bike ride.

Free. Call Cletius at 541-2333.

Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691.

It’s time to learn what duine ar bith agaibh means during a 12-week Irish Language class starting this Tue. from 6:30–9 PM in room 204 of the Liberal Arts building on UM’s campus. $150/12-week course. Call Ciara at 214-5924.

Contrary to what you may think, The Bradley Method has nothing to do with former Sen. Bill Bradley. However, it does offer a system of natural labor techniques, so if you’re expecting, head to The Bradley Method and Beyond, where certified instructors guide you through the process during an 11-week course every Tue. at 6:30 PM at Families First, 815 E. Front St. Ste 3. $185/couple. Call 721-7690.

Stop playing games with yourself–Game Night featuring “mostly Scrabble” takes place at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Missoula, 102 McLeod Ave. 6:45 PM. Free.

You never know what you’ll find—except for probably a bunch of womyn—at Womyn’s Night at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay

and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224.

Grab the rooster sauce and get spicy when the Downtown Dance Collective’s Heather Adams presents beginning salsa dance lessons at a new time of 7 PM followed by intermediate/advanced at 8, every Tue. at the Badlander. $7/per class per person.

Michael Perry seems to love his truck like some of you love patriotism (a tad too much, I’d wager), find out more during a book club discussion of his work Truck: A Love Story at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. 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? Who are the Kaska Dena? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

Whitefish musicians trade their skills for free drinks as the Great Northern Bar hosts Open Mic Night, which begins at 8 PM with an acoustic jam circle, heads into an electric set at 9:30 and features fine hosting by members of the Canyon Creek Ramblers. Free. Call 862-2816.

You’ve practiced in front of the mirror long enough—head to the High Spirits in Florence, where open mic night features a drum set, amps, mics and recording equipment and awaits you and your axe at 8 PM. Free. Call 273-9992 to reserve your spot.

Follow your dreams of becoming the next Donny Osmond, and get buy-one-get-one-free drink tickets, during an open mic night every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn Parkside, 200 S. Pattee St., from 8–11 PM. E-mail moorebeej@yahoo.com.

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.

It’s still bigger than disco: The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., keeps on keepin’ it real for those in the know every Tue. at 8:30 PM, when Intermediate Hip-Hop Class puts the “back” back in “back in the day.”

Call 541-7240 for pricing.

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.

Be your own American Idol during “Jheryoake”—that’s karaoke with Jerry Reeb— every Tue. at 9 PM with Happy Hour until 10 at the AmVets Club. Free.

Folksy vibes waft in the air as the Mason Jar String Band vies for your attention, and pehaps some drink tokens, when they play the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

See how garage rock is procured from way down south (with Spanish lyrics, too) when Puerto Rico’s Davilla 666 rocks the Palace with Rooster Sauce and Secret Powers at 9 PM. $6. (See Noise in this issue.)

See a plethora of patterns and colors after a few pitchers, and muster up the courage to belt out some classics too, during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Tue., Wed., Thu. and Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

WEDNESDAY

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September

Morning Melodies, a free, fun-filled, familyfriendly music event tailored to preschoolers, occurs every Wed. at Montana Coffee Traders in downtown Whitefish at 10 AM. Free.

Head over to Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., and meet fantasy genre overlord Terry Brooks when he reads and signs copies of his latest book A Princess of Landover at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-2881. (See Books in this issue.)

Watch the knives when Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dollz play a set of rockabilly at the Top Hat, Thu., Sept. 10, at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

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In case of emergency, break finger puppet: Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

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With the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Group’s Watershed Wednesdays, you’ll learn about native plants/wildlife and participate in restoration activities from 6–8:30 PM. Meet at the Bugbee Nature Area, off of Missoula Avenue in the lower Rattlesnake. Call Andrew at 531-2527.

It’s once again time to render flesh, muscles and an assortment of body parts into a work of

Hump Day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore, it’s also a day for playing games of chance with other like-minded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump-Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471.

Shots of Jameson always help revive arcane pop culture trivia, right? Perhaps, but find out for yourself during Death By Quiz, which features eight rounds of pop culture trivia (plus the chance of winning $100) at the Palace at 8 PM. Free.

Get your fix of a mix of ballet and jazz dance when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents Lyrical Class every Wed. at 8:30 PM. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

KID’S DAY

Sun,

Learn to bump and grind, shimmy and shake and strut your stuff like a pro every Wed. evening at 6 PM during a Burlesque Dance Class at the Red Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. Call Kelli Neumeyer at 531-2482.

Grab that tutu and slap on some ballet shoes every Wed. at 7:20 PM when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents Beginning Ballet. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Release that mid and late week stress during Tai Chi Chuan classes every Wed. at 7:30 PM and every Sat. at 10 AM at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. $10/class. Call Chris at 728-0918.

Watch as two parents crumble into uncivilized behavior brought about by a dinner party that features only alcohol, as well as obsessive hopes of job promotion, and more during the Montana Actors Theatre production of Life x 3 at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., at 7:30 PM. $10 person.

Run the bases & play catch on the field after the game.

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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.

FAMILY NIGHT

Mon.,

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.

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He croons a solo tune while you swoon with a beer in hand: catch Russ Nasset when he plays a solo set at Blacksmith Brewery in Stevensville, 114 Main St., at 5:30 PM. Free.

Tues.,

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

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artistic genius during the Missoula Art Museum’s non-instructed figure drawing classes, which run from 6–8 PM this and every Wed. at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $7/$5 members. Participants must be 18 and over. 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 6:10 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Find out the difference between regular pilates and pilates from the Big Apple when Alison Laundrie leads a New York Style Pilates class every Wed. at Main Street Pilates, 214 E. Main St., at 6:30 PM. $12.

RSVP 541-2673.

Get slapped with a dose of restorative justice when Dr. Mark Umbreit, a scholar with more than 37 years of experience in the field, leads the discussion “Restorative Justice and Peacemaking in the Global Community” in Room 203 of the Arts and Technology Building at Flathead Valley Community College, 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell, at 6:30 PM. Free. Call 257-7400.

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

Wed.,

Jennifer Crawford guides your child through awe inspiring tales like Economics in One Lesson during preschool storytime in the children’s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St., at 10:30 AM. Free. Call 363-1670.

Plots of world domination and calls for a new world order, along with songs and sensory games, are all the rage at Toddler Playgroup at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-7529.

Take heed to the good words of slackmaster Bob Dobbs and slack off, skip work and head to an afternoon matinee at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 2 PM. Free.

Call 721-BOOK. Boys move to an entirely different groove at Boys Movin’, a dance class for boys ages 5–9 every Wed. at 4:15 PM for 12 weeks in the ballet studio at UM’s PARTV building. $75/$65 UM faculty and staff. Call 243-2849.

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BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Life is about flow. The dawn breaks, sun rises, clouds move across the sky, sun sets, moon rises. Life flows. Local artist, Chris Mathers, honors the flow of things with each original piece in her September show at Betty’s Divine. casey*jo: guitar slinging, sweet singing mamas will be providing superb vocal entertainment. Vino and cookies as per usual. 5-8pm

BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Please join Butterfly Herbs for their First Friday celebration where Dylan Dreckshaye will show an eclectic array of his photographs through September. Join us from 5-8pm.

CERETANA STUDIOS 801 Sherwood St., 829-1283 TWO OPENING RECEPTIONS: First Friday Sept. 4th, and Friday Sept. 11th, 5 - 9pm Missoula Now: Established and Emerging Artists, Leslie Van Stavern Millar, Sheilah Healow, Linden How, Kim Shirley, Greg Chambers, Craig Wienke, Aimee Lewis, Mike Wanzenreid , Angelita Martinez, Genna Smith, Jessica Abel, Ladygirl, Abe Coley. Musical Guests are Sapphire Grey and Tom and the Tomatoes and Friends.

HEALTHY HUMMINGBIRD MASSAGE & ARTS CENTER 725 Alder, Suite 27, 207-6269 Celebrating the work of artists from around Montana flexing their creative muscles to spark the imagination. Featuring a rotating selection of oil paintings, lino-cuts, portraits, and pottery. Healthy Hummingbird Gallery specializes in providing objects for the home and body to relax and invigorate the mind. Located 2 blocks west of St. Pats at the Warehouse Mall. 5-9pm. For more info call: 207-6269 www.healthyhummingbird.com MISS ZULA'S 111 N. Higgins, 541-7376 Danielle J. LeTellier: "I love the energy of color. Distractions during the â??normalâ?™ day are at a high vibration and at times, overwhelming - but when I am painting, I am free. I am Me. No judgments, no rules - It is unconditional. Often my paintings form themselves - they are their own entity in concert with my soul. It is like writing - an incidental intervention . . . and everything becomes possible. An artist's reception will be held on September 4 from 5-8pm during Missoula's First Friday celebration.

MONTANA ART AND FRAMING 709 Ronan St., 541-7100 Autio Extravaganza! For the first time ever in Missoula, renowned artists Lela Autio, her daughter Lisa Autio, and Lisa's daughter Laurel Fletcher, will exhibit together -- a one-of-a-kind opportunity to view and purchase artworks by

three generations of the famed Autio family. The works by Lela and Lisa come fresh from an exhibition at the Holter Museum in Helena, including glowing, fluorescent plexiglass by Lela and fantastically-colored painted fiberglass plates by Lisa. Laurel Fletcher's vivid glitter paintings will be making their Missoula gallery debut. Photographs by Christofer Autio will also be shown.

Autio Extravaganza will be on display for First Friday, Sept. 4, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. in Missoula, and through September. For information, call 541-7100 or go to montanaart.com.

MONTE DOLACK GALLERY 139 West Front St., 549-3248 Join us for a reception at the Monte Dolack Gallery in historic downtown Missoula on Friday, September 4th from 5 – 8pm during First Friday Gallery Night. On display will be Monte Dolack's limited edition prints and fine art posters celebrating the closing of Montana's summer season and the beginning of fall. Also on display will be Mary Beth Percival's original watercolor June on the River. Call 549-3248 www.dolack.com. Open Weekdays 10-5:30 and Sat 11-5.

NOTEWORTHY PAPER & PRESS 101 Higgins, 541-6683 This month Noteworthy Paper & Press will feature the watercolor paintings of local artist Mara Panich. Mara will share her new series, "Masked Moments." Join us this First Friday, September 4th from 5-8 p.m. In addition to light refreshments and drinks, we also welcome the music of Seth Goerlich on guitar. Hope to see you there!

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You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s trivia question: the Kaska Dena are an indigenous tribe from an area near the Yukon in Northern Canada.

The tenets of women’s lib broaden to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts ladies’ night this and every Wed. at 9 PM. Free.

The acid has yet to wear off on San Francisco’s lo-fi garage rock/psych trio Ty Segall, so expect the walls to breathe when they play the Badlander at 9 PM. $5. Opening support from JEFF, the Brotherhood and Electric Dandelion.

Fight for the right to belt out a semi-coherent version of The Darkness’ “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” every Wed. during Combat Karaoke at Rowdy’s Cabin, 4880 N. Reserve St., at 10 PM. Free. Call 543-8001.

