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MOONDOGGIES HEADLINE EVERYONE AGREES ON WHEAT FARMER MUSIC ARTS HI-LINE ETC. FIRST ZOO MUSIC AWARDS ROADKILL FOR DINNER CREATES EARTHY EXHIBIT

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NEVER SAY DIE: MISSOULA SEN. DAVE WANZENRIED CONTINUES THE FIGHT AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

MOONDOGGIES HEADLINE EVERYONE AGREES ON WHEAT FARMER MUSIC ARTS HI-LINE ETC. FIRST ZOO MUSIC AWARDS ROADKILL FOR DINNER CREATES EARTHY EXHIBIT

Buddy Jackson M.I.P. Walking Corpse Syndrome

Airstream Safari Secret Powers Whiskey Root

Frodie Hemingway Traff the Wiz

Dodgy Mountain Men Flatt Cheddar Kitchen Dwellers

Adam Schulte Foster with Adam Cole Kris Moon

In Walks Bud Muzikata Shakewell

Kappa Oie Kira Means The Hasslers

The Boxcutters Kevin Van Dort Band Three-Eared Dog

Miller Creek Off in the Woods The Trees

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News Voices/Letters Moms and guns..........................................................................................4 The Week in Review Johnson trial, Vomit Cop and Blood Brother..................................6 Briefs Rattlesnake Trading Company, outfitters and prayers ............................................6 Etc. Roadkill for dinner ......................................................................................................7 News Missoula’s Wanzenried continues capital punishment fight ....................................8 News How conservatives built political capital in 2012 ....................................................9 Opinion Montana GOP aims to legislate an imaginary future.........................................10 Opinion How “science will not be muzzled” prevailed...................................................11 Feature What’s so funny about the 1491s? ......................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Hi-Line wheat farmer creates earthy installations .....................................................18 Music Greensky Bluegrass, Birthday Suits, High Voltage and Tegan and Sara ................19 Books Williams investigates mammaries, inside and out ................................................20 Music Seattle’s Moondoggies keep it simple ...................................................................21 Theater Chinese opera influences Missoula play ............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..........................................................23 Flash in the Pan To saturate, or not to saturate..............................................................24 Happiest Hour Ridge Distillery’s Absinthe .....................................................................26 8 Days a Week Knock knock ... .......................................................................................27 Mountain High Snow-Mazing Weekend..........................................................................33 Agenda Forward Montana Rockstar Hall of Fame ...........................................................34

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Never has, never will

STREET TALK Asked Tuesday morning on the Hip Strip.

by Cathrine L. Walters

This week the Indy profiles Native American comedy troupe the 1491s. What makes you laugh?

Follow-up: Provide one example of when comedy has crossed the line.

Abe Coley: Physical comedy. You know The Holy Mountain movie? One guy yells “Break the stone!” and the other guy starts whacking on this huge pyramid of rock and nothing happens. So the first guy grabs the ax and taps the top of the huge rock with a “ting” and it crumbles.

That kind. Trapped: The lady from Billings with the watermelon trap joke about the Prez.

Myrna Nyberg: When things happen to people that don’t normally happen, like when they fall down. Tripped up: When I was in my 20s my husband played a prank on his friend. He drove his car to the top of a 15-foot snow bank and left it there.

Well, the next day I came outside all dressed up with my kids to go to church and I found my car on top of the snow bank! I was so mad.

Josh Magoun: Sarcasm and slapstick humor. There was a commercial recently where football player Cam Newton was asking a kid if he’s got 60 minutes of play in him, that was great. Painful: If it hurts somebody else that doesn’t deserve it.

Kyla Staggs: Real world situations that people make funny, like when Bill Burr uses insurance and mortgage jokes in his comedy. He’s so profane and ridiculous but it’s so true. Hey heckler! When people start pointing out specific people and talking crap about them. It’s not necessary.

Ben Brewer: I’ve been watching the British “Office” again and “Comedy Bang Bang.” I definitely like comedian Reggie Watts, who was here in December. We need more stand-up in Missoula. Tough love: I think Seth MacFarlane crossed the line a little during the Oscars, but he blew James Franco and Anne Hathaway out of the water.

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It is understandable that individuals, like Nancy de Pastino, and advocacy groups like her “Moms Demand Action” are seeking solutions to the problem of gun violence in the wake of the horrifying Sandy Hook tragedy (see “Strength in numbers,” Feb. 21). It is also understandable that individuals and groups who deeply value their family’s gun heritage, the shooting sports and the right to use guns for self-protection are defending against possible reactionary laws that may come from this recent tragedy.

The buyback program that is being instituted by de Pastino and the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is a non-controversial way to get some guns out of the hands of some people—people who are currently in need of food more than they are in need of a firearm. And this can make a lot of people feel better knowing they are participating in this gesture of reducing guns among the local populace. But will it have the effect of reducing gun violence?

Unfortunately, the groups that form around big issues and “fight against” things like drug abuse, teen pregnancy, terrorism, poverty, mental illness, drunk driving and gun violence have been largely unsuccessful in preventing or reducing these conditions despite their claims. I have often wondered why these groups, so well intentioned to bring about positive change, do not succeed in bringing about the change they work so hard for. I have come to the conclusion that it is because, as Albert Einstein said, “we cannot solve the problems of this world at the same level of thinking at which they were created.”

Still it is important for us to take notice of what is not working and instigate new ideas that could resolve these unwanted conditions. But, I know for a fact that reactionary measures motivated primarily by anger and fear will never produce the desired results. Never has and never will.

Of course, anger and fear are natural reactions to a violent mass shooting. In fact, most humans, gun lovers, gun haters and everyone in between, probably had the same initial reaction to this tragic news. After the shock, horror and heartbreak, most of us started the natural process of trying to make sense of the senseless. We asked “why did he do it?” and “how could this have happened?” And then we started formulating hypothesis and some of us came up with reasons why it happened and in keeping with human

“I know for a fact that reactionary measures motivated primarily by anger and fear will never produce the desired results.” nature, we started pointing fingers and blaming something or someone or some other group of people for the tragedy.

It’s natural to want to do something so that we can feel “safe” and “in control” again in the face of something so terrifying and so out of control. Our fear for ourselves, our children and for our collective future motivates us to do something that we personally believe will help reduce the likelihood of a similar tragedy happening to ourselves or others.

Some gun enthusiasts and proponents of gun rights want teachers to be trained and allowed to carry guns into schools in order to dissuade mentally unstable people who may be fantasizing about becoming the next famous mass murderer. Gun en-

thusiasts often blame the violent entertainment industry, the general acceptance of the moral decline in society, the fact that more children are being raised in single parent families than traditional two parent families and other societal ills as the breeding ground for mentally unstable individuals who then commit violent deeds.

Some people who are not enthusiastic about guns want to try enacting more laws to limit who can have a gun and where guns are and aren’t “allowed” in order to prevent or reduce gun violence. Gun control proponents blame the NRA and gun manufacturers for blocking what they consider to be “common sense” laws and rules that they believe would have the effect of reducing gun violence, such as outlawing certain type of guns and ammunition as well as penalizing and holding gun manufacturers and retailers responsible for gun deaths.

Unfortunately, in the process of trying to solve the universally agreed upon problem of gun violence, we angrily blame and attack whoever or whatever we believe is responsible for the problem.

Until or unless we eliminate all these guns in our heads aimed at other people who want the same thing that we do but who hold different views, we will not solve the problem of gun violence—or any other social problems for that matter.

I fully support the goal of ending gun violence as do individuals on both sides of the gun debate. But until we realize that gun violence is not wrought by guns, but is wrought by desperate individuals who have lost their way, who have lost their connection to something bigger—to the whole of humanity and to themselves— and until we each see our own part in that larger dilemma, we will continue the fruitless debating, blaming and finger pointing and miss the solution altogether.

Wendy Mair Missoula

[Comments from MissoulaNews.com] Backtalk from “Strength in numbers,” Feb. 21 “Hey, I am a mom and cannot see how controlling guns will do anything to stop crime! I would rather see teachers in schools with CW permits and carrying.”

Posted Feb. 21 at 7:21 p.m.

“She’s a pathetic nutcase who identifies herself as being

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a ‘mom’—BFD—it ain’t that difficult to become a mom. It certainly doesn’t give her any greater insight into the gun issue, that’s for sure.”

Posted Feb. 22 at 2:45 p.m.

“I would agree with her more if she had grown up in Montana her whole life and

still had the same opinion, but she is from Maryland.”

Posted Feb. 22 at 4:55 p.m.

