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We take an in-depth look at offerings in the 2012 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. This year's MixTape theme means there are plenty of new and classic music docs on offer, but there's lots more, too. Indy staff and freelancers look at three arteries of the festival and offer a bunch of capsule reviews to help you maximize your festival experience..................14 Cover illustration by Pumpernickel

News Letters Trapping fur-bearing animals is cowardly and barbaric..................................4 The Week in Review Alleged meth mom busted and more ......................................6 Briefs Bumped off Playfair fields, plus other pressing matters...................................6 Etc. In Missoula, waiting for the Justice of the Peace..................................................7 Up Front All that campaign money must be a windfall for someone.........................9 Ochenski Are Big Green groups being corrupted by corporate cash?.....................10 Range Wyoming elk have been getting handouts for too long.................................11 Agenda The Rocky Mountain Power Shift Conference .............................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Speed doesn't kill, sugar does.......................................................18 Happiest Hour Posh Chocolat Porter .......................................................................19 8 Days a Week But really, every day is Valentine's Day............................................21 Mountain High Ride Montana III at the Marshall Mountain Ski Area......................33 Scope Six of the best things about KBGA..................................................................34 Noise Eskmo, T-Pain, Shigeto, Craig Finn .................................................................35 Books Richard Wheeler's new novel nails Butte .......................................................36 Film The Descendants makes it to Missoula—and is worth the wait .......................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................38

Exclusives Street Talk....................................................................................................................4 In Other News...........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology..................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle....................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World ...............................................................................................C-11

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Asked the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 6, on Front Street. This week we’re doing word association. When I say “Santorum,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Follow up: What do you think about the field of candidates currently vying for the Republican nomination?

George Ortman: “Idiot.” Sorry, that was the first thing that came to my mind. But I do think he’s honest—he's just an honest idiot. Focused: Idiots!

Kim Jae: First thing...“sanity!” Clueless: I think they miss the point of what people really want. They’re not addressing poignant issues.

Lindsay Henry: Do you listen to Dan Savage on the Savage Love podcast? He redefined “Santorum”... It comes up in Google searches. He sort of ruined Santorum’s reputation. Dance fever: I think they’re dancing around trying to appeal to social and moral issues—for example, to radical Christian and antiabortion groups.

Derek Goldman: “Religious zealot.” Touched by an angel: They’re out of touch completely with the average American.

Kyle Copeland: I know he's a Republican representative, but I haven’t heard much about him. Soft and pasty: I’m not too fond of them. Newt Gingrich stands out the most because of the things he says, but I don’t like them too much.

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Flattened at Maclay Flats I was down at the river at Fort Missoula today, enjoying the weather and looking for birds. I noticed a canoe across the river and took a quick look through my binoculars to see who was canoeing. It was an older man, standing up in his canoe, rowing slowly, close to the bank. I wondered, “What is he doing? Oh dear God, is he trapping?” The answer was a resounding yes. At this point, I was stunned and continued to watch. The area where he was trapping— across the river from the fort—I believe is Maclay Flats. Is trapping really legal at Maclay Flats? It is, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would tell me. Many people access the river at Maclay Flats, often with their dogs. I was horrified to watch him pull out the large, bloated body of a beaver. How awful to see this beautiful animal bloated from having died by drowning and laying under the water for God knows how long (considering the law says the trap must be checked only within a “reasonable” time period), pulled up and tossed into a red Coleman canoe. How unsportsmanlike! And how cruel. I guess death by drowning is better than having your skull smashed while still alive in a trap, which is how many of the fur-bearing land animals are killed. Then I watched him rebait the trap (definitely big enough to kill my 30-pound dog) and continue down the river to check his next trap. When is this horrific practice going to end? Trapping has no part in a civilized society, not even by government officials. Be fair. We already have taken over most of the wild animals’ habitat in this world. At least get out there and stalk your game to kill it. I don’t want to hear how trapping is part of Montana’s heritage. It’s not. It is an unfair way to kill animals for money. Trappers claim they want to enjoy the outdoors. May I suggest you get a pair of binoculars, a scope or a camera and get out there and enjoy the outdoors and the wildlife that deserve to live in it? These animals are not varmints. Trappers seem to believe all of these animals they trap, including the ones they trap in error, like dogs and eagles and deer, are all varmints. None of them are. These animals belong in the landscapes, whether you like them or not. This scene has stayed with me all day. It is horrible and upsetting. What if a Labrador retriever had been swimming in the area and got wind of whatever bait is used in traps? I bet the trapper would have disposed of the dog without a word to anyone. No animal deserves to die in this manner. It is time we put a stop to recreational and commercial trapping. Kit Stevens Missoula

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Marbut’s tirade A recent rant submitted by Gary Marbut of Montana Shooting Sports Association is so void of fact that it requires rebuttal (see Letters, “Let FWP starve!” Jan. 26). His claim of FWP’s “shocking tolerance and support for large predators” stems from a federal reintroduction of gray wolves and federal courts treating wildlife management as abstract legal theory rather

“When is this horrific practice going to end? Trapping has no part in a civilized society, not even by government officials.”

than science. Fact is, there's nothing FWP could do to change that. Does he suggest FWP should have disregarded federal laws and court? Common sense tells us FWP was handcuffed by the federal wolf reintroduction. FWP could have ignored common sense— much like Marbut and MSSA did during the 62nd Legislature, when they promoted over 30 unfavorable bills, including one to gut the state wolf management plan, which would have resulted in continued federal wolf protection. His attack on the integrity of FWP personnel should not have been allowed by an editorial board. It is without any supporting evidence. Strong personal attacks need to be supported by fact, not a personal tirade, as when he says FWP has been “fudging game counts and census numbers, and...blaming any game population declines that could not be covered up on climate change, sunspots, lazy hunters or aliens—anything but the truth.” These claims, if not so incendiary, would not be worthy of a reply. This logic, or illogic, ignores loss of habitat, a politically-influenced elk management plan and legislative meddling as primary causes for current elk numbers. Unfounded claims such as Marbut's have no place in the discussion.

Fact is, Marbut’s friends in the legislature continue meddling in the affairs of FWP, to the detriment of resident hunters, making science-based game management political fodder. Sen. Debbie Barrett and her colleagues have passed bills requiring FWP to keep elk and deer populations under already low objectives. Those bills and the low objectives in the Montana elk management plan have done much to reduce elk populations in the Madison, Bitterroot and Gallatin. That’s a fact. Now for the most humorous of his quotes: “Nobody at FWP noticed or cared several years ago when the editor of the NRA’s nationwide American Hunter magazine published a feature article about his fruitless elk hunting trip to southwest Montana, a trip where the only tracks he saw were wolf tracks.” Since when is FWP responsible for a magazine editor’s hunting skill, or in this case, lack thereof? Given the abundance of elk “several years ago,” it is hard to believe an experienced hunter could not even find a track. Unfortunately, this kind of storytelling serves as truth among some who serve in Helena. Montana finally has control of our wolves. We now have a wolf season to go with our mountain lion and black bear seasons, year-round coyote hunting and a myriad of other ways for hunters to deal with the predators Marbut implies are causing the “crashing herds.” In the last two months, friends and I have hunted wolves whenever possible. Predators have fallen to our bullets, including one wolf. Hunters managing predators, as planned. With wolf delisting, we have every tool reasonably expected to manage predators. How many vocal critics are actually out there using these management tools versus sitting behind their computers whining that FWP is not killing these predators for them? Speaking of predators, the kind that prey on resident sportsmen seem abundant during legislative sessions. Bills promoted by MSSA and Marbut have often been attacks on FWP, resident hunters and anglers and common sense. Bills like H.B. 321, which would have cost Montana sportsmen over $24 million in federal matching dollars. Or H.B. 369, which would have crippled our game wardens and let poachers have free reign. Marbut’s tirade seems most driven by fear of a slight fee increase. Whether or not FWP will go to the next legislature for such, who knows? What we do know is that history shows MSSA will likely be on the wrong side of the issue when measured against facts, common sense and what is best for resident hunters. Randy Newberg Montana Sportsmen Alliance Bozeman

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The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation files a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s recent decision to renew the permit for a statue of Jesus Christ perched on public land at Whitefish Mountain Resort. The group of atheists and agnostics says the statue “gives the unmistakable appearance of governmental endorsement of religion.”

• Thursday, February 9 Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock announces that the state will receive $20.4 million of a $26 billion settlement with five of the nation’s largest banks. The settlement establishes new protections for homeowners, and provides direct assistance to those struggling to stay in their homes and to those who have already lost their homes, Bullock says.

• Friday, February 10 The American Tradition Partnership and two other groups ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Montana Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the state’s ban on independent campaign spending. They call the state court’s refusal to follow Citizens United an “obvious, blatant disregard of its duty.”

• Saturday, February 11 Police find Loni R. Hammons of Stevensville at Meadow Hill Middle School in Missoula with her four young children and traces of methamphetamine in her purse. Hammons is incarcerated for felony possession of dangerous drugs and endangering the welfare of a child.

• Sunday, February 12 Highway 200 near Johnsrud Park Road closes for a couple of hours after a semi slams into a pickup attempting a U-turn. The driver of the pickup, a 21year-old from Frenchtown, had pulled over onto the shoulder to see if drivers of another vehicle stopped on the shoulder needed assistance. The Frenchtown man suffers minor injuries.

• Monday, February 13 Four Montana State University athletes are cited for misdemeanors in the wake of a weekend assault that sent a Bobcat basketball player to the hospital. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the injured player, Xavier Blount, was found disoriented and beaten outside of a Gallatin County bar.

• Tuesday, February 14 The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office issues an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Jasmine Walker from Kalispell. Law enforcement says Walker disappeared Monday night and may be traveling to California in a black 1996 Honda Accord two-door driven by a 28-yearold male, whom she met on the internet.

Senior Federal Judge Donald Molloy addresses City Club Missoula Monday, Feb. 13.

Housing Elderly woman deprived The Park Street home in Missoula that Betty Museus lived alone in for decades sold in November. But the elderly woman has not collected any money from the sale. Years ago, when it became clear that the former music teacher was unable to manage her finances, a state court appointed the Western Montana Chapter as her conservator. By then, her tax bill was already delinquent. According to county records, Museus stopped paying property taxes in 2004. Her failure to pay the outstanding $5,822.09 on the home, valued at $264,700, enabled the Virginia-based Mooring Tax Asset Group to take ownership of Museus’s home. MTAG used what’s called the “tax-deed process,” a legal mechanism that allows a third party to pay a tax bill and take ownership of a property. In 2006, MTAG paid the outstanding tax debt and asked Missoula County for the deed on the house, as state law allows. As the Independent reported in October, MTAG evicted Museus last year.

She now lives in an East Missoula assisted living facility. Kevin Brown, of the Western Montana Chapter, says that facility is giving her a discount because she does not have the funds to pay for room and board. The eviction triggered considerable outrage among Museus’s former neighbors, including Missoula City Councilman Jon Wilkins and City Attorney Jim Nugent. “This type of thing should not happen,” Nugent says. “Entities, especially out-of-state entities, should not be able to prey on the vulnerable amongst us.” In the face of that outrage, MTAG president Jim Meeks in October told the Independent and Museus’s conservator that the company would volunteer a portion of the proceeds generated from the sale of the home to Museus. “They indicated they’d be willing to contribute some amount,” Brown says. The company has not. Nor did it return phone calls from the Independent this week seeking comment. Missoula County Treasurer Vickie Zeier says during the past 19 years she’s held office, she’s seen similar tax-deed scenarios play out five times. “She’s not the only person,” Zeier says.

That leaves Wilkins and Nugent to brainstorm legal solutions to ensure what happened to Museus doesn’t happen to others. They intend to ask the Montana Legislature to address the issue during its upcoming session. Jessica Mayrer

Wrestling Big dreams don’t die Shawn Casey lives pro wrestling. Talk to him for five minutes and he’ll tell fantastic stories about big-time beat-downs and busty babes with names like Onyx and KC Spinelli. And he’ll be quick to mention his hopes of turning his memorabilia collection into a pro wrestling museum in Missoula, even as it seems to slip from his grasp. Casey, 45, started as a booking agent for young wrestlers on the indy circuit in 2005. He called his Great Falls-based business Bodyslam Talent Booking, and he worked with up-and-comers such as Dewey “The Legends Impersonator” and “Bad Boy” Danny Pagan. He threw in the towel last fall, he says, to devote more time to building a museum. “I thought Missoula would be perfect for a

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museum, because things are happening up here,” Casey says. The idea came to him when he was in the Montana State Hospital. Casey suffered a stroke in 2008. He kept up the booking business online after relocating to Helena. His contacts in the wrestling world were supportive, he says. They continued to send autographed photos, which he hung neatly on his walls. He moved to a nursing home in Deer Lodge for a while. A few newspapers wrote stories about his passion, and his struggle. Times have changed. Casey’s signed photos now reside in a stack of binders stashed in his closet at the J’s House group home in Missoula. A shirt he says was worn by wrestler Mike Savage during a fight is tacked to the wall above his bed. “You can see there’s still some blood on it,” he says. His shelves are crowded with pillows, each devoted to a different pro wrestler. Some of them he makes for Wrestler’s Rescue, he says, a group that raises money to provide health care for retired pro wrestlers. Two newspaper articles about Casey hang by the door. “I used to have a lot more photos,” he says as he flips through a binder titled “Legends.” “They got lost in moves and stuff.” Casey realizes he’s slowed down since his early booking days. That’s due to the stroke, he says. But no one should doubt his sincerity about the museum. “If it weren’t for wrestling,” he says, “I’d have lost my mind a long time ago.” Alex Sakariassen

Parks Grass ain’t always greener What with ultimate Frisbee games, youth soccer leagues and budding interest in lacrosse, Playfair Park behind Sentinel High School has gotten a lot of love. And like a vintage Led Zeppelin Tshirt, the park’s looking a little worse for the wear. Missoula Parks and Rec decided to give Playfair an overdue breather this spring. Recreation manager Shirley Kinsey has been busy reaching out to numerous sports leagues, arranging for alternative venues and schedules for practices and events. It’s not ideal, she says, but Playfair just can’t keep up with the traffic. Part of the problem, according to Parks and Rec services and systems manager David Selvage, is Playfair’s aging infrastructure. The irrigation system

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is “pushing 30 years,” Selvage says, and with the city’s budget restrictions over the past three years, fertilization has been a major issue as well. The recession also means Missoulians are looking for cheaper, more local recreation opportunities. Use has gone up dramatically in recent years, says Parks and Rec Director Donna Gaukler, and new sports keep joining the fold. “When new sports become popular, there’s no decrease, no change in the other user groups. It just adds another use, and pretty soon the fields just get tired.” Kinsey acknowledges that the break at Playfair is inconvenient for some groups. Youth soccer teams were asked to identify practice spaces in

other neighborhood parks. Ultimate Frisbee was moved to Fort Missoula and had to reschedule weekly games from Wednesday to Monday. Missoula Ultimate Board President John O’Connor isn’t pleased by the news, but he understands. The league boasted 215 members last year—a lot of players for one park. Plus, Playfair took a beating last fall. Right now, the fields are “unplayable.” “This is kind of a big deal for us to have to move,” O’Connor. “But unfortunately, it’s the reality we’re dealing with because of Missoula’s dire need for fields.” To O’Connor and the city, Playfair’s strife is simply another reminder of the potential benefits of the Fort Missoula Regional Park plan, which would add nine multi-purpose fields and a rugby pitch to Missoula’s recreation arsenal. “For a city of our size, we should have between 15 and 20 of those kinds of fields,” O’Connor says. “What we have, I believe, is four for the whole city to share.” Alex Sakariassen

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Justice Molloy speaks out On Feb. 13, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy made a rare public appearance at a forum hosted by the nonprofit City Club Missoula. Citing judicial ethics, he stayed mum on the wolf debate and medical marijuana, contentious issues he’s recently presided over. He did, however, voice concerns about the country’s criminal justice system. “I think that we have become accustomed to simply locking people up—that that’s the answer, at great, great cost,” Molloy said. Just look at the numbers, he said. There are roughly 7.2 million people in state and federal custody; 2.3 million of them are behind bars. “Those numbers are larger than in any nation in the history of the world. We have more people locked up in this country than in China, than the gulags that existed in the Soviet Union.” When imposing sentences, Molloy said he can’t help but think about the more than $6 billion annually it costs to incarcerate federal inmates. He called upon lawmakers to disentangle themselves from the “get tough on crime” pitch used to woo voters. Only then, he said, will elected officials be able to methodically examine the American penal system’s social and fiscal costs. “How the justice system works should not be a political question,” he said. That discussion is more complex today then when Molloy became a federal judge in 1996. Drug crimes are more prevalent now. The internet, too, raises new questions about justice. “Perhaps the most disturbing trend with regard to the internet is the incidence of child pornography,” Molloy said. In 2003, Congress passed the PROTECT Act, which implemented a minimum five-year sentence for receiving child pornography. Such Legislation illustrates the challenges that come with top-down sentencing mandates, Molly said. “When you’re on the bench and you’re confronted with an 18- or 19year-old young man who was in Boy Scouts, Eagle Scouts, the valedictorian of his class…that is a person who is completely different from the father who is making videos and putting them on the internet of having sexual intercourse with his daughter.” The issue of sentencing guidelines is again up for debate, as last week Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, of Wisconsin, renewed congressional calls to streamline sentencing guidelines. “We should have a reasoned discussion about what the goals of the criminal justice system are,” Molloy said. Jessica Mayrer

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etc. The lobby outside the Missoula County Justice Court is a staging area where people who have had a run-in with the law await their appearance before a justice of the peace. On a recent Monday afternoon, a couple of dozen defendants fidget, mutter questions to their attorneys or sit silently, staring at the wall, just wanting to get it over with. “I’m shaking,” a young woman in a bright pink shirt whispers to a friend. Nearby, another young woman, whose aviator glasses rest on spiky hair dyed reddish-blonde, takes a seat beside two young men she recognizes. One tells her he was busted over the weekend for underage drinking. He says it happened once before, costing him around $3,000 in fines and fees. “I’m just gonna manup and take it,” he says, elbows on his knees, head dangling in a flat-brimmed cap. “I don’t even know what my lawyer looks like,” the woman says. All she knows, she says, is that he charged her $17 to leave a voicemail message. The woman in the pink shirt and a few others enter the courtroom. Across the lobby, near two humming vending machines, there’s a mother and her tall, skinny, 18-yearold son. He wonders aloud if he should have dressed up; he’s wearing jeans and a hoody. A lawyer comes over. “Standing-room only—must be a good show,” the lawyer says. “The thing is to avoid curtain calls.” The woman in pink comes out of the courtroom and back into the lobby, blotting tears and mascara from her eyes with a wadded tissue. A clerk emerges and asks everyone who’s there for a 2:30 appearance to enter the courtroom. No cell phones. No hats. The courtroom’s at capacity. Some family members are asked to return to the lobby, including the mother of the boy in the hoody. She stands outside the door, impatiently waiting for permission to rejoin her son. She says he’s never been in court before: He just turned 18, he’s charged with reckless driving, he was following friends down a gravel road near the Wye. He was only trying to keep up, she says. The Volkswagen hit a rise and he lost control and crashed, totaling the car. But he’s a good kid, she says; his Hellgate High School robotics team was just on the news last night. He takes AP classes, has a full college scholarship. “And he’s sitting in here.”