They may not have the most inventive name, but M Group sure knows how to catcall you to the dance floor when they play the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

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Aspen Hospice of Montana is currently looking for volunteers to help offer comfort, pain relief and emotional support for those who are near the end of their lives. The hospice utilizes health care professionals and trained volunteers to provide care. Call Lois at 642-3010.

If you can’t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Although they had the reception in late August, you can still see the ethereal silk images of Gail Cluff and unconventional collage of Steve Thomas through Oct. 17 at Hamilton’s Art City Gallery, 407 W. Main St. Gallery hours are Tue.–Sat. 11 AM–5 PM. Free. Call 363-4764.

Interactive story time with books by Karl Marx should stir some rebellion at Ready Set Read, an early literacy program for kids’ age 3–7 that includes art projects and games (and kid friendly stories, of course) at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front. St., at 11 AM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-7529.

Shake it ‘til you break it when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., offers Booty Ballet every Thu. at noon. Call 5417240 for pricing.

Make something functional out of clay, be it a cup or water pipe (or maybe just skip the pipe) during The Clay Studio of Missoula’s Open Instructed class which runs today through Oct. every Thu. from 1–4 PM. All classes occur at the Clay Studio headquarters, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A. $168/eight week session. Call 543-0509.

Everybody likes free money, especially when it’s a grant. So learn how to persuade others to throw money at your next grant proposal during a writing workshop on the subject at UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, Buckhous Room 284, at 1 PM. Free. Register by e-mailing linder.schlang@umontana.edu or calling 243-5869.

If your toddler’s movement seems kind of, well, stale, bring them to Creative Movement Class every Thu. at 3:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 5417240 for pricing.

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 PM. Breakdance, slamdance or just inventively dance when your 7 to 8-year-old checks out Creative and Modern Movement, a dance class at 4:15 PM this and every Thu. in the ballet studio of UM’s PARTV building, for the next 12 weeks. $75/$65 UM faculty and staff. Call 243-2849.

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

It’s time to meld those abstract dance moves into specific form, especially if you’re between the ages of 9–12, at Dance and Choreography, this and every Thu. for 12 weeks at 5 PM in the ballet studio of UM’s PARTV building. $75/$65 UM faculty and staff.

Call 243-2849.

All genres are encouraged—excepting, perhaps, totalism—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.

Gypsies come out during Troupe Night class every Thu. at 5:30 PM at the Belly Tent Dance Studio, 2016 Strand Ave. $25/month for every class you can make it to. First class is free, $7 drop-in after. Call Blair at 531-3000.

After the revolution, we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., where their Sewing Lounge begins at 6 PM. $9–10/hour. Call 541-7171.

The valley’s haven for year-round thrashers, Fiftytwo Skatepark, on El Way past the Missoula Airport, hosts Girls’ Skate Club Night every Thu. at 6 PM, which means girls skate for free. Guys are welcome, but should plan on parting with a few bucks. Call 542-6383.

Teens can channel their angst into something creative and non-destructive during the Missoula Art Museum’s Teen Open Studio night led by artist Lisa Jarret for an activity titled “What Are You About?” where teens age 13–18 explore the conceptual side of art as well as create a sculpture, from 6–8 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free.

Get steak stuck in your teeth whilst celebrating A Carousel of Missoula and Dragon Hollow’s birthdays during a dinner and auction for the two facilities at Caras Park starting with a social hour/silent auction at 6 PM, followed by dinner at 7. $45/over age 12, $10/under age 12, $350/table of eight. Call 549-8382.

Get your aural pipes cleaned when Sour D and the Pipecleaner sanitizes you with a show of blues at the Bitterroot Brewery, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Ruskie culture hits Missoula when the Moscow Ballet holds auditions for kids ages 7–16 for a November production of the Great Russian Nutcracker at the Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre School, 2704 Brooks St., at 6:30 PM. Free. Applicants must have dance experience, dress in dance attire and bring pointe shoes.

Call Charlene Campbell at 549-5155.

Feeling too straight and separate? Remedy that situation pronto at Gay Men Together, a safe and affirming place for gay and bisexual men, at 7 PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Free. Call 543-2224.

Swallow your pride, grab up to seven doublespaced pages of your best verbiage, and bring it to this week’s Authors of the Flathead meeting for constructive critique at 7 PM in Room 151 of the Science and Technology Building on the Flathead Valley Community College campus. Free. Call 881-4066.

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SPOTLIGHT art in the rearview

Freeman Butts’ landscapes and female figures freely play with abstraction.

His landscapes turn mundane views of the countryside captivating. Some of these landscapes are nonfigurative, consisting of nothing more than a series of angular shapes that resemble rows of wheat fields. Other scenes are easier to discern (like the piece above), but oftentimes look like blurred views of the country, as if you were driving by at 100 mph.

His paintings of nude women are tasteful and brim with vivid colors that jump off the

WHAT: Family Gifts: Works by Freeman Butts reception WHERE: Missoula Art Museum WHEN: Fri., Sept. 4, 5–8 PM, with gallery talk by Ray Campeau at 7 PM.

canvas, especially when you gaze not at the figure, but at the background, which Butts fills with brushstrokes that leap across the color spectrum.

The Los Angeles native initially stirred his creative juices in the smoggy city, eventually settling in the Bozeman and Livingston areas in the 1970s. He passed away in 1998 and left behind an impressive catalog of work. You could call him a workhorse, of sorts, with a career that spanned almost five decades, starting in part with schooling at the Hollywood Art Center School in 1945. Butts was so fruitful, in fact, that his family recently handed over a number of his paintings, drawings and sculptures to six galleries around the state, including the Missoula Art Museum.

If you’re worn out from typical figurative painting, you should add Butts’ exhibit to your First Friday stroll.

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Soak in tales of grieving, bad judgement and stoners, as well as travels to New Orleans and occasional bouts of psychosis, when Annie La Ganga reads from her book Stoners and Self-Appointed Saints and Bill Cotter reads from his novel Fever Chart at Shakespeare and Company, 103 S. Third St. W., at 7 PM. Free. Call 549-9010.

It’s bound to get kinda wild as you watch a love affair between New Yorkers and a hawk during a screening of The Legend of Pale Male, part of the Wild Nights 2009 Best of IWFF series at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM. Peter Filkins, poet and German translator, discusses and dissects his translations of Ingeborg Bachmann’s poems during “Ingeborg Bachmann: Everyday War” at 7 PM at UM’s University Center Lounge. Free. Call 243-5267.

The real hip-hop is over here. The Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., gives you something to pop and lock about every Thu. at 7:20 PM during beginning and intermediate Hip-Hop Class. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

Watch as two parents crumble into uncivilized behavior brought about by a dinner party that features only alcohol, as well as obsessive hopes of job promotion, and more during the Montana Actors Theatre production of Life x 3 at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., at 7:30 PM. $10 person.

Bring yer guitar, bass or other instrument of choice every Thu. night to The Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, when it holds an open-mic style artists showcase at 8 PM. Free. Interested musicians should Call 541-8463.

Bowling and karaoke go together like drinking and then driving a boat on Flathead Lake during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosteronefueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free.

Call 363-6969.

Get your fix of improvised music with Sandy Bradford and Mark Souhrada when they host the jam at Los Caporales in Columbia Falls at 9 PM. Call 892-5025.

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and

mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $2.

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

Don’t expect black metal when Los Angeles’ Division Day plays the Palace at 9 PM, but do expect hipster approved mellow indie rock, along with opening support from Cincinatti’s Bad Veins and locals Places. $7. (See Noise in this issue.)

See a plethora of patterns and colors after a few pitchers, and muster up the courage to belt out some classics too, during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Tue., Wed., Thu. and Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

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

Cross your karaoke sword with others under the influence of that music box you sing along to during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free.

Rugged hipness (minus the pretentiousness) oozes out of their pores when they play Zootown: catch Vancouverites Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dollz when they play a set of garage-y rockabilly at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Get yer country fix in acoustical form when honky tonk crooner Russ Nasset plays a solo set at the Old Post Pub, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free.

It’s been a whirlwind of a week at the Indy, and I’ve had my hands full with lots of events y’all have sent me (some of them sent past our deadline, tsk-tsk). It’s my hope that you’ll find something in these pages worth checking out. As for myself, I’d recommend heading to any and all First Friday events as a way to kick off a weekend of cultural osmosis. On that note, please send the next round of your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 4, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Playa c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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Never underestimate the importance of alone time. That’s what I was thinking while attending this year’s installment of the River City Roots Festival. Not that the event wasn’t great, it was. It’s just that packing thousands of people into a few city blocks can be, well, kind of claustrophobic.

So as you head off into the outdoors this week, be thankful that alone time with nature means just that: you, Gaia, and perhaps a handful of your friends.

On that note, put another notch in your belt for stewardship purposes when you start off the week with two conservation-minded trips.

The first is one of the last trips you’ll get to take with leaders of the Great Burn Study Group when they, along with the National Forest Foundation, lead you up to Bighorn Weitas from Sept. 4–6 where you’ll monitor weeds, wildlife, trail conditions, signs and other info critical to managing this area. If you’ve got karma points to score with Mother Nature, call Beverly Dupree at 240-9901 or e-mail thegreatburn@yahoo.com to register.

Those of you more inclined to get your hands and fingernails dirty might forgo that trip and opt for a stroll to Meadow Lake in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, where you’ll join the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation for four days of weed eradication from Sept. 4–8 in the Scapegoat Wilderness area. Rest assured, a crew leader will help you with weed identification, as well as herbicide application (spray away from your eyes. Did I need to tell you that?). You’re also supposed to sign up for this a week in advance, but hurry up and call 387-3808 or visit www.bmwf.org. Also, there’s a $50 refundable deposit for this multiday project.

If you’re lazy and would rather take a walk under the light of the moon on Friday, well, you can do that too during the Sun Ranch Institute and Bitterroot National Forest’s Walk by the Light of the Moon presentation, at 7 PM at Schroeder Ranch in the northern Bitterroot Valley, nestled next to the Bitterroot River. Once you’re at

teams, and benefits the Montana Campus Compact. Head over to www.mtcompact.org/GCT.htm for the full low down.

Speaking of bike riding, here’s another event on Saturday worth scoping for pedal pushers looking for a way to bulge their leg veins: the 35th Annual Glacier Getaway, a three-day ride through the park, sponsored by Missoulians on Bicycles. I’m not sure if there’s any cost involved, besides transportation and lodging, but contact Lech Szumera at 543-4889 to register. Also, those of you interested in joining the group should plan to attend their first fall meeting at a TBA time and location on Sept. 8. Click over to www.missoulabike.org for details.

Those less interested in pushing around a metal framed contraption can get your exertion on, with your wrist and a metal rod, that is, when you sign up for the UM Campus Recreation Department’s Fly Fishing Class by Sept. 8.

The class runs Sept. 10, 17, 24, and Oct. 1 in Jeannette Rankin Hall 202, from 6–8 PM and on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3 on the water. George Kesel, owner of Four Rivers Fly Shop, aims to lure you into a fly fishing king under his expert instruction during this $52 course. Call 243-5172.

More handheld fun awaits you as I take this moment to remind all you dudes and dudettes out there who like guns, or have contemplated the merits of shooting guns at animals, to sign up for hunter education courses on Sept 9, in Missoula at the local office of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 3201 Spurgin Road, or in Clinton at Clinton School, 20397 E. Mullan Road, from 7–8:30 PM at both locations.