“If she, and others like her, spent more time being a PARENT, rather than a social activist, we wouldn't have children growing up to be criminals.”

Posted Feb. 23 at 10:03 p.m.

“I’m a third gen Montanan and grew up in a house free of guns. Now I hunt and own a few. I applaud Nancy for her efforts to bring common sense into our national discussion on guns. Don’t let the bastards get you down Nancy!”

Posted Feb. 25 at 5:02 p.m.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, February 20 The seventh day of former UM quarterback Jordan Johnson’s trial commences at the Missoula County Courthouse. An assistant dean testifies the alleged rape victim was distraught after seeing Johnson on campus for the first time since the incident.

Thursday, February 21 Missoula Mayor John Engen, UM President Royce Engstrom and Missoula Country Commissioner Jean Curtiss give a joint State of the Community address in front of 100 people on UM’s campus. Topics include redeveloping the Stimson Mill.

Friday, February 22 Gov. Steve Bullock announces the creation of a “Native Language Preservation Program,” which aims to help ensure the continuation of American Indian dialects.

Bullock says he will ask legislators to appropriate $2 million to fund the program.

Saturday, February 23 Seven bands perform at the inaugural Rock ’n’ Roll Lotto at the Ole Beck VFW. Among the highlights is Toto Fest’s version of The Monks’ “Nice Legs Shame About Her Face,” and a rollicking rendition of Raffi’s “Baby Beluga” by Vomit Cop.

Sunday, February 24 The 10th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival concludes at the Wilma Theatre with an encore screening of best feature winner, Blood Brother. Organizers announce this year’s 10-day program breaks the festival’s previous attendance record.

Monday, February 25 The University of Montana women’s golf team nails two aces while competing at the UC Irvine Invitational tournament at the Santa Ana Country Club in California. Senior Sylvia Weber hits her third-ever hole in one, while sophomore Tara Green earns her first.

Tuesday, February 26 An amended Senate Bill 320, prohibiting corporations “from making independent expenditures or funding electioneering communications,” passes second reading in the Montana Senate. The amendment strikes language barring newspapers from “producing a commentary or editorial” on elections.

Veterinarian Mark Francis spays an anesthetized dog during the Humane Society of Western Montana’s annual spay/neuter clinic in the Alberton High School gymnasium last weekend. Two vets and a dozen volunteers “fixed” 200 cats and 80 dogs over the two-day clinic.

Hunting

Outfitters not on board Randy Newberg has been a vocal advocate for Montana hunters for 15 years. He’s testified before the Montana Legislature on bills concerning public land use and conservation, and hosts a do-it-yourself hunting show called “On Your Own Adventures,” which, unlike most outdoor programs, doesn’t employ the services of outfitters or guides.

On Jan. 22, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation announced its nomination of Newberg to serve on its 24-member board, and while Newberg seemed a perfect choice to represent the interests of the conservation and hunting advocacy group, not everyone agreed. On Feb. 13, Montana Outfitters and Guides Association Executive Director Mac Minard sent an email to MOGA members stating, “Randy is affiliated with, and often represents one or more organizations that some perceive to be anti-outfitting/landowner often presenting the western Outfitting Industry in a negative light.” Minard went on to urge MOGA members to contact RMEF’s board to voice their concerns.

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That same day, RMEF began receiving emails from MOGA members. “I can truthfully say that if [Newberg] was appointed to your board, my hunt donations, or any other donations would be stopped, strictly for the fact of what he stands for,” read one, according to Newberg.

While Newberg says he has never fielded complaints from MOGA in the past, he suspects some of the vitriol stems from his Jan. 29 testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 151, which seeks to lessen restrictions on permitted elk hunting land. The bill was met with harsh criticism from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the Montana Wildlife Federation and Headwaters Sportsman Association, on whose behalf Newberg testified.

His testimony was brief, but included a pointed undercurrent suggesting the bill benefitted only a few and was not in the best interest of the general public. Minard, who did not return phone calls for this article, and two other MOGA representatives testified in favor of the bill.

Despite the controversy, RMEF maintained its commitment to Newberg in a recent post on its website.“The RMEF Board has notified Mr. Newberg that we welcome him to the Board beginning March 3,” it read.

The post, which was signed by RMEF President M. David Allen, concludes, “RMEF strongly believes that hunter vs. hunter confrontation is non-productive for the future of hunting and wildlife conservation.”

Jamie Rogers

Flathead

Fighting impurity Concern over water quality has swelled in the Flathead Valley. Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus reintroduced the North Fork Watershed Protection Act in February, calling on Congress to prevent future mineral development along the Flathead River. The WasteNot Project, a partnership between the Flathead County Landfill and the nonprofit Citizens for a Better Flathead, recently installed two new drop boxes for unwanted pharmaceuticals in Columbia Falls and Whitefish.

Local inventor and entrepreneur Paul Doran has a somewhat different approach to the problem. He recently began marketing what he calls the Fountain of Life, a water filtration appliance about the size of a trash compactor.

[news] “We’ve basically designed the ultimate water system,” Doran says.

In trying to establish his niche in the Flathead water quality scene, Doran recently reached out to a number of groups to spread the word about his product. Mike Koopal, executive director of the nonprofit Whitefish Lake Institute, was connected with Doran through the Whitefish-based biorefinery Algae Aquaculture Technology. After touring Doran’s facility, Koopal believes the Fountain of Life looks “promising” and could be a “viable alternative” for homeowners drawing water directly from sources like Whitefish Lake.

Doran’s had a passion for clean water for the better part of two decades. Earlier forays into water ionization technology—using positively and negatively charged electrodes to purify water—didn’t meet Doran’s expectations, so he set out to “design a better mousetrap” for pollutants. What he came up with, he says, is a combination of ionization, ultraviolet purification and mineral filtration that strips water of any impurities. Doran is currently constructing the systems himself out of his office on Wisconsin Avenue in Whitefish.

“We’ve got about five or six of them sold now, and we just started doing this the first of this year,” says Doran, who led a workshop on water sciences at the Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference last year.

Doran adds his business partners haven’t agreed on a set price for the system yet, but estimates the cost to be around $6,000.

Alex Sakariassen

Convenience

Bye-bye “breakfast thingy” Normally, mid-morning would be one of Rattlesnake Trading Company’s busiest times of day, as all manner of adventurers on their way out of town and hungover locals on their way back to civilization stop in to stock up on coffee, beer or, more often than not, one of the store’s signature sandwiches. But last Saturday, the espresso machine sat idle. There were no employees making sandwiches behind the counter. A sign on the window advertised that the business is for sale.

Rattlesnake Trading Company shuttered about a week and a half ago, leaving its fans to grapple with the loss.

“Now there’s no place for a good espresso at this time in the morning,” says James Quigley of the Kingfisher Fly Shop, which sits a couple doors down from RTC. “It’s pretty sad.”

Over the years, the convenience store has earned a reputation among locals as being the place to go for a quick and quality breakfast or to-go sandwiches for later on the river. RTC’s “breakfast thingy” in particular, a toasted English muffin loaded with egg, bacon or sausage, and other assorted toppings, garnered a devoted following. In 2007, the Indy honored it with a staff pick in its Best of Missoula issue for “Best Reason to Get Out of Bed in the Morning.”

Attempts to contact RTC owner Robert Blomgren were unsuccessful. Missoula real estate agent Mike Marbut, who’s listed the property for sale, says Blomgren put the property on the market nearly a month ago for $175,000.

Marbut says RTC leases its land from Montana Rail Link for $200 a month. In light of the fact that the sale price includes store contents, such as the espresso machine, Marbut thinks it’s a pretty good deal. “The non-perishable inventory is still there,” he says. “It could be whatever a person wants.”

While it remains to be seen if a buyer will come forward and, as many hope, revive the breakfast thingy, it is clear that locals will continue to mourn.

“Almost every day I was over there,” says the Green Hanger’s Gloria Clark. “They were like an old friend.”

Jessica Mayrer

Religion

Extra seat at breakfast Former state legislator Scott Mendenhall sounds disappointed. On the morning of Feb. 26, he learned that Gov. Steve Bullock won’t attend the annual Montana Governor’s Prayer Breakfast.

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Feb. 25 before coverage switched to reporter Keila Szpaller’s personal Twitter account. Szpaller tweeted an additional 56 times during Johnson’s own testimony.

“I’m not sure where the snafu happened,” says Mendenhall, who’s organizing the event.

