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Vol. 20, No. 47 • Nov. 19–Nov. 26, 2009

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Vol. 20, No. 47 • Nov. 19–Nov. 26, 2009

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

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Every November the Indy celebrates the gloriously gluttonous holiday season with a mouth-watering list of recipes. We track down an eclectic collection of local chefs or foodies and ask them to share something they’d typically make for a Thanksgiving or Christmas Cover illustration by Kou Moua spread. Some recipes seem extravagant, but are ridiculously easy to follow. Others are short and simple, but create an elegant finished product. All of them, we’re sure, are delicious ...............................................14

News Letters Tester, Spencer Mountain and Jacko ..............................................................4 The Week in Review Veterans, wolves and 3 Inches of Blood..................................6 Briefs Early skiing, Lolo bus routes and sausage .......................................................6 Etc. Why the Good Food Store dropped out of WIC ................................................7 Up Front Local pot purveyor pushes state law’s limits..............................................8 Up Front Study shows statewide emissions jump 36 percent ...................................9 Ochenski Why are Dems continuing Republican coal projects?..............................10 Writers on the Range What we’re really doing by reintroducing wolves...............11 Agenda Dance and donate at Jingle Bells and Jingle Balls ......................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Mafia borscht.................................................................................20 8 Days a Week We’re ready for seconds ..................................................................21 Mountain High Ski season is nearly upon us ..........................................................34 Scope New documentary details life after foster care in Missoula ..........................38 Theater Justin Fatz answers the call in Fully Committed ........................................39 Books A “Joe” takes on Montana’s storied river culture ..........................................40 Film Pirate Radio stays buoyed with humor............................................................41 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ..................................................42

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Monday afternoon on the corner of Ryman and Broadway

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This week the Indy serves up its annual holiday food issue, featuring recipes from some of western Montana’s best chefs. What dish do you most look forward to seeing on your Thanksgiving table?

Follow-up: What’s the strangest or worst thing you’ve ever been served on Thanksgiving?

Jacked for Jacko After reading Katie Kane’s review of the new Michael Jackson documentary (see “This is thriller,” Nov. 5, 2009), I was so impressed that I had to go out and see the movie myself. I had not planned on it, but reconsidered after reading her review. I am really glad that I did. The movie is worth watching, even if you aren’t a fan, just to see a musical savant honing his skills.

Thanks for bringing in a woman’s perspective. Katie was right on the mark.

I enjoyed the complexity of her review.

Lynette Christensen Missoula

Save Spencer Mountain

Eric Webster: I look forward to that cranberry blob that comes in a can. I love that! Canned cran: I think the cranberry blob is pretty strange.

Andrew Bartlett: I like cranberry sauce. I work at the Good Food Store and we make a delicious cranberry sauce. This is my first Thanksgiving away from home, so I’m going to miss those little poppers on my plate that pop when you pull them apart. Waste not: I killed my own turkey once and we cooked the giblets. It was tasty, but strange.

Jud Harris: Bourbon and cranberry sauce. Bubbly bird: A Jones soda-flavored turkey. It actually tasted like Jones soda.

The 2,500 acres of public lands on Spencer Mountain are known nationwide for their recreation value. Locally, multiple users heavily use these lands; equestrians, bikers, hikers, anglers and people in general want to get out and appreciate the great outdoors. Because of the use, land management becomes a critical component and new responsibility on state public lands.

In these days when jobs are critical, the economic contribution of outdoor recreation is not to be underestimated. A recent study by the Outdoor Industry Association shows that outdoor recreation contributes more than $730 billion to the economy, supports nearly 6.5 million jobs nationwide and provides $49 billion in yearly tax revenue. Recreation coupled with traditional logging makes a good revenue package from public lands—and it creates jobs.

We all love our majestic forests on our public lands and recognize that Spencer Mountain is in much need of timber management. There are many efforts around Whitefish to assure that we as a community become wiser toward wildfires.

The community based initiative between logging and the recreation economy is a critical component for moving us forward. I think we mostly all agree. There have been many lessons over the years and a lot of good changes have been implemented. It’s been our willingness to think outside the box and find solutions that progresses us onward.

From the Whitefish State Lands Neighborhood Plan to the Trail Runs Through It, people are taking responsibility to find solutions. It’s time that the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) step up the effort to assure users that recreational manage-

Elizabeth Rose: I always look forward to my grandma’s Slovakian nut roll. It’s like a pastry with ground walnuts. Hold the mallow: I’m not a fan of the marshmallow yam thing. I like yams, but not with marshmallows.

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ment is a critical component of our state public lands.

The DNRC is expanding its scope on Spencer Mountain to recognize the past efforts in the Whitefish Neighborhood Plan, which encompasses traditional timber management, recreation and conservation. The DNRC though must also be willing to enhance recreation as a vital component of our local economy; rebuilding

A recent “study by the Outdoor Industry Association shows that outdoor recreation contributes more than $730 billion to the economy, supports nearly 6.5 million jobs nationwide and provides $49 billion in yearly

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trails, phasing out logging and providing access to ensure that those who make their living on these lands are not locked out during the three years of forest work.

The DNRC should partner with the Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks to ensure that recreation management is a key component on Spencer Mountain. This multi-agency approach would save taxpayers money, create jobs and ensure that the generations to come will still be able to enjoy the great outdoors. Without active public lands management, we all lose.

If you’re a fan of recreation on public lands, favor conservation or simply want to ensure that the next generation has open access to Spencer Mountain, help the DNRC “get it right” by participating in the process. If you remain silent, you may lose your access.

State Rep. Mike Jopek Whitefish

Straightforward answers Down through the decades, Montanans and many others have become familiar with forests’ potential to be a renewable resource. The logic is straightforward. We could cut some trees today, then go back to that same acreage later, and cut the trees that grew to replace them.

The potential for economic sustainability grows from forests’ potential renewability. Again, the logic is straightforward. Because forests have potential to be renewed, the businesses and jobs dependent on them could be sustained year after year, decade after decade.

All of which is widely approved, with very good reason. And there is reason to believe that logging companies are capable of doing it.

Alas, there have been challenges to making it work that way. Instead of relying on forest renewability, logging operations have often been pushed into roadless areas where trees have never been cut. This has been especially true when a combined exuberance of banking and building puts ambitious demands on the forests.

The booms in lending, building and logging have of course created booms in jobs. But, as we all know now, they have also ended with the pain of busted jobs in all three industries, stress on the financial system, and less roadless forest. These busts of finance, jobs and forest are not things we want renewed or sustained.

So, when Sen. Jon Tester wants yet another push into roadless acreage, it makes many of us wonder if the potential for renewability of forests and the sustainability of business and jobs will ever get their day in the sun. Many would much rather see what’s left of the roadless areas protected under the Wilderness Act, and would be delighted if Tester decided to put his good will behind keeping renewable forests and sustainable businesses and jobs alive and well in Montana.

Lance Olsen Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW • Wednesday, November 11

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by Cathrine L. Walters

Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger, a Marine Corps veteran, takes part in the annual Veterans Day ceremony on the front lawn of the Missoula County Courthouse. Bohlinger salutes the “men and women that we honor this day for their honor, their courage, their loyalty and for their commitment to this country…Patriotism runs thick in the blood of Montanans.”

• Thursday, November 12 Missoula County Justice Court charges Teuray J. Cornell, 34, with conspiracy to commit theft for allegedly robbing the Montana Lil’s Casino on Brooks Street. According to court documents, Cornell was working with Lil’s employee David Oberg, who told Cornell “you should come rob me” and “drop me a roll.” Oberg later said he was “just joking.”

• Friday, November 13 The UM men’s basketball team tips off its season with a 61-37 trouncing of North Dakota at Dahlberg Arena. The Griz, led by all-everything point guard Anthony Johnson, go on to beat Boise State and Loyola Marymount over the course of the weekend, winning the Grizzly Basketball Classic.

• Saturday, November 14 Vintage metal masters 3 Inches of Blood virtually make ears bleed during a ridiculously loud show at the Palace. The Vancouver-based band dedicates a song to Bitterroot resident Huey Lewis mid-way through its set, actually eliciting cheers from the raucous crowd.

• Sunday, November 15 Gary Tomljenovich and his son, Montana State University student Matt, lose their bid to win a $1 million prize on CBS’s Emmy-winning reality show, “The Amazing Race.” After successfully cruising across the Baltic Sea, team Tomljenovich gets delayed in Estonia and falls behind, leaving four teams to compete for the title.

• Monday, November 16 After hunters kill 72 wolves—one shy of the quota— Montana wildlife officials halt the state’s inaugural wolf hunting season short of its scheduled Nov. 29 conclusion. Environmental groups call the hunt a failed experiment because too many of the killed wolves roamed in remote backcountry areas and did not prey on livestock.

• Tuesday, November 17 Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock speaks about the dangers of prescription drug abuse during an abuse prevention summit in Helena. According to event organizers, Montana now ranks third nationally in teen misuse of prescription drugs.

Freedom gets fowled up after this chicken flew its coop near Perma, Mont. Needless to say, bystanders were unable to determine why, exactly, the chicken crossed the road.

Ski Season First tracks at Exit 0 The snow at Lookout Pass Recreation Area wasn’t much to write home about last Friday.

Pine sprouts, half-buried bushes and the odd rock made skiing more a practice in dodging detritus than an art of carving fast turns.

Yet chairlift operators could hardly load skiers and snowboarders fast enough. Hundreds arrived for the area’s second-earliest season opener in recent history. Eighteen inches might not be much, but no one could complain about hitting the slopes before Thanksgiving—especially not for a $27.50 discounted lift pass.

“It’s just great to be skiing this early,” says Steve Dennis, who moved to Coeur D’Alene from the Sacramento area in September. “With global warming, it feels like the season starts later and later.”

Dennis joined scores of others from Missoula, Coeur D’Alene and Spokane riding the eight runs Lookout managed to open for the weekend. A handful of Snowbowl regulars

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cruised down groomers close on the heels of a pack of Lookout ski instructors, who, for lack of lessons, reveled in an early start to winter.

“We opened Nov. 12 about two or three years ago,” says instructor Dave O’Hearn of Alberton. “But last year we didn’t open until December 13. That’s a full month later.”

Instructor Terry Godbout attributes the usually later start dates to global warming. He remembers bygone days when Lookout would open in mid-October—and with significantly better coverage. That was more than a decade ago.

These days, Godbout doesn’t hold out hope for skiing before Thanksgiving weekend. And one early season isn’t likely to change that.

“I heard every time the owner at 49 Degrees North [Ski Resort] north of Spokane puts in a new lift, he’s setting the base areas higher,” Godbout says. “So as the snow line retreats up the mountain over the years, people can still get on the lift.”

So far, no other opening days have been announced in the Missoula area. Lost Trail Powder Mountain’s latest online update puts

total season snowfall at 16 inches with no planned start date. Discovery’s Oct. 31 web post lists a depressing 0 inches. And don’t let the dusting above town fool you—Montana Snowbowl is running its snow guns, but no opening date has been set.

Alex Sakariassen

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Grand jury gripe If Duane Sipe and hundreds of organized Bitterroot conservatives get their way, Montana’s district court judges won’t be the only people capable of convening a grand jury for much longer.

Last week, Sipe submitted a constitutional initiative proposal to Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. He hopes to have a measure on the 2010 general ballot allowing citizens to convene grand juries. It’s a state right that Montanans have long been denied, he says.

“I found out that the public has been miseducated about various things in the way our form

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of government is supposed to work,” Sipe says.

“One of those is the process of the grand jury and what its intention is meant to be.”

Sipe speaks passionately of grand juries as a “check against overreaching government” and a “law enforcer of the Constitution.” If successful, his initiative will allow 0.5 percent of voters in a county to summon a grand jury to determine whether a legal case should go to trial.

McCulloch says constitutional initiatives like Sipe’s face “an uphill climb.” They must pass review by the attorney general and require 48,674 signatures to get on a ballot.

“It mostly comes down to how organized a group is, how widespread throughout the state of Montana, and oftentimes how deep the pockets are,” McCulloch says.

But Sipe has a unique advantage. He’s vice president of a Constitution studies committee with Celebrating Conservatism, a group in Hamilton garnering increased support across Montana. Mona Docteur, the group’s founder, says this is Celebrating Conservatism’s first attempt at actively changing state policy.

“Once we’re ready to gather signatures, that’s probably where the wheels will be put on this petition,” Docteur says.

Docteur calls initiatives like this one “empowering” for the group’s members, and Sipe was eager to spearhead the first initiative.

“What we’re all about is looking for solutions rather than just sitting around growling about what we perceive to be problems out in our world,” Sipe says. “This is one that we believe is a valid solution that we want to try and implement.”

Alex Sakariassen

Uncle Bill Expanding the sausage biz Bill Stoianoff, aka “Uncle Bill,” now carries a briefcase. For those who know the local sausage king, that’s quite a statement.

“I’ve got a lot of plans,” he says, fresh back from an American Meat Institute convention in Chicago. And those plans are to expand.

Most locals know Uncle Bill from his stand at the Clark Fork River Market during the summer, or his Brooks Street shop, The Joint Effort. He sells his popular bratwurst, brockwurst and Christmas sausage—as well as many other varieties—from both locations, usually taking the

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time to talk spices, recipes and red wine.

The 62-year-old Missoula native stuffs 7,000 pounds of sausage links yearly and scours classic cookbooks for ideas; he’s been known to have German recipes translated into English to recreate delicacies. Uncle Bill always grinds his own spices and always wears his signature beret.

“There’s three of us working—me, myself and I,” he quips. “And I work those other two sons of bitches, too.”

But Uncle Bill is poised to grow his operation. As he sits down with his briefcase to discuss his plans, he pulls out a glossy brochure featuring rows of impeccably portioned links

lined above a shining new sausage-stuffing machine.

“I think I might go see one of these in action,” he says.

Next, Uncle Bill pulls out the bottom-fill, tamper-proof bag he’s eyeing to package his product. It’s perfect, he says, pointing to the best part—a spot on the back for recipes.

Uncle Bill’s goal is to increase production from 7,000 pounds of sausage a year to 7,000 pounds a day. Ultimately, he aims to build his own manufacturing, retail and wholesale facility, complete with a daycare center for his employee’s children.

Uncle Bill says he’s working with the Lake County Development Corporation in Ronan, a small business incubator, to secure grant money for his expansion. If all goes according to plan, he envisions grocery stores and restaurants across

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the nation enjoying the Montana-made product.

The only trick will be maintaining the quality of the sausage.

“Basically, you are what you eat,” he says. “So don’t eat shit.”

Jessica Mayrer

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Transportation

Lolo looks ahead People commuting from Missoula to Lolo have only one option—drop a wad of cash on gas and drive up Highway 93. But Mountain Line bus service is eyeing a pilot program that could expand service to the Bitterroot.

“When you look down Highway 93 at 7, 7:30 in the morning you see a significant amount of traffic,” says Mountain Line General Manager Steve Earle.

“I’d say there’s no question that it’s necessary.”

The historic roadblock to the Lolo route has always been money. To help demonstrate demand—and, in turn, secure additional funding—Mountain Line is asking commuters to fill out an online survey posted on its website.

“The service is realistic, if the demand is there,” Earle says.

Mountain Line representatives presented an early proposal of the service to the Lolo Community Council last week. In the future, Earle says he aims to provide roundtrip weekday commuter express bus service from Missoula to Lolo four times daily.

Devin Jackson, vice chairman of the Lolo Community Council, says there’s a mounting need for bus service in the area. With Lolo tacking on thousands of new residents over the past decade, many commute back and forth to large Missoula employers like the University of Montana and Community Medical Center. The area also lacks a high school, meaning students involved in extracurricular activities who stay after school—and after regular school buses leave—are often left wanting for a way back home.

“The higher gas prices go, the more people from out here want to find another alternative,” Jackson says, who adds that the Lolo Community Council has drafted a letter of support for Mountain Line’s proposal.

In the meantime, Earle asks people to tell Mountain Line what they think by filling out the transportation survey at mountainline.com.

“We’ll take all the input we can get,” he says.

Jessica Mayrer

Yard field goal made by UM student Matthew Brenner Nov. 14 in the Griz football “Kick for Cash” promotional. Brenner got a second shot at the $10,000 prize after sponsors deemed him ineligible after a successful Oct. 31 kick.

If you picked up this copy of the Independent in anticipation of making one of our mouth-watering holiday recipes (see page 14), you’ll notice that everyone involved paid particular attention to including as many local and organic ingredients as possible. But despite the Garden City’s considerable efforts to ensure that even the less fortunate have access to such foods—like the farmers’ markets accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, or the PEAS Farm’s donations to the Missoula Food Bank—not everyone can choose the healthiest options.

Unfortunately, this includes Montanans who rely on the federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC. Recent changes have made the program, administered by the state, much more prescriptive in which foods and brands mothers can and cannot buy, and those changes have forced Missoula’s organic Mecca to choose between honoring its mission and serving some of the neediest members of the community.

As of November 30, after some 30 years, the Good Food Store will no longer participate in the program because of the foods it would be forced to stock, like factory-farm eggs, non-organic baby food, cheese with rBGH and peanut butter with hydrogenated oil. The only WIC-approved organic item is milk.

“They’ve finally been able to make it completely impossible for us to participate, and that’s just too bad,” says Pam Clevenger, the Good Food Store’s grocery, meat and seafood manager. “It’s too bad that the people who use the coupons don’t have more of a choice.”

State WIC director Joan Bowsher explains the decision comes down to money. “It was a budget thing,” she says.

Bowsher says the new rules do include some positive developments. For instance, women now get $10 per month and each child $6 per month to spend on fresh or frozen vegetables and fresh fruits—a move that forces WIC-participating stores to stock those items. That money, the state decided, can also be spent at farmers’ markets.

Still, with the other demands, the Good Food Store saw no option but to bow out.

“It took us a long time to finally come to this decision,” Clevenger says. “One thing we were worried about is that people would perceive us as being elitist. And that’s definitely not what this is about. What it’s about is our customers trusting us to not carry products like hydrogenated oil, products that are bad for people’s health.”

No doubt, we all—state agencies included—have to live within our budgets. We just wish the state found a way to let mothers make a better choice when nourishing their children.

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Sticky business Local pot purveyor pushes state law’s limits

by Matthew Frank

Maybe this is what the originators of Montana’s Medical Marijuana Act had in mind: An old man with a cane, a young man in a wheelchair and a few other patients mingle in the waiting room of Montana Pain Management (MPM) on Third Street in Missoula. A receptionist calls names and pulls files, while the people receive the medicine they need. At first glance, it looks just like any other health care clinic.

Or maybe not. Unlike most clinics, there are no doctors at the facility and no nurses—only one owner, about 10 employees and a couple hundred mari-

“The Medical Marijuana Act does not provide for businesses to essentially be caregivers,” says Deputy Missoula County Attorney Andrew Paul. “I think it was contemplated that an individual person would assist a qualified patient by helping them to grow it and delivering it to the qualified patient. The law doesn’t say anything about an LLC or co-ops or any of those types of those organizations, so it’s really kind of nebulous…I don’t think it’s clear that they are legal.”

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juana plants budding beneath grow lights in two back rooms. The location is Missoula’s first storefront dispensary for medical marijuana, and city officials say three other businesses have applied for permits to run similar operations in the area.

But, authorities wonder, are these businesses legal?

Rick Rosio, the owner of MPM, says his business operates within the limits of the state’s nascent medical marijuana law.

Montana voters approved the legislation in 2004, making limited amounts of the medicine available to qualified patients through a state licensed supplier, called a caregiver.

Specifically, a caregiver can grow as many as six marijuana plants for a patient. Rosio says he’s become the caregiver for, he estimates, about 350 patients, with eight to 10 new clients coming in every day. The state can’t confirm Rosio’s claim, but if it’s true it means MPM can grow some 2,500 marijuana plants, and sell the medicine to patients whenever they need it.

MPM’s volume has county attorneys questioning its legitimacy.

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Department of Public Health & Human Services. Those numbers include 573 patients and 190 caregivers in Missoula County. Statewide, there are 28 caregivers who provide marijuana to 20 or more patients.

“When you have one person who is trying to collect hundreds of caregivers cards,” Paul says, “that’s a little bit of a red flag that this is not the type of caregiver that was contemplated by the Medical Marijuana Act. So that certainly seems to be someone who’s trying to push the system.”

Paul isn’t alone in his concern over businesses like MPM. Statewide medical marijuana proponents worry that boldly testing the limits of the law could be detrimental to the movement and send the wrong message.

“This law is so precious as it is,” says Tom Daubert, founder of Patients and Families United, a statewide support group for patients who use medical marijuana. “People should adhere to it and not risk causing public concern and backlash that isn’t warranted.”

Daubert says MPM’s size, in particular, could present problems for what’s already been a contentious battle to legitimize medical marijuana.

“Does [Rosio] have records that account fully for all marijuana produced and all marijuana sold?” Daubert asks. “Is it clear from those records that no marijuana went to any patients other than the ones who have registered him to be a caregiver?

“I am very uncomfortable with entrepreneurial operators trying to make the medical end of things faster and easier,” he continues, “because it does smack of profiteering in ways that might not be medically legitimate.”

Rosio doesn’t see a problem. He runs MPM with confidence—he’s already invested, he says, about $600,000 in the business—in part because he pays four attorneys to advise him at every turn how to stay on the right side of the law. He says he’s worked closely with the Attorney General’s office, and has invited city and county officials and police to tour his facility.

“We don’t want this to be a mystery,” Rosio says as he opens the door to one of MPM’s white-walled grow rooms.

A few “gardeners,” as he calls them, tend to about 100 four-week-old, foothigh plants. In the next room another 100 or so planters hold eight-week-old plants, all reaching up toward rows of bright grow lights. And hundreds more grow in another facility in town, its location kept secret.

