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News Voices/Letters Fish Creek State Park and Fred Van Valkenburg.....................................4 The Week in Review Big Sky Doc Awards, meth and hate groups ..............................6 Briefs Coal, Stahl farm and sexual assaults ....................................................................6 Etc. Avalanches vs. tree wells .........................................................................................7 News Proposed school construction in Lolo sparks conflict, again ...............................8 News Yellowstone looks to cull 600 bison annually through 2016 ..............................9 Opinion Marijuana’s long road to legality ..................................................................10 Feature The great Flathead fish fiasco..........................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Megan M. Garr cozies up to literary journals you want to sleep with..................18 Music Deer Rabbit, VTO, The Casket Girls and Tacocat ...............................................19 Books Peter Stark tackles forgotten history in Astoria ................................................20 Film Palaces takes an unexpected turn........................................................................21 Film Our reviewers predict who wins this year’s Academy Awards .............................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ......................................................23 Flash in the Pan Yolk tales ...........................................................................................24 Hangriest Hour Tagliare Delicatessen .........................................................................26 8 Days a Week Something’s fishy ................................................................................27 Mountain High Bruce Sims on climate change...........................................................33 Agenda Eliminating racism...........................................................................................34

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Figuring out Fish Creek

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, Feb. 25, near the corner of N. Higgins and Spruce. Will you spend your Sunday night watching the Academy Awards? Follow-up: What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the last year?

Rachel Ariaz: No. It’s my day off so I’m gonna make a delicious home-cooked soup, drink a glass of tea and go to bed early after a long day of cross-country skiing. Wilderness act: There was film at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival directed by Ben Hamilton called The Meaning of Wild. It was about Alaska and had beautiful and breathtaking shots. It may have made me tear up a bit.

Skip Higgins: Yes. I’ve seen three of the nominated films and American Hustle was awesome. Dark stars: Into Darkness, the new Star Trek sequel, was good. And Zero Dark Thirty. There’s such an emotional connection to that whole story and it brings closure to that whole ordeal.

Anna Semple: I didn’t know they were happening! I plan on making dinner with a friend that night. Docudrama: I just saw a good one at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival called A World Not Ours. It brought up a really serious issue but in a lighthearted and human way.

Steven Nance: Sundays are my day off so I’ll probably be hanging out at Charlie B’s. Alternate ending: I watched a foreign movie called Troubled Water about a guy who gets out of prison after he accidentally kills a kid when he was only trying to kidnap him. It’s about him returning to civilization and coming to terms with what he’s done.

Emily Meals: Yes. I’m looking forward to the best actor and best actress categories. I hope Leonardo DiCaprio wins for The Wolf of Wall Street. Katniss foreverdeen: The second Hunger Games movie, Catching Fire. I read the books and do archery so that’s why I like it.

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A recent call for public comment on the Fish Creek State Park Draft Management Plan has reinvigorated the debate between those who see economic opportunity in the development of public lands and those who believe that development of any kind spoils the very land we would seek to enjoy (see “Fight over Fish Creek,” Jan. 29). Outspoken factions on both sides of the discussion take a very “all or nothing” approach and that is just not realistic. Montanans know how to enjoy public lands without spoiling them, and create economic success along the way. We’ve been doing it for as long as people have traveled to our state to enjoy the spectacular, unspoiled nature here! Fish Creek State Park presents a unique opportunity to create a regional destination in Mineral County, an especially hard-hit area of the state following the decline of the timber industry. It is irresponsible to see communities in our state struggling economically when they have such a valuable commodity that so many of our visitors are willing to pay top dollar to enjoy. Now, I don’t think anyone on the prodevelopment side envisions steering millions of our non-resident visitors to Fish Creek every year and trampling the pristine landscape there. Just 11,000 total visitors over the course of an entire year could infuse as much as $4 million to $9 million into Mineral County’s economy. That’s good news for the hoteliers, outfitters and guides and other small businesses in the area that see much of their prospective business pass them by on the way to Missoula or Yellowstone or Glacier. It’s important to put the number “11,000” into perspective. That’s less than one-10th of a percent of the total number of non-resident visitors to our state in 2013. It’s less than half the average number of visitors to the 11 state parks in Region 2 in

2012. And it’s a little more than twice the number of visitors that visited Fish Creek State Park alone in 2012, which in that year were almost exclusively Montanans. The great thing about Fish Creek is that it has all the components of a yearround destination that would allow for an even distribution of increased visitation. Anglers would flock to the area from spring through fall; summer brings hikers, campers, rafters and wildlife watchers; and winter brings hunters and snowmobilers. But we’ve got to develop the amenities and infrastructure, especially

“Montanans know how to enjoy public lands without spoiling them” the campgrounds and trail system, to support these activities while protecting the land and the nearby watershed. So that brings the discussion to the next challenge. How do we pay for it? Using state taxpayer dollars exclusively to fund the procurement and operations and maintenance of public lands with little or no public support to make them economically viable is unrealistic and irresponsible. We have to find more creative ways that responsibly fund public lands while sharing the financial load with other public and private entities. Public and private partnerships with concessionaires, construction developers and management firms are the key to the long-term conservation of our public lands and their economic viability. It allows the state to retain its authority for the

stewardship of a place like Fish Creek while allowing local businesses and entrepreneurs to have some skin in the game as they pursue profitability. Wouldn’t a local business dependent on the land’s preservation be its most ardent conservationist and protector? I’m sure the answer from the outfitters and guides that already operate along the Clark Fork would be an emphatic, “Yes!” But there is a role for our federal government to play and one it has not done well in recent decades. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is America’s premier conservation program. Created in 1965, the LWCF is funded exclusively by a small percentage of offshore oil and gas revenues (not taxpayer dollars) up to $900 million annually. Yet nearly every year, the majority of LWCF funds are diverted to other unintended purposes. The impact of LWCF on Montana cannot be overstated. Nearly 70 percent of our state’s fishing access sites were created with LWCF. Yet, less than $3 million dollars from the LWCF has been spent on conservation efforts in western Montana over the last decade and no LWCF funds have been spent in Mineral County since 1990. The primary reason: The LWCF is underfunded at the national level, which means ever decreasing amounts are available for all 50 states to share. If we are to seriously manage the conservation (and continued expansion) of our existing state parks, fishing access sites, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas we have got to engage our federal legislators on this subject and urge them to support fully funding the LWCF. The LWCF would provide a viable source of funding for the conservation of our public lands allowing state funds to be better used in their management and development. Mike Garcia Director Voices of Montana Tourism Helena

[Comments from MissoulaNews.com] Backtalk from “Heavyweight fight,” Feb. 20

Smells wrong

Makes things harder

Hard truths

“My gut feeling tells me that there is more to this than the people are being told. This entire thing smells of political trash and leaves a lot of unanswered questions.” Posted Feb. 20 at 5:35 p.m.

“It’s hard enough for a woman to report a sexual offense/assault. After hearing all of this, my thought is it’s only going to make it harder. After all, why would any woman want to be told her case didn’t have ‘sufficient evidence’?” Posted Feb. 21 at 5:22 a.m.

“What needs to be done is the people need to be educated on how the system works and what to do if you are the victim of such a crime. It’s a hard truth and a horrible fact but without the evidence you can’t prove a crime.” Posted Feb. 14 at 7:40 a.m.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, February 19 PPL Montana workers discover the body of 24-year-old Graham Macker in the Missouri River behind Black Eagle Dam. Macker, who drowned, had been featured in the 2006 HBO documentary Montana Meth.

Thursday, February 20 The 11th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival announces its winners. Best Feature honors go to A World Not Ours, a film about refugees in Lebanon. Uranium Drive-In, a story about a depressed Colorado mining town that faces a new uranium boom, takes the Big Sky Award.

Friday, February 21 The U.S. Forest Service names Tim Garcia the new supervisor of the 2.1-million-acre Lolo National Forest. Garcia was previously the acting supervisor of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and a legislative affairs specialist for the agency in Washington, D.C.

Saturday, February 22 Hannah Capen, 23, and Meghan Okon, 9, die in a car wreck on U.S. Highway 93 south of Lolo after Capen loses control of her truck, crosses the dividing line and crashes into the vehicle that Okon’s mother is driving. The snowy highway is closed for four hours as a result of the collision.

Sunday, February 23 Fifty-one teams from across the Pacific Northwest and Canada gather in Kalispell for the final day of the inaugural Montana Pond Hockey Classic, a rambunctious and beer-fueled tournament on the 15-inchthick ice of Foys Lake.

Monday, February 24 A record-breaking 7.9 inches of snow falls in the Missoula Valley. Some locals respond by breaking out cross-country skis to commute to work. One Indy reporter is forced to walk to the office after his car is buried in a deep drift.

Tuesday, February 25 The Southern Poverty Law Center releases its annual report on the number of hate groups in the United States, revealing that Montana’s batch of wackos is in decline. The report says the number of hate groups in the state decreased from 12 to eight between 2012 and 2013.

Runners participate in the 35th annual Snow Joke Half Marathon at Seeley Lake on Feb. 22. The event drew more than 450 people and 42 canines despite record-breaking snowfall in the area.

Coal

Campaign heats up Nick Triolo stood on the steps of the Missoula County Courthouse on Feb. 22 and explained to a crowd of about 200 why it was so important to make a statement that snowy afternoon. “I strongly believe we are ... doing the most important thing that we could be doing today,” said Triolo, a University of Montana graduate student and member of the Blue Skies Campaign. “I don’t know what is more important than this.” Triolo was joined by activists and organizers from across the state, including members of the Montana Sierra Club, 350.org, the Blue Skies Campaign, Indian People’s Action and other groups, who want to stop increased coal train traffic through Missoula and halt the development of the Otter Creek mine in eastern Montana. “We have some huge decisions that are to be made this year about the Otter Creek mine ... and the Tongue River Railroad that would connect these mines to the rail system,” Triolo explained. “We are already seeing tons and tons of coal coming through our communities on its way to being exported overseas. This has con-

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tributed to a wide range of health complications, both for the land and humans, as a result of coal dust, toxic fumes, noise pollution, not to mention climate change.” Five more speakers energized the audience before the crowd hit the streets and headed toward the train tracks in what event organizers said was one of the largest anti-coal marches ever in Missoula. The march marked the first in a series of demonstrations that the Blue Skies Campaign and its allies are organizing across the state this year. “We will have events in quite a few communities and that will be an important way to show decisionmakers that people all over the state care about climate issues and coal exports,” says Nick Engelfried, another Blue Skies organizer. The rally came nearly two weeks after another small victory for local coal opponents. On Feb. 12, the Washington Department of Ecology announced that it would include Montana coal train traffic in its environmental review of the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminal in Longview, Wash. Coal companies want to use the terminal to ship coal from the Powder River Basin to Asia. Environmentalists across the Pacific Northwest are trying to prevent the terminal’s construction. Jimmy Tobias

Agriculture

Barn conversion When Ted Rogers first stepped into the Stahl family farm’s 100-year-old barn off West Mullan, it was on the cusp of becoming another dirt-encrusted storage space. But Rogers saw potential in the hand-hewn beams, an idea that after a year of pressure-washing, linseed oil treatment and extensive renovation stands poised to become reality. “In my mind, what I saw was the ability to turn it into a country store that was appealing to the Western mind,” Rogers says. “Rustic but clean.” John Stahl’s farm has become something of a novelty in the Missoula area, almost as familiar as the sheep he grazes on weeds along Mount Jumbo. Dozens of visitors flock here nightly in late March and April for what’s known as the Running of the Lambs—the capstone for the free 7 p.m. farm tours Stahl began offering several years ago. In 2012, Stahl and his wife Cheryl started to capitalize on the attraction by selling custompainted coffee mugs. Now they hope to create even more buzz by throwing open the doors of their barnturned-country store March 25. “Four years ago, you would have told me this and I would have gone, ‘Are you crazy?’” Stahl says of the new

[news] venture, through which he’ll be selling eggs, produce and sheep products straight from the farm. “Now I’m proving myself wrong. I had to be converted to it myself.” The Stahls had initially hired Rogers, a private contractor in Missoula, to renovate their home. But his barn conversion idea proved contagious. Rogers says the timing just seemed right for such an undertaking. The rise in buy-local mentality has already helped push the number of farmers markets in Missoula County to seven. “Having something like this where it’s wholly sustainable—they’re growing their own food, they raise the sheep on Mount Jumbo, they have their own goats for goat milk—it all becomes this movable feast,” Rogers says. “Having a store gives them the unique opportunity to have an everyday farmers market.” For the Stahls, a country store is merely the beginning. Standing in a stiff winter wind outside the old barn, John talks of selling wool, honey and handmade soaps and giving the public a taste of the “great lifestyle we have.” Of course, to a rancher known largely for herding his sheep annually through town, there’s new business in exposure as well. “If you’re not growing,” he says, “you’re dying.” Alex Sakariassen

Bill’s emotional testimony prompted Councilman Ed Childers to address the issue in a committee meeting this week. Childers noted in his referral to council that the Mitchell’s complaint marks the second of its kind in six months. Existing law requires dogs be leashed while on cemetery grounds and that animal owners pick up waste. City Communications Director Ginny Merriam notes that since the Mitchells raised their concerns, cemetery staffers have posted signs advising dog owners of the rules. Mayor John Engen has also empowered cemetery employees to reel in roaming dogs. “I believe that the staff now is going to be a little bit more proactive when they see people with dogs off-leash,” Merriam says.

RIP

Dogs disturb cemetary When Tami Mitchell visited her grandson’s grave at Missoula Municipal Cemetery in January, she was horrified to witness a free-roaming dog defecating near the tombstones. “I was just dumbfounded,” Mitchell recalls. “I just couldn’t believe that someone (who owns a dog) would be that thoughtless.” Feb. 8 marked the three-year anniversary of Mitchell’s 18-month-old grandson’s death. She still brings flowers to his burial site monthly and in the winter makes a point to clear snow from his grave. Five generations of Mitchell’s family are buried at the city cemetery, and she considers the Northside location sacred ground. Her outrage at seeing the site “desecrated” prompted her to complain immediately to cemetery staff. Mitchell says that though employees were sympathetic, they said there was nothing they could do. Unsatisfied with that response, Mitchell and her husband, Bill, asked the Missoula City Council to intervene. Tami feared she couldn’t keep her composure, so Bill testified before council on her behalf, challenging lawmakers to take a stand. “I want to know right now,” he said, “that the city council and the mayor of Missoula think that it’s okay to use our loved one’s last resting place as a toilet for their dogs.”

Tami Mitchell says that while she appreciates those efforts, the cemetery simply isn’t a place for canine companions. That’s why she’s asking the city to ban them from the graveyard all together. “I have nothing against animals,” she says. “But I feel very strongly about them using the cemetery as a toilet.” Jessica Mayrer

Sexual assault

Not “Just the facts, ma’am” The Missoula Police Department took another key step in changing how it handles sexual assault cases by recently securing the necessary funding to create a dedicated Sex Crimes Investigation Unit. The move is part of the city’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve claims that it discriminated against women when policing rape charges.

BY THE NUMBERS

$1.2 million Cost of an eight-unit apartment complex proposed by the Western Montana Mental Health Center for mentally ill and HIV-positive homeless people. Missoula officials are accepting public comment on the project until March 1. On Feb. 24 the Missoula City Council unanimously approved spending $31,596 annually for the next three years to lease office space at 400 Ryman Street for the new unit. Police Chief Mike Brady told council earlier this month that the unit will enable MPD to more efficiently police sex crime. “Since we started our reorganization and compliance with our DOJ agreement, we realized that we had to look at the way that we use our people and try and provide more of a specialized response to victims of a lot of the different types of violence, the sexual violence and the intimate partner violence,” Brady said. “This space will allow us to bring everyone together, as well as free up some of our cramped offices.” The Sex Crimes Investigation Unit marks one of several changes made by MPD since May 15, when, after a year-long investigation, the DOJ found “deficiencies” at MPD that “compromise the effect of sexual assault investigations.” To resolve potential legal liability, MPD pledged to increase training and redouble efforts to make victims feel comfortable. Sgt. Travis Welsh says the changes to date include a significant overhaul of interview practices. The department is going so far as to scrutinize video footage to glean how investigator body language and voice inflection affects victims. MPD has also changed policy to empower detectives to travel for victim interviews, rather than requiring they occur at police headquarters. Welsh notes that many of the changes reflect a growing demand for law enforcement to serve as social workers of sorts. He acknowledges that for police trained to emotionally detach from many confrontational situations in the field, the transition can be tough. “It seems like society in general is expecting more and more of that out of public servants, and so we’re trying to wear that hat,” he says. “Not to coin a phrase or steal a line from a late ’50s cop show but the, ‘Just the facts, ma’am’ attitude has really gone away.” MPD aims to roll out its new Sex Crimes Investigation Unit within six months. Jessica Mayrer

ETC. Much is made of avalanche danger in western Montana. The latest advisories from the West Central Montana Avalanche Center place the risk of backcountry slides at “considerable,” a reality hammered home last weekend when a snowmobiler was killed near the Idaho border southwest of Troy. Snow dumps like the 19-plus inches we’ve just had prompt many to weigh that risk against the promise of an untracked alpine playground. But it’s important to note that even the seeming safety of local resorts is no guarantee. About two weeks ago, a Canadian skier at Whitefish Mountain Resort became one of the latest victims of a menace easily overlooked by liftriding powder hounds. The man had fallen into a tree well not far from Chair 7 on the resort’s backside, and attempts to resuscitate him after he was found were unsuccessful. It was the second tree well death at Whitefish so far this season. Surprisingly, tree wells have actually claimed more lives inside resort boundaries in the United States over the past two decades than avalanches have in the backcountry. According to data compiled by Northwest Avalanche Institute Director Paul Baugher, snow immersion suffocation—the technical term applied to tree well fatalities—caused 64 skier deaths between 1990 and 2012. Out-of-bounds avalanches have, by comparison, claimed 60 lives. That’s a sobering thought for anyone sniffing out powder in lift-accessed terrain. Trees beckon us with the promise of easily attainable yet untouched pockets of snow, when in fact they pose a slightly bigger threat than the thunderous slides that dominate our perception of winter hazards. Skill doesn’t equate to increased safety either; the Northwest Avalanche Institute claims 82 percent of tree well victims were advanced to expert skiers. Avoiding or surviving such encounters simply requires the same level of situational awareness on area that has become second nature for those off area. Ski with a partner, maintain visual contact with each other at all times, and don’t shred too far ahead. Baugher’s research shows recovery by ski patrol or search and rescue took an average of 15 hours, compared to the 20 to 30 minute window of extraction for those whose partners witness the crash. With all the freshies that have fallen this week, ducking off the groomers will prove an irresistible temptation. Caution and vigilance are key. It’s easy to feel safe in sight of a lift, the very presence of which can render avalanches a distant construct. But sometimes the less dramatic hazards can be the deadliest of all.