For decades, the Prayer Breakfast, which operates independently from the governor’s office, has drawn lawmakers, ministers and the state’s top officials together in what Mendenhall calls a “show of unity” and an opportunity to “reach out to God and ask him to bless our state.”

Mendenhall says he was under the impression Bullock would speak at the March 2 event at Carroll College. Programs for the breakfast already listed him as attending. But one day after social media boards and some inside the Capitol questioned Bullock’s apparent involvement, Mendenhall says he was notified by the governor’s office that Bullock would not be there.

At issue is the breakfast’s keynote speaker, David Barton. Barton has garnered national headlines for his revisionist teachings, pro-life advocacy and calls to criminalize homosexuality, all of which would seem to run contrary to Bullock’s politics. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “The scary thing about David Barton is that he has the ear of so many.”

Barton’s Texas-based advocacy group, WallBuilders, supports “the Godly foundation of our country” and provides “information to federal, state, and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values,” according to its website.

Montana LGBT rights activists expressed outrage once word got out that Barton was scheduled to speak at the breakfast. “It’s unfortunate that the organizers of the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast would choose a man like David Barton to speak about anything,” says Jamee Greer of the Montana Human Rights Network.

Mendenhall says he was unaware of any controversy associated with Barton.

Meanwhile, the governor’s office maintains it was unaware of Bullock’s expected attendance. Deputy Chief of Staff Kevin O’Brien says when breakfast organizers contacted the office last week, “It was the first I had heard of it. And the governor had never heard of it.”

Jessica Mayrer

ETC. Apparently the Montana Legislature, despite its partisan squabbles over private property rights, sexual discrimination and physician-assisted death, can actually agree on something in 2013: Roadkill has a place at the dinner table.

Lawmakers in the House made quick work of passing House Bill 247 in early February—a proposal allowing sheriffs, highway patrol officers, park rangers and even campus security personnel to issue permits to Montana residents for salvaging dead deer, elk, moose or antelope from the side of the road. Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell, jokingly referred to his proposal Feb. 9 as “the first true clean-up bill of this session.” When HB 247 passed the House floor Feb. 11 by a vote of 95-3, the story made it to the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and Comedy Central’s Indecision blog.

It was refreshing to see Montana make headlines for something that even the bill’s sponsor could chuckle about. How agreeable was the process? The one piece of opposing testimony, from Rep. Jennifer “JP” Pomnichowski, D-Bozeman, acknowledged the bill’s many advantages.

But as much as HB 247 tickles the funny bone, Lavin and others have put up a strong and serious case for its merits. Democratic Rep. Bill McChesney, a former Montana Department of Transportation employee, pointed out the bill could save the state “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of dollars” in roadkill cleanup costs.

MDT maintenance personnel reported picking up more than 6,300 carcasses in 2011. Disposing of those carcasses can be costly, and has been a constant problem for the department for years.

Pomnichowski did cite a few worthwhile concerns: public safety and liability of law enforcement officers issuing the roadkill salvage permits. She also voiced reservations about Lavin’s stance that roadkill could go to local food banks and benefit needy families. The public might not know how to recognize spoiled game, Pomnichowski said. Lavin’s only answer was that it’s fairly easy to tell when roadkill isn’t fit for human consumption.

Those issues will hopefully be addressed when the bill goes before the Senate Fish and Game Committee. For now, it’s reassuring to see lawmakers largely in agreement on even a seemingly silly proposal such as this one. If they could reach a state of similar lighthearted cooperation on the bigger issues facing the state, the nation might finally be laughing with Montana instead of at it.

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Never say die Missoula’s Wanzenried continues capital punishment fight

by Jamie Rogers

On Feb. 14, House Bill 370 was introWhen Montana state Sen. Dave the bill and saw its passage through the Wanzenried, D-Missoula, was a small boy Senate floor before it was killed in the duced by Rep. Doug Kary, R-Billings, beliving with his grandparents in Southern House Judiciary Committee. Though the fore the House Judiciary Committee. He California, Caryl Chessman was convicted bill failed, Wanzenried felt invigorated by began his testimony, “You’re going to hear on 17 counts of robbery, kidnapping and the cause. “When I saw this opportunity,” today from people who disagree on social rape and sentenced to death. The Califor- he says, “I thought to myself, ‘That’s who and fiscal issues. Most of them wouldn’t be on the same side of any issues,” he said, nia court’s decision ignited a national I am.’”

In 2009, Wanzenried sponsored an- referring to fellow proponents of the bill. furor. Public figures including first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Aldous Huxley, Nor- other abolition bill. The bill passed “There’s a reason that all these people are man Mailer and Billy Graham spoke out through the Senate, which, according to here today ... They’ve come together. against Chessman’s death sentence. Wanzenried, marked the first time in They’ve come to the conclusion that the Wanzenried remembers his grandparents, United States history a Republican-con- death penalty has failed Montanans.”

Along with copies of who immigrated to the the bill, members of the United States from committee were given a Switzerland where there letter supporting aboliwas (and is) no death tion signed by 50 people penalty, discussed the whose family members case in the family’s were victims of murder. kitchen. “I remember I They were also given anwas six or seven and they other letter signed by 11 asked me what I thought, Republican representaand I said I thought tives urging the commit[Chessman] deserved to tee to pass the bill to the die,” Wanzenried says.

House floor, saying that “Then they asked me “matters of life and why.” He says that was death need to be disthe moment the seed was cussed by the entire planted.

House.”

Today, Wanzenried is Photo by Cathrine L. Walters Because of other legone of Montana’s most fervent opponents of the Sen. Dave Wanzenried, left, spent the last four legislative ses- islative duties, Wanzendeath penalty. To date, he sions working to repeal Montana’s death penalty. “This really ried was unable to attend has served eight terms in defines who I am more than any other bill I’ve carried,” he says. the hearing, but he says he still feels deeply conthe Montana Legislature.

He’s been a vocal advocate in favor of trolled legislative body passed a bill to re- nected with HB 370. After this session, medical marijuana and played an integral peal capital punishment. It was struck should the bill fail again, he plans on conrole in acquiring the seed money for the down, however, in the House Judiciary tinuing his work in whatever capacity he University of Montana’s graduate program Committee. In 2011, Wanzenried intro- can. “It’s harder to get a bill through than in speech-language pathology. But there duced the bill again. Again, it passed it is to kill one,” he says. “I’m not going is no issue with which Wanzenried identi- through a Republican-controlled Senate. to give up just because it’s hard. If we fies more closely than the repeal of the Again, it died in the House Judiciary don’t succeed this time, I’m going to keep trying.” death penalty. He says the possibility of Committee.

On the morning of Feb. 22, the Though Wanzenried’s efforts have not seeing capital punishment replaced with life without parole motivated him to re- yet sent a bill to the governor’s desk, Mon- House Judiciary Committee was schedturn to the legislature for a ninth and final tana Abolition Coalition Coordinator Jen- uled to vote on HB 370. That day, term. “I’ve carried several hundred bills nifer Kirby says his work has been central Wanzenried arrived at the Capitol early. over nine sessions, but this bill, this is a to the bill’s gain in momentum in recent In the rotunda, on the way to his office, really heavy responsibility,” he says. “This sessions. “Sen. Wanzenried has truly been he came across a group of Abolition really defines who I am more than any a terrific advocate for the abolition move- Coalition members posing for a group other bill I’ve carried. There’s nothing else ment,” she says. “We would not be here photograph to commemorate the imwithout his leadership and work through pending vote. They insisted he join them that compares.” for a picture.

For the first half of Wanzenried’s po- past sessions.”

Less than an hour later, sitting in his In 2013, the Montana Abolition Coalilitical career, beginning in 1991, he says few people asked him about his stance on tion recommended a new abolition bill be office, Wanzenried received a text mescapital punishment. “People wanted to introduced in the Montana House of Repre- sage. On the other side of the Capitol, the know how I felt about abortion, taxes, ed- sentatives, precluding Wanzenried from House Judiciary Committee had voted 11ucation,” he says. “But no one ever asked sponsorship. “We started the bill in the 9 against HB 370.