Classes start Sept. 14 and are free. Call 542-5500 or visit www.fwp.mt.gov.

Photo by Alex Sakariassen And before I send you off, here’s a stewardship project for and songbirds at prime open space near Tower Street, as well as those water-inclined peeps that like to give more than receive during Sleven’s Island by Fort Missoula. Make sure to pour that cup o‘ morn- the Watershed Education Network’s series of volunteer ing joe into a travel mug and plan to be at the Tower Street parking water monitoring training sessions, which occur Wed., Sept. 9 lot by 8 AM, where trip leader Larry Weeks will guide you toward from 4–6:30 PM and Thu., Sept. 10 at the same time, at the avian observation heaven. Free. E-mail pmcregan@bresnan.net.

Greenough Park Pavillion. Be prepared to get your learning antennae Perhaps you’d rather spend Saturday breaking a sweat and burn- tuned to the ways of measuring water quality, and more. Call 541ing off the calories from all those beers you chugged on Friday night. WATR or e-mail water@montanawatershed.org.

Well then, you should check out the MTCC Garden City Triathlon, With that, I’m off, probably somewhere where there’s not thouwhich starts at 9 AM at the Frenchtown Pond State Park, located off sands of people densely packed like sardines. As always, keep sendof Frenchtown’s Frontage Road. Once officials pull the trigger, you’ll ing me tips on outdoor trips, weed pulls, hiking excursions and jump into a 1.5-kilometer swim, pedal your way through a 40-kilo- whatnot. meter bike race and push your endorphin levels to the limit during a 10-kilometer run. The event costs $65/individuals, $130/relay calendar@missoulanews.com the free event, you’ll dash around with members of the U.S. Forest Service and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and sop up knowledge they spout about the importance of the river to the fish, wildlife and plants in the region. Directions are detailed, and I only have so much space, so be sure to call Julie Schreck at 375-2606 and hopefully she can e-mail you the skinny.

On Saturday, you’ll have yet another chance to walk around casually, this time gazing at birds, when you join the Five Valleys Audubon Society for an 8 AM jaunt to go exploring for warblers

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scope Missoula Independent

Classic kill Ex-local filmmaker screens his latest slasher film

by Erika Fredrickson

Ted Geoghegan talks about a classic slasher film idea how to produce…Sweatshop is definitely the like Julia Child talks about the butter in French culmination of experience.”

Sweatshop was made without studio backing, onion soup—it’s something to savor without guilt.

For the former Missoula-based filmmaker who cur- financed with personal funds from the crew and a rently lives in New York City, the common elements few other private backers. Geoghegan joined of a slasher film don’t constitute formulaic laziness, forces with director Stacy Davidson, who had just but rather define a genre in the most delicious way finished a film called Domain of the Damned, and possible. Don’t think of Final Destination, he says. the two filmed Sweatshop on location in Texas in Think of the 1976 horror fest Black Christmas or 2007.

“Stacy and I both grew up watching slasher John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween or, more recently, movies,” says Geoghegan. “We decided from day one Hatchet and Wrong Turn 2.

“It’s the same reason the Saw movies are doing that Sweatshop was going to be like our love letter so well,” Geoghegan explains. “They don’t change to ’80s slasher movies. We’re very honest in that we the formula. They follow a distinct pattern. There are didn’t try to break new ground for this film. We so many slasher movies that are coming out these wanted to make a film that felt like the movies we days that try to change the formula and it doesn’t grew up watching.”

The filmmakers used Houston’s Meridian nightfeel like the films I grew up watching.”

In Missoula, Geoghegan is best Actress Ashley Kay receives a nasty known for his 2004 surprise from “The Beast,” played by film, Ghouls Gone Jeremy Sumrall, in former Missoulian Wild, a campy rock ’n’ Ted Geoghegan’s latest slasher film. roll horror about former dirty rock group the International Playboys. The band ends up in Garnet Ghost Town and is seduced, killed and resurrected as the undead by a gaggle of ghoul girls (full disclosure: I starred as one of the girls).

Geoghegan’s latest effort, Sweatshop, follows a more classic slasher storyline: In their quest to party, a handful of teenagers end up face-to-face with a monstrous killer who picks them off one at a time. In Geoghegan’s spin of the standard setup, the teenagers are from the electronica subculture club and industrial warehouses and steel mills and their attempt to throw a rave at an old ware- around the city as their backdrop. And because house turns grizzly when they happen upon a giant Davidson was already entrenched in the raver scene killer, covered in rags and animal pelts and referred there, they were able to find actors who could play the roles with authenticity. to as “The Beast.”

Just watching the trailer shows how far “I drew a lot of inspiration from an ’80s movie Geoghegan has come since Ghouls Gone Wild. called Return of the Living Dead about a bunch of The 30-year-old film buff has been making horror punk rockers who have to fight zombies,” and slasher films for almost a decade, and the Geoghegan says. “We thought in terms of the look experience he’s reaped from doing at least one and feel that was kind of what we were going for, film project per year as either director, writer, except instead of everyone looking like a punk rockassociate producer or producer, shows in er they all look like they shop at Hot Topic.”

Sweatshop’s glossy, more professional producGeoghegan says the fun of making Sweatshop tion. Every year, he says, he’s ratcheted up his was that the protagonists, not just “The Beast,” all budgets. And his move to New York City two-and- wear elaborate costumes because of the raver suba-half years ago connected him with more profes- culture. One actor sports a liberty spike mohawk, sional actors and filmmakers. which Geoghegan and Davidson had to make sure “Although I love Ghouls Gone Wild with all my didn’t wilt from getting too sweaty or wet or bloody heart, it was an amateur film made by a bunch of throughout the filming. Other actors have piercings, amateurs, and I say that in the most loving way pos- multi-colored hair and gothic make-up. Geoghegan sible,” he says. “I had no idea how to direct, I had no says he and Davidson wanted it to appeal audiences

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who both related to the subculture and to those who find it annoying.

“It appeals to people who want to watch raver kids get killed in a slasher movie,” says Geoghegan, laughing.

Slasher films often get a bad rap because, when it comes down to it, they’re grossly violent—and especially harsh toward women. Geoghegan agrees, but one of his favorite parts of the slasher formula, he says, is “the final girl” aspect.

“She’s always the one character defined almost from the moment the movie starts as the virginal, maybe not-so-heroic character who is going to defeat the villain,” he says. “A lot of the violence is perpetrated to women by men, but the majority of these films also end with a woman taking care of the male killer and eventually saving the day.”

Sweatshop has a final girl, Geoghegan discloses, but in his film she’s tough to pick out right away. “We introduce eight characters,” he says, “[but you] can’t tell who she is, which makes it fun.”

Geoghegan shows the film’s first screening in Missoula on Monday, Sept. 7, before another premiere in New York. He says the final cut contains all the elements of a classic thrasher—violence, sexiness and camp—and that he’s not looking to entertain lunatics as much as satisfy the most ardent horror fans.

“Ultimately, it’s a rather nihilistic little genre,” he says. “But slasher films really defined a whole generation of filmgoers…I’m so tired of horror movies these days where the purpose is to really depress you and make you sick to your stomach. Sweatshop is scary, but it’s still, at its root, just a fun movie.”

Sweatshop screens at the Roxy Monday, Sept. 7, at 8 PM. $6. 18+ only. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Vivian Girls

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People love to hate overnight success bands.

The hyped release of the Vivian Girls eponymous album in 2008 left some embittered. The question: Is this all-girl garage rock band all it’s cracked up to be? Ah, well. That’s how it goes in Brooklyn’s gauntlet of the independent underground.

The Vivian Girls’ true litmus test is their sophomore album, Everything Goes Wrong. And, on that album, the trio’s angelic reverb doesn’t always cling to you immediately. Rather, it rolls like salty surf until,

Davila 666 Davila 666 In the Red

Davila 666, which hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico, unleashes a perfectly retro ode to ’60s and ’70s garage rock via their eponymous debut. This is a record that brings to mind some of those great bands, like The Stooges, Sweet and even early Kinks, that straddled the line between punk and pop so perfectly. The 14 tracks feature guitars that are buzzsaw one moment and jangly the next, driving jungle rhythms, and gang choruses that dare you not to sing along, creating a blueprint for excellent basement party shenanigans.

If your Spanish is weak you won’t understand the words, but that doesn’t matter. With the lo-fi record-

Cracker

Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey 429 Records

New wavers and altcountry musicians often utilize the same theme: The world’s gone mad and is falling apart, but you and I have each other and we’ll burn it down or go down burning. You know, that kind of practical attitude.

Cracker has always had a set of songs that follow that sentiment—the 1993 hit “Low” off of Kerosene Hat, for instance. But frontman David Lowery also blends starry dramatics with wry observation, espe-

Division Day Visitation

Dangerbird Records

There’s a late 1980s, early 1990s echo in Division Day’s sophomore album, Visitation.

“Reservoir” rings of the Cranberries’ 1994 war song “Zombie” and other songs emit ethereal, industrial threads of Depeche Mode.

Nostalgia’s easy to love, but in some ways Visitation is like watching film mannerisms from decades ago—mildly entertaining but mostly antiquated. And they don’t necessarily utilize the best sounds of previous decades. The Pink Floyd haze in “Azalean” goes on forever and the Top Gun-styled guitar solos are too much. That said, Division Day’s style itself isn’t obnoxious. In fact, at times it becomes so easy listening—as with the sax solo in “Carrier”—that it all but flatlines.

after a few listens, it’s absorbed into your pores.

There are catchy hooks here and there, but mostly the album creates a moodscape littered with windy vocals—think Mazzy Star—and riddled with pounding punk beats akin to the Dwarves. The lo-fi windiness reminds me of my college years when people often taped practice sessions rather than go to the studio.

Lo-fi studio recordings seem contrived, but certainly still aesthetically pleasing. And though the reverb sometimes overdoses, it mostly acts as a cohesive sheen, often morphing into alarming pitches that evoke the warning horn of semis jackknifing on rain soaked highways.

It’s not the best album put out this year, but it’s at least worth some of the hype. (Erika Fredrickson) Vivian Girls play the Union Hall Friday, Sept.

4, at 8 PM with The Beets, Fag Rag!, Electric Dandelion and Velcro Kicks. $7. ing and questionable mix, the odds of comprehending the lyrics would be slim even if they were delivered in English. What is important is that with songs like “El Lobo,” “No Quiero” and “Quizás” the band is hitting all the high points of this musical ethic, and doing it without ever going over 4:15.

Notably, Davila 666 manages to clear a hurdle that trips up many lesser bands: sticking to the plot while keeping the record interesting from song to song. This record shows their success in pulling it off. (Chris LaTray) Davila 666 plays the Palace Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 9 PM with Rooster Sauce and Secret Powers. $6. cially with his 1992 hit “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now).” Now, 16 years after Kerosene Hat, having never really gained ground since, the band is back.

On their latest, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey, Lowery mixes Americana and gruff punk in catchy songs like “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with Me” and the title track, both of which rely on end-ofthe-world romantics. The music really hasn’t changed at all, which is a good thing, though it could lose some of the lite rock stylings.