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Bond battle Proposed school construction in Lolo sparks conflict, again by Jimmy Tobias

Mike Magone, the superintendent of the Lolo School District, stands in a cramped bathroom in the lower building of the K-8 school that sits on a hill at the edge of U.S. Highway 93. With one toilet and two urinals, he says it is the only available bathroom for more than 30 sixth grade boys. In a nearby classroom, he points to a plastic bucket on the floor. “We don’t even have a sink in our science classroom,” he laments. Outside, traffic on the highway roars within 150 feet of that lower building — a remodeled one-room school house with two additional wings that hasn’t seen new construction since the 1960s. “We have our school on Highway 93, kids going out into the highway, running across,” Magone says. “When we have crossing guards here it is one thing, but during after-school hours we don’t.” The extra doors and entryways on campus are a security concern. The windows don’t open properly and are a fire hazard. The ancient boiler is energy inefficient and expensive. The school is so overcrowded, students only get seven to 10 minutes for lunch. The list goes on and on. Magone is sick of the safety and capacity problems at the current Lolo school. Along with the school board and some parents, he is leading the charge to build a new K-4 school on a 20-acre plot in east Lolo. He wants half of the students to move to the new building while the rest, grades five through eight, remain on the old campus. To accomplish the goal, the school district is trying to pass a revised $10.5 million school bond. A mail-in ballot arrived at Lolo homes on Feb. 20. This is the district’s second attempt to get a bond passed after its first campaign failed by a 43-vote margin in October. “People say, ‘Well, can’t you just do some things to fix this building?’ But the approximate cost to take care of the ADA accessibility and the boiler and all those things is a million and a half dollars,” says Magone. “Okay, that is less than building a new school but the bigger picture is that ... you are just trying to fix an old building. You haven’t increased your capacity for students. You haven’t solved the problem.” The bond has caused friction in Lolo. Drive down Highway 93 and on one side of the road you will see white signs in support of the proposal. Across the way, red placards on wooden legs tell residents to “VOTE NO.” Leading the opposition is

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Frank Miller, a local businessman who owns KT’s Hayloft Saloon and Deli and at least 10 other properties near the school. He helped defeat the bond campaign in October. The Miller family’s local holdings are worth more than $4 million, according to 2012 appraisals. Frank says his tax burden will be “tremendous” if the school bond passes. Though taxes concern him, he says he opposes the bond primarily because he disagrees with the school district’s plan.

dents—even if that bond were more expensive for taxpayers. “We are not fighting education,” Miller says. “I am willing to pay a higher tax base for a conventional school.” Superintendent Magone disputes Miller’s claims and disapproves of his methods. He says that the Lolo School District would be interested in building an entire K-8 facility at the new location if it could. Lolo’s bonding capacity, however, is less than $11 million and the school district cannot raise enough money for a larger

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Superintendent Mike Magone stands in front of the lower building at Lolo school. He wants to close the building and move all K-4 students to a new facility.

“We only want one school, we want a conventional school,” says Miller, whose daughter once attended the Lolo school. “We can’t afford two schools. There will be duplication of services.” Miller explains his position while standing in the headquarters of his business operation, where he and his staff produce signs and fliers to drum up opposition to the project. He is using every conceivable argument to defeat the bond. A recent flier he mailed to residents contains a list of reasons why people should vote no: Competitive bidding was not used to select contractors, it claims. Services will be duplicated at the new school and the project design is too complex, it declares in loud blue letters. Miller is also telling his tenants that their rents will go up if the bond issue passes. He says he would only support a school bond if it financed a single K-8 school that accommodated all 602 of the district’s stu-

project. He says the move to the new site has to happen in increments and with community support or it won’t happen at all. “Part of his information is absolutely false. He says it was not competitively bid, it was, the whole process has been competitive,” says Magone, adding that the school district repeatedly invited Miller to participate in the planning process and he consistently declined the offer. “I am not sure why he is putting false information out on the table but he is. If it is because he is opposed to a tax increase, then okay, great, that is a solid reason to be opposed to it. But to be putting incorrect and misleading information out there and saying this is the reason you shouldn’t pass it, to me that is unethical.” Magone is optimistic the bond will pass. Miller says it will fail. Lolo voters have until March 12 to make their decision and mail back their ballots. jtobias@missoulanews.com

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Lambs to the slaughter Yellowstone looks to cull 600 bison annually through 2016 by Alex Sakariassen

The Buffalo Field Campaign’s Stephany Seay called in from an observation post several miles outside Yellowstone National Park’s Stephens Creek capture facility early this week with troubling news. She saw more than 150 bison being held at the site, and said that’s only part of what the nonprofit has witnessed throughout the Gardiner Basin as it monitors interagency management efforts over bison. “We just looked through the spotting scope,” she said, “and there’s dozens more around the trap.” The fate of those bison already in the corral was, as of press time, unclear. But it’s likely many will be shipped to tribal entities for slaughter soon—if they haven’t already. Over the past few weeks, efforts to cull some 600 bison from Yellowstone’s population have fanned the flames of debate over how state, tribal and federal agencies manage the species. Licensed Montana hunters and members of various tribes have so far harvested 209 bison, and officials have captured and transferred to slaughter 65 more. Another 16 went to the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, for testing related to brucellosis, a disease the livestock industry maintains could be transferred to cattle by bison migrating beyond the park. It’s the largest push for reduction since winter 2008, when more than 1,600 bison were killed. However, winter 2014 could be just the beginning. In the interests of scaling back the now 4,400-strong bison population to a previously agreedupon management cap of around 3,000, biologists last year recommended removal of 600 bison each winter through 2016. Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash says the ability to reach that annual total is entirely dependent on the animals’ movements across the park’s northern boundary. “We have a rather robust bison population that increases in size without some kind of population control,” Nash says. “And there are very limited ways that we can address population numbers in the park.” Outrage over the slaughter coincided this winter with another development on the brucellosis front. Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, added language to the 2014 Farm Bill providing $35 million in federal funding over the next five years to support research for “surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests” relating to livestock and wildlife diseases including brucellosis. Christian Mackay of the Montana Department of Livestock says that research will most likely focus on vaccine

research for livestock—exactly what bison proponents have been seeking all along. “This is going to a project in Wyoming for vaccine development for a better cattle vaccine,” Mackay says. “Interesting enough, the bison advocates are just positive that this means we’re going to be vaccinating wildlife and USDA APHIS is trying to exert control over wildlife through this and have opposed what they have asked for: A better cattle vaccine.” Conservationists nonetheless lambasted Enzi’s move, suggesting it could promote an expansion of vaccination research not just for bison but for elk as well.

age, we’ve had a very low incident of transmissions from elk.” While the Farm Bill has fueled renewed speculation among certain groups that APHIS is attempting to exert more control over wildlife species like elk, Yellowstone itself actually allayed one of Mease’s concerns last month. National Park Service officials released an environmental impact statement on a proposed remote brucellosis vaccination program for bison in January, concluding that existing vaccination practices for bison leaving the park boundary were preferable to use of field techniques like biobullets—biodegradable projectile in-

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Yellowstone National Park spokesman Al Nash says bison “haven’t approached” the park’s capacity yet. Even so, officials aim to cull 600 from the herd annually for the next three years.

“They’re trying to inch their way into going after elk, but it’s like, why would you ever consider doing a disease management thing and not control all the elements that had that disease?” says Buffalo Field Campaign co-founder Mike Mease. “They’ve known from the get-go that elk had it too, but they never want to go after that. Why? Because it’s a political nightmare.” According to a study last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, elk transmission was attributed to brucellosis infection in 17 cattle and ranched bison herds in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming since April 2002. It’s not a threat management agencies are necessarily running from. “The threat from elk is very real, and in fact, in the last seven years, all of our cattle transmissions have come from elk,” Mackay says. “So there are increased vaccination protocols for cattle, there are adult vaccinations, there’s extra testing that goes on. [Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks] helps keep elk separate from cattle, and it’s been very successful. As a percent-

jections—in the wild. Nash says the park felt remote vaccinations for bison were too costly and time-consuming an investment. “The bottom line of our research indicated that we could spend a lot of time and a lot of money for, at this point, a rather uncertain outcome,” Nash says. “Therefore, our environmental impact statement did not propose our establishing the remote vaccination program and to focus on continuing hand vaccination when appropriate, when we have some bison in a capture facility.” The BFC’s field estimate of 150 bison remained unchanged Tuesday afternoon. It’s been hard to keep track of the official numbers, Seay said, because park officials decided this year to discontinue regular press releases relating to shipment and slaughter activity. Dozens more bison are grazing near the capture facility, she added, and park staff had left several corral gates open. Given the piles of hay laying inside that pasture, Seay believes Yellowstone is essentially “luring them in.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

Bowled over Marijuana’s long road to legal recreational use by Allen Best

In 1936, the editor of a newspaper in Alamosa, Colo., wrote a letter to Henry J. Anslinger, commissioner of the federal government’s Bureau of Narcotics. The letter, introduced as evidence into a congressional hearing, informed Anslinger about a “sex-mad degenerate” who had recently “brutally attacked a young Alamosa girl” while under the influence of “marihuana,” as it was then spelled. “This case is one of hundreds of murders, rapes, petty crimes, (and) insanity that has occurred in southern Colorado in recent years,” proclaimed Floyd K. Baskette, city editor of the Alamosa Daily Courier. “Can you do anything to help us?” And then this nasty bit of racism: “I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to one of our degenerate Spanish-speaking residents.” The next year, the U.S. Congress passed the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which subjected sales of cannabis to taxation that required a permit. Soon after, a 23-year-old from Trinidad, Colo., named Moses Baca became the first person arrested under the new law. He was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. The second person nabbed was a 57-year-old laborer, Samuel Caldwell, who was convicted of selling three marijuana cigarettes in downtown Denver. He served two years in prison. So began our long adventure in the criminalization of marijuana. The federal agency never issued a permit under that legislation, and in 1970, Congress defined marijuana as a controlled substance, further giving muscle to eradication efforts in 1973 by creating the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now, of course, 20 states and the District of Columbia have allowed some use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, and in Colorado and Washington state, the federal government has chosen to ignore recreational use as long as the two states

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block sales to young people and control by cartels. Figuring out how to govern this new use has been a fascinating challenge for Colorado during the last year. Many towns want nothing to do with marijuana; others embrace sales, and the taxes they generate. One ski town, Breckenridge, even expects to get $1 million in taxes this year. Most sales seem to be to tourists. Denver fussed at length whether res-

“In a sense, I voted for the psychoactive equivalent of the local food movement: Grow it local, smoke it local.” idents should even be able to smoke weed on their own patios and porches. The answer, finally, was yes. But unlike liquor, there are no bars for cannabis in Colorado that I’m aware of. I never particularly liked how marijuana affected me. I tended toward paranoia. Was that Johnny Carson on the TV making fun of me? Nor do I like how it affects others. It dulls, not sharpens. As with alcohol, the trick is moderation. Some do it better than others. In voting for legalization, I hoped it would change the supply chain. The underground economy made cannabis lucrative, spawning mass murders in Mexico. In a sense, I voted for the psychoactive

equivalent of the local food movement: Grow it local, smoke it local. “Prohibition Ends,” proclaimed The Telluride Watch in the first days of January. Could this have turned out otherwise? Our sitting president, Barack Obama, openly admitted to smoking pot. George W. Bush deflected questions about drug use, saying: “When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible.” Bill Clinton, of course, responsibly chose not to inhale. When I think of the past, what I find most interesting—and disturbing—was the logic we used to prohibit marijuana. It was the stuff of do-gooders. Various histories of the drug war point out that reformers associated marijuana with jazz musicians and others on the racial, economic and cultural margins of the American mainstream. By the 1960s, pot was linked to the “tune in, turn on, drop out” culture of rebellion. Tainted by these associations, the drug could then be targeted as a villainous erosion of American values, even safe society. The letter from Alamosa in 1936 points not just to the pervasive racism of the time, but also to confusion about causality. According to that newspaper editor, back then you could blame marijuana for sexual assault and even murder. The American Medical Association in 1937 wanted more evidence before it agreed that marijuana should be banned, but Congress was in a rush. Evidence such as the letter from Colorado was enough. The 77-year-old lesson here is that it doesn’t take leafy, herbaceous substances to make people muddleheaded. Even when we’re stone-cold sober, we’re fully capable of making stupid choices. Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He publishes an e-zine from the Denver area called Mountain Town News (mountaintownnews.net).

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – A man walked into a bank in Antioch, Calif., and handed the teller a note. She couldn’t make it out because of the bad handwriting and showed it to the manager to help her decipher the message. By the time they figured out it was a hold-up note, the man had left through a back door. Police arrested suspect Jamal Garrett, 29, after they found him across the street from the bank and witnesses at the bank identified him. (San Jose Mercury News) A man entered the garage at a home in northwest Chicago and demanded that the resident hand over the keys to her 2012 Honda MDX. She complied, but then fled the garage and closed the door behind her, trapping the man inside. She called the police, who arrived to find Andre Bacon, 21, sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle with the keys in the ignition. (Chicago Tribune) SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION – Authorities charged Ahmed Nur Adan, 27, with felony assault at a Cass County, N.D., jail after he punched fellow inmate Timothy Lowseth, 26. Adan explained that for the past three days, Lowseth had been coming into Adan’s cell, farting and then leaving. Lowseth admitted farting but denied doing so in Adan’s cell. (Forum News Service) Ashley Marie Prenovost, 24, went on a naked rampage after she and her live-in boyfriend returned to their home in Glendale, Ariz., and he refused to have sex with her. Police said Prenovost punched two holes in a bedroom wall and “punched a picture hanging on the wall in the hallway, causing glass to break and causing injuries to both of suspect’s hands.” Holding their four-month-old daughter, she then ran around inside the home and “bled all over the floor in the master bedroom, hallway, common area by the front door and kitchen.” (The Smoking Gun) Retired police officer Curtis Reeves, 71, asked Chad Oulson, 43, to stop texting during the previews at a movie theater in Wesley Chapel, Fla. When Oulson objected, an argument ensued, and at some point Reeves said Oulson threw popcorn at him. Claiming self-defense, Reeves fatally shot him. (Associated Press) ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT – When Christopher Poole, 26, learned that Nando’s fried chicken chain was offering a card guaranteeing chicken for life to anyone who ate at all its worldwide outlets, he embarked on an attempt to visit all 1,031 of them. “I love chicken and eat there a couple of nights a week anyway, so I decided to embrace the challenge,” Poole said. After spending $1,670 and gaining 14 pounds from visiting just the 85 outlets in the United Kingdom, Poole discovered that the competition ended two years ago. “There are now so many Nando’s worldwide that we don’t run the challenge anymore,” a Nando’s official said. He added that if Poole completes his attempt, “we will happily honor our original promise and give him free Nando’s for life.” Poole promptly announced he was heading for Australia, where Nando’s has nearly 300 outlets. (Britain’s Daily Mail) SOUR NOTE– When Canadian flute virtuoso Boujemaa Razgui arrived in Boston via New York, he found that U.S. Customs officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport had searched his luggage, mistaken his 13 instruments for pieces of bamboo and destroyed them. “They told me they were agricultural products,” said Razgui, who made them all by hand from hard-to-find reeds. “And now they’re gone.” (The Boston Globe) HANDICAPABLE – Police reported that Shamal Battice showed up at a car dealership in Ocala, Fla., wanting to buy a car. Salesman Anselmo “Chico” Barreto helped Battice, a paraplegic in a wheelchair, get into a 2009 Pontiac G6, whereupon Battice locked the door and started the engine. He then used a folding cane to press down the gas pedal and drive off the lot. Barreto notified the authorities, and Bradford County sheriff’s deputies arrested Battice at a gas station trying to refuel the car. (Ocala Star-Banner) Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragochi, whose deafness won him fame as a modern-day Beethoven, acknowledged that he paid a ghostwriter to compose some of his internationally acclaimed symphonies. The ghostwriter, Takashi Niigaki, revealed at a news conference not only that he had written more than 20 pieces for Samuragochi, but also that his employer only pretends to be deaf. “Samuragochi is deeply sorry as he has betrayed fans and disappointed others,” Kazushi Orimoto, Samuragochi’s lawyer, said while stating that his client wasn’t available to meet the press. Asked if Samuragochi had listened to Niigaki’s news conference, Orimoto insisted, “There’s no way. He can’t hear.” (The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal) TOO BIG TO CARE – HSBC bank has imposed restrictions on large cash withdrawals by some of its British customers who cannot prove why they want their money. Customer Stephen Cotton said that when he tried to withdraw £7,000 pounds ($11,695) from his local HSBC branch, the bank declined his request without “a satisfactory explanation for what the money was for” and refused to tell him how much he could have. “So I wrote out a few slips,” he explained. “I said, ‘Can I have £5,000?’ They said no. I said, ‘Can I have £4,000?’ They said no. And then I wrote out one for £3,000, and they said, ‘OK, we’ll give you that.’” When he complained, the bank said the new policy took effect in November but declared it “had no need to pre-notify customers of the change.” (BBC News) SECRET IDENTITIES – After The New York Times published a story about rising demand for pigs raised in open pastures, the newspaper’s international edition reprinted the story. The Malaysian version included two pictures of the pigs but blacked out their faces. “This is a Muslim country,” a representative from the printing company based in Shah Alam said, explaining that pictures of pigs are not allowed. He acknowledged that the authorities had not ordered the cover-up. “What they have done is self-censorship,” Hashimah Nik Jaafar, secretary of the Home Ministry’s Publication and Quranic Texts Control Division, said, noting that Malaysia has no law prohibiting publication of pictures of pigs. (The Malay Mail) PASSION FRUIT – Police investigating a break-in at a gas station in Newington, Conn., said surveillance video showed a station wagon repeatedly backing into the store and breaking the glass doors. The driver jumped out of the vehicle, grabbed a banana from a shelf, ate it and then drove off. Nothing else was taken. (Associated Press)

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he ding! is soft, but Capt. Rod’s response is Pavlovian, and he skips over to the charter boat’s console with a nimbleness remarkable for a man his size. “Fish on two!” he calls. He hurries back to the stern and pulls the appropriate rod from its sleeve, then hands it to me. “Okay, reel her in,” he says. I steel myself for battle, but this particular fish, a lake trout, is blasé in the face of death. I reel. It resists a little. I reel again. It tugs, kind of. After a minute or so, Rod scoops the trout out of Flathead Lake and hands it to me. Jim Vashro, an avuncular biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, appraises it with a practiced eye. “If you want to be respectable, say ‘Less than 10,’” he advises. He means pounds, and he is certainly right. But respectable or not, my catch is still compelling. It is a prism of a fish: recreational bounty, invasive pest, windfall, scourge, everything between. And it is the subject of a spirited debate about how best to manage the species, not only because of its appetite for threatened fish, but also its absolute dominance here in Flathead Lake and west of the Continental Divide. Such a fight over a flaccid fish. And here one hangs, its fate in my hands.