The next day, he planned to meet about the death penalty.” In 2007, House because there was a large contingent though, he had the opportunity to weigh of Republican representatives who felt pas- with the Abolition Coalition and Republiin on the issue when an abolition bill was sionately about it,” explains Kirby. “They’ve can sponsors on what to do next. introduced to the Senate Judiciary Com- never been able to vote on the bill, because mittee he sat on. He testified in favor of it’s never made it to the House floor.” jrogers@missoulanews.com

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Just passing through How some conservatives built political capital in 2012

by Alex Sakariassen

On Sept. 14, 2012, the Stillwater County Republican Central Committee donated $800 to incumbent state Rep. David Howard, a Republican from Park City. That sum didn’t remain in Howard’s war chest for long. According to financial disclosure reports, Howard’s campaign received the contribution on Sept. 17, and the very same day sent $100 contributions to eight other Republican legislative candidates. The cash may not have been the same, dollar for dollar, but the dates and amounts give the appearance of Howard’s campaign acting as a conduit of sorts for more at-risk conservatives across the state.

The Stillwater committee contributed $8,400 to the campaigns of 12 conservative legislative candidates statewide last year, Howard included. The checks were sent between mid-September and mid-October in chunks of $600 or $800. Ten of those 12 recipients, again including Howard, each made a series of smaller contributions to other conservative campaigns within days, with those smaller contributions adding up to the full amount received by the Stillwater committee.

Of those 10 recipients, eight were running unopposed. One of them, Howard, is also the acting chairman of the Stillwater committee, according to the Montana Republican Party’s county committee directory. Howard did not return repeated calls seeking comment for this story.

The apparent pattern in the Stillwater committee’s donation activity in fall 2012 bears a striking resemblance to what campaign finance analysts call “pass-through contributions,” or the act of funneling money through a middleman with the end goal of masking the source of the contribution. Pass-through contributions, while intentionally misleading, aren’t explicitly illegal in Montana. Maryland has banned them. Lawmakers in Oregon have been trying for years to pass legislation cracking down on the practice.

But most of the recent concern nationwide over pass-through contributions has stemmed from how candidates and political action committees have abused the loophole to circumvent state and federal contribution limits. In 2011, the Las Vegas Sun ran a scathing article about Nevada gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid’s role in a brash pass-through scheme.

Reid’s 2010 campaign covertly formed 91 shell PACs, the Sun wrote, and used them to funnel $750,000 from one PAC into Reid’s campaign.

The passage of the Stillwater committee’s contributions from one campaign to others seems far less sinister and far less costly in comparison. In fact, Edwin Bender, executive director of the Helenabased National Institute for Money in State Politics, doubts that the committee’s actions were prompted by a desire to circumvent the state’s contribution limits.

“Here’s Rob Cook getting $800,” Bender says, referring to a Stillwater con-

strike down some aggregate limits. State Rep. Scott Reichner, R-Bigfork, has sponsored House Bill 229, which similarly aims to revise contribution limits and passed its second reading on the House floor Feb. 25.

Bender feels the arguments made in favor of such a move are in some way weakened by what the Stillwater committee accomplished in 2012. The passthrough contributions proved there’s

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Last year, 10 conservative legislative candidates appear to have chopped up large contributions from the Stillwater County Republican Central Committee and redistributed them to other conservative campaigns across the state.

tribution made to Rep. Rob Cook, who ran unopposed last year. “If he turned around and made donations to other people, technically he’s moving money around, he’s garnering himself some political capital.”

Cook did. The same day Cook’s campaign received $800 from the Stillwater committee, it made five $160 donations to Republican legislative candidates in Bozeman, Billings, Kalispell and elsewhere.

“It seems like an awful lot of work for a little bit of money,” Bender says. “This isn’t Illinois or Texas where you’re talking millions of dollars.”

Contribution limits have been the subject of significant chatter from both political parties in recent months regarding campaign finance reform in Montana.

Last year, a coalition of businesses and Republican groups challenged the state’s aggregate contribution limits for political parties in a lawsuit spearheaded by the controversial nonprofit American Tradition Partnership. The challenge was eventually denied by a U.S. District Court judge, but a slate of campaign finance reform proposals announced by Gov. Steve Bullock this month includes a measure to

already a workaround the state doesn’t need, Bender says.

“They’re looking at a solution—raising contribution limits—which ignores the facts,” Bender says. “And the facts are real straightforward: The candidate that raised the most in small contributions won twothirds of the time.” Bender defines “small contributions” as those well under the $160 per-election limit on individual donations to legislative candidates. According to Bender’s organization, individual donations accounted for 54.8 percent—or more than $7.4 million—of the money contributed to state and local races in 2012.

If political hopefuls want more money, Bender adds, going to political parties or outside institutions for additional funding isn’t necessarily the answer.

“The candidates have all the money they need to run,” Bender says. “We have very low-cost races...They could go back to people who have already given them a reportable donation, which is more than $35, and ask for more. If they don’t, it means there’s not the demand for money there.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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In addition to drafting legislation we will discuss in just a second, Gary Marbut makes shooting targets for police departments. If you need dummies that will “provide the shooter a momentary target exposure,” his website says, Gary Marbut is your man. On an unrelated note, he has also submitted a bill that would make it illegal for federal agents to make arrests in Montana without first getting permission from local sheriffs.

As a man who appreciates a momentary target exposure, I would like to thank Marbut for resubmitting his “Sheriffs First” bill, which first met then-Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s veto in 2011. The 2013 version advanced from committee earlier this month and, if it passes the legislature, will skirt the governor’s desk to appear before voters as a ballot question in 2014. After that, we need only sit back and watch our sheriffs enforce their constitutional supremacy over the FBI. I suppose it is also possible courts will rule that Montanans do not get to vote ourselves exempt from federal law enforcement, in which case Marbut continues in his capacity as facilitator for noisy discharges of power. Also as facilitator for snarky newspaper columns, as luck would have it. But the important thing is that Montana’s target industry continues apace.

Consider another bill the state House endorsed in February, which would prohibit police from enforcing any future federal ban on assault rifles. There is no federal assault rifle ban now, but if it happens we will not be bound by it. While nullification has a rich history, beginning in the Jacksonian era and ending somewhat conspicuously with the Civil War, the Montana House has achieved something unprecedented by moving to nullify a federal law that hasn’t been passed yet.

Having resolved all problems within the state and corrected the federal government, the Montana Legislature now turns to governing the future. That, or no one behind either of these bills believes they will ever resemble binding legislation.

Courts have been rejecting states’ attempts to nullify federal law since the 19th century. This mass of precedent is buttressed by the helpfully named Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, as well as by a general reluctance among voters to defy the U.S. government. Notwithstanding certain agile interpreters of the Tenth Amendment and Brian Dennehy in First Blood, we all pretty much agree that the feds are in charge.

The only people who don’t are the constitutional scholars of the Tea Party,

“The House has achieved something unprecedented by moving to nullify a federal law that hasn’t been passed yet.” plus a handful of similar libertarian and anti-federalist groups. Among those patriots, asserting sheriffs and state legislatures as the supreme law of the land is an important step in restoring right governance to the nation. It is so important that they are willing to overlook the last 150 years of consensus that it will never, ever work.

That’s good news for Montana Republicans. Without precedent dismissing nullification, they might have to worry that their bill declaring Montana’s authority over the federal government might actually become a law. Fortunately, American jurisprudence ensures that they can propose any number of empty bills to thrill the Tea Party set, safe in the knowledge that none of them will ever affect the state.

I am glad they want to be judged on their records. I am worried, though, that they will invent so many exciting fake laws that they forget to pass some real ones.

The 2011 session of the legislature missed an opportunity to meaningfully defy the federal government when it failed to resolve the state’s medical marijuana law. That policy remains a knot of contradictory ends tied by confusing means, and the House has shown little interest in untangling it. The Republican-controlled Human Services Committee has tabled four medical marijuana bills so far this session. Decriminalizing a federally controlled substance would put Montana sheriffs cleanly in charge of law enforcement, but the GOP is not interested.

A coherent medical marijuana law is the kind of legislation that could influence the whole state. It might revive or finally kill an industry, for better or for worse. It is also politically risky—the sort of thing voters get principled about, a rare conservative wedge issue. In a reliably red district, it’s the kind of issue that could cost you the primary, and House Republicans are wise to battle the tyrannical government of the future United States instead.

I do not think they are being particularly helpful, though. The Montana Legislature meets once every two years. It was built for efficiency, and proposing symbolic laws to satisfy party activists is not efficient. The House is likely to stay Republican for the foreseeable future, too.

In their understandable desire to fend off the gold-buying wing of their party, the Montana GOP should take care that Republican government does not become synonymous with Republican politics.

There are a million people in this state, and we have bigger problems than the ongoing presence of federal law enforcement.

We sent people to Helena to try to solve them, not to declare us all supreme.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, consumer culture and lying at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

An education How “science will not be muzzled” prevailed

by Paul VanDevelder

When renowned zoologist Jane Lubchenco was sworn in as President Barack Obama’s director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2009, she declared: “Science will be respected at NOAA; science will not be muzzled.”