Rosio, who previously supplied medical marijuana in Livingston, also doesn’t hide his desire to grow the business. He says he plans to hire a physician to diagnose patients with qualifying medical conditions on the spot. Those patients could then make Rosio their caregiver and buy medicine from him at a price determined by his income-based sliding scale, which he keeps internal.

(He says ounces typically sell for between $300 and $350.) He expects to open more clinics in Kalispell, Whitefish, Helena and Great Falls that will follow the same business model as the Missoula location.

“I’ve worked tirelessly with a group of individuals to make this a reality,” Rosio asserts. “Does it push the envelope? I think it’s long overdue. But I think the model that we’re doing…is what the law intended.” mfrank@missoulanews.com

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Gassed up Study shows statewide emissions jump 36 percent

by Jessica Mayrer

State Sen. Dave Wanzenried estimates that about half of his legislative colleagues still have a tough time stomaching the idea that humans cause climate change. That makes the veteran Missoula legislator’s conservation-minded stance unpopular at times in Helena.

“I’ve taken a lot of heat,” says Wanzenried. “I’ve taken a lot of criticism.”

Wanzenried can expect even more trouble after the release of a new report— and his pledge to address its findings during the next legislative session.

jumped just 14 percent between 1990 and 2005. That’s a pretty big discrepancy from the Environment America report, according to DEQ Director Richard Opper.

“Their fundamental point that we’re headed in the wrong direction,” says Opper. “I agree with that. But their numbers are inflated.”

Environment America stands by its study. According to Zoee Turrill, who works with the group’s local branch based in Missoula, Environment

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State Sen. Dave Wanzenried, D–Missoula, worries that lawmakers aren’t doing enough to curb climate control. A new study from a national watchdog group reports that, since 2004, Montana’s carbon dioxide emissions have grown the second fastest in the nation.

Environment America, a national conservation group, announced last week that Montana has had a 36 percent jump in carbon dioxide emissions between 1990 and 2007. Montana produced nearly 38 million metric tons of CO2 in 2007, compared to 28 million in 1990. The state’s increase dwarfs the average 19-percent rise across the nation and, since 2004, only Oklahoma’s emissions grew faster than Montana’s. Using U.S. Department of Energy data, the nonprofit environmental watchdog points to coal-fired electricity production as the primary culprit, claiming it’s responsible for about half of all carbon dioxide emissions statewide.

“We need to have a discussion about this,” says Wanzenried.

State officials don’t disagree with the report’s sentiment, but they’re suspicious of the numbers. Based on a greenhouse gas inventory compiled in 2007 on record with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), emissions

Montana, the bottom line is an alarming statewide trend.

“We are pumping out pollution at a higher rate than ever before, and that isn’t a record we want to set,” she says.

Wanzenried says state lawmakers have eked out a handful of measures over the years aimed at improving environmental stewardship, but that it hasn’t been nearly enough. He sponsored a bill last session that requires new state buildings to be energy efficient, and in 2005 the Legislature announced that utility purveyors must provide 15 percent renewable energy by 2015. “Right now, if we do anything, it’s rather milk toast, ” he admits.

Environment America says the problem stems from legislators stuck between protecting one of the country’s most lucrative industries and the integrity of the natural environment. In Montana, coal mining contributes more than $72 million annually in payroll to the local economy, with taxes and royalties going

into Montana state coffers amounting to tens of millions of dollars. Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, has also touted the potential of tapping the 119 billion tons of coal buried in Montana—or 25 percent of the country’s reserves—with new “clean coal” technology.

Conservation groups say that’s not a viable solution.

“Cleaner coal is still filthy,” says Anne Hedges, executive director of the Montana Environmental Information Center. “Coal is our past. We need to plan for our future, because the existing system doesn’t work.”

Environment America’s report is just the latest study underlying the need for a new energy paradigm. A growing coalition of conservation groups, led by the Sierra Club, has mobilized to ask Schweitzer to pressure regional utility providers to clean up their acts.

“Utilities like NorthWestern Energy need to see the writing on the wall and look at phasing out coal-fired power,” says the Sierra Club’s Brad Hash.

In particular, conservation groups point out Montana is well situated to transition from coal power to wind power. According to a Harvard University study released last summer, Montana places second nationally in wind-power potential.

NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest electric utility, says it’s diversifying its energy portfolio, channeling greater amounts of wind and hydroelectric power than ever before. Company spokesperson Claudia Rapkoch adds the company is meeting Montana’s legislative mandate.

“We believe we’re taking a very serious and responsible approach,” she says.

Rapkoch believes balance is the most prudent way to tackle the energy puzzle, and that multiple energy sources ensure a safe power supply. She cautions that steering too far from coal could hit consumers in the pocketbook.

As the policy debate continues, Wanzenried says the only immediate change that anyone can make comes in the form of day-to-day decisions. Even minor lifestyle adjustments like turning down the thermostat and insulating homes decreases energy demand and, in turn, shapes a more sustainable future.

But real change will require a wholesale effort and, as Wanzenried says, “We may not have that much time.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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Why are Dems continuing Republican coal projects?

Momentum is a word much loved by politicians, especially on the campaign trail and especially when they have it. Inertia is, likewise, often used to describe the state of political initiatives.

But these terms have their origin in physics, not politics, and are used to describe the energy of bodies in motion. In the physics of politics, however, there comes a time to end the momentum and inertia of certain policies and projects—and that time has come for the Otter Creek Coal Tracts.

Unfortunately, Democrats continue to carry forward this very bad idea from the Republican past.

Longtime Montanans know the story well, but for those new to the state, a brief bit of background may prove useful. The tale starts in the mid-’90s when the federal government bought out a proposed open-pit gold mine located on the border of Yellowstone National Park.

While this was a very good and necessary move to protect the park, it came at a time when Montana was dominated by Republicans. Marc Racicot was governor and his party held both houses of the Legislature by solid majorities.

The idea of shutting down a mine didn’t sit well with the Republicans, so they petitioned the federal government to somehow mitigate what they claimed were lost jobs from the non-existent mine. The federal government offered Montana $10 million, but despite testimony by the head of the Montana Coal Council urging the state to “take the money,” Racicot convinced the feds to deed Otter Creek’s thousands of acres of coal-bearing land to the state instead.

The problems with Otter Creek coal are many and varied. Not the least is the sub-bituminous quality of the coal itself, its high sodium content that makes it unsuitable for most current coal-burning power plants and the need to develop a very expensive and highly controversial railroad through the beautiful ranches of the Tongue River Valley. Moreover, the tracts are checkerboarded with privately owned lands. These complications are why that coal is still where it belongs—in the ground.

Racicot left the governor’s office at the turn of the century, but his successor, Judy Martz, convinced the diminished but still dominant Republican majorities of the legislature to cough up $300,000 in state funds for the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to do an assessment of Otter Creek’s coal.

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All things must end and, sure enough, Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, took back the governor’s office in 2004 while the Legislature went through a period of identity crisis with split majorities see-sawing back and forth in the House and Senate. Although Schweitzer

We’re now a “ little further down the line of history and instead of change, we find the blue Dems still in love with black coal— especially here

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in Montana.

told crowds on the campaign trail, “The real treasure in Montana is the land, not what lies beneath it,” it didn’t take him long to jump on the pitch-black coal train, promoting such blarney as “clean coal,” “coal-to-liquids” and “carbon sequestration,” basically greenwashing the dirtiest fuel on the planet. After five years in office, it’s worth noting that not a single one of Schweitzer’s high-tech coal schemes has come to fruition, but his endless coal promotion caused East Coast newspapers to dub him “The Coal Cowboy,” a title that still makes former supporters cringe.

As we all know, after eight long years, George Bush basically stuck his party’s future in a bottle and threw it overboard as Democrats swept the 2008 elections nationwide. It is likewise well known that the rallying cry of those countless campaigns was “Change” and “Hope,” led by the successful Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

We’re now a little further down the line of history and instead of change, we find the blue Dems still in love with black coal—especially here in Montana. Just this year the DNRC again spent state

funds to hire consultants to ascertain how much the state could wring from Otter Creek’s coal if it were to be developed. As in so many pie-in-the-sky estimates we’ve seen come out of the Schweitzer administration, this appraisal found a veritable pot of gold waiting for Montanans at the end of the black rainbow. Billions of tons of coal would produce hundreds of millions of dollars, provide thousands of jobs and all we’d have to do is decide to lease it to the highest bidder.

To maintain the momentum of this notoriously bad idea, last week the owner of the private tracts at Otter Creek, Great Northern Properties, announced that it had signed an agreement with Arch Coal, one of the nation’s largest coal-mining corporations, to lease their part of the tracts. Now, if only the state would, say, add some impetus to the obvious inertia, we’d be rolling in the dough in a few years when the market for coal, by their estimates, booms once again.

It’s a mystery, when the effects of global warming are increasingly impacting nations and ecosystems across the planet, how the coal market could rebound. In fact, in the last several years, as forests die, seas warm, and myriad species face disruption if not extinction, many proposed coal-fired power plants across the nation and world have been cancelled. Add to that the huge uncertainty that taxes and policy will play in coal’s future and Otter Creek looks more and more like the fool’s game it is.

Unfortunately, it’s a fool’s game initiated by Republicans but now being perpetuated by Democrats, who hold every seat on the state’s Land Board. Ironically, as the nations of the world meet in Copenhagen to wrestle with the disastrous impacts of climate change, Montana’s top elected officials continue to greenwash the mining and burning of the most polluting fuel on the planet.

To get back to the physics of politics, it’s clearly time for the Democrats on the Land Board to pull the plug on Otter Creek, write off our losses, bring this bad idea to a dead stop, and move on to the change we were promised and so desperately need.

Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent.

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Wild cards What we’re really doing by reintroducing wolves

by George Sibley

Another wolf made the news last month: SW266M received capital punishment in Wyoming for the crime of eating woolly domestic mammals. His “name” means he was the 266th male wolf captured and tagged in southwestern Montana. His record yielded the further information that he was born May 2007 on the east side of the Paradise Valley, south of Livingston, Mont., and also that he was a littermate of a female wolf, SW341F, who died last March of unknown causes in Eagle County, Colo.

These facts amaze me—that we have instant access to information about hundreds of wolves being tracked all over the Rockies. It makes me wonder again what we are doing as we allegedly “rewild” the West. Officially, we’re reintroducing wolves where we’d wiped them out. Polls have indicated that threefourths of Americans favor bringing back the wolves. But that might be a “Sure, why not” majority, while the Americans who oppose it are pretty fierce about why not.

Washington state is currently going through this debate, though it isn’t trying to reintroduce the wolf; the wolves have already restored themselves—much like SW341F wandering into Colorado. So now, Washington’s wildlife officials are trying to figure out how many wolves constitute enough so they can take them off the endangered species list.

This is proving to be difficult, for as one frazzled wildlife official noted, “The 80 percent of the people in this state who are supposedly for the wolves coming back are not the ones coming to the meetings.” The people showing up are mostly the grandchildren of those who eradicated the wolf from the West 70 years ago.

What’s resulting is a propaganda war. One side employs the Little Red Riding Hood propaganda machine, portraying the wolf as a vicious man-eater—a term actually used in some of Washington’s hearings. The other side is what could be called the ecosystem man-

agers’ machine, a growing stream of scientific articles, coffee-table books and documentaries portraying wolves as intelligent, playful and living in close extended families that are now “working” to shape up otherwise lazy elk herds and take down the weak and sick elk.

Is it really “ ‘bringing back the wolf’ when the wolves wear radio collars and generate better genealogical records than most

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humans do?

Where does the truth lie? There is very little evidence to support the maneater thesis, though livestock-eater is a different matter. In any case, that doesn’t seem to matter. The Little Red Riding Hood machine tells us wolves were eradicated because they were fearsome bloodthirsty creatures, but it’s probably closer to the truth to say they were made out to be fearsome creatures so we could get on with their eradication, because they were another well-organized carnivore species that, once upon a prehistoric time, competed with us for food.

There is more evidence to support the thesis that elk get lazy and reproduce too much without large predators harassing them, although the elk probably have their own unsolicited opinions on that.

But despite siding with the pro-wolf propaganda machine, I have lately become more than a little uneasy with what we are trying to tell ourselves about this so-called reintroduction.

Turning several hundred large carnivores loose in the Rockies to play their historic role as managers of the elk herds—admittedly something we need help on—is a creative act that reflects well on our expanding awareness of how the world might work better. But is it really “bringing back the wolf ” when the wolves wear radio collars and generate better genealogical records than most humans do, and when their whereabouts at any time can be ascertained with GIS coordinates?

These large carnivores we’re putting back in the woods are so thoroughly managed that the question arises: Are they still really wild wolves? How long will it be before technology reaches the point at which it will be possible to administer “behavior modification” through the collar when one like SW266M gets a hankering for the wrong slow herbivore?

This reintroduction might be better described as a creative expansion of the original contract between humans and wolves, when some of the more intelligent wolves decided to collaborate with some of the more intelligent humans rather than compete. And I think that could be a good thing; I had that basic contract with a border collie once, and she made me a better human.

But let’s be clear about what we are doing. We aren’t just reintroducing wolves. We are attempting a higher level of engagement in our relationship with a difficult fellow species, and it will require at least as much behavior modification from us as from the wolves.

George Sibley is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes about the West in Gunnison, Colo.

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A community cornerstone is in some seriously dire straights. The Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Center, located at 127 Higgins Avenue, is edging toward shutting down for good.

Since 1999, the facility has offered gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexed citizens of Missoula and western Montana a place to socialize, host educational events and meet for support groups. It also features an extensive library and houses the state’s only queer newspaper, Out Words.

At present, a financial crunch has crippled the organization. Money is so tight, Executive Director Suzie Reahard had to resign from her post just a few weeks ago. The center has taken other belt tightening measures as it tries to rebound.

This week, you can do your part to keep it on its feet by attending Jingle Bells and Jingle

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 If you’ve got an interest in preserving Missoula’s historic hotspots, and live in the Eastside District (which includes the area of East Pine between Pattee Street and Rattlesnake Creek), apply as a volunteer on the Historic Preservation Commission. Pick up an app at City Hall, 435 Ryman St. or online at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/vacancy. Apps are due by 5 PM Nov. 25. Call 552-6078.

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. Call Lois at 642-3010.

If you’ve been down in the dumps for a few weeks you might be depressed. Find out for sure during “Missoula Depression Screening Day,” which features free anonymous depression screenings starting at 11:30 AM at St. Patrick Hospital’s Providence Center, 900 N. Orange St. Screenings also available between 3–6 PM at the Missoula City Council Chambers, 147 W. Pine, and from 10 AM–3 PM for clients of the Missoula Indian Center at the center, 2300 Regent St. Call 258-3881.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 Ride the carousel in order to help Missoulian Heather Stone pay for needed dental work during “A Healthy Smile for Heather Fundraiser” at A Carousel for Missoula, 101 Carousel Drive, at 4 PM. $5. Call 549-8382.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 If you think you may have compulsive eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

Missoula is a bona fide bike town. 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 NOVEMBER 23 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.

Balls, an annual holiday soiree that also doubles as a fundraiser for the organization. If you attend, you’ll be met by satiating appetizers from Biga Pizza, as well as a drawing that offers a chance to snag dinner at the Red Bird, a massage or even a piece of art. There are plans for live music, but that’s still in the works. You can also help out by making a donation, or volunteering at the party.

–Ira Sather-Olson The Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center hosts its Jingle Bells and Jingle Balls Holiday Soiree Sat., Nov. 21, from 6–9 PM at Caras Nursery, 2727 S. Third St. W. Free to attend, but drawing tickets are $2 each or six for $10. Call 543-2224 or visit www.gaymontana.org.

Those looking to control their eating habits can get support from others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

Make your impassioned point in whatever rented costume most fits the bill when the Missoula City Council meets—as they do the first four Mondays of every month, holidays excluded—at 7 PM in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Call 552-6080.

If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Al-Ateen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use alley entrance. Call 728-5818 or visit www.alanon.alateen.org.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 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.

Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free. Call 329-5656.

You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955.

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.

Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Belgian authorities said two robbers misguessed how much dynamite it took to blow open a cash machine in Dinant. The blast caused the building behind the ATM to collapse and killed both robbers. Bank officials said they wouldn’t have gotten any money anyway, since the ATMs are designed to implode when forced open and destroy all the cash inside.

Other Belgian authorities said a thief who robbed a shoe store in Maldegem didn’t get far. Police official Rik Decraemer told Reuters that police quickly identified him as a one-legged Russian asylum seeker from the description storekeepers gave and because he stole only one shoe. Officers promptly arrested the suspect with the shoe.

IVY LEAGUE FOLLIES – Harvard University lost nearly $2 billion last year by investing the money it uses to pay for its daily operations in its endowment fund instead of keeping it in safer bank accounts. Typically, the Boston Globe noted after the university’s disclosure, institutions manage their cash accounts conservatively in order to have funds readily available. Harvard’s move had paid off in previous years, when the stock market was rising, according to the school’s chief financial officer, Daniel S. Shore, but now the endowment has lost 27 percent, dropping to $26 billion.

A Buddhist university in Seoul, Korea, accused Yale University of “reckless” and “wanton” conduct for saying it awarded a Ph.D. to a job candidate who subsequently turned out not to have the degree. The New York Times reported the confirmation letter to Dongguk University was a fake but that the Yale administrator whose name was on it confirmed its authenticity by fax, apparently without checking Yale’s records or even noticing that the administrator’s own name was misspelled. Two years later, Yale announced that the candidate, well-known artist Shin Jeong-ah, had no degree, but denied it had ever received the earlier inquiry or sent a confirmation letter. Shin resigned. Later Yale admitted it had done everything Dongguk said it did but only “in the rush of business.” When Dongguk finally filed a lawsuit, Yale accused the school of trying “to shift the blame for its own inadequate efforts on Yale.”

TOO FAT TO KILL – Edward Ates, 62, couldn’t have killed his son-in-law, his attorney, Walter Lesnevich declared, because he’s too fat. Lesnevich said his 5-foot-8, 285-pound client was too out of shape to climb and descend the stairs where police said the killer was perched when he shot Paul Duncsak, 40, in Ramsey, N.J. “You look at Ed, and you don’t need to hear it from a doctor,” Lesnevich told reporters but admitted Ates has hurt his case with the jury by losing 40 pounds while in jail awaiting trial. “It visually impacts it,” he said. “I’m probably the only person in his life that told him not to lose weight.”

HUMAN TORCHES – Irish authorities accused Roy Martin Kerr, 31, and Tanya Diana Holmes, 21, of trying to kill a Belfast doctor and his family “by setting fires in the middle of the night around every exit from their home.” BBC News reported Kerr and Holmes were about to burn the family’s cars when Kerr accidentally set himself on fire. His screams of pain alerted the family.

Authorities in Pittsfield, Mass., said a man apparently attempting suicide set himself on fire, then for some unknown reason ran into a neighboring house, which caught on fire, forcing the family living there to evacuate. Homeowner Stephen Prendergast complained to the Berkshire Eagle the neighbor not only put him and his family in peril, but also partially damaged his silver 1978 Corvette while entering the Prendergasts’ house.

SLIGHTEST PROVOCATIONS – William Gorzynski, 15, stabbed his 14-year-old brother to death in Broward County, Fla., police there told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, while the two argued about the speaker volume of a home computer.

Scott Allen Elder, 22, shot a stranger in Chatham County, Ga., police said, after one reached the other by misdialing a number, and the two subsequently exchanged a series of hostile phone calls and text messages. The Savannah Morning News reported the two agreed to meet at a drug store parking lot, where the shooting occurred.

LOOPHOLE OF A LIFETIME – North Carolina announced the release of 20 violent criminals serving life sentences, after one of them successfully petitioned the courts to recognize that old laws defined a life sentence as 80 years and that a subsequent law cut those sentences in half. The change affected sentences handed down before 1981. According to the Raleigh News and Observer, in 2005, former death row inmate Bobby Bowden, now 60, appealed for his release, arguing that he had served his “life sentence” (less time off for good behavior). This October, the state Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling, resulting in the release of Bowden and 19 others, most in their 50s and 60s.

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SHIRKING-CLASS HERO – Aaron Siebers, 29, who works at a video store in Edgewater, Colo., told police three men attacked him with knives but later admitted making up the story. The Denver Post reported Siebers said he stabbed himself to get time off from work.

FETISH UPDATE – Police who stopped Jaime Aguirre, 42, in Brimfield, Ohio, for a traffic violation found he was driving with hundreds of X-rays, mammograms, videos and pictures of women and children. Calling it “one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen,” Police Chief David Blough told Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, “He had images of neck-to-knees X-rays and mammograms of women and girls under the age of 18, which we believe he was using for sexual gratification.” Aguirre works at a medical imaging center.

SPIT HAPPENS – When the second of Gerald Shelton’s three ex-wives tried to burn down his house in Madison, N.C., the fire had barely started when it melted a plastic spittoon, causing the contents to douse the flames. Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood confirmed the details for the Marshall News-Record & Sentinel and explained deputies identified Sharon Shelton, 66, as the arsonist because she tried to enlist the help of ex-wife number three, who alerted police. Harwood said the suspect, who lives across the street from her ex, told detectives she set the blaze because “she was fed up” with him.

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Guess who’s coming to dinner The Indy drops in with its annual list of lip-smackin’ holiday recipes

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The holiday season means many things to many people—visiting with family, exchanging presents, incurring unconscionable debt—but almost everyone associates Thanksgiving and Christmas with food. We’re talking huge, heaping piles of traditional family favorites, decadent new dishes and those Jell-O molds your aunt insists on bringing every year. We’re talking tryptophan overdoses, six days worth of leftovers, countless unbuckled belt buckles and an obscene amount of dirty dishes that we’ll eventually get to. We’re talking heaven.