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Early in the 20th century, biologists believed only 10 species of native fish lived in Flathead, the West’s largest natural freshwater lake. But anglers and game officials had already introduced other species. “It was a Johnny Appleseed approach,” Vashro says. “Throw in lots of stuff, see what makes it.” In 1920, a shipment of kokanee arrived from Bonneville, Ore. By 1940, kokanee, which are landlocked sockeye salmon, had replaced cutthroat trout as the most-caught fish, and they remained dominant until the 1980s. Meanwhile, the lake trout, introduced from the Great Lakes in 1905, bided its time. “There are many cases in which a species arrives and it just sits around,” says Daniel Simberloff, an authority on invasive species at the University of Tennessee. Then, he says, something changes to trigger a rapid expansion. In Flathead Lake, it was Mysis shrimp. Starting in 1968, state fisheries managers released the shrimp in several lakes of the Flathead watershed to enhance kokanee stocks; the shrimp moved downstream and reached Flathead Lake in 1981. Instead of being a boon, though, Mysis competed with kokanee for their preferred food, zooplankton. The kokanee population collapsed. More importantly, younger lake trout feasted on shrimp, and the population soared. They ate nearly all of the remaining kokanee, as well as any other fish they could get their mouths around. Today, an estimated 1.6 million lake trout live in Flathead; more have since migrated and colonized most of the watershed. Many of the remaining native fishes in Flathead Lake have dramatically declined, including bull trout, the top native predator. The Flathead watershed is the species’ regional stronghold, although it is found in cold streams and lakes from Montana to Oregon to the Yukon. As a fish, it is not especially flashy. Adults are olive-green with a creamy belly and light spots on their back and sides. (When they spawn, though, the green saturates almost to black, the belly to a smoldering ember orange.) But they share salmonids’ endurance. Some migrate to Flathead Lake from natal streams up to 130 miles away. There, they mature and grow before returning to their home streams to spawn; unlike Pacific salmon, they survive the journey, and may repeat it several times during their life. Dams and logging hit bull trout hard, but lake trout were a new kind of threat, devouring young bull trout and outcompeting adults. The lake trout could also live 30-40 years to a bull trout’s 12-15, and spawn, as their name implies, in lakes. By 1996, just 1,300 bull trout survived in Flathead Lake. Two years later, they were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Scientists now estimate that the population is slightly higher, with somewhere between 3,500 and 5,000 left.

Untangling Flathead Lake’s complex history of biological winners and losers is one thing. Fixing it is another, in part because the politics is as snarled as the ecology. Two groups manage fisheries in the lake: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks oversees the lake’s northern half; the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Fisheries Program, the southern half. The Flathead watershed supports a $20 million fishery that both profit from, but the bull trout’s decline, along with the federal government’s determination to save it, has fractured a once-collaborative relationship. Both sides readily acknowledge this issue. “It’s a battle over public sentiment,” says tribal biologist Barry Hansen, “and over who’s controlling the facts.”

“The nature of the situation at present is that we don’t talk,” says state biologist Mark Deleray. The relationship wasn’t always like this. In 2000, the state and the tribes wrote a co-management recovery plan, which aimed to increase bull trout populations above “secure levels,” so the species would no longer be at high risk of extinction. The plan originally deemed bull trout secure if there were 300 redds—or the hollow a female fish scours out of a riverbed to lay her eggs in—among the Flathead watershed’s 31 spawning tributaries. In the most recent survey, biologists counted 500 redds. The state believes that means bull trout are doing well enough to avoid drastic recovery measures. Tribal and federal biologists disagree. They argue that when the plan was written no one fully understood the complex biology, and so the definition of “secure” was arbitrary. “It’s worthless,” says Hansen. “The parties were feeling “These fish are of politically pressured to come up with a extreme cultural number.” As University of importance to us. Montana biologist Fred Allendorf observed Letting them when the plan was released, the distribution wink out on our of redds is as important as their numbers: watch wouldn’t A concentration of 500 redds in only one or be just two tributaries, or even an equitable distribuecologically tion of them across many tributaries, could bankrupt—it leave the species vulnerable to random would be morally events, such as mudslides or winter floods. bankrupt.” The most recent counts from 2012 bear out such concerns. In Tom McDonald, the Middle and North Confederated Salish and Forks of the Flathead Kootenai Tribes River, biologists found that 55 percent of the tributaries supported 10 or fewer spawning bull trout females. Meanwhile, lake trout have invaded nine of 12 interconnected lakes between Flathead and Glacier National Park; in eight of them, bull trout are functionally extinct. But you can’t bring back the bull trout without removing oodles of lake trout. Anglers now catch 70,000 or so each year, about 50,000 of those during semiannual fishing derbies called Mack Days (with a $10,000 first prize). But all that effort has yet to help bull trout. One reason might be that, since 1994, the state has prohibited anglers from keeping lake trout between 30 and 36 inches long, and allowed them to keep only one fish over 36 inches. Tribal biologists say this lets the largest and most voracious lake trout persist. That’s good for sport fishers, who are allowed to catch up to 100 lake trout per day, including the occasional behemoth, but bad for bull trout. It is here that the state’s dual mandates—protecting a threatened native fish, and sustaining a multimillion-dollar recreational fishery built around that native fish’s bête noire—collide. Bonnie Ellis, a biologist at UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, says, “If (Fish, Wildlife and Parks) wants to protect the largest lake trout in the lake, while at the same time reduce the population, then those two aims are not very compatible.”

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Last June, the tribes released a draft plan to reduce lake trout abundance in Flathead Lake by either 25, 50 or 75 percent over 50 years. This translates to removing 84,000-143,000 lake trout per year through a combination of derbies, bounties and two types of netting: trap nets, which are large box nets set on the lake bottom, and gill nets. The plan was supposed to revive the co-management plan’s collaborative spirit, but the state pulled out of the process in March 2012, and then published a series of objections in the local newspaper after the plan was released. Biologists argue that gill-netting could indiscriminately harm both lake and bull trout. “Bycatch is a real concern,” says Vashro, who retired at the end of 2013. The tribe counters that in Lake Pend Oreille, Swan Lake, Quartz Lake and Yellowstone Lake (see sidebar), gill-netting has successfully suppressed lake trout num-

ake trout aren’t just found in low-elevation lakes with large recreational fisheries, like Montana’s Flathead Lake. For more than two decades, they have thrived in the crystalline, icy waters of Yellowstone Lake, in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. Biologists believe someone introduced lake trout to Yellowstone Lake back in the 1980s. Since then, the population has exploded, while the Yellowstone cutthroat trout, a beautiful, small-bodied native, has declined by more than 90 percent. Lake trout both eat and compete with cutthroat trout, as they do with bull trout in the Flathead drainage. The loss of cutthroats has rippled through the ecosystem. Unlike lake trout, which spend their entire lives in lakes, cutthroat return to their natal streams to spawn. There, a host of animals—from spiders to bald eagles to grizzly bears—depend in some way on their carcasses for food. Scientists are finding that when those animals can’t get trout, they’ll turn to other things. Arthur Middleton, a biologist at Yale, recently published a paper in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B showing that, in the absence of cutthroat, grizzly bears have started eating more elk calves. As a result, some elk populations have declined. “That a change in the trout

bers. But Vashro points out that those lakes are smaller, so the results aren’t easily comparable. He has a larger concern, too: No matter how many lake trout are caught, those that remain will eat Mysis, which continue to thrive. “This is not the same lake as it was in 1980,” he says. “Until you understand that, you’re just treating symptoms.” Ellis agrees that ridding the lake of Mysis is likely impossible, but she also believes that their numbers might be held in check by Flathead’s other species, such as lake whitefish, which eat the shrimp and are not known to harm bull trout. Still, eradicating lake trout is also likely impossible, and continuous long-term suppression would be necessary if managers intend to keep the species at bay. The tribes are willing to do just that, says Tom McDonald, the manager of their fish and wildlife division. Throughout the history of the Bitterroot Salish, the Pend d’Oreille and the Kootenai peoples, bull trout and cutthroat were a reliable food source where other fish and game were unpredictable, especially during

hard winters. They were another type of sustenance, too, as the tribes ceded swaths of territory to the United States with the signing of the Hellgate Treaty in 1855, and again when more land was taken in the early 20th century, during land allotment. “These fish are of extreme cultural importance to us,” he says. “Letting them wink out on our watch wouldn’t be just ecologically bankrupt—it would be morally bankrupt.” In September, the tribal council voted to reduce lake trout populations by 75 percent in 50 years. After the Bureau of Indian Affairs reviews the finalized plan, gill-netting in Flathead Lake could begin as early as this year. But whether it will take place on the entire lake, or just the tribes’ half, has yet to be resolved. For now, the state size limit also stands. And so this Solomonic exercise in fisheries management will continue, until someone sees fit to budge.

The lake trout’s gills flare as it gasps for breath, but otherwise it doesn’t struggle. It is time for us to answer the question at the heart of the matter for it and its species: catch or release? “Yeah, we’ll keep it,” one member of our party says. “Maybe we’ll cook it up later.” “Okay,” Rod says, and he takes the trout from me and lowers it back into the lake and lets it go. (Perhaps he didn’t hear us?) The trout drifts away, floating on its back, its fins lolling in our wake. I ask if the trout will be okay. “He had some kick, I’m sure he’ll be fine,” Rod says. A few gulls land on the lake and get busy. Rod watches for a few seconds, then makes his way back to the wheel. “I bet you hate that I released him,” he says to Vashro. “Not a bit,” Vashro says. He grins inscrutably. “You know, I let most of the ones I catch go, too.”

“Do you guys wanna keep it?” Capt. Rod asks.

This story originally appeared in the Feb. 3 issue of High Country News (hcn.org).

fishery can reach to elk migration is striking,” Middleton says. “It shows how the broader effects can be felt far outside the park.” This helps explain Yellowstone’s increasingly aggressive drive to eradicate lake trout. Unlike at Flathead Lake, where there is an entrenched lake trout recreational fishery and multiple managers, Yellowstone Lake is overseen solely by the National Park Service, which has a mission to preserve native species. Park biologists have had broad public support to deploy increasingly sophisticated methods, including using experienced gill-netting crews from the Great Lakes to sweep up lake trout. In the first years, gill-netters caught 25,000 to 50,000 lake trout each summer; the catch rose to around 100,000 by the mid-2000s. As funding has increased—to over $1 million a year from both private and public sources—so, too, has fishing; gill-netters now remove between 200,000 and 300,000 lake trout per year. Although the agency has gotten some pushback from lake troutloving fishers, most angling groups support the effort, says Dave Hallac, division chief of the Yellowstone Center for Resources at the park. The exact number of remaining lake trout is unknown, but Hallac guesses that it is in the hundreds of

thousands, and that gill-netting will need to go on for years. But there are promising signs that the population is declining. In the last two years, gill-netters have caught fewer lake trout, and an independent monitoring program has found juvenile cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake for the first time in years. “It’s too early to claim success just yet,” Hallac says, “but we’re definitely on the right track.”

photo courtesy of CSKT

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Universal verse Megan M. Garr on pioneering the kind of literary journal you want to sleep with by Erika Fredrickson

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he people who attend Journal Porn are the kind of geeks who love a good font—Minion or Electra or Fournier. They want to feel the texture of extraordinary paper at their fingertips, whether it be light and gauzy or heavy and grainy. They want to see a literary magazine with more than just a photograph plopped down next to a poem that’s printed in boring Times New Roman—they want design, perhaps even featuring swoon-worthy colors. Journal Porn is a gathering started by University of Montana graduate Megan M. Garr, the founder of Amsterdam-based lit mag Versal. It’s an offsite event that runs in conjunction with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, and Garr’s gathering is only in its second year. The first time it occurred was when AWP was in Washington, D.C., two years ago and Garr invited editors from innovative journals such as Ugly Duckling, The Lumberyard and 1913 to hang out and talk about the importance of—and their love for— journal aesthetics. Then Journal Porn fell to the wayside until this year’s upcoming conference in Seattle, where it is set to re-emerge under the titillating subtitle “Lit Mags You’d Sleep With.” Despite Journal Porn’s newness and its spotty start, it’s been an anticipated event, no doubt because of Garr’s involvement. She’s a bit of a rock star, if the literary journal scene includes such a thing. Poets &

Writers Magazine has listed Versal has one of the genre’s top innovators, and Garr is considered to be at the forefront of the international literary scene— not least because she has, over the last 12 years, vitalized the Amsterdam arts community. How Garr got to where she is now has everything to do with embracing her own international identity. In her poem “Carried Away,” Garr turns the theme of leaving into a dreamlike expedition. “What we leave, when we leave,” she writes, “a planet somewhere. Its aluminum seas. Look now how the city let fall the land a whole country.” The fluid way she moves from one unpacked image to another speaks to the experience of generations that leave home and hop from place to place without ever putting down roots. It’s like how, in 1997, Garr left her hometown of Nashville for Missoula to study in UM’s creative writing program. She spent three years working on degrees in poetry, literature and women’s studies, but her last year she took off to study and finish school in Scotland. There, she met a Dutch woman—also far from home. They fell in love and moved together to Amsterdam. Garr recalls that at first she romanticized Amsterdam as a poet’s paradise. “I had this impression it would be like Paris,” she says, laughing. “I expected it to be vibrant and full of people from all over the

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world but [instead] people were inward and protectionist—for all good reasons. But there wasn’t really a place for me.” Then she found one open mic venue where she could read her work. She hung up fliers around town to get people to come to readings. She looked on forums and discussion boards. And she started approaching writers whenever she saw the chance. It turned out there was tons of local talent, but it was fractured. “I met a lot of writers looking for a community,” Garr says. “And so we started to build one.” Versal is a collection of writers and visual artists from all over the world—South Korea, Spain, Argentina—and across the U.S., including some who live or have lived in Missoula, like artist Kerri Rosenstein and poets Matt Sadler, Brandon Shimoda and UM professor Joanna Klink. That diversity is the most obvious example of the publication’s approach. Still, Versal’s flavor isn’t just due to a melting pot of voices from different countries. Like Garr and her fellow world travelers, many of the artists published don’t embrace just one place. “People literally take up residence in different cultures,” Garr says. “But being translocal is not just where you live, it’s a mentality. I have two localities. I don’t feel completely at home in either. There’s a constant foreignness around you. With translocal

people you get to see that in their art.” Since its first issue, Versal has published annually and each issue looks distinct. The journal is created with offset printing and full-color art with a range of covers in different mediums, including an arty photograph of a freshwater fish, a surreal illustration of birds and the backside of a naked woman. It’s full of curling fonts that sometimes give it a feeling of 3D and movement. There was a time in the literary world when such attention to aesthetic detail was rare—journals were just a means to get writing out to readers rather than a piece of art itself. But Garr and others on the literary forefront have changed that. “I wanted to make a beautiful journal—something that would stay on your table for a while,” Garr says. “In 2001, [the year Versal first came out] a lot of journals were choosing to do black and white and not giving art or the work room to breathe. Today there are so many gorgeous journals out there, and I think it’s a relief as a writer that your work is going to be taken care of. Versal was riding the right wave early—and we’re right on time.” Megan M. Garr reads at Shakespeare & Co. Tue., March 4, at 7 PM. Free. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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VTO, Greatest Country Shits The title of VTO’s new album sums up the flippant nature of its songs. Greatest Country Shits includes songs about drinking, barbecue and country living. On stage, the Missoula band often switches between punk and cowpunk styles, but this album definitely revels in redneck twang. I like the sympathetic portrait of the woman in curlers waiting for her dreams to come true in “Camper Queen.” Other tracks like “Day Drinking,” “Hamburger Time” and “Barbeque on My Mind” appeal to anyone who likes beer and meat. “Kill the Cat” is the darkest song, though it’s played with lighthearted aplomb. Remember that old kids’ song called “The Cat Came Back” about an old man trying to give a cat away and the

cat keeps showing back up? This is the adult version. GCS feels similar to VTO’s previous release, Space Lessons, but with more white-trash spirit, partly amplified by Emily Crawford’s fiddle playing. (Both albums include the song “Redneck Rendezvous,” though.) What I love most about VTO songs here is that, as simple as they seem, there are a lot of delicious details to relish. The band members mix in harmonized “oohs” and hot guitar solos flare up in all the right places. Each song is saddled by strutting basslines from Greg Twigg, and Charlie Beaton’s vocals embody careless defiance. Easy to love stuff. Except “Kill the Cat.” That one takes some getting used to. (Erika Fredrickson)

The Casket Girls, True Love Kills the Fairy Tale People say that shoegaze is depressing, but really it’s just true. The drugs start fun and become a chore; the dancing goes from two-three-four to a fuzzed-out shuffle, and—as the title of The Casket Girls’ second LP reminds us—True Love Kills the Fairy Tale. That’s how life is. You can laugh, but listen to producer Ryan Graveface’s synthscapes for a few hours in late February, and you will find yourself nodding ruefully. At first I was skeptical of claims that The Casket Girls wrote True Love Kills the Fairy Tale during an overnight acid blackout, but the lyrics bear the mark of automatic writing. Drifting over Graveface’s big, lumbering beats, they sound like Digital Ash in a Digital Urn if all the

things that depressed Conor Oberst were vaguely sexy. Here lies the secret to The Casket Girls and possibly all good shoegaze: neurasthenic and grim it may be, but you can still dance to it. You can’t have the hangover without the fun, and True Love Kills the Fairy Tale is great hangover music. It mumbles and thumps from the depths of something massive, but it is remembering something satisfying and light and—dare I say it?—fun. (Dan Brooks) The Casket Girls plays the VFW Fri., Feb. 28, at 9 PM for the Graveface Roadshow with The Stargazer Lilies and Dreamend. $8, available at Rockin Rudy’s.