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Hey big spender Where are Montana’s campaign millions headed? by Alex Sakariassen

this are local advertisers, who, particularly Montana’s hotly contested U.S. activity yet. We’re still waiting for it.” However, even a trickle of campaign in that lead-up right before the elections, Senate race promises to bring millions in political spending to Montana. There’s money in television and radio markets may find there is no time to advertise their simply too much at stake to believe other- would be more than welcome. The indus- grocery store or drug store or lawn-mowing wise—control of the Senate, a second try’s revenues have declined significantly in business or anything else,” MacDonald says. Tester and Rehberg have so far been term for incumbent Jon Tester, a major vic- the past decade, MacDonald says, largely tory for Republican challenger Rep. due to the blow the recession dealt to major largely silent on the airwaves. The campaign started early; by Denny Rehberg. Candidates, MacDonald’s recollection, the political parties and third-party first TV ad he saw came in the organizations are going to throw weeks after the November 2010 cash around, and if history is any elections. But it’s so far been indicator, most of it will stick in waged by third parties. one place: broadcast advertising. Crossroads GPS, a conservative “We absolutely budgeted for group backed by Karl Rove, it,” says Shawna Batt, general manlaunched a series of negative ads ager for Townsquare Media, which targeting Tester last year. includes Missoula radio stations Cablevision’s Optimum cable 107.5 Zoo FM and 96.3 The Blaze. service pulled one of those ads in “And we are legally bound to mid-November after Democrats accept any political advertising pointed out that the EPA regulathat comes our way.” tion the ad accused Tester of votThe ads have already started ing for didn’t exist. on television, primarily third-party The increase in such ads in attacks aimed at Tester. And the part prompted Tester to send a incumbent has the resources to proposal to Rehberg this month respond. He’s raised more than discouraging outside money from $6.2 million to date, far more than entering the race. Tester called for Rehberg’s $2.6 million. Informed a penalty, equal to the cost of the observers put the amount of ad buy, for any attack ad benefitmoney already spent on campaign ing a candidate. Rehberg parried advertising in the race at around with his own proposal: return all $1 million. A windfall hasn’t hit donations from lobbyists. Tester yet, but big bucks are in the offing. Photo by Chad Harder declined. “A good rule of thumb is you want to see a campaign spend Broadcast outlets such as Missoula’s KECI stand to To Parker, these third parties about 70 percent of their budget gain from millions in campaign spending. have altered the conventional on broadcast advertising,” says wisdom surrounding federal David Parker, a political science professor at national advertisers such as Ford and races. Tester and Rehberg wouldn’t norMontana State University and author of The General Motors. One thing is for sure, he mally release their own campaign ads Power of Money in Congressional says: This will be “an expensive election.” until well after the primary, he says. Now, “If this were a safe seat or if either one with the attack ads escalating, the incumCampaigns, 1880-2006. “The name of the game is to educate voters about your posi- of these candidates had what would be bent will likely be forced to fight back tions, to get them excited and motivated considered an insurmountable lead, these with his own ads far earlier. Parker and get them out to the polls. I’d expect to people would be putting their money expects to see the first candidate-sponsomewhere else,” MacDonald continues. sored campaign ads as early as this spring. see the same thing in Montana.” Parker predicts that “when you take “But it’s not.” The advanced timeline—alongside the If that’s welcome news to broadcasters, millions associated with this and other into account what the candidates are going spend, what the parties are going to spend it certainly isn’t for other political hopefuls. races—reassures him that 2012 will be a and what the outside organizations are Between President Barack Obama’s reelec- big year for broadcasters. It may even going to spend,” Montana’s Senate race tion campaign and the Tester-Rehberg face- eclipse Tester’s 2006 bid against former alone could pump as much as $30 million off, federal races will likely suck significant Sen. Conrad Burns, he says. According to money and airtime away from state and the Campaign Media Analysis Group, a into the state’s broadcast industry. Greg MacDonald, president of the local candidates. Federal law gives federal record-breaking $1.8 billion was spent in Montana Broadcaster’s Association, isn’t candidates more guarantees in broadcast 2006 on televised political ads nationquite as enthusiastic. He shies away from advertising than other candidates. wide. words like “windfall” and says broadcast- Politicians running for state or local offices “Television and radio stations are going ers won’t know the true financial benefits may have to look for alternatives like radio to be sitting pretty,” Parker says. “On top of until well after the polls close. “I’m not that otherwise don’t see as much campaign that, you have an open governor’s race and hearing a lot of people jumping up and activity, MacDonald says. And with third an open House seat. Yeah, they’re going to down and saying, ‘We’re getting rich,’” parties jockeying for prime broadcast real have a windfall...These organizations have estate, the cost and available time for adver- been waiting for this, they’ve budgeted for MacDonald says. Batt—the only broadcast representative tising will be at an election cycle premium. this and they’re excited.” to respond for comment—agrees up to a For everyone. “The people who stand most to lose in point, saying, “We haven’t had a whole lot of asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Since its inception, the environmental movement has continued to change and, some would say, mature. But with those changes and maturity has come a bane common to groups that grow beyond their original mission. In the case of Gang Green, the term applied to the large environmental advocacy groups in the U.S., their growth—into large, showy and expensive operations—has come with a price, and that price, as Time magazine reveals in an exposé on their Ecocentric blog, is finding the money to keep those huge organizations running. Specifically, the scandal of the week is the Sierra Club taking $25 million from natural gas corporations between 2007 and 2010 and not telling its members or anyone else about it. Most people who support environmental organizations expect them to be beyond reproach when it comes to telling the truth to their members and the public. The reason is both simple and compelling: In most of the policy battles over the environment, it’s usually the megacorporations who are on the “dirty” side of the issue and mainly concerned with profit margins, while the environmentalists are supposed to be fighting not for themselves or for money, but for the good of the environment. Time’s exclusive has blown the lid off that assumption for the Sierra Club and intimates that other members of Gang Green may have equally astonishing corporate relationships. The problem is not with the leaders of the groups rubbing elbows with their generous corporate sponsors, but the fact that at the grassroots level, where the impacts from the hydraulic fracturing process known as “fracking” are accumulating, those who support Gang Green expect them to fight for the environment, not make excuses for industry donors. A Wall Street Journal article from December 2009 exemplifies what many grassroots supporters probably have in mind: “The pressure from local environmentalists appears to be having an impact. The Natural Resources Defense Council is now pushing for stricter regulation of drilling, the Environmental Defense Fund is working with companies to encourage them to adopt stronger environmental safeguards and the Sierra

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Club has formed a task force to draft a policy on hydraulic fracturing.” In 2009, the Sierra Club was already taking millions from some of the nation’s largest natural gas producers, who were, of course, fracking deep underground to release hitherto unobtainable deposits of gas locked in shale formations. While their members voiced expectations that the Sierra Club would fight fracking tooth and nail because of the damage it

Time’s exclusive has blown the lid off that assumption for the Sierra Club and intimates that other members of Gang Green may have equally astonishing corporate relationships. can cause to precious groundwater supplies, the club’s executive director, Carl Pope, was touring the nation with Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy, the largest of the natural gas industry donors. The twisted logic behind Pope’s thinking was that natural gas would be a “bridge fuel” to transition the nation away from coal. They even called it the “Beyond Coal” campaign. Unfortunately, this political ploy is not unique to the Sierra Club. It’s more common every day to find big environmental groups moderating environmental advocacy in favor of access to politicians, and trading hard fighting for hard funding. Add to that a concerted effort by ever more moderate foundations to fund groups that “collaborate” with environ-

mental polluters in order to come up with what they dub “pragmatic solutions” to our growing environmental challenges. In Montana, we can see the effects as groups such as the Montana Wilderness Association take hundreds of thousands from the Pew Charitable Trusts to suddenly sing “Kumbaya” with timber mill owners, aka “timber partners,” in Senator Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which sets a new and horrible precedent for mandating timber harvest levels in national forests. That the bill sacrifices Wilderness Study Areas already protected in law by Montana’s late Senator Lee Metcalf only adds insult to injury—but it probably keeps that foundation funding flowing freely for MWA. The Sierra Club actually had another $30 million in natural gas donations lined up when the news about the initial $25 million began to leak. Caught in what they knew would be a firestorm, they replaced Pope with Michael Brune in 2010. To his credit, only months after being hired, Brune advised the board to reject any future contributions from natural gas producers and continues to hold that position today. But that doesn’t mean the Sierra Club has severed all of its dubious corporate-donor ties. It formed a much-criticized partnership with Clorox Corporation, allowing the use of their emblem on the company’s “green” product line. They also recently have partnered with Hartford Insurance, which, like Clorox, gets to use the club’s logo in their ads. The ties between Gang Green and big corporations seems to be growing, not diminishing. The U.S. Climate Action Partnership, for instance, teams Big Green groups like the Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council with the likes of Dow Chemical, Duke Energy, Shell, the notorious mining firm Rio Tinto and many other megacorporations. Perhaps the exposé on the Sierra Club will lead to a cleanup, but for now, the gangrene in Gang Green is Big Green corporate donations. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.

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Working for a living Handouts for Wyoming elk could make them sick by Bruce Smith

In western Wyoming, feeding elk seems as normal as long winters, Grand Teton views and oil and gas wells. But of the one million elk that now roam North America, only 3 percent are fed by government employees and three-fourths of those animals are fed in Wyoming at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole and at 22 stateoperated feed grounds. Given that the elk population is already far above Wyoming’s statewide population objective, conservationists increasingly question the wisdom of feeding them. The original purpose of feeding the elk, which Wyoming began doing in 1909, was a noble one. Continental elk populations had plummeted from 10 million or more to about 50,000 around the turn of the 20th Century, with most clustered in the Yellowstone Park-Jackson Hole region. As conservation programs recovered populations, justifications for continued elk feeding morphed to boosting numbers for local economies and keeping elk separated from livestock. As far back as 1951, biologist Olaus Murie wrote in The Elk of North America about the “problem with the elk,” which he was tasked to solve in Wyoming. A review of the literature since published by state, federal and independent scientists reveals that the “problem” remains the same: Too many elk are maintained on too little habitat. Meanwhile, state and federal agencies in Wyoming continue to cope with the consequences rather than addressing the root problem. That approach has provided damage control and placated influential constituencies while perpetuating an outdated management system that no longer wisely serves the public’s elk and other wildlife. Among the outcomes of this system are debilitating and deadly diseases, including scabies, foot rot, hemorrhagic septicemia and brucellosis. Every year, some 23,000 elk are fed in crowded conditions, a situation that also provokes outbreaks of brucellosis. The disease is then transmitted to cattle, triggering repeated loss of Wyoming’s brucellosis-free status. Until now, diseased elk and recurring brucellosis in cattle may have been consid-

ered acceptable tradeoffs for the chance to claim the largest elk herd in the world. But that’s likely to change. The spread of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, a disease that is 100 percent fatal to deer, elk and moose, may eventually require dispersing elk off the feed grounds, resulting in smaller herds. Leading CWD scientists Mike Miller

Science and logic advocate returning Jackson Hole’s treasured elk to a free-ranging herd that can withstand the assault of the next emerging disease. and Elizabeth Williams note that high animal densities and feeding programs increase the risk of CWD amplification (increased disease prevalence) by promoting direct and indirect (by environmental contamination) routes of disease transmission. Because the infectious agent that causes CWD is resistant to environmental and chemical degradation, it will continue to accumulate on feed grounds where elk congregate, jam-packed, half the year. From a small nexus in southeast Wyoming and northeast Colorado three decades ago, CWD has already spread to Canada and 20 states, including half of Wyoming. So far, it has not reached Wyoming’s feed-ground elk. Where animals are dispersed across winter ranges in Wyoming and Colorado, less than 10 percent of elk have become infected. But on game farms and in research facilities, the nearest surrogates to Wyoming’s feed grounds, the disease has proven devastating.

If the worst should happen, feed grounds will create 23 hotspots for the spread of CWD throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where some 200,000 elk, moose and deer—plus adjacent herds in Idaho and Montana—are at risk. Yet the state of Wyoming and federal resource agencies have shown little interest in acting to reduce this risk, even though science and logic advocate returning Jackson Hole’s treasured elk to a free-ranging herd that can withstand the assault of CWD or the next emerging disease, whatever it might be. Of the alternatives for safeguarding the elk and all the ecological, economic and social benefits they provide, the most realistic choice is allowing an unfed, free-ranging herd to sustain itself on range that is 98 percent in public ownership. While a smaller elk herd may be unacceptable to some people, I’ve concluded that this is far preferable to an overstocked range riddled with diseased and dying animals. Embarking on this path will not only diminish disease threats, but remedy other problems that are the consequences of an overstocked range, including damaged wildlife habitats, declining biodiversity, controversial elk hunts and citizen-financed feeding programs. Besides science and logic, a federal court decision now backs a change in elk management policy. In a case brought by five conservation organizations, a District of Columbia appellate court ruled in 2011 that winter feeding on the National Elk Refuge is inconsistent with law. Without more delay, it is time for the state and federal agencies charged with stewarding the public’s wildlife and wildlands to make this change happen. Bruce Smith is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News. His new book, Where Elk Roam: Conservation and Biopolitics of Our National Elk Herd, is based on his 30 years as a wildlife scientist and manager, including 22 years as the National Elk Refuge biologist.

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For many of us old farts, it's easy to mock the sincerity of youth. The earnest energy comes off a bit precious sometimes. But we've all been there: Remember when you took that first philosophy course? “Blah, blah, blah, your silence gives you consent, Plato, Plato, blah.” I've actually encountered a dude on campus sitting in a tree reading The Republic. Quite a gimmick. But hey, that energy can be harnessed for good as well. We need the impassioned, over-caffeinated youth to lead us out of the hole the Boomers helped create (zing). The Rocky Mountain Power Shift Conference is their chance to learn how to harness all that energy and develop leadership and community organizing skills for the next generation of citizens and civic leaders. The conference, which aims to help curb climate change through activism, takes place at UM, is three days long and has five curriculum tracks: Moving Beyond Dirty Energy, Building the Clean Energy

Economy, Building Political Power, Campus Action & Sustainability and Frontline & Environmental Justice. There are speakers, panels and workshops for each track, often with overlap from one track to another. Some of the keynote speakers include UM President Royce Engstrom, Mayor John Engen, Josh Slotnick of the PEAS farm, End of Nature author Bill McKibben, Grizzly Manifesto author Jeff Gailus and Kids vs. Global Warming founder Alec Loorz. Attending this kind of event with other like-minded people is the type of thing that can alter someone's outlook and life. It's the type of opportunity that only young people can fully take advantage of—and they should, before they get too jaded to give a turkey about the planet. The Rocky Mountain Power Shift Conference is $10 for the entire weekend and includes a T-shirt and a Farm-to-College Dinner, as well as various socials and a concert. Go to rockies.wearpowershift.org.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16

Hey nonprofs, learn how to keep the train a-rollin’ at the Missoula Nonprofit Network’s workshop Effective Volunteer Recruitment, Management and Retention. Mountain West Bank Conf. Rm. 3301 Great Northern Way. 11:30 AM–1 PM. $10 for nonmembers/free to members. missoulanonprofit.org. The Peace and Justice Film Series hosts Bajo Juarez: The City Devouring Its Daughters, a film about the denigration of women in the border town of Juárez, Mexico. Guest speakers include Norma Andrade, Micheel Salas Ramirez and David Peña. UC Theater. 7 PM. Admission by donation.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17

The Missoula Senior Center is holding its Annual Membership Meeting and Elections of Board and Officers. Stay for lunch. 705 S. Higgins. 11 AM. Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 115 S. 3rd St. W. 1-3 PM. For information call 543-3955. Missoula Aging Services offers a Caregiver Support Group. 337 Stephens. 4–5 PM. Free.

Learn how to fight heart disease in ladies by attending the Go Red for Women Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn. 10:30 AM–2 PM. missoulagoredluncheon.org.

The Arlee Community Development Corporation holds it February meeting in the Arlee High School Business Lab. 6 PM. Call Kelley for more info. at 726-5550.

Join the YWCA’s Brown Bag Lunch Series and hear from Kim Mansch, executive director of Partnership Health Center in Missoula, who speaks about community health centers and their role in the community. 1130 W. Broadway. Noon–1 PM. Free.

YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691.

The Northern Rockies Rising Tide fights for the northern Rockies, including tackling the megaload issue and so much more. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center back room. 510 S. Higgins Ave. 7–8:30 PM.

The UM Wilderness Institute brings scholars, writers, scientists and explorers together to share stories of how water shapes our lives, landscapes and politics in the Wild Waters in the West Lecture Series. This week, Scott Bosse, the Northern Rockies Director of American Rivers, gives a lecture titled Protecting America’s Last, Best, Wild Rivers in an era of Climate Change. Gallagher Business Building Rm. 122. 7 PM. Free.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 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 in Room 3 in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org. Get help with them taxes so we can pay for wars, roads and drones at UM’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Bring your ID, Social Security cards, W-2 and any other tax docs you may have. Both spouses must be present if you’re filing jointly. Gallagher Business Building Rm. 209. 9–4 PM. Free.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 If you’re grieving the loss of a pet, take comfort at the Pet Bereavement Group, which meets the third Tue. of each month at 21st Century Homeopathy, 813 1st. St. in Hamilton at 6:30 PM. Call 370-0699.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 Shave that neck beard and turn off “The Young and the Restless” so you can attend the UM Office of Career Services’ 23rd Annual Big Sky Career Fair. The fair offers participants an opportunity to meet with employers, for UM students and alumni. UC Ballroom. 9–3 AM. Free.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23 Learn how the pros live the sustainable lifestyle during Cheri Chastain’s, of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., lecture at the Sustainable Business Council’s 10th Anniversary Sustainability Lecture. Gallagher Business Building, Rm. 106. 6–7 PM Free.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also e-mail entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - While police were in the process of citing Eldon Alexander, 36, and Korin Vanhouten, 47, for shoplifting merchandise worth about $25 from a store in Ogden, Utah, someone broke into their parked getaway vehicle and stole $60 worth of items. (Deseret News) Jonathan D. Miller, 18, and Myshawn L. Bonds, 19, arranged meetings with people selling items on Craigslist and then grabbed the items without paying, according to police in Carpentersville, Ill. Cmdr. Tim Bosshart said investigators identified the suspects after they advertised the stolen items on Craigslist. One victim spotted his $8,000 watch with the same photo he’d used, clearly showing its individually numbered back plate. (Chicago’s WLS-AM) PRIORITIZING - Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear proposed cutting $50 million in education spending in the state’s new budget while preserving $43 million in tax breaks for the Ark Encounter, an amusement park that features a life-sized Noah’s Ark and promotes a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. (Forbes) SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - Robbie Ostberg, 14, was playing with a six-inch-long toy cannon when it fired some sort of projectile into the boy’s face, killing him. “It’s not intended to be used to fire anything,” Tremonton, Utah, police Chief Dave Nance said. “It’s just intended to be looked at.” (Salt Lake City’s KTVX-TV) SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME - Seven hundred people had to be evacuated in Stockholm after a youth hostel caught fire. Fire investigators said the blaze started after the hostel staff placed several mattresses in the hostel’s sauna and turned up the heat to try to delouse them. (Sweden’s The Local) Nine people attending a personal development seminar titled “Dying in Consciousness” outside Drummondville, Quebec, were covered with mud, wrapped in plastic, put under blankets and immobilized with their heads in cardboard boxes for nine hours with instructions to hyperventilate. The body of Chantale Lavigne, 35, was removed after being “cooked to death,” according to coroner Gilles Sainton. Another woman was hospitalized but survived. (Canada’s National Post) REAR ENDED - South Korean authorities arrested eight men they said tried to smuggle gold out of the country by hiding it in their rectums. The scheme involved converting $260,000 worth of gold bars into small beads, which the men then inserted in their anus so they could sneak the gold past customs officials. (Associated Press) Louis Helmburg III, a student at West Virginia’s Marshall University, is suing Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and fraternity member Travis Hughes for injuries Helmburg claims he suffered at a party when Hughes tried to fire a bottle rocket from his anus. “Instead of launching,” the lawsuit claims, “the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant’s rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back” and fall off the deck. (United Press International) WHY RECYCLING PAYS - Firefighters were unable to extinguish a blaze at a home in Tempe, Ariz., because more than two feet of empty beer cans on the floor blocked the front door. “They couldn’t even open it,” fire investigator Michael J. Reichling said, adding that when firefighters finally managed to get inside, the beer cans prevented them from going upstairs. The house was destroyed. (Phoenix’s KSAZ-TV) MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME - Police arrested Jose Veras, 21, after observing him in the laundry room of an apartment complex in Louisville, Ky., stuffing cash in a washing machine. Officers, who said Veras didn’t live at the apartment, reported finding more than $1,000 scattered throughout the halls and in the washer. (Louisville’s WDRB-TV) CHANCE OF A LIFETIME - President Obama was supposed to congratulate Wilbur and Theresa Faiss at a speaking event in Las Vegas on the eve of their 79th wedding anniversary, but they arrived too late and were dropped from the president’s prepared remarks. Wilbur Faiss, 100, said he’d been assured that the couple would be invited the next time the president visits Las Vegas. (Associated Press) CONDIMENT FOLLIES - Special needs teacher Lillian Gomez was suspended from her job at a Kissimmee, Fla., elementary school after she was accused of pouring hot sauce on crayons to stop autistic children from putting them in their mouths. (Orlando’s WFTV-TV) HEAVY METAL - Two people trying to remove scrap metal from an abandoned five-story building in Detroit were killed when part of the building collapsed on them. The Rev. Kevin Johnson, whose Calvary Presbyterian Church is next door, said he’d seen the men regularly at the building for the past few months, pulling out every scrap they could. “They were getting into the skeletal structure, the beams that actually hold the floor up,” he said. “They literally just tore it apart.” (Detroit’s WWJ-TV) Schools in southeast Los Angeles County reported a rash of tuba thefts. “All they took were tubas,” South Gate High School music teacher Ruben Gonzalez Jr. said after thieves pried open the band room. Authorities attributed this and similar thefts to the high prices the brass instruments bring on the black market—even an old, dented tuba can fetch $2,000—and Southern California’s banda music craze. Banda is dance music, popular among the region’s large Mexican immigrant population, played by brass and woodwind instruments and anchored by the tuba. (Los Angeles Times) WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? - A report in the British scientific journal Nature proposed controlling wildfires in Australia by introducing elephants and rhinoceroses Down Under. “A major source of fuel for wildfires in the monsoon tropics is gamba grass, a giant African grass that has invaded north Australia’s savannas,” David Bowman, a professor of environmental change biology at the University of Tasmania, wrote. “It is too big for marsupial grazers (kangaroos) and for cattle and buffalo, the largest feral mammals. But gamba grass is a great meal for elephants or rhinoceroses.” Bowman conceded that introducing wild elephants to Australia “may seem absurd” but pointed out “the only other methods likely to control gamba grass involve using chemicals or physically clearing the land, which would destroy the habitat. Using megaherbivores may ultimately be more practical and cost-effective.” (Agence France-Presse)

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FATAL IRONIES - Medical researcher Dr. Richard Olney, 64, devoted 18 years to seeking a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He died Jan. 27 of ALS, which he battled for the last eight years. (Associated Press) Home birth advocate Caroline Lovell, 36, died after the delivery of her second child at home in Melbourne, Australia. (Victoria’s Herald Sun)

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he first scene in Don’t Look Back shows a young Bob Dylan holding up cue cards, each scrawled with words from his song “Subterranean Homesick Blues”: “basement,” “medicine,” “pavement,” “government,” “trench coat,” “laid off.” It’s an artful and sympathetic introduction by filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and it serves the film well, since many of the documentary’s subsequent scenes capture the young Dylan’s grating arrogance. Yet no matter how disappointed you might be about Dylan’s lack of humility, this 1967 film of Dylan’s 1965 UK tour is still one of the best music documentaries ever made. It shows a rising star at once painfully transparent, pretentious, confident, too self-aware and ever-so-talented. Don’t Look Back is one of a long list of music documentaries, classic and new, that will screen at the 9th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. The festival’s Big Sky Mix-Tape theme this year really does feel like a lovingly compiled mix-tape, showcasing music documentaries that span decades and genres. Old-school fans can geek out at the chance to see longtime favorites on the big screen, like the 1973 concert documentary Ziggy Stardust, another Pennebaker film, which shows in gritty glory the final appearance of David Bowie as the title character. There are four films from producer Agi Orsi, but Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who is one that fits well into the mix-tape theme as it spans the band’s evolution over four decades. Three films from David Markey provide windows into the Southern California punk scene and the touring lives of Sonic Youth and Nirvana.