Still, Sunrise is a diverse collection. It helps their cause that country-folk-punker John Doe of X sings on “We All Shine a Light.” And some people will care that Adam Duritz of Counting Crows makes a cameo. (Erika Fredrickson) Cracker plays the University of Montana Oval Friday, Sept. 4, at 6 PM. Free.

It’s when Division Day strips down its sound in “Black Crow” that you get a feel for the band’s potential. Rhoner Segnitz’ raw vocals combined with simple piano chords evoke more emotion than over-the-top sax and guitar solos. And “Chalk Lines” feels inventive, like if the Shins were a ’90s new wave band.

Division Day’s true secret weapon is its lyrics.

Segnitz delivers lines like, “Pulling brick apart my shovel found a dark green horse fashioned from malachite…I listened to him breath.” Too bad such odd poetics get buried under less-than-spectacular soundscapes. (Erika Fredrickson) Division Day plays the Palace Thursday, Sept. 10, at 9 PM with Bad Veins and Places. $7.

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Though he had always written stories, best-sellBrooks will be the first to tell you that the Magic ing fantasy author Terry Brooks didn’t always write Kingdom of Landover series has always been a about magical lands and vicious dragons. The repository for his own experiences, a metaphorical writer’s youthful “experiments,” as he calls them, ground on which to explore issues close to home. were all over the literary map, from adventure tales The newest installment is no exception. A Princess in high school to “mopey romances about a boy, a of Landover concerns Holiday’s half-sylph daughgirl and a dog” in college. But he never finished a ter, Mistaya, a creature whose ease with magic has story; he always lost interest. made her life a bit too easy for Holiday’s comfort.

Then, one day, Brooks started an epic fantasy Worried that he might be spoiling his daughter tale and found something he could stick with. The (and perhaps dismayed with the lack of formal eduSword of Shannara, his initial attempt at fantasy, cation in a feudal fantasy kingdom), the king sends became the first published volume of a hugely pop- his princess to a real-world prep school, sans ular and still continuing series. magic. Mistaya is not pleased with the arrangement, This was 1977, the same year Star Wars hit the- but she’s a good kid at heart. Unfortunately, the aters—we’ll get back to Brooks’ involvement in headmistress doesn’t share that view. The rebelthat mega-franchise in a minute—and for the next lious princess gets herself suspended, and the seven years, Brooks divided his time between his adventure begins.

Brooks raised a large family and claims now law practice and the continuing saga of Shannara. to be surrounded by Then something like women, with only a this happened: The lawyer, now 40 single male grandson years of age, was at a to add a bit of balance, turning point in his life. so the concerns of He knew he couldn’t teenage girls are not continue balancing both far from his mind.

“It did happen to careers, yet he feared the one of my kids,” he says, consequences of the referring to suspension, decision he was about to not magical journeys. make: to leave the pracThe memory of that critice behind, move away sis has clearly not faded. to a fantasy land called The books and Landover, become its movies you fall in love king, and rule it as well with young always hold as he could in the face of At age 40, fantasy author Terry Brooks left his opposition from nasty law practice behind to start writing novels a certain magic, and witches, evil trolls and full-time. His best-selling Landover series is this series allows readbased, in part, on his first career. ers to revive the origisnotty noblemen. nal love affair with Oh, wait. That was Brooks’ protagonist, Ben Holiday. Brooks, at 40, left every new installment. Brooks’ princess may his law practice behind, moved away to Seattle, and attract a new generation of readers to Landover, but the series’ long-time fans may be more interwrote Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!

The Magic Kingdom of Landover series, unlike ested in how Ben Holiday handles the situation.

Shannara, is grounded in the mundane. Ben Holiday The familiar characters are the ones we love best.

For example, when asked about his favorite Star is a real-world lawyer with real-world concerns. He purchases the fantasy kingdom that will become the Wars character—I told you we’d get back to Star center of action after seeing it advertised in a depart- Wars—Brooks admits he has to go with Han Solo, ment store catalog. He worries about the kingdom despite the fact that Brooks wrote the book adaptabeing worth the purchase price, and about the fate tion of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace of his abandoned stocks and bonds, even while fight- (the one about Anakin.)

Brooks was a fan of Star Wars’ director George ing demons and contending with fairies.

The juxtaposition of the two worlds, separate Lucas, but he was initially resistant to the book offer. but equally real, produces some very funny He says he didn’t want to take on a “paint-by-nummoments and renders the make-believe world a bit bers project.” Luckily, Lucas was also a fan of Brooks more accessible to the average reader. In the first and felt the same way. The book was to be a comLandover book, our hero is wonderfully human—so panion piece, not a duplicate of the movie. But apparently ordinary and fallible, in fact, that his mag- Brooks admits he really didn’t have much choice ical subjects refuse to acknowledge his sovereignty. about taking the job.

“I have big Star Wars fans in this family. If I The world-weary Ben Holiday at first meets this challenge with his intellect and his courtroom skills, and turned it down I could see my position eroding many early passages read more like a detective story quickly,” says Brooks, sounding a lot like King Ben Holiday. than a dragon-slaying epic.

Terry Brooks reads from a work in progress Finally Holiday discovers that he can only succeed through the reserves of honor and kingly and signs copies of A Princess of Landover at strength that lie in his heart. By the time Holiday Fact & Fiction, Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 7 PM. accepts the logic of the fantasy genre, the reader is arts@missoulanews.com way ahead of him.

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Couldn’t you have just guessed that William star by his admiring daughters—however clear-eyed it Kunstler was a hunt-and-peck typist? It’s perfectly, proclaimed to be, would still succumb to a certain perversely appropriate that one of the great orators sort of selective familial myopia. Happily, this does and outsized media personalities of American public not seem to be the case. The Kunstler sisters, who life in the last half of the 20th century would only be appear in numerous archival elements as well as able to render his thoughts on paper two slow stab- themselves in the present day, interviewing their bing fingers at a time. William Kunstler: Defender of father’s former associates, turn out to be inquiring Mississippi Freedom Riders, the original 1993 WTC minds from a very young age. They go from giggling bombers, Abbie Hoffman, Bobby Seale, Jerry Rubin and spying on their famous dad from beneath his and the Sioux militants at Wounded Knee. Tap. Tap. desk to posing tough questions in amateur reel-toTap tap. reel interviews, even grilling him, as teenagers, on a An enormous presence, love him or hate him, the television news digest. Affectionate Disturbing the late Kunstler (who died in 1995 of heart failure) now Universe may be, blindly adoring it is not. gets the biographical treatment by a pair of filmmakEmily also cops to taking her father with a grain ers with very privileged access to the man and his of salt. Critics of the longhaired, radicalized Kunstler legacy. Namely, his daughters Sarah and Emily. circa 1969 might have been surprised to learn that the For over four decades (granted, with rests) liberal firebrand was a decorated Army veteran who Kunstler seemed to be in the thick of nearly every attained the rank of major. On a Pacific island, he significant criminal controversy in the United States. He rode along with the vanguard of civil rights protesters in the early ’60s. He defended the Chicago Seven (originally Eight) against charges of conspiring to incite riots in the aftermath of the violent 1968 Democratic National Convention. After surrendering at Wounded Knee, the AIM defendants requested his services immediately. He was the guy to get you off, a master of courtroom performance with a strong track record for winning seemingly unwinnable cases.

Many of Kunstler’s client choices struck Yo, Dad. Li’l help, please?

Americans as outrageous. He sided with drug dealers, cop-killers, Black Panthers and suspect- was wounded in the arm by a young Japanese soled terrorists. He won an acquittal for Larry Davis on dier with a bayonet who lunged at him from a grounds of self-defense—the first such verdict in ruined building. A nearby sergeant shot his American history—after Davis shot six police officers assailant dead on the spot—an experience that during a 1986 raid on his sister’s Bronx apartment. profoundly affected Kunstler.

On the other hand, Emily reveals, their father After the assault and gang-rape of a Central Park jogger in 1989—press coverage of which event used to brag about taking a stiffly defended island bequeathed to English the marvelous term “wild- almost single-handedly after misreading a set of ing”—Kunstler represented the five black teenagers, coded instructions and landing his troops an hour chosen seemingly at random from a group of 30, before the main cohort. She and her sister never who were charged with the crime. People bayed for knew how much of what their father told them to Kunstler’s blood during these trials: What on earth believe—no small matter when it comes to reassembling his life in movie form. was he doing representing these scumbags?

The Kunstlers’ private archives provide the movie Sarah and Emily Kunstler remember the fear.

Emily, who narrates the documentary, admits that with many of its vintage elements (the sisters deserve they weren’t around—that is to say, alive—for their special recognition for including footage of themfather’s glory days defending conscientious objectors selves as radioactively teenaged teenagers debating and civil rights protestors. As a 10-year-old, she their dad on television). Also weighing in are contembegged him not to represent a 16-year-old charged poraries Ron Kuby, Alan Dershowitz and a host of with participating in the Central Park assault. She other lawyers (What’s the collective noun? A pox of recalls how her father used to open his packages lawyers? A killing?) as well as Bobby Seale, activist alone in the basement in case they contained explo- Tom Hayden, journalist Jimmy Breslin and Yusef sives. Emily remembers the hate mail, the picketers in Salaam, one of the so-called Central Park Five confront of their home, most of all the sickening realiza- victed in the assault on the female jogger. Together, tion that their father and idol was representing some the elements make for an engaging and apparently truthful portrait of William Kunstler, clay feet and all, very bad people.

“He told us everyone deserved a lawyer,” she by the two least likely to render one.

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe says. “Sometimes we just didn’t understand why the screens at the Wilma Theatre Saturday, Sept. 5, at lawyer had to be our father.”

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OPENING THIS WEEK ADAM A man with Asperger's Syndrome snags the attention of a cosmopolitan diva. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

ALL ABOUT STEVE Sandra Bullock plays a socially awkward, obsessive wordsmith trying to snare a man’s heart in this cornball rom-com. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:30 and 10 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:20.

Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at noon, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:45, 4:25, 7:20 and 9:45.

EXTRACT Jason Bateman wants to sell his plant extract business but his plans get thwarted when his wife cavorts naughtily with a manslut. Includes sweet cameos from Gene Simmons and Ben Affleck.

Village 6: 7 and 9:45 with and additional Sat.–Sun shows at 1 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:05 and 9:30 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:40, 4:10, 7:05 and 9:30.

GAMER Humans control each other not by wealth or political prestige, like in the real world, but through multi-player online games. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:05, 2:25, 4:35, 7:30 and 9:50 with midnight show Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:35, 4:35, 7:30 and 9:30.

IN THE LOOP The war in Iraq gets a belly-laugh in this stinging satire about a British official who tries to stop Bush and Blair-like presidents from plunging the Middle East into its current chaotic state. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9, with Sun. matinee at 1, and no shows on Fri. and Wed. and 9 showing only on Sat. MY LIFE IN RUINS Nia Vardalos revisits the land of baklava as she plays a tour guide who tries to find her mojo.

Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:45 and 9:15, with Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:30.