Tacocat, NVM An unfalsifiable theory of lo-fi: it is less about finding new sounds than evoking old feelings, because rock fans are old, too. Evidence: Tacocat, its new album NVM, and the lyric “Stereogram, it’s 1994. / Stereogram bring me back to the way it was before.” As any graying punk will tell you, stereograms were the optical illusion craze that swept the nation after Use Your Illusion came out but before we got into Choking Victim. It was a thing you stared at in your teenage bedroom at the time when you were just starting to become cool. The signal achievement of NVM is to evoke that space.

Tacocat sounds invitingly amateurish, like the Moldy Peaches recorded from just outside their practice room. But Tacocat’s songwriting is more disciplined, and NVM is packed with two-minute pop punk gems. The muted production makes these songs feel unified rather than repetitive, sanding down the dynamic range until they sound like variations on a theme. The theme is growing up. It is the fantasy of being a punk as conceived in your friends’ bedrooms, as heard from the fantasy of going back. Tacocat must know what they are doing, because for a second, I was there. (Dan Brooks)

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Lost empire Peter Stark tackles forgotten history in Astoria by Kate Whittle

The trouble started for the ship, Tonquin, on the Tonquin’s voyage and the second expedition sent by first day of what was to be a six-month voyage, recounts Astor, the Overland Party. The explorers traveling by adventure writer Peter Stark in Astoria: John Jacob land were meant to roughly follow Lewis and Clark’s Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire. Start- path, find the Columbia and eventually meet up with ing in Sept. 1810, the ship departed New York to round the Tonquin crew. Imagine starting at St. Louis and inSouth America’s Cape Horn and sail up to what’s now tending to find western Oregon without a map or any Oregon. That first night of the trip, the strict American idea of how far away it is. The Overland Party chose to captain ordered everyone to bed at 8 p.m. The crew avoid Lewis and Clark’s route through Montana, since obeyed, but the passengers refused. A clerk told the that was controlled by the Blackfeet, who were still captain that he wasn’t allowed to boss them around. pissed off and vengeful after Lewis had killed one of their tribe. Instead, the Overland The captain answered, “I will blow out the brains of Party wandered through Wyoming the first man who dares disobey my orders over the Rocky Mountains in winaboard my own ship.” ter, thinking they’d find the CoThis was the lumbia River any day. They were inauspicious start lost for months, starving and to the grand scheme desperate, and the situation concocted by thendidn’t greatly improve once President Thomas they got to Astoria. Jefferson and mogul Astoria is about the goals John Jacob Astor, the of white men and colonialwealthy merchant and ism, to be sure, but Stark is landowner who conscientious in including dreamed of founding a the perspectives of women global trading empire and American Indians inbuilt on the strength of volved, especially Marie North American furs, Dorion, an American Inwhich fetched exorbitant dian wife of a fur trapper prices in Europe and with the Overland Party, China. Based on his travels similar to Sacagawea’s and discussions with French position with Lewis and Canadian fur trappers, Astor Clark. Stark notes that “quickly came to the realizaMarie and Sacagawea tion that, one day, a wealthy were documented to trading empire would exist on have been in the the West Coast of North Amersame place at the same time ica. The Pacific Rim would on a few occasions, and he emerge as a new world stage—a much larger version of what the Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas wonders what they would Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire have said to each other. North Atlantic was during his Peter Stark The Astoria expediown era.” But first, there’d be the hardcover, Ecco tions aren’t well-known minor detail of sending expedi- 384 pages, $27 today. In the epilogue, tions to explore the vast, unmapped western part of the North American continent, Stark writes that “Americans love heroes and winners,” and establishing an American trading post where the Co- like Lewis and Clark, and in Astoria, “there are few clear-cut winners and no unblemished heroes.” But lumbia River empties into the Pacific. Astor’s dream was a hell of a lofty goal. Stark, a Mis- the Astorians didn’t suffer entirely in vain; the Oversoula-based writer and Outside magazine correspon- land Party’s stumbling around the country established dent, tackles the tale with equally ambitious enthusiasm, a path through the Rocky Mountains that became the astounding breadth of knowledge and epic scope. In Oregon Trail. I was a little amused that in a book with such crisp writing and lively description, the book covers the forgotten patch of history between Lewis and Clark’s scope—even the footnotes in the back add interesting 1804–1806 trip and the mid-1800s beginning of the Ore- little remarks—Stark doesn’t bring up what happened gon Trail. It all makes for engaging reading, the kind of to the settlement of Astoria. Today it’s a little tourist-trap adventure that’s particularly satisfying when the reader town of less than 10,000 people, mostly known for is safely curled up on the couch with a blanket. There’s being where The Goonies was filmed, not to mention other esteemed films like Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy even the occasional explosion. The first group sent to settle Astoria, aboard the Ton- and the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Talk about quin, dealt with external struggles and internal fighting. an illustrious result. Things only got more tense with the captain, who tried Peter Stark gives a presentation about Astoria: to ditch some men on the Falkland Islands and later de- John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific liberately sent a few out in a small boat in bad weather Empire at the Roxy Theater Mon., March 3, at 7 PM. to a certain death. Free. Benefit for Five Valleys Land Trust. Stark crafts historic records and educated guesses into a page-turning retelling, alternating between the kwhittle@missoulanews.com Photo by Michelle Gustafson

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dinary occurring at the show. Nor had the band been contacted in the intervening years. But all the same, when the band steps off the plane, Blythe is arrested and charged with manslaughter. The final hour of As the Palaces Burn is a different story completely from what the film set out to be. Everything about Blythe comes into question; two years sober, his past as an alcoholic looms darkly, impeding on any evaluation of what his character might actually be. The band faces difficulties as shows and tours are canceled. They begin to sell memorabilia to help pay Blythe’s legal fees. “People seem to think that because we are on magazine covers we are insanely wealthy,” bassist John Campbell says in one of the interviews. “This is not the case. We do okay. There’s tons of people who do better. Lawyers being one of them.” What strikes me is that Blythe is on trial for more than just the accusation of throwing a fan off the stage. It seems he is in a position of trying to defend an aggressive and sometimes violent style of music, the live performance of which probably seems utterly terrifying to people who don’t “get it.” For fans of the genre, there is nothing more cathartic than the physical energy of a great metal show: the sweat, the volume, the joy of bodies hurled against each other without malice. Metal tends to get a bad rap because of the imagery it embraces, and I agree that much of it is tired and childish. At the same time, it is the music of choice for millions of fans, and for that alone it’s worthy of some thoughtful evaluation. How the trial plays out is fascinating, both in the debate over the alleged event and in the differences between U.S. and Czech legal processes. To discuss further would spoil the outcome, but I found it gripping, and Blythe as a character in an awful situation is compelling. In over 90 minutes, As the Palaces Burn evolves into one of the better rock documentaries I’ve seen. My hope is that folks who enjoy music documentaries, even if they’re not into metal, check it out—and with an open mind.

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As the Palaces Burn begins like many other rock docs I’ve seen and enjoyed. We meet the members of the Grammy-nominated metal band Lamb of God and learn that despite the ferocity of their music and live shows they are all regular guys with families and lives outside the band. “As everybody knows,” drummer Chris Adler quips as he loads luggage into the back of his Toyota, “real metalheads drive Priuses.” The film begins in 2012 as the Richmond, Va., band is just releasing its sixth studio record, Resolution. The album is doing well, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard chart, and it’s quite an accomplishment for a band with essentially no radio play (something true of many metal bands). Despite the achievement, we’re told that the only way for Lamb of God to succeed is to get out on the road and play shows. Record sales just aren’t the income stream they have been in the past, and it’s on tour where the bread gets buttered. Director Dan Argott’s initial goal for the documentary was to capture the band on the road and speak about the power of music—metal in particular—and how it can unite and inspire people across the globe. The film takes us to Columbia, Venezuela, Israel and India. We meet fans of metal and fans of Lamb of God, in particular; many in India, for example, have traveled days by train to get to the gig. It’s a presentation I always love to see: the love of fans for a style of music so much of the mainstream world has never understood or respected. I enjoy it, but I’ve seen it plenty of times before. Then, at about the 30-minute mark, As the Palaces Burn takes an unexpected and dramatic turn. Landing in the Czech Republic, in Prague, the band members note a significant police presence. “‘There must be somebody, some fugitive, on the plane or something,’” guitarist Mark Morton recalls thinking at the time. “That crossed my mind. ‘Wow, we are on the plane with some criminal!’” But it’s Lamb of God whom the authorities are after. The musicians learn there was an incident two years prior at one of their Prague shows. Singer Randy Blythe had allegedly shoved a fan off the stage. The man injured his head in the fall and later died in a hospital. No band member had any recollection of anything out of the or-

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Betting on Oscar Our reviewers predict who wins this year’s Academy Awards by Molly Laich, Skylar Browning and Migizi Pensoneau

Earlier this week AOL announced the end of Moviefone, the instantly recognizable voice of film times for an entire generation of theatergoers. While that unfortunate passing helps prove just how much the movie business continues to evolve, film fanatics can take some solace in the fact that at least one part of the industry—the Oscars—remains stubbornly and star-studdedly the same. Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast will provide the usual gaudy, overwrought and long winded—at least until the cut-off music—celebration of Hollywood’s best. It’s pop culture’s Super Bowl and, much like a sporting event, it provides ample opportunity to develop rooting interests in underdogs, bad boys, sentimental favorites and overdue legends. To prepare for this year’s spectacle, we asked three of our film reviewers to predict winners in the night’s major categories. May the best movie buff win.

BEST PICTURE ML: 12 Years a Slave I hope people recognize that this isn’t just a token vote for the most important or “necessary” film of the

McConaughey’s year, but I’d be just as happy if Leonardo DiCaprio or Chiwetel Ejiofor pulled an upset. SB: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street McConaughey should win, but it feels like the Academy will finally reward one of its brightest young stars with his first statue. MP: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Like the interwebs, I’d love to see Screaming Leo D. go home with the little gold statue, but his character in Wolf of Wall Street, though fun, had nowhere to go. McConaughey’s got it over Bruce Dern because his frailty is feigned and nuanced, whereas Dern really is old and meandering. That is not acting, that is just Bruce Dern.

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ML: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine It’s Blanchett’s award to lose. If Amy Adams takes it instead, I hope she thinks to thank the costume designers on American Hustle for her many plunging necklines—the real star of the show. SB: Judi Dench, Philomena Has anyone seen this movie? It’s great, in large part because of Dench’s moving performance. She’s also

Gravity No, pick me!

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ML: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave There might be room for some competition in this category, but momentum for Nyong’o has been building since the BAFTAs and I think she’s going to take it. SB: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave I had to look up BAFTA. Molly is just showing off with a British Academy of Film and Television Arts reference. MP: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Duh.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM ML: Frozen I dislike children’s movies and haven’t seen any of the nominees; I’m just repeating what I’ve overheard. SB: Frozen Speaking as a parent who has been forced to listen to this soundtrack more than any sane person should, I’d like to address the utter travesty of undermining Idina Menzel’s original version of “Let It Go” by releasing Demi Lovato’s cheap cover as the radio single. I call bullshit and demand … wait, where are you going? MP: Frozen People love this damn thing. And really, Despicable Me 2 aside, the others just don’t stand a chance to the bandwagon. 12 Years a Slave

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year. Beyond the subject matter, 12 Years a Slave features some of the very best acting, an eerie soundtrack, haunting visuals and a jarring narrative. SB: Gravity Like Forrest Gump beating Pulp Fiction in 1994, Crash edging Brokeback Mountain in 2006 and Titanic over, well, anything in 1997, the Academy has a tendency to put box office numbers ahead of artistic risk. MP: 12 Years a Slave Frankly, I’m going to chalk this one up to the fact that Academy members love to have their noses rubbed in historical trauma. Slavery, the Holocaust and genocide are always big winners on Oscar night.

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ML: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club The competition in this category is fierce, and if there are any surprises on Oscar night I think they’re going to happen in the major acting categories. This is

my pick because I’m the only person—Woody Allen controversies aside—who didn’t love Blue Jasmine. MP: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine The wild card is whether Allen’s alleged grossness (and factual lecherousness, let’s be real) will scare voters away. I doubt it will.

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ML: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Leto’s flawless performance as contrasted with his glib attitude at the Golden Globes (and pretty face) seems like good evidence to me that acting must not be that hard. SB: Bradley Cooper, American Hustle But wouldn’t it be funny if two-time nominee Jonah Hill won? MP: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Straight up deserves it ahead of anyone else nominated. All other nominees are fairly one-note.

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ML: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity I assumed early on Steve McQueen would win, but it’s been decided: 12 Years a Slave takes Best Picture, and we’re celebrating the technical masterpiece that is Gravity by honoring its director. SB: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity If you haven’t seen it online yet, check out the short film Aningaaq, directed by Cuaron’s son. It fills in a key part of this film. MP: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity You can’t even refer to this as a movie anymore. It’s a spectacle, or an achievement. Plus, the man spent four years doing this thing. They’ll throw him a bone.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ML: The Act of Killing Josh Oppenheimer’s documentary is unequivocally the best film I’ve seen all year. It will challenge your ideas of what it means to be human with unforgettable characters and images. I can’t say enough good things about it and I’ll be devastated if it doesn’t win.

SB: The Act of Killing What they said. MP: The Act of Killing Indonesian death squad perpetrators reenact killings in various cinematic genres. Say that out loud to yourself, then ask yourself how it won’t win.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ML: The Great Beauty I haven’t seen any of the nominees, and I know I was critical of Blue is the Warmest Color, but I find myself offended on behalf of lesbians the world over that it wasn’t nominated anyway. SB: Broken Circle Breakdown I’m a sucker for Belgian bluegrass. Plus, it screened at the Roxy. MP: Omar The Academy enjoys showing how chic and hip they are, particularly when it comes to being cool about Islamic and Arabic tensions. Throw in some espionage, a love story and boom goes the Oscar.

BEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ML: Hopefully Spike Jonze takes Best Original Screenplay and livens up the broadcast a bit with some antics, but he’ll probably just be cute and nervous in a tux like everybody else. Still. SB: Did you know Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa is nominated? If it wins for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (key point: American Hustle was somehow snubbed in this category), you could see Johnny Knoxville— Johnny Knoxville—on the Oscar stage. MP: Jennifer Lawrence will be just the right amount of goofy and endearing, mixed with a downto-earth guffaw, adding to a charm that—if she’s not careful—will get tiresome soon. Or she’ll just flat-out fall over again.

BEST DISPLAY ON THE RED CARPET ML: Um, duh. Jennifer Lawrence. SB: Aside from the stunning Nyong’o, it’ll be McConaughey who pours on the charm and stoner charisma while towering over Ryan Seacrest. MP: The bromance that has bloomed between Leo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. I think both men wish they could somehow assimilate a small part of the other. arts@missoulanews.com

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ABDULAI This documentary short, made by UM students, visits an impoverished Ghanaian village and contemplates happiness without materialism. Screening at the Roxy Sat., March 1, at 8 PM, with Q&A to follow.

THE MONUMENTS MEN FDR directs an unlikely platoon of handsome men to rescue classic art pieces from the Nazis in WWII Germany. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

BORN IN ‘45 Director Jürgen Böttcher’s sensual 1965 film depicts newlyweds trying to make their unhappy relationship work. Originally banned, the film wasn’t shown in Germany until after the Berlin Wall fell. Screening at the Roxy Wed., March 5 at 7 PM, presented by the UM Office of International Programs. Soft pretzels, mustard and German beer available.