Every November the Indy celebrates this gloriously gluttonous time of year with our own holiday menu. We track down an eclectic collection of local chefs or foodies and ask them to share some-

thing they’d typically make for a holiday spread. Some recipes seem extravagant, but are ridiculously easy to follow. Others are short and simple, but create an elegant finished product. All of them, we’re sure, are delicious.

This year’s lineup features our most diverse holiday menu yet. The two main courses include a recipe for turkey (with bacon!) and another for duck (with beer!). The three sides feature fresh local veggies and easy alternatives to dishes that traditionally come from a can. The soup comes topped with bits of gingersnap cookies. And the two desserts put a little twist on the typical mousse.

So, dig in. Experiment. Enjoy. Go back for seconds. And worry about those dishes another time.

Main Course

BACON

AND HERB ROASTED TURKEY WITH SMOKED TOMATO GRAVY

Jason Lovell Executive chef, The Ranch Club 8501 Ranch Club Road, Missoula Food for thought: You’ll find a version of this dish on the menu at The Ranch Club, a public restaurant located off Mullan Road. Jason likes it because the bacon not only flavors the meat and skin, but also helps the bird come from the oven with a beautiful golden hue. He suggests asking your butcher to grind some bacon for you, and offers one other hint: “I like to brine the bird overnight for seasoning and retaining of moisture.” At the restaurant, you’ll find the same dish prepared with Cornish hens.

What you’ll need: For the turkey brine: 1 gallon of chicken stock 1 gallon of water 1 cup kosher salt 3 tablespoons chopped rosemary 2 tablespoons chopped sage 3 tablespoons chopped parsley (include stems if you like) 2 tablespoons fennel seed 2 tablespoons mustard seed 2 tablespoons coriander seed 5 cloves of chopped garlic 8 bay leaves 1 cup sugar 1 cup maple syrup One 16–20 pound turkey (Hutterite turkey is delicious)

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For the bacon rub: 1 pound smoked bacon, ground 1/2 pound unsalted butter, softened 3 tablespoons chopped rosemary 3 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped sage 1 tablespoon chopped thyme Ground peppercorns to taste For the smoked tomato gravy: 5 smoked tomatoes (oven roasted are fine), peeled, seeded and chopped 1 medium onion, small dice 1 peeled carrot, small dice 2 ribs of celery, small dice 1 clove of garlic, minced 3 oz. all purpose flour 1 quart of low sodium chicken broth or stock 1 bay leaf Salt and pepper

How to make it: To brine the turkey, combine all the ingredients in a large saucepot— except the turkey. Bring contents to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Put ingredients in large bowl or pot and chill. Place turkey in brine once brine is cooled completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Drain, rinse and pat dry the turkey. Throw away the brine.

Carefully lift skin from the flesh of the bird. Start

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at the neck and work your way back. You just want to loosen the skin without ripping it.

Combine bacon, 2/3 of the herb mixture, and pepper. Combine remaining herbs and butter. Rub bacon-herb mixture under skin, distributing evenly. Rub butter-herb mixture all over outside. Place the turkey in a roasting pan on a rack. Add 2 cups good chicken stock or broth to pan. Roast turkey for 30 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce temperature to 300 and roast 3 more hours, basting every 30 minutes or so. A meat thermometer inserted into the thigh of the bird should read 165. Pull turkey from the oven, transfer to a large pan and cover loosely with foil. Let turkey rest for 30 minutes. A phenomenon called carry over cooking will bring the resting temperature to 180.

While the turkey is resting, start making the gravy. In a medium saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium high heat. Add onion, carrot and celery, and sauté until browned. Add garlic and cook for one minute longer. Add flour, stirring to combine roux. Allow to cook 3 minutes longer, stirring. Remove roux to a plate and chill.

Meanwhile, bring contents of roasting pan to a boil, scraping the bottom of the pan to release the little bits (fond) stuck to the bottom of pan. Strain contents into the saucepan. Bring to a boil, add chilled roux, whisking to incorporate and reduce to simmer. Add tomatoes, bay leaf, salt and pepper.

Simmer gravy for 20 minutes or until thickened. If too thick, add a little water or stock. If too thin, allow to cook 10 minutes longer.

Side dish

GREEN

BEAN AND ROASTED MUSHROOM CASSEROLE

Tyson Nicol and Ethan Siegel Owners Organic Sprouts Kitchen 406-544-3007 Food for thought: Organic Sprouts Kitchen provides children with nutrient-rich meals through a local hot lunch program, as well as family-style lunches and dinners that can be delivered straight to your door. But you may best recognize them as the folks who served delicious breakfast sandwiches at the Clark Fork River Market over the summer.

Co-chefs Tyson and Ethan describe this recipe as a twist on the canned green beans and cream of mushroom soup casserole we all know. “The true flavors of the green beans and mushrooms along with all of their nutrients are here in a simple preparation,” explains Ethan. “The thyme goes wonderfully with the mushrooms and the browned onions with panko breadcrumbs replace the usual french fried onions in a can.”

What you’ll need: 1/4 cup flour 1/2 stick butter 1 1/2 cups cream 1 pint crimini mushrooms, quartered 1 pound fresh green beans, washed and trimmed 1 fresh thyme sprig Olive oil Lemon juice 1/2 of a small onion, julienne 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs How to make it: Start by pre-heating your oven to 400 degrees.

In a roasting pan, toss your mushrooms with oil, salt and pepper. Add a sprig of thyme to the pan and put in the oven for about 20 minutes or until they are golden brown. Blanch your green beans in boiling water with some pinches of salt and a cap full of lemon juice (keeps beans brighter in color) for just 2 minutes.

Start a roux in a saucepan by melting your but-

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ter and whisking in your flour. Once you’ve made your roux, over low heat slowly whisk in your cream and cook until the sauce thickens. Pull out your

browned mushrooms, removing the thyme. Pour the mushrooms with all the juices into your cream sauce. Drain your beans and add them to the mix-

Soup

ROASTED

BUTTERNUT SQUASH BISQUE

Erin Crobar Executive chef, Finn & Porter 100 Madison Street, Missoula Food for thought: Erin Crobar is a western Montana native who graduated from Whitefish High School and has worked in some of the best local kitchens. Now the executive chef at Finn & Porter, Erin provided a fresh fall soup recipe originally conceived by sous chef John Falch. This recipe makes 1 gallon.

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What you’ll need: 2 whole butternut squash 1 whole yellow onion 1 whole granny smith apple, peeled and cored 1/2 gallon chicken stock or base 3/4 cup roux 2 pints heavy cream 1 1/2 quarts coconut milk 1 1/2 cups pulpless orange juice 3 tablespoons honey 1 1/2 cups white wine 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon cumin

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3/4 teaspoon ground coriander 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon curry powder 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg Kosher salt to taste Gingerbread cookies How to make it: Cut the butternut squash in half and de-seed.

Wrap it first in plastic wrap, then with aluminum foil and lay in a roasting pan with water. Roast at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

While squash roasts, clean onions and apple.

Add them to the pan for 40 minutes.

Boil the chicken stock. Add peeled, roasted squash, apples and onions. Simmer for 45 minutes, or until tender. While these simmer, make your roux.

Remove the pot from heat and, with a 1-quart measuring cup, add the chicken stock mixture to a blender with 1 cup of cream at a time. Puree well.

Add pureed mixture back to pot. Add all ingredients except roux, and bring to a boil. Then add roux to thicken at the end. Add salt to taste. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Garnish with finely crushed gingersnap cookies.

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Salad

KALE Luci Brieger and Steve Elliott Owners Lifeline Produce 2363 Chief Victor’s Camp Road, Victor Food for thought: When Luci and Steve returned our call at the end of a long day at Lifeline Produce, they whipped through at least a half-dozen different possible recipes. But the first one they mentioned was the one we decided to go with—a recipe that originally came from the Moscow Food Co-op in Moscow, Idaho.

SLAW

Brieger says it’s been a regular at their family’s holiday table for years and, best of all, it’s simple to prepare.

For the dressing: 3/4 cup sesame oil (or other oil) 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup lime or lemon juice or vinegar of your choice 2 teaspoons garlic, more or less 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, more or less 3/4 cup mayonnaise

What you’ll need: 4–5 cups finely chopped raw kale with ribs removed 5–6 cups grated or chopped green cabbage 1 cup grated carrots 1 cup diced sweet onion Optional: raisins, apples, walnuts, seeds, tofu, noodles, different vegetables like Chinese or red cabbage, celeriac, celery, dried fruit, etc.

How to make it: Mix together about 12–14 cups of the vegetables. Coat with the dressing. Enjoy and feel virtuous for eating kale.

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Side dish

CRANBERRIES Todd Engel Head chef, Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins Avenue, Missoula Food for thought: When Todd was growing up, his mother made this recipe every Thanksgiving. He’s carried on the tradition with a straightforward explanation: “It’s very simple to make, and is way better than just opening a can of cranberries.” Amen, Todd. We tested this recipe last weekend and can confirm it’s delicious.

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Dessert

CHOCOLATE James Monroe Chef and owner, The Cutting Board 307 Dewey Avenue, Eureka Food for thought: The Cutting Board burst onto the national landscape this year when “Live with Regis and Kelly” featured the “Bubba Burger”—aka “The Eureka Burger”—in a hometown grilling competition. The burger placed second, and ever since the restaurant’s gone from making a handful of Bubbas to more than 100 per day. We asked James and his wife Marsha for a holiday-themed recipe, and they passed along this dessert, which is another favorite at the Eureka restaurant.

What you’ll need: For the graham cracker crust: 7 whole graham crackers

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MOUSSE PIE

2 oz. butter, melted 3 tablespoons sugar For the filling: 3 cups whipping cream 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 giant Symphony bar 2 cups mini marshmallows 1 teaspoon vanilla How to make it: Place crackers in food processor and pulse until they become fine crumbs. Mix in the 2 ounces melted butter and the sugar. Mix with a fork and press against sides of a 9-inch pie pan to make a crust.

Combine 1/2 cup whipping cream and the 1 cup chocolate chips in a small bowl placed over a water bath. Set at medium low heat until all the chocolate melts and the cream combines. Let it cool slightly. Once the chocolate

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cools, pour it into the cracker crust and gently move it around the bottom and slightly up the sides with a spoon. Set aside.

Also over a water bath, combine 1/2 cup whipping cream and 2 cups mini marshmallows in a stainless steel bowl. Set at low heat on the stove. Stir occasionally and let melt. When marshmallows have almost melted, add the Symphony bar (break it into pieces first). Let melt completely. Set aside to cool.

In a smaller mixer, with whip attachment, whip the remaining 2 cups of whipping cream with 1 teaspoon of vanilla. It should be quite stiff.

Fold together the cooled marshmallow mixture and the whipped cream. Pour this into the crust, cover with plastic wrap and put in fridge to set.

What you’ll need: 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup of orange juice 12 oz. fresh cranberries 1 tablespoon orange zest 1 cup sugar How to make it: Combine orange juice, water and sugar in a pan, and bring to a boil. Add cranberries and orange zest, then bring back to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into a bowl and cool completely. Serve chilled.

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Main course

SEARED

DUCK BREAST WITH SHARP CHEDDAR POLENTA AND PALE ALE BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE Daniel Dean Head chef, Bitter Root Brewery 101 Marcus Street, Hamilton Food for thought: Before becoming head chef at Bitter Root Brewery, Daniel worked at the Stock Farm and specialized in fine dining. That comes through in this recipe, which, he says, delicately highlights the flavors of the cheese, beer and meat.

And while it’s not the sort of thing you’ll find at the brewery, it does indicate the level of culinary creativity Daniel brings to standard pub fare. This recipe serves 10.

What you’ll need: For the polenta: 1/4 cup butter 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 quarts chicken stock 2 cups coarse yellow corn meal 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 6 oz. sharp cheddar, grated For the pale ale butterscotch sauce: 2 cups granulated sugar 1 pound butter 1 quart heavy cream 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups pale ale

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3 tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons cold water For the duck: Duck breasts Salt and pepper How to make it: To make the sauce, heat sugar on medium until it turns a light golden brown. Add butter and stir continuously until both butter and sugar are golden brown. (Be careful not to burn it.) Add the beer and salt and simmer until the alcohol is cooked out and the sugar is dissolved in the liquid. Add heavy cream and bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch with cold water to make slurry. Whisk in slurry and simmer sauce for 5–10 minutes.

Start with the polenta by heating butter in a stockpot on medium heat. Lightly sauté garlic until golden brown. Add chicken stock and bring to a boil. Slowly whisk in corn meal. Add salt and pepper. Cook on medium, stirring often, until smooth and creamy. Take off heat and fold in sharp cheddar.

Serve immediately.

The duck breasts are the easiest part. (Note: If possible, wild duck is much better than domestic.)

Season cleaned duck breasts with salt and pepper and sear skin-side down in a hot pan until golden brown on both sides. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and finish duck breasts in oven for 6–8 minutes until 155 degrees. Time it to serve with the polenta.

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Dessert

BUTTERSCOTCH Jill Geisler Pastry chef, Mustard Seed Southgate Mall, Missoula Food for thought: For the past three years, Jill and her cohort, Matt Ball, have dominated the dessert category in the Indy’s Best of Missoula reader poll. We asked Jill to provide a dessert from her award-winning offerings, and she did us one better—a secret sneakpeak at a new item that should be available at the Mustard Seed in December. Jill describes it as a “cold set mousse ‘soufflé’ with the surprise of a chocolate truffle cake on the bottom.” This recipe serves eight.

What you’ll need: For the chocolate truffle cake: 6 oz. unsalted butter 10 oz. semisweet or bittersweet chocolate 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 eggs For the chocolate sauce: 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup light corn syrup 10 oz. semisweet or bittersweet chocolate For the butterscotch mousse: 1 cup heavy cream 1 vanilla bean, split 2 teaspoons gelatin 4 tablespoons water 11 oz. butterscotch chips 2 cups heavy cream

MOUSSE SOUFFLÉS For the garnish: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup powdered sugar Toffee bits How to make it: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter bottom and lower sides of 8 4-oz. ramekins and place in a shallow baking pan. Melt the butter and chocolate in a medium bowl set over simmering water (in a double boiler), stirring constantly until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Remove from heat and set aside.

In another small bowl set over simmering water, whisk the eggs constantly until just warm to the touch. Transfer the eggs to a mixer and beat until triple in volume. Fold the eggs into the chocolate mixture and blend until smooth. Carefully spoon the mixture into the ramekins. Wipe off any spilled chocolate from the rims. Pour enough hot water into the baking pan to come halfway up the sides of the dishes. Bake for 12 minutes. The center will be a little soft.

Carefully lift out the ramekins from the baking pan and set on a cooling rack. Pour the water from the pan and set aside to cool down. Let the cakes cool for 15 minutes. Drizzle chocolate sauce on each, return them to the baking pan and refrigerate until completely cooled, about 1 hour.

To make the chocolate sauce, heat the cream to a simmer in a small bowl set over simmering water.

Blend in the corn syrup. Add the chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.

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For the butterscotch mousse, sprinkle the gelatin over the water and let soften for 5 minutes. In a saucepan set over moderate heat, bring 1 cup of heavy cream with the vanilla bean and scraped seeds to a simmer. Spoon the softened gelatin into the cream and whisk for 1 minute until completely dissolved. Discard the bean. Place the butterscotch chips in a large bowl and pour the hot cream mixture on top and quickly whisk until the chips are completely melted. Set aside to cool to room temperature, whisking occasionally.

Now prepare the ramekins for the mousse. Cut lengths of parchment paper 1 1/2-inches wide. Use double thickness (for rigidity) and extend a half-inch

from the rim. Secure by taping one end to the dish, wrap tightly around and tape the overlapping end.

Beat the remaining 2 cups cream to soft peaks and fold into cooled butterscotch mixture until smooth. Spoon the mousse on top of the chocolate truffle cakes, filling to a half-inch above the rim and smoothing the tops with the back of the spoon. Chill for 2 hours or until set.

For the garnish, peel off the paper from the ramekins. Place toffee bits on a plate and, holding onto ramekins, roll the top half-inch of mousse in the toffee all the way around. Whip the cream until stiff and add powdered sugar. Dollop whipped cream on top of the mousse and drizzle with the warm chocolate sauce.

the $$–$$$...$15 and over Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) 541-BLUE www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offers creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the Great Room; visit with the chefs and dine in the Kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: M-Th 11am10pm; Fr-Sa 11am-11pm; Sun 10am-10pm; Sun brunch 10am-2pm; Tavern til Midnight Su-Th, 2am Fr-Sa. $$-$$$ 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

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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 Tues.-Sat. 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.

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

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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, losalt 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, attentive service. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $-$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All of our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch and dinner. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on all-natural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$

4951 N. Reserve Street Just south of the I-90 Reserve St. Exit 830-3210 • www.seankellys.com

the 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. $$$

Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m.

Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine 542–1471 Located in the HUB of the LOOP! Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Traditional Irish fare combined with tasty specials from around the globe! FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$

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 7am4pm. $–$$.

Staggering Ox 1220 SW Higgins • 542-2206 123 E Main • 327-9400 Home of the famous Clubfoot Sandwich - unique, portable, delicious! We serve fantastic sandwiches on fresh-baked bread. Now featuring a special summer menu. Call in your order and pick it up on your way to play $-$$

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

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

The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$

Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials.

All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!!

Monday - Sunday 8a.m. - 3p.m. $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ What’s For Dinner Meal Delivery Service 406-207-2203 Delicious, affordable meals delivered to your door. Fresh dinner menu changes weekly, frozen dinner and dessert menus change monthly. Order by noon on Monday, deliveries are made Tuesday. Meals start at only $7.50 per portion. Menus and ordering available at www.WhatsForDinnerMissoula.com. $-$$ Wok-ee Mountain Asian Restaurant 11300 US Hwy 93, Lolo 273-9819 Brand new Thai & Chinese cuisine featuring original recipes. Specializing in curry. Extensive menu, vegetarian options and many soup options as well including Vietnamese style pho, Tom Yum, wonton and more.

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$...Under $5 Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Where Myrtle Avenue ends at Bernice's, a tiny bakery sits as a veritable landmark to those who enjoy homestyle baked goods, strong coffee, community, and a variety of delicious treats. Join us for lunch if you'd like. Crazy delicious. Crazy cheap. 30 years and still baking. Open Every Day 6AM to 8PM. $

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Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 ColdStone Creamery ice-cream cakes will make your party perfect. With super-premium, home-made ice cream and layers of moist cake, we can make you the belle of the ball. Call a day ahead and we will decorate it with anything you want - from princesses to giant robots to unique holiday scenes. Bring in your business card for a $5 discount. $-$$

Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors from baci di dama to pizzelles, gourmet cupcakes, scones and decadent cinnamon rolls. Specialty breads hot and fresh between 3 and 5pm daily. Open M-F 7am-6:30pm; Sat. 9am-4pm See us on Facebook! Holiday special orders available and coming soon: Santa photos and cupcakes for charity! Call to find out more (406)523-3951. $

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Late at night on a train in Siberia, I had a run-in with the Russian mob over a bowl of borscht.

I should have listened to the little voice in my gut when I entered the dining car at the back of the train, because something was wrong. This wasn’t like the other dining cars scattered along the half-mile iron serpent winding its way north from Ulan Batar, Mongolia to Irkutsk, Siberia. The back half of this dining car was stacked high with boxes. Two heavily made-up babes played poker and smoked cigarettes at a table, while electronic trance music thumped relentlessly, masking the pounding of the train.

Intrigued yet nervous, I sat down and ordered borscht. A large woman smiled sympathetically as she took my order. I never saw her again. A stonefaced man brought a bowl of faintly purple water, in which pieces of sliced hot dog floated among stray shards of cabbage. While it was easily the lamest excuse for borscht ever, the sight of the chef standing in the galley door fondling his machete-sized knife inspired enough appetite for me to finish my bowl. Then came the bill: $50.

I protested, using gestures and pointing at the menu to communicate the accounting error; the borscht was advertised at $3 a bowl. The server kept his arms folded, and then employed gestures of his own, picking up various pieces of tableware to explain that I also had to pay for the use of the silverware, plates, salt, pepper and napkins. After further protest on my part, he made another gesture, moving his hand across his thigh in a slicing motion.

“Mafia,” he said.

The babes kept playing poker. The chef doublechecked the sharpness of his knife in the galley door.

I paid and got out of there.

Later that night, in a train station on some windswept plain, the dining car at the end of the train was removed.

While that overpriced meal certainly left a bad taste in my mouth, I suppose it did qualify as borscht—if only because borscht is such a general term for a wide category of Eastern European soups.

The name comes from the Russian “borshch,” which means cow parsnip (the plant is widely distributed in

Ask Ari:

Rare fruit find

Dear Flash, I recently went to Nevada and was able to pick some pomegranates. One of the trees was producing white pomegranates— they had a pink fruit that lacked the tartness of a traditional pomegranate. I’ve never seen or heard of these. What can you tell me about them, and can I use them in cooking the same way as a red pomegranate?

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I’ve developed based on the beet borscht recipe in Joy of Cooking.

Trim a pound of beets, cut them into quarters, place them in a baking dish, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 degrees until they’re soft, and let them cool. If you’re afraid of skins, pull them off. (The skins won’t hurt you—they’ll add vitamins and a nice earthy quality to the borscht.) Slice the cooked beets.

Meanwhile, cut a pound of red meat, like beef or venison, into cubes, and brown the meat in oil in the bottom of a soup pot or Dutch oven. After the meat has browned, add a quart of stock (I like chicken stock), a quart of water, and 4 or 5 chopped medium tomatoes (or a 28-oz. can, drained and chopped). Simmer.