Those will pair well with another music film, New Garage Explosions: In Love With These Times, a snarky documentary that features present-day bands like Pierced Arrows and Thee Oh Sees. An Andrew Bird documentary, Fever Year, highlights the Chicago musician’s precarious, multiinstrumental looping technique; it’s in the feature competition category. The playlist goes on—and not always in the most predictable verse/chorus/verse way, either. Some of the more unusual offerings look at the banjo (and Steve Martin), a

films: the 1921 film Manhatta, the 1927 film Berlin: Symphony of a Great City and Missoula artist Andy Smetanka’s newest silhouette short To The West. Festival organizers have also arranged for live music to be mixed throughout the week’s events. Cold Hard Cash, The Skurfs and many others will play sets before and after screenings. The lineup includes Chris “Sandman” Sand, who returns for an encore presentation of his documentary Rollout Cowboy, which debuted at last year’s festival. The North Dakota native, known as “The Rappin’ Cowboy,” will follow the screening with a solo performance. LINER NOTES Even with this deluge of concert docu10 days, 144 films mentaries and musician profiles, Big Sky’s best musical moments may remain hidAll screenings Feb. 17 – 26 at the Wilma Theatre or den in any of the dozens of other films. Crystal Theatre. Take, for example, the subject of this Tickets available at the Wilma box office, year’s retrospective, Barbara Kopple. The the Crystal or online. music in her 1976 Oscar-winning film Individual tickets: $7 Harlan County, U.S.A. sets the perfect All-screening pass: $100 tone for a heart-wrenching story of a coal mining town fighting against Duke Power All-Access pass: $250 Co.: There’s the hopeful “They’ll Never For more information, visit www.bigskyfilmfest.org Keep Us Down” by Hazel Dickens, and Merle Travis’s portrayal of the dangers of Navajo punk band, and a pianist. The clos- mining in “Dark As A Dungeon.” Kopple’s ing night film, Under African Skies, goes incredible storytelling stands on its own, into the making of Paul Simon’s Graceland. although the film demonstrates just how The music theme stretches beyond the important music is to that process. big screen. Following last year’s strange and Of course, there’s more to this year’s feswonderful experience of seeing Yo La Tengo tival than just music. With more than 100 live-score a series of Jean Painlevé undersea films, there should be plenty of other offerdocumentaries, this year’s lineup puts local ings to draw you in. With that in mind, we talent in the spotlight. Missoula bands give you a taste of what you’re in for at the Stellarondo and Butter, and members of festival PBS recently ranked as one of the 12 Grandfatherglen and Next Door Prison top small-town film fests in the nation. —Erika Fredrickson Hotel, will provide original music for three

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE 9TH ANNUAL BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE AWARD-WINNING OUR CRITICS REVIEW 20 OF THE FESTIVAL’S MOST BUZZ-WORTHY FILMS by Dave Loos, Erika Fredrickson, Melissa Mylchreest, Skylar Browning, Jason McMackin, Dan Brooks and Alex Sakariassen

ECSTASY OF ORDER Early on in director Adam Cornelius’ film it’s posited that NES Tetris is the most popular and challenging game in the world, video or otherwise. This mantra continues with little scientific data and no specific proof; instead, the filmmakers draw us into a world where it is indisputable fact. Robin Mihra, a one-time Nintendo World Championship finalist, is the

impetus behind the tournament that the narrative arc is built around. Via YouTube, where gamers post videos of themselves making perfect scores (999,999) or graduating to Level 29, aka “the kill screen,” Mihra discovers the country’s best Tetris players and culls them for a tournament in a Los Angeles movie theater. The players are wide-ranging in their geek stereotypes:

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over-competitive, nocturnal, basementdwelling and ironic T-shirt wearing, all blissfully unaware that playing Tetris everyday for 20 years is an oddity. Mihra also finds the reclusive former wunderkind Thor Aackerlund, whose invincibility during the NES tournaments of the ’90s still visibly frightens modern players. Aackerlund left school to become a professional video game

player, a dream most kids share, but he had to support his family with his winnings. The narrative structure is that of a sports movie. We meet the characters, we decide whom to root for, the tournament is played and a victor is crowned. Will it be the young upstart? A crafty veteran? Perhaps surprisingly, you will care. Plus, the analog synthesizer soundtrack

death, birth, breakups and weddings. People change. Or don’t. And by the end, even the viewer feels a sense of home. (SB) SHOWING: Sat., Feb. 18, at 10:15 a.m., at the Wilma.

MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

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was composed by former Missoulian Chris Pickolick. ( JM) SHOWING: Sun., Feb. 26, at noon at the Wilma.

BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN Big Sky audiences should already be familiar with the work of filmmakers Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley. In

arena, a handful of skyscrapers, new housing complexes and ample open space, all designed by celebrated architect Frank Gehry. It looks gorgeous in the mockups and models; there’s even an ice-skating rink. No one, however, takes into account the 864 residents, including Goldstein, living within the project’s sizable footprint.

One woman sits in a chair in the Museum of Modern Art all day, every day, for three months. The public flocks, takes turns sitting across from her. She becomes something like an icon, a prophet. Is this art? Can this move an audience to tears? Yes, and yes. Marina Abramovic, the grandmother of performance art, tests the boundaries of what’s accepted by society, peels away the “thin veneer of civilization” and asks the audience to come to terms with its own discomfort. In this film, director Matthew Akers follows Abramovic as she prepares for a retrospective at MoMA in New York, as well as a brand-new, incredibly ambitious performance.

Battle for Brooklyn

2004, the duo took top honors at the inaugural Big Sky Documentary Film Festival with Horns and Halos, the story behind a controversial George W. Bush biography that almost never saw the light of day. This year, they could win again for Battle for Brooklyn. The new film doesn’t hold the immediate sex appeal of a prominent presidential candidate and allegations of drug use. Brooklyn is about eminent domain. But the consequences of that wonky legal term, and the people who engage in a vicious fight to define its meaning, make for one powerful film. Daniel Goldstein is a graphic designer who recently bought a condo situated smack dab at center court of a newly proposed basketball arena. Brooklyn city officials are geeking out over the prospects of luring the New Jersey Nets to their borough, and announce a major development project that’s billed as a “done deal.” The vision includes the

The ensuing struggle is classic David vs. Goliath, and Galinsky and Hawley film through seven years of twists and turns to follow every development. With such a long timeline, the movie becomes more than just a fight over real estate. There’s

Yes, this film is visually lovely. Yes, it’s well-directed, edited and scored. But what makes it so successful is its subtle focus on humanity. Akers offers a wellcrafted portrait of a charming, vulnerable and complex artist, but he also mirrors

Abramovic’s own aim—namely, to prod the audience. What moves us, deeply? How do we connect viscerally with those around us? What makes us human? What is art, anyway? Are life and art, as Abramovic suggests, actually one and the same? (MM) SHOWING: Free opening night screening on Fri., Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilma.

HOLY ROLLERS There’s something slightly off-putting about the way a group of evangelical Christians justify their indulgence in vices on film. They sound like addicts in denial, defending their actions not to others, but to themselves and to God.

What would Jesus do? Apparently he’d count cards in Las Vegas. Holy Rollers follows the exploits of Church Team, possibly the most enterprising mishmash of fuzzy-cheeked 30something ministry leaders this side of the Last Supper. When they aren’t lounging in upscale Seattle suburbs or baptizing followers in public parks, these men and women play blackjack. Professionally. Church Team started as a hobby for founders Ben Crawford and Colin Jones back in 2007. By 2009, the team included more than a dozen players who, combined, had won more than $3 million from casinos nationwide. Director Bryan Storkel does an impressive job humanizing these holy rollers. To Church Team, card-counting

Deep tracks A TREASURE TROVE OF RARE CONCERT FOOTAGE MAKES ITS WAY TO THE BIG SCREEN Nothing like Pat Ivers’s and Emily Armstrong’s collection of filmed performances will ever happen again. Sure, there could be another explosion of talented, heretofore unknown musicians creating interesting life- and scene-altering tuneage, but if that does happen again (it won’t) the musicians will have been photographed, filmed and recorded since before they were born. There will be no secret warehouse performances or lost tapes. No zines with pictures made from grainy, photocopied Polaroids passed around middle school cafeterias (Or Educational Feeding Centers, as they will become known.) Modern technology won’t allow it. In fact, neither will we. We’ve come to expect everything to arrive yesterday. Too bad. Secrets are fun. Sharing secrets is even more fun. And Ivers and Armstrong are sharing their secrets with the world. That must be a riot. So what are these secrets? Only seminal performances by seminal punk and new wave bands and artists in seminal clubs like NYC’s CBGB’s and Danceteria, all between 1975 and 1980. In other words, these were filmed at a time when doing so was as easy as baking a soufflé in a covered wagon trundling over the Rocky Mountains. If you’re uninterested in these great artists of the past, who created a different musical soundscape and worldview, then don’t read the following abridged list of performers captured by the duo: Bad Brains, Blondie, Bush Tetras, Corpse Grinders, Cramps, Dead Boys (with John Belushi), Dead Kennedys, Devo, Go-Go’s, Idols, Iggy Pop, John Cale, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Legs McNeil, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Suicide, Sun Ra, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and Tito Puente (yes, that Tito Puente). The sound quality and look of these videos tends toward good and often leans to great (way better than those gall-darned cellphone videos on the tubes), especially considering that some of this music is loud, abrasive and played by highed-up rock and roll newbies or just plain weird dudes and chicks (Alan Vega of Suicide comes to mind). The mistakes are there but so is the energy. The films themselves are made up of performances strung together, one after the other with no narrative arc or storytelling. They aren’t chronological either, but have a semblance of theme. For the festival, Ivers and Armstrong are screening Nightclubbing: Greatest Hits, which is just what it sounds like: all the best crammed into one-hour of “Did you just see David Byrne do that?” They are also screening Nightclubbing: Roots of Hard Core, which features the likes of Iggy Pop, Dead Kennedys and Cheetah Chrome and the Casualties. This is bliss. It’s guilt-free nostalgia, without commentary or questions. This is the music as it was and as it shall be, no “cultural lenses” or “post-zeitgeist-identity politics” mucking it up. And that is awesome. SHOWING: Nightclubbing: Greatest Hits screens Sat., Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilma. Nightclubbing: Roots of Hard Core screens Mon., Feb. 20, at 7:45 p.m. at the Crystal. —Jason McMackin

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isn’t gambling—an activity condemned by their faith. It’s a way to “free” a monthly income from crooked institutions in a mere 40 hours, then spend the rest of the month doing the Lord’s work. The team does fall on hard times as success waxes and wanes. Members are tossed from casinos, team managers struggle to keep investors happy and tempers flare when one player accuses the team’s token agnostic of stealing money, based on a tip from the Holy Spirit. This last moment proves enough to challenge the trust system these Christians rely on exclusively but not enough to convince Church Team that

what they’re doing goes against their religious convictions. Blackjack, to them, is simply a means—one they defend more and more as their faith is tested. (AS) SHOWING: Sun., Feb. 19, at 2 p.m., at the Crystal.

PIANO PAT: A MONTANA LEGEND How appropriate that we begin this six-minute film with the gravelly voiceover of Piano Pat as she leaves her humdrum apartment and drives over the windswept and snow-sodden roads to Great Falls’s O’Haire Motor Inn, the home of the Sip ’n Dip, a tiki lounge with

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“mermaids” and the bar she has performed in for 60 years. The filmmakers wisely show us the Pat who exists outside the bar. We see the mom, the church organist, the lady who regularly gets her hair done, the woman who wishes fame would have come sooner in her life.

Moving pictures YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF BILL PLYMPTON, BUT YOU KNOW THIS ILLUSTRATOR’S WORK Unless you’re a hardcore animated short film aficionado, it’s unlikely that you’ve ever heard of Bill Plympton. But you have seen his work. Go ahead, Google him up right now. We’ll wait. See, told you so. It’s possible you still can’t pinpoint exactly where you’ve seen his work, but there’s no mistaking the signature style of the man they call the King of Indie Animation. You may have seen one of his shorts on “Liquid Television,” the short-lived but memorable MTV show from the early ’90s. Maybe you recall his work from memorable Geico and United Airlines commercials over the past decade. Maybe it’s the two “Weird Al” Yankovic videos he’s animated. Or maybe you just make it your mission to watch every Oscar-nominated animated short film. If that’s the case, you’ve seen two of Plympton’s films: 1987’s Your Face and 2004’s Guard Dog. Neither won the gold statue, but the shorts secured Plympton’s niche in the film world. Your Face depicts a man singing about the face of his lover, and as he does his own face contorts in an assortment of ways. With a similarly simple but distinctive colored-pencil animation style, Guard Dog tells the short story of how a dog envisions the world while walking with his owner. And don’t forget the sequels. Plympton has followed up the original short with Guide Dog (2006), Hot Dog (2008) and Horn Dog (2009). Not only will Plympton’s work be showcased in two different screenings at this year’s Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, but the animator himself will also be in attendance. And you’re probably going to have questions for the filmmaker after watching 75 minutes of his shorts in the aptly titled Plymptoons, or, The-Slightly-Non-Fiction-ish-

Somewhat Doc-Like-How-To-Films of Bill Plymptoon. (Yes, that’s the whole title.) Really, there’s no better way to explain it. Plympton’s How-To collection includes topics ranging from 25 Ways To Quit Smoking to How To Kiss to How To Make Love To a Woman. And just how do you quit smoking, according to the 65year-old animator? Tip number 10 suggests locking your cigarettes in the car on a hot day, during which we observe two panicked cigarettes searching for a way out. And let’s just say the kissing lessons depict a rather aggressive form of frenching that involves the fusing together of two bodies. All animated, of course. It’s a style epitomized by quirky and often subversive humor, as best demonstrated by Santa: The Fascist Years, which will also screen during the collection of shorts, and which is summed up pretty well by the title: Here you will meet Santa, circa World War II, and learn of a time when the jolly bearded man wasn’t so jolly. Part II of the Plympton retrospective is a new documentary about the animator’s 40-year career. Adventures in Plymptoons includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics and fans. No word on whether the 85-minute feature will delve into Plympton’s most recent work, but here’s hoping there’s a good back story for his 2010 animated short, The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger. SHOWING: Plymptoons, or, The-SlightlyNon-Fiction-ish-Somewhat Doc-Like-How-ToFilms of Bill Plymptoon screens Sun., Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wilma. Adventures in Plymptoons! screens Mon., Feb. 20, at 3:30 p.m. at the Crystal. —Dave Loos

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We also meet the woman whose infectious enthusiasm has kept her and her patrons returning to the Sip ’n Dip all these years, but the film leaves us wanting more, as both the audience and Piano Pat know that something this iconic won’t last forever. ( JM) SHOWING: Wed., Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m., at the Wilma.

HAPPY According to Happy, people who spend a lot of time with family are happy. Surfers are happy. Villagers in Okinawa are happy. African bushmen are happy, in part because when one of them is sick, “rather than sending him to the nearest doctor, the whole community participates in the healing process” via ritual dancing. Students of contemporary culture will recognize a particular worldview in this assertion, one that Happy embraces without deeply considering it. Americans are not happy, of course. Like the Japanese—whom the film presents generally as almost comically depressed automatons—we are too fixed on money and status to find contentment. We’d be better off like the people of Bhutan, whose government works to

increase national happiness through careful development and “codes of dress and speech.” If you aren’t so sure you’d be happy with a dress code, you probably will not like Happy. Director Roko Belic’s feature-length film is a long paean to Living Simply, Focusing On What Matters and other empty notions of post-consumer happiness. (DB) SHOWING: Saturday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m., at the Wilma.

PAINTING JOHN There’s a sad beauty to Montana’s rolling cattle hills that makes one yearn for some shred of days long past. Rusted trucks like farmyard sentinels, calves forging through snow, lonely men with hay hooks and broken backs. It’s a beauty masterfully reflected in Audrey Hall’s filmmaking debut, Painting John, an 11-minute short that feels altogether too short. Hall’s subjects juxtapose nicely: the Wall Street man turned globetrotting painter Hugh Wilson and the grizzled 80something rancher John Holland. Wilson chats with the joviality of youth, a tattoo of a bird peeking out above the neck of a striped T-shirt. Holland’s answers come

in short, shaky bursts, as though he’s standing in the cold. Does the portrait Wilson completes capture Holland’s spirit? “Yeah, I think so,” Holland replies. Time has left trenches on Holland’s face, but it’s the eyes Wilson focuses on. The banter would not hold up as well had Hall not recognized a third character at play: Montana. From a shot of Wilson digging his truck out of the snow to a panorama of the hills around Holland’s ranch house, the landscape is as much a part of Painting John as the

it convince me that there’s anything remarkable going on between woman and horse. It’s a shame, because the potential is there to make an interesting statement about healing, acceptance and the very real empathic capacity of horses. On that front, this 17-minute short falls a little flat. The saving grace comes in the form of striking visuals. Shot in high-contrast black and white, the footage of horses and the scenery demonstrate a keen photographic eye. I think I would have pre-

of what it was like to survive civil war and be displaced to Guinea juxtaposed with raucous crowd shots of dreadlocked Missoulians. There’s the post-show giddiness outside the tour bus, when one band member uses an issue of the Indy as a drum and another sings. You can get the full story of this band somewhere else; Ruggiero provides a few precious moments that may mean more to a local audience. (SB) SHOWING: Sat., Feb. 18, at 4:45 p.m., at the Crystal.

BEN FRANKLIN BLOWING BUBBLES AT A SWORD There’s such a well-established template for “brain game” documentaries and the eccentric subcultures they attract, whether it be Spellbound (about spelling bees), Wordplay (about crossword competitions) or Word Wars (Scrabble competitions), that you start to wonder how soon before the genre dissolves into depressing parody. Ben Franklin Blowing Bubbles at a Sword is about the USA Memory Championship and the “mental athletes” who participate, and if there was ever a

Tanglewood

painter and his subject. As the two part ways—the portrait finished—we watch in silence through a pane of glass. Their conversation doesn’t matter. Only Holland’s send-off, a finger pointed at some unseen object beyond the trees. He’s lived on and worked the ranch since his birth, in 1927. He’s a fixture, mostly silent, an immovable part of that sad beauty Hall and Wilson have now immortalized. (AS) SHOWING: Tue., Feb. 21, at 9 p.m., at the Wilma.

TANGLEWOOD When I first read the blurb about this film and saw “new realm of non-verbal equine psychotherapy,” I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. Sure, cross-species relationships can be incredibly powerful, but I worried that this film would wander into new-agey nonsense. Apparently the subject of the film, a young woman battling cancer, had similar misgivings about communing with horses as treatment, and admits as much in the first minutes. She proceeds with the therapy, though, and seems to glean some peace from it. Tanglewood, directed by Sarah Newens, isn’t new-agey, but neither does

Refugee All-Stars in Montana

Ben Franklin Blowing Bubbles at a Sword

In just 40 minutes, director Jonathan Napolitano masterfully weaves three personal vignettes with the ins and outs of a quirky and fascinating competition. That this is Napolitano’s first documentary makes it all the more impressive. (DL) SHOWING: Mon., Feb. 20, at 2 p.m., at the Crystal.