PHILOMENA A cynical journalist sets out with an elderly woman to help find her long-lost son. Rated PG13. Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Sophie Kennedy Clark. Wilma, Pharaohplex. POMPEII John Snow, I mean, ahem, Kit Harington stars as a gladiator trying to save his beloved from marrying a dirtbag senator. Spoiler alert: the volcano blows up and covers the whole town. Also starring Emily Browning and Kiefer Sutherland. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12

DEMONS A West Berlin movie theater is plagued by nasty demons taking possession of people in Dario Argento's 1985 cult classic. Not rated. Screening at the Wilma Sat., March 1 at 8 PM.

RIDE ALONG A smart-alec security guard tags along with his fiance’s cop brother to prove his mettle, but he could be in for more than he bargained. Starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Tika Sumpter. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

NON-STOP Liam Neeson is an air marshal with a very particular set of skills, skills he’s acquired over a very long time, and he’s going to use them when bad guys threaten a transatlantic flight. Rated PG-13. Also starring Michelle Dockery, Julianne Moore and Lupita Nyong’o. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. SON OF GOD Kicking off the Lenten season (Ash Wednesday is March 5, for heathens who forgot) a white dude plays Jesus Christ. Rated PG-13. Starring Diogo Morgado, Amber Rose Revah and Sebastian Knapp. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING 3 DAYS TO KILL A Secret Service agent can take an experimental drug to cure his disease, if only he can complete one assignment in a designated amount of time. Three days, most likely. Starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld and Connie Nielsen. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. ENDLESS LOVE Teenagers with suspiciously good skin seek to bone each other, despite parental disapproval. If you can figure out what makes this movie remotely unique, you tell me. Starring Gabriella

The award for Best Unrealistically Stylish Flight Attendant Uniform goes to... Non-Stop opens Friday at Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

Wilde, Alex Pettyfer and Bruce Greenwood. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharoahplex. FROZEN A Nordic princess endeavors to find her sister and bring her back to their snowy kingdom. A whimsical talking snowman joins in the adventure, too. Starring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS A singer-songwriter dude in 1961 Greenwich Village wears neck scarves and tries to make it big. I think I saw this before on the Your Dad, the Original Hipster blog. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. Rated R. Wilma. THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Old-school mid-life crisis alert: The married-with-

several-children Charles Dickens falls in love with a hot young thang. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas. Rated R. Wilma. THE LEGO MOVIE The toys you grew up stepping on now star in an action-packed animated adventure to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the Lego world together. (P.S., I dunno how kids feel about it, but it earns an A-plus from inebriated 20-somethings.) Brought to you by the “Clone High” writers, and starring the voices of Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Berry. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. LONE SURVIVOR Mark Wahlberg stars as Marcus Luttrell, one of the SEAL team members in the botched 2008 Operation Red Wings mission. And David Bowie and Brian Eno wrote the theme song, cool

ROBOCOP Half-man. Half-cop. All action. Hollywood continues with its prime directive of inflicting remakes on us. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Douglas Urbanski and Abbie Cornish. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Entertainer. WINTER’S TALE Colin Farrell is a roustabout who changes his ways when he discovers he can make the woman he loves come back to life, in a centuryspanning tale set in a fictional version of New York City. Also starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Russell Crowe. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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Yolk tales by Ari LeVaux Talk to a backyard chicken farmer long enough, and you’ll eventually hear about the color of their egg yolks, and how those from the grocery literally pale in comparison. You’d think hipster hen keepers invented brightly colored yolks, but consumers have shown yolk color preferences for at least a century. And egg producers have been catering to this trend for about as long. “The consumer demands highly colored yolks in ‘fancy’ eggs throughout the year, and the eggs with pale colored yolks, so frequently found on the market during the winter months, are the object of much complaint, particularly in cities,” wrote Dr. Leroy Palmer in a 1915 paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Palmer sought to identify the chemical culprits behind yolk color, and found a class of carotenoids called xanthophylls. Nearly 100 years later, Palmer’s conclusion is still widely accepted. Carotenoids are pigment molecules produced mainly by plants, and are only available to animals via diet. They include the building blocks of vitamin A, and many have been shown to have antioxidant capabilities. Historically, pale egg yolks were often taken as a sign of malnourished hens, because most sources of chicken food contains carotenoids. But this is not always the case. In many African countries, white corn is typically a part of chicken feed. White corn (or maize) is low in carotenoids and hens that eat it can produce eggs with yolks so pale they’re almost offwhite, despite the chickens being well-nourished and healthy. By the same token, richly colored yolks are not universally preferred. Consumer demand for various yolk colors varies by region. Germans prefer darker orange yolks, while egg eaters in the UK prefer something a bit paler. In Italy, eggs are named according to the color of their yolks, with yellows being referred to as giallo dell’uovo, and the orange yolked eggs called rosso d’uovo. The DSM Nutritional Products yolk color fan resembles the paint color fans from the hardware store. It contains 15 shades along the yellow-to-orange spectrum, and is the industry standard for assessing and comparing yolk color. Egg producers use the yolk color fan to zero in on and maintain the desired yolk color. Many xanthophylls are routinely used to micromanage yolk color, including marigold leaves, yellow maize, alfalfa, orange peels, algae, carrots and annatto seeds. Synthetic pigments can be more powerful than naturally derived pigments, but consumer preferences for natural ingredients in feeds have kept the industry focused on natural sources, or liquid extracts thereof. The manipulation of yolk color isn’t just something practiced by large-scale producers. Once, at a farmers market in Santa Fe, I watched farmer Matt

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Romero crack a pair of eggs into a demonstration pan. The yolks were a spectacular shade of sunset-red. “I save all the old red chile that doesn’t pass our cleaning stage,” Romero explained. “Any chile in the field that’s damaged, we feed it to our chickens. They eat the seeds first, then little by little they get to the flesh. The active dye [a xanthophyll found in chile] is called zeaxanthin. We call them red chile eggs.” I went straight home, set aside a few eggs for later comparison, and began feeding my hens a paste of chile powder and fish sauce. It worked. Considering how easy it is to manipulate egg yolk color, a recent NPR story concluded that judging eggs by their yolks’ color “won’t tell you anything” about their nutrient content. But it’s not quite so simple. Many of the xanthophylls added to enhance yolk color are actually good for you, such as ß-cryptoxanthin, which is both a precursor to vitamin A and an antioxidant, and plays an important role in bone health, among other benefits. Lutein, another yolk-brightening xanthophyll, has antioxidant qualities as well, and it accumulates in the retina, where it is thought to protect against age-related sight degeneration. But before you get too excited about the nutritional possibilities of richly-colored yolks, consider that two servings of butternut squash per month will give you more than your monthly dose of ß-cryptoxanthin. By weight, pumpkins have about 717 times more ßcryptoxanthin than the average-yolked egg. One cup of kale, meanwhile, has 79 times the lutein of two eggs. Although richly pigmented yolks are not guaranteed to be significantly healthier, if you know anything at all about where the eggs in question came from, the color of the yolk can in fact be a clue into its nutrient content. Hens that forage on rich pasture would presumably eat a lot of bugs and green plants. This diet would be full of carotenoids, including xanthophylls, and bugs and plants make for a healthy diet. Hens that are healthy and have had their fill of vitamins will be in a position to stash the leftover nutrients in their eggs, while hens that are nutrient-deprived will not. So, bright yolks really could be a sign of healthier eggs, especially if the farmer isn’t intentionally pigmenting them. Meanwhile, if a carton of eggs billed as “freerange” contains pale yolks, that could mean that the eggs were produced in a way that barely satisfies the minimum requirement to merit the free-range label. That is, the chickens were given access to a postage stamp-sized patch of dirt next to their massive barn. In this case, yolk color can be used to help determine if a brand of free-range eggs is worth the extra money. But if you bring home cheap eggs from the supermarket, only to discover yolks blaring like the sun from your pan, you’ll know those yolks are the equivalent of a sprayed-on tan.

[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway 728-8900 (across from courthouse) 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 wi-fi. 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. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Have you checked out Bernice's website: bernicesbakerymt.com: Are you a fan of Bernice's on Facebook? Did you catch that silly Christmas video on YouTube? Viewed the Montana Home Shopping Showcase? Bernice's not only has awesome breakfast pastries, elegant cakes, signature wedding cakes, cookies & treats galore, lunch, and excellent coffee. Bernice's has great employees who rock the social media! 35 years of solid goodness! Check out our social media and then stop by to celebrate a job well done! xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ 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 bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or fam-

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ily or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$

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The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Heraldo's Mexican Food 116 Glacier Dr. Lolo, MT 59847 406-203-4060 HeraldosMexicanRestaurant.com Lunch and Dinner. Open 7 Days • Eat-in or Carry-out • Handmade Tamales • Burritos • Chimichangas • Flautas • Fajitas • Combo plates and MORE. See our menu at www.heraldosmexicanrestaurant.com. Order Your Holiday Tamales Now! Also sold year-round. Call for details. $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$

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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 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$

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Tagliare Delicatessen HANGRIEST HOUR Slice master: Tagliare owner Cheryl Bregen stands in the shop’s close-quarters kitchen and meticulously assembles an antipasto platter. It contains meats and cheeses arranged in a ring around a mound of marinated olives. The selected cuts are as hard to pronounce as they are delicious—smoked muscovy duck, two kinds of soppressata, speck, manchego, mozzarella, beemster, stuffed peppadews and bresaola. That last one, bresaola, is air-dried salted beef aged for about three months and looks a little purple. This is the kind of exotic (and expensive) stuff Bregen is slinging, and it’s what Tagliare—the italian verb for “to cut” or “to slice”—is all about. Unsung specialties: Everyone knows Tagliare as a sandwich shop. From the “Kiss” to the “Megadeath,” its music-themed hoagie menu draws loyal customers week after week. But Bregen says her 5-year-old storefront is first and foremost a deli, and her sliced meats are the under-appreciated bedrock of her business. “We are a deli that sells sandwiches, rather than a sandwich shop that happens to have sliced meats,” she says. “So we are trying to bring that back a little bit more, more deli.” A slight shift: By St. Patrick’s Day at the latest, Bregen says she will be coming out with

Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ 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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new options at her deli counter, such as grilled portobellos, eggplant and tortellini salads. She says she also wants to add more of those savory sliced meats to the popular sandwich options. “There is sort of a a shift coming … but the sandwiches aren’t going anywhere. I don’t want rocks through my window. If I take away the Megadeath, it will be over,” she says with a laugh. Where to find it: Try the meats and cheeses at Tagliare Delicatessen, 1433 S. Higgins Ave. — Jimmy Tobias Hangriest Hour serves up fresh details on western Montana eats. To recommend a restaurant, dish or chef for Hangriest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 406-549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges? Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am-2am. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers. Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers

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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. Broadwa 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 inhouse so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an allencompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ 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. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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. $-$$

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For those about to rock, we salute you. Umphrey's McGee plays the Wilma, along with California Honeydrops, Wed., March 5. Doors at 7 PM. $25/$22.50 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and KnittingFactory.com.

THURSDAYFEB27 The latest Wild Mercy Literary Reading Series installment features EVST grad students Lily Vonderheide and Nick Triolo reading pieces contemplating “nature, culture, and self.” UM FLAT, 633 S. Fifth St. Free, plus there’s tea and baked treats during the break.

The Badlander hosts a celebration of life for Aaron Bolton, who passed away two years ago. Toast at 7 PM. All are welcome. The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

nightlife Let David Bowie be your style guide for the reception for Under Pressure, collector Jordan Schnitzer’s exhibit of the largest private print collection in the country. Missoula Art Museum. 5 PM. Free. I’d advise against wearing your nicest white shirt when Gil and the Spills play Draught Works

Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover. Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Acoustic tunester Carter Freeman plays the

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belly fiddle while you shake, rattle and roll at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton from 6-8:30 PM. No cover. Eat and run (just not at the same time) at the Fueling for an Active Life class with Kayli Peterson, a PEAK Fitness health coach. She’ll talk about nutrition for runners and you’ll sample some recipes. Good Food Store. Optional run/walk at 5:45, class at 6:30 PM. $5. Register at the store’s customer service desk or call 541-3663. It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Due to popularity, there are now two levels: beginning twostep from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Live band starting at 9. Bring all your Okie friends when Merle Haggard plays the Dennison Theatre. Doors at 7, show at 8 PM. $49.50-$64.50. Tickets at GrizTix outlets. All ages. Open up a time capsule at the Roxy with screenings of 1936’s The Plow that Broke the Plains, a New Deal documentary, and 1938’s The River, on the importance of the Mississippi. Both movies accompanied by NextDoorPrisonhotel. $10, starting at 8 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. You can wear any color, so long as it’s black when Cold Hard Cash Show plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. No cover.

American Falcon gathers all the hot chicks into the nest for the last installment of the Thursday night residency, along with Thee Hounds and Magpies. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. No cover. The inversion tricks everyone into thinking we’re in LA when the Smog City Tour brings 12th Planet, Protohype, Antiserum, Spl and Steady for some West Coast bass at the Palace. Doors at 9 PM, 18-plus show. $12. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bump and grind—just be cool and ask first, lovelies. The Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10. Move in the right direction when Seattle-based alt soul/rock outfit Down North plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.

FRIDAYFEB28 Watch out for furry Elises when Beethoven week kicks off with a piano recital from the worldrenowned Lisa Smirnova. UM Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $30. Tickets at missoulasymphony.org and 721-3194.

Perhaps you’ll find your ticket to “Antiques Roadshow” fame at the annual antique show and sale at Orchard Homes Country Life Club, featuring lots of furniture, decor, lighting, art prints, jewelry, Western and rustic, shabby chic, repurposed items and funky vintage stuff. 2537 S.

Third St. W. Friday and Saturday starting at 9 AM. Free to attend. Call 5589014 to learn more.

nightlife Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM. No cover. Feb. 28 features Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails. The real-deal Harlem Globetrotters bring their skillz to the Adams Center, starting at 7 PM. $16-$23 for most seating/$36 VIP/$68 courtside/$233 bench. Tickets at harlemglobetrotters.com or GrizTix outlets. Boot-scoot-boogie all night long when the Soul City Cowboys play country for dancin’ to at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. 8 PM. No cover. The stars are bright, through all the night—oops, wrong state. Hamilton Players present the classic musical Oklahoma! at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM. $15/$8. Philosopher Avishai Margalit presents “The Arab Spring and the Israeli Spring,” part of UM’s President’s Lecture Series. University Center Ballroom. 8 PM. Crack some suds and dig the mellow kicks at Thunderground, a dance night with Kris Moon and guests on Fridays in the basement of Stage 112, on the corner of Front and Pattee (aka the old Jolly Corks.) 9 PM. No cover, 21-plus. Unearth some pure country gold when Copper Mountain Band plays the Sunrise Saloon from 9 PM to close. No cover.

Nice threads. Comedian Donnell Rawlings performs at Stage 112, with local hip hop to follow, Fri., Feb. 28 at 8 PM. $20/$18 in advance. Visit standupmt.com.

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20% Off Sleeping with the band. Cody Beebe and the Crooks play the Top Hat Sat., March 1, along with singer-songwriter Austin Jenckes. 10 PM. $5.

The Graveface Roadshow swings by the VFW tonight, with gothy pop from the Casket Girls, plus the Stargazer Lilies and Dreamend. 9 PM. $8. (See Music.) Squeeze just a little more weirdness into February when Darshan Pulse, Modality and Ian Velikoff play Sean Kelly’s. 9 PM. No cover. The Laughs and Lyrics showcase brings comedian Donnell Rawlings (who you may remember from “Chappelle Show”) with hip hop from locals like Wormwood and Rude Max. Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 8 PM. $20/$18 in advance. Visit standupmt.com. Bust a groove like Ylvis and crew for Foxy Friday, a dance night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover. Find your own basement honkytonk angel when the Whiskey Hooves play the Palace, starting at 9 PM. No cover. Three Eared Dog plays tunes while you play easy-to-get at the Union Club, starting around 9 PM. No cover. Bring all the plur you got (that’s peace, love, unity, respect, according to Urban Dictionary) during the #Plurnt dance night by Pulse, featuring DJs Trophy Boy, BrassTacks, Cryptochrome, Wolf Trap and Boy Burns Bridge. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. Lolo Hot Springs Resort hosts the weekly TomBourine Show, plus you can get your soak on and rent a cabin. 9:30 PM. No cover. Practice your funky chicken and mashed potato before the sevenpiece Fox Street All Stars roll into

town, along with Cure for the Common. Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

SATURDAYMAR01 Perhaps you’ll find your ticket to “Antiques Roadshow” fame at the annual antique show and sale at Orchard Homes Country Life Club, featuring lots of furniture, decor, lighting, collectibles, art prints, jewelry, Western and rustic, shabby chic, repurposed items and funky vintage stuff. 2537 S. Third St. W. Friday and Saturday starting at 9 AM. Free to attend. Call 558-9014 to learn more. The Missoula Children’s Theatre winter performing arts class presents the fruits of its labors with the original musical, Peter and Wendy: A Fanciful Flight to Neverland. MCT Center for the Performing Arts at 3 and 5 PM. $5-$9, tickets at MCTinc.org, the 200 N. Adams St. box office and 728-7529. Try not to get organic popcorn stuck in your teeth whilst taking in the latest in progressive food and farming issues with the TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” conference, with a live webcast from 8:30-10:30 AM of discussions on school food, sustainable ag and food racism, followed by local speakers from the food bank and Garden City Harvest at 1:40 PM. Roxy Theater. Learn more at tedxmanhattan.org. Whack it for hours (the ball, you sicko) with the USTA-Montana’s Ten-

nis Play Day at Schreiber Gym on campus. 9-11 AM. Betcha didn’t know that it’s World Tennis Day. Register at MontanaTennis.org or the day of the event. $5.