When the meat becomes tender, add 2 to 4 cups shredded cabbage, 2 chopped medium onions, 2 sliced carrots, 3 sliced celery stalks or a sliced medium-size celeriac, and the roast beets, with enough water to cover everything, and simmer. As it simmers, adjust the water to maintain your desired proportion of broth to Photo by Ari LeVaux chunks. After half an hour, add the juice of a where mayo has achieved a standing on par with lemon, 2 tablespoons cider vinegar, 4 cloves vodka—when a vessel is opened for the first time, the chopped garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Adjust water content a final time, and simmer for 15 mincap is often thrown away.

This throwing-away-the-cap ritual is something I utes. Serve with a garnish of dill or chervil.

Now open a jar of mayo and throw the cap over learned only a few days after my run-in with the Russian mafia. When we were stuck in a white-out while driving your shoulder. Add a dollop of mayo (or sour cream) a monster truck across the frozen surface of Lake to your bowl, but don’t mix it in. Rather, allow the Baikal, we opened vodka and threw away the cap. crème to float like an iceberg in your bowl, with soft When I was served a bowl of chicken soup in a fishing corners occasionally breaking off and drifting onto village on the shore of Lake Baikal, we threw away the your spoon. The broth is tart with lemon, vinegar cap of mayo. The size of the mayo dollops heaped into and tomato, and rich with vegetal flavor. It gives a those steaming bowls of soup left me forever changed. tasty counterbalance to the meat and beet chunks, Whatever it’s made of or served with, at the end while the mayo unifies the constituents under a layer of the day borscht remains cold-weather peasant com- of crème.

The soup is a majestic and earthy tapestry, fort food. Like ratatouille, polenta, sausage and coq au vin, borscht waves the “peasant food” banner with something those mafia guys would have been more dignity and grace, proof that a culinary masterpiece justified charging $50 for. Indeed, lesser food is regularly priced higher in many big-city restaurants, can be made from the most humble ingredients.

Even though my dear mother makes a fantastic though they don’t threaten to break your legs if you cabbage borscht, my favorite borscht is a variation complain. the United States as well, where it goes by the common name “hogweed.”) While often considered synonymous with “beet soup,” borscht can be made with cabbage, tomato or sorrel, to name just a few of the common main ingredients. In The Gold Cook Book, Chef Louis P. De Gouy describes a Polish borscht (Bortsch Polonaise) made from, among other things, duck, leeks, beets, egg whites and crushed egg shells.

In many regions borscht is served with a dollop of sour cream or a dollop of mayo if you’re in Russia,

I’m a big fan of shopping and harvesting locally when traveling, as bringing home some local morsels adds

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meaning to your trip and enriches your food life at home. So here’s a shout-out to your hay-makin’ vacation.

As for the white pomegranate, I posed your question to Ray Risho, one of Missoula’s culinary patriarchs and my teacher in most things pomegranate, and he’d never heard of the white pomegranate. That suggests how rare it is.

The Babylonian white pomegranate is thought to have originated in Iraq south of Baghdad and was planted in the famous hanging gardens of Babylon. As you noticed upon biting into yours, the flavor is sweeter and milder than

that of red pomegranates—more honey and less tart, and with a hint of green apple.

White pomegranates are used to make tea, and the juice is used to make wine in Asia Minor.

In fact, the world of wine contains a rule of thumb that we can apply toward the use of white verses red pomegranates: Pair them as you would wine.

A sprinkle of white seeds would be perfect atop chicken or fish or pasta with cream sauce, while the red seeds can be used to embellish a heartier, lustier meal like meat or mushrooms.

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Turn discipline into development, and learn about motivators besides money, during the seminar “Leading People in Difficult Times” at 7:30 AM at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. $29 at door/$19 prepaid. Call 877-887-9949 or visit glacierhr.com.

If you’ve got an interest in preserving Missoula’s historic hotspots, and live in the Eastside District (which includes the area of East Pine between Pattee Street and Rattlesnake Creek), apply as a volunteer on the Historic Preservation Commission. Pick up an app at City Hall, 435 Ryman St. or online at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/ vacancy. Apps are due by 5 PM Nov. 25. Call 552-6078.

Give gifts of school supplies, toys, candy and more to less fortunate kids around the world during Operation Christmas Child, a drive where you fill shoeboxes with gifts for kids and then drop them off at Clark Fork City Church, 2811 Latimer St., at 9 AM. Free. Donation boxes accepted starting at 9 AM each day until Nov. 23. Call 721-7804.

If you’re an artist who likes to make functional art, now’s your chance to submit up to two works to be considered for the Missoula Art Museum’s The Wear Oh Ware Auction on Feb. 18, 2010. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 1, so get crackin’ and e-mail images of your art to John Calsbeek at johnc@missoulaartmuseum.org with the subject “Artini Auction Submission.” Also be sure to include: title, medium, size, date of execution, value, donation percentage, bio and artist statement. Call 728-0447.

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. Call Lois at 642-3010.

Kids and parents experiment with rhythm and more during Rhythm Tykes, a class for kids 18 months–4 years old this and every Thu. at 10 AM at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. $40 five classes/$10 class. Call 396-3352.

If you can’t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

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No position’s too awkward when members of the Moscow Ballet perform The Nutcracker Sat., Nov. 21, at 7:30 PM at the University Theatre. $27.50 to $99 depending on seats. Call 243-4051 or visit griztix.com.

If you’ve been down in the dumps for a few weeks you might be depressed. Find out for sure during “Missoula Depression Screening Day,” which features free anonymous depression screenings starting at 11:30 AM at St. Patrick Hospital’s Providence Center, 900 N. Orange St. Screenings also available between 3–6 PM at the Missoula City Council Chambers, 147 W. Pine, and from 10 AM–3 PM for clients of the Missoula Indian Center at the center, 2300 Regent St. Call 258-3881.

Learn how to write snappy grant proposals during the class “Grant Writing Basics,” which starts at 11:30 AM at the MonTec Conference Room, 1121 E. Broadway St. $10 person/free for

Missoula Nonprofit Network members. RSVP by e-mailing Leah at sits@mountainhomemt.org.

Tag it and put it in a bag, then be ready to discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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Find out what sort of work you can do for free overseas while getting college credit during the info session “Internship Opportunities Abroad” at noon in Room 326 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call 243-6865.

Shake it ‘til you break it when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., offers Booty Ballet every Thu. at noon. $12/$10 members.

Call 541-7240.

Kids seize health conscious eating tips during Afterschool Adventures: Healthy U featuring the Good Food Store at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., at 3 PM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY. If you run a biz, don’t miss “How to Secure Financing: Practical Strategies in a Tight Credit Market,” a seminar featuring members of the Montana World Trade Center, Bank of Montana and more from 3–5 PM at the MonTech Building, 1121 E. Broadway St. $15/free Montana World Trade Center members. RSVP by calling 243-6982.

See if you’re fit to study human societies as a grad student during the info session “Graduate Studies in Sociology” at 3:45 PM in Room 330 of the University Center. Free. Call 243-6865.

from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell.

Free. Call 755-9463.

Wiggle those hips and strike poses of elegant expression when former UM dance prof Amy Ragsdale leads a Beginning to Intermediate Modern Dance class at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., every Thu. at 5 PM. Cost TBA. Call 541-7240.

Artist Scott Fife’s richly detailed busts go great with martinis and local rawk from Vera during Artini: Eight Heads from 5:30–9 PM at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free.

Call 728-0447.

Lasting bonds are bound to be forged when the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St., presents Dads’ Night, a program from 5:30–7 PM for dads and their kids which features interactive games, art projects and even dinner. Free.

RSVP by calling 541-PLAY. All genres are encouraged—excepting, perhaps, black metal—every Thu. at 5:30 PM at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 1/2 South Ave. W., where musicians bring their noise makers and synergy builds a joyful sound during the Tangled Tones Pickin’ Circle. Free. Call 396-3352.

Even if your toddler makes some smooth dance moves, your 3- to 6-year-old might need some work, so bring them to another installment of Creative Movement Class every Thu. at 4 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

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.

Pick the brains of those who promote well being in developing countries during a “Returning Peace Corps Panel Discussion” at 4:30 PM in Room 326 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call 243-2839.

Renew and connect with the natural world, for free, during a Vinyasa Yoga class that meets this and every Thu. from 5:30–6:30 PM at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. Free, until 2010. Visit terangaarts.googlepages.com.

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Mountainside living apparently translates into traditionally styled folk when Corvallis’ Paul Arnoldi plays the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu.

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Cables and signal paths surround and attack when Alex B of the Pnuma Trio plays a set of instrumental hip-hop Fri., Nov. 20, at 9 PM at the Palace with Dark Matter and Mux Mool. $10.

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Try your hand at fused glass pendants and decorate a slumped wine bottle to take home during an adult glass class for those 18 and up from 6–8 PM at the ZACC Gallery, 235 N. First St. W. $25. Pre-registration only. Call 549-7555 or e-mail holly@zootownarts.com.

Break bread with your neighbors and share a dish or two during the annual MUD Mingle, a community potluck at 6 PM at the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project, 629 Phillips St., which features food and sometimes music from the Mason Jar String Band.

Free. Bring your own plate, glass and utensils. Call 721-7513.

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.

Does your philosophical outlook mirror that of Nietzsche or Rawls? Find out during Socrates Café, a philosophy discussion group at the Missoula Public

Library, 301 E. Main St., at 7 PM. Free.

Call 721-BOOK. See the life of a bedridden man hoping to see his son for one last time during a screening of the foreign film The Window at 7 PM at the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-1670.

They wage war for nature, but with cameras. So hear about “Wildlife Filmakers: Heroes and Heroines on the Frontlines of the Conservation Battle” when Janet Rose of the International Wildlife Film Festival and Media Center leads the discussion at 7 PM, in Room 326 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call 243-6865.

Increase your understanding, and perhaps your cynicism, regarding our nation’s broken health care system during a screening of Money-Driven Medicine at 7 PM in UM’s University Center Theater. Free. Visit peaceand justicefilms.org.

Hook yourself into the stories of fly fishers as near as Idaho and as far as Venezuela during a screening of the film Rise, which starts at 7 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $10/$8 advance at The Kingfisher, Grizzly Hackle and other fishing supply shops. Visit www.confluencefilms.tv 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 double-spaced 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.

You just might do the push, whip or the jitterbug-lindy when Cathy Clark slings beginning swing dance lessons every Thu. at 7 PM, and then moves to beyond basics swing lessons at 7:30 PM, at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., with open dancing from 8–10 PM. $5 person for dance lessons. E-mail cathyc@missoulaboneandjoint.com.

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.

See what it’s like to juggle 40 characters while trying to maintain your sanity as a restaurant reservations manager during Montana Rep Missoula performances of Becky Mode’s Fully Committed, which starts at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10, with

a $5 student rush at 7 PM. Call 2434581 or visit www.montanarep.org.

UM student Steve Olson asserts artistic dominance over the white and black keys during a student recital piano performance at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

Follow the circle of life in all its stages when the Sentinel High School Drama Department presents its rendition of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, with a performance at 7:30 PM in the Margaret Johnson Theatre in Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. W. $6/$5 students and seniors. Call 728-2400 ext. 7065.

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 heavy metal and good hearing during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosterone-fueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets the booties bumpin’ and the feet stompin’ at 9 PM. $3.

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

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

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

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Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia with Jody Mosher, every Friday at 8 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10. Call 541-7240.

Breathing, sun salutations, strengthening and stretching relax you out of your routine during a Classical Sivanada Yoga Sequence class, which meets this and every Fri. until Dec. 18 (with no class on Nov. 25) at Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. $50 six class card/$40 five class card/$10 drop-in. Visit terangaarts.googlepages.com.

The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3–6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem. Just kidding. (Did I need to tell you that?) Free.

Call 721-BOOK. 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.

It’s Pandora’s box all over again when experimental drone artist Greg Davis plays with Zach Wallace as the group Sun Circle Sun., Nov. 22, at 10 PM at the ZACC Gallery, 235 N. First St. W. $5. Atrocity Singers open.

DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free.

He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

Fructose, glucose and sucrose aim for dance floor supremacy when Portland’s SugarCane String Band plays the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA. Cottonwood Draw opens.

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.

Toddlers always learn a thing or two from books like Ulysses by James Joyce at Toddler Story Time, which includes age appropriate stories (of course), from 10:30–11:15 AM in the downstairs meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-1670.

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.

Pizza and parenting is the name of the game when the Children’s Museum of Missoula presents Pizza for Parents: Single Parenting, a single parenting chat with pizza at the family resource center of Lewis and Clark Elementary School, 2901 Park St., at 11:30 AM. Free, with childcare. Call 541-PLAY to register.

Karen Perry leads you through the oneness of it all, while offering modifications, adjustments and encouragement as needed during Hatha Yoga for All, which meets this and every Fri. from noon–1 PM until Dec. 18 at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240.

Whet your pre-Thanksgiving appetite with a discussion about the man who founded Turkey (the republic, that is) when Isil Donumcu presents the talk “The Founder of Republic of Turkey, Atatürk” at noon in Room 326 of the University Center. Free. Call 243-6865.

You’re never too old to learn something new. So be sure to snag info on UM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute during the talk “About MOLLI” at noon in Room 111 of UM’s Skaggs Building. Free. Call 243-2480.

Your skill at creating something functionally wicked, like a beer stein or a vase, comes in handy during the ZACC’s Paint Your Own Pottery Studio, which runs from 12–8 PM Mon.–Fri. and every Sat. from noon–5 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W.

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Lose yourself within the confines of a landlocked African country when Peter Orner presents the lecture “Hope Deferred: Oral Histories from Zimbabwe” at 2 PM in Room 326 of the University Center. Free. Call 243-6865.

Kids in first through fifth grade stir their artistic passions after school during the ZACC’s Young Artist Afterschool Program where instructor Hanna Hannan leads art projects, field trips, tours and more from 3–5:30 PM every weekday until Dec. 23 at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $12 per day, with busing available. Call 549-7555.

Ride the carousel in order to help Missoulian Heather Stone pay for needed dental work during “A Healthy Smile for Heather Fundraiser” at A Carousel for Missoula, 101 Carousel Drive, at 4 PM. $5. Call 549-8382.

nightlife Expect a high-class time when jazz and wine mingle during the Real Book Jazz Jam and Wine Tasting, which occurs the first and third Fri. of each month from 5:30–8:30 PM at the Loft, 119 W. Main St. Free, but wine tasting is $10. Call Carla at 360-8746.

Photography that flirts with light, water and natural landscapes finds company with native pottery when the Ravalli County Museum presents an opening reception for exhibits by Les Bury, Barbara Michelman and others at 6 PM at the museum, 205 Bedford St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-3338.

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Benefit your faith following brothers and sisters during the 2009 City Life Community Center benefit auction, which starts at 6 PM at the center, 1515 Fairview Ave. $100 for two people, which gets you $100 credit for the auction. Call 532-1555.

M r. G , a k a M i s s o u l i a n G l e n n Govertsen, spreads da truth on the dynamics of music, raw eggs, toilet paper and more to show you that physics can actually be fun during the Mr. G Science Show, a family-friendly presentation at 6 PM at the Missoula International School, 1100 Harrison St. Free. Call 542-9924 or visit www.mismt.org.

Adults, teens and kids sing, play banjos, fiddles and shred along with seasoned vets of the Missoula music scene during the Missoula Family Y M C A’ s Y M u s i c J a m o p h i l i a Extravaganza, a musical variety show at 7 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $8/$5 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Worden’s Market and the Missoula Family YMCA. The performance features people who participated in the YMCA’s YMusic programs. Call 721-YMCA. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Decepticons and autobots score you sweet post-date conversations when the Missoula Public Library presents its Cheap Date Night screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Call 721-BOOK. Just in time for our season of overconsumption comes What Would Jesus Buy?, a documentary about commercialization and Christmas, which screens at 7 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. Call 327-8408.

Follow the circle of life in all its stages when the Sentinel High School Drama Department presents its rendition of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, with a performance at 7:30 PM in the Margaret Johnson Theatre in Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. W. $6/$5 students and seniors. Call 728-2400 ext. 7065.

Get those jazz hands out of your pockets and into the air so you can flutter them in unison to the UM Jazz Band, who play their fall concert at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $7/$4 students and seniors. Call 243-6880.

Vocal cords undulate with dynamic intensity from a twosome when UM students Susannah Craigwick and Jesse Christy lead a vocal performance at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building.

Free. Call 243-6880.

Some call her a “force of nature,” others just call her one hell of a songwriter. Find out where you stand when Andrea Harsell rocks some folk, rock, blues and more at The Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier, at 7:30 PM. $5. Call 541-8463.

Jessica Kilroy could sing about home, or running away, when she plays a set of folk at the Raven Bar and Grill in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 837-2836.

See what it’s like to juggle 40 characters while trying to maintain your sanity as a restaurant reservations manager during Montana Rep Missoula performances of Becky Mode’s Fully Committed, which starts at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15, with a $5 student rush at 7 PM. Call 243-4581 or visit www.montanarep.org. (See Theater in this issue.)

Keep your belt on and your bellowing to yourself so you can waddle to the blues of the Belton Blues Band, who play the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. Donations appreciated. Call 741-2361.

Jacko, Patrick Swayze, Elvis and even The Beatles get a tribute during “To: Missoula, with Love,” a community Christmas cabaret by members of Missoula’s Curtain Up! Performing Arts Co. with a performance at 8 PM at the Missoula Children’s Theatre, 200 N. Adams St. $15/$12 students. A gala reception/silent auction also occurs at MCT at 6:30 PM and costs $25 per-

son. Call Lisa Deer at 542-0730 or visit oncenter.biz.

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 Khazaddum, 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.

Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” in tongues when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & Grill in Frenchtown, 16780 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327.

Boogie for peace during the Rock for Peace Concert, a fundraiser for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center featuring Reverend Slanky and The Infernal Machine at 9 PM at the Badlander. $8/$5 advance at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Funds go toward the peace park at Waterworks Hill, and the Peace and Justice film series. Visit jrpc.org.

You’re likely to jitter to some shuffled riddims when Alex B (of the Pnuma Trio), Dark Party and Mux Mool bring heaps of instrumental hip-hop, wonky and other electronic styles to the Palace for a show at 9 PM. $10.

Opening support from I.E. and Collective Motions.

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Galumph around with a grin and act like no one’s looking at you when country stompers Shane Clouse and Stomping Ground play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

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.

Holiday Weekend Fun activity, which features live music and runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, includes a “creativity station” for kids to make holiday ornaments.

Call 728-0447 or visit missoulaartmuseum.org.

Learn to mix and match your bellydance styles during Beginners World Fusion Bellydance, which takes place every Sat. at 10 AM 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 Wendy at 5410667 or e-mail thebellytent@hotmail.com.

The only casualties you might suffer are a hangover and sore legs from too much foxtrotting when Wartime Blues spreads the Americana thick with a show at 10 PM at the Top Hat. 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.

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Kick it to the core for Core-Kicking Pilates Class with Alison Laundrie every Sat. at 646 Sixth St. W., at 11 AM. $10, includes childcare.

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Get those endorphins pumpin’ early when you join professional runner Meg Lerch for mid to long group runs during Saturday Group Runs, every Sat. at 8 AM starting with a stretch at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Cost TBA/Free to Run Wild Missoula Members. Visit www.runwildmissoula.org.

They probably won’t be playing Blackalicious’ first album on repeat, but you can still get down with some lively movement of the same name when Jody Mosher and Cathy Jenni lead a Nia class every Sat. at 9 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $10. Call 541-7240.

Divorce can be a headache, but it’s probably harder on your kids than you, so learn about “Communicating With The Other Parent” in order to minimize the impact on your kid during a class on the subject at 9 AM, at Families First, 815 E. Front St. Ste. 3. $45 couple/$35 individuals. Call 721-7690.

Gander at holiday wares and then slurp on chili during the Missoula Senior Center’s Christmas Bazaar starting at 9 AM at the center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. Chili lunch served at 11:30 AM. Free to attend. Call 543-7154.

If you have compulsive eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

If you teach music and need some tips on teaching music notation to your students, get some advice from piano teacher Molly Morrison when she presents the lecture “Let’s Become Better Readers” at 9:30 AM in Room 218 of UM’s Music Building. $20/free for Missoula Music Teachers Association Members.

Call 214-9139.

Exercise your right to be nosy in regards to development when the Arlee Community Development Corporation holds its November meeting at the Hangin’ Art Gallery & Coffee House, 92555 Hwy. 93 in Arlee, at 10 AM. Free. Call 726-5550.

The wireless age collides with art during the Missoula Art Museum’s Cell Phone Tour, which runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St., and features Roger Shimomura discussing his exhibition from your cell phone. Free. Call 728-0447.

Peruse colorful clay ware, Christmas paintings and ornaments, scarves and more during the Artisans of the Valley Holiday Gift Bazaar, which runs from 10 AM–4 PM at Moore Hearing in Kalispell, 10 Three Mile Drive. Free. Call 756-0038.

It could be a choir, jazz band, or an ivory tickler.

Whatever music it is, you know good times will be had during the Missoula Art Museum’s

Dr. Seuss’ stories jump out of the page and into your child’s imagination during Seuss Saturday, an interactive story time for kids ages 3–6 which this week features The Cat in the Hat at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY. The sweeping strings of Grace Decker’s violin offers fodder for your kid to clap, move and shake to during Matthew Nord’s program Kids’ Vibrations at 11 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $5 suggested donation. Call Matthew Nord at 396-3352.

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Nibble on something for your mind when Janice Mineer reads from her book Gingerbread for the Heart during Family Story Time at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Find your way through yoga’s deep dimensions during the free class “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga”, taught by Laura Bender at 12 PM at Bodies by Bender, 113 W. Main St. Free.