Lubchenco’s doctrine signaled a new day.

Today, four years later, she would be the first to admit that her edict was a bit naïve. Her foray into politics, which ends this month, has been a wild ride through a policy minefield.

The first big media test for the former Oregon State University professor came in April 2010, when BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and spilling over 4 million barrels of oil into the sea. Lubchenco was the administration’s face in front of the cameras, stammering her way through convoluted explanations of what went wrong to a bewildered press and an outraged public.

The next big test came a year later in the Pacific Northwest. In August 2011, federal District Court Judge James Redden declared that the U.S. government’s biological opinion—meaning its plan for bringing endangered salmon runs back from the brink of extinction—had once again failed to meet the scientific requirements of the Endangered Species Act. For the fourth time in 10 years, NOAA, the agency responsible for designing and implementing salmon recovery efforts, was declared derelict in its duties.

In the first case, Lubchenco was bushwhacked by the magnitude of the calamity and an administration dealing with its first full-blown environmental catastrophe. The second was manufactured by her boss, then-Secretary of Commerce and former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, and his ally, Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington. Locke and Murray earned their political bona fides through unwavering loyalty to their state’s utility industries and aluminum producers. Throughout the 20-year-long, $10 billion battle over salmon recovery,

those loyalties have pitted them against fishermen and conservationists as well against their neighboring state of Oregon.

When the battle over salmon recovery began 20 years ago, NOAA made a serious error when it gave the Bonneville Power Administration—the agency that manages the Columbia and Snake river dams—the upper hand in writing the recovery plans.

Oregon joined with Indian tribes and conservation groups to challenge the first Clinton biological opinion. In all four

“Congress did not pass an Endangered Utilities Act or an Endangered Politicians Act. It passed an Endangered Species Act.” trips to the federal bench, Oregon has prevailed. Yet somehow, thanks to Washington state politicians, the official loser in this game (the BPA) has always been allowed to keep the ball.

After Judge Redden threw out the last Bush administration bi-op in 2009, Locke came up with a new plan: Let’s tinker with the Bush plan, reshuffle the deck and resubmit it as the Obama plan.

To make certain they hit no unexpected bumps along the way, aides to Sens. Murray and Maria Cantwell presented Lubchenco with a script on what to say when she travelled to Portland, Ore., for a hearing in Judge Redden’s court. De-

spite these shenanigans, Locke’s new biological opinion was dead on arrival in Redden’s court. The judge took NOAA back to the woodshed, and a shamefaced Lubchenco told close friends that she had been handcuffed by politicians.

Then she saw the light: While the BPA was suppressing “the best available recovery science” about salmon, politicians were playing the role of her ventriloquists. As a scientist, she knew the inevitable outcome of this contest would be extinction for the fish, so in May 2012, she directed the Northwest office of NOAA to form a task force of stakeholders to break the deadlock.

The stakeholder approach would finally confront politicians and the BPA with the problem they have never been able to solve. Congress did not pass an Endangered Utilities Act or an Endangered Politicians Act. It passed an Endangered Species Act, and aquatic scientists are virtually unanimous in agreeing that extinction of the salmonids would be catastrophic for the Pacific Northwest’s ecosystem.

The specter of such a calamity never stopped the BPA or Washington Republican Rep. Doc Hastings from gaming the process. Yet Lubchenco’s swan song—a stakeholder process on neutral ground controlled by the best available science— brings her back to her opening declaration: “Science will not be muzzled.”

While Murray has now signed on, Doc Hastings and the BPA remain opposed to the new approach because they know they can’t win on science. More trustworthy heads are taking charge this time, and with all of the stakeholders finally at the table, salmon recovery may actually begin in earnest.

Paul VanDevelder is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He lives in Oregon and is the author of Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Convicted bank robber Kenneth Conley managed to escape from Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center but was caught 17 days later living at an apartment building in Palos Hills, Ill., that’s located, according to reports, “just steps from Palos Hills police headquarters.” (NBC News) After police arrested Aleasha Haines in Peoria, Ariz., she complained of back pain and nausea and was taken to the hospital, where she asked to use the restroom. Five minutes later, the police report said, “a large crashing noise was heard,” and the officer guarding Haines ordered her to unlock the door. “The ceiling tiles above the toilet had been pulled down and broken,” the report stated. “Aleasha exited the bathroom and was covered with a white chalk substance consistent with the ceiling tile material.” Police said the sink also broke under Haines’s weight, as did the steel support beams holding the ceiling in place, “showing force had been used to pull the ceiling down.” Damage from Haines’s escape attempt was estimated at $1,500. (Phoenix’s The Arizona Republic) ECO-UNFRIENDLY – Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed a $3.1 billion transportation plan that would eliminate the state’s gas tax but impose a $100 fee on hybrid and electric vehicles. “It’s meant to compensate for the federal gas tax that those vehicles do not pay,” McDonnell explained. (Washington’s WTOP-FM) HAPPY FATHER’S DAY – The Kansas Department of Children and Families ordered William Marotta, 46, to pay child support because he gave sperm in a plastic cup to a lesbian couple who advertised on Craigslist seeking a donor. The couple later separated, and Jennifer Schreiner, who conceived the child, fell on hard times and eventually received more than $6,000 in state benefits. Even though Marotta signed an agreement giving up parental rights and absolving him of financial responsibility, the state insisted the agreement isn’t valid because Schreiner didn’t use a licensed physician to perform the artificial insemination. (Topeka’s The Capital-Journal) CARNIVORE’S REVENGE – Leafy green vegetables cause the most food-borne illnesses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Most of the contaminants are noroviruses deposited by food handlers. According to the CDC study, plants cause 51 percent of the 9.6 million cases of foodborne illnesses reported each year, with leafy greens contributing 23 percent of the total. Meat and poultry combined for 22 percent of illnesses, and dairy products caused 17 percent. (Popular Science) EMERGENCY STANDOFF – Sheriff’s deputies were summoned to a residence in Springtown, Texas, by two separate 911 calls. The first was from the homeowner, reporting he was holding a burglar at gunpoint.

The second was from the suspect, identified as Christopher Lance Moore, 41, reporting that he was being held at gunpoint. Moore admitted breaking into the home with “bad intentions.” (The Dallas Morning News) FRUITS OF RESEARCH – It’s healthier to pass gas when flying than hold it in, according to a team of British and Danish gastroenterologists. Their report, “Flatulence on Airplanes: Just Let It Go,” published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, explains that restraining gas could lead to “significant drawbacks,” including discomfort, pain, bloating, indigestion, stress and heartburn. “Obviously,” the report acknowledges, “proximity to other passengers may cause conflict and stigmatization of the flatulating individual.” (QMI Agency) DOUBLE JEOPARDY – When police investigating a fight in Dayton, Ohio, detained Jerad Butler, 42, he gave them a fake name and said he didn’t know his Social Security number or birth date. Then he gave a SSN that returned a description matching Butler’s of a man who had an active arrest warrant, so police arrested him. Later, they determined that he wasn’t that wanted person but instead Butler, who also had an outstanding arrest warrant. (Dayton’s WHIO-TV) SELLER’S REMORSE – Gail Castle, 51, used the car she was test-driving as her getaway car after she robbed a bank, according to police in Manteca, Calif. The 83-year-old seller wanted $2,200 for the vehicle, and after a short drive, Castle asked him to drive her to a bank so she could withdraw cash to buy the car. She returned a few minutes later with a purse stuffed with bills. On their way to the man’s house to seal the deal, police stopped the car and arrested Castle for bank robbery and elder abuse. (Sacramento’s KTXL-TV) DRINKING-CLASS HEROES – To cut its fuel costs, the Alaskan Brewing Co. installed a $1.8 million boiler system that turns waste grain accumulated during the brewing process into steam that powers the Juneau-based brewery’s operations. Brandon Smith, the company's brewing operations and engineering manager, estimated that the spent-grain system will offset the brewery’s yearly energy costs by 70 percent. (Fox News) Panasonic introduced its attempt to slow global warming: the Artificial Photosynthesis System, a plantlike machine that uses light to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into organic material. “Currently, the main substance produced is formic acid,” chief researcher Satoshi Yotsuhashi said, “but in the future, we’d like to produce even more useful substances, such as hydrocarbons or alcohol.” (Science) HARE-RAISING TALES – Rabbits have been plaguing cars parked at Denver International Airport.