Pour a gallon to me, Alan, and we’ll shoot the sherbert to Herbert while the Hasslers play tunes at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.

Stay true to your root vegetables with the Heirloom Winter Farmers Market, which offers produce, honey, crafts and more, in the Floriculture Building on the Western Montana Fairgrounds. 10 AM-2 PM on Saturdays.

Three Eared Dog drops a bucket of Missoula party all over the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

If Spontaneous Music By Children doesn’t sound like a punishment to you, then check out University Village Community Center’s 14th season of monthly sessions for parents and kids to dance and see professional performances. Instruments and snack provided. 10:30 AM, with dancing at 11 and guest musician around 11:20. $3.50 per child, $2 for additional kiddos. Free for parents. Call Jen at 370-0300 to reserve a spot. The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., at Craft Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike. 12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free). Nolan Webber reads from his Norse-mythology-inspired fantasy novel, Pride of Alar, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 1-3 PM.

nightlife John Adams serves as your aural sommelier during the tasting at Ten Spoon Winery, which opens at 4, with music from 6-9 PM. 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. No cover. Biga antipasto available, or bring your own nibbles.

A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. This month there’s Irish tunes, cowboy poetry, jazz and western swing. $3 donations are encouraged. Call Clem at 9614949. The Missoula Folklore Society presents a contra dance with tunes by Balled in Burlap, upstairs at the Union Hall. Bev Young has the call. Beginner workshop from 7:30-8, dancing from 8-11 PM. $9/$6 for members and students. Boot-scoot-boogie all night long when the Soul City Cowboys play country for dancin’ to at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. 8 PM. No cover. The stars are bright, through all the night—oops, wrong state. Hamilton Players present the classic musical Oklahoma! at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM. $15/$8. You can be positively sure that Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty

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A bit tied up at the moment. LA psych-pop band Fever the Ghost plays Stage 112 Sat., March 1, at 10 PM. $10. Visit the Stage 112 Facebook page for more info.

Carlo will juice up the joint at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. Now free. Raise your Cheerwine or just make do with Mountain Dew when North Carolina rock outfit The Ends plays the Palace. 9 PM. No cover. Commune with your inner party vibe when Joan Zen plays the Union Club, starting around 9 PM. No cover. Party with the cream of the crop at the Best of Open Mic showcase, with Eli Gillman, Sierra Kamplain, Matt Gaydos, Mark Chase and Doug Hoelbinger. Sean Kellys. 9 PM. No cover. Colorado’s Dear Rabbit hops into town to play experimental baroque pop, along with J. Sherri, Ancient Forest and Jacob Milstein. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. No cover. (See Music.) Break out like the measles when singer-songwriter Austin Jenckes plays the Top Hat, along with Cody Beebe and the Crooks. Top Hat. 10 PM. $5. LA pysch-pop outfit Fever the Ghost creates hazy visions at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St. 10 PM. $10. Visit the Stage 112 Facebook page for more info.

SUNDAYMAR02 UM’s India Week kicks off with Ganesh Vasudeva, giving a Bharata Natyam classical Indian dance performance at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 6 PM. Free.

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The Missoula Children’s Theatre winter performing arts class presents the fruits of its labors with the original musical, Peter and Wendy: A Fanciful Flight to Neverland. MCT Center for the Performing Arts at 3 and 5 PM. $5-$9, tickets at MCTinc.org, the 200 N. Adams St. box office and 728-7529. It’ll be just like that chill art class you took senior year with Mrs. C.Dubs, except you don’t have to hide your drink in a Mountain Dew bottle during Art on Tap at Montgomery Distillery. Go from blank canvas to frameable work of art. 2 PM. $32. Email artontapmissoula@gmail.com or call 241-2208 to learn more. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk and old standards. Feel free to just sit a spell and listen, too. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free. Allons-y to the Alliance Francaise de Missoula Cine Club, which screens the charming film Camille Redouble at the Missoula Winery. 4 PM. $2/free for Alliance members.

nightlife The stars are bright, through all the night—oops, wrong state. Hamilton Players present the classic musical Oklahoma! at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road. Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM. $15/$8.

Warm up with an ale or two whilst Leon Young heats up the joint at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover. Dun dun dun dunn! The Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven week continues with a screening of Immortal Beloved at the Wilma at 7 PM. $10. Plus, get your pre-party on with orc dorks at the Top Hat from 56:30. Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free.

MONDAYMAR03 Discover the post-Lewis and Clark expeditions they didn’t teach you about in school when Peter Stark reads and signs his new history book, Astoria. Roxy Theater. 7 PM. It adds up that you ought to check out Ganesh Vasudeva’s lecture and demonstration, “The Mathematics of Indian Classical Dance,” part of India Week at UM. Open Space Theatre in the PARTV basement. 10:40 AMnoon. Rasa O’Neill presents Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness and Healing, with gentle stretches, breath work and guided meditation. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent St. Mondays from noon to 1 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. Ongoing class. Call 721-0033 to learn more.

[calendar] Open mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Call Joey at 406-229-0488 to get yourself a spot.

Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25. Anyone affected by epilepsy can come to the Epilepsy Support Group at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins Ave. 2–3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-0707.

After you totally crush the competition at Super Trivia Freakout, watch metal band Atlas Moth crush it on stage, along with Shramana and Arctodus. Badlander. 10:30 PM or so. No cover, but donations requested.

Get a helping hand navigating Affordable Care Act paperwork with assistance at the Missoula Public Library, Mondays from 3-4 PM and Tuesdays from 5-7 PM.

TUESDAYMAR04 The Mardi GOGO party puts the phat beats into Fat Tuesday, with Soulkandi GoGo dancers, stilt walkers, DJs, beads and shiny things and a $5 Hurricane special. Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

nightlife Keep your shiz together and for the love of God, quit accidentally yelling the answers at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr. All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages. Sip a little red while Blue Note plays smoky jazz at Red Bird Wine Bar. 710 PM. No cover.

Veterans and their families and caregivers are invited to the Yoga

Warriors class, sponsored by the Learning Center at Red Willow and hosted at The Peak Health and Wellness Center, 150 E. Spruce Street. Free, but limited so sign up at 721-0033.

nightlife Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center. The shindig steps off at 6 PM with a line dance, followed by 7 PM twostep and 8 PM country cha-cha. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. Writers of all stripes can meet somewhere besides a bar for once with the Writer’s Group facilitated by John Robinson at Bitterroot Public Library. 6:30-8 PM every other Tuesday. UM alumna Megan M. Garr, who works out of Amsterdam these days, reads from her chapbook, The Preservationist Documents, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. (See Arts.) Perhaps you’ll hear the forest for the trees when U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell presents a public address on Forest Service wilder-

walk a mile Some old white dude once deemed television the “opiate of the masses.” Sure, it certainly has the power to uphold the status quo, to enforce consumerism and hierarchy. But, as alternative shows are starting to prove, TV has just as much power to help us empathize with people we think are different from us. Just look at “Orange is the New Black,” the Netflix original series about Piper, a privileged white woman who has to serve a short prison sentence. Through her, we meet a crew of weird, screwed-up people in prison. “Orange is the New Black” stands on the strength of being a well-written, funny show in its own right. But what’s exciting is whom we’re watching: women of color, women in poverty, transgender women, women of varying sexual identities. The diverse characters in return benefit the show’s storytelling, giving it more material and emotional heft. WHO: “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox WHEN: Thu., March 6, at 7 PM WHERE: University Center Ballroom HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: umt.edu/tunnel

Laverne Cox, one of the stars of “Orange,” also happens to be one of the first out transgender African American women to reach acting fame. In “Orange,” her character Sophia is in prison for credit card fraud, which she’d used to pay for her transition surgery. (Fun fact: Cox has an identical twin brother, who plays Sophia in flashback scenes from before her transi-

tion.) In real life, Cox is an actress, producer and reality TV star; she’s made waves lately for going on talk shows and calmly correcting blundering hosts like Katie Couric. “The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people,” Cox told Couric. “And then we don’t get to really deal with the real lived experiences. The reality of trans people’s lives is that so often we are targets of violence. ... If we focus on transition, we don’t actually get to talk about those things.” Cox visits Missoula on March 6 as part of the annual Tunnel of Oppression event, which invites people to step in others’ shoes to better understand things like privilege, ableism, transgender identities and class inequity. It’s a lengthy span of topics, certainly. That’s because once you start talking about how really diverse people are, there’s a whole lot more interesting stuff to talk about. —Kate Whittle

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[calendar] ness areas as part of the spring wilderness lecture series. Gallagher Business Building, room 122. 7:10-8:30 PM.

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Get up close and personal with a small Baptist community rocked by a murder mystery with UM’s production of Book of Days. Performances at the Masquer Theatre March 4-8 and 11-14 at 7:30 PM, with a 2 PM finale on Sat., March 15. $16. Visit tickets.umtheatredance.org

Singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan don’t beat around the bush when she plays timeless tunes at the Top Hat, starting at 9 PM. $14/$12 in advance at the Top Hat, Rockin Rudy’s and tophatlounge.com. 18-plus.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What is the most common fish in the world? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

Declare who is Lord Smartypants of Them All and get a $25 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which includes music and picture rounds, plus drank specials. Pro tip: $25 is enough to buy almost everybody in the bar a Natty Light. Free to play. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM.

Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

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The always-swell Nate Hegyi plays tunes whilst you sip the good sauce from the gravy bowl at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave, from 6-8 PM. The Burns St. Beastro cart is sometimes parked outside with tasty fried things, too.

Imbibe a little, dance a lot when Minnesota bluegrass outfit Ginstrings plays the Top Hat at 8 PM. Free. 21-plus after 9 PM. Solo acoustic country fella Eric Barrera plays down-home tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave, this and every Tuesday at at 9 PM. No cover.

Come to the table for quality time with Keegan Smith and the Fam, playing at the Bitter Root Brewery. 6-8:30 PM. No cover. The annual Tunnel of Oppression project presents an evening with speaker Laverne Cox, best known as a star of “Orange is the New Black” and transgender advocate. University Center ballroom. 7 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.)

WEDNESDAYMAR05 PEAS farm dude Josh Slotnick presents “Sustainability for People Without a Country: Karen Refugee Agriculture in Thailand,” a Brown Bag Lecture at the conference room in the Mansfield Library. 12:10-1 PM.

It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Due to popularity, there are now two levels: beginning two-step from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Live band starting at 9.

Paul Horton presents a one-day sustainability workshop with the Natural Step Framework. University Center room 332. $450; email paul@paulhortongroup.net or call 360-9181079 to learn more.

Read this entry aloud in honor of World Read Aloud Day, which the Missoula Public Library celebrates by inviting y’all to read a poem, short story or excerpt between 11 AM and 5 PM. NCBI Missoula hosts an eight-week course aimed at educating white folks on how to help eliminate racism, running March 5 to April 30. Meets in downtown MIssoula from 1-3 PM every Wednesday. $150. Register and learn more at ncbimissoula.org. Scholarships available to UM students and staff. Stop on by for a mini session of the Body Code natural healing system at Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W. 4-6 PM. No cost. To learn more, check out butterflytransitions.webs.com or call Evelyn at 207-1370. Party down, Donner-style, when Jesse Bier reads Cannibal at Fact and Fiction on the UM campus. 4:30-6 PM.

nightlife The Singles of Missoula gals are out on the town for a Girl’s Nite Out, where they’ll meet at on the deck at the Depot, 201 Railroad St., at 5:30 PM. Call Nancy at 251-3330 with any questions. Sip a giggle water and get zozzled, baby, with the Top Hat’s weekly Jazz Night. 6 PM. Free, all ages. March 5 features the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio. The Fiction Writer’s Workshop invites all aspiring scribes to get together for dynamic, inter-

Face in my crowd. Cali Bulmash and Emily Lowinger perform comedy, poetry and music as part of the Slam Up Tour. Roxy Theater. Wed., March 5 at 8 PM. $10.

active workshopping at the ZACC. Every other week on Wednesday at 6 PM through June 11. Open to everyone ‘cept for UM writing students (and really, they ought to be busy enough as it is). Free. Envision a more graceful, calm self before taking the T’ai Chi Chuan class with Michael Norvelle. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Wednesdays from 6:30—7:30 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. I’ll take the peanut butter and jaaaaaam when Umphrey’s McGee plays the Wilma, along with California Honeydrops. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25/$22.50 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and KnittingFactory.com. Get up close and personal with a small Baptist community rocked by a murder mystery with UM’s production of Book of Days. Performances at the Masquer Theatre March 4-8 and 11-14 at 7:30 PM, with a 2 PM finale on Sat., March 15. $16. Visit tickets.umtheatredance.org

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Give a big ole high-five to love and orientations of all kinds with the The Slam Up Tour, a comedy, poetry and music shindig with Cali Bulmash and Emily Lowinger, and featuring activist and youth advocate Tahj Kjelland. Roxy Theater. 8 PM. $10. (Trivia answer: the bristlemouth, which lives about 100-250 fathoms deep, grows to about three inches long and can emit light from its underside so predators can’t spot its shadow.) If you think your Prince falsetto is good, that’s what matters, dear. Now go forth and rule the school at the Badlander’s Kraptastic Karaoke, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. Red Solo cup, I fill you up. Let’s have a party at Stage 112’s Solo Cup Wednesdays with live music and/or DJs. One American dollar, plus $3 cup fee, gets you a 32ounce cup of beer or well drink. Uff-da. 9 PM. 21-plus.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform. Free. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bump and grind—just be cool and ask first, lovelies. The Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10. Ragnarök hath begun. I look forward to the next three years of winter. Submit events to Calapatra the Calendar Mistress at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit events online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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s I dug my car out of a snowbank for about the third time last weekend, I remembered the Montana Mantra: “We need the moisture.” As I trudged through snowdrifts up to my waist on the way to work this week, I said it again: “We need the moisture.” It’s the promise of a green, sunny summer and lazy floating on the Clark Fork that keeps me here when I’m tempted to pack up and keep driving south until I see palm trees and cactus. As we’re all learning more every year, though, summer fun is tied closely to winter snow—in particular, how fast all that snow melts come spring. Bruce Sims, a hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service, presents “Climate Change: Glaciers and Stream Regulators” as part of an ongoing lecture series at the Swan Ecosystem Center in Condon. Sims has studied forests from Santa Fe to Alaska, and re-

searched the relationships between wildfire, snowpack and water quality. He’ll talk about the importance of glaciers and weather patterns in regulating streams and rivers. I’m grateful for our streams and rivers, especially in consideration of California’s ever-worsening drought. Down there, some counties are rationing residential use and restaurants are serving water only on request. I will begrudgingly take our snow and ice over parched palm trees. —Kate Whittle Forest Service hydrologist Bruce Sims discusses “Climate Change: Glaciers and Stream Regulators” as part of the Climate Change Program Series at the Swan Ecosystem Center, 6887 Highway 83 in Condon on Thu., Feb. 27. 7 PM. Call 754-3137 to sign up. $5 suggested donation.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 The Ninemile Wildlife Workgroup Lecture Series kicks off today at Historic Ninemile Ranger Station, 20325 Remount Road, Huson. Jared W. Oyler will give the inaugural talk with “Climate in the Northern Rockies: 1 Year and 10 Year Variability and Climate Change.” 7 PM. Free. Call 626-0071 for more info. The annual Hellgate Hunters and Anglers meeting convenes to vote for candidates to the HHA board of directors, changes to by-laws and see presentation from FWP biologists about Region 2 elk herds. Missoula Public Library. Newcomers can sign up for a HHA membership. 7-9 PM. Email hellgatewildlife@yahoo.com with any questions.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 Make sure your first time is special by attending First Timer Friday at the Freestone Climbing Center, 935 Toole Ave. in Missoula, at 7 PM. Free if it’s your first visit.

SATURDAY MARCH 1 The intrepid Missoulians on Bicycles host the annual Frenchtown Frenzy for Fries and Frolic, which departs from Mullan Station at noon, destined for burgers and good times in Frenchtown. Though what with the weather, better check missoulabike.org and call 728-8319 to make sure it’s on. You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Get ready to wreak vengeance on Canada with the free hockey day at Glacier Ice Rink, part of USA Hockey’s Hockey Weekend Across America. Helmet

and skates are provided, and instructors will teach the basics. Kids’ skate is 8:30-9:45 AM, and grownups can take the ice from 3 to 4:15 PM. Register and learn more at glaciericerink.com.

SUNDAY MARCH 2 The Race for a Cause convenes boarders and skiers alike at Lookout Pass Ski Area to benefit 10 charities in Montana, Idaho and Washington. There’s silent auction, lunch, awards banquet and more, plus you can get a lift ticket and ski for fun if you’re not feeling competitive. 8 AM. $50/$135 for team of three, plus discounts for students. Call 728-0500 or email david@dmirisch.com to learn more. Lace up for the Galloway Half Marathon Training Class, a 19-week series that starts today at 8 AM at Runner’s Edge, leading up to the Missoula Marathon in July. $75, plus registration fees. Visit runwildmissoula.org to learn more.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 Get the crew together for the Missoula Alpine Ski Race League, wherein four-person teams (including at least one woman) face off in head-to-head races. Hosted by Snowbowl Wednesday evenings from Jan. 22–March 5 at 7 PM, with final race and party on March 7. Lots of prizes and Big Sky brew gear for the winners. $395 per team. To learn more, contact Jay Rutherford at jay.rutherford@gmail.com.