Call 728-4395 or e-mail fitbender@yahoo.com.

Get a clearer perspective on life, through your HD TV that is, when the folks at Vann’s, 3623 Brooks St., hold a workshop at 1 PM on calibrating and optimizing your HD TV setup.

Free. Call 541-6000.

See how art changed in response to WWI during the Missoula Art Museum lecture “Eye Deep in Hell: How WWI Changed the Life of Words and Images in Art, Radically and Forever” where Ted Hughes and Lisa Simon lead you on a path to aesthetic examination at 1 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $5/free MAM members and students with ID. Call 728-0447.

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.

Jacko, Patrick Swayze, Elvis and even The Beatles get a tribute during “To: Missoula, with Love,” a community Christmas cabaret by members of Missoula’s Curtain Up! Performing Arts Co. with performances at 2 PM and 7 PM at the Missoula Children’s Theatre, 200 N. Adams St. $15/$12 students. Call 542-0730 or visit oncenter.biz.

Your Saturday afternoon gets a little zestier when Nelson Barahona leads “Salsa Saturdays,” a series of salsa dance classes with a beginners course at 2 PM, and intermediate dancing at 3 PM, every Sat. at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $7 per class.

Call 541-7240 or visit ddcmontana.com.

Missoula is a bona fide bike town. 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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Jewelry becomes the seed of your fourth to sixth-graders’ artistic inspiration during the activity “Jewelry Madness” at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 4 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Ski porn from a seasoned pro hits the silver screen in order to help a local avalanche awareness org when Warren Miller’s Dynasty screens at the Wilma Theatre at 4:30 PM, and again at 7:30 PM. $8/$6 advance for 4:30 screening and $10/$8 advance for 7:30 screening. Advance tickets at the Trail Head and Rockin Rudy’s. All proceeds benefit the West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation.

Visit missoulaavalanche.org.

nightlife Free Range aims for you to move around freely with microbrew in hand and rock in your ears when they play the Blacksmith Brewing Company, 114 Main St. in Stevensville, at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0680 or visit www.blacksmithbrewing.com.

Power pop hits the marrow of the ‘root for a sweet buzz when Secret Powers plays the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

Choice food from The Blue Canyon Kitchen mixes exquisitely with local wine during The Cellars Food and Wine Pairing, which starts at 6 PM at The Cellars, 5646 W. Harrier. $160 couple/$85 person. RSVP by calling 541-8463.

Help the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center stay up and running by festively joining others at Jingle Bells and Jingle Balls, a holiday soiree/fundraiser for the center from 6–9 PM at Caras Nursery, 2727 S. Third St. W. Free, but tickets for a scheduled drawing cost $2 each or 6 for $10. Call 543-2224 or visit www.gaymontana.org. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Mental illness, neighbors who ignore each other, and a street called Locust dominate the room when author Wendy Parciak reads from her novel Requiem for Locusts at 7 PM at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company, 3187 Highway 83 in Seeley Lake. Free. Refreshments will be served.

Call 677-0008.

Follow the circle of life in all its stages when the Sentinel High School Drama Department presents its rendition of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, with a performance at 7:30 PM in the Margaret Johnson Theatre in Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. W. $6/$5 students and seniors. Call 728-2400 ext. 7065.

See what it’s like to juggle 40 characters while trying to maintain your sanity as a restaurant reservations manager during Montana Rep Missoula performances of Becky Mode’s Fully Committed, which starts at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15, with a $5 student rush at 7 PM. Call 243-4581 or visit www.montanarep.org. (See Theater in this issue.)

Life sized puppets that dance mix with majestic ballet moves from seasoned Russians during a performance of the Moscow Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at 7:30 PM at the University Theatre. $99 to $27.50 depending on seats. Call 243-4051 or visit griztix.com.

Promenade and swing in order to sweat the stress out of your system during a contra dance at Kalispell’s Salvation Army Gym, 110 Bountiful Drive in Kalispell, which starts with dancing at 7:30 PM. Features music by Sassafras Stomp and calling by Mark Matthews. $15 family/$7 adults and teens/free for ages 12 and under. Call Joe at 752-7469.

Dance for peace with North Korea and Iran, or dance for a single-payer health care system.

Whatever you do, get down with your loving spirit when Dances of Universal Peace meets at the First Christian Church in Hamilton, 328 Fairgrounds Road, at 7:30 PM. $3 donation. Call Star at 363-4026 or e-mail tsitlali@montana.com.

Expect something old and authentic when Kathy Colton lays down the law with folk, blues and

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original tunes at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. Donations appreciated. Call 741-2361.

Dynamic jazz with pizazz seeps into all the right spots when the Discount Quartet plays with pianist Jim Rodgers at Finn and Porter, 100 Madison St., at 8 PM. Free.

Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. 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.

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

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

The Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., lets the karaoke genie out of the bottle at 9 PM. Turn south after taking exit 89 from I-90. Free. Call 370-3200.

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.

Let the dirty sounds of garage rock and punk percolate through your body when locals The Hermans and Punchy and the Knockouts play with Bozeman’s The Salamanders at the Palace at 9 PM. $3.

Stick your head in the subcultural sand of rockabilly and country when Russ Nasset and The Revelators play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

Give your self a little slack tonight and check Axshinslaxx, who play with special guest Tonsofun at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA.

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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.

Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the Internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiritual message for your viewing pleasure at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM. this and every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 375-9996.

It could be a choir, jazz band, or an ivory tickler.

Whatever music it is, you know good times will be had during the Missoula Art Museum’s Holiday Weekend Fun activity, which features live music and runs from 10 AM–3 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free, includes a “creativity station” for kids to make holiday ornaments. Call 728-0447 or visit missoulaartmuseum.org.

Quench your urge to watch football with others on several different televisions every Sun. at Lucky Strike Casino, 515 Dearborn Ave., and, if you’ve got the the gusto, belt out some bars during their karaoke contest which starts a 9:30 PM. Free.

Call 549-4152.

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Classical music finds its influences in the beatitudes of Jesus Christ and the poetry of Rumi when violinist Richard Conviser plays a CD release concert for his album One Being Inside All with soprano Tonja King and pianist Jodi Marshall, at 1 PM at St. Anthony’s Parish Center, 217 Tremont St. $10/$5 seniors and students.

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

Quit hurting in isolation and share your chronic suffering with others who understand your plight during a Pain Support Group at 2 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. Call Nicole Dunn at 327-8408.

Arts and crafts meet and greet with friendship during the Art City Gallery’s 30th Annual Holiday Open House from 2–6 PM at the gallery, 407 W. Main St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-4764.

Bowed strings have musical cocktails with black and white keys when violinist Margaret Baldridge performs a recital with pianist Christopher Hahan at 3 PM, in UM’s Music Recital Hall in the Music Building. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880.

An array of impressive beats urges you to tap your feet when the UM Percussion Ensemble performs a concert at Swan Valley School, 6423 Highway 83 in Condon, at 3 PM. $14/free children. Call Polly Huppert at 549-0933.

Your love of microbrews goes to something other than yourself during a pint night fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 4 PM. $5 first beer/$4 and $3 for subsequent glasses. Features music by Haeli Mae Allen. Call 363-7468.

Enjoy Celtic music “with a twist” but no unnecessary turns when Braveheart plays the Raven Bar and Grill in Woods Bay, 4.5 miles south of Bigfork on 39 Orchard Lane, at 4 PM. Free. Call 837-2836.

Seek connection, mutual life, or even death using the ancient Japanese strategy game Go when a group of enthusiasts meets to play the game this and every Sun. at 4:30 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free. E-mail goinmissoula@yahoo.com.

nightlife You might do the fox trot or the waltz when Sandy Lawler leads a six-week Beginning Ballroom class this and every Sun. at 6 PM until Nov. 29 at the Dance Studio, 2105 Bow St. $45 person for six-week class. Call 239-6044.

The darkened recesses of a music venue become the stage for a literary sermon when John Meyers leads a Second Wind Reading Series at 6 PM at the Palace. Free.

Improvisational movement with others takes on an extemporaneous vibe during contact dance improv, this and every Sun. from 6:30–8:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $5. Musicians are welcome and encouraged.

E-mail missoulacontactimprov@gmail.com.

You too can practice guided, affirmative and visual meditation with others when Rev. Jennifer Hackenbruch leads a session every second and fourth Sunday of the month from 7–8 PM at Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. Love offering appreciated. Call 370-9631.

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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.

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

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Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

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Ascend into realms of psychedelia during a night of experimental drone music when Sun Circle plays with Poor School-side project Atrocity Singers at 10 PM at the ZACC Gallery, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages.

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Quit that dead-end job; and head down to the Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center, 310 S. Curtis St., where you can brush up on your reading, writing and math skills in order to pass the GED or enroll in college during free adult education courses, every Mon.–Thu. from 8 AM–12 PM and 1–3 PM, as well as every Tue.–Thu. from 6–8 PM. Call 542-4015.

Support your spine, and tap into your inner core during a Pilates Mat Class with Avril Stevenson this and every Mon. until Dec. 16 at 8 AM and again at 5:30 PM, at Studio D, 420 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. D. $12, with all levels welcome. Call 360-7421.

Now that you’ve moved here, it’s time to start speakin’ ‘Merican and learning about our wonderful banking and health care systems (you can tell I’m joking, right?), as well as our educational system during Adult Basic Education courses at the Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center, every Mon. and Wed. at 8:30 AM at the center, 310 S. Curtis St. Free. Call 542-4015.

Get yer bird fix a few days before turkey day during the Missoula Senior Center’s Thanksgiving Lunch, which starts at 11:30 AM at the center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. Free to attend, cost of lunch TBA. Call 543-7154.

Pulsating Latin rhythms make you gyrate with sassy dance steps during a Zumba Dance class, this and every Mon. from noon–1 PM until Dec. 21 at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Bring tennis shoes or sneakers. Call 541-7240 or visit www.ddcmontana.com.

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.

After school activities for your kid aged 8–12 get a little wild and primal during the Roxy Theatre’s Afterschool Wildlife Film Safari which runs Mon.–Fri. from 3–5:30 PM, except for holidays, at the theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $6/hour. Call 728-9380 to register.

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Disaster and one’s hope to be rescued tangle with an interest in art objects and feral metaphors when poet Ed Skoog reads from his book Mister Skylight at Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W., at 4 PM. Free. Call 549-9010.

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PM at 258 Roosevelt Lane in Hamilton. $4 per hour. Call 363-4740 to register or e-mail sarchibald@dishmail.com.

Kids in first through fifth grade stir their artistic passions after school during the ZACC’s Young Artist Afterschool Program where instructor Hanna Hannan leads art projects, field trips, tours and more from 3–5:30 PM every weekday until Dec. 23 at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $12 per day, with busing available. Visit www.zootownarts.com or call 549-7555.

You work long hours, but your kid doesn’t, so keep them busy after their studies during an afterschool program for kindergartners through sixth graders Mon.–Fri. at Elrod School, 412 Third Ave. W. in Kalispell, from 3:15–5:45 PM. $10 early out days/$6 regular days. Call 758-7975.

Soon-to-be mommas with buns in the oven can feel empowered, relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, this and every Mon. at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave., at 4 PM. $11/$10 with card. Call 360-1521.

Two sessions of World Rhythm Youth Hand Drumming Class hits 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. $30/month, drum rental available. RSVP 3963352 or visit tangledtones.com.

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. W. Call 728-KIDS to reserve a spot.

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Call Wendy at 541-0667 or e-mail thebellytent@hotmail.com Rejuvenate your mind and body from the Monday blues during a Vinyasa Yoga class this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave. $12/$10 with card. Call 360-1521.

Get a little mindful and weave your way through the flow when Lydia Missalbrae leads a Vinyasa Yoga class this and every Mon. from 5:30–6:30 PM until Dec. 14 at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. Free. Bring your o w n y o g a m a t i f y o u h a v e o n e . Vi s i t terangaarts.googlepages.com.

Those looking to control their eating habits can get support from others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM on the second floor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. Visit www.oa.org.

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.

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.

Wiggle that belly with style and grace during beginning and continuing belly dance classes, this and every Mon. until Nov. 30 with continuing classes starting at 6:30 PM at St. Patrick Hospital’s Wellness Center, 500 W. Broadway St. Beginning class follows at 7:30 PM. $8 drop-in. Call 273-0368 or visit aniysa.com.

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

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The season of white fluffy powder is near us. And while Missoula hasn’t yet been fully covered in tufts of ice crystals, a few area hills certainly have.

Just last week, Lookout Pass opened its doors to ski and snowboard revelers on what’s been dubbed as one of its earliest opening days. As of Sun., Nov. 15, a total of 12 trails are open for your carving pleasure. So, to start your week, I’d recommend heading west on I-90 on Thu., Nov. 19 to the hill—which sits at the Montana/Idaho state line—in order to shred it up before the weekend starts. The hill is open Thu.–Mon. from 9 AM–4 PM on weekdays and 8:30 AM–4 PM on weekends, and costs $31 for a full day of skiing for an adult. For updated trail and snow conditions, click over to skilookout.com or call 208744-1227.

Once you get back to Missoula on Thursday night, relax your legs by plopping in front of the big screen at the Wilma Theatre at 7 PM in order to watch Confluence Films’ Rise, a fly fishing film which follows the experiences of six fly fishers located in places like Idaho and Venezuela. Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 in advance at The Kingfisher, River Otter, Grizzly Hackle, Kesel’s 4 Rivers and the Missoulian Angler. All proceeds benefit Project Healing Waters, an organization that aims to help disabled military vets heal through fly-fishing activities. Visit confluencefilms.tv and projecthealingwaters.org.

If you’re not so hot on anglers, skip the movie and head over to Room 326 in UM’s University Center at 7 PM so you can glean the good word from Janet Rose of the International Wildlife Film Festival and Media Center as she discusses “Wildlife Filmmakers: Heroes and Heroines on the Frontlines of the Conservation Battle.” The lecture is free, but call Jeanne Loftus at 243-6865 with any burning questions.

On Friday, speed through your workday and relax that night, but be sure to rest up to secure a spot to shred at the Great

Divide ski area on Sat., Nov. 21 and Sun., Nov. 22. The mountain, located near Helena, will be open for your skiing/snowboarding pleasure from 10 AM–4 PM both days and lift tickets are $19 each day. So if you’re eager to rock some indie grabs, click to skigd.com for updated snow and trail conditions. Also, call 449-3746 for the main office and 447-1310 for the snow report line.

Maybe you’d rather spend Saturday a little closer to Missoula. If that’s the case, enjoy it in the company of canines during the Montana Natural History Center’s (MNHC) Working Dogs Field Trip, which starts at 9 AM at the MNHC headquarters, 120 Hickory St. Once gathered, you’ll head up to the Blackfoot Valley and spend the day learning about wildlife detec-

gram Totally Turkeys!. Once there, kids soak up turkey facts, play games centered on the domesticated fowl, and then finish off the afternoon by flexing their creative muscles during an art project.

Parents should plan to shell out a mere $2 for the activity, which is tailored for youngsters ages 5 and up.

Later on Sat., Nov. 21, satisfy your urge to watch others commit freakish feats on a pair of skis during 4:30 and 7:30 PM screenings of Warren Miller’s Dynasty at the Wilma Theatre. If you’re unfamiliar with the flick, it showcases Miller’s dexterity with a camera and features six decades worth of extreme ski footage.

Tickets for the 4:30 show are $8/$6 advance, and tickets for the 7:30 screening are $10/$8 advance. Grab tickets at The Trail Head, UM’s Outdoor Program, Gull Ski or Rockin Rudy’s. All cash gained from the event goes to the West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation, a non-profit that disseminates avalanche safety info in our hood. Visit missoulaavalanche.org.

As the rest of your weekend flies by in a drunken blur, you’ll probably be in lighter spirits on Monday due to the shortened workweek and your insatiable appetite for turkey.

But before you gorge on Thu., Nov. 26, burn off any excess flab by sprinting or walking the Kim Williams Trail during Run Wild Missoula’s Turkey Day 8K race, which starts at 9:30 AM at the Boone and Crockett Club, 250 Station Drive.

The race is open to the public and costs $15/$12 for Run Wild Missoula members. Visit runwildmissoula.org to register.

Also, if you don’t mind taking a trip on your day of being thankful, note that Discovery Ski Area and Big Sky Resort are both slated to open on Thanksgiving Day. At Discovery, lifts normally start running at 9:30 AM and an adult full-day pass is $35. At Big Sky, lifts begin at 9 AM and an adult day pass is $79. However, hours could change due to conditions Photo by Alex Sakariassen and because of the holiday. So if you’re aiming for Discovery, tion methods used by the organization Working Dogs for be sure to visit skidiscovery.com and call 563-2184. Or, if you’re Conservation (WDC). Experts with WDC will whisk you through an set on Big Sky, visit bigskyresort.com and call 995-5900. array of demonstrations on how their detection dogs can do Now that you probably have snowdrifts dancing in your things like establish territorial boundaries for grizzly bears, and dreams, be sure to watch your bank account so you don’t blow more. $35/$30 for MNHC members. Space is also limited, so all your cash on a Turkey Day ski trek. I offer this advice because RSVP by calling 327-0405. we’ve got more powder-coated hills opening up shop for the seaThose with kids under their wing might wanna skip the dog son next week. So be sure to save up. trip. If so, set your sights Saturday on scooting over to the MNHC’s headquarters at 2 PM for the kid-oriented, pre-Thanksgiving procalendar@missoulanews.com

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

Make your impassioned point in whatever rented costume most fits the bill when the Missoula City Council meets—as they do the first four Mondays of every month, holidays excluded—at 7 PM in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Call 552-6080.

Joining up with UM’s French Club Le Cercle Francophone means you can repeatedly ask people “Pourquoi suis-je en vie?” or just brush up on your French skills when the club meets this and every Mon. at James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., at 7 PM. Free If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the AlAteen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use alley entrance. Call 7285818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.

Decrease your early week anxiety with a glass of wine and the “toe tapping jazz” of the Discount Quartet, who play the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, at 7 PM. Free.

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.

Felt hammers strike strings for your pleasure when Lillian Reichert performs a student piano recital at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building.

Free. Call 243-6880.

Waddle around—but in 90 degree angles, please—so you can join the Lolo Square and Round Dance Center’s Thanksgiving Dance from 8–9:30 PM a the center, 9955 Lolo Creek Road in Lolo. $4. Also doubles as a food drive. Call 273-0652.

Hey, we all overindulge sometimes, but when you’ve had enough, head down to Take off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a meeting which starts with a weigh-in between 5 and 5:30 PM, followed by a meeting at 5:30, this and every Tue. at the Rocky Mountain Lodge in Whitefish, 6510 Hwy. 93 S. Free. Call 862-1233.

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If you offered a group of 8 and 9-year-old girls the chance to rock out as a band in front of hundreds of people, what song do you think they’d pick to play? An old tune from Michael Jackson, or some fresh new indie rock track? For three girls in Missoula, Bon Jovi’s 1986 hit “Livin’ on a Prayer” happens to reign supreme.

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.

You can get a taste of the band’s talent on Friday when they play a cover of the Jovi track, under the band name Inside Voices, during the YMusic Jamophilia Extravaganza—a music variety show at the Wilma Theatre that features performances by students and instructors from the Missoula Family WHAT: The Missoula Family YMCA YMusic Jamophilia Extravaganza WHEN: Fri., Nov. 20, at 7 PM WHERE: Wilma Theatre HOW MUCH: $8/$5 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Worden’s Market and Missoula Family YMCA

YMCA’s YMusic program. Here’s the twist: Inside Voices, pictured above, was formed solely to play Jamophilia, which means it’s not to be missed. Amy Martin, the YMusic director and local musician, put out a call to assemble the bands about six weeks ago, and then selected four instructors to lead each group.

Travis Yost, drummer for Tom Catmull and The Clerics, took Inside Voices under his wing and is also its guitarist. With just four weeks of practice under their belts, Yost says the three girls and two parents that comprise the troupe have been kicking some proverbial butt.

Bingo is no longer in the domain of the geriatric when Colin Hickey leads Rawk ‘n Roll Bingo at 8:30 PM at the Badlander with the first bingo card for free, subsequent cards for $1.

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Who says America never invented a pub sport?

Beer Pong proves them all wrong at the Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where alcohol and performance anxiety climax into a thing of beauty at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

Kick off your week with a drink and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during the Palace’s Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week.

Free.

See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery at 9:30 PM. Free.

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Polyrhythms replace your ritual cup of morning Joe during a men’s drumming circle which meets this and every Tue. from 7:30–8:30 AM through the end of Nov. at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. Free. Call Matthew at 396-3352.

Inside Voices includes, from right to left, Jaedyn McGregor, Lucy Sayer, Travis Yost, Keilan Sayer and Meg Hart.

tired of it…We can run through it 10 times in a rehearsal and they’re like, ‘Let’s do it again’. They have more excitement for this Bon Jovi song than anything.”

If you’re unversed in YMusic, it started in January of this year as a way to teach kids and adults how to play guitar licks, sing harmonies, drum and even write raps. Its instructors comprise a good chunk of the Missoula music scene and include members of Tom Catmull and the Clerics and Wartime Blues, among other bands.

Friday’s concert is a celebration of the program’s first year, and it’s also a way for students to showcase their chops in a prime venue, says Martin. It features a host of performances by groups like Inside Voices, as well as songsters like the Meadowlark Singers, a flock of vocalists ages 6–11.

And at some point during the show, don’t be surprised if you see a local mystery celeb belting out a special rendition of “I Will Survive” or “Heart of Gold.”

Also, bring an instrument of your choice since, at 9 PM, an open improv jam session follows the concert.