SOUND IT OUT According to this film, an independent record store closes every three days in the UK. But Sound It Out, the last surviving vinyl record store in Teesside, England, bucks this troubling trend and

drinking and drug use. For the mostly male customers, the record store is a sanctuary from all that is wrong with their hometown. Mind you, these are not “cool customers.” These are single men who spend their days thinking about unopened blue vinyl first editions of pressings from particular South African neighborhoods. Owner Tom Butchart acts as encyclopedia and psychologist to his customers, and his shop becomes the family room many of them will never have. The film is at its best when Finlay follows some of these customers back to their homes. When they share their record collections and pas-

ferred this as a silent film, or perhaps overlaid with only music. (MM) SHOWING: Mon., Feb. 20, at 1:45 p.m., at the Wilma.

REFUGEE ALLSTARS IN MONTANA The most common complaint with short films is that they are, well, too short. In this case, local director Colin Ruggiero focuses on a tiny piece of an epic story, and does so with a grace and subtlety that fits perfectly in a 10minute package. There’s already a feature-length documentary about the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars, a musical group that emerged from the war-torn nation and proceeded to tour the world. In fact, that film screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2007, and hit the Wilma again in 2008. Days after the 2008 screening, the band took the Wilma stage for a sold-out live concert. Ruggiero uses footage from that Wilma show and a KUFM radio interview to provide a glimpse of the international musicians’ brief stop in a wintery college town. It’s the little moments that make big impressions. There’s the hushed retelling

Man on a Mission

candidate for taking a documentary concept too far, this sure sounds like a winner, er, loser. That it ends up being better than any of the aforementioned trio is a fantastic surprise. And yes, this is a documentary in which the climatic sequence revolves around two contestants reciting a memorized deck of cards. It’s a genuinely moving scene. There’s a little bit of luck involved here in that the three featured competitors are all charismatic and interesting in their own right. Chief among them is Nelson Dellis, an avid mountain climber who burst onto the scene two years ago with his uncanny ability to memorize more than 200 digits in five minutes and remember the order of a deck of cards after looking at them for less than 70 seconds. (The title refers to a memorization trick for assigning people, objects and actions to each card.)

remains open. Director Jeanie Finlay asks the unthinkable: What would it mean to the customers and owner if the shop closed? Teesside is a crumbling city with high unemployment and higher rates of

sion for music, their love of vinyl becomes less peculiar than a man’s love of football or drink. ( JM) SHOWING: Sun., Feb. 19, at 5:15 p.m., at the Wilma.

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The agitator MAKING SENSE OF CAVEH ZAHEDI’S MIXED UP, MESSED UP LIFE ON SCREEN Caveh Zahedi can’t help but provoke. The self-obsessed filmmaker has made a name by firmly inserting himself into each one of his projects, and pushing whatever boundaries surround him. In I Am a Sex Addict, his most noteworthy film, he admits an unquenchable thirst for sex with hookers and tries to work through that little issue with multiple committed, non-hooker partners. They’re not exactly thrilled. In I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore, a crudely shot, high-concept exploration into the existence of God, he tries to get his father to take Ecstasy with him to spruce up an idea that, with cameras rolling, is falling flat. Dad refuses. Zahedi’s latest film takes aim at a bigger target. According to The New York Times, the director was commissioned to make a short film for a prominent contemporary art festival in the Middle East. He’s given a few restrictions, like no frontal nudity and no making fun of Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah and a major benefactor of the festival. Naturally, Zahedi couldn’t resist the bait and made an entire film mocking the sheikh. According to the Times, the sheikh’s lawyers asked that all copies be destroyed and it never be shown, anywhere.

In each case, Zahedi finds someone to agitate. The audience’s reaction is an entirely separate situation. At his best, Zahedi is hailed as a shameless and insecure wreck who’s willing to recklessly bare it all for the camera, damn the consequences. The Times called him “a peevish and hypertalkative but ultimately likable Everyman.” At his worst, he’s all those things, but far from likable. Rooting for someone intent on ruining his marriages for back-alley blowjobs ain’t easy. Among those who may be put-off by Zahedi’s work are documentary purists. In fact, one could argue that his most accessible film, I Am a Sex Addict, isn’t a documentary at all. The majority of the film consists of staged scenes filled with actors. Zahedi plays himself, but almost nothing—save for a powerful final scene—is raw footage of a real-life event. It’s as much a “true documentary” as an episode of “Louie.” Zahedi’s willingness to bare all doesn’t hide the fact that the audience is still stuck with his manipulated and often mocking version of a story. Zahedi doesn’t shy away from being polarizing. He defends his work and tactics and, in the case of the sheikh dispute, invites his critics to respond on camera “as long as it’s not boring or anything.” Boring is certainly the one complaint Big Sky audiences will not have with Zahedi. SHOWING: I Am a Sex Addict screens Fri., Feb. 24, at 7:15 p.m. at the Wilma. I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore screens Sat., Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. at the Crystal, followed by In the Bathtub of the World. An untitled Zahedi film screens Sat., Feb. 25, at 7:15 p.m., at the Wilma. —Skylar Browning

VISIONARY INSIGHT It’s true that Winter In the Blood stars Chaske Spencer and Julia Jones, who play werewolves in the Twilight movies, plus David Morse who was in The Hurt Locker, The Green Mile and a million other films. But the real hype around this film isn’t the star power, but the local connections. It’s set on the Montana Hi-Line. It’s directed by two Montana filmmakers, Alex and Andrew Smith, who made Slaughter Rule, starring Ryan Gosling, which was at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. The crew is stocked with Montana residents and University of Montana graduates. And it’s based on the book by late, great American Indian author James Welch. For the Big Sky Film Fest, film director Tracy Rector (whose other films have screened at the BSDFF in previous years) screens Visionary Insight, a behind-thescenes look at Winter in the Blood that follows eight American Indian interns

memory lane. Local filmmaker Damon Ristau includes rare archival footage, vintage advertisements, pop-culture clips ranging from Easy Rider to Cars and interviews with modern-day enthusiasts to show how the goofy-looking and simply designed bus became a cultural icon. The material is rich, and the storytelling finds a perfect balance between straightforward history and irreverence. The Bus runs much like the bus itself. (SB) SHOWING: Thur., Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m., at the Wilma.

MAN ON A MISSION As an avid space buff, I’m a little embarrassed I had never heard of Richard Garriott. His story is worth learning in Man on a Mission, if only for the strangely charming character study. Richard’s father was Owen Garriott, an astronaut in the ’70s and ’80s who spent more than two months aboard early space stations Skylab and Spacelab.

more, his father appears to be legitimately excited for and proud of his son. (DL) SHOWING: Mon., Feb. 20, at 4 p.m., at the Wilma.

NO ROOM FOR ROCKSTARS No Room For Rockstars is a lowbudget documentary that’s disjointed and 40 minutes too long, but just scrappy and irreverent enough to make you smile at the fun of it all. Director Parris Patton travels along with the 2010 Warped Tour as the punk and alternative rock festival hits 43 cities in 51 days over the course of a summer. Most of the bands aren’t particularly interesting, but Patton manages to effectively convey the day-to-day grind of building and dismantling a small city every day, often with little sleep and in harsh weather conditions. What saves the film is chart-topper Mike Posner—not for his musical ability or charisma, but for the hilarious incongruity

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working on the film. You can also see the Blood trailer and hear live music from the soundtrack. It’s the first look at a film that will receive much more attention as its release date approaches. (EF) SHOWING: Sat., Feb. 25, at 5:15 p.m., at the Wilma.

THE BUS When Jerry Garcia died, Volkswagen ran an ad in Rolling Stone magazine of a VW bus with a tear falling from the left front headlight. Rarely has a car manufacturer understood its cultish connection to customers as Volkswagen did with its iconic bus. The thing was unlike anything else on the road, and it found a devoted following among hippies, artists, vagabonds and loners. The Bus captures this endearing bond during a delightful drive down

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Richard dreamed of becoming an astronaut but poor eyesight made it impossible. So instead, he developed video games, creating some of the first fantasy role-playing games, like Akalabeth and Ultima. The games make him rich enough to buy a $30 million ticket into space aboard a Russian rocket and 12 days on the International Space Station. Oh, and he commonly goes by his other name, Lord British, refuses to cut his braided ponytail and lives in a haunted house/museum adorned with various medieval items. Yeah, that sounds worthy of a documentary. Despite his many eccentricities, the surprise here is that Richard seems like a genuinely decent and interesting guy, and the proof is that we never sense a hint of resentment from his fellow astronauts and cosmonauts during a year of training and two weeks in space. What’s

of a rising pop star sharing a tour bus with struggling, low-level rock bands like Fake Problems and Anarbor. There is a mix of mild resentment and bewildered amusement as the bands discuss their hard years on the road as the newcomer Posner picks out a wardrobe for his Rolling Stone photo shoot. No Room For Rockstars could have used a better editor to eliminate repetitive crowd and caravan shots—it’s essentially an hour of interesting footage in a 100-minute film. But audiences, especially music lovers, will appreciate the hidden gems here. (DL) SHOWING: Sat., Feb. 25, at 5:15 p.m., at the Wilma.

CODE OF THE WEST Code of the West seems like the perfect tongue-in-cheek title for a film about the shenanigans of last year’s Montana state

legislature. Filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary-in-progress takes a look at how Montana went from being a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana to being the first state to attempt to repeal the law. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a film about the legislative process and also about how communities really do struggle to find a code of conduct that everyone can agree on. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival offers a handful of docs-in-progress like this one that audiences can view and provide feedback for the filmmakers. The issues in Code of the West are still being hotly debated, and our guess is this will be a high-attendance event. The after-film discussion could prove to be just as compelling as the film because of the opinions represented: both medical marijuana advocate Tom Daubert and Cherrie Brady from Safe Communities Safe Kids will be in attendance, as well as Cohen. (EF) SHOWING: Mon., Feb. 20, at 5:45 p.m., at the Wilma.

Director Marshall Curry uses McGowan to tell the inside story of the Earth Liberation Front, a group of radical environmentalists once billed by the FBI as the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;number one domestic terrorism threat.â&#x20AC;? ELF didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother with petitions or ralliesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it set fire to timber companies, slaughterhouses and a $12 million ski lodge in

Vail. McGowan took part in efforts like these and articulately explains his actions. The system doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. He had to do something. This was the only way to enact change. If A Tree Falls includes incredible access to and previously unseen footage of ELF, but it also provides balance. The federal agents who tracked the group for

years detail the case and articulate the reason for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;terroristâ&#x20AC;? label. The companies that fell victim to ELF arsons vigorously defend their business practices. More importantly, by the end of the film McGowan himself begins to question the extent of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions. (SB) SHOWING: Tue., Feb. 21, at 5 p.m., at the Wilma.

IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

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Daniel McGowan doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of a terrorist. He looks like some no-name office jockey. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s white with a dark head of hair and a thin beard. He slouches and mopes. His only distinguishing feature at the beginning of If A Tree Falls is a T-shirt with a photo of George W. Bush and the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;International Terrorist.â&#x20AC;? Funny thing about that shirt: McGowan is actually the one facing two life sentences for terrorist activity.

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Sugar is a danger to society and should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. So says an opinion piece published in the journal Nature. The authors blame sugar consumption for the fact that “[l]ast September the United Nations declared that for the first time in human history, chronic non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes pose a greater health burden worldwide than do infectious diseases, contributing to 35 million deaths annually.” The article’s lead author is Dr. Robert Lustig of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Lustig is well known for an oft-viewed YouTube video of his lecture Sugar: the Bitter Truth. In it, Lustig argues that sugar, especially fructose (which makes up half of sucrose, aka table sugar), causes fat deposits in the liver, which leads to insulin resistance, which causes the body to create too much insulin. Insulin resistance causes diabetes, has been linked to hypertension and promotes tumor growth in the colon and the breast. In the liver, fructose is converted to palmitate, which correlates with an increased risk of heart disease. The combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat and abnormal cholesterol levels is called metabolic syndrome, and it leads to increased risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. In their Nature article, Lustig and company put the blame for metabolic syndrome on the sweet shoulders of sugar. Worldwide sugar consumption tripled in the last 50 years, they write. That has created a public health crisis on par with those created by alcohol and tobacco. “Passive smoking and drunk-driving fatalities provided strong arguments for tobacco and alcohol control, respectively,” they write. “The long-term economic, health-care and human costs of metabolic syndrome place sugar overconsumption in the same category.” Skeptics of the anti-sugar case, including the sugar industry, often point to an observation called “the Australian Paradox.” Sugar consumption in Australia declined by 16 percent between 1980 and 2003. During the same period, Australian obesity rates tripled. The Australian Paradox suggests that added sugar is not the only cause of obesity, which will come as no surprise to those who’ve successfully lost

weight through carb-cutting diets like Atkins. Processed carbohydrates, like those in pasta and bread, are quickly broken down to simple sugars in the body. While not addressing the Australian Paradox directly, Lustig et al. make it clear that while sugar can lead to obesity, it’s sugar that’s the problem, not obesity. “Many people think that obesity is the root cause of these diseases. But 20 percent of obese people have normal metabolism and will have a normal lifespan. Conversely, up to 40 percent of normalweight people develop the diseases that constitute the metabolic syndrome.”

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Thus, the Australian Paradox can be explained be people eating more processed carbohydrates, even if their sugar consumption is down. After making their case against added dietary sugar, the authors go on to suggest ways the government could regulate added sugars, including a sugar tax, distribution controls and age limits. It’s one thing to argue that too much sugar is a bad thing; regulating it as a controlled substance is a more complicated sell. Lustig would be the first to agree, as he pointed out in his famous lecture, that government meddling against the boogeyman du jour helped trigger an increase in sugar consumption to begin with. USDA efforts in the early 1980s to decrease our fat intake compelled food processors to add sugar in order to make processed fat-free foods more palatable. Even if government meddling were based on sound science, it’s fair to argue that personal accountability coupled with education would be a more effective way to address the problems posed by sugar. Empowering the food police to dictate

what we eat, on the other hand, would annoy a lot of people. But then,what happens when the uninsured sugar-sick show up at the hospital, and we all have to pay for their treatment in the form of higher medical costs? As Lustig and his co-authors note, “The United States spends $65 billion in lost productivity and $150 billion on health-care resources annually for morbidities associated with metabolic syndrome.” They suggest other measures to counter added sugars, like a sugar tax that could help pay for treatment of the diseases associated with metabolic syndrome. They also suggest barring foods with added sugars from the list of foodstuffs purchasable with food stamps. These measures, and others they suggest, have potential, but in the U.S. they would face strong opposition from the politically powerful sugar industry. So it’s surprising that Lustig and company make no mention of the governmental support the sugar industry receives. This support includes low-interest loans to sugar producers and limits on sugar imports, which help boost sugar prices by keeping out cheap foreign imports. Eliminating price supports would allow the price of sugar to drop. If sugar were cheaper, one could argue, that might encourage food processors to use more of it. But on the other hand, allowing the price of sugar drop would create space for a sugar tax to bring the price back up to where it was, and the revenue generated by this tax could be used to offset sugar-related medical expenses, as Lustig and company suggest. More importantly, removing the American sugar industry’s sweetheart deals would reduce its profits, and hence its ability to fight against the public’s perception of the dangers of sugar. A weaker sugar industry would be less able to lobby against measures like food-stamp reform or a sugar tax. As the ancient saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. What’s bad for the sugar industry is good for public health. Dismantling governmental support for the sugar industry may not be a complete solution to this complicated worldwide problem, but it’s an obvious place to start.

LISTINGS $…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway (across from courthouse) • 728-8900 Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wifi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Valentines might be Bernice’s favorite holiday! Celebrate your romance with a box of cupcakes, conversation heart cookie or an espresso truffle. Make your mother or grandmother feel valued with a selection of Linzer cookies or a heart shaped Huckleberry filled White Wine Cake. Or treat yourself! Show yourself a little love.

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Enjoy a chocolate dipped heart cookie and a deep, dark, interesting cup of Joe. Bernice’s Bakery: fresh baked, from scratch, for your pleasure. xoxo Bernice Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced beega) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Big Sky Drive In 1016 W. Broadway • 549-5431 Big Sky Drive In opened June 2nd 1962. We feature soft serve ice cream, shakes, malts, spins, burger, hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches and breaded mushrooms all made to order. Enjoy our 23 shake and malt flavors or the orange twist ice cream. Drive thru or stay and enjoy your food in our outdoor seating area. Lunch and dinner, seven days a week. $-$$

Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 2. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins • 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Burger Shack 1900 Brooks • 549-2194 (Holiday Village) LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED! Come take a bite out of our ½ lb big & beefy burgers! We're the the only burger joint in Missoula serving 100% Certified Angus beef, hand-

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Come find out why we are rule of the roost. Always the best, Double Front Chicken. $-$$ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula's best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Brooks and Browns Trivia Night is back. $7 Bayern Pitchers plus appetizer specials. Every Thursday from 7-10pm. $50 Bar Tab to winning team. Warm up your chilly nights with our Hot Jalapeno Artichoke Dip. We have Classic French Onion Soup and hearty Bison chili made in house daily. Fall in love with our Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf-stuffed with crispy Daily’s bacon and cheddar cheese, served with cheddar mashed potatoes and corn. And finish the best meal in town with our New Orleans style Bread Pudding with warm caramel sauce and Big Dipper vanilla bean Ice cream. We still have Happy Hour from 4-7 every day and on game days we offer wings specials and all your favorite local micro-brews. Everyone loves our SUNDAY BINGO NIGHT! Sundays 6-9 pm at Brooks and Browns. Same happy Hour specials ($5 pulled pork sliders, ? order wings, ? nachos; $6 Bud Lite pitchers) Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula.

HAPPIESTHOUR Posh Chocolat Porter Cupid’s concoction: Introducing the marriage of local beer and local chocolate: the Kettlehouse Brewing Company’s Posh Chocolat Porter. Holy trinity: The K-Hole brewed the beer more than a year ago with roasted and crushed cocoa beans from Missoula’s favorite chocolatier, then stashed it away in a bourbon barrel and recently broke it out in honor of Valentine’s Day. Brewer Tommy Patches says a few regulars have called the joining of beer, chocolate and whiskey the “holy trinity.” How it tastes: For a dessert beer, pretty bitter, actually. But chocolately, malty and smooth, with a dark, frothy head. It’s a sipper, for sure. As Patches says, “A snifter might be all you’ll be able to handle.” And it’s going fast. Patches says the porter was a hit at last weekend’s BrewFest, selling out in about two hours. On Monday, there were only about five kegs left. The stats: Posh Chocolat Porter comes in at 8.5 percent ABV. $4 for a snifter, $18 to fill a growler. Where to find it: Only at the Kettlehouse taproom at 602 Myrtle St., while supplies last. —Matthew Frank

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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. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Rotating music and DJs. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5-10. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Joker's Wild Restaurant, Lounge and Casino 4829 N. Reserve • 549-4403 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 Days a week. Steak, Seafood, Banquets, Cocktails, Wedding Receptions and so much more. Good Food, Good Fun, Good Times for All! Where the Joker's Wild About you! $-$$ 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. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $

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The Mercantile Deli 119 S. Higgins Ave. • 721-6372 themercantiledeli.com Located next to the historic Wilma Theater, the Merc features a relaxed atmosphere, handcrafted Paninis, Sandwiches, and wholesome Soups and Salads. Try a Monte Cristo for breakfast, a Pork Love Panini for lunch, or have us cater your next company event. Open Monday – Saturday for breakfast and lunch. Downtown delivery available.

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The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our allnew 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. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, and fresh fish daily. Delicious salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked in-house. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. Pita Pit 130 N. Higgins 541-PITA (7482) • pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try

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our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Sapore 424 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-6695 Voted best new restaurant in the Missoula Independent's Best of Missoula, 2011. Located on Higgins Ave., across the street from Wordens. Serving progressive American food consisting of fresh house-made pastas every day, pizza, local beef, and fresh fish delivered from Taste of Alaska. New specials: burger & beer Sundays, 5-7 $9 ~ pizza & beer Tuesdays, 5-7 $10 ~ draft beers, Tuesday -Thursday, 5-6:30 $3. Business hours: Tues.- Sat. 5-10:30 pm., Sat. 10-3 pm., Sun. 5-10 pm. Authentic Thai Restaurant 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 sawaddeedowntown.com 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 cuisine. Now serving beer and wine! $-$$ Sean Kelly’s Empire Grill 130 W. Pine St. • 542-1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for lunch & dinner. Featuring brunch Saturday & Sunday from 11-2pm. Serving international & Irish pub fare. Full bar, beer, wine, martinis. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins • 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula's best lunch for under $6. Mon.Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Tamarack Brewing Company 231 W. Front Street • 830-3113 facebook.com/tamarackmissoula Tamarack Brewing Company opened its first Taphouse in Missoula in 2011. Overlooking Caras Park, Tamarack Missoula has two floors -- a sports pub downstairs, and casual dining upstairs. Patrons can find Tamarack’s handcrafted ales and great pub fare on both levels. Enjoy beer-inspired menu items like brew bread wraps, Hat Trick Hop IPA Fish and Chips, and Dock Days Hefeweizen Caesar Salads. Try one of our staple ales like Hat Trick Hop IPA or Yard Sale Amber Ale, or one of our rotating seasonal beers, like, Old 'Stache Whiskey Barrel Porter, Headwall Double IPA, Stoner Kriek and more. Don’t miss $8 growler fills on Wednesday and Sunday, Community Tap Night every Tuesday, Kids Eat Free Mondays, and more. See you at The ‘Rack! $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming • 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ YoWaffle Yogurt 216 W. Main St. 543-6072 (Between Thai Spicy and The Shack) www.yowaffle.com YoWaffle is a self-serve frozen yogurt and Belgian waffle eatery offering 10 continuously changing flavors of yogurt, over 60 toppings, gluten free cones and waffles available, hot and cold beverages, and 2 soups daily. Indoor and outdoor seating. Meetings welcome. Open 7 days a week. Sun-Thurs 11 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11 AM to 12 AM, Sat. 10 AM to 12 AM. Free WiFi. Loyalty punch cards, gift cards and t-shirts available. UMONEY. Like us on facebook. Let YoWaffle host your next birthday party! $

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Arts & Entertainment listings February 16 – February 23, 2012

Pickin' and grimmacin’. The Emmit-Nershi Band delivers modern bluegrass num-nums to The Top Hat on Thu., Feb. 16, at 10 PM, with Head for the Hills. $18/$16 adv. $5 surcharge for those aged 18-20.