“They like to chew on the insulator portion of the ignition cables,” Wiley Farris of Arapahoe Autotek repair shop explained. To discourage the rabbits, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife agents remove about 100 a month, while airport parking companies are installing better fences and building perches for predator hawks and eagles. Noting that damage to cars “can run from the hundreds into the thousands” of dollars, Farris said a cheap but effective deterrent is to coat the wires with fox or coyote urine. “You can pick up fox urine at any pro hunting shop.” (Denver’s KCNC-TV) A family in Plymouth, England, credited their giant pet rabbit with interrupting a burglary by thumping its feet on the floor of its indoor cage. “In the early hours of the morning, Toby our rabbit did five loud thumps,” Kimberley May said, noting the 2-year-old rabbit is nearly 2 feet long, 10 inches tall and weighs 10 pounds. “We think that when the rabbit thumped, it scared the burglar off.” (Plymouth Herald) SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES – After Ruben Sanabria, 37, hopped over a New York City subway turnstile to avoid the $2.25 fare, two police officers who witnessed the incident stopped and searched him.

They found an illegal loaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun. He pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to seven years in prison, plus 3-1/2 years’ parole. (New York Post)

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T

he members of the 1491s comedy troupe filmed their first video in a youth center in Minneapolis. The video is called “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions,” and features Migizi Pensoneau, Dallas Goldtooth, Ryan Red Corn and Bobby Wilson as Native American men auditioning for a bit roll in the next installment of the Twilight series. The four men are shirtless save for Pensoneau who wears a gray faux-fur jacket and a headdress made of feathers. Red Corn wears beads around his neck and what looks like a turtle shell over his crotch, while Wilson and Goldtooth have allowed their long black hair to fall down their backs, nearly to their waists. They all stare stoically at the camera.

Sterlin Harjo, who directed the video, also appears on screen as John Haynes, a casting director from Los Angeles. “First off, we’d like you

to do your sort of Indian stuff. Cultural stuff, anything,” Haynes says to the auditioning men.

“Dancing, you guys dance?”

The men begin dancing in a circle. Red Corn stretches his arms toward the ceiling and howls like a wolf. Goldtooth struts and gobbles like a turkey. Pensoneau does a sort of understated shoe-gazer shuffle. Wilson does the worm.

For six minutes, the video continues with the men indulging every one of Haynes’ requests to do “Indian stuff.” At one point, during a sequence of individual interviews, Goldtooth looks into the camera and says in a dusty, mock-tribal accent, “Before we start, may I ask you turn that off, because in our way, that thing you have there—that machine!” he says, pointing into the camera lens.

“It may take my soul.” The cameraman responds that if he turns the camera off, Goldtooth won’t

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get the part in the movie. Goldtooth nods understandingly and says, “Film away.”

Since “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions” was uploaded to YouTube on Dec. 1, 2009, it has been viewed nearly 200,000 times, and in the following years the group has produced dozens of other skits. The 1491s have adopted a logo, hired a manager and attracted more than 13,000 “Likes” on Facebook and some 5,000 followers on Twitter. They have also begun honing a live act that is part sketch-comedy, part media presentation, and have performed at universities across the United States. Last month, they performed a 45minute show at the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Despite the notoriety, the 1491s are still producing work by the same means and to the same

end as that first Twilight series spoof. Though it’s nearly impossible to justly convey in words, “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions” is funny. It’s funny because Goldtooth is relentlessly deadpan, because Red Corn’s dance moves are earnestly weird and because at one point Pensoneau looks into the camera and explains why the most convincing way to act like you are turning into a wolf is to act like you are giving birth to a child. He then proves his theory.

The 1491s are champions of slapstick in the Leslie Nielsen tradition, and they do parody in the vein of Monty Python and Christopher Guest. But what really accounts for the 1491s’ success is something less reducible and more uncomfortable. They are masters of insinuation, and they will make you laugh hardest when the joke is on you.

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Migizi Pensoneau and Dallas Goldtooth grew up in Bemidji, Minn., a town of about 12,000 that serves as the commercial hub for the Red Lake, White Earth and Leech Lake reservations. Pensoneau’s mother, a social worker and teacher, married Goldtooth’s father, an environmental advocate, when the boys were toddlers.

Though they are not biologically related, Pensoneau and Goldtooth were raised as brothers.

Growing up, the two were enthralled by movies like Goonies, Ghostbusters and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Their mother remembers they would recite lines, re-enact scenes and perform for the rest of the family.

“They were always bouncing off each other,” she says.

“Especially for Migizi, the movies were something he always wanted to do.”

When Pensoneau and Goldtooth were 13 and 12, respectively, their father took them on a trip to Cherokee, N.C. Tom Goldtooth was visiting the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on behalf of the Indigenous Environmental Network, an advocacy group for which he is the executive director. He brought the boys along so they could see a different way of American Indian life.

Cherokee is a small tribal town in the winter and a tourist attraction in the summer. It’s a gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and during the busy season the Cherokee Historical Association runs the Oconaluftee Village, where, according to the CHA website, visitors can “explore the historic events and figures of the 1760’s” and witness “the challenges of

Cherokee life at a time of rapid cultural change.”

It was on a sidewalk in Cherokee that Pensoneau and Goldtooth witnessed a scene neither of them would forget: an American Indian man, wearing a headdress and body paint, posing for photographs with tourists. “This guy was dressed up like a cigar store Indian,” remembers Pensoneau, who is now 31 and lives in Missoula. “He was just the stereotype you get in your head, just the big Indian fella.”

To that point, Pensoneau, whose mother is Ojibwe and biological father Ponca, had been raised close to the cultural traditions of his family. The image of the American Indian man accepting crumpled dollars in exchange for photos was bewildering, a sudden source of frustration with the world.

“The idea that someone could sell themselves out that way was sort of existential for me. My family never had those problems,” Pensoneau says. “That was something that always stuck with me.”

A few years after the trip to Cherokee, Pensoneau and Goldtooth left Minnesota to attend the now-defunct Native American Preparatory School in New Mexico. After graduating, Goldtooth returned to Minneapolis while Pensoneau moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in movies.

In late winter 2009, Pensoneau and Goldtooth returned home to visit their family in Bemidji, and as visits so often go, they found themselves bored one afternoon. “Dallas had a video camera, and we were just hanging out, and he told me to do this Ojibwe accent I

do,” says Pensoneau. “We went out in the woods and made a video.”

The video is called “Shinnob Life, ep. 1” and chronicles two cousins filming one another as they expound on the intricacies of hunting muskrats in “the traditional way.” The video is six minutes long, and while they hadn’t planned on sharing it with anyone outside their family, they posted it on YouTube a few weeks later.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in Oklahoma, Sterlin Harjo and Ryan Red Corn were beginning a collaborative relationship of their own. Harjo had cast Red Corn in his second feature film, Barking Water, a quiet ballad of a movie that depicts the final road trip of an American Indian man who is dying of cancer. Harjo, who had met Red Corn—himself a filmmaker, graphic designer and musician—at a film festival in Colorado, cast him in the only role that could be considered wholly comedic. The script called for Red Corn’s character to bless a giant plate of bacon in a long-winded

“First and foremost our critique is with Indian culture. White people jokes are kind of low hanging fruit.”

and melodramatic diner-booth sermon. Harjo and Red Corn later collaborated on a short film titled Bad Indians for which Red Corn wrote the script and directed, while Harjo filmed. That video was posted on YouTube.

Though none of the members can figure exactly how it happened, Pensoneau and Goldtooth began watching the videos of Harjo and Red Corn. Harjo and Red Corn followed the work of Pensoneau and Goldtooth. Harjo contacted Pensoneau and told him that he and Red Corn would be in Minneapolis for a screening of Barking Water. With no concrete plan in mind, they all agreed to meet at Goldtooth’s house. Bobby Wilson, a visual and spoken word artist, joined. Hours later, Wilson was unlocking the door of a youth center where he worked. “New Moon Wolf Pack Auditions” was about to be filmed. >>::||::<<||>>::||::<<

Over the course of the past four years, the 1491s have produced videos and posted them on YouTube at a dizzying rate. Their most viewed works include a video about a day in the life of a powwow emcee with an inflated ego, another about a medicine man who addresses the ailments of his patients by slapping them in the face and one short video called “Indianer Than You.” Most of their videos work in the tradition of high jinks. The main characters are usually some version of pitiful, understanding far less about themselves than the characters that surround them. And often these characters are American Indian.