ALSO PLAYING 500 DAYS OF SUMMER See what happens when a lovestruck sap woos Zooey Deschanel while holding onto the notion that love cures all. Village 6: 7 and 9:20 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1 and 4. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: nightly at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no show Sun. at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 4:10 and 9:40 and midnight Fri.–Sat. GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA Blatant militarism gets championed as Dennis Quaid and Marlon Wayans, along with other members of G.I. JOE work to crush a corrupt Scottish arms dealer named Destro and his esoteric Cobra organization. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:05 and 9:45 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30.

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: nightly at 6:50 and 9:10

PM with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 with midnight show Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:35.

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC Follow a band of kids on vacation who try to ward off attacks from alien invaders bent on taking over the world. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7 and 9. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Sat.–Sun. show at 1:45.

DISTRICT 9 Peter Jackson produces a film about refugee aliens controlled by a multi-national corporation that cares only about making profits. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7:10 and 9:45 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 with no Sun.

Bartending is so easy, even a caveman can do it. Extract opens at The Village 6 on Friday.

show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:25, 4:15, 6:55 and 9:25 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. Mountain in Whitefish: 4, 7, 9:15 with Sat.–Sun. show at 1:30.

THE FINAL DESTINATION Hillbilly pastimes careen with the grim reaper in this 3-D horrorshow that reeks of overproduced cheese. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:05 and 9:35 and additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 9:10 only, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9.

G-FORCE Guinea pigs take up spy work for the U.S. government in order to take down a billionaire bent on world takeover in this 3-D kids' comedy. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 2:25, 6:45 and 9 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 6:45 and 9.

HALLOWEEN II Rob Zombie adds more blood, guts and sex to the story of mass murderer Michael Myers. Village

Bitterroot

Better get it while you can before the yearly filling in of the river in October temporarily turns the 'root into another 2 lanes for winter driving on hwy 93. It will also make for much tougher fishing on Rock Creek when all the water that would be going down the 'root is diverted with a Sham-Wow fence over the pass into Rock Creek. In the mean time, enjoy the fall light and the prolific hatches up here which include PMDs, tricos, some blue wings, fall drakes, caddis, and terrestrials. On cloudy days (like this weekend potentially), the fish'll be focusing on mayflies. On the unseasonably warm and sunny days, you'll have much more latitude in your fly choices. Ants, beetles and smaller hoppers are a great way to prospect if you're not seeing rising fish. Starting your day with a #14 p-tail dropper off your dry will improve your odd considerably.

The 'root is fishing well

als to October caddis to blue wings. The lower river has been giving up some VERY good fishing lately and with school back in session, it smells a LOT less like petuli oil, sun baked inner tubes and last night's Wild Turkey. If you find yourself on the uppermost sections around Ovando, be willing to mix it up with your patterns until you find the one that's the bug of the day.

The fish up here have been MUCH more hit and miss about their receptiveness to general dries. One of our most successful tactics on this upper section has been to fish smaller salmonflies and drag or continuously strip the hell out of 'em. The fish have been looking hard for October caddis and bushy orange stuff with motion has been key. Lower down, attractor type junk with either a mayfly or san juan dropper has been golden.

Clark Fork

You'll definitely be keeping your fingers crossed for the clouds. While you will be able to rustle up some It's textbook, late summer fishing on the Blackfoot fish here and there in the sun, and in places it won't these days. Fall light at a lower angle in the sky com- be all bad, when the clouds are overhead, you'll bined with a variety of hatches ranging from terrestri- see a substantial improvement in your dryfly

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Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:30 and 6:50. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:45 and 9:15 with Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:30.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Brad Pitt aims to kick some serious Nazi ass with his Jewish war buddies in this latest offering from Quentin Tarantino. Carmike 10: 4:10 and 7:20 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: nightly at 7 with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri., Sat. and Mon. at 12:45, 4 and 7:35 and midnight Fri.–Sat. and Sun. at 12:45, 4 and 8 and Tue. at 1:15, 4:30 and 8.

JULIE & JULIA This adaptation of two memoirs revolves around cooking, blogging about cooking and the quest to become a culinary master, all thanks to cookbooks by Julia Child. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7:00 and 9:45 and additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30.

Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:10, 3:55, 6:45 and 9:30. Pharaohplex

in Hamilton: nightly at 6:50 and 9:10 with Sat.–Sun. matinee at 3 and no 9:10 show Sun. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: nightly at 4:15, 7:15, 9:30 and Sat.–Sun. show at 1:45.

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS Follow Manny and his friends as they navigate life through adult-oriented topics like falling in love, starting a family and going extinct. Voiceovers include cameos by Queen Latifah and Denis Leary. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:15 and 4:35 and Tue. at 1:05 and 3:30.

SHORTS A little boy has a psychedelic experience when a rock hits him in the head and spaceships, crocodile armies and giant boogers follow.

Carmike 10: 5:30, 7:45, 10 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1 and 3:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 12:10, 2:15, 4:20 and 6:30 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:45, 4:20 and 6:30.

TAKING WOODSTOCK Grab some tabs of uncle 'cid and help mom and dad relive the summer of '69 in this comedy about the guy who brought Woodstock to his hometown. Village 6: 7 and 9:55 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:15 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:05, 4:05, 7, 9:40 and midnight Fri.–Sat. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE Your heart strings are bound to be tugged in this flick about a time traveling man and the woman who tries desperately to keep him grounded.

Carmike 10: 4:15, 7 and 9:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: nightly at 6:50 only, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Mon. at 1:10, 3:45, 7:10 and 9:45 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Tue. at 1:30, 3:45, 7:10 and 9:45. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7 and 9.

THE UGLY TRUTH Katherine Heigl's reality is turned upside down when a coworker dishes out the "ugly truth" about how men and women perceive relationships. Carmike 10: 7:20 and 10, with additional Sat.–Sun shows at 1:30 and 4:30.

Capsule reviews by Jonas Ehudin and Ira Sather-Olson.

Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Sept. 4. 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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6: 7:10, 7:40 and 9:40 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:30, 2, 4:05 and 4:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 9:50 with midnight show Fri.–Sat. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Ding! Round six! All your faves are back, everything's more dangerous and hormonal–especially Hermione–and somewhere someone's getting all steamed up about witchcraft's glorification in the mainstream media. Carmike 10: 4:15 and 7:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 8:30 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. THE HURT LOCKER War sucks, so confirm those notions when you follow two American soldiers stuck in Iraq as they

action. Like all the other rivers, the hatches are so diverse right now that fish feeding in a carefree manner could be eating LOTS of stuff including tricos, blue wings, sulphers, fall gray drakes, ants, fall beetles, hoppers, giant goldens, caddis . . . .you get the picture. That can make for frustrating doins' if they do happen to key on a specific bug. Make sure you bring your BIG boxs and are willing to change up if things get slow. You should do well with BIG oversized parachute adams. Midday, the spruce moths have been a happy deal on the lower river near Superior.

Rock Creek

With the Rock Creek, ESPN wetsuit surfing season right around the corner, now is the time to be on the creek. Once the 14,000 cfs from the 'root is diverted from it's channel over Skalkaho pass into the Rock Creek Valley, there won't be anything to do but hang 10. For now, though, hoppers in smaller sizes and leggy attractor stuff like stimi chew toys in a 14 will be good bets. There are lots of mayflies coming off up here, too, so standard duns or spinners in a size 14 to 18 will work. We'd suggest a basic parachute adams in

a 14. Smaller mayfly profile nymphs such as P-tails, copper Johns and princes in about a 14 to 18 will be the key underneath today. Rock Creek has been pretty consistent fishing from top to bottom recently. Pick a likely stretch of water and start fishing. There's no reason to spend your time driving. The fishing on Rock Creek is going to be good river wide

Missouri

It's fishing so-so with pseudos, tricos, hoppers, ants. If the partly cloudy skies materialize, your midday fishing could improve, but don't bank on clouds quite yet. The good stuff looks like it's being held at bay until Saturday or Sunday. Orange, gray or pink scuds along with palaminos, rs2s, beerheads, lightning bugs, etc will all be effective under an indicator or shallower under a dry. On rising fish, smaller cripples and parachutes or tiny soft hackles swung over their heads should be effective. The streamer action has been getting worse the past week or so but that can change in an hour if clouds move in. The caddis are still a factor and in the evenings but it has tapered off pretty dramatically recently. Today's flow below Holter is 4430 cfs.

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Squeak Truth To Power An incident with a bodyworker and another with my husband have me questioning everything. Upon entering the bodyworker’s apartment, you see a bunch of nude photos of him.

He makes you strip to your underwear and stand there while he “evaluates” your body structure. Later, you get on your hands and knees in your panties so he “can work on your back.” I know of two women he offered to draw a bubble bath for after their massage. He seems to cross certain professional boundaries that should be in place to make women feel safe. When I mentioned this, he got incredibly offended and said it was my issue. Am I crazy?

Prudish? My husband, who I’ve found myself supporting financially since we married six months ago, also made me feel like the crazy one. He just moved out—after informing me that my 6-year-old daughter has an energy field that shocks him and that she “can’t connect with the divine.” Am I doing something to cause this stuff?

Why can’t my husband just love me or be kind?

—Bewildered Going along with whatever you’re told can really muck up your life (or your afterlife, if you believe in that sort of thing). Take the jihadists. They’re told they’ll go to heaven if they blow themselves and a bunch of other people up for Allah. As for what they’ll get upon arrival, it’s 72…well…it turns out there’s some dispute about the translation: It’s either 72 virgins or 72 white raisins.

Meanwhile, back at bodyworker ranch and nudie museum, you, too, were just following orders: “Back problems? Just strip down to your panties, get on your hands and knees, and bark like a dog.” No, he didn’t ask you that last bit, but if he did, I have a sneaking suspicion your response would’ve been “Pekingese or Chinese Crested?” Like too many women, you can sense trouble, but care more about not seeming like trouble. You finally hinted that you were uncomfortable, but he only had to get huffy, and your self-doubt made you quick to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Being so compliant doesn’t just lead to creepy experiences but to dangerous or deadly ones. As Gavin de Becker writes in The Gift of Fear, “The first time a woman is hit, she is a victim and the second time, she is a volunteer.”

Unfortunately, your actions don’t just affect you; there’s the love child of Adolf Hitler and Freddy Krueger (also known as your 6-year-old).

Not only does your new husband believe, sans evidence, in utter crap,

he weaponizes it and uses it against your kid. Now, it’d be one thing if he’d pointed out little Priscilla skinning the neighbor’s cat. Instead, he announces that her “energy field” is “shocking” (pink?) and she “can’t connect with the divine.” Please.

Whatever “the divine” is, she’s 6.

She can barely connect with silverware.

You end up in these situations because you have the ability to reason but you live like meat meandering through life. Your husband didn’t become a mean mooch; he always was one. Why are you only noticing now? Well, it’s a little hard to see when you close your eyes, cross your fingers, and hope for the best.

Figure out who you are and what you value, then develop the selfrespect to stand up for it. It beats believing everybody but you is a guru. That’s the kind of thinking that’ll have you taking your daughter in to have her “aura” steam-cleaned, and maybe even taking advantage of the special: Not only will they discover you have cancer, for just $3,999.99, they’ll cure it by waving a chicken foot over it while you wait.