THURSDAY February

The folks at the Montana Natural History Center teach the young ‘uns how to observe and connect with nature at the miniNaturalists Pre-K Program. For ages 2–5. 120 Hickory St. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 members.

nightlife Go ahead and call it a week, join Black Mountain Moan for tuneage at the Draught Works Brewery. 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Sip on this: Laramie, Wyo., artist Doug Russell

brings his exhibition Confluences to the MAM for Artini: We Too Like To Make Drawings, a night of doodling, sketching and pencil play with Cigarette Girls acting as models and fire from Bellatrix. Food by James Bar. MAM. 135 N. Pattee. 6–9 PM, with an artist’s talk at 7 PM. Free.

The Peace and Justice Film Series hosts Bajo Juarez: The City Devouring Its Daughters, a film about the denigration of women in the border town of Juárez, Mexico. Guest speakers include Norma Andrade, Micheel Salas Ramirez and David Peña. UC Theater. 7 PM. Admission by donation.

Bring your miscellany of talents down the ‘Root for the The Roxy Open Mic Night. Anything goes: comedy, juggling, music and prescient children rapping about the streets. Hamilton. 120 N. 2nd. 7 PM. $5.

Are you ready to laugh? If the answer is sí, then trip the light fantastic over to Missoula’s HomeGrown Stand Up Comedy Competition. Any and all up-and-coming

Richard Wheeler reads from and signs copies of The Richest Hill on Earth down at Fact & Fiction. Pretty sure he wrote it, too. 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free. (See Books in this issue.)

end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Feb. 17, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to the Calemander c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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comedians are invited to sign-up. Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. Performance at 7:30 PM. $5 comedians and customers. Fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, grab your liberal arts degrees and head down to the Central Bar and Grill’s Trivia Night, hosted by local gallant and possible Swede T h o m a s H e l g e r s o n . 14 3 W. Broadway. 8 PM. Free. David Boone plays Missoula’s newest-ish club, Pulse (inside the Press Box). 8–10 PM. Free. Grab ye olde acoustic and learn “Sundown” before you roll into Sean Kelly’s Open Mic night. Call 5421471 after 10 AM Thursdays to signup. 8:30 PM–Midnight. Make the other generals cream their bloomers after you tell them you spent an evening with Mad Anthony (the band, not the war hero). Union Club. 9 PM. Free. The Best Westerns are only getting bester during week three of their VFW residency. This week they are joined by The Magpies, Riley Wave, Ancient Forest and Pubic Enema. 245 W. Main. 9 PM. Free. If the cheese makes you gag cuz you’re lactose intolerant, check these local acoustical one-man types at the Palace: John Smith, Josh Clinger and PD Lear. 9 PM. Free. Scrape off the old stink stick and bugaloo shrimp down to The Top Hat for the Emmit Nershi Band, with Head for the Hills. 10 PM. $18/$16 adv., $5 surcharge for those aged 18-20.

FRIDAY

February

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License to pluck. Modern bluegrass purveyors Greensky Bluegrass are joined by locals Dodgy Mountain Men at The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., on Tue., Feb. 21, at 10 PM. $10.

Women Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn. 10:30 AM–2 PM. missoulagoredluncheon.org. Join filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen at the screening of her film War Don Don, which follows the post-war trial of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front. UC Theater. 3–5 PM. Free.

nightlife Sip on this: The Bridger Creek Boys play the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery tasting room from 5–9 PM. 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free. Taste the pain that comes with hard work when the culinary wunderkinds

up at FVCC host a Chef’s Table dinner. Arts and Technology Building. 6 PM. Buy tickets in advance at fvcc.edu/chefstable.html. $39. Mah gawd, Gorilla, it’s the rootenest, tootenest, shootenest bunch of yahoos this side of the Yellowstone River. It’s the Big Kids Band and they are dealing in alphabetical tuneage at Family Friendly Friday down at The Top Hat. 6–8 PM. Free. Find out just how much more mournful the oboe is than the french horn during UM’s Student Recital Series, featuring Rebecca Pershouse. Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. Free. They’re tooting their own horns at the Northern Rockies Tuba and Euphonium Festival guest artist solo recital with Lance Boyd, Chris Dickey, Ben Kirby and Jason Gilliam. Sentinel High School Auditorium. 7:30 PM. Call 728-0338 for more info. The National Theatre Live performs Nicholas Wright’s new play about the development of Hollywood cinema, The Reporter. The Roxy Theater. 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$11 students. Tix available at Rockin Rudy’s and Shakespeare & Co. If you love the stripped-down barebottom sound of singer-songwriters such as Tom Catmull, John Floridis, Jenn Adams and Ashly Holland, then Songwriters in the Round might just get you out them wintertime blues. Crystal Theater. 515 S. Higgins. 7:30 PM. $15/$12 adv. Tix Available at Bridge Pizza. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

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You know where that missing sock went? One of the little people that lives under your floorboards is sleeping in it. See proof at the Whitefish Theatre Company’s performance of The Borrowers, a tale of little people with big hearts, I suppose. O’Shaughnessy Center. 7:30 PM. $18/$14 seniors/$8 students. Thanks to the Soul City Cowboys, we can dance to country rock. Eagles Lodge. 2420 South. 8 PM. Free. The Bigfork Community Players get their farce on y’all, when they perform Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies. To sum up: Shakespeare, shenanigans, suspicions. Bigfork Center for Performing Arts. 8 PM. $16/$11 seniors/$6 under age 12. bigforkcommunityplayers.com. Soul plus funk plus bluegrass equals Early Bird and Grit, who perform at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel from 8–10 PM. Pass the hat.

Put on your Susan Powter wig and try and stop the insanity that is KBGA’s annual Endofthon Party, the culmination of KBGA’s weeklong fundraiser that tests the foundation of the Badlander/Palace complex. Upstairs is a rock and roll sextacular with the Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and Hosannas, plus locals The Magpies and the foxy King Elephant. Downstairs in the Palace, LA’s Eskmo gets electronical, along with locals Kris Moon and Logisticalone. 9 PM. $10/$8 adv. at Ear Candy. We be jammin’ and grassin’ when Fort Collins’ own The Holler! bust a funky groove with local Dan Dubuque. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 9 PM.

the Copper Mountain Band performs at the Sunrise Saloon. 1101 Strand. 9 PM. Free. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. This is not a threat: I’ll House You with DJs Kris Moon, Mike Stolin and Hotpantz does happen at The Jolly Cork’s. 112 N. Pattee St. (Front St. entrance). 10 PM. Free. Big deal DJ Ana Sia is set to kick it out the ja-ja-jamz with an electronical freak show of butt-breaking proportions. The Top Hat. 10 PM. $12/$10 adv./$5 surcharge for those aged 18-20.

SATURDAY

Joan Zen brings the bacon, you gotta bring the pan when she plays the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

February

Take that foxy dude of yours a-twosteppin’, and maybe to an impromptu make-out session in the car, when

It’s Saturday Discovery Day at the Montana Natural History Center, and

today people can hone the craft of Science Illustration. Sketch some basics, then use an MNHC specimen to create a final work. 120 Hickory. 9 AM–3 PM. $35/$30 members. Register at montananaturalist.org. Embrace tradition and hear Irish Stories as told by Bernadette Sweeney, a UM oral historian, at the Traveler’s Rest State Park Storytelling Series. 1/2 mile west of Lolo on Hwy. 12. 11 AM. $4/10 and under free. Go ahead and bounce to this, Kids’ Vibration Music Program, a rhythm, dance and singing program for kids of all ages. 121 W. Main St. 11–11:45 AM. $5-$20 suggested donation. tangledtones.com. Mylar’s not just for motel room coffee anymore, so go ahead and make art with it at Doug Russell’s Master Class: Drawing on Mylar. Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. 12–3 PM. $25/$22.50 members.

Aspire to greatness and avoid jerk workshop clichés like, “Your story begins on page 37,” during the Bitterroot Writing Circle’s meeting, which focuses on production not critiquing. River Rising Cafe. Hamilton, 337 W. Main. 2–3 PM. Free. If your kids are getting on your nerves, imagine how I feel. Load ‘em up and entertain them at Missoula Children’s Theatre’s performance of Winnie-the-Pooh. MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 200 N. Adams St. 3 PM and 5 PM. $9/$7 seniors and students/$5 children. missoulachildrenstheatre.org.

nightlife Shea Stewart performs tuneage without the doobage at Draught Works Brewery. 915 Toole Ave. 5–8 PM. Free. Explore your inner-self with the help of a local psychic during the Guided

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I was in a band of sorts once, but we never played out. Maybe it was because there were seven of us and we all played guitar. But we did gather around on late winter nights in a circle, drinking beers and playing favorite tunes from the like of the Old 97s, Faron Young, Johhny Cash and the Rolling Stones. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing quite like sitting in an intimate circle, sharing tunes. This Friday night you can experience that same kind of cozy winter-evening musicianship, except with some of Montana's real, cream-of-the-crop singersongwritersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tom Catmull, John Floridis, Jenn Adams and Ashly Hollandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who will be playing original tunes in a half-circle on the Crystal Theatre stage. The musicians will trade off songs, sometimes collaborating on each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tunes or chiming in with harmonies. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you the story behind the songs, which I imagine wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as juicy as MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behind the Music,â&#x20AC;? but maybe. Certainly it'll be a combo of humor and heart.

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Meditation at Red Willow Health and Wellness Center. 825 W. Kent. 6–8 PM. If your leadership skills and love life are teetering on the edge of a broken heart and you don’t wanna fall, check-in with the Date Doctor, David Coleman, at the Mortar Board’s Last Lecture Series. Urey Lecture Hall. 7 PM. Free. Shake that groove thang to the tuneage of the Wild Coyote Band at the American Legion Hall in Missoula. 825 Ronan. 7 PM. You know where that missing sock went? One of the little people that lives under your floorboards is sleeping in it. See proof at the Whitefish Theatre Company’s performance of The Borrowers, a tale of little people with big hearts, I suppose. O’Shaughnessy Center. 7:30 PM. $18/$14 seniors/ $8 students. Horn blowers unite at the Northern Rockies Tuba and Euphonium Festival for an Evening of Big Music for the Big Sky. Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $11/$6 senior/$5 student. It’s contra dancin’ time, friends, so join Skippin’ A Groove and caller Morna Leonard at this Missoula Folklore Society authorized event. Bring the whole fam damnly and your double leftfooted cousin Ralph. Union Hall. 208 E. Main. $9/$6 members. missoulafolk.org. The Bigfork Community Players get their farce on y’all, when they perform Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies. To sum up: Shakespeare, shenanigans, suspicions. Bigfork Center for Performing Arts. 8 PM. $16/$11 seniors/$6 under age 12. bigforkcommunityplayers.com. Don’t fret, Hippy Dan, there are people who have a optimistic view of how to tackle climate change. Come see them at the screening

of Carbon Nation. UC Theater. 8 PM. Free. carbonnationmovie.org. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo bring the arty to the party during Absolutely, a dance party featuring every style of rump-shaking tuneage. The Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2 for 1 Absolut drinks until 11 PM. Free. Take that foxy dude of yours a-twosteppin’, and maybe to an impromptu make-out session in the car, when the Copper Mountain Band performs at the Sunrise Saloon. 1101 Strand. 9 PM. Free. Plow a path to the Palace for an evening of bumpin’ beats and frenching on the couch when Brooklyn beat-making maestros Shigeto and Mux Cool bring their electronic tuenage to the dirty old basement, with locals Bock’s Elder and Sounds! That Happen. $10 / $7 advance at Ear Candy and Rockin Rudy’s, with a $5 surcharge for those aged 18-20. We be jammin’ and grassin’ when Fort Collins’ own The Holler! bust a funky groove with locals Ron Dunbar and Travis Yost. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 9 PM. Ain’t no party like a House of Quist party. Don’t believe me? Head to the Union Club. 9 PM. Free. Need help finishing up “you so country” jokes? Get some help from the Mark Duboise Band when they play the Lumberjack Saloon west of Lolo. Rent a cabin, stay all night. 9 PM. Free. For those seeking to listen to some quality rock and roll music played professionally, there is no doubt an evening with I Hate Your Girlfriend, The Juveniles and Buddy Jackson is in order. Enjoy the fruits of their looms. VFW. 245 W. Main. 9 PM. Free.

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SUNDAY

February

Join photog Eileen Rafferty for the Ansel Adams Drop-In Tour at the MAM and get insider info on the best-known photog of all-time. 335 N. Pattee St. Occupy Missoula General Assembly takes place at the Union Hall. 208 E. Main St. 1–3 PM. occupymissoula.org. In 1968, the mill in Bonner began to allow women to work alongside men. Hear the stories of these awesome ladies at Women Working in the Mill. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Bonner. 2 PM. Free. If your kids are getting on your nerves, imagine how I feel. Load ‘em up and entertain them at Missoula Children’s Theatre’s performance of Winnie-the-Pooh. MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 200 N. Adams St. 3 PM and 5 PM. $9/$7 seniors and students/$5 children. missoulachildrenstheatre.org. You know where that missing sock went? One of the little people that lives under your floorboards is sleeping in it. See proof at the Whitefish Theatre Company’s performance of The Borrowers, a tale of little people with big hearts, I suppose.

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O’Shaughnessy Center. 4 $18/$14 seniors/$8 students.

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Spend the afternoon with the music of Fred Boner at Draught Works Brewery. 915 Toole Ave. 4–7 PM. Free. Another Grand Tour: A Benefit and Memorial for Mattie Gibson takes place at Zootown Brew and features the music of Cash for Junkers and Deb and the Bowltones, as well as a chili feed and silent auction. 121 W. Broadway. 4:20–11 PM. $10 suggested donation.

nightlife The Bigfork Community Players get their farce on y’all, when they perform Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies. To sum up: Shakespeare, shenanigans, suspicions. Bigfork Center for Performing Arts. 2 PM. $16/$11 seniors/$6 under age 12. bigforkcommunityplayers.com. Listen to some real live writers during the Second Wind Reading Series, where MFA students and teachers share their stories with the world. This week it’s Emily Jones and master of the finger-roll, Robert S t u b b l e f i e l d . T h e To p H a t . 5 PM. Free. Zut alors! The Alliance Francaise de Missoula sponsors the film Copie Conforme for your viewing pleasure at the UC Theater. Introduction by Mehrdad Kia of the International Programs. 5 PM. Free.

Get your fill of world jazz when Tapas delivers plate after plate of tunes. The Top Hat. 7 PM. Free. Close out the weekend in style with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz & DJs, during the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night. Live jazz starts at 8 PM with the Donna Smith Trio. Free.

MONDAY

February nightlife

Easiest way to make rent since keno: Bingo at the VFW. 245 W. Main. $10 buy-in. Try the Polish bar menu while listening to The Acousticals, a Polish black metal band. Seriously, folks, the group is made up of Missoula acoustic music peoples Richie Reinholdt, Chad Fadely, Andy Dunnigan and Ted Lowe, who plan to swap songs and share their music. Red Bird Wine Bar. 7–10 PM. Free. Don’t just express yourself, be expressive at the ZACC’s weekly, one-hour poetry workshop. 235 N. 1st St. 8 PM. Free. Help Missoula Wildland Firefighter Marc Doty with his medical bills as he battles stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cancer during Sing for a

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Cure. Attendees can get their karaoke on with a $5 donation at the door and a $3 donation per song. A $10 donation let’s you cut in line and sing “I’ve Got a Felling” before cousin Joey. The Badlander. 208 Ryman. 8 PM. I just wanna sniff some glue and head to Milkcrate Monday’s with the Milkcrate Mechanic and all his homies, producers Simpleton, DubBuddah and Metatron. The Palace. 9 PM. Free, with free pool and $6 pitchers of PBR. Open Mic at the VFW seems like a fine idea, especially with 2 for 1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. Call Skye on Sunday at 531–4312 to reserve your spot in the line-up or I bet you could roll in and be all, “Dude, I do a perfect Sublime.”

TUESDAY February

Hey ladies in the house, Jon Tester is calling out to you to join him at the Women’s Small Business Workshop. The event includes Made in Montana Success Stories, including Betty’s Divine and Bernice’s Bakery, as well as an Access to Capital session. University Center. 8 AM. Free. tester.senate.gov/Resources/ workshop.cfm Get spark-a-lated when you and the kids hit the Families First Children’s Museum’s Make a Mardi Gras Mask All Day event. 227 1/2 W. Front St. 9–5 PM. $4.25.

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The Missoula Senior Center is holding its Annual Membership Meeting and Elections of Board and Officers. Stay for lunch. 705 S. Higgins. 11 AM. How hard is it to haul all them beers in your pockets when you’re pedaling to the movies? No big d. Cruise over to Selvedge Studio’s Paperboy Bag Class, and sew yourself up a fine sack to haul your beer and spare underpants all over town. 6–9 PM. $35. 541-7171. To all my stripper friends, drop that pole and join me at the Adams Center for the Snowstorm Tour, co-headlined by T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes, with Grieves, Cris Cab and Outasight. 6:30 PM. $35/$29.50 adv. griztix.com. (See Noise in this issue.) The UM Wilderness Institute brings scholars, writers, scientists and explorers together to share stories of how water shapes our lives, landscapes and politics in the Wild Waters in the West Lecture Series. This week, Scott Bosse, the Northern Rockies Director of American Rivers, gives a lecture titled Protecting America’s Last, Best, Wild Rivers in an Era of Climate Change. Gallagher Business Building Rm. 122. 7 PM. Free. So you think taking pretty pictures would be a fun job? Best go to Mike Albans’ lecture Life as a Photojournalist at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography before you buy one of those spiffy vests with all the zippers. 216 N. Higgins Ave. 7–9 PM. Free. Take a load off while you get a load of some of the area’s better musicians during the

Musician Showcase at Brooks and Browns in the Holiday Inn-Downtown. $7 Big Sky pitchers and $2 pints. 200 S. Pattee St. Free.

ence is necessary and drop-ins are welcome. Just wear good clothes for dancing. 121 W. Main St. 5–6 PM. ddcmontana.com

That sound isn’t a tidal horn, it’s UM School of Music’s Student Recital Series performer Garrett Olson playing his trumpet for your pleasure. Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. Free.

Listen to the man who learned from The Man, during Neil Chaput de Saintonge’s lecture Ansel Adams: The Making of a Photograph. Chaput de Saintonge discusses Adams’ Zone System technique. MAM. 335 N. Pattee St. 7 PM. Free.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? Name Missoula’s 50th mayor. (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Land mollusks rule and they will be our overlords in the year 2013, so you better learn more about them at Dr. Paul Hendricks’ evening lecture Life Near the Ground: the Land Snails and Slugs of Montana. Montana Natural History Center. 120 Hickory. 7 PM. $4/free for MNHC members.

Bow down to the sounds at Royal Reggae, featuring dancehall jams by DJs Supa, Smiley Banton and Oneness at the Palace at 9 PM. Free. During the Badlander’s Live and Local Night, put on a bib and grab your primate call for Kalispell’s Monkey and a Roast Beef Sandwich, whose tunes run that gamut. 9 PM. Free. Break out of your winter blues with a scoop of evil disco when Wayne Static of Static X comes to town to do that solo thing, with Polkadot Cadaver, The Agonist, Universal Choke Sign and High Voltage. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman. 9 PM. $20. Justify your love of music by checking out Greensky Bluegrass, who performs original tunes with modern flair and are joined by locals The Dodgy Mountain Men. The Top Hat. 10 PM. $10.

Get out the house, you Philip K. Dick wannabe, and go Around the World in 90 Minutes with photog Marty Essen, author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring Seven Continents. His stories of world travel will have you thinking twice about agoraphobia. UC Theater. 7 PM. Free. Photo courtesy of Marc Leverette

The Holler! comes out of Fort Collins with a full-throated wail of jamming and bluegrass good times, with Missoula local Dan Dubuque, on Fri., Feb. 17, at 9 PM. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St.