—Ryan Red Corn

The 1491s work as a collective. The troupe includes, from left, Bobby Wilson, Migizi Pensoneau, Dallas Goldtooth, Sterlin Harjo and Ryan Red Corn.

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It’s these ingredients that make them so compelling, and “First and foremost our critique is with Indian culture,” says Red Corn, who is Osage. “White people jokes are kind of low often makes their work difficult to pin down. Depending on which member of the group you ask, they are either a comedy hanging fruit.”

Goldtooth, who is Diné and Dakota, echoes the claim. “In a troupe that sometimes wanders into activism or an activist group lot of our indigenous communities there’s a lot of unhealthy be- that uses humor to impart their messages. In the end, of course, havior, a lot of dysfunction, and you can see that in a depressing they are both. light but on the flip side a lot of that dysfunction is so tragically and absurdly funny,” he says. “And we as Native men have ac>>::||::<<||>>::||::<< cepted and reinforced this machismo, this warriors don’t cry In 1906, J.P. Morgan commissioned a photographer named mentality. It’s absurd and it’s funny.”

Edward S. Curtis to photograph American Indians. The project Much of the work produced by the 1491s is angled in this lasted for 20 years, and Curtis produced some 2,000 sepia-toned way. Their logo is an arrow bent into a circle, so the pointed end images of Native people from 80 tribes. The photos are iconic as is nearly touching its own tail feathers. If there was a symbol for seminal representations of American history always depicting self-deprecation, this would be it.

American Indians as unsmiling and steely eyed—a people made Yet, some of the most resonantly scathing work produced different not only by the color of their skin, but also by a nearby the 1491s is not aimed at a single target. In a video titled “I’m unhuman capacity for stoicism. an Indian Too,” shot last summer at the Santa Fe Indian Market, which bills itself as the “Depending on “largest and most prestigious Native arts market in the world,” which member of the 1491s veil their critiques beneath a fatty layer of slapstick. In the video, Red Corn is dressed the group you ask, in a headdress, loin cloth and dark Ray Ban sunglasses. The they are either a video depicts him running around the Santa Fe Market comedy troupe dancing to “I’m an Indian Too” from Annie Get Your Gun. At that sometimes first watch, it is hilarious. Red Corn has a way of puckering his wanders into face and gyrating his hips that is a little bit infectious. In several activism or an scenes in the video, other people on the street dance with him. One geriatric man pushes activist group that him away in disgust but Red Corn keeps grooving. Red Corn uses humor and (most of ) the people around him appear to be having to impart their so much fun, you kind of wish you had been there. messages.”

But, beneath the antics, there’s another story being told.

The lyrics to “I’m an Indian Too,” written in 1946 by Irving Berlin, go “And I’ll have totem poles, tomahawks, pipes of peace/ Which will go to prove/ I’m an Indian too.”

And though his flamboyant dance moves obscure the lettering for most of the video, Red Corn has a word scrawled across his chest in black marker: “HiPSTER.”

According to Gyasi Ross, who grew up on Montana’s Blackfeet Reservation and works as an attorney, writer and blogger for the Huffington Post, the images produced by Curtis represent a fundamental rift in the nexus between American Indian and mainstream American culture. “For a very long time, we’ve had no control over messaging in this country,” Ross says. “The way of portraying Native American people, way back to the Transcendentalist period with the noble savage … all the way up to the Hollywood Indian, we’ve had no control.”

It is in response to this co-opting of the American Indian image that Ross believes the 1491s do some of their most effective work. “They are resisting the way Native American people are portrayed in America,” he says. “They are commenters and they do an exceptional job at it.”

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The 1491s operate as a collective. All decisions are made unanimously, and they confer on everything. This is a bit of a feat considering their geography. Wilson and Goldtooth live in Minneapolis, while Harjo and Red Corn call Oklahoma home. Pensoneau lives in Missoula. Similarly, they all hail from different tribes, different traditions and in terms of style they have little in common. Goldtooth and Red Corn are considered the poets of the group. They are usually responsible for the more earnest and message-heavy work. Wilson (who is actually a poet), Harjo and Pensoneau are more interested in telling stories through film and being funny. “The big secret about the 1491s is that none of it’s intentional,” Pensoneau says coyly. “We generally get together and it’s mostly poop and dick jokes.”

According to Red Corn, it’s the differences between the members that make the group click. “The thing that makes us possible is we cast a wide net. We got guys from up north, from down south. You need guys that look a little bit white and guys that look exactly the way people think an Indian should look,” he says. “We have all those things. They’re ingredients to the same recipe.”

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Wilson, a spoken word artist from Minnesota, left, and Harjo, a filmmaker from Oklahoma.

Heather Cahoon is a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana. She is Pend d’ Oreille and grew up on the Flathead Indian Reservation. She says many of her students are fans of the 1491s and while she agrees with Ross that the group is part activist and their use of social media is new, the basis of the 1491s’ work is generations old. “Oral traditions have sustained tribal culture for millennia. Basic information about food, clothing, shelter, spirituality, social behavior, every element of culture was passed orally from generation to generation,” she says. “This is what these guys are doing—it’s an extension of that behavior.”

She adds that while the 1491s may seem contemporary, humor has always been a method by which Native culture “comments on and changes social behaviors.” A recurring example, she says, is the appearance of the trickster character in American Indian stories. “The stories are funny because the behavior of the trickster is outrageous,” she says. “But [the

stories] also work to communicate to audiences inappropriate behavior.” The irony so deftly deployed by the 1491s is not so much a product of cynical times, but a testament to the traditions from which they come.

The group, however, resists this sort of analysis. “There’s an apprehension when we talk about things academically, because you lock yourself into being a certain way,” says Pensoneau. He adds that while the group receives a lot of feedback from fans regarding future videos they should make, he says such requests miss the point. “If somebody asks us to do something, it won’t be our voice. Our response to that is always ‘get a camera and do it yourself.’ If we’re going to humanize the Native American experience,” he says, “[the 1491s] can’t be the whole image. It’s got to be everybody else.”

In February 2011, Red Corn and Harjo produced a 1491s video titled “Smiling Indians.” The video is four and a half minutes long and, while it’s not funny, it’s an example of the 1491s’ sensitivity to insinuation and their goal to include other Native people in their message. The video is a simple montage of American Indians, their friends and strangers, smiling for the camera.

It is shot in color and set to a mellow soundtrack of a twanging steel guitar.

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If you ask the members of the 1491s if they ever felt a video went too far, all of them will say no. But because of the reaction it elicited from viewers, they will all also mention “Halloween PSA.” The video opens with Matt Kull, an occasional group collaborator, looking sincerely into the camera and saying, “Hello, white folks…It’s almost that time of year when you are going to make some important decisions … That’s right, it’s almost Halloween and you’re going to need a costume.”

The video continues with Kull discussing the inclination of “hipsters, college professors [and] those of you who are fans of teams with Indian mascots” to dress up as American Indians for Halloween. “That costume is bullshit,” he says.

The video continues with Kull offering a detailed explanation of why it’s bullshit, until it cuts to a scene where Kull’s face is painted black and he wears a giant Afro wig. He holds a watermelon and swigs from a brownbagged bottle of booze. He concludes, “So stop and think for a minute about what it is that you’re doing [when wearing an Indian costume]. Not only are you

The 1491s dish out slapstick comedy and activist messaging in a single serving. Above, Wilson prepares for battle.

making yourself look extremely ignorant, but you are making white folks as a whole group look ignorant as well,” he says.

“And everyone knows white folks rarely if ever make racially charged fashion statements for the sake of entertainment.” The words “Think Before you Indian” appear on the screen before the closing credits.

According to Pensoneau, the video provoked a furor of vitriol on online message boards and blogs. “People who identify as oppressed said we can’t do that ever,” he says, referring to the scene where a white Kull wears blackface. “They said you can’t use one person’s oppression to make that statement … But that’s not the conversation we were trying to have.”

After the video was posted, the members of the 1491s discussed how best to deal with the backlash. For a while, they took the time to respond on message boards, and further explain the point they were making. But it quickly became clear that was only adding fuel to a flame that just wanted to blaze.

Instead, three days after the original, they posted a second video. It features a black screen with the 1491s’ logo and the voice of Pensoneau reading from a prepared statement. At one point during the statement, Pensoneau distills their message: “It’s a horrible truth in today’s society that you can go to a Halloween party dressed as Tonto and nobody will give two shits.

But if you go dressed as Sambo you get all the shit in the world,” he says. “We’re just looking for an equal amount of shit-giving.”

The response video concludes with Pensoneau interviewing a woman he met at a University of Utah Utes football tailgate.