Flush the early week stress from your system with a Tuesday Track Workout featuring speed training by UM women’s track coach Courtney Babcock every Tue. at 6 PM at Dornblaser Field, on the corner of Higgins and South avenues. Free for Run Wild Missoula members/Cost TBA for others. Visit www.runwildmissoula.org.

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 per class/$35 for four classes. Call 549-7933.

Beginners can try their hand with more experienced folks during a Beginner/Intermediate World Fusion Bellydance class, which takes place every Tue. at 6:30 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 or e-mail thebellytent@hotmail.com.

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.

Go beyond your limits, in a positive way, during the class “Beyond “They just pick it right up,” he says. “They’re not Limits” this and every Tue. from —Ira Sather-Olson 6:30–9 PM until Nov. 24 at Kalispell’s Shining Mountains Center for Positive Living, 475 Eighth Ave. N. Cost TBA. While Missoula Aging Services is a sprightly 25 If you can yodel like a yokel or belt out a ditty, and Call 257-6539. years of age, their Meals on Wheels program you go to Hellgate High School, don’t miss prelimiserves a more mature crowd, and you can too: nary tryouts for First Night Idol—a First Night Take part in collective thoughts and actions for Deliver hot meals to seniors as often as you’d Missoula competition for high school singers—at healing and enlightenment at the Healers’ like—and cash in on the sweet mileage reim- 3:30 PM at the school, 900 S. Higgins Ave. Free. If Gathering Meeting, which takes place the last bursement—from Mon.–Fri. between 10:30 AM you make it to the final round, you’ll perform at the Tue. of each month at 6:30 PM at the Eagles Lodge meeting room, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. and 12:30 PM. Call 728-7682.

Wilma Theatre during First Night. Call 532-3240.

Call 273-2871.

Don’t expect watered down oscillations when you Teens ages 13–18 stir their creative juices during head to Family Motion: Corona Yoga, but do Teen Media Club every Tue. at 4 PM at the You never know what you’ll find—except for probexpect to go with some serious flow with your Missoula Public Library computer classroom, ably a bunch of womyn—at Womyn’s Night at 7 kids, starting at 11 AM at the Children’s Museum where video creation, music mixing and digital art PM at the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian of Missoula, 225 W. Front St. $4.25/free under formulation are all the rage. Free. This week fea- Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. age 1. Call 541-PLAY to register. tures a pro from MCAT that’s going to help you Free. Call 543-2224.

Grab the rooster sauce and get spicy when the Find the strength and will to survive in the com- create your own short video. Call 721-2665. pany of others during a breast cancer support The wholesomeness of a mall fuels your child’s Downtown Dance Collective’s Heather Adams presgroup at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, artistic passion when the Southgate Mall Kids’ ents beginning salsa dance lessons at 6 PM, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Klub meets to create festive holiday crafts from every Tue. at the Badlander. $7/per class per person.

4–7 PM at Sears Court in the mall, 2901 Brooks Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Free. Call 329-5656.

Nelson, and get buy-one-get-one-free drink tickYour skill at creating something functionally St. Free. Call 721-5140. ets, during an open mic night every Tue. at the wicked, like a beer stein or a vase, comes in nightlife Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn handy during the ZACC’s Paint Your Own Pottery Studio, which runs from 12–8 PM Find the outlet for that excess energy when Gillian Parkside, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with Mon.–Fri. and every Sat. from noon–5 PM at the Kessler takes you through the flow of it all during sign-up at 6 PM. E-mail moorebeej@yahoo.com.

ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. Price ranges from World Rhythm Yoga Class every Tue. at 5 PM Those that have problems with anorexia or bulim$5–$20, depending on the cost of pottery. Call at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main ia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meetSt. Call 541-7240 for pricing.

549-7555 or visit www.zootownarts.com. ing of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, You can fight for peace in many different ways, Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in but how about knitting for it? Knitting for Peace cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 the Memorial Room of St. Paul’s Lutheran meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamisevery Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free. Call 370-3200. soula@gmail.com.

Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free.

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Enjoy Tunes on Tuesdays with Christian Johnson from 8:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 PM, an acoustic open mic jam every Tue. night at Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

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New moms get a chance to bond and shimmy with other moms during â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Mama Strength and Boogie,â&#x20AC;? a dance class that meets this and every Tue. from 8:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:30 PM at the Teranga Arts School, 2926 S. Third St. W. $5. Visit terangaarts.googlepages.com.

The Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678.

Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers host an open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free, with free beers for performers.

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

Food gets adored with words during preschool storytime with Lorna Gabel, where she presents the story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Thankful for Our Foodâ&#x20AC;? from 10:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 AM in the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-1670.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for your kids to brush up on culture from the Emerald Isle, so give them something intellectual to chew on during Cultural Trunk: Ireland at the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum of Missoula, 225 W. Front. St., at 11 AM and 3 PM. $4.25/free under age 1. Call 541-PLAY.

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nightlife Dudes and duderinos, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your time to imbibe all day with drink specials this and every Wed. when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Free. Call 370-3200.

Aviator glasses are never a prerequisite to see Russ Nasset play a solo set, but a firm appreciation of his country stylings is when he plays the Blacksmith Brewing Company, 114 Main St. in Stevensville, at 5:30 PM. Free, all ages. Call 777-0680 or visit blacksmithbrewing.com.

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 Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Duran Learning Center. Free. Call 728-9117.

Blue Argon plays eclectic blues, R&B, and jazz featuring Colleen Cunningham, Steve Sellars and Jim Clayborn every Wed. at 6 PM at Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

Turkey and microbrew worship meets oneness with the guitar and sax when the Joan Zen Duo rocks a preThanksgiving acoustic set at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-7468.

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.

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. Hump day isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just for binge drinking anymore. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a day for playing games of chance with other likeminded booze lovers when Sean Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471.

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 Pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trivia question: Al Ayam is a daily newspaper in Bahrain that apparently leans a little to the left.

The tenets of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hosts ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free.

Be sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve downed enough PBR in order to have the courage to sing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just as the Day Was Dawningâ&#x20AC;? by Big Business, or a similar tune, during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

Local DJs, an â&#x20AC;&#x153;ultimate legs and thighsâ&#x20AC;? contest and Coyote Ugly-style bartenders comprise what could be an interesting night, or a potential Thanksgiving Day hangover, during the Night B4 Thxgvnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bash at the Broadway Bar & Grill, 1609 W. Broadway St., at 9 PM. Cover TBA. Call 543-5678.

See a plethora of patterns and colorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after a few pitchersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during

Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free.

Call 721-1798.

Fight for the right to belt out a semicoherent version of The Darknessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Believe in a Thing Called Loveâ&#x20AC;? every Wed. during Combat Karaoke at Rowdyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cabin, 4880 N. Reserve St., at 10 PM. Free. Call 543-8001.

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Hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thanksgiving, so be thankful, at least today, okay? That being said, most places are likely closed, perhaps even your favorite watering hole. So be sure to call ahead before you head out. And if you can, spend today in the company of family and friends.

If you find yourself wandering to the Missoula Public Library on Turkey Day, or on Black Friday, stop yourself and head home. The library is closed Thu. and Fri and opens back up at 10 AM Sat. Burn off some calories before you gorge on Turkey or Tofurky during the Turkey Day 8K Race, a run/walk down the Kim Williams Trail which starts at 9:30 AM at the Boone and Crockett Club, 250 Station Drive. $15/$12 Run Wild Missoula members. Visit www.runwildmissoula.org to register.

If you live in Ronan and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any Thanksgiving plans, spend it with others during the Annual Ronan Community Thanksgiving Dinner, which runs from 11 AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 PM at the Ronan Community Center, 300 Third Ave. NW. in Ronan. Free. Also includes music every half-hour. Call Adina Fox at 676-9228.

nightlife Get your hand out of the stuffing and haul your tryptophan-addled body over to see John Patrick Williams, who strums his geetar at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs, at 8 PM. Donations appreciated. Call 741-2361.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re an artist and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to get your work seen by the broader public, consider submitting your work for the Montana Public Radio competitive design contest. The design is based on the 2010 pledge-week theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hear More Here,â&#x20AC;? and if chosen, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll win $300 and your design will be put on posters, T-shirts and other promo materials. Intrigued? Get your stuff in by Mon., Nov. 23, at 5 PM by e-mailing your submission as a PDF file to susan.jamerson@umontana.edu. You can also mail it in by sending it to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Montana Public Radio Design Contestâ&#x20AC;?, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812. Visit www.mtpr.org or call 2434214 for more info. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to submit stuff to me, like upcoming events, be sure to send your event info by 5 PM on Thu., Nov. 19, 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. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see a link that says â&#x20AC;&#x153;submit an event.â&#x20AC;?

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Gala and her brother Draco are actually the exception to the rule. They spent their entire lives outside, not getting much attention, so this place has turned out to be fun. They love treats and going for walks and we think they would do fine as a pair or individually.

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He is laid back, easy to get along with, and perfectly behaved.

L I L LY

Lilly is one spicy, full flavor, kind of girl! She likes spending time inside, but would prefer the freedom to come and go at will.

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Akara is a very sweet five-month old puppy who has had a rough life so far. She was found in a dirty trailer with two dozen other husky crosses. Even though she looks more like a Karelian Bear Dog than a Husky, she is still beautiful and has those piercing baby blue eyes!

MOO

Moo Kitty is a very sweet cat who has very unique markings. She is almost all white but had a few black spots on her head and tail. She loves to give people bathes just like a dog would.

She gets along great with other cats but would do best in a home without small children. She loves to sit on your lap and spend time with you.

EMMA

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Emma is our longest resident. She has been here for ten months and no one has come to adopt her.

She is a very sweet longhaired tortoiseshell female who just wants to find a home. She came to us a young mother who was taking care of her kittens in the snow. She even became a surrogate mother to three other litters of kittens!

Big Max was part of our feral cat spay and neuter clinic last month. Once he came out of anesthesia, we noticed he wasn't feral at all. In fact, he was extremely friendly! His unique face won our employees over right away and we decided to keep him and try to find him a good home. He is one of the coolest, most laid back cats we have.

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New documentary details life after foster care in Missoula

by Ali Gadbow

“In terms of how we see documentary, it depends Imagine this: You turn 18, and the only family you fresh-faced 18-year-old, and he appears incredibly vulknow cuts you off completely. Imagine moving 17 nerable. Raif is a singer, and he treats the filmmakers to on the project,” explains Williams about her compatimes, and having 17 families, in seven years. Before he regular updates of a song about his life on the streets. ny’s approach to filmmaking.

In this case, Anderson and Williams felt the only eth“Every time he sings it for us it gets sadder,” says was a filmmaker, Matt Anderson worked as a counselor ical approach was to become personally involved in the for kids who were about to age out of the foster care Williams.

In one of his last interviews, Raif looks years older. stories, and to make their involvement clear. That meant system, and he recalls working with a kid named Codie His eyes are hard and his face is riddled with third looking for solutions for each former foster child. dealing with this very issue.

“It’s in both of our natures to ask what we’re going “He had 17 placements from the day he was degree burns.

“I lit my face on fire on Monday,” he tells to do about this,” says Anderson. removed from his mom and his siblings,” Anderson He also felt he couldn’t let his kids down. They Anderson, then pauses in thought. “I’ve mostly been says, “and he never went back.” expected the film to make a difference. As issues The purpose of the foster care system is to place hanging out with friends,” he concludes brightly.

“The foster care system is very much crisis-driven,” emerged from the main interviews, the filmmakers children who have been removed from parental custody with families that will care for them permanently, but says Anderson. “These kids and their families are in cri- sought out professionals who could provide perspective many children drift from place to place, between foster sis a lot. There’s abuse, and there’s neglect, and these and suggest avenues for reform. So far, the crew has interviewed reformers, legislators, judges and advocates homes and group facilities. The minute these children kids are traumatized. Their behavior is affected.” turn 18, government support stops.

“In some sense I was his last parent,” says Anderson. “He turned 18, got an apartment, aged out, and then my services were done. The state’s involvement was done. Everything was finished.”

But before Codie aged out, says Anderson, “we were sitting in his apartment, and he said, ‘My story is really important. People should know about my life and what happened to me in foster care. We should make a movie about my life.’”

Anderson knew next to nothing about film production at the time, but he kept thinking about Codie’s movie.

Finally, a classmate encouraged him to pitch the idea to Paige Williams, a graduate of the University of Montana’s Media Arts master’s program, who had started the Missoula-based film production company Porch Productions in 2006.

Williams’ first major project was the award-winning documentary Mississippi Queen, in which Williams, who is gay, explores her relationship with her parents, who run an ex-gay ministry. Since then, Williams has been dedicated to Raif is one of six former foster care kids featured in a new documentary project by Paige Williams and Matt Anderson. “In the beginning I wanted to take them all home with me, but they wouldn’t have stayed,” says raising awareness and promoting social Williams. “They’re so used to going from place to place.” change through storytelling—and she quickly saw that Codie’s story fit the bill.

Placements with families are often temporary, across the country. They hope to raise enough money at “It was going to be a really short piece, just about Cody and his 17 placements, but the story was there Anderson explains. Even the best-intentioned foster fundraisers this month and in the spring to complete families often find they can’t manage the situation. The their wish list of interviewees and complete the project. and it just kept growing,” says Anderson.

Compiling so many hours of material is a As a case manager and a fledgling filmmaker, result is that when many children in the system turn Anderson was concerned with two issues. He noticed 18, they are left with no support system. Constantly Herculean task. Williams expects her first cut to run at many of his kids felt invisible, and they were eager to moving, these children never experience a normal about five hours. Then, editing decisions will become share their experiences with anyone willing to listen. childhood. Because they don’t have the formative even more difficult because the stories are so personal.

He also realized foster care kids become profoundly experiences most of us take for granted, many gradu- In the end, Williams and Anderson hope the film will ates of the foster care system lack the basic skills to nav- serve as a call to action. invisible once they age out.

“Once you see the need, you can’t ignore it,” says “We don’t see what happens to them when they igate the adult world.

“The saddest thing for me is that for these kids that Williams. “We are hoping this film will revolutionize leave,” says Anderson, “but we have some research and we have great relationships with at this point, it’s too the system.” some data that says it’s really bad.”

Codie’s story became From Place to Place, a work- late,” says Williams. “It’s pretty heartbreaking.”

A fundraiser for From Place to Place includes a Both Williams and Anderson admit that traditional in-progress documentary that follows three young men and three young women for a year after they age out of objectivity was impossible in this project. Anderson, rough cut screening of the documentary, as well as the foster care system. Each subject has a different who is a producer of the film as well as a recent co- music from local MCs and DJs, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, owner of Porch Productions, follows cases he’s also at the Badlander. $7 from 9–11 PM and $3 after 11. story to tell, and most are heartbreaking.

Raif, for instance, has been homeless since leaving handling as a social worker. In addition, he conducts foster care. When the film first introduces him, he is a most of the on-screen interviews. arts@missoulanews.com

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Dialed in Fatz answers the call in Fully Committed

by Skylar Browning

Before Justin Fatz takes the stage as the sole actor in Montana Rep Missoula’s Fully Committed, director David Mills-Low appears under a spotlight and introduces Fatz like he’s a heavyweight champion fighter entering the ring. The intentionally over-the-top preamble— complete with Rocky music—is mostly due to necessity, helping to move Fatz from the Crystal Theatre’s backstage area to the stage on the other side of the room before the show begins. But it also sends an important message to the audience: You are about to watch a fight, an actual physical and mental challenge, not a typical performance.

In other words, Fatz doesn’t act in Fully Committed as much as he competes against Becky Mode’s daunting script.

Mode’s play, which first debuted in New York City in 1999, challenges Fatz to perform 40 different characters in roughly 60 minutes. His primary character is Sam, an aspiring actor stuck answering the phones at a fancy Manhattan restaurant. We quickly learn the restaurant books reservations roughly three months in advance, and even the wealthiest VIPs have trouble pulling strings for a last-second table. (The title refers to the vogue way Justin Fatz stars in of saying the restaurant’s Fully Committed. completely booked; “I’m sorry, but we’re fully committed this evening” is a recurring line.) Fatz must not only play the patient employee, but also voice every whack job on the other end of the phone, every entitled employee who buzzes him on the intercom and the particularly snobbish chef who calls him on a designated internal line.

Fatz has little to work with to pull off the stunt.

On a table sits a laptop that charts the restaurant’s seemingly infinite number of incoming lines; he pecks at it to answer every call and to retrieve each person he puts on hold. The intercom and special chef phone are positioned next to the laptop. Fatz wears an earpiece. And that’s it. The rest is entirely up to Fatz.

He distinguishes the different characters with an array of accents—a Japanese businessman, a gay personal assistant, a sultry Southern tourist, etc.— and subtle body language. With the chef, Fatz maintains a rigid posture and puts on a smug grin. A crusty old cougar intent on nagging always has a cigarette held to her mouth. The juggling becomes especially impressive when Fatz bounces from call to call, from Sam to the person on the other line, again and again in rapid succession, like Robin Williams on a Red Bull binge. It’s hard to figure how Fatz pulls it off.

In fact, it’s hard to focus on anything but figuring out how Fatz pulls off the act. In many ways,

Fully Committed comes across more like a magic trick than an actual play—one long, impressive trick performed by a master of alliteration. I ended up caring less about what Fatz pulled out of his hat, so to speak, than I did about seeing if he’d screw up.

And he didn’t. I would have liked to see certain sections slowed down just a bit, milked for a touch more character development, but Fatz always storms on. Aside from taking the occasional breath, he blazes through all 60 minutes without the slightest stumble or pause.

Such an impressive feat deserves praise, but at the end of the standing ovation there’s not much to take away from the play itself. Is there a story within Fully Committed? Sure. We see a basic transforma-

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Montana Rep Missoula’s one-man comedy,

tion of Sam as he wrestles with his place in the world, moving ever so slightly from being a meek pushover to someone sick of taking everyone else’s crap. The pivotal moment even involves, quite literally, the aforementioned crap. Sam elicits pity, but his slow redemption is ultimately secondary to simply watching Fatz do his thing.

Fully Committed marks the third consecutive season Montana Rep Missoula has included a oneman show in its lineup—and this one is markedly different from the other two. In 2007, Andrew Rizzo carried Thom Pain, a brooding play about a troubled man who rents out a theater to reveal his darkest fears to a bunch of strangers. Last season kicked off with {Extinguish}, a sullen production in which writer/actor Ezra LeBank, like Fatz, churns through dozens of different characters. Fully Committed, meanwhile, sidesteps anything of consequence and instead focuses on pure comedy. It’s light, fast and baldly funny. It’s also a perfect platform for Fatz, a veteran of the Illustrious Virginia City Players who knows his way around a punch line.

The only thing that could derail Fully Committed would be Fatz falling short, and he never does. He deserves that glitzy ring announcer introduction and—pardon the easy pun—follows it with a convincing knockout performance. sbrowning@missoulanews.com

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A “Joe” takes on Montana’s river culture

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I prefer the mountains to the rivers. So much so of angler—whose impression of the landscape has that a good portion of my honeymoon was spent been formed by only a few days’ visit each year, floating on an inflatable raft on a tiny alpine lake in and under special conditions: in summer, and at the Bob Marshall Wilderness. I like the grueling play. The result is the dreamlike, meandering climbs, the unpredictable weather and that a moun- work of a weekend philosopher who, like a river, tain is alien ground, inhospitable, even fatal if the follows the currents of his thoughts—dabbling wrong kind of weather moves in. But above all, here in the kitchen contemplating his friends, there are the views. There’s no feeling comparable there at the put-in with the crowd of fly-fishermen, to standing on the windswept peak of an enormous bending smoothly in the contemplation of the mountain looking out over miles of terrain. And far, land, its people and the metaphors we create to far below are the silver ribbons of river snaking gen- bind ourselves to them.

A few distinct things populate Leeson’s tly in soft parabolas across the flattened valley bottoms, dotted here and there with houses or Montana. There’s the house he regularly inhabits, an “unprepossessing” structure “you would probascorched with town grids.

I admit that I never really understood a river bly take no notice of when driving past except to remark on its fortunate situuntil I moved to Missoula ation among the trees.” more than a decade ago.

There’s his group of friends, That first spring, there was a who he refers to by particuparticularly fierce runoff lar character traits, such as that pushed the Clark Fork “the Cook,” “the Mechanic,” up to its banks and was or “the Bohdi,” nicknames rumored to have swept that are loaded with the genaway a house or two tle mocking common among upstream. The water roared good friends. There are the through town, and we inhabitants of the land, the Missoulians stood agape on guides and townspeople, our bridges and watched it related with an anthropoloroil on the supports below gist’s eye. There’s the tackle, us, alternately mud-yellow flies, waders and boats, the and milk-white. And that myriad and necessary detriwas just the opening movetus of an angler’s life. And ment to a year-long concerthere’s the land itself, and to. As the year progressed, the river. and the hills ringing the val“There is a certain and ley changed from green to distinct pleasure,” writes yellow to brown, the river, Leeson, “in simply watching too, changed its sights, Inventing Montana water run downhill, an endsounds and smells in a kind Ted Leeson less scroll of current on of ongoing narrative that hardcover, Skyhorse Publishing which the river inscribes the repeated itself yearly, but 256 pages, $24.95 complicated history of itself.” with variation. A river is a At its worst, Inventing Montana is the fly-fishkind of performance, or story.

To properly see a river, you have to get right ing version of The Big Chill, with long-acquainted down into it, day after day, and scrutinize the wealth couples baking white pizza and flatbread togethof detail it offers, from the various smells of the er, listening to music and working on their art water, to the inexorable movement of riverbed and projects amidst light, good-natured banter. It’s riverbank over the seasons, to the insects that hatch, your friend’s too-long and semi-coherent retelling mate and die on the river’s surface, and, of course, of her summer vacation. At its best, the book has the fish that ply the current. And fishing just might blinding flashes of insight. My favorite chapter, be the perfect excuse to bring a writer to the water’s “Postcards of the Hanging,” is a staccato burst of edge, day after day, to stand idly by the river, mak- passages alternately railing, warning and ruing ing successive and too-often fruitless casts. Which, if the big moneyed development of Montana’s riverbanks. It’s free of the clutter of insider jokes and you think of it, is an apt metaphor for writing.