WEDNESDAY February

Shave that neck beard and turn off “The Young and the Restless” so you can attend the UM Office of Career Services’ 23rd Annual Big Sky

Career Fair. The fair offers participants an opportunity to meet with employers. For UM students and alumni. UC Ballroom. 9 AM–3 PM. Free.

nightlife Let them dance, or at least give it a try, during Kids’ Hip Hop (7-10 years old) at the Downtown Dance Collective. No dance experi-

As the earth heats up, so does the speed at which evolution occurs (says me), so critters are bound to catch up to humans and destroy us, right? Maybe not, but you can find out what is happening at the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Forum lecture Climate Change and Polor Bear-Human Interactions given by polar bear biologist Ian Striling. Urey Lecture Hall. 7 PM. Free. Hey psychedelic dream poppers, put down that copy of Piper’s at the Gates of Dawn and check out Philly’s Vacationer, with locals I Hate Your Girlfriend (ex-Ax Racoons). The Palace. 9 PM. Free.

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SPOTLIGHT cut loose In my day, the CutBank office was a-clutter in boxes and boxes of papers stuffed inside manila envelopes that contained threatening cover letters and often-erotic photos. Today, Editor-in-Chief Josh Fomon runs a 21st century low-clutter, electronic-submissiononly office with dozens of readers and as many as 10 editors. Also, the magazine curates several contests that cover fiction, non-fiction, poetry and lyrical essays and that have raised the magazine's profile. You may not be aware, but you probably know someone who has bulldozed their way through the thousands of submissions that make up the CutBank Literary Magazine slush pile.

writer, a mom, unemployed, under-employed, a calendar editor, a cook or a professor who uses phrases like “discursive strategy ” in polite company. Someone who couldn’t believe that 10 percent of all the stories submitted to CutBank by the world’s up-and-coming creative writers have a penis of some shade in the first paragraph. So, after getting through 3,000 or so manuscripts, many of which featured the aforementioned penises, incest and gruesome murders sopping with blood, it is time to celebrate the stuff that readers crave, the good prose and the great poems that make CutBank a paper feather in the creative writing program’s cap.

This week, CutBank hosts its annual fundraiser and the release WHAT: CutBank Literary Magazine Annual Fundraiser. of CutBank 76. The fundraiser takes place at The Top Hat and Who: Readings by Michael Earl Craig and Lois Welch, features readings by the funny, with music by Dear Sister Killdeer insightful poet Michael Earl Craig and memoirist Lois Welch. Also WHERE: The Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. Andrew and Alex Smith are screening the trailer for their feaWHEN: Thu., Feb. 23 from 6 PM to 9 PM ture-film Winter in the Blood, HOW MUCH: $10, includes a copy of CutBank 76 based on the James Welch novel. There is bluegrass music by Dear Sister Killdeer, as well as drawWhat does that mean? It means you probably ings and prizes galore. If you’ve never seen writknow someone who has an MFA in creative writers in their natural habitat, this event will cure ing from UM. Someone who helped shape the your curiosity. Come see where the big fish lie. look and tone of the 38-year-old journal. –Jason McMackin Someone who these days is a barista, a freelance

See how MSO do when the Josh Clinger Trio is joined by The Dodgy Mountain Men and Javier Ryan at The Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

THURSDAY

February

“Sundown” before you roll into Sean Kelly’s Open Mic night. Call 5421471 after 10 AM Thursdays to signup. 8:30 PM–Midnight. It’s not the name of a new fast-attack submarine. Regan Clancy is a band from the state capitol! And they have indie-folk rockin’ friends called Sillyredhat, Boys and the Chalfonts. The Palace. 9 PM. $5.

Get yourself a smoking deal on a crock pot at the Missoula MOPS Spring Consignment Sale. 3801 S. Russell St. 10 AM–6 PM.

Hear what the music of Violet Jessop may have sounded like when One Leaf Clover plays the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

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Hit Pulse (inside the Press Box) for tuneage and grooveage with gal singer Andrea Harsell. 9–Midnight. Free.

Learn how the pros live the sustainable lifestyle during Cheri Chastain’s (of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.) lecture at the Sustainable Business Council’s 10th Anniversary Sustainability Lecture. Gallagher Business Building, Rm. 106. 6–7 PM Free. Get buck wild with the fam when Barnaby Wilde performs at the Draught Works Brewery. 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free. Grab ye olde acoustic and learn

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The gravy train with biscuit wheels that is the Best Westerns’ VFW residency comes to an end tonight. First a performance with VTO and Steppenwolf Shit. 245 W. Main. 9 PM. Free. Get sweaty with all the beautiful people at the Dead Hipster Dance Party, where love and funk is in the air. The Badlander. 208 Ryman St.

$3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM–midnight. 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. Put on a clean shirt, we have company. Hamilton’s best power trio Temper-Airly brings the big bats to The Top Hat for some dee-lish rockin’. 9:30 PM. Free. Dear readers, I have a hot new plan. From now on when you send me your event information late, you owe me one beer. Believe me, I'm keeping track. I won't be shy about it either. The fine folks at the VFW owe me two. Hook me up with the goods by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Feb. 3 to calendar@ missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online.

MOUNTAIN HIGH O nce February rolls around, it's easy to become a sloth. Weekend days camped out on the couch watching two and three movies, maybe two and three episodes of “Downton Abbey,” too. Meals are chock-full of cheese and bacon. Yellow and red bags of Fritos take the place of green salads on the old TV tray. A fingertip of blue cheese and beers for dessert. That’s the example some of us are setting for the kids. Not the folks at The Backwoods Project, however. Their goal is two-fold: keep kids active year-round and develop a freestyle terrain park that is available to anyone with a lift ticket. After three years of work, things are coming together. Snowbowl is back onboard after a bit of wrangling and is developing a freestyle park, according to Executive Director and founder of the project Gregg Janecky. And, in what seems like no surprise, Janecky says the Missoula community has come through and become receptive to the group’s vision of having a viable freestyle arena easily accessible to local children. This weekend, The Backwoods Project hosts its

main event and fundraiser, Ride Montana III, at Marshall Mountain. The event features a public park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, with a contest beginning at 1 p.m. On Saturday, the contest will be judged by the participants, while Sunday’s event will have a panel of adult judges. Both days will have cash prizes for those who twist off the kindest, dankest moves. With the popularity of the contest growing each year (expect a couple hundred kids to take part), best you set a good example: get up early, have a healthy breakfast and take the kids outside for some good clean fun. Netflix ain’t going anywhere. Ride Montana III takes place at the Marshall Mountain Ski Area on Sat., Feb. 18, and Sun., Feb. 19, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Cost is $15 for two days and $10 for an individual day. Currently, The Backwoods Project seeks donations of toilet paper, paper towels and traction sand for the event. To donate, email gregg@thebackwoodsproject.com. For more info., go to thebackwoodsproject.com.

Photo by Chad Harder

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 The folks at the Montana Natural History Center teach the young ‘uns how to observe and connect with nature at the miniNaturalists Pre-K Program. For ages 2–5. 120 Hickory St. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 members.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17

I believe that children are our future, so take them to Lone Pine State Park’s Snow Stompers Program Under the Winter Water, which focuses on aquatic critters that live under the ice. Kalispell, 300 Lone Pine Rd. 11–12 PM. $3. Join a ranger from Lone PIne State Park in Kalispell for a Winter Discovery Snow Shoe Hike. BYOSS or rent a set from the park for $5. Familes with kids 10 and up welcome. 1–2 PM. Call Mary Beth at 7552706 ext. 2.

Big Sky Resort has more than airborne lift chairs for your pleasure. They also have the weekend-long Big Sky Big Grass Bluegrass Festival. Go skiing. Listen to music. Repeat until Sunday. bigskyresort.com.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19

Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s (formerly the Flathead Valley Over the Hill Gang) weekly meeting to talk about being awesome, past glories and upcoming activities. Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free.

Stretch them legs (it’s almost bikini season!) by joining the Montana Wilderness Association’s Winter Wilderness Walk at Monture Creek Trail. The hike is 6-10 miles and is considered a moderate jaunt. Contact Christian to sign-up at (847) 757-4077.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18

MONDAY FEBRUARY 20

Hey pilgrims, the Montana FWP in Missoula is hosting a Trapper Education Class. Participants receive training in ethics, rules, identification and equipment. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. 3201 Spurgin. 8:30–5 PM. Free. Call 542-5500 for more info.

At Slacker Mondays, from 6 PM until close, slackline fans can come to Freestone Climbing Center at 935 Toole Ave. to test their balance. $13/$10 for students. Visit freestoneclimbing.com.

Stop being a dumb pilgrim and learn the ways of the woods at Northwest Connections’ Animal Tracking Clinic a two-day course taught by local outfitters and naturalists held at the group’s homestead. $150/$75 for Seeley-Swan residents. Lodging $15 per night. Learn more at northwestconnections.org.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 Learn what you need to have a hot rod hootenanny in the woods during REI’s Snowshoeing Basics classic. 3275 N. Reserve. 6:30–8 PM. Free. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Six hidden gems in KBGA’s gorgeous mess of programming by Skylar Browning

Both the beauty and the curse of 89.9 FM, KBGA College Radio, is the station’s dedication to educating aspiring broadcast talent and to programming a diverse lineup of shows. In short, it can be wildly hit or miss. This gorgeous mess of music makes for some adventurous listening and, over time, it has delivered some of the most beloved original shows on any radio dial. We’re talking about stuff you can’t get anywhere else, even in this time of podcasts, satellite radio and streaming online stations. In honor of KBGA’s annual fundraising drive and its EndofThon celebration concert on Friday, Feb. 17, we highlight six programs that, through their longevity and creativity, epitomize the station’s free-flowing spirit.

THE OUTER LIMITS Nothing else on KBGA—or any other terrestrial station—sounds quite like this musical and metaphysical journey down the wormhole. Graham Woolley and DJ Dog Majik (Majik prefers not to give his real name) enter each two-hour show with a decided theme and then shovel a largely pre-produced audio mishmash of content about that topic onto the airwaves. There’s music, but also spoken-word essays, movie clips, commercials, poetry, live banter between Woolley and Majik and the required PSAs or station promos all seamlessly woven into one continuous, trippy, stream-of-consciousness delivery.

doomed to repeat the same day over and over again. Murray’s famous line, “Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today,” bled into a comedy bit from “Mr. Show,” which rolled into a spot for the KBGA events calendar and then into an extended existential talk by some articulate scholar-type about the cosmos, mathematical theories, the end of days and, well, you get the picture. It’s a wonder what dial wanderers think when they come across the program. “We don’t get requests anymore,” says Woolley, who’s been doing the show for nearly two years. Woolley says he spends about three or four hours in preparation for every hour of on-air programming. He’ll scour online videos, film libraries, his LP collection and other files for possible inclusion in a show. A lot of the material will be put together beforehand, but he and Majik always leave room for a certain amount of improvisation. Whatever direction they go, it’s usually worth the ride. Tune in: Thursdays, 9–11 a.m.

POWERHOUSE OF A SHOW Few things can make someone look forward to the world after a rough Friday night like the honeyed tones of KBGA’s longest tenured DJ. H-Rap has held down the station’s Saturday morning slot since 2000. He plays old-school funk, R&B and soul, which make for a wonderful tonic on its own. But it’s H-Rap’s infectious attitude and distinct dialect that’s made him a local legend. Listeners may not always know what H-Rap is saying through his staccato delivery, but it doesn’t matter. As he sings along with the music, or taps a tambourine to the beat, or preaches positive vibes to his audience between songs, the sentiment is clear. “H is dressing fine, drinking fine wine,” he says. “Can you dig that, my sweet?” Yes, indeed. Tune in: Saturdays, 9 a.m.–noon

SWIMMING WITH THE MERMAID

Outer Limits Radio Show spins their magic in the KBGA studio.

“I’m a fan of old-school progressive rock,” explains Woolley, who’s in his last semester as a forestry major. “Those long instrumental sections and quick changes— I like to create the same thing in our radio show.” One recent “Outer Limits” focused on “imagination” and included every possible version Woolley could find of “Pure Imagination,” the song from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as Shpongle’s “Circuits of the Imagination” and The Temptations “Just My Imagination,” among others. On Groundhog Day, the duo dialed up clips from the famous Bill Murray film where he plays a weatherman

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Like most Missoulians, and most people on this list, the ever-present Adelaide Every wears a few different hats. She plays bass with local rockers Rooster Sauce, works at Ear Photo by Chad Harder Candy Music and displays her experimental artwork at various venues around town. But Every’s arguably best known for her long-running Friday morning show on KBGA and for spinning records at local events. Ever since 2004, DJ Mermaid has promised to prepare listeners for the weekend with a slow build of feelgood tuneage. Through her other endeavors and years of work on the air, program director Jon Van Dyke says she’s built one of the station’s more loyal audiences. “We have a couple shows that draw in consistently high listeners,” he says, “and I’d say DJ Mermaid is definitely on that list.” Tune in: Fridays, 9–11 a.m.

ULTRA-MEGA ULTRA BLAST AND MUFFIN TOPS Josh Vanek needs little introduction to local music fans. As the founder of independent record label Wäntage USA and the driving force behind one of the region’s best and longest running DIY musical festivals, Total Fest, Vanek has established himself as a curator of underexposed and underappreciated artists. The easiest place to hear what he’s currently digging—and what may be next on the Total Fest lineup or Wäntage catalog—is during his regular Thursday afternoon show. Vanek leans toward loud, obscure and different, and he has a soft spot for bands from Latvia, but just about anything can end up on his show. One day he’ll play 11 straight songs by Herätys, a hardcore Swedish punk band that sings in Finnish. On another, he’ll offer a tutorial on Vaz, a Brooklyn-based indie band with ties to an old North Dakota trio called Hammerhead; Vanek will play cuts from both, and toss in a phone interview with a band member for good measure. It’s hard to beat Vanek’s passion for discovering and sharing new music. In fact, one of the few who can stand with him track-for-track is his wife, Niki, who follows “Ultra-Mega Ultra Blast” with an hourlong show of her own, “Muffin Tops.” Tune in: Thursdays, 4–6 p.m.

DOWNSPOUT For many, local musician Larry Hirshberg’s name is synonymous with KBGA. He’s had the late Thursday night slot for nine years, in addition to other programming positions. Hirshberg has eclectic taste, and “Downspout” reflects that by featuring a wide range of genres. His most recent show jumped from Andrew Bird to the Star Wars theme by John Williams to one of Hirshberg’s favorites, the Grateful Dead, to, eventually, a long piece by found-sound composer P. Miles Bryson. The result is accessible but adventurous. Tune in: Thursdays, 10 p.m.–midnight

GENERATION X Simply put, Randy Katen gets people to talk. We’re referring specifically to other musicians, big ones, the types who otherwise only appear on KBGA through recorded albums. His list of live interviews is impressive: Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and Minor Threat, Henry Rollins, James Williamson of The Stooges, Sally Mutant of The Mutants, Mike Watt from Minutemen, Erik Sandin of NOFX, the members of Deranged Diction, including current Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, and dozens of others. Katen’s contacts make him stand out, but he backs up the interviews with a playlist of old-school punk tracks that could stand on its own. The only downside is that his show only airs twice a month. Tune in: Every other Sunday, 6–8 p.m. KBGA College Radio continues its annual RadioThon fundraiser through Fri., Feb. 17. Call 243-KBGA to pledge support. Then celebrate with the station’s EndofThon at the Badlander and Palace, Fri. at 9 p.m., with Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Rooster Sauce, Hosannas, King Elephant, Eskmo, Logisticalone and DJ Kris Moon. $10. arts@missoulanews.com

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Eskmo The video for Eskmo's tune "Cloudlight" is like an acid-head's wet dream. It shows the artist, Brendan Angelides, staring at a shape-shifting sky while singing the lyrics "Cloudlight / Floating in magically colorful pieces of sky / Pieces of skylight." The music is equally trippy: a hip-hop beat with a snare evoking the sound of several tree branches being broken at once, anchored by sullen melodies and field recordings of things like bubbling water. The production is edgy and futuristic and sparkles through your speakers. It's by far one of the best tunes from this Los Angeles-based producer's 2010 self-titled record, which incorporates the tastiest parts of downtempo, glitch hop and experimental electronic music into something that's amorphous and addictive. In a live setting, Angelides commands your fixed

T-Pain

Some of you know Tallahassee Pain from his role as Frylock in the live-action version of “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” Better known is his smooth, robotic vocal style that both disguises and emphasizes his emotive power. The thing is, we couldn't handle his raw emotion without Auto-Tune shielding us from the weight of all that melancholic ecstasy. Listen to the man express his appreciation of a job well-done in “Booty Wurk (One Cheek at a

Shigeto Lineage Ghostly International

The new EP from Brooklyn's Shigeto (aka Zach Saginaw) is both dreamy and narcotic, but you wouldn't want to snooze to it. That's because this is cuttingedge electronic music that's cooked up in the framework of jazz, and showcases skittery hip-hop cuddled in gorgeously layered soundscapes. The title track sets the mood with shimmery synth chords (and what sounds like electric piano) hovering over a snaky beat with shifty percussion and sliced field recordings. Fans of offkilter, electronic-meets-hip-hop artists like Flying Lotus will drool over this tune. Further along this head trip, “A Child's Mind” initially sounds like a free jazz electronic freakout session but then segues into a danceable uptempo number featuring standup bass and melodies

Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes Vagrant

I think I speak for 34-year-olds everywhere when I say A) What is a Skrillex? and B) I want Craig Finn to be good. With The Hold Steady, Finn made a series of great albums about being a little too old for the party. That these albums sort of got worse as the band went on—and, probably coincidentally, as Finn’s voice got better—only proved that life

attention. Expect to see him hammering away at keyboards while he sings, triggers beats and tweaks sound effects. He might also tear up pieces of paper and amplify it through a microphone for added texture. You can certainly dance to his tunes too, but you'll have to accept that Angelides is massaging your brain into a gooey pulp of psychedelic awesomeness. (Ira Sather-Olson) Eskmo plays KBGA's Endofthon Party at the Palace Fri., Feb. 17, at 9 PM with Kris Moon and Logisticalone. $10/$8 advance plus fees at Ear Candy and Rockin Rudy's. Time).” He sings, “Girl I got a Chevy with hydraulics and you remindin’ me of it / Up and down, up and down, girl you know what's happenin’ / Round of applause, keep that booty clappin’.” Indeed, appreciating others’ beauty is the crux of his music, but perfection is not necessarily the ideal, as in “I’m N Luv ( Wit a Stripper),” where he states, “Out of all the girls she be not the hottest,” yet he still falls for her. “69” demonstrates his belief that men and women are equals, “Baby girl / I’ve been doing tongue exercises / And girl / I’m thinking ’bout them booty and them thighs.” T-Pain is the musical apotheosis of 21st century mores. ( Jason McMackin) T-Pain co-headlines the Snowstorm Music Tour with Gym Class Heroes, also featuring Grieves & Budo, Cris Cab and Outasight at the Adams Center Tue., Feb 21, at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $35/$29.50 adv. Available at Griztix outlets. created by various bell sounds. I imagine Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis getting down to this track in a smoke-filled club in some alternate universe. Lineage is the kind of record that could turn snobby jazz purists into bona fide beatheads, thanks in part to the fact that Saginaw studied jazz for six years. Saginaw has some seriously inventive licks up his sleeve. (Ira Sather-Olson) Shigeto plays the Palace Sat., Feb. 18, with Mux Mool and locals Bock's Elder and Sounds!ThatHappen. $10/$7 advance plus fees at Ear Candy and eventbrite.com, with a $5 surcharge for those ages 18-20. imitates art. The Hold Steady started out as Finn yelling true statements over tumultuous rock jams. If the rock softened over time, surely we would still be okay as long as we had the truth. Right? It turns out that rock is truth. Proof is in Clear Heart Full Eyes, whose bluesy, downtempo arrangements make Finn’s trenchant story songs sound like schtick. The album is beautifully produced, but the arrangements are plodding and anemic. The near-total absence of rock puts a lot of pressure on the lyrics, which cover familiar themes: drug burnouts, crazy young women, sudden conversions to Jesus. Maybe they sound mannered now because of distance; maybe Finn has remembered this stuff for so long that he remembers himself remembering it. Maybe that’s what age sounds like. (Dan Brooks)