THURSDAY MARCH 6 Andrew W.K. would approve of the Run For the Luck of It race registration party, hosted by Valley Physical Therapy from 5-7 PM, where you can show up, enter to win prizes, hang out with energetic folk and register for the March 15 race for a discounted rate. calendar@missoulanews.com

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I Dump This Asshole? tends to follow the same rule.) We live in a country that elected a black president, but we also live in a country where people of color disproportionately suffer from higher rates of poverty, disease and incarceration, and are underrepresented in media and government. But, like the Yo Is This Racist blog, people are chipping away at the racist system. Here in the Garden City, NCBI Missoula starts an eight-week Eliminating Racism course on March 5, aimed at white folks who want to become better allies, particularly in consideration of our state’s largest minority population, Native Americans. At the end of the course, participants come up with a “personalized action plan to advance racial justice in Missoula and beyond.” With ever more alarming news about white supremacists settling in western Montana and Idaho, it’s up to all of us to fight racism, online and off. —Kate Whittle NCBI Missoula’s eight-week course on eliminating racism starts Wed., March 5, and meets in downtown Missoula from 1-3 PM every Wednesday through April 30. $150. Location TBA. Register and learn more at ncbimissoula.org. Scholarships available to UM students and staff.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 You don’t have to be a time lord or a doctor to check out the Missoula Time Bank, in which members exchange skills and services instead of money. Orientations are at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center on the fourth Thursdays of the month. Enter through the alley door. 7 PM. RSVP required prior to the orientation by emailing info@missoulatimebank.org, and visit missoulatimebank.org.

SATURDAY MARCH 1 The monthlong March for Meals campaign kicks off today at Missoula Aging Services, where your donations are requested to help provide meals to the 95,600 folks in need who get Meals on Wheels deliveries in the area. Visit missoulaagingservices.org to learn more, or visit the office at 337 Stephens Ave. The ACLU of Montana Annual Meeting features Zeke Edwards speaking on the national Criminal Justice Reform Project, plus Mississippi Judge June Hardwick. Holiday Inn Downtown, 11 AM-5 PM. $25, includes lunch and a drink at the cocktail reception. Register at aclumontana.org.

SUNDAY MARCH 2 This is the kind of mass I can really get behind. The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its Sunday M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for lunch at 11:30 AM in the Elbow Room. 1855 Stephens Ave. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.

MONDAY MARCH 3 Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit or good cause each week. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. Former military members are invited to the Veterans For Peace Western Montana Chapter

meeting, which will work to inform and advocate about peace issues. Meets at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., on the first Monday of every month at 4 PM. Visit veteransforpeace.org to learn more. Dr. Heinrich Feldmann presents the no-doubt thorough discussion “Emergence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Evoking of SARS at the 10th Anniversary,” part of the spring global public health lecture series. Gallagher Business Building Room 106, 6:30-7:30 PM. The Missoula Patriots host a “Surviving Obamacare” workshop with presenter Joe Balyeat of the Americans For Prosperity PAC. Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane, at 7 PM.

TUESDAY MARCH 4 Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:15-8:15 AM Tuesdays. Watch some status quo get crushed when UM law school professor Michelle Bryan Mudd presents “Unseating the Lords of Yesterday: Water Law’s Historical Roots and Future Challenges,” part of UM’s spring water lecture series. University Center Theater, 7-8:30 PM. $5, or $20 for complete lecture series, with student discounts available. Visit grizalum.com.

THURSDAY MARCH 6 Consider some ecological equations when UM wildlife bio professor David Naugle presents “Solving Sage-Grouse: From Science to Solutions,” part of the conservation social science lecture series at UM. Forestry Building, room 301. 4:10-5 PM. Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

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 email 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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ADVICE GODDESS By Amy Alkon A GOOD TIME WAS JIHAD BY ALL I'm good friends with the woman next door, but she and her husband fight constantly in front of me and others. Recently, we were all in their car. She was driving, and he repeatedly told her everything she was doing wrong. Then he called to order a pizza, and she laid into him, saying he was ordering wrong. He yelled, "Why do you always complicate things?!" It was really unpleasant. Then, last week, they came to a dinner party at my house and started fighting right at the table! Is there any way to stop the tension and this rude behavior? —Uncomfortable It's so sweet when you look at a couple and realize that their relationship reminds you of a classic romantic comedy—like "Apocalypse Now." There are social conventions we all just know to adhere to, like that you don't get to use other people's ears as hampers for your relationship's dirty laundry. Unfortunately, this couple seems to have reached the "winning is everything" point—the point at which social conventions get crumpled up and thrown out the car window and you and your guests are dismayed to find your dinner party doubling as a jury trial: She Never Listens v. He Orders Pizza Wrong. Well-meaning people will advise you to take the woman aside (embarrassing and uncomfortable!) or chirp "Yoo-hoo, I'm right here!" when they go from zero to "I hate you" right in front of you. But there's a good chance these suggestions won't work, thanks to our body's sloppy and imprecise "fight or flight" system, which is seriously in need of an upgrade. It turns out that the adrenaline rush that would get triggered to help our ancestors escape a hungry tiger's attack can also be triggered by a verbal attack by a wife when her husband fails to meet certain apparently essential takeout-ordering standards. Psychologist Daniel Goleman calls this an "emotional hijacking" because the brain's reasoning center gets bypassed. He explains in his book "Emotional Intelligence" that the surge of adrenaline and other crisis hormones make a person's emotions "so intense, their perspective so narrow, and their thinking so confused that there is no hope of taking the other's viewpoint or settling things in a reasonable way." In other words, the behavior you should have the best success modifying is your own. And no, the modification shouldn't involve riding in the trunk when you go places with them or having the garden hose close at hand at your dinner parties so you can

break up any snarling dogs or married couples. A couple whose party manners fall off faster than pants on a nude beach doesn't deserve your company—much as they might like to have a witness in case one of them needs to claim "self-defense." You may want to see the wife alone, but you should decline all future opportunities to be in the presence of this duo. Of course, on occasion, it may be worth it to you to make an exception, like when you want to see a big boxing match but can't afford pay-perview: "Hi … I'm having a party next Saturday. Wanna come over so I can take bets on which one of you will end up biting off a piece of the other's ear?"

THE DEADLIEST KVETCH My buddy's wife never sets me up with her friends, and I'm starting to get offended. The guy she does set up is a total player who just sleeps with girls a few times and then dumps them. Clearly, he's getting preferential matchmaker treatment because he's better-looking. I'd like a chance with these girls before he burns through them. Should I bring this up to my buddy or his wife or just grin and bear it? —Annoyed Apparently, the telepathic messages you've been sending her were stopped by their neighbors' chimney. (Just a guess, but do you also do poorly trying to tidy up your house by moving objects around with your mind?) Unbunch your panties. There's a good chance that wifey's true motivation isn't fixing this guy up but fixing him. While many men enjoy taking apart and reassembling cars, many women enjoy taking apart and reassembling men. They like to believe that if they just find a bad boy the "right" woman, he'll become the right man—settle down, get married, and go so daddy-track that he stops just short of personally lactating. What you need to do (after you have that huge chip on your shoulder removed) is ask your buddy's wife to make you her project—like a pound puppy in need of a good home. Before you know it, one of her girlfriends should be dressing you up in a bee costume and posting the photos to Instagram. (Sorry...was that not what you meant when you were thinking "doggie-style"?)

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By Rob Brezsny

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Does Kim Kardashian tweak and groom her baby daughter's eyebrows? They look pretty amazing, after all—elegant, neat, perfectly shaped. What do you think, Gemini? HA! I was just messing with you. I was checking to see if you're susceptible to getting distracted by meaningless fluff like celebrity kids' grooming habits. The cosmic truth of the matter is that you should be laser-focused on the epic possibilities that your destiny is bringing to your attention. It's time to reframe your life story. How? Here's my suggestion: See yourself as being on a mythic quest to discover and fully express your soul's code.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The 19th-century American folk hero known as Wild Bill Hickok was born James Butler Hickok. At various times in his life he was a scout for the army, a lawman for violent frontier towns, a professional gambler, and a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Women found him charismatic, and he once killed an attacking bear with a knife. He had a brother Lorenzo who came to be known as Tame Bill Hickok. In contrast to Wild Bill, Tame Bill was quiet, gentle, and cautious. He lived an uneventful life as a wagon master, and children loved him. Right now, Cancerian, I'm meditating on how I'd like to see your inner Wild Bill come out to play for a while, even as your inner Tame Bill takes some time off.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "If I was a love poet," writes Rudy Francisco, addressing a lover, "I'd write about how you have the audacity to be beautiful even on days when everything around you is ugly." I suspect you have that kind of audacity right now, Leo. In fact, I bet the ugliness you encounter will actually incite you to amplify the gorgeous charisma you're radiating. The sheer volume of lyrical soulfulness that pours out of you will have so much healing power that you may even make the ugly stuff less ugly. I'm betting that you will lift up everything you touch, nudging it in the direction of grace and elegance and charm.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take," says hockey great Wayne Gretzky. In other words, you shouldn't be timid about shooting the puck toward the goal. Don't worry about whether you have enough skill or confidence or luck. Just take the damn shot. You'll never score if you don't shoot. Or so the theory goes. But an event in a recent pro hockey game showed there's an exception to the rule. A New York player named Chris Kreider was guiding the puck with his stick as he skated toward the Minnesota team's goalie. But when Kreider cocked and swung his stick, he missed the puck entirely. He whiffed. And yet the puck kept sliding slowly along all by itself. It somehow flummoxed the goalie, sneaking past him right into the net. Goal! New rule: You miss only 99.9 percent of the shots you don't take. I believe you will soon benefit from this loophole, Virgo.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you are the type of person who wears gloves when you throw snowballs, Germans would call you Handschuhschneeballwerfer. They use the same word as slang to mean "coward." I'm hoping that in the coming days you won't display any behavior that would justify you being called Handschuhschneeballwerfer. You need to bring a raw, direct, straightforward attitude to everything you do. You shouldn't rely on any buffers, surrogates, or intermediaries. Metaphorically speaking, make sure that nothing comes between your bare hands and the pure snow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his song "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," Bruce Springsteen mentions a disappointing development. "That waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me," he sings. "She said she won't set herself on fire for me anymore." I'm assuming nothing like that has happened to you recently, Scorpio. Just the opposite: I bet there are attractive creatures out there who would set themselves on fire for you. If for some reason this isn't true, fix the problem! You have a cosmic mandate to be incomparably irresistible.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Some people say home is where you come from," says a character in Katie Kacvinsky's novel Awaken. "But I think it’s a place you need to find, like it's scattered and you pick pieces of it up along the way." That's an idea I invite you to act on in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It will be an excellent time to discover more about where you belong and who you belong with. And the best way to do that is to be aggressive as you search far and wide for clues, even in seemingly unlikely places that maybe you would never guess contain scraps of home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What words bring the most points in the game of Scrabble? Expert Christopher Swenson says that among the top scorers are "piezoelectrical" and "ubiquitarianism"—assuming favorable placements on the board that bring double letter and triple word scores. The first word can potentially net 1,107 points, and the second 1,053. There are metaphorical clues here, Capricorn, for how you might achieve maximum success in the next phase of the game of life. You should be well-informed about the rules, including their unusual corollaries and loopholes. Be ready to call on expert help and specialized knowledge. Assume that your luck will be greatest if you are willing to plan nonstandard gambits and try bold tricks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sorry to report that you won't win the lottery this week. It's also unlikely that you will score an unrecognized Rembrandt painting for a few dollars at a thrift store or discover that you have inherited a chinchilla farm in Peru or stumble upon a stash of gold coins half-buried in the woods. On the other hand, you may get provocative clues about how you could increase your cash flow. To ensure you will notice those clues when they arrive, drop your expectations about where they might come from.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony," said Lou Reed. That might be an accurate assessment for most people much of the time, but I don't think it will be true for you in the coming days. On the contrary: You will have a special capacity to make contact and establish connection. You've heard of dog whisperers and ghost whisperers? You will be like an all-purpose, jack-of-all-trades whisperer—able to commune and communicate with nervous creatures and alien life forms and pretty much everything else. If anyone can get a pony to understand Sanskrit, it will be you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The battles you've been waging these last ten months have been worthy of you. They've tested your mettle and grown your courage. But I suspect that your relationship with these battles is due for a shift. In the future they may not serve you as well as they have up until now. At the very least, you will need to alter your strategy and tactics. It's also possible that now is the time to leave them behind entirely—to graduate from them and search for a new cause that will activate the next phase of your evolution as an enlightened warrior. What do you think?

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avery, a character in Anne Michaels' novel The Winter Vault, has a unique way of seeing. When he arrives in a place for the first time, he "makes room for it in his heart." He "lets himself be altered" by it. At one point in the story he visits an old Nubian city in Egypt and is overwhelmed by its exotic beauty. Its brightly colored houses are like "shouts of joy," like "gardens springing up in the sand after a rainfall." After drinking in the sights, he marvels, "It will take all my life to learn what I have seen today." Everything I just described is akin to experiences you could have in the coming weeks, Pisces. Can you make room in your heart for the dazzle? Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT OF THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RSERVATION CASE NO. 14-024-CP SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE MATTER OF, P.H. JR., Child in Need of Care. THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES SEND GREETING TO: ALIDA GARFIELD, biological mother of the above-referenced child: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear at the Tribal Court, Pablo, MT (Phone number 675-2700 ext. 1110) at a Hearing on a Petition for Declaration of Child in Need of Care Hearing, scheduled to take place on March 19, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. Petitioner, CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, on behalf of Tribal Social Services, P.O. Box 278, Pablo, MT 59855, is petitioning for Declaration of Child in Need of Care of the abovenamed child, named in the Petition, born April 30, 1996. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that failure to appear at the hearing will constitute a denial of interest in the child, which denial may result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in a judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Petition. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this 12th day of February, 2014. /s/ Cara Croft, Clerk of the Tribal Court, PO Box 278, Pablo, MT 59855 MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MINERAL COUNTY Cause No. DP-2014-1 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT CHARLES BROWN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kenneth Shipman, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 9th day of January, 2014, in Superior, Montana. /s/ Kenneth Shipman, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-234 Dept. No. 4 Honorable Karen S. Townsend, Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. HANSEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kelly F. Hansen, the Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 3rd day of February 2014. /s/ Kelly F. Hansen, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. /s/ Douglas G. Skjelset, Attorneys for the Estate MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-1411 Dept. No. 4. Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Michael Andrew Risden, Petitioner. This is a notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Michael Andrew Risden to Michael Andrew Hall. The hearing will be on 4/8/2014 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 2/20/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehneny, Deputy Clerk of Court. MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-14-42 Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson SUMMONS CHAD L. CHESNUT and VALERIE L. CHESNUT; JASON SPAID and LORI JEAN SPAID; GLEN A. BABCOCK and WENDY L. GARRETT BABCOCK; and RICHARD A. JOHNSTON, Plaintiffs, vs. MISSOULA MANAGEMENT COMPANY EM-

PLOYEES PROFIT SHARING TRUST, a liquidated or dissolved trust; and all other persons unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the real property described in this Complaint, or any part thereof, adverse to Plaintiffs’ ownership, or any cloud upon Plaintiffs’ title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, inchoate or accrued, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: MISSOULA MANAGEMENT COMPANY EMPLOYEES PROFIT SHARING TRUST, A LIQUIDATED OR DISSOLVED TRUST; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, OR INTEREST IN, OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON, THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT, OR ANY PART THEREOF, ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP, OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, INCHOATE OR ACCRUED. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. 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 for the purpose of quieting title to land situated in Missoula County, Montana, and described as follows: Tract 9A of Certificate of Survey No. 4528, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. and Tract 9B of Certificate of Survey No. 4528, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. and Tracts 10A and 10B of Certificate of Survey No. 3248, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. and Tract 7, as depicted on Deed Exhibit 3930, more specifically described as follows: A tract of land in the SE1/4 NW1/4, NE1/4 SW1/4 AND NW1/4 SE1/4 SECTION 1, T.15N., R.23W., Principal Meridian, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Center ¼ corner of Section 1, T.15N., R.23W., Principal Meridian, Montana; thence S89°45’47”E, 1248.43 feet along the EW mid-line of Section 1; thence S35°50’42”W, 966.59 feet to a point on the northerly right-of-way limit of Ninemile Road; thence N54°09’18”W, 1,090.00 feet along said limit; thence along a 930.00 ft. radius curve to the right and said limit an arc distance of 166.89 feet; thence N43°52’23”W, 162.73 feet along said limit; thence N46°07’37”E, 607.23 feet to a point on the N-S mid-line of Section 1; thence S00°14’03”E, 497.09 feet along said NS mid-line to the C1/4 corner and point of beginning, containing 17.741 acres more or less, being surveyed, monumented and subject to easements as shown on this attached exhibit, and Portion D of Certificate of Survey No. 3247. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this 14th day of January, 2014. /s/ SHIRLEY E. FAUST Clerk of the District Court (SEAL) By /s/ Heather Olean Deputy Clerk MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-14-48 Dept. No. 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Christopher Patrick Lim, Petitioner. This is a notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Christopher Patrick Lim to Tristen Christopher Valentino. The hearing will be on 3/11/2014 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 1/27/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk of Court MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 2 Cause No. DP-13-242 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLEN DAVENPORT, A/K/A GLEN WAYNE DAVENPORT, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims

will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Judith Ann Oliver, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 3rd day of January, 2014. /s/ Darlene Joyce Krantz-Mendler, Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 6th day of December, 2013. /s/ Judith Ann Oliver, Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 6th day of December, 2013. /s/ Judith Ann Oliver, Personal Representative. DATED this 6th day of December, 2013 ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Don C. St. Peter MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No 3 Probate No. DP14-30 NOTICE TO CREDITOS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD L. RUSSELL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Sylvia Russell, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 20th day of February, 2014, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Sylvia Russell BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Sylvia Russell, Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP14-21 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: CHARLES E. CROOKSHANKS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa A. Carter and Amy L. Cooper have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Lisa A. Carter and Amy L. Cooper, Co-Personal Representative,s return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 7th day of February, 2014. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC. BY: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Co-Personal Representatives I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 7th day of February, 2014. /s/ Lisa A. Carter, Co-Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 7th day of February, 2014. /s/ Amy L. Cooper, Co-Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Hon. Karen S. Townsend Probate No. DP-14-18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES EDWARD NUANEZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Suzanne M. Nuanez, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 5th day of February, 2014, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Suzanne M. Nuanez BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ James A. Bowditch P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for