Maybe that’s why there are so many books wayward prose, and it’s good, rousing literature.

But above all, Leeson’s book is marked by the about fishing.

Enter Ted Leeson’s latest addition to the giddy ebullience of play. Play, of course, is serious genre: Inventing Montana. Leeson’s perspective stuff, a chance to toil up switchbacks with 40 on Montana’s Madison River and the fishing there pounds on your back, or muck about a river looking is unusual. He’s one of thousands of seasonal for fish. Playtime is when we rise above the congestanglers who flock to the state in the summertime ed traffic of our everyday lives and hang, suspended, to crowd the state’s trout streams, though one of in the here and now. a few writing about it. He’s a regular, seasonal visitor—a “Joe,” as he hears a guide refer to his kind arts@missoulanews.com

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Ship of fools Pirate Radio stays buoyed with humor

by Scott Renshaw

It’s true that Richard Curtis’ Pirate Radio is set in 1966, during the period when official British radio stations did not carry rock and roll. And it is also true that it’s set on a seafaring broadcast operation, a stand-in for one of many real-life such entities that proliferated at the time to feed public desire for the music. But if you’re expecting Pirate Radio actually to be about that time and that circumstance, you are much mistaken.

Over his 25-year writing career, Curtis has somehow managed to find success with two radically different audiences. On the one hand are his witty but ultimately sentimental romances like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and his 2003 directing debut, Love Actually. On the other are his largely episodic comedic efforts, most notably his collaborations with Rowan Atkinson like “Black Adder” and “Mr. Bean.” Pirate Radio falls squarely in the latter category, employing its “inspired by true events” concept as little more than a loose framework for a whole lot of masculine carrying on— most of which is wonderfully funny, even if the story could just as easily have been about a bunch of “I’m on a boat.” rowdy soccer players.

And this is really the context in which Curtis works best—scenes that take advantage of this blistering wordplay and his fondness for various types of stock characters. We get an easily likeable hero in 18-year-old Carl (Tom Sturridge), who comes aboard after difficulties at school because his godfather, Quentin (Bill Nighy), is the ship’s owner. Among the DJs-at-sea are The Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a cooler-thanthou American expatriate; Simon (Chris O’Dowd), the nice guy perpetually getting stepped on; and Dave (Nick Frost), who alternately works to help Carl lose his virginity and steals his girlfriend, depending on the whim that’s striking him. Add a resident dimwit—Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke), serving the function of Baldrick from “Black Adder”— and you’ve got the recipe for great comedy.

It’s a recipe that succeeds, provided you’re not expecting anything more than laughs. Perhaps out of a sense of narrative obligation, Curtis throws in a few conflicts with which the lads must contend. Externally, there are the efforts of a British government official (Kenneth Branagh) to shut down Radio Rock’s nose-thumbing operation; internally, The Count curries a rivalry with Angus (Rhys Ifans), the preening DJ superstar who returns to the ship after time abroad. Regularly scheduled snippets showing the boys and girls (and adults, too) listening back in England are an attempt to suggest this historical footnote really

moved and affected people, but it’s a token effort in something that largely feels like two hours of sketches.

Those sketches are generally so entertaining, though, that it hardly matters. Curtis gets most of his mileage out of the fact that Radio Rock is an all-male operation—the crew’s lesbian cook notwithstanding—and therefore they generally behave the way a bunch of guys stuck together with no authority and high on their own sense of rebellion likely would behave. They play games, like a celebrity-ID competition in which Carl, much to his dismay, is paired with Thick Kevin. They lounge around on deck and

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share “I never” revelations, which eventually becomes a way to “out” the others’ embarrassing stories. The terrific cast gets a ton of mileage out of Curtis’ snappy, profane patter, making their interactions so lively that for much of the running time, it feels like you could hang around with these fellows as long as you’d be allowed.

Unfortunately, stuck with no obvious answer for how he should end such a yarn, Curtis opts to turn the last 20 minutes into a maritime disaster epic, as the ship faces a Titanic-like catastrophe.

Even then, Curtis manages to make some potentially maudlin moments into great bits of comedy—particularly when Carl tries to help a DJ who can’t part with every one of his precious records, even in the face of impending death. But those moments still have to battle for time with plenty of shots of water pouring through bulkheads, and a “will they or won’t they make it” artificial drama that seems tonally out of place.

Pirate Radio doesn’t need such extraneous material to keep an audience engaged. Like his characters, Curtis rebels against a prevailing artistic sensibility—in this case, that really good jokes require much of a structure to keep them afloat.

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Scope Note: This week’s movie times are good through Tue., Nov. 24. A complete listing of the holiday weekend schedule will appear next week.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE BLIND SIDE Sandra Bullock plays an upper crust mom who takes in a homeless teen and helps him realize his dreams of playing pigskin. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:20, 7:10 and 10 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:25. Pharaoplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 6:50 and 9:10 with additional Sat.–Sun show at 3 and no 9:10 show Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:15, 3:35, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30 and 9:35 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:15 and Fri.–Sat. at 10:20 and midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:15 with additional Sat.–Sun. show at 1:30. Entertainer in Ronan: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:10.

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in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1:30, 3:45, 5:05, 7:30 and 8:30 and midnight Fri.–Sat. and additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:25. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4:15 and 7:15 with Sat.–Sun. show at 1.

on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1, 2:30, 3:30, 5, 6:35, 7:30, 9 and 9:50 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:10 and midnight Fri.–Sat. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15.

AMELIA Hilary Swank jumps into the cockpit as Amelia Earhart in this exploration of the famed flying feminist’s aerial adventures and subsequent disappearance. Wilma Theatre: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9:10

THE FOURTH KIND A psychologist prods the minds of people in a small Alaskan town to see if they were probed by aliens. Village 6: 7:10 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:45 and 4:35 and addi-

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY A couple that moves into a new pad cramps the style of a spectral being and has to endure its hellish wrath. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9:45. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 7:30 and 9:40 and midnight Fri.–Sat. PIRATE RADIO Bill Nighy captains a ship for a chorus of horny stoners, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, as they transmit illegal rawk to the masses. Village 6:

AN EDUCATION A teenage British girl falls for Mr. Moneybags, only to find out he might not be the one.

Wilma Theatre: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9, with 9 only shows on Fri.–Sat. and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

MY LITTLE PONY: TWINKLE WISH ADVENTURE Pinkie Pie and other animated ponies navigate a supernatural world in order to find a coveted wishing star. Village 6: 10 AM only on Sat.–Sun. PLANET 51 An astronaut sets foot on a new planet, only to discover aliens that embrace the corn-fed lifestyles of mainstream 1950s America. Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7:05 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1:45, 4:35 and 9:30. Pharaoplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 2:25, 3:05, 4:45, 5:15, 7:10 and 9:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 12:05 and 12:35 and midnight shows Fri.–Sat. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4:15, 7 and 9 with additional Sat.Sun. show at 1.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON A teen whose love was sucked dry by a vampire finds pleasant distraction through motorbikes, werewolves and American Indian history. Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1, 4 and 9:50. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 4:30, 5, 7, 7:30, 8, 9:50 and 10:10 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 1, 1:30 and 2 and a Fri.–Sat. show at 10:45. Pharaoplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 6:50 and 9:15 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 1, 3, 3:30, 4, 6, 6:30, 7, 9 and 9:30 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at noon and 12:20 and Fri.–Sat. at 10 and midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Tue. at 4, 6:50 and 9:15 with an additional Sat.–Sun. show at 1:30. Showboat in Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:20.

NOW SHOWING 2012 John Cusack plays a divorced dad skirting the acrimony of Mother Earth as she goes cannibalistic on peeps. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 7 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:20 and 3:40 and Fri.–Sat. at 10:20. Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 12:20 and 3:40 and additional Fri.–Sat. show at 10:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 only with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3. Stadium 14

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with 7 only show Fri.–Sat. and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 1:10 and 6:55 and Mon.–Tue. at 1:10 and 3:50.

tional Fri.–Sat show at 9:40. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:55 and 6:45 and Mon.–Tue. at 1:15 and 6:45.

THE BOX Donny Darko’s director makes Cameron Diaz decide between quick cash or the death of a stranger, thanks to a box toting weirdo. Village 6: Fri.–Tue. at 7 with additional Fri.–Sat. shows at 1:30 and 4:20 and additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 9:35.

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Jamie Foxx is a crooked attorney who runs into trouble when a vengeful Gerard Butler appears to settle some scores. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:35 and 10.

COUPLES RETREAT Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman travel to an island resort with their wives, only to learn that an excruciating couples therapy sesh is mandatory in order to live it up. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 7:20 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Tue. at 3:55 and 9:15.

DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL Jim Carey begs for laughs as the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge in this 3-D remake of Charles Dickens’ classic. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 5:10, 7:30 and 9:50 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 12:30 and 2:50.

Pharaoplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show

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THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS Ewan McGregor is a reporter aiming to get the lowdown on the U.S. Army’s plans to end war and kill goats using ESP. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 5:35, 7:45 and 9:55 with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at 1:15 and 3:25. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Tue. at 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:25 and 9:40 and midnight on Fri.–Sat. and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 4:05, 7:10 and 9:25.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT Watch Jacko’s last stage performances, plus behind-the-scenes footage, in this documentary that chronicles the eccentric pop icon’s final tour. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1.

Fri.–Tue. at 7 with additional Sat.–Sun. shows at 1 and 4 and additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 3:50 and 9:25 and Mon.–Tue. at 6:30 and 9:25.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers team up for a stunning spectacle that follows Max on his quest to hang out with freakish ogres. Carmike 10: Fri.–Tue. at 4:10, 7 and 9:35 with additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30.

Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson.

Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Nov. 20. 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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DUCKY RUBBER I kept seeing this woman I was interested in at pool parties, but I’ve always been very shy and reluctant to make the first move. At the third party, she hugged me as she was leaving. The following week, she kissed me. I invited her to come up for dinner. We had a great time. I even kissed her, and she didn’t resist. Several days later, she said she’d see me at my condo’s pool that afternoon, but never showed or called. Midweek, I texted her, inviting her over for “drinks, soft music, and a nice relaxing massage to ease the stress of the work week.” No response.

Amy, I just meant a back rub, clothes on, like I once gave a female friend. I’ve never thought of a massage as having sexual connotations. Do you think she inferred that from my offer of a “stress reliever,” and is that where I went wrong?

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Employer is seeking a Long Haul Driver to team drive. Will be driving 53’ dry van in lower 48 states in all weather conditions. Must be comfortable with driving on the East Coast and have experience hauling in major cities such as Atlanta and Chicago. Will not be driving in NYC. MUST have current Class A CDL with HazMat & airbrake endorsements and minimum of 12 months experience in past 24 months. Will be away for extended periods of time. Equipment is new and well maintained. Must have attention to detail, able to complete paperwork, able to get along well with team driver and customers. On occasion will load/unload truck with pallet jack.

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PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS - P/T, on-call, Msla. PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT needed to provide personal care services for residents in assisted living facility. Training is available, and experience will earn you a higher hourly wage.

DUTIES INCLUDE: Monitor medication and dispense times, monitor blood sugar levels, bathe, assist residents in and out of bed, daily living activities and other duties as needed. Work will be varied Days and Shifts with a shift differential for evening and night shifts work. There is also a great opportunity to get more hours. Wage starts at $8.60/hr. plus appropriate shift differentials, potential increase after 60 days. This position requires a pre-employment drug screening. #2976571 Missoula Workforce Center 728-7060

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. My wish for you, Aries, is that you will have many such days in the coming weeks. In fact, I hope that you will be blessed over and over again with the hair-raising thrill of having your imagination pricked, causing it to half-blossom, halfexplode. To get the most out of the fantastic possibilities, set aside any tendency you might have to be a know-it-all, and instead open up your heart’s mind and your mind’s heart as wide and deep as they will go.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the beginning of his career, poet Linh Dinh loved to stay up late and write, sometimes riding a creative surge till dawn. The power of the darkness unleashed a stark fertility. He was free to think thoughts that were harder to invoke during the bright hours when hordes of wide-awake people were pouring their chattering thoughts out into the soup. Dinh’s habits changed as he aged, though, in part because he got married and chose to keep more regular hours. But his early imprint has stayed alive inside him. “Now I can write at any time of the day,” he says, “because I always carry the night inside of me.” In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, I’m making that your prescription for the coming week: Carry the night inside you during the day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Mark, a friend of mine who lives in New Jersey, sent an overnight package via UPS to Jerry, a friend of his who lives 30 miles away in Pennsylvania. The delivery arrived on time, so Mark was happy with the service. But in checking the tracking information online, he discovered a curious thing: His package was loaded onto three different airplanes, passed through five different UPS offices, and eventually traveled over a thousand miles in order to arrive at Jerry’s house.

I expect there’ll be a comparable scenario in your world, Gemini: A wish will be fulfilled by a very circuitous route.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Strictly speaking—going purely by the astrological omens—I conclude that you would generate amazing cosmic luck if you translated the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood” into Punjabi, wore shoes made of 18th-century velvet, or tried out for a Turkish volleyball team. I doubt you’ll get it together to pull off those exotic feats, however, so I’ll also provide some second-best suggestions. You won’t receive quite as much cosmic assistance from doing them, but you’ll still benefit considerably. Here are the back-ups: Begin planning where and when you’ll take a sacred vacation in 2010; meditate on who among your current allies is most likely to help you expand your world in the next 12 months; decide which of your four major goals is the least crucial to pursue; and do something dramatic to take yourself less seriously.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher appears,” writes Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Women Who Run with the Wolves. But the magic of that formula may not unfold with smooth simplicity, she says: “The teacher comes when the soul, not the ego, is ready. The teacher comes when the soul calls, and thank goodness—for the ego is never fully ready.” I’d love it if the information I just provided encouraged you to feel right at home with the jarring yet nurturing lessons that are on the way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the ancient Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, the nature of the psyche was portrayed differently from the way it is today. It was understood that people received information directly from the gods—not as vague feelings or abstract guesswork, but rather in the form of actual voices. In other words, divine beings spoke directly to human beings. These days that’s regarded as crazy; witness the incredulous reactions that most smart people had when George W. Bush said God personally told him to invade Iraq. With that as subtext, I’m going to prophesy that a deity will soon have a message for you. Be careful, though. An imposter may also slip you tips that you’d best ignore. How to tell the difference? The real thing won’t make you feel inflated or urge you to cause harm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the coming week, keep a lookout for invisible snakes, pretend ghosts, and illusory dragons. Be prepared to gaze upon gruff displays that are no threat to you and hints of fermenting chaos that will never materialize. In other words, Pisces, your subconscious mind may be prone to conjuring up imaginary problems that have little basis in reality. I exhort you to fling them aside like a superhero brushing off toy monsters.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly,” said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. I encourage you to make that your personal motto in the coming weeks, Scorpio. From what I can tell, you are capable of generating a transformation that will look impossible to casual observers. You have the power to change something that everyone said would never change.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Have you resolved every last detail of your unfinished business? Have you tied up the loose ends, flushed out the lingering delusions, and said your final goodbyes to the old ways and old days? “Yes,” you say? You’re absolutely positive? Well then, it is with a deep sense of pleasure and relief that I hereby unbound you and unleash you. You are officially cleared for take-off into the wild blue yonder or the fizzy red vortex or the swirling green amazement, whichever you prefer.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I think it’s high time to mess with the tried and true formulas. In order to do the most good for the most people, and to regenerate a wounded and weak part of yourself, you simply must create some cracks in the way things have always been done. You must push beyond your overly safe limits. But wait! Before you plunge ahead, make sure you understand this: If you want to break the rules properly, you’ve got to study them and analyze them and learn them inside out.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The most popular hobby in my home country of America—even more popular than owning guns and pressing lawsuits—is cultivating fears. From agonizing about being lonely to ramping up paranoia about pandemic illnesses to worrying about the collapse of the economy, my fellow citizens love to fret. Outside the U.S., angst accumulation ranks almost as high on the list of pastimes. Luckily, you Leos are less likely to wallow than most of the other signs—especially these days. That’s why I hope you’ll take a leadership role in the coming weeks, when many people will be dipping even deeper than usual into the fetid trough of scaremongering. Please help dispel this trend! Be your most radiant and courageous self—even bigger and brighter than usual.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An article in the Online Noetics Network profiled the work of Robert Muller, who served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. It said that Muller is “one of the best informed human beings on the planet,” with an “encyclopedic grasp of the facts concerning the state of the world.” And yet Muller doesn’t keep up with the news as it’s reported in the media. Instead, he simply talks to people, either in person as he travels, or on the phone, or through written correspondence. These interactions provide him with all the understanding he needs. I recommend that you try Muller’s approach for a while, Virgo. Assume that you can get all the information you really need by gathering first-hand reports from people about what’s actually happening in their lives.

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PUBLIC NOTICES EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owning delinquent storage rent for the following units: 74, 153, 433, 465, 370, 485, 491, 497, and 568 Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods including office furniture, desks, baby strollers, car storage carrier, office phone system, boxes & boxes of old rare book collections, file cabinets, TV & stereos. These units may be Monday, viewed starting November 23, 2009 by appt only by calling 251-8600.

Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59803 prior to Thursday, November 27, 2009, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

Missoula County Government

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will conduct public hearings at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, on the following: A request by Bruce Hazeltine for a variance from the side yard setback requirement of 10 feet set by Zoning District #18 (10). The property, 4975 Evergreen Street, is legally described as: Tract 7B COS 3926, T12N, R20W, Section 2. It should also be noted that the placement of this structure is proposed within a 10 foot utility easement as noted by COS #3926. If you have any concerns or are able address releasing this easement please contact the Office of Planning and Grants.

See map B.

Any written comments can be mailed to Jamie Erbacher, at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 or e-mailed to jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning & Grants at 406258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

Stop Foreclosure Chapter 13 & other options

Daniel Morgan Andrew Pierce 433 W. Alder • 830-3875 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on March 15, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract B of Certificate of Survey No. 4367 located in the Northeast one-quarter Section 29, Township 13 North, Range 20 West and West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 28, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Jeffrey S. Malek, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Security Bank of Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture dated June 11, 2008, and recorded June 16, 2008, as Document No. 200813295 records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded October 30, 2009, in Book 849, Page 1241, Document No. 200925993, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable.

There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $150,135.00, plus interest at a rate of 6.850% totaling $3,520.79 and late fees of $156.27, for a total amount due of $153,812.06, as of October 29, 2009, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above.

The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 3rd day of November, 2009. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss.

County of Missoula). On this 3rd day of November, 2009, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on March 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lots 9 and 10 in Block 81 of School Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Jeffrey S. Malek, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Security Bank of Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture dated November 15, 2007, and recorded that same date in Book 808, Page 1633, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded October 2, 2009, in Book 848, Page 631, Document No. 200923984, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made,

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $210,040.72, plus interest at a rate of 7.5% totaling $6,743.62 and late fees of $231.00, for a total amount due of $217,015.34, as of October 23, 2009, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 6th day of November, 2009. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss.

County of Missoula). On this 6th day of November, 2009, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on March 22, 2010, at 10:15 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Parcel I: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4358, a tract of land located in the Southeast one-quarter of Section 34 and the Southwest one-quarter of Section 35, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

Parcel II: TOGETHER WITH a nonexclusive easement for ingress and egress as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 1744. Jeffrey S. Malek, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Security Bank of Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture dated November 15, 2007, and recorded that same date in Book 808, Page 1635, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded October 2, 2009, in Book 848, Page 632, Document No. 200923985, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $210,040.72, plus interest at a rate of 7.5% totaling $6,743.62 and late fees of $231.00, for a total amount due of $217,015.34, as of October 23, 2009, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 6th day of November, 2009. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss.

County of Missoula). On this 6th day of November, 2009, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT Missoula County NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS REVISED SPECIFICATIONS The Missoula County Facilities Management Department is soliciting sealed bids for custodial services for county offices in seven buildings. Bids will be accepted until 3:00 PM, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 by the Office of the County Auditor at which time bids will be opened and read.

All work is to be performed in accordance

with specifications shown below. Each prospective bidder must take a facilities tour and must schedule it by contacting Larry Farnes, 406-258-4756. Proposals must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Custodial Services” and 3 copies submitted to: Barbara Berens, County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802.

Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all bids. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT: 1. Missoula County Courthouse and Annex, 200 W. Broadway 2. Missoula County Health Department, 301 W Alder 3. Missoula County Print Shop, 223 W Alder 4. Missoula County Rural Initiatives, 317 Woody 5. Missoula In Motion, 127 W Spruce (twice weekly) 6. Missoula County Weed and Extension, 2825 Santa Fe Court 7. Youth Court, 311 Woody Work requirements - all locations: Clean premises every night on Monday through Thursday between the hours of 5 PM and 7 AM, and once over the weekend between 7 PM Friday and 7 AM Monday.

Courthouse and Annex: Provide one full time and one half time custodian between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday. Adjust night schedule to accommodate evening meetings; unlock doors prior to meeting and lock up afterwards; conduct walk through to insure that no unauthorized parties remain on premises and that all offices are locked. Day Shift: (Courthouse & Annex) Offices will be cleaned according to the following schedule: 1. Clean Sheriff’s Civil Offices each morning Monday through Friday. 2. Clean 9-1-1 each morning Sunday through Saturday. 3. Clean Justice Court during the hours of 12 noon to 1 PM Monday through Friday. 4. Clean Sheriff’s third floor offices during the hours of 3:30 PM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. 5. Clean all other offices at night. All Locations Daily responsibilities will include but not limited to the following: 1. Clean and sanitize all rest rooms and restock supplies. Maintain restrooms throughout the day. 2. Clean around all outside entrances and empty and clean all ash receptacles. 3. Clean interior and exterior of all entrance doors. 4. Clean and sanitize all drinking fountains. 5.