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For wealth inequality, political scandals and author digs into Heinze’s technique of buying lawyers plain seediness, there were few cities that could top and judges in order to keep Clark and Daly busy while late 20th century Butte. Six-time Spur Award winner he extracts their ore. The Richest Hill on Earth has a and author of around 50 previous novels (!), rare knack for simplifying complex legal and industrial Richard S. Wheeler has written an un-idealized hubris without itself becoming simplistic. Likewise, Wheeler’s sketch of the frantic avarice of chronicle of Butte in The Richest Hill on Earth, choosing a fiery era to scrutinize one of the rough- the Helena legislature circa 1892 to 1907—awash in est cities on any kind of map: a dreamscape for back-room brokering, impropriety and boodling—is extravagant capitalists and something close to a disturbing and impressive. As Wheeler says, “The integrity of the state’s government lay in ruins. The nightmare for miners and women. Beginning in 1892, The Richest Hill on Earth starts integrity of its legislators was wrecked. The editorial with East Coast newspaperman John Fellowes Hall arriv- independence of nearly every paper in the state was compromised.” Tying his ing in Butte at the behest intimate story of varying of Copper King William classes of Buttians to the Andrews Clark to edit larger-scale changes in Clark’s paper, the Butte the country, brought on Mineral. H a l l ’ s o n l y by threats to the Sherman responsibilities are to slanSilver Purchase Act, the der Clark’s rivals and rise of Populism and a secure him a seat in the push by unions for better U.S. Senate. Quickly, Hall conditions, is both indifinds a city brimming with vidualized and epic. This corruption, colorfully is smart, discerning storynicknamed lowlifes, telling with an inclination wretched poverty and, of for the unexpected detail course, trainloads of the that illuminates his charcopper that makes up the acters better than any hismajority of the city’s busitorical profile. His locales ness. Soon, Hall transare vibrant places, from forms Mineral into a yelthe sordid bars favored by low rag of sensationalism miners to the Silver Bow and gossip. In Butte, howClub, a hangout for the ever, as Wheeler unspools wealthy and the ass-kisshis half dozen leading ing, and are described in characters, everybody is chatty abundance. out to pocket the riches This is a book about that lay just below them. “That’s what Butte was all Richard Wheeler reads from The Richest Hill the interchangeable about,” Wheeler writes. On Earth at Fact & Fiction Thursday, Feb. 16, at nature of desperation and power, and a close “Wealth yanked from the 7 PM. Free. study of the end of the bowels of the city.” But The Richest Hill on Earth is not about any one Gilded Age. What could have been an aimless recap of person. Rather, it encapsulates a small babel of conflict- a wild city is transformed in Wheeler’s hands into an ing voices that swirl around the bleak city. Foremost is investigation of the effects that labor and capital have Clark himself, a ludicrously affluent (the second richest on human beings and how Butte magnified these person in the world, he insists) owner of many of effects to a glaring degree. The Richest Hill on Earth is an ambitious and Butte’s mines. Then there's Marcus Daly, Clark’s great enemy and founder of the Anaconda Copper Mining intrepid bit of acrobatic verisimilitude; a tightly focused Company, who dreams of Anaconda being the state tapestry of a damaged city. Every chapter overflows capital. Add to that a downcast psychic, a widower with snappy dialogue and dynamic scenes—the horrors turned laundress turned leftist agitator (Red Alice of mining, misguided and precocious moguls, the Brophy), a greedy mortician suffering innumerable minutiae of empire-building in an industry of zero regvenereal diseases, a pimping union boss named Big ulation. It is a heterogeneous mix of first-class scholarJohnny Boyle and a couple of silent Rockefellers intent ship and imaginative insight into people both real and on owning Butte’s resources, and you have a rollicking conjured. Wheeler has taken the complexity of early cast on a brutal, Dickensian stage populated with Butte and written the hell out of it. It is as informative as any textbook, and as engrossing as a highbrow smelters, pits in the earth and fancy hotels. A 346-page novel about copper trusts, corporate thriller. 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who describes himself as the “back-up parent.” But that moment never arrives. Instead, director Alexander Payne steers the film to unexpected places, keeping things wonderfully off-balance as King and his daughters cope with a dying wife and mother while simultaneously searching for the man she was sleeping with. How the film deals with such diametrically opposed emotions is brilliant in its restraint. The feelings of loss and anger and love and revenge are all real. The melodrama is absent.

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Payne appears to gravitate toward films about outcasts and infidelities. His last two big projects— Sideways and About Schmidt—focused heavily on both, to the point where the films became uncomfortable to watch at times. Here, Matt King isn’t an outcast in the traditional sense, but his practical nature and introverted tendencies make him something of an anomaly among his friends and family. The infidelity angle is so different here in that only one person can do the talking. The scene in which Matt confronts his comatose wife about her affair—waiting for a response he knows will never come—is devastating. Clooney’s stellar performance is enhanced by the actors around him, particularly Woodley, who grows on screen from a spoiled brat to become her father’s confidante. The shift doesn’t feel forced, but rather like the result of a young woman forced to grow up in a hurry. For much-needed moments of comic relief, we can thank Sid (Nick Krause), a friend of Alex’s who always seems to be along for the ride. He is also multi-layered, much to the film’s benefit. The Descendants is filmed through the lens of Hawaii’s permanent residents, which makes it a rarity in the cinematic history of the island state. The dichotomy of a family crisis unfolding in the land of vacationers and surfers and luaus makes for an uneasy but evocative island vibe. Everything about it feels original. The Descendants never stops reminding you that even in paradise, life can be unfair and unforgiving. The Descendants continues at the Carmike 12.

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and 4:45 pm. 3D: 1:45, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:45 pm. Village 6: 3D: 7 pm daily, with a 1:15 pm matinees Sat.-Mon. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with matinees Sat. and Sun at 3 pm. Stadium 14: 12:05 and 5:05 pm, Fri.-Sun. and 4:25 pm Mon.-Thu. 3D: 2:25, 7:25 and 9:45 pm, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. 1:25, 7:25 and 9:45 pm, Mon.-Thu. Mountain: 2:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15 pm.

RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Skrillex, Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method remix all sorts of tuneage and electronically re-imagine sound. NR. Carmike 12: 7:45 pm.

THE DESCENDANTS George Clooney takes his daughters on a trip to confront the man his wife has been cheating on him with. Did I mention his wife is on life support? Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:15, 4:15 and 9:50 pm. Stadium 14: 1:05, 3:50, 6:55 and 9:35, with a midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 1:05, 3:50, 6:55 and 9:35 pm, Mon.-Thu.

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Michelle Williams plays Marilyn Monroe in this story about the terse relationship between Sir Laurence Olivier and the actress during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. Rated R. Stadium 14: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 pm, Fri.-Sun. 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 and 9:40 pm, Mon.-Thu.

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY A family of four-inch tall people are discovered living in regular-sized people’s house. Worlds collide. Starring the voices of Amy Poehler and Will Arnett. Rated G. Carmike 12: 1, 4, 6:30 and 9 pm.

THE GREY Wolves hunt Liam Neeson in Alaska after his plane goes down. Wolves, you just messed up. Rated R. Village 6: 4 and 7 pm, with matinees at 10 pm on Fri. and Sat. and 1 pm matinees on Sat.-Thu.

ONE FOR THE MONEY A newly unemployed and divorced Katherine Heigl gets a job at her cousin’s bail bond business and finds herself hunting a cop from her romantic past. Will they or won’t they? Also starring Jason

OPENING THIS WEEK GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Fire in the hole! Johnny Blaze sets his head on fire and does battle with the devil. Starring Nicolas Cage. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 3D: 1, 4, 7 and 9:20 pm. Big D: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 9:50 pm. Village 6: 7 pm daily, with matinees Sat.-Mon. at 1 pm. 3D: 4 pm daily, with 10 pm shows on Fri. and Sat. Stadium 14: 12:20, 2:40, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40 pm, Fri.-Sun. 1:50, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:10 pm, Mon.-Thu. Mountain: 2, 4, 7 and 9 pm.

at 3 pm on Sat. and Sun. Stadium 14: 12:25, 3:25, 6:25 and 9:25 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30 pm, Mon.-Thu. THIS MEANS WAR Two CIA agents battle for Reese Witherspoon’s affections with gadgets galore. Will either try writing her a poem? Starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 1:15, 4:15, 7:30 and 10 pm. Pharaohplex: 2, 4, 7 and 9 pm. Stadium 14: 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 and 9:55 pm, Fri.-Sun. 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:30 pm, Mon.-Thu. Entertainer: 4, 7 and 9 pm. Mountain: 2, 4, 7 and 9 pm. THE VOW Hello V-Day! Rachel McAdams wakes up from a coma with severe memory loss and finds her hunky husband romancing her once again. Starring Channing Tatum. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 1:30, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 pm. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with matinees Sat. and Sun at 3 pm. Stadium 14: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 9:50 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:25

That's hot. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance opens Friday at the Carmike 12, Village 6, Stadium 14 and Mountain Cinema.

Stadium 14: 12:15, 2:35, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:35 pm, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and 9:15 pm, Mon.-Thu.

NOW PLAYING THE ARTIST Will talking pictures end silent film star George Valentin’s career? Will he find love with a young dancer? It seems black-and-white to me. Starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. Rated PG-13. Wilma: 7 pm and 9 pm nightly, with Big Sky Documentary Film Festival screenings daily. Stadium 14: 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:35 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 and 9:15, Mon.-Thu. BIG MIRACLE A news reporter and his ex-lady try to rescue a family of gray whales trapped under ice. Let’s hope love is the buoy that saves us all. Starring, Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 7:45 and 10 pm. Stadium 14: 4 and 9:15 pm, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. CHRONICLE Three high school boys gain superpowers and

Stadium 14: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:40 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. HUGO Based on a children’s book no one in this office has ever read, Hugo is the story of a Parisian orphan who lives in the walls of a train station during the 1930s. There is a mystery, too, involving a robot and the boy’s father. Directed by Martin Scorcese and starring Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 3D: 7:35. Stadium 14: 3D: 1 and 6:30 pm. THE IRON LADY Meryl Streep guns for Oscar gold as Britain’s Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher. Also starring Jim Broadbent and Richard E. Grant. Rated PG-13. Stadium 14: 12:10 and 4:40 pm, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. 1:10 and 7:10 pm, Mon.-Thu. JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND A kid and his mom’s boyfriend search for grandpa on a topsy-turvy island where big things are small and vice versa. Opposites, people love ‘em. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 1:15

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O’Mara. PG-13. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:30 pm, with 10 pm shows on Fri. and Sat., matinees at 1:30 pm Sat.-Mon. Stadium 14: 2:20, 7:10 and 9:35 pm, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. 4:35 and 9:35 pm, Mon.-Thu. SAFE HOUSE A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. Denzel shows up and stuff gets real. Starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:15, 2, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:30 pm, with shows at 10 pm on Fri. and Sat. and 1:30 pm matinees on Sat. and Sun. Pharaohplex: 6:50 and 9:10 pm, with 3 pm matinees on Sat. and Sun. Stadium 14: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:45 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. Mountain: 2, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:15 pm. STAR WARS: EPISODE I 3D Two Jedi Knights uncover a galaxy-wide plot. This time in 3D. Starring Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 3D: 1, 4, 7, 9 and 10 pm. Village 6: 4:15 pm daily and 10 pm on Fri. and Sat. Pharaohplex: 7 pm, with matinees

pm, Mon.-Thu. Showboat: 4:15, 7 and 9 PM. THE WOMAN IN BLACK In a time when men wore pocket watches, a young lawyer goes to a remote village and finds it terrorized by the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman. Starring Daniel Radcliffe. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: Big D: 1:30, 4:45. 7:30 and 9:50 pm. Stadium 14: 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, and 9:15 pm, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 and 9:45 pm, Mon.-Thu. Showboat: 4, 7:15 and 9:15 pm. Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Feb. 17. 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 12/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7804. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130. in Whitefish–862-3130.

Do You Know What To Do With These? Ace Hardware, Home Depot, and Lowes recycle unbroken cfl bulbs from homes at no charge. Compact fluorescent bulbs use 75% less energy and reduce mercury and global warming emissions from power plants. But these bulbs do contain small amounts of mercury, and should be recycled - not thrown away. Or try LED bulbs, which do not contain mercury and save even more energy! LEDs are long-lasting, efficient and are becoming very affordable. Ace Hardware accepts mercury thermostats for recycling. Save energy by replacing your old mercury thermostat with an energy-saving programmable one. But the old thermostats contain significant amounts of mercury, and should be recycled - never thrown away.

Why is it important to properly dispose of products containing mercury? ·Mercury is toxic – especially for young children and pregnant women. ·Builds up in fish that we eat when it is released to the environment. ·Some household products contain significant amounts of mercury (fossil fuel power plants release the most mercury, however).

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Fools rush in, but the real fools find themselves facedown in a pool of “boy, was I dumb” and get busy coming up with reasons why staying there is a wise idea. In “The Folly of Fools,” anthropologist Dr. Robert Trivers explains self-deceptions like yours, noting the difference between intelligence and consciousness: “You can be very bright but unconscious.” When you realize you’ve been unconscious, you can choose to wake up and cut your losses— before you start saying cutting things to your goodhearted sexy simpleton. To live less sleepwalkingly in the future, reflect on what got you into this—what void you tried to fill by telling your rationality to shut up and go sit in the corner so you could congratulate yourself on the great love you found. And goody for you on what you actually found—some really great sex—but let’s call a cabana boy a cabana boy, lest you turn a story that should be “My Hunky Winter Vacation” into a move-in special.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him,” says a Dutch proverb. Ancient Roman writer Marcus Terentius Varro articulated a similar idea: “The longest part of the journey is the passing of the gate.” I hope these serve as words of encouragement for you, Cancerian. You’ve got a quest ahead of you. At its best, it will involve freewheeling exploration and unpredictable discoveries. If you can get started in a timely manner, you’ll set an excellent tone for the adventures. Don’t procrastinate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re so close to finding a fresh perspective that would allow you to outmaneuver an old torment, Leo. You’re on the verge of breaking through a wall of illusion that has sealed you off from some very interesting truths. In the hope of providing you with the last little push that will take you the rest of the way, I offer two related insights from creativity specialist Roger von Oech: 1. If you get too fixated on solving a certain problem, you may fail to notice a new opportunity that arises outside the context of that problem. 2. If you intensify your focus by looking twice as hard at a situation that’s right in front of you, you will be less likely to see a good idea that’s right behind you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Thirty-two carrier pigeons were awarded medals by the United Kingdom for their meritorious service in the World Wars. Of course, they probably would have preferred sunflower seeds and peanuts as their prize. Let that lesson guide you as you bestow blessings on the people and animals that have done so much for you, Virgo. Give them goodies they would actually love to receive, not meaningless gold stars or abstract accolades. It’s time to honor and reward your supporters with practical actions that suit them well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The caterpillar-to-butterfly transformation is such an iconic symbol of metamorphosis that it has become a cliche. And yet I’d like to point out that when the graceful winged creature emerges from its chrysalis, it never grows any further. We human beings, on the other hand, are asked to be in a lifelong state of metamorphosis, continually adjusting and shifting to meet our changing circumstances. I’ll go so far as to say that having a readiness to be in continual transformation is one of the most beautiful qualities a person can have. Are you interested in cultivating more of that capacity, Libra? Now would be an excellent time to do so. Remember that line by Bob Dylan: “He who is not busy being born is busy dying.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This would be an excellent time to round up a slew of new role models. In my astrological opinion, you need to feel far more than your usual levels of admiration for exceptional human beings. You’re in a phase when you could derive tremendous inspiration by closely observing masters and virtuosos and pros who are doing what you would like to do. For that matter, your mental and spiritual health would be profoundly enhanced by studying anyone who has found what he or she was born to do and is doing it with liberated flair.

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CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk Office, Missoula City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for furnishing the City of Missoula Fire Department with the following: Two (2) Compressed Air Foam Pumping Units Bidders shall bid by returning required bid forms and completed apparatus specifications to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in a sealed envelope marked plainly on the outside, Bid for Fire Department CAFS Units, Opening 3:00 PM, February 21, 2012. Each bidder shall submit a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City of Missoula. This should be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit for each bid. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the city is exempt from them and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City of Missoula Fire Department reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. The City of Missoula Fire Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. The City of Missoula Fire Department reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding which is not of a substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Fire Department (406) 552-6210. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID STREET MAINTENANCE MATERIALS Notice is hereby given that SEVEN separate sealed bids will be received at the office of the Missoula City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 1:00 p.m., on March 1, 2012 and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for furnishing the following Materials: City Project No. 100-2012 MATERIAL BID ITEMS (1) 500 Tons of Emulsified Asphalt (3) 5,000 Tons of Hot Mix Asphalt (4) 4,000 Tons of Sand Surfacing (5) 4,500 Tons Seal Coat Aggregate (6) 3,000 Tons 3/8” ‘Driveway Grade’ Hot Mix Asphalt (7) 8,000 Tons Grade “D” Hot Mix Asphalt (8) 1,000 Tons Drain Aggregate (sump rock) Bidders shall bid on bid proposal forms addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate sealed envelopes, with separate bid security for each bid, plainly marked on the outside either; “Proposal for City Project No. 101-2012 (1) 500 Tons of Emulsified Asphalt; or “Proposal for City Project No. 1032012 (3) 5,000 Tons of Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 104-2012 (4) 4,000 Tons of Sand Surfacing; or Proposal for City Project No. 105-2012 (5) 4,500 Tons of Seal Coat Aggregate; or Proposal for City Project No. 106-2012 (6) 3,000 Tons 3/8” ‘Driveway Grade’ Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 107-2012 (7) 8,000 Tons Grade “D” Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 108-2012 (8) 1,000 Tons Drain Aggregate (sump rock).” Proposals must be accompanied by cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety

corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. Bidders may obtain specifications, bid proposal forms, and other information from the City Street Division, Public Works City Shop Complex, 1305 A Scott Street, Missoula, MT 59802. (406) 5526359 or 552-6361. Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana, against the bid of a nonresident if the state of the nonresident enforces a preference for residents. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 1:00 p.m. on March 1, 2012. /s/ MARTHA L. REHBEIN City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST A RELEASE OF FUNDS February 16, 2012 City of Missoula (Responsible Entity) 435 Ryman Missoula, MT 59802 406-258-4657 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by The Poverello Center, Inc. REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about March 20, 2012, the City of Missoula will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on behalf of The Poverello Center, Inc., for the release of Economic Development Initiative - Special Project funds authorized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 2009, to undertake a project known as Relocation of The Poverello Center for the purpose of purchasing a property colloquially known as The Trail’s End, at 1106 – 1112 West Broadway, Missoula, and subsequently to there erect a new building to house The Poverello Center’s homeless shelter and soup kitchen. This grant is in the amount of $285,000; total project costs are estimated at $3,989,000. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Missoula has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. The ERR is available on line a t http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.a spx?NID=1111, or may be examined or copied weekdays from 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. at the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants offices. PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants. All comments received by 12:00 Noon on March 19 will be considered by the City of Missoula prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should be submitted by email to povcomments@co.missoula.mt.us, or by mail to Office of Planning & Grants, Attn: Pov Comments, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. All comments should specify whether they are addressing the Finding of No Significant Impact or the Request for the Release of Funds. RELEASE OF

FUNDS The City of Missoula certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that John Engen in his capacity as Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows The Poverello Center to use Economic Development Initiative funds. OBJECTIONS TO THE RELEASE OF FUNDS The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Missoula’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are made on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Missoula; (b) the City of Missoula has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before the approval of a release of funds by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or (d) another Federal agency, acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504, has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures of 24 CFR Part 58 and shall be addressed to the (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Region VIII Office, 8ADE, 1670 Broadway Street, Colorado 80202-4801. Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period. /s/ John Engen, Mayor City of Missoula MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED MOTOR VEHICLE WRECKING FACILITY 9575 FUTURITY DRIVE, MISSOULA, MONTANA Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the question of whether to support or oppose the application of Pacific Steel & Recycling (Mason Mikkola) for a motor vehicle wrecking facility license at 9575 Futurity Drive, off of West Broadway near the Wye in Missoula, Montana. This facility is proposed for Section 28, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, two tracts: Tract A is PLAT A6-1, PARCEL 00A, TR A COS 4196; and Tract B is PLAT A6, PARCEL 00B, TR B COS 4196. Both tracts combined are approximately 20 acres in size. Copies of the application are available for review at the Missoula City-County Health Department, 301 West Alder, Missoula, MT and online at www.co.missoula.mt.us/EnvHealth/ The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at their regular Public Meeting on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 1:30 p.m., in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing by phone, mail, fax, e-mail or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, MT 59802; Fax: (406) 721-4043; Phone: (406) 2584877; E-Mail: bcc@co.missoula.mt.us DATED THIS 6TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No 1 Cause No. DV-11-1557 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. ESTATE OF RICHARD HOWARD WILLIAMS, Deceased, DARINDA WILLIAMS, Personal Repre-

sentative, and DARINDA WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT C. SAMUEL, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVENAMED RESPONDENT: Robert C. Samuel. You, the Defendant, are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within (21) twenty one days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought to obtain relief of which is stated in the Complaint, specifically for the purpose of determining ownership in the Irrigation system purchased and used by Richard Williams and Darinda Williams on the Kona ranch Leasehold. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, the 7th day of February, 2012. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of the District Court By: Andrew Jenks, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Judge Ed Mclean Cause No. DV-11-928 NOTICE OF HEARING In Re the Name Change of Shelby Erickson NOTICE is hereby given that the Petitioner, Crystal Baird, has filed a petition with this Court requesting to change the name of a minor child from Shelby Erickson to Shelby Lorraine Erickson. NOW, therefore, notice is given to all persons interested in the matter that a hearing on the petition will be held at the Courthouse in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, on Wednesday February 29, 2012 at 1:15 p.m., in the above-named Court, at which time objections to said Petition will be heard. DATED this 19th day of January, 2012. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-12-16 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILDA M. CULP, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (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 R. Culp, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 315 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 1st day of February, 2012. THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, Cause No. DV-12-74 Dept. No 2. Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Claudine Noel Wiley Frohmader, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Claudine Noel Wiley Frohmader to Claudine Noel Cellier. The hearing will be on March 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: January 27, 2012. /s/ Robert L. Deschamps III, District Court Judge NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Case No. DV-09-1191 Judge ED McLEAN Dept. #1; MLIC ASSET HOLDINGS LLC, Plaintiff, vs. BITTERROOT TRAILS, LLC; MACLAY TIMBER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; THOMAS MACLAY, also known as THOMAS BRUCE MACLAY, THOMAS B. MACLAY, TOM B. MACLAY, AND TOM MACLAY; H. BRUCE MACLAY, also known as BRUCE H. MACLAY, BRUCE MACLAY, HOLMES MACLAY, AND HOLMES BRUCE MACLAY; MARY B. MACLAY; LYNN LOUISE JACOBSON MACLAY; BITTERROOT RESORT, LLC; STATE OF MONTANA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION; CARLTON CREEK IRRIGATION COMPANY; and JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Defendants. TO BE SOLD at Sheriff’s Sale on the 22nd day of February 2012, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at the front door of the Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, that real and personal property located in Missoula County, Montana described on the attached Exhibit A. Any transfer of the permittee’s/lessee’s right, title and interest in State Forest Land Use Authorization Permit No. 3063082 pursuant this Sheriff’s Sale is subject to the Constitutional discretion of the Montana State Board of Land Commissioners under Article X, Section 4 of the 1972 Montana Constitution to approve of any lessee holding an interest in a lease of State school trust lands. No representations or warranties whatsoever are made with regard to the property described on the attached Ex-