Afternoon Delete I met a guy on an Internet dating site, and had two great dates. It’s only been a couple days, but the interaction has changed. He isn’t initiating contact, just replying to e-mail I send him. Should I call to ask what happened since that second date?

—Flummoxed The ability to interrogate is something so many men look for in a woman, and the sooner the better: “It’s been two whole days since our second date. Exactly what are you doing while you’re not calling me?” On the Internet or off, only if a guy initiates another date should you consider him a possibility. But, the Internet dating venue could be part of the problem. In a bar, there might be another cute girl or two; on the Web, there are always 10,000 more where you came from. Studies by social psychologist Sheena S. Iyengar and others suggest humans want a vast array of options, but with more than a handful, tend to choose poorly and be unhappy with their choices. And, you know what they say...misery loves company—providing it’s spiritual but not religious, toned/athletic, and not into games.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your assignment is to get angry in the most unique, brilliant, and constructive way possible. Merely being annoyed and muttering generic curses will definitely not be sufficient. Nor will it work for you to get consumed in knee-jerk rage or to be peeved about the same old boring targets that everyone reacts to. What the cosmos needs from you this week, Aries, is a controlled explosion of liberated, compassionate, laser-sharp fury that will fuel your ingenious drive to change everything for the better.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you having intense cravings for candy? Do you find yourself leaning in the direction of sappy emotions and syrupy words? That’s what my astrological projections suggest. And if that’s indeed the case, I’d like to steer you in a different direction. It’s not that an extravagant involvement in chocolate and sentimentality is wrong or bad. But what you truly need, in my opinion, is a more muscular, provocative sweetness. A wilder, more vibrant sweetness. A sweetness that can smash obstacles and incite high magic.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I won’t protest if you try to conceal yourself from bullies or gossips or critics or narcissists. You have cosmic permission to hunker down and keep a low profile. But please don’t hide from yourself. In fact, I encourage you to make yourself extra available to yourself. Listen respectfully to the questions and comments that your shadow murmurs in your inner ear. Be eager to tune in to the messages your body is longing to tell you. These communications might sometimes be a minor pain in the ego, but the long-term benefits to your soul could be substantial.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I have tuned in to your yearning for resolution, O Seeker. I know that your heart fervently wants the riddles to run their course, the mysteries to be revealed, the uncertainties to be quelled. And I have ransacked my imagination in search of what consolation I might provide to appease your quest for neat, simple truths. But what I have concluded, O In-Between One, is that any solutions I might try to offer you would not only be fake, but also counterproductive. What you actually need, I suspect, are not answers to your urgent questions, but rather, better questions; more precisely formulated questions; more ruthlessly honest questions. Dig deeper, please. Open wider. Think fatter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): No one knew there was coal in the United States until 1790. A hunter who was wandering near Pennsylvania’s Broad Mountain stumbled upon it accidentally when his campfire lit up an outcropping of pure anthracite. That discovery was both a blessing and a curse; since then, the mining of coal has yielded abundant energy but also environmental degradation. I predict a metaphorically similar event for you in the coming days, Leo. You will inadvertently find a potentially enormous source of valuable fuel that will, like coal, present you with both rich opportunities and knotty dilemmas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I dare you to say yes to a possibility you’ve said no to in the past. I double dare you to try an impossible thing before lunch each day. I triple dare you to imagine you’re a genius at inspiring people to like you and help you. I quadruple dare you to drive overly stable people crazy for all the right reasons. I quintuple dare you to fantasize that your so-called delusions of grandeur have begun to contain more than a few grains of truth.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I know a 19-year-old woman who has been going through an especially vivid phase of living on the edge between yes and no. She told me that yesterday morning she woke up with the feeling that in the next 12 hours she could either commit suicide or else perform some epic deed in which she surpassed all of her previous limits. She chose the latter path, completing an 18-mile bike ride that tested her endurance and drove her into the heights of exhilaration. As she pedaled, she drove herself onward with the throbbing thought that this was a perfect way to silence the self-destructive voice within her. I offer her victory to you, Libra, as being worthy of imitation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Let’s take inventory of your harvest, Scorpio. What blossomed for you these past months? Which of the seeds you planted last March and April sprouted into ripe, succulent blossoms? Which seeds grew into hard, spiky clumps? And what about weeds, pests, and predators? Were you tireless about keeping them away from your beauties? Finally, what did you learn about growing things that could give you a green thumb when you cultivate your seeds in the next cycle?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Before she became a rock goddess, Gwen Stefani cleaned the floors at an ice cream parlor. Prior to ascending to stardom, Ellen DeGeneres was an oyster shucker, Keanu Reeves worked a janitor, and Brad Pitt performed as a giant chicken mascot. As for me, my gig as an internationally syndicated astrologer was not my first.

Among many other things, I washed enough pots and pans in cheap restaurants to fulfill my dishwashing karma for my next five incarnations. I hope these examples serve to inspire you, Sagittarius.

Even during the down economy, the next six months will provide you with ripe astrological conditions for upgrading your job. And the coming weeks will be prime time to brainstorm about how to go about it.

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Will have a flexible schedule.

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Will be supervising 4 to 5 employees. Must be a detail type person. Must be available mall hours & days to include weekends & evenings. Must be energetic, have cash handling experience.

Must have excellent customer service & people skills, able to multitask in a very busy environment. Will be performing a wide variety of tasks daily. Benefits are available. Salary will be $11 to $16 an hour+ range, DOE. #2976186 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 STOP & L@@K MacKenzie River Pizza Co is HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS www.mackenzieriverpizza.com for application apply in person at 5210 Grand Creek Rd See Devin or Shoni EOE Work exchange for room/board.

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PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, F/T, Msla. The University of Montana Foundation is seeking a full-time COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. This position works in cooperation with the staff of the UM Foundation and the University of Montana to effectively communicate the institution’s needs and priorities to donors, staff, volunteers and constituent groups.

Responsible for development of UM Foundation publications, and the coordination of communication with internal and external markets through published and printed materials, Web-based communication and special events. A Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, marketing, English or related field.

Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook. The UM Foundation offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package. #2976166 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

position M-F. Starts at $9.00/hr with benefits after 6 mos. Requires bachelor’s degree, excellent computer skills, and excellent writing skills. Hiring for Database Quality Control Specialist who, upon hire, may be assessed for aptitude for Production Supervisor Trainee with higher salary. Experience with databases a plus and initiative helpful. Send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to P.O. Box 9323, Missoula, MT 59802 or dcarothers@litigationabstract.com

Montana Legacy Project Transportation Planner - The Nature Conservancy, (Missoula, Montana), is seeking an experienced forest road and transportation planner to assist in administering the forest road network of recently purchased lands in western Montana. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and 3 years experience in natural resource management or equivalent combination of education and experience; Experience in forest road design and engineering; Experience with road easements and permits; ability to build strong relations with a variety of people and personalities. Term of Employment: two years. Benefits Package. Salary commensurate with experience. EOE. Please see full job description, complete an online application, and upload a cover letter and resume at www.nature.org/careers by September 18th COB.

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Physics Teacher Wanted SpectrUM Discovery Area is hiring a certified science teacher for it’s traveling science program.

MosSE (Montana spectrUM Science Experience), the mobile science center of the University of Motana is touring Montana and Idaho in October and November with the popular Motion exhibition. Applicant must be a physics teacher and have experience providing teacher professional development. We’ll be visiting 6-8 sites this fall which span approximately 4-5 weeks, with potential for more opportunities in the future.

This is a contracted position with spectrUM Discovery Area and the University of Montana and pays $600/week. Contact Holly Truitt for more details, (406) 2434323, holly.truitt@mso.umt.edu Supervisors Needed Litigation Support company needing to expand our operations.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The month of August brought you some peculiar advances.

You got a reward that didn’t mean as much to you as it might have had you received it earlier. You outgrew an enigma that had puzzled and frustrated you forever. And you finally wriggled free of a shadowy game that you had been attached to long after it lost its power to educate you. As curious as these wistful breakthroughs have been, they are prologue to what’s headed your way. Get ready to solve a problem you didn’t even know you loved.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I love the new neighborhood I just moved to. It’s insanely eclectic. Modern suburban-like homes with impeccable emerald-green lawns stand right next door to bedraggled 1950s-style ranch houses with unfinished plywood for garage doors and high brown weeds blanketing the front yards. A rusty mustard-yellow 1977 Cadillac Seville sporting a McCain-Palin bumper sticker is parked on the street next to a shiny 2007 Volvo with a sticker that advises, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Aging rednecks with fishing gear scattered in the driveway live next door to hipster musicians who blast psychedelic folk songs from their garage rehearsal space. I urge you to hang out in places like this in the coming weeks: where diversity rules, where the pigeonholes are exploded, where variety is not just the spice of life but the main course.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I know some brave pioneers who make responsible use of psychotropic drugs as they map out the borderlands of consciousness. I’m glad they’re doing that work, but my path is different. I don’t indulge in marijuana, LSD, ayahuasca, or psilocybin. However, my many years of doing meditation, dream work, and various spiritual practices have nevertheless transformed me into a radical mystic with some of the same knowledge that the psychedelic experimenters have. Keep that disclaimer in mind as you ruminate on my advice for you, which is this: Blow your own mind, baby. Raise your expectations, supercharge your fantasy life, and make forays out into the frontiers. Get high in ways that are appropriate to your ethical code.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARINGS The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold the final budget hearing on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2010 on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at approximately 2:30 p.m., following the regularly scheduled Public Meeting, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex.

The Commissioners will meet to Fix the Final Budget and make appropriations on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearings and be heard for or against the proposed budget. The proposed budget is open for inspection in the Missoula County Commissioners’ Office. For further information, contact Andrew V. Czorny, Chief Financial Officer, at the Missoula County Courthouse, 2584919, or by e-mail at Aczorny@co.missoula.mt.us BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: /s/ Bill Carey Chairman ATTEST: /s/ Vickie Zeier County Clerk and Recorder MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT The Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Board will continue the public hearing on proposed changes to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. or soon thereafter in the second floor conference room at the Health Department at 301 West Alder in Missoula. The Air Board will take public comments at the hearing before deciding whether or how to amend the air regulations. Written comments may be submitted on or before September 9, 2009 by mailing them to Air Comments, MCCHD, 301 W Alder St., Missoula, MT 59802; faxing them to (406) 258-4781 or emailing them to aircomments@ho.missoula.mt.us.

For more information, a copy of the proposed regulations, or to sign up for the Interested Parties mailing list, visit www.co.missoula.mt.us/airquality or call 258-4755.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT The Missoula City-County Health Board will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the Missoula City-County Health Code on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. or soon thereafter in the second floor conference room at the Health Department at 301 West Alder in Missoula. The Department has proposed changes to the administrative section of the Health Code, to Regulation 1 regarding Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems and is proposing a new regulation regarding well location permits. The Board will take public comments at the hearing. Written comments may be submitted on or before September 10, 2009 by mailing them to Health Code Comments, MCCHD, 301 W Alder St., Missoula, MT 59802; faxing them to (406) 258-4781 or emailing them to engleberte@ho.missoula.mt.us. For more information, a copy of the proposed regulations or to sign up for the Interested Parties mailing list, visit www.co.missoula.mt.us/EnvHealth or call 258-4755.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-07-381 Dept. No. 4 SUMMONS. PAUL NEAL COOLEY, Plaintiff, v. LARUE THOMAS, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 19th day of June, 2009. (SEAL) /s/ Diane Overholtzer, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-09-918 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Peter Rosinsky, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Peter Rosinsky to Peter Crago. The hearing will be on 9/9/09 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date:

7/30/09. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Karen Johnson, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-09-118 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK C. WHITMOYER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to LINDA J. ARMSTRONG, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Marsillo & Schuyler, 103 South 5th Street East, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 25th day of June, 2009. /s/ Linda J. Armstrong, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-09-645 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. KATHERINE GAYVERT, Plaintiff, v. LONDON SCOTT, Defendent. TO: London Scott, 26600 Ocean View Drive, Malibu, CA 90265-2828.