Change any burned out light bulbs or fluorescent tubes while minimizing disruption to business. Inform maintenance of fixtures with bad ballasts. 6. Mop entrances, stairs and halls during inclement weather.

Put out “wet floor” signs. 7. Clean up spills on floors and carpets as needed. 8. Carry a pager and respond to departments as requested. 9. Inform maintenance of any needed repairs. Twice Weekly: 1. Wind all clocks. Weekly: 1. Thoroughly clean all offices, including ceiling diffusers, walls, baseboards and under desks. Dust desktops when requested by user. Monthly: 1.

Buff all hard surfaced floors. Quarterly: 1.

Strip and wax all hard surface floors*. 2.

Shampoo and extract all carpeted areas*. *Frequency may increase during the winter months. Annually: 1. Clean all windows inside and out. The contractor shall furnish all restroom paper products and hand soap.

The contractor shall also furnish all trash liners, cleaning supplies and equipment required to accomplish work as specified.

Green products should be used if cost effective. Equipment furnished by the contractor shall be the size and type best suited for accomplishing the various phases of work. Equipment shall be suitable for operation from existing sources of the County furnished electrical power and shall have a low noise level of operation.

Equipment considered by the County to be improper or dangerous will be removed and replaced by the contractor with satisfactory equipment. The County will not be held responsible for loss or damage to any equipment belonging to the contractor stored on County premises. The contractor will agree to hold the County harmless against and from all losses from any acts or omissions of the contractor. The contractor will be required to maintain general liability insurance in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million ($2,000,000) in the aggregate.

All insurance policies must be from an insurance carrier licensed to do business in the State of Montana. Contractor agrees to furnish proof of required insurance to the County prior to commencing work under this Agreement. The contractor will be required to carry Workers Compensation Insurance during the term of the contract and meet all existing regulations for prevailing wage rates as required by the State of Montana. The contract shall be in force for three (3) years from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012 or from the date the contract is signed by both parties, whichever is later, and may be renewed for an additional three (3) year term upon satisfactory negotiation of the cost of services. Monthly cost for janitorial services listed above are: First year: $_______Second year: $ _______ Third year: $_______ MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 10:00 o’clock a.m. November 6, 2009 at which time the bids will be opened and read in the

conference room, Missoula County Public Works, for the purpose of purchasing of one-hundred fifty (150) tons of HyrdroMelt Liquid Deicer. Specifications and bid procedures for this purchase can be obtained at the Public Works Division, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808.. A performance bond will be required. Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the contract. The Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana, reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for Liquid Deicer – 2009” and addressed to: Public Works Division 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a petition has been filed with the County Commissioners requesting to vacate a plat or a part of a plat specifically described as: Kahle Lots Subdivision, Lot 2C Located in the E 1/2 of Section 31, Township 14 N, Range 20 W. Reference in the office of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as Book 33 of Plats, Page 26. The following attachments, of satisfactory scale and legibility, must be provided with this petition: 1. Paper copy of a vicinity map showing location of the recorded plat to be vacated 2. Paper copy of the recorded plat to be vacated 3. Paper copy identifying the area (lot or lots) of the recorded plat to be vacated. The vacation of this plat, or part of this plat, is necessary and advantageous for the following reasons: 1. To revert existing subdivision lot to acreage 2. To allow for conveyance to family 3. To resume use of existing apartment / shop. (For more information, please see petition on file in the Clerk & Recording Office at 200 West Broadway, 2nd floor.) A PUBLIC HEARING on the above requested vacation of a plat or a part of a plat will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting on December 2, 2009, at 1:30 p.m., Room 201, Missoula County Courthouse. Interested parties are requested to be present at that time to be heard for or against the granting of this petition. Written protest will be accepted by the Commissioners’ Office, Room 204, Missoula County Courthouse, prior to the hearing date. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier, Clerk & Recorder /Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway St. Missoula, MT 59802 By Kim Cox Assistant Chief Deputy Clerk and Recorder/Elections (406) 258-4752 Date: October 23, 2009 MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR Professional Engineering Services Notice to Engineering Consultants: Notice is hereby given that Missoula County Public Works will receive written Qualifications and Proposals for engineering consultant services for hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for a second bridge or other suitable structure for Cold Creek Road Bridge No. SS-19 near Condon, Montana. Proposals are to be submitted to: Missoula County Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 and must be postmarked by 4 p.m. on December 1, 2009..

The selected consultant will develop a hydrologic and hydraulic study on a short segment of Cold Creek. Based on this analysis, the consultant will prepare recommendations to address changes in the stream that threaten Cold Creek Road.

Background: Cold Creek is a braided stream that moves throughout its floodplain.

Currently, some of the flow has migrated east during peak events and has threatened the integrity of the road. It is likely a second structure is warranted to pass this flow, however, all other available options should be considered. The County of Missoula reserves the right to accept the proposal that the County Commissioners deem in the best interest of the county for any reason.

Proposal Content and Format: 1. Project Approach: Provide a narrative of how your firm will accomplish the work.. You must demonstrate unique capabilities, innovative approaches, technical skills and systems, or special methodologies to accomplish the work efficiently and to a high standard.

Specifically list any work for which you do not have in-house capability, and name the firm you propose to subcontract for that work. Provide a systematic and methodical description as to how the scope of work will be accomplished in language suitable for inclusion in a legal contract. 2. General Experience: Include a summary of the consultant’s experience and qualifications with projects (dates, description, locations, and references) similar to the this type of project.

Emphasis should be given to projects performed from the local area office using staff nominated as available for this project. List specific experience dealing with Government Agencies. Please note any experience that will ensure this project is developed in the timeline specified. 3.

Experience of Key Personnel: Identify the location of the office where the work will be

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performed and the names and resumes of the key supervisors and staff to be committed to the project. For each of the key personnel, identity their areas of responsibility and the percentage of their time dedicated to the project. Please note that key personnel will be named in the contract and any change will be subject to approval of the County Engineer. Proposal Evaluation: Selection of the consultant will be made by a three to five person team selected by the Missoula County Public Works Director. If needed, questions may be directed to respondents to clarify proposals. Criteria for selecting the consultant include: Points: 1. Professional qualifications, past performance and references: 0 – 30 points. 2. Clarity of consultant’s response and understanding of the Local Entity’s project requirements:.

0 – 25 points 3. Demonstrated knowledge in H&H Studies: 0 – 35 points 4. Local familiarity and availability to project: 0 – 10 points. Maximum Points: 100 The selection committee reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Upon notification to the consultant selected based upon the evaluation criteria, will submit a proposed cost estimate, fee schedule, and a “not to exceed” estimate for all phases of the project with subtotals for each phase. Negotiations will then be undertaken to reach a fair and amicable agreement. If such an agreement cannot be reached, the negotiations will be terminated and negotiations will be undertaken with the next highest ranked consultant.

Submission Instructions: Five copies of consultant’s written proposal shall be submitted to the Missoula County Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula MT, 59808 on or before 4:00 p.m., local time on Friday, December 1, 2009.

Envelopes shall be clearly marked “Consultant Proposal for Engineering Services for Missoula County’s Cold Creek Road Hydrologic and Hydraulic Study Project. Questions regarding the project should be directed to Gregory Robertson, P.E. by calling (406) 258-4818 or by e-mail at groberts@co.missoula.mt.us. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with state statutes governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, Missoula County reserves the right to negotiate an agreement for each project, some projects or all projects based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory or inappropriate.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHERIFF’S SALE Dept. No. 3, Cause No. DV-09-760 FIRST SECURITY BANK OF MISSOULA, a Montana banking corporation, Plaintiff, Against MARTIN JEFFREY PLOYHAR, DONNA JEAN PLOYHAR, STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, and INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendants. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 3rd day of December A.D., 2009, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain real property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: A. Tract C of Certificate of Survey No 969, a tract of land located in the North one-half of Section 30, Township 13 North, Range 15 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

B. The Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 29, Township 13 North, Range 15 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. LESS a strip of land 60 feet in width along the South boundary adjacent to the Section line common to Sections 29 and 32 of the above mentioned parcel of land. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 12th day of November A.D., 2009.. /s/ MICHAEL R. McMEEKIN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause No. DP-09-186 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY LELA CIK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to James P. Cik, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, PO Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 4th day of November, 2009. /s/ James P. Cik, Personal Representative

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DV-08-881 NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF: LONDON CHANCE HALLMARK, MINOR CHILD OF JESSICA TAYLOR, Petitioner. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED HEREIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a verified Petition for Name Change of LONDON CHANCE HALLMARK to obtain an order of this Court granting leave to assume the name of CHANCE PARKER TAYLOR, will be presented to the above-entitled Court, at the Missoula County Courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on Wednesday the 9th day of December at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard and that that at such time, application will be made for the relief sought in the said Petition.

DATED this 21st day of October, 2009. WELLS & MCKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Tal M. Goldin

PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-09-74 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS H. ANDRUS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above named estate.

All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jon M. Andrus, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 23rd at of April, 2009. /s/ Jon M. Andrus, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/18/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200608819, Bk 772, Pg 2068, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Ricky J. Bunch and Bonnie Bunch was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. 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 30 of Williams Addition, 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 08/22/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of September 14, 2009, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $197,548.72.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $185,720.86, 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 January 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.11312) 1002.133604FEI Notice of Trustee’s Sale T.S. NO. 09-0160894 Title Order No. 090752989MTGSI THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 03/17/2010, 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 ALLAN DALE FREY, AND A’LSA MARJO SCOTT, HUSBAND AND WIFE 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 01/04/2007 and recorded 01/18/2007, in document No. 200701256 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 790 at Page Number 794 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: PARCEL 1: TRACT D OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5108 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA PARCEL 2: AN APPURTENANT NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PRIVATE ACCESS AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 579 AT PAGES 1898 AND 1900 MICRO RECORDS. Property Address: 1655 FREY LN, MISSOULA, MT 59808 The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2009, 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 $183,193.71 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.25% per annum from 07/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the ben-

eficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. Dated: 11/12/09 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-985-07-03 Richardson, TX 75082 ASAP# 3327856 11/12/2009, 11/19/2009, 11/26/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 11, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: The North one-half of lots 11, 12, and 13 in block 70 of school addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, recording reference: Book 743 Page 1057 micro records. Commonly known as: 720 Bulwer Street, Missoula, MT 59802 Alan Jason Mogseth, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2007 and Recorded February 16, 2007 in Book 792, page 189 under Document No. 200703914. The beneficial interest is currently held

by Provident Funding Associates, L.P. 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 $1069.97, beginning May 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 31, 2009 is $145,801.80 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $3,786.50, late charges in the amount of $230.90, escrow advances of $120.88 and other fees and expenses advanced of $81.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.97 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 1, 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 9/1/09, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. TERI LYNN STECKLER Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 9/22/2012 ASAP# 3332966 11/12/2009, 11/19/2009, 11/26/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 12, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 9 in Block 2 of West Riverside, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Frank L. Sonnenberg, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title Ins. Comp., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated March 31, 2006 and recorded on June 3, 2006 under Book 773, Page 868, as Document No. 200610119. 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 $829.91, 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 August 24, 2009 is $99,311.99 principal, interest at the rate of 7.125% now totaling $7,428.70, late charges in the amount of $397.18, escrow advances of $873.09 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,742.54, plus accruing interest at the rate of $19.39 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

SERVICES to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 8, 2009 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On September 8, 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.

ASAP# 3336390 11/19/2009, 11/26/2009, 12/03/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 12, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lots 21 and 22 in Block 29 of Hammond Addition No. 3, A Platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Leslie Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated December 8, 2006 and Recorded December 13, 2006 in Book 788, Page 1168 under Document Number 200631899. The beneficial interest is currently held

by National City Bank. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $3,930.21, beginning June 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 25, 2009 is $674,367.73 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $12,509.86, late charges in the amount of $495.24 and other fees and expenses advanced of $438.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $108.55 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby {including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 4, 2009 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA County of Stark On September 4, 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. Teri Lynn Steckler Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 09/22/2012 ASAP# 3336381 11/19/2009, 11/26/2009, 12/03/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 19, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Unit B-2 of Grandvue Village, according to the Declaration under the unit ownership act recorded as Document No. 443148, on March 27, 1979, located on Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 in Block 2 of Hillside Homes No. 1, A platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Together with an undivided 1/20th interest in the common elements appurtenant thereto as set forth in the declaration. Francis R. Cartier, Jr., as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Gregory G. Schultz, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated November 1, 2005 and Recorded November 2, 2008 in Book 763, Page 704, as Document No. 200529212. The beneficial interest is currently held

by PHH Mortgage Corporation. 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 $947.26, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 24, 2009 is $150,469.10 principal, interest at the rate of 6.125% now totaling $9,014.22, iate charges in the amount of $473.50, escrow advances of $5,013.38, other fees and expenses advanced of $2,968.90, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.25 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 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 September 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# 3341868 11/19/2009, 11/26/2009, 12/03/2009 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday, the 5th day January, 2010, at the hour of 1:00 p.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 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 the Grantor SAMUEL J. POLK and ALICIA D. POLK, in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: GROUND LEASE PARCEL A8, CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5715 BEING A PORTION OF LOT A OF CLARK FORK COMMONS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANAACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. AND THE LEASEHOLD ESTATE CREATED BY THE GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLARK FORK COMMONS, INC., AND SAMUEL J. POLK DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2006. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 1401 Cedar St., Unit 16, Missoula, MT 59802. 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 September 1, 2006, in Book 782 at page 544, as Document No. 200622504 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, wherein SAMUEL J. POLK and ALICIA D. POLK are Grantors, FIRST INTERSTATE BANK is the named Beneficiary, and FIRSTAMERICAN TITLE MISSOULA is the named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated August 21, 2009, and recorded August 24, 2009, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, in Book 846 at page 412 as Document No. 200920967, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee First American Title Missoula with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee. This foreclosure is made because the Grantors, SAMUEL J. P0LK and ALICIA D. POLK, have defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that they have failed to pay the monthly payments and otherwise defaulted on said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has exercised its option to declare the full amount secured by such Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-eight and 07/100 Dollars ($110,378.07), together with interest at the note rate, 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 One Hundred Ten Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-eight and 07/100 Dollars ($110,378.07) in principal; Six Thousand Five Hundred Ninety and 68/100 Dollars ($6,590.88) in interest; and Three Hundred Thirtyfour and 22/100 Dollars ($334.22) in late fees, One Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-nine and 25/100 Dollars ($1,279.25) in escrow advances, totaling the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-two and 22/100 Dollars ($118,582.22), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 26th day of August, 2009. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee.

STATE OF MONTANA) :ss. County of Missoula).

ON THE 26th day of August, 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. My commission expires January 24, 2012

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By Bryan Flaherty, President, MOR Members of the Missoula Organization of REALTORS® (MOR) have long recognized the value of riparian protection for both the health of our streams and rivers and to prevent property from stream erosion. In accordance with these longstanding values, MOR created an official Policy Statement on Streamside Protection. One of the underlying tenets of this policy is that appropriate streamside protection should be determined at the local level, as opposed to the state level because of the wide variety of river topography, land ownership and land uses throughout the state.

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Additionally, this organization seeks to create policies that address the private owners and public entities that currently own and manage the land.

The main areas of concern for MOR are policies that potentially restrict or manage residential development, and were therefore disappointed to learn that the Governor’s

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MLS#906610. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 Windermere RE. Text:44133 Message: 12594 for pics 2663 Stratford, Target Range MLS#907889 - $216,000 Well maintained 3 bed, 2 bath ranch. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate 546-5816 3322 B Connery Way - MLS#908163 $191,000 Unique 3 level condo. 2 bedrooms, plus loft & 3 bath. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 3BD/1 Ba Nice home on 3 city lots with privacy fenced yard in Alberton,

$125,000 Kevin & Monica Ray of Access Realty at 406-207-1185 www.YourMT.com 3BD/2BD home, vaulted ceilings, twocar garage, large patio, nature trail 45 minutes from Missoula. $240,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406207-1185 www.YourMT.com 3BD/3BA Luxury Home on 10 acres, 4 car garage, huge tiled walk-in shower, soaking tub, office/den, timber-framed cathedral ceilings $688,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.YourMT.com 4 BD/2BA home, ready-to-finish basement. 17-foot ceilings, office/den, master suite, 2-car garage. 44 Ranch, $297,000! Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.YourMT.com 4322 Capy Ln. - MLS#904419 $435,000 Wonderful executive style home on 1 acre lot. Anne Jablonski Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 4BD home, 39.5 acres. Certainteed siding, radiant heat, fireplace, wildlife, gravel pit! $824,900 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185

www.YourMT.com 5999 Cunningham Ct., Florence MLS#905057 - $390,000 Beautiful 3 bedroom, 4 bath home on 3 acres. Just minutes from Missoula. Anne Jablonski Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 928 Elm St. - MLS#904910 - $229,000 Great rental property in lower Rattlesnake. Turn key & low maintenance.

Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 AMAZING HOME OVERLOOKING ALBERTON GORGE. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, Double Garage, Vaulted Ceilings, Spectacular Views from inside and out, Outdoor Pool & Hot Tub, Decks & Patios, and much more. $395,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy9 to 74362, or visit...

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Can’t get your house sold? Call Beverly Kiker @ Prudential Missoula. (406) 544-0708 Featured Listing! 5bd, 3ba, Double Garage. Gets great winter sun, 3+ acres w/ creek. MLS# 907034. $435,000.

9041 Miller Creek Rd, Missoula. Mark & Colleen Alber 251-4401 www.prudentialmissoulaproperties.com GORGEOUS FLORENCE AREA HOME ON 2 ACRES. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, great views inside and out, large deck, outdoor sauna, and more. $285,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy3 to 74362, or visit...

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GORGEOUS LOLO HOME WITH PRIVATE LAKE FRONTAGE. 4 Bdr/2.5 Bath, Double Garage. New roof, new interior & exterior paint, new baths, wraparound covered porch, tons of storage. $339,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy10 to 74362, or visit...

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GORGEOUS STEVENSVILLE AREA HOME ON 10.7 ACRES. 4 Bdr/2 Bath, single-level living, double garage, hardwood and tile flooring, beautifully land-

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GREAT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA LOCATION. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, Double Garage, High Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Built-Ins, Walk to Downtown. $329,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy8 to 74362, or visit...

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HANDCRAFTED CUSTOM HOME ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Bath, 3.3 Acres, slate and hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, guest quarters, heated double garage, $695,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit...

MLS#905530 - $109,000 2.87 acres in Georgetown Lake with easy year round access. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816

Orange St., models open 11:30-5pm Thurs-Mon. By appointment only Tues & Wed. Contact Jeff Ellis, ReMax Realty Consultants LLC 203-4143 or 529-5087.

Lot 2 Georgetown Vista Manor MLS#905531 - $129,000 2.25 acres in Georgetown Lake with easy year round access. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816

Past Bitterroot Parade of Homes winner NEW 4 BD/3BA with many upgrades Alder cabinets, Large Master Suite, Tile, & Views of the Bitterroots $344,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185 www.YourMT.com

New Listing! 4bd, 2ba, Master Suite Addition, Updated Wiring & Plumbing, Near Westside Park & Lowell School. $199,900 MLS# 907739. 1016 Phillips, Missoula. Pat McCormick (406) 2407653 www.properties2000.com

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NEW LISTING! 5 Bed, 4+ Bath, 3+ Garage, 40x50 Gym in Griz colors.

Home theater & wet bar! Elegantly designed. $1,495,000 MLS#907850.

4601 Goodan Lane, Missoula. George & Anita Bailey (406) 240-3016 Regent Realty

Log cabin with no close neighbors.

Beautiful views of flint Creek, Mission, Rattlesnake & Sapphire Ranges. $99,900 MLS# 906248 Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com.

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NHN Applegate & Prarie Rd., Helena MLS#809493 - $2,500,000 - Great investment to get in at the very beginning of a cemetery development. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate 546-5816

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Price Reduced! BRING OFFERS! Price reduced to $379,000. 4BD/2.5BA home on 1 acre in Target Range. Mature landscaping, interior updates, large barn. MLS#905260. Call Kristin Stratford at Prudential Missoula Properties: 544-2833.

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Newly remodeled. MLS# 808575 $84,900 Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 Windermere RE. Text:44133 Message:18883 for pics SINGLE LEVEL LIVING JUST A SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, Open floor plan, large living room, great mountain and valley views. $239,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-

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928 Elm St. $229,000 10250 Valley Grove Drive $299,000 5999 Cunningham Ct. $390,000 131 S Higgins Wilma Condo $389,000 24+ acres in Helena $2,500,000 4322 Capy Ln., Target Range $435,000 Lot 1 Georgetown Vista Minor $109,000 Lot 2 Georgetown Vista Minor $129,000

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Well-maintained 3BD house, 45 minutes from Missoula, hardwood floors, storage shed, updated appliances. $125,000 Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185. www.YourMT.com

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Beautiful 14 acre parcel just west of Huson. Meadow with trees & pasture.

Modulars or double wides on foundation ok. $184,900. MLS#906774. Janet 532-7903 or Robin 240-6503 riceteam@windermere.com. Text:44133 Message:12881 for pics Beautiful park-like setting, private trout ponds, nature trail, stunning views. Lots start at $39,000. Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty 406-207-1185. www.YourMT.com

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