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PUBLIC NOTICES hibit A, including but not limited to the existence or condition of any of the personal property or fixtures described thereon. DATED: January 27, 2012. /s/ CARL C. IBSEN, Sheriff, Missoula County, Montana EXHIBIT A PARCEL I: Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Section 20: S1/2SE1/4 Section 21: W1/2, NW1/4NE1/4 Section 28: N1/2NE1/4, NW1/4 Section 29: NE1/4 PARCEL II: Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Section 22: E1/2SW1/4, S1/2SE1/4 Section 27: NE1/4NW1/4 Remainder parcel of Carlton Heights – Maple Creek Addition, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana according to the official plat of record in Book 25 of Plats at Page 64. PARCEL III: Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Section 21: S1/2NE1/4, NE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4 PARCEL IV: Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Section 22: N1/2, N1/2SE1/4, W1/2SW1/4 Section 27: NW1/4NW1/4 Tract 1 of Mackintosh Manor, Lot 40A-1, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 31 of Plats at Page 70. PARCEL V: Parcel B-1 of Mackintosh Manor, Lot 24, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 32 of Plats at Page 1. PARCEL VI: Lot 16A1B of Macintosh Manor, Lots 45-48, & 16A-1A, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 32 of Plats at Page 11. PARCELS VII, VIII & IX: Purposefully omitted PARCEL X: Lot 2 of Carlton Heights – Maple Creek Addition No. 2, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Book 31 of Plats at Page 68. PARCEL XI: Lot 24A-1 of Mackintosh Manor, Lots 24A-1 & 16A-1, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 32 of Plats at Page 9; and Lots 20A, 21A & 22A of Mackintosh Manor, Lots 20-23 & 16A-1, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 32 of Plats at Page 10. PARCEL XII: That portion of the SE1/4 and of the S1/2NE1/4 of Section 14, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, lying and being Easterly of the East right of way of the Burlington Northern Railroad. PARCEL XIII: That portion of the SE1/4 of Section 14, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, being West of the Westerly right-of-way of the Northern Pacific Railroad, LESS AND EXCEPTING that portion conveyed to the State of Montana in Book 122 of Deeds at Page 404 and ALSO EXCEPTING that portion condemned by the State of Montana in Book 101 of Micro Records at Page 1285, records of Missoula County, Montana. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING that portion platted as CARLTON, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana. Together with all the tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, easements, privileges, rights, including private roads and all easements and rights of access, now or hereafter belonging to or used in connection with the above described property, all minerals and mineral rights, all water and water rights, including but not limited to all shares of stock and other rights in any ditch or canal company or water users association, including but not limited to 54.9 shares of stock in Carlton Creek Irrigation Company, all ditches or other conduits, and all other rights thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and all wells, tanks, dams, reservoirs, dikes, embankments and other water development, storage or conservation facilities and structures; and Together with all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to that certain Private Roadway & Crossing Agreement No. 211,948 made March 1, 1975, between Burlington Northern, Inc. and Holmes Maclay and H. Bruce Maclay, co-partners doing business as Maclay & Son (the “Crossing Agreement”). Montana Rail Link, Inc. has succeeded to and owns the interest of Burlington Northern, Inc. under the Crossing Agreement, and H. Bruce Maclay and Mary B. Maclay have succeeded to and own the interest of Holmes Maclay and H. Bruce Maclay, co-partners doing business as Maclay & Son under the Crossing Agreement; and All windmills, pumps, irrigation equipment, motors, engines, and devices of every kind now or hereafter used for or in connection with the irrigation of the above-described real property, or for stock watering or domestic purposes thereon, including but not limited to that property described below (the “Irrigation Equipment”), together with all additions, accessions, replacements, improvements, repairs and substitutions to said Irrigation Equipment and the proceeds thereof and all other irrigation equipment and fixtures now or hereafter located upon the above-described real property, all of which are declared to be appurtenant to said land, or incident to the ownership thereof, or used in connection therewith, and 54.9 shares of stock in the Carlton Creek Irrigation Company. The Irrigation Equipment is described as follows: Field 1 Pump: Cornell Pump Co., Model 2.5 W

15-2, Serial No. 61005 (6 7/8); Field 1 Motor: Lesson, Model 215TTDW7921 AA L, S/N 140,656; Field 2 Pump: Cornell Pump Co., Model 3YB-30-2, S/N 60359 ( 7 3/16); Field 2 Motor: Baldor Industrial, Model 40F51Y56, S/N 1,890; Field 3 Pivot: Grow Smart – Lindsay, Model 014158-0, S/N L7810; Field 3 Pump: Cornell Pump Co., Model 4 RB 40-4, S/N 70525 (12 1/2); Field 3 Motor: Baldor Industrial, Model 42E96Y13, S/N 6,900; Field 5 Pivot: Selectric Inc/Klockner Moeller, Model 4400-L7682, S/N PX43; Field 6 Pivot: Zimmatic – Lindsay, Model RMAC Talking Pivot, S/N L57236; Field 7 Pivot: Zimmatic – Lindsay, Model RMAC Talking Pivot, S/N L57235; Field 9 Pivot: Zimmatic – Lindsay, Model RMAC Talking Pivot, S/N L57237; Field 8 and 9 Pump: Cornell Pump Co., Model 4WB30-2, S/N 2091 (6 9/16); Field 8 and 9 Pump: GE, Model 5K284XAM101, S/N LCJ1122430 Two (2) Hand Lines Wheel Line No. 1: 1978 Wade Rain Wheel Line; Pump: Cornell, 15 HP, Model 2.5 W-15; Motor: Cornell, Serial No. 61005; Wheel Line No. 2: 1978 Wade Rain Wheel Line; Pump: Cornell, 30HP, Model 3YB-30-2; Motor: Cornell, Serial No. 60359; Wheel Line No. 3: 1984 Wade Rain Wheel Line; Pump: Cornell, 30 HP, Model 4WB30-2; Serial No. LCJ1122430. All right, title and interest of the lessee/permittee in and under State Forest Land Use Authorization Permit No. 3063082 issued by the State of Montana, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. All rents, issues, royalties and profits now due or which may hereafter become due under or by virtue of any lease, license, sublease, or agreement, written or verbal, for the use or occupancy of the above-described property or any part thereof, whether now existing or hereafter made; and All right, title and interest hereafter acquired in or to any of the property, real or personal, described above, and all right, title and interest hereafter acquired in or to any lands lying within the exterior boundaries of the fee owned and leased lands described herein. All personal property, goods, equipment, including irrigation equipment attached to or placed in or upon that real property described above, vehicles, artwork, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, appliances, inventory, supplies, machinery, accounts, deposit accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, investments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, software, chattel paper, general intangibles (including payment intangibles), wherever located, together with all additions, accessions, replacements, improvements, repairs and substitutions to said property and to the proceeds thereof. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/18/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200632688, Bk 789, Pg 569, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Scott McWatters and Kelly McWatters, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel I: A parcel of land being a portion of Government Lot 2 located in Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract A on Certificate of Survey No. 5585. Parcel II: Together with a non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress as described in easement recorded December 15, 2004, in Book 744 of Micro Records, Page 1640. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 21, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $277,830.31. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $259,993.39, 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 May 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The

conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.97054) 1002.206690-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/15/98, recorded as Instrument No. 199834018, Bk. 566, Pg. 1422, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David E. Chamberlain, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and First Montana Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel E of Certificate of Survey No. 3983, located in the Northwest quarter (NW1/4) of Section 17, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Less and excepting therefrom any right, title or interest in any minerals, mineral rights or related matters, including but not limited to oil, gas, coal, and other hydrocarbons. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 16, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $87,037.10. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $71,944.10, 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 April 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.73996) 1002.156751-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/27/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200730982, Bk 809, Pg 883, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which James Leonard Sampson, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 15 of Hurt First Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana,

according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 16, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $164,920.13. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $158,804.88, 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 April 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.97982) 1002.206550-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/30/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201008604, B:859, P:491, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark Edward Baker and Bernice G. Baker, unmarried was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 of Warren Acre Tracts, 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 09/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 27, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $114,223.10. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $109,881.06, 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 May 8, 2012 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

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costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.98015) 1002.206882-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 3, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: DOC ID #: 00010836378208005 CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 552, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Julianne A. Pitts and James C. Pitts, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 16, 2005 and recorded on August 16, 2005 in Book 758, Page 358 under Document No. 200521181. The beneficial interest is currently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., 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 $933.29, beginning August 1, 2010, 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 December 1, 2011 is $143,448.48 principal, interest at the rate of 6.125% now totaling $12,447.06, late charges in the amount of$139.98, escrow advances of $3,486.97, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,262.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.07 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 28, 2011 /s/ Dalia Martinez First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 28th day of November, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of

Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires: 8/15/2012 Bac V. Pitts 42019.191 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 6, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana; Lots 20, 21 and the West 4 feet of Lot 22 of Block 36 of the Amended Plat of a portion of Car Line Addition, located in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 129 of Micro Records at Page 605 Gary A. Linton II and Tammy K. Linton, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank-Missoula, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 30, 2004 and recorded on February 4, 2004 in Book 725, Page 1880 under Document No 200403051. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., 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 $831.30, beginning May 1, 2011, 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 December 16, 2011 is $80,469.63 principal, interest at the rate of 7.0% now totaling $3,986.77, late charges in the amount of $419.02, escrow advances of $2,042.91, suspense balance of $-38.74 and other fees and expenses, advanced of $394.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $15.43 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors, if such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 29, 2011 /s/ Becky Stucki First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 29th day of November, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Becky Stucki, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires: 8/15/2012 Citimortgage V Linton 42011.536

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 9, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 1 AND A 1/30TH INTEREST UNDIVIDED OR, IN AND TO LOT 11 IN BLOCK 2 OF SWANLAND RECREATION SITES, A SUBDIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF MONTANA IN BOOK 402 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1738. Virgil L. Phelps and Diane L. Phelps, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on June 10, 2009 and recorded on June 15, 2009 in Book 841, Page708 under Document No. 200914268. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., 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 $812.75, beginning August 1, 2011, and each month subsequent which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 25, 2011 is $128,806.87 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25000% now totaling $2,541.95, late charges in the amount of $121.89, escrow advances of $641.32, and other fees and expenses advanced of $42.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.06 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day follow-

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 226, 249, 517, 533, and 540 Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday February 27, 2012. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Tuesday February 28, 2012, 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.

PUBLIC NOTICES ing 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: December 5, 2011 /s/ Dalia Martinez First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 5th day of December, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires:8/15/2012 PHHV Phelps 41392.823 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 9, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana lo-

cated at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE FOLLOWING -DESCRIBED PREMISES IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO WIT: LOT 4 IN BLOCK 5 OF ELMS ADDITION NO. 4, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TAX ID# 917302 Christine L. Staggs, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Lawyer’s Title Insurance Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2008 and recorded April 1, 2008 in Book 816, Page 310, as Document No. 200807134. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,142.79, beginning July 1, 2011, 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 December 16, 2011 is $238,423.82 principal, interest at the rate of 3.50000% now totaling $4,515.34, late charges in the amount of $961.22, escrow advances of $2,910.91, suspense balance of $-847.38 and other fees and expenses advanced of $34.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.86 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 pre-

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s serve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bank-

ruptcy 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: December 5, 2011 /s/ Dalia Martinez First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 5th day of December, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires: 8/15/2012 Gmac / Staggs 41207.948 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 05/25/2012, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COM-

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, March 5, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana:

THE MISSOULA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m., THURSDAY March 1, 2012, Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item:

129 W. Front Street – Microdistillery Conditional Use Request from Ryan Montgomery for a Conditional Use approval for property located at 129 W Front Street (see Map V), zoned CBD-4 (Central Business District). The applicant requests the Conditional Use in order to construct a new microdistillery production and retail facility at this location.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street. Call 258-4657 for further assistance.

If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.

The Office of Planning and Grants has received a request from Bechtle Architects, representing the Western Montana Mental Health Center for an Historic Preservation Permit for alterations to the historic Fort Missoula Post Hospital Building. The property is zoned OP3 and is legally described as: Tract 2, Certificate of Survey No. 5112 located in the southwest one-quarter (SW1/4) of Section 31, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana; containing 3.32 acres (See Map X). The request is for the following:

PANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which CLARK G. ANDERSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/25/2007 and recorded 05/31/2007, in document No. 200713508 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 798 at Page Number 594 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 OF TOWER LOTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1125 TOWER STREET, Missoula, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-12. 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 09/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: 1. A request by Knife River for a variance from the 500’ setback requirement from a residential zoning district for a batch plant and aggregate bin building proposed on the property addressed as 4815 Mullan Road, zoned JTL-Allen Special District. See map W.

Preservation and rehabilitation of the exterior and interior of the existing Fort Missoula Post Hospital, addition of stair tower and elevator for egress and accessibility, and 4,644 square foot addition connected to northwest side of existing building, as detailed in a complete application on file with the Office of Planning and Grants The goal of the Recovery Center @ Fort Missoula (RCFM) is to convert and expand the existing Old Post Hospital building at Fort Missoula from the current office use to an inpatient recovery center. RCFM is designed to meet the needs of adults suffering from chemical dependency and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding the Historic Preservation Permit request you may contact Philip Maechling at the 258-4706 or email pmaechli@co.missoula.mt.us.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning and Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the special exception and variance request you may contact Jamie Erbacher at the same number or by e-mail at jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 $194,451.04 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.02% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be 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: 01/10/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0085495 FEI NO. 1006.142564 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 05/21/2012, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together

with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JEFFERY A ANDERSON, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY as Grantor(s), 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 03/08/2007 and recorded 03/14/2007, in document No. 200705934 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 793 at Page Number 749 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 19 SOUTH MISSOULA, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 446 EDITH ST, Missoula, MT 59801-3914. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 02/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments

and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $220,834.53 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.00% per annum from 02/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be 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: 01/05/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0000509 FEI NO. 1006.151029 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 05/21/2012, 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 ex-

ecution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which SCOTT DEAN JOHNSON, AND MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/23/2006 and recorded 06/30/2006, in document No. 200616003 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 778 at Page Number 63 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 14 IN BLOCK 5 OF BITTERROOT HOMES ADDITION NO. 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 809 DIXON AVE, Missoula, MT 59801-8619. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 09/01/2011, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments

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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 $184,614.96 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.125% per annum from 09/01/2011 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 01/05/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0000772 FEI NO. 1006.151027 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 05/29/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his

successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which WILLIAM C BOWERS, AND THEO JOSEPHINE BOWERS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 09/25/2006 and recorded 09/29/2006, in document No. 200625008 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 784 at Page Number 257 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK 2 OF SOL ACREAGE TRACTS SUBDIVISION, 2ND FILING, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 11915 VIRGINIA LN, Missoula, MT 59804-9766. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 09/01/2011, 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 $224,376.77 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 2.00% per annum from 09/01/2011 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 01/13/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0002029 FEI NO. 1006.151666

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RENTAL 1914 S. 14th St. Brand new studios, central location, w/d, a/c, shared yard, garage space avail. $575. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 Bedroom Close to Good Food Store, $695 H/W/S/G paid, dishwasher, coin-op laundry, off street parking, on a quiet cul-desac GATEWEST 728-7333 2 Bedroom Great Location $650 W/S/G paid, W/D hookups, dishwasher, new flooring, storage, carport. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 Bedroom North Russell $615 H/W/S/G/ paid, coin-op laundry, off street parking & storage. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 Bedroom 1 & bath $850 washer and dryer in unit, dishwasher, garbage paid, covered parking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 BR MOVE IN CONDITION! 2BR/1.5 bath condo located in Missoula’s Northside neighborhood. New carpet, tile and paint throughout. This 2 level

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BRAND NEW 3 BED, 2 BATH HOME ON 1 ACRE. HOME TO BE BUILT SO YOU CAN PICK YOUR COLORS AND SOME FINISHING TOUCHES. GENEROUS $2000 APPLIANCE ALLOWANCE AND $1300 LANDSCAPING ALLOWANCE. Call Betsy for more info 8804749.

Missoula. Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 550-3077 Wonderful 5 bed, 3 bath home @ top of Fairviews with 2 car

garage. Level lot! Borders open space. All new carpet & interior paint. Trex deck off dining room. Great views! Back yard is fenced. $275,000. MLS#20116161. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507. www.110artemos.com

PRICE REDUCED 4 bed 2 bath house on one full landscaped acre near Wye. Great Well at 30 gpm. 2 gas fireplaces, updated kitchen and bathrooms. $280,000. MLS #20120012. 9869 Lee’s Lane, Missoula. Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com

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PRICE REDUCED! Well maintained 4 bed home w/ hardwood flooring in living, dining and kitchen. Fully fenced backyard w/ deck. Nicely landscaped w/ mature trees and srubs. UG sprinklers in both front and back yard. 232 Cap De Villa, Lolo. $230,000. MLS#20116816. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Rattlesnake dream property with a 1 bedroom apartment! 3 bed, 2 bath, 3 car garage located on over 1/2 acre manicured & landscaped gardens & lawn. UG sprinkler, “secret garden” & fenced yard. $425,000. MLS#20114396. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507. www.2404rattlesnake.com. Three story townhome near North Reserve. Two Bed, one Loft, three bath with fenced yard and double car garage. GREAT Deal at $180,000. MLS #20117696. 3741A Concord,

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PRICE REDUCED • 4 Bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Large deck over looks yard • Lots of room & basement • New furnace & water heater • $225,000• MLS# 20110384

• 1 acre country living close to town • Double detached garage • Additional living quarters • 3 bed, 2.5 bath, covered deck • $299,900 • MLS#20115937

PRICE REDUCED • 3 bed, 2 bth, 2 car garage • 3 acres, partially fenced • Plenty of room for entertaining • Low maintenance vinyl siding • $179,000 • MLS# 20117486

Price Reduced • Well maintained 4 bed, 1.5 bath • Fully fenced back yard, nice deck • Landscaped, trees, shrubs • UG sprinklers in front and back • $230,000 • MLS# 20116816

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REAL ESTATE CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES For a limited time a purchase of a condo at the Uptown Flats will include a large flat screen TV and assistance with up to $5000 Buyers closing costs!The Uptown Flats have two one bed one bath units at $149,900. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com Four bed, 1-1/2 bath, 3 car garage home at 345 Brooks st. Close to downtown, neighborhood coffee shop/restaurant, and university. Long time family home has potential to also have downstairs rental. Just $275,000 MLS 20117301 Call Anne 546-

916 Kern St. $124,500 1bd/1ba, 670 sq. ft. + bsmt storage. Room to ad on. New furnace & electric. Owner may carry.

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5816 for details. www.movemontana.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES Beautifully Newly Remodeled. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Lot rent is $255/mo Setup in beautiful park. 626-4514 or 546-9475 Great single wide 2 bed, 2 bath mobile on large lot with double car garage. Fenced yard, lots of trees and curbing around the landscaping. Covered deck. 1641 Stoddard, Missoula. $99,500. MLS#20116883. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. PRICE REDUCED! Manufactured 3 bed 2 bath home, permanent foundation, low maintenance vinyl siding, 3 acres, partially fenced, double garage. Large deck with awning over looking the Bitterroot Valley. Large master bedroom with nice master bath. 663 Ridge Road, Stevensville.

$179,000. MLS#20117486. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

LAND FOR SALE Beautiful 14 acre parcel just west of Huson. Meadow with trees

& pasture. Modulars or double wides on foundation ok. Owner may finance. 23645 Mullan Road, Huson. $169,900. MLS#20112135. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins Commercial building on coveted downtown location with lots of foot traffic. Building only for sale. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com

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