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London Scott, London Hair Lounge, 22601 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear and answer the Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of herewith served upon you.

You are directed to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to appear and answer as above required, judgment will be taken against you by default according to the Complaint filed herein for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court this 21st day of August, 2009. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Angela M. Phillips, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-09-100 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GORDON M. JENSEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Gordon S. Jensen, P.R., return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of August, 2009. /s/ Gordon S. Jensen, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-09-126 Department No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RALPH J. DIETRICH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Stephen J. Dietrich, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o SOL & WOLFE Law Firm, PLLP at 101 East Broadway #300, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court at Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802.

DATED this 9th day of August, 2009. /s/ Stephen J. Dietrich, c/o SOL & WOLFE Law Firm, PLLP, 101 East Broadway #300, Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson Probate No. DP-09-145 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF LUVERNE HULDA JENSEN, 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 Nancy Jo Johnson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1308-A Empire Road, Dickinson, ND 58601, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 18th day of August, 2009. /s/ Nancy Jo Johnson, Personal Representative, 1308-A Empire Road, Dickinson, ND 58601

Missoula Independent Page 44 September 3–September 10, 2009

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST. Deed of Trust: Dated November 8, 2007 Grantors: Stephen G. Steadele and Dawn R. Steadele 9916 Butler Creek Road, Missoula, Montana 59808 Original Trustee: Title Services, Inc. P.O. Box 8223, Missoula,, Montana 59807. Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula, P.O. Box 4506, Missoula, Montana 59806. Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Attorney at Law Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC, P.O. Box 8957, Missoula, Montana 59807- (8957 Date and Place of Recordation: November 8, 2007, Book 808, Page 1035, Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 1st day of December, 2009, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, West Broadway side, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee, and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: Tract A of Certificate of Survey No. 5858, located in the Southeast OneQuarter of Section 17, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Subject to easements and encumbrances of record. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantors, and all of their successors and assigns, to pay at maturity on August 10, 2008 all principal provided for in the Deed of Trust in the amount of One Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Ninetynine and 31/100ths Dollars ($172,099.31); together with accruing interest; and late charges in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00); reconveyance fee in the amount of Forty-seven Dollars ($47.00); and a contractor advance in the amount of One Thousand Fifty-three and 05/100ths Dollars ($1,053.05) to protect the property.. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is One Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Ninety-nine and 31/100ths Dollars ($172,099.31) in principal, plus interest thereon at the rate of Eight and Onequarter Percent (8.25%) from and after the 10th day of August 2008 through June 23, 2009, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen and 71/100ths Dollars ($12,315.71), plus late charges and all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law.. DATED this 6th day of July, 2009. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley. Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee. Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC, P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807- (8957. STATE OF MONTANA :ss.

County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 6th day of July, 2009, by Christopher B. Swartley, Trustee . /s/ Roxie Hausauer, Notary Public for the State of Montana. Printed name: Roxie Hausauer NOTARIAL SEAL) Residing at: Lolo, MT My commission expires: 1/6/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/04/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200600386, Bk 767, Pg 216, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Terry Koski and Marisu Koski, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 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: Lot 41 of Pleasant View HomesPhase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 30, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $204,748.77. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $198,507.65, 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 November 9, 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.05172) 1002.127955-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/14/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200803342, Bk-813, Pg437, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which William C. McMahon and Kimberly D. McMahon, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 426 of Pleasant View Homes No. 4, Phase 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 8, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $227,858.69. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $219,459.78, 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 November 16, 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.05287) 1002.128642-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/02/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200425240, Bk. 739, Pg. 218, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Randy P. Sessions and Kendra K. Sessions as joint tenants was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and First American Title of Montana, Inc. Title Co. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title of Montana, Inc. Title Co. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 in Block 4 of El

Mar Estates Phase II, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200429966, 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 03/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 9, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $142,904.49. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $137,757.76, 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 November 17, 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.05346) 1002.129127-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/19/03, recorded as Instrument No. 200331389, Bk 715, Pg 1138, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mikeal Piediscalzzi and Kindra Piediscalzzi, as joint tenants with right of survivorship was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. d/b/a Mann Mortgage 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: Lot 13 in Block 7 of Lakeview Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 10, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $113,082.37. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $110,409.96, 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 November 19, 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.05635) 1002.129408-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/10/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200514158, Book 754, Page 463, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Anirban Mitra, a married man was Grantor, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 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: Lot 10 of Canyon View Two, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 817, Page 336, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/07 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 15, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $185,521.27. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $166,093.26, 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 November 23, 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.15442) 1002.89743-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 09-0112456 Title Order No. 090557413 The following legally described trust property to be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale.

PUBLIC NOTICES Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 12/16/2009, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: On the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Mt.. Recontrust Company, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which Cris Boller as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/10/2006 and recorded 04/14/2006, in Document No. 200608371 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 772 at Page Number 1620 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: Tract 7A-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4266, located in the East One-Half of Section 10, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M. Missoula County, Montana.

Property Address: 20500 Spotted Fawn Rd, Huson, MT 59846. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held

by BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. Together with any default in the payment of recurring obligations as they become due. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $241,119.40 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.375% per annum from 04/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. Dated: 8/19/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 ASAP# 3211337 08/20/2009, 08/27/2009, 09/03/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 4, 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 18 in Block 1 of Thibodeau and Poitras Tract, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Rodney Roberts and Heather A Roberts, who acquired title as Heather A Swingley, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Washington Mutual Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 19, 2006 and recorded on October 25, 2006 at 1:07 o’clock P.M., in Book 785, Page 1373, under Document No 200627759. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1. 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 $1098.45, beginning March 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obli-

gation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 13, 2009 is $123,500.49 principal, interest at the rate of 10.00% now totaling $4522.71, late charges in the amount of $197.73, other fees and expenses advanced of $17.85, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.02 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: June 26, 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 June 26, 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# 3245934 09/03/2009, 09/10/2009, 09/17/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 19, 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: LOTS 8, 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 11 OF BECKS HOME ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. A.P.N.: 1441308 George S. Garr, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Deborah H. Bishop, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated November 2, 2007 and recorded November 6, 2007 as document number 200729203, in Bk-808, Pg840.. The beneficial interest is currently held by Aurora Loan Services, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,084.47, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 13, 2009 is $178,747.37 principal, interest at the rate of 9.125% now totaling $5,973.12, late charges in the amount of $132.06, escrow advances of $758.35, and other fees and expenses advanced of $24.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $45.31 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: June 9, 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 June 9, 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# 3223489 08/20/2009, 08/27/2009, 09/03/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 30, 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: LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 8 OF COOK’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. George S. Garr, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007 and recorded May 21, 2007 as document number 200712521, in book 797, page 1117. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the

monthly payments due in the amount of $593.19, beginning February 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 14, 2009 is $185,288.40 principal, interest at the rate of 3.87500% now totaling $2,431.27, late charges in the amount of $88.95, other fees and expenses advanced of $22.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $19.67 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: June 22, 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 06/22/2009, 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# 3240472 09/03/2009, 09/10/2009, 09/17/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 30, 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 5A of Crestview Heights Phase IIIA, an amended subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Charles Jennings, 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 October 26, 2006 and Recorded October 31, 2006 in Book 766, page 467, as Document No. 200628274.

The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank FSB f/k/a 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 $1,337.65, 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 June 10, 2009 is $198,698.01 principal, interest at the rate of 7.125% now totaling $10,967.01, late charges in the amount of $471.92, escrow advances of $4,087.91, other fees and expenses advanced of $91.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $38.79 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immedi-

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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 AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 22, 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 June 22, 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# 3240535 09/03/2009, 09/10/2009, 09/17/2009

Missoula County Government PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana.

1. Subdivision Request – Sequoyah at Red Quill Ranch A request from Red Quill Ranch, LLC, represented by Eli & Associates, to subdivide a 163.93 acre parcel into 14 residential lots. The property is located adjacent to the Ravalli County Line, near Woodchuck Creek, and is bordered by Morgans Run Trail. The property is legally described as Tract 5 of COS 6062, located in Section 34 of T11N, R19W, P.M.M. (see Map J).

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Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

The request is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657.

If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Thursday, the 15th day of October, 2009, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantor COREY WILLIAMSON in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: Lot 44A of NORTH HALF OF SCHOOL ADDITION, TRACT15, LOTS 43A & 44a, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as Lot 44A of North Half of School Addition, Missoula, MT. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust recorded May 12, 2008, in Book 818 at page 1123 as Document No. 200810747 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, wherein COREY WILLIAMSON is Grantor, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MONTANA, INC. is the named Beneficiary, and INSURED TITLES, LLC is the named Trustee; that certain Modification of Deed Trust dated August 26, 2008, and recorded

September 18, 2008, in Book 826 at page 832 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated March 24, 2009, and recorded June 1, 2009, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, in Book 840 at page 826 as Document No. 200912987, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee Insured Titles, LLC with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee. The foreclosure is made because the Grantor, COREY WILLIAMSON, and his co-borrowers, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that they have failed to pay the payment due upon maturity of said Note and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of Four Hundred Sixty-five Thousand Fifteen and 74/100 Dollars ($465,015.74), together with interest at the default rate of 18.00% per annum, until the date of sale.

That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of Four Hundred Sixty-five Thousand Fifteen and 74/100 Dollars ($465,015.74) in principal; Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-four and 85/100 Dollars ($60,994.85) in interest; and One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($100.00) in late fees, totaling the

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sum of Five Hundred Twenty-six Thousand One Hundred Ten and 59/100 Dollars ($526,110.59), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 3rd day of June, 2009. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA) :ss. County of Missoula).

On the 3rd day of June, 2009, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. KIng, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Mary Ellen O’Donnell, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Florence, MT. My commission expires: 1/15/2011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday, the 20th day of October, 2009, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantors PRINGLE LANDHOLDING, LLC, in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula County, Montana, to wit: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 22 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 917. The Real Property or its address in commonly known as 28030 Highway 10 West, Huson, MT 59846. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust dated October 31, 2007, and recorded November 2, 2007, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, in Book 808 at Page 517 as Document No. 200728880, wherein PRINGLE LANDHOLDING LLC is Grantor, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF

MONTANA, INC. is the named Beneficiary, and FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY is the named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated October 27, 2008, and recorded October 28, 2008, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana in Book 828 at page 860 as Document No. 200824474, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee First American Title Company with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee; and that certain Loan Modification Agreement dated April 8, 2009.