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Suzanne M. Nuanez, Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-17 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ORLENA MARIE CHILDS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Alese Yvonne Moore, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 11th day of February, 2014 /s/ Alese Yvonne Moore, Personal Representative. MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-14-3 DEPT. NO. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICK J. MCDONALD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carole L. McDonald has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims may be mailed to Howard Toole, the attorney for Carole L. McDonald, return receipt requested, at the address of 211 N. Higgins, Suite 350, Missoula, Montana 59802-4537, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of February, 2014. HOWARD TOOLE LAW OFFICES, 211 N. Higgins, #350, Missoula, MT 59802-4537 /s/ Howard Toole, Attorney for Personal Representative MNAXLP NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated February 6, 2003 Grantor: Lei Ann Cross 199 Cross Country Rd. Polson MT 59860 Lei Ann Cross 17600 Hwy. 93 North Missoula MT 59808 Original Trustee: First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. PO Box 549 Missoula MT 59806-0549 Original Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula 1704 Dearborn Missoula MT 59806 Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP PO Box 7909 Missoula MT 59807-7909 Date & Place of Recordation: Original recorded February 6, 2003 in Book 698 of Micro Records at Page 1312, records of the Clerk & Recorder of Missoula County, Missoula, Montana. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 15th day of April, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, West Broadway Side, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: A tract of land located in the E ½ of Section 23 and the W ½ of Section 24, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, M.P.M., Missoula County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Section 24; thence S.00° 01’E., along the West line of said Section 24, 3798.38 feet to the true point of beginning; thence S.68° 07’10”E., 337.82 feet to the Northwesterly right-of-way line of the Northern Pacific Railway; thence S.43° 33’20” W., along said railway right-of-way line, 165.15 feet; thence N.66° 11’30—”;W., 411.11 feet to the Southeasterly right-ofway line of U.S. Highway No. 93 on a non-tangent curve (radial) line through said point bears S.75° 43’30”E.; thence Northeasterly along said Highway rightof-way line and said non-tangent curve, being concave to the Northwest and having a radius of 2945.0 feet, 94.3 feet to a point on a tangent line; thence N.12° 26’20”E., along said Highway right-of-way line, 46.95 feet; thence S.68°07’10”E., 155.74 feet to the true point of beginning. LESS AND EXCEPTING that portion deeded to the State of Montana recorded in Book 666 of Micro Records at page 1060. The de-

faults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, to pay when due the monthly payments provided for in the Deed of Trust in the amount of Four Hundred Forty Six and 10/100 Dollars ($446.10) for the months of June, 2013 through November, 2013; together with late charges in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Three and 60/100 Dollars ($133.60); together with other charges in the amount of Forty-Seven and No/100 Dollars ($47.00). The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is Thirty Six Thousand Seventy-Eight and 92/100 Dollars ($36,078.92), plus interest thereon at the rate of 8.0% from and after the 10th day of June, 2013 to October 30, 2013, in the amount of One Thousand Four Hundred Thrity One and 29/100ths Dollars ($1,431.29), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate of Seven and 90/100 Dollars ($7.90), plus all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 2nd day of December, 2013. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP PO Box 7909 Missoula MT 59807-7909 STATE OF MONTANA) :ss County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 2nd day of December, 2013, by Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee. (SEAL) /s/ Jill S. Malone Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires: 10/30/2014 2.13.14, 2.20.14, 2.27.14 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/04/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200827010 B:830 P: 598, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Jerry P Kelly, and Angelia J Kelly, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 3 of Doerr Subdivision, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201204488 B: 890 P: 1165, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP successor by merger to Wilshire Credit Corporation, on behalf of the Wilshire Mortgage Loan Trust 1997-2. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 24, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was 657,418.37. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $618,421.34, 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 2, 2014 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# 7021.17931) 1002.262292-File No. MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/17/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200608980 BK 772 Pg 2229, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Betty C. Melton was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East one-half of Lot 16 and all of Lot 17 in Block 118 of Town Company’s Addition, a Platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Plat of Record in Book 1 of Plats at Page 17. Recording Reference: Book 435 of Micro Records at Page 1373. 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 death and is grounds for acceleration on the Deed of Trust under paragraph 9 (a) (i) A borrower dies and the Property is not the principal residence of at least one surviving Borrower. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due in full. As of December 30, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $163,380.26. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $159,176.16, 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 12, 2014 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# 7023.108101) 1002.262819-File No. MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 18, 2014, 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: THE WEST HALF OF LOT 9 AND ALL OF LOT 10 IN BLOCK 13 OF LOWS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE

COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Clayton S. Hopkin and Andrea Hopkin, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 21, 2010 and recorded on May 25, 2010 in Book 860, on Page 447, under Document no. 201009959. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A, successor by merger to 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 $772.07, beginning April 1, 2013, 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 6, 2013 is $141,148.64 principal, interest at the rate of 4.75% now totaling $5,587.80, late charges in the amount of $164.60, escrow advances of $1,964.91, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,722.16, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.62 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: December 9, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 9th day of December, 2013, 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 acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 42048.724 BoA V Hopkin MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 7, 2014, at 11.00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Com-

PUBLIC NOTICES pany of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2268 LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA TOGETHER WITH EASEMENTS AS CONVEYED IN BOOK 150 MICRO RECORDS, PAGE 1340. David J Pleasant and Kathy L Pleasant, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 3, 2004 recorded in November 8, 2004 under Document No. 200431563. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association. 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 $907.88, beginning June 1, 2012, 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 20, 2013 is $152,877.53 principal, interest at the rate of 4.750% now totaling $11,875.67, late charges in the amount of $635.46, escrow advances of $5,780.70 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,217.36, plus accruing interest at the rate of $19.90 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, whereis 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 27, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 27th day of November, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, 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 acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia

Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 PNC v Pleasant 41230.881 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 8, 2014, 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 13 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 6 OF GLENWOOD PARK ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 793 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 306 Leslie A Largay and John F Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 8, 2007 and recorded March 8, 2007 in Book 793, Page 307 under Document No. 200705492. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, 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 $1,591.03, beginning January 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 13, 2013 is $209,707.47 principal, interest at the rate of 6.250% now totaling $39,751.19, late charges in the amount of $2,632.10, escrow advances of $12,738.93 and other fees and expenses advanced of $5,555.80, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an 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, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 29th day of November, 2013, before me, a

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s 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 acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Diana Steinmetz Notary Public State Idaho County Bingham Commission expires: 7/16/16 CitiMortgage v Largay 42011.428 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 24, 2014, 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 situatec in Missoula County, Montana: ALL OF LOT 1 AND THE EAST 1 FOOT OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 13 OF LOW’S ADDITION TO MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 1 OF PLATS AT PAGE 81 NOW ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 718 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1173 Heather Nichols and Mike Nichols, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2008 and recorded June 10, 2008 in Book 820 Page 495 under Document No 200812917. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, 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 $983.42, beginning August 1, 2013, 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 7, 2013 is $127,098.27 principal, interest at the rate of 2.000% now totaling $1,100.94, late charges in the amount of $345.89, escrow advances of $-1,055.54 and other fees and expenses advanced of $134.68, plus accruing interest at the rate of $6.96 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 15, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )ss. County of Bingham) On this 15th day of November, 2013, 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 acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public State Idaho County Bingham Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 CitiMortgage v Nichols 42011.863 MNAXLP Trustee Sale Number: 12-02359-3 Loan Number: 0195008719 APN: 5900174 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on June 9, 2014 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized local time, ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT the following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit LOT 14 IN BLOCK 2 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE IV, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. More commonly known as: 9200 SHARPTAIL DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT ANN KRISTINE GUNDERSON, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to INSURED TITLES, LLC, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MONTANA MORTGAGE COMPANY, A MONTANA CORPORATION, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of August 26, 2004, and recorded on August 31, 2004 in Film No. 738 at Page 1618 under Document No. 200424963, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). The current beneficiary is: Wells Fargo Bank, NA (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated August 16, 2012 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of January 15, 2014: Balance due on monthly payments from April 1,2012 and which payments total: $23,641.12: Late charges: $1,266.34 Net Other Fees: $415.00 Advances: $3,167.23 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $117,694.59 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 6.37500% per annum from March 1, 2012, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s and attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid 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 theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT HYPERLINK “http://www.priorityposting.com” www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-573-1965 Dated January 29, 2014 FIDELITY NA-

TIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee By: Megan Curtis, Authorized Signature AFTER RECORDING RETURN TO: Fidelity National Title Insurance Company 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 P1081963 2/13, 2/20, 02/27/2014 MNAXLP Trustee Sale Number: 14-00014-5 Loan Number: 0203300124 APN: 1527107 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on June 9, 2014 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized local time, ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit: The Land referred to in this Guarantee is situated in the County of Missoula, State of Montana, and is described as follows: Lot 13 and the West 23.5 Feet of Lot 14 in Block 62 of SCHOOL ADDITION, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 613 of Micro Records at Page 1056. More commonly known as: 1324 DEFOE STREET, MISSOULA, MT CHARLES R. ABELL & KAREN R. ABELL, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIPL, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MANN MORTGAGE LLC, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of October 30, 2006, and recorded on October 30, 2006 in Film No. 786 at Page 347 under Document No. 200628154, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). The current beneficiary is: Wells Fargo Bank, NA (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated January 17, 2014 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of January 30, 2014: Balance due on monthly payments from September 1, 2013 and which payments total: $7,650.00: Late charges: $183.60 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $171,194.87 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 6.50000% per annum from August 1, 2013, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s and attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid 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 theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT HYPERLINK “http://www.priorit y p o s t i n g . c o m ” www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-573-1965 DATED: January 30, 2014 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, By: Megan Curtis, Authorized Signature AFTER RECORDING RETURN TO: Fidelity National Title Insurance Company 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 P1081966 2/13, 2/20, 02/27/2014 MNAXLP

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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 5505 Creekstone. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek. $130,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

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REAL ESTATE Northside Condo 1400 Burns Unit #15, 3 bedroom 1 bath, with balcony and tons of light. $156,000. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

$200,000. Call Pat Delaney 239-3995 53.5 acres overlooking Missoula. Utilities in place, septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com East Missoula Lot At 559 Speedway (Next Door) $55,000. 4,800 square feet. Mature trees, sewer available. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

River views. $65,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $154,500. David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana 241-3321. loewenwarter.com Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com

OUT OF TOWN 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Clinton area home on 1.6 acres. $298,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

NHN Frontage Road, Alberton. 2 building sites with Clark Fork

Uptown Flats #307. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

LAND FOR SALE 160 acres in Grant Creek bordered on two sides by Forest Service land. $750,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Adorable Lewis & Clark Bungalow 4 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, finished basement, deck & 2 car garage. Fenced corner lot near mall & schools.

Come check out the condos at The Uptown Flats. 1 bed 1 bath plus high-end amenities. Starting at $149,000

Beautiful Home On Rattlesnake Creek 4 bed, 3 bath with cathedral ceilings, wood floors, gourmet kitchen, jetted tub and river rock fireplace. Lovely 2nd floor deck overlooks creek. $865,000

Call Anne to learn about the great opportunities available in the Upscale Community of The UPTOWN FLATS.

606 North Ave. W.

THE UPTOWN FLATS

Anne Jablonski

546-5816

PORTICO REAL ESTATE

$255,000 • MLS #20136914

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20 acres, Butler Creek. View of Snowbowl Ski Resort. Utilities in place, septic approved.

Classic 1950's with refinished hardwood floors,arched doorways and built-ins. All new windows & new energy-efficient furnace. Finished basement with family room. Fenced yard with fruit trees & raised beds. Double detached garage. For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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

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REAL ESTATE 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 4 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Wyman Gulch, Philipsburg.Two cabins on 20 acres w/creek,

bordering USFS. Great views and private! $154,500. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522 River Access 17430 SixMile, $285,000. Historic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12.51 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and so much more! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Six Mile Country Home 17430 Six Mile, Huson. 3 bed, 1.5 bath on over 12 acres. $285,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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FIDELITY Management Services, Inc.

7000 Uncle Robert Ln #7 • 251-4707 Specializes in Residential Property. Serving the Missoula area since 1981.

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$309,900 1807 Missoula Ave 3 bed, 2 bath, charming cottage like home near Rattlesnake Creek and park. Majestic views of MT Jumbo from the large deck. Newer energy efficient furnace, water heater, vinyl windows and a newer roof. There's lots of trees and landscaping creating a country retreat in the heart of the Rattlesnake.

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17430 Six Mile, Huson $285,000 • MLS#20140535 Historic 3 bed, 1.5 bath on over 12 acres. Country kitchen, wraparound porch, fruit trees & beautiful views. 1965 Raymond $339,000 • MLS#20140516 Split level 4 bed, 2 bath near Rattlesnake Creek. Two separate living areas, perfect for mother-in-law apartment or nanny-nook.

Homes

Land

406 Aspen View, Polaris MT. $345,000 2607 View Dr., One Level Living PLUS $239,000 1965 Raymond, 4 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Garage in Rattlesnake $339,000

East Missoula Building Lot With Trees $55,000

Homes With Land 2348 River Rd, 2.23 Acres in Town, $535,000 17430 Six Mile Stunning Setting 12.51 Acres With Solid Farm House $285,000

Townhomes/Condos 1400 Burns, Cheaper Than Rent, From $79,000 Uptown Flats #307 Upper Level $162,000 Uptown Flats #306 Third Floor Views! $162,000 Uptown Flats #210 Modern 1 Bed $149,000 1545 Cooley #C Rooms With a View! $128,500

Commercial: 2309 Grant, Building & Land $155,000

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 JESSE• Jesse is a lively young dog who loves people. In fact, he loves them so much that he needs secure confinement to keep him from touring the neighborhood to make new friends and find new playmates. He has good instincts; he just needs a family that will keep him safe and make him happy.

ADELE•She's big, she's beautiful, and Southgate Mall Missoula (406) 541-2886 • MontanaSmiles.com Open Evenings & Saturdays

TRUFFLE•Truffle looks like a grumpy old lady, but she actually has a wonderful personality, and she's so lively that she certainly never acts old! She does need some minor eye surgery that Animal Control will get done just as soon as we know she has a loving home for her recovery period.

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PRINCESS•Princess is certainly as special as royalty, but she never puts on airs! She's a high-energy dog who would South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 enjoy belonging to a family that has an 2330 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) active lifestyle. Then she could join in Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 the fun and participate in all the activi- 3708 North Reserve Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) ties. She'd love that! Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat)

she has quite a voice; of course we named her Adele! She also has just about the most interesting markings we've seen on a Siamese X, as well as slightly-crossed blue eyes and extra toes on every paw. This is one special lady!

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FANCY•This lovely Himalayan X has

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wonderful seal point coloring, as well as just about the softest coat you'll find on a cat. She's quite vocal, especially when asking to be let out of her cage, and she's also very friendly with people. You'd never be lonely with Fancy around!

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Missoula Food Bank 219 S. 3rd St. W.

MISTY•Misty is a longer-haired dilute torti, which means she has a soft, smooth coat of wonderful pastel colors. She's a very quiet, sedate lady and would certainly be more of a lap-sitter than a curtain-climber! She'd be a pleasant, lowmaintenance addition to your household.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 BOSCO• Bosco is just one big love bug! This six-year-old shar-pei/lab mix has a sweet, expressive face, and a fondness for tennis balls. He also loves his brother, Dice. The two of them found themselves at the shelter after their owner passed away, and now they are both looking for a nice new family to take them in.

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ALOHA• Aloha is a very special and loving lady who was transferred to us from another shelter. She is currently staying with a foster family who gives her prescription food to make sure her sensitive belly doesn't get upset, but she would really love a home of her own.

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STUBBY• Stubby-tail Stubby is a

SADIE•Sadie is a one-and-a-half year old lab mix who can't wait to go home with a new family! She has the endurance to run and play all day, and hopes her new people will take her on all kinds of adventures. Sadie is very smart, too, and loves learning new things. She is housebroken, friendly, and has an adorable face.

pretty green-eyed senior girl looking for a comfortable retirement home with a person who doesn't mind giving her occasional brushes and lots of pets. Stubby came into our shelter in January 2013, and while we love her, we think she'd prefer a home setting.

KATE & LEO•Kate & Leo would love nothing more than to be adopted together! These sweet, shy, green-eyed adults have spent their entire lives together, and clearly love each other. Doesn't your house need a pair of beautiful black kitties? They think they're make the perfect late-Valentine's Day addition to any home. Maybe yours?

KODIAK•Kodiak, a 4 year-old beautiful MON - SAT 10-9 • SUN 11-6 721-5140 www.shopsouthgate.com

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brindle shepherd mix and his best friend Sheila, a 12-year-old Beagle-Shar Pei mix came into our shelter after their owner passed away. These two are truly the best of friends - it's been said that Kodiak loves toys, treats, and Sheila. Sheila loves naps, getting pets, and Kodiak.

Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store

www.gofetchDOG.com - 728-2275 East Broadway • South Russell • North Reserve