This foreclosure is made because the Grantor, PRINGLE LANDHOLDING, LLC, and its successors in interest, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that it has failed to pay the monthly payments and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust and that certain Loan Modification Agreement dated April 8, 2009, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of Four Hundred Sixty-four Thousand Six Hundred Nineteen and 04/100 Dollars ($464,619.04), together with interest at the default rate of 18% per annum, until the date of sale. That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of Four Hundred Sixty-four Thousand Six Hundred Nineteen and 04/100 Dollars ($464,619.04) in principal; Eightytwo Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-six and 53/100 Dollars ($82,376.53) in interest; and Seven Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($700 00) in late fees, totaling the sum of Five Hundred Forty-seven Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-five and 57/100 Dollars ($547,695.57), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, cost and attorney fees allowable by law.

DATED this 17th day of June, 2009. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA) : ss. County of Missoula).

On the 17th day of June, 2009, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the

day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, MT My commission expires: January 24, 2012

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SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for the construction of Hedge Canal Diversion Dam Replacement Project, as described in the Project Manual, will be received by MORRISON-MAIERLE, INC. at 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT 59808, until 4:00 P.M. local time on September 16, 2009, and then publicly opened and read aloud. Late bids will be returned unopened. Each bid shall be submitted in a sealed envelope. The envelope shall be clearly marked as follows: “BID PROPOSAL” “HEDGE CANAL DIVERSION DAM REPLACEMENT PROJECT” “DALY DITCHES IRRIGATION DISTRICT” This project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: 1). Demolition of Existing Diversion Dam and Intake Structure; 2). Temporary Diversion of Bitterroot River; 3).

Construction of Concrete Intake Structure; 4). Construction of Grouted Rip-Rap Diversion Dam. The Project Manual (Contract Documents) may be purchased from the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT, telephone 406 542 8880. The cost is $150 per set, which is nonrefundable, including delivery

by U.S. Postal Service mail. Payment of an additional $25.00 is required for express mail. Full size drawings may be purchased for an additional charge of $100.00 , which is nonrefundable. After award of the contract, the successful Bidder will be furnished five Project Manuals free of charge. The Project Manual may be examined at the following locations: Daly Ditches Irrigation District, 566 Tammany Lane, Hamilton, Montana 59840, and the offices of the consulting engineer, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., at: 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT; or at plan exchanges in Great Falls, Billings, Dodge-Scan-Boise, Kalispell, Missoula, and Montana Contractors Association, Helena. Each bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to the Daly Ditches Irrigation District, Montana, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid amount. The successful BIDDER shall furnish approved Performance and Payment Bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.

Workmen’s Compensation, Comprehensive General Liability, and insurance certificates shall be provided by the successful Bidder. This project is funded in part through the American Recovery and Resource Act of 2009 and shall be required to follow the certification and reporting requirements of the Act. Information, as required in Section 00200 Instructions to Bidders, Article 4, shall be submitted with the bid for review and evaluation by the Engineer and Owner. No bid may be withdrawn within a period of 30 days after the bid opening date.

A pre-Bid conference will be held at the Daly Ditches Irrigation District, 566 Tammany Lane, Hamilton, Montana 59840 on September 9 at 2:00 pm local time.

Representatives of OWNER and ENGINEER will be present to discuss the Project.

Attendance to the pre-bid conference is optional. ENGINEER will transmit to all prospective Bidders of record such Addenda as ENGINEER considers necessary in response to questions arising at the conference. Oral statements may not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective.

Before a contract will be awarded, the District will conduct investigations to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the construction specified. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder’s qualifications. The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to determine which bid is, in the District’s judgment, the lowest responsible bid. The District also reserves the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, or minor deviations in any bid and to delete certain items listed in the bid. A detailed listing of bid items and contractual specifications are described in the Project Manual. Published this 27th day of August, 2009. /s/ Paul Barteni, Manager Daly Ditches Irrigation District SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for the construction of Siphon 1 – Phase 1 piping, as described in the Project Manual, will be received by MORRISON-MAIERLE, INC. at 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT 59808, until 4:00 P.M. local time on September 14, 2009, and then publicly opened and read aloud. Late bids will be returned unopened. Each bid shall be submitted in a sealed envelope. The envelope shall be clearly marked as follows: “BID PROPOSAL” “SIPHON 1 – PHASE 1 PROJECT” “BITTER ROOT IRRIGATION DISTRICT” This project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: 1). Installation of approximately 900 LF of 72-inch to 66-inch steel irrigation pipe. Steel pipe provide by OWNER; 2).

Installation of concrete inlet structure; 3).

Installation of concrete thrust blocks; 4).

Installation of various steel pipe fittings.

Pipe fitting supplied by OWNER. The Project Manual (Contract Documents) may be purchased from the office of MorrisonMaierle, Inc., 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT, telephone 406 542 8880. The required deposit is $150.00 per set, which is nonrefundable, including delivery by U.S. Postal Service mail. Payment of an additional $25.00 is required for express mail. Full-Size Drawings may be purchased for an additional charge of $100.00, which is nonrefundable. After award of the contract, the successful Bidder will be furnished five Project Manuals free of charge. The Project Manual may be examined at the following locations: Bitter Root Irrigation District, 1182 Lazy J. Lane, Corvallis, Montana 59828, and the offices of the consulting engineer, MorrisonMaierle, Inc., at: 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, MT; or at plan exchanges in Great Falls, Billings, Dodge-Scan-Boise, Kalispell, Missoula, and Montana Contractors Association, Helena. Each bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to the Bitter Root Irrigation District, Montana, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the

total bid amount. The successful BIDDER shall furnish approved Performance and Payment Bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount.

Workmen’s Compensation, Comprehensive General Liability, and Transportation insurance and insurance certificates shall be provided by the successful Bidder. This project is funded in part through the American Recovery and Resource Act of 2009 and shall be required to follow the certification and reporting requirements of the Act. Information, as required in Section 00200 Instructions to Bidders, Article 4, shall be submitted with the bid for review and evaluation by the Engineer and Owner. No bid may be withdrawn within a period of 30 days after the bid opening date. A pre-Bid conference will be held at the Bitter Root Irrigation District, 1182 Lazy J. Lane, Corvallis, Montana 59828 on September 8 at 2:00 pm local time. Representatives of OWNER and ENGINEER will be present to discuss the Project. Attendance of the pre bid conference is optional. ENGINEER will transmit to all prospective Bidders of record such Addenda as ENGINEER considers necessary in response to questions arising at the conference. Oral statements may not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective. Before a contract will be awarded, the District will conduct investigations to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the type of construction specified. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder’s qualifications. The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to determine which bid is, in the District’s judgment, the lowest responsible bid. The District also reserves the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, or minor deviations in any bid and to delete certain items listed in the bid. A detailed listing of bid items and contractual specifications are described in the Project Manual. Published this 27th day of August, 2009. /s/ John Crowley, Manager Bitter Root Irrigation District VICKIE M. ZEIER, MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER, HEREBY NOTIFIES MISSOULA COUNTY TAX PAYERS THAT THE FIRST HALF OF 2009 MOBILE HOME TAXES LEVIED AND ASSESSED WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2009.

UNLESS 2009 TAXES ARE PAID PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE AMOUNT THEN DUE WILL BE DELINQUENT, WILL ACCRUE INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5/6 OF 1% PER MONTH AND WILL BE ASSESSED A 2% PENALTY FROM THE TIME OF DELINQUENCY UNTIL PAID. IF YOU INTEND TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT

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1852 8th West St., Missoula. $179,900. MLS#904867. JoyEarls@ windermere.com 531-9811 SINGLE LEVEL LIVING, SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4Bdr/3 Bath, Open floor plan, large living room, great mountain and valley views. $239,900.

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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

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OUT OF TOWN 800 square foot cabin near hunting, fishing, and skiing in beautiful Haugan, MT. $83,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406207-1185. www.AccessRealty.net Turn key cabin in the Garnet Mountains, 24.49 acres, off the grid, gated access, spring water, new propane appliances, 9 miles south of Helmville. $140,000. Montana International Realty 406-883-6700

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Custom built on almost 1/2 acre on dead end street that adjoins the old Mt. Jumbo school playground. Open kitchen, living room, vaulted ceilings, 3/4 wrap around deck. Fully finished basement, pine floors throughout, lots of windows, master suite is the entire upper level.

Newly stained exterior on both logs and decks. Ready to move in! Bring your RD buyers.

Grant Creek Log home on 26+ private acres $525,000 Borders Lolo National Forest. Ski out your back door, drive 10 minutes to Snowbowl Ski area, or take a hike in 3 different directions in the summer!

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

RICE TEAM Janet Rice 532-7903 Robin Rice 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com www.missoulahomesonline.com • 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home • Addition for possible room or office • Shop & extra space in dbl garage • Zoned for multifamily or commercial • $135,000 • MLS#906610 Text:44133 Message: 12594 for pics

• Bonner area 5 Bed / 2 Bath on 2 acres • Large kitchen w/ island • Chain link fence in front yard • Private deck in back, mature trees • $219,900 • MLS#906641 Text:44133 Message: 12591 for pics

10.5 acres with irrigation rights • New log home with rock fireplace • 24 x 36 3 stall barn with tack room • Views of Mission Mountains • $425,000 • MLS#905412 Text:44133 Message: 12887 for pics

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2210 Raymond, Msla • $249,900 • MLS# 906615 ADORABLE Rattlesnake Home has been remodeled w/ nice updates. New kitchen features stainless steele appliances, beautiful ceramic tile backsplash, new countertops & Ikea cabinets and drawers. Living room has egineered cherry hardwood flooring w/ sliding glass door. Landscaped back yard has UG sprinklers & privacy fence.

Tall Timber Log Home E. Missoula MLS#906672 $234,000

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Two 5 acre parcels 15 minutes from Missoula with nice building sites and access to the Blackfoot River. $149,000 for either 5 acre

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110 South Ave West, Msla • $320,000 • MLS# 905618 Building & land for sale. Don't miss this perfect opportunity to own this commercial office building in a great location on South & Higgins. It offers lots of paved parking, handicap ramp with handicap restroom.

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Newer Polson area home on 4 lake view acres w/ apple orchard $429,000 41276 Gala View, Polson Soothing views to Flathead Lake from this 3 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath home on 4 acres. Landscaped with small apple orchard. Home is exceptionally well built. Master suite boasts garden tub, oversized shower, and dressing room.

Open floor plan, vaulted red cedar ceilings, floors. Propane fireplace. Granite and tile counter tops, stainless appliances.

Wine coolers. Covered protected deck to views. RV hook up.

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

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CHERRY ORCHARD View from site over Flathead Lake $329,000 Polson, MT Cherry orchard with 350 cherry trees. East shore of Flathead with older home and elevated building site.

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ROCKIN RUDY’S

More info: 549-8210 or habitatmsla.org

Featuring 30 artistic photographs of the three Habitat homes under construction in Missoula this year, this exhibit blends the art of photography, the craftsmanship of building, and the spirit of volunteers.

A&E Architects, 222 N. Higgins

ART OF BUILDING First Friday, 9/04, 5:30 - 8:00 pm

Habitat for Humanity's