The woman says she identifies as both Navajo and African-American. She is standing next to a table where a white girl wearing a headdress is throwing ping-pong balls into plastic cups of beer.

“Would you put on black face if it were part of the team tradition?” Pensoneau asks the girl, who is also dressed like an “Ute.” “No,” she says.

Pensoneau then gestures to the girl playing beer-pong. “So why would this be okay and that not?”

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Last year, the 1491s applied for and received a grant from Humanities Montana to produce a 10-part webisode series titled “A History of Native America.” The group’s grant proposal begins, “From its inception, American history has been one-sided. That is because American history has been written from the point of view of America’s conquerors and colonizers…Our film will challenge that one-sided look,” the proposal reads. “We will subvert it and make fun of it. And, as is the way with Native American humor, we will be making fun of ourselves.”

The grant proposal goes on to describe the 1491s’ brand of humor. The plan is to recreate moments in history like Columbus arriving in America, the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Little Big Horn and spin it from the 1491s’ perspective.

So far, the project is still in pre-production. The group is writing this spring and plans to present storyboards and a more detailed plan to Humanities Montana later this year.

The proposal, which was received by the Humanities Montana board to the tune of $5,491, concludes, “Our audience finds us on YouTube, Google, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. In essence and in fact, we have the world as an audience.

So, we just want the opportunity to spread to the world a single message, while making them smile,” it reads. “We have always been here, we are still here, and we will always be here.”

In the age of the viral video, notoriety is manifested overnight. Success is measured in views, retweets and Google searches. But for the 1491s success is less quantifiable. They exist somewhere in the margin between entertainment and advocacy.

They want you to laugh, but they want you to squirm a little too.

Because if you’re squirming—if your laughter dissipates too suddenly and leaves you wondering where it went—then, and only then, are you getting the joke. jrogers@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Rural inspiration Hi-Line wheat farmer creates earthy installations

by Kate Whittle

Photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Gary Horinek, a third-generation Montana wheat farmer, celebrates human connection with nature in his large-scale installations.

he main exhibit room at the Missoula Art Museum looks like an intricate, odd construction project. Artist Gary Horinek kneels, drilling a hole into a flat metal sheet on a large platform, covered in rippling, bubbling concrete, which resembles a landscape model. Concrete pillars rise from the platform, mimicked by railroad ties standing throughout the rest of the room. He’s working on an installation piece he’s dubbed “The Gathering,” which, he says, celebrates how humans are connected to the earth through the materials and minerals that we’re made of.

A ruddy-faced man with springy gray curls, tanned arms and rough hands, Horinek also has a severe stutter.

When he gets stuck on a sound, he waves his arms until he breaks free to deliver thoughtful, deliberate statements. “I’ve never really been a master of the English language and written word,” he says, “... I create these objects and put these thoughts into physical form.”

Horinek spends his winters making installations and sculptures out of metals, rock, wood and grasses

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as a break from his work as a third-generation wheat farmer near Hingham, a tiny town between Chester and Havre on the Hi-Line. Given that his latest installation has involved pouring concrete and raising railroad ties, it doesn’t seem like much of a break from farming. “I like working with my hands,” he says.

He started making art after taking a few classes at the University of Montana, where he studied geology but didn’t finish his degree. “Wanted to get off the farm for a bit,” he says.

He also spent time visiting galleries and museums in New York City, where he observed that venerated art often comes out of urban inspirations. “I wanted to find objects in my rural scene,” he says.

Photos are all that’s left of many of Horinek’s expansive, elaborate installations, which he sometimes shows in warehouses. It’s a bit tough to frame and sell a 20-by-37-foot wooden display topped with screens and wheat grass, for instance. He jokes that he'll sell his latest piece “by the pound.”

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Horinek likes creating, and doesn’t mind that his work gets discarded or reused. That comfort with cycles of decay and renewal seems to play into many of his pieces.

For “The Gathering,” viewers are invited to sit on one of three benches and observe what Horinek thinks of as a “flow of information,” or, it seems, cultural life force. Water, or “information,” leaves the central part of the platform, which is meant to resemble a primordial landscape, and flows into an area with a ceramic jar surrounded by pottery shards. The area is meant to represent civilization. The “information” further flows out into the tall timbers surrounding the platform, represented by salvaged railroad ties. “They show how we store information, and it stays with us for a long time,” Horinek says.

He agrees that the timbers are comparable to how we store the written word on paper. The timbers placed farthest from the platform are decayed, showing how eventually time will rot even the sturdiest

materials. Horinek sees the “flow” circling back to the platform, where layers of coal represent the decaying carbon matter returning to nature.

It’s fitting that across the hall from Horinek’s work, dozens of cow heads mildly gaze out from the Blindsided exhibit, sculpted by another Montana farmer, Tracy Linder, giving museum visitors a rather agricultural feel.

MAM curator Stephen Glueckert says he’s proud of showing a side of art that’s inspired by rural living.

“We Montanans sometimes sell ourselves short … We have really gifted artists in our communities,” he says.

Thought-provoking pieces can come out of a New York studio, or from the calloused hands of a HiLine farmer.

“The Gathering” opens at the Missoula Art Museum on Fri., March 1, with reception from 5 to 8 PM. The artist will give a walk-through at 7 PM. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

[music]

Proficient pickers Greensky Bluegrass finds best of two worlds Bluegrass bands often come in two varieties.

There are virtuoso string bands where fingers never stop moving in a blinding display of technical proficiency, but lyrically are about as cornball as Uncle Ernest’s hogfarm jokes. Then there are songwriterbased groups whose banal overuse of traditional chord progressions are simply a vehicle for the clever lyrics and folklore storytelling. While both forms have their moments, Greensky Bluegrass’ mix of unconventional songwriting and slick-string dexterity is exceptional. The song “No Idea,” from the band’s 2011 album Handguns, is a perfect example, flawlessly balancing confessional poetry between dobro moans and melodic mandolin lines.

Better still is when a band with such a masterful grip on their craft can still be downright fun, a key element to Greensky’s live shows that has helped it build a dedicated following over the past decade.

Covers like Prince’s “When Doves Cry” alleviate the mood and somehow seem right at home tucked in

Greensky Bluegrass

among—or often weaved directly into—its originals.

Missoula has been a regular tour stop for these road warriors for years, and if previous shows are any indication, the grass is always greener when this band comes to town. (Jed Nussbaum) Greensky Bluegrass plays the Palace Tue., March 5, at 9 PM. $18/$15 advance.

Birthday Suits, Six 7 Minneapolis’ Birthday Suits give punk a buzz cut and slim it down to the commendable two-or-so-minutes, which is fitting for two slim Japanese imports who can shred in English louder and clearer than you can dream.

If that doesn’t do it for you, here’s the checklist: loud and fast, yet in no hurry; romantic rather than angry. Think Japandroids with edge: fast songs, dreamy distortion and occasionally discernible lyrics. They make it sound so easy to fill a room with just two instruments. Granted, the guitar is turned up pretty damn loud and the drums never leave an empty space.

On the band’s recently released collection of previously 7-inch-only tracks, the duo stretches back to 2008 to show a fondness for stability. This isn’t a bad thing. It’s nice to know what to expect from the next track. But it does show how hard it can be to expand your sound when you only have two instruments and two songwriters. Six 7 isn’t so much a retrospective as a statement, then. They’re just taking punk as it is.

(Brooks Johnson) Birthday Suits, Skin Flowers and Shahs play the Palace Sun., March 3, at 10 PM. $7/$5 advance at Ear Candy.

High Voltage, Colors A certain sect of music fans have an overwhelming desire to act as if Nirvana never happened (particularly Loverboy fans). These fans often see rock music as a one-dimensional form, one that is always blues-driven, that always struts.

At first listen, Missoula’s High Voltage could be the band for those fans, but the group doesn't strut or preen … constantly, anyway. The male proclivity to strut, a la third-string ’80s butt-rock outfits like Bang Tango and Danger Danger, is kept in check by vocalist Erin Schneider, who provides a nice balance to the bluesy hot licks and riffs that the band traffics in. Her voice hangs out somewhere between Heart’s Ann Wilson and Amy Lee of Evanescence. On the

track “Given Up,” Schneider’s voice adds something a little different to a well-worn rock arrangement. But not that different.

This is the bar music of the ’80s, ’90s and apparently today. There are extended guitar solos with Whammy pedal a-whistling. There’s a chorus whispered, then blasted, then repeated ad infinitum. High Voltage is a throwback to a pre-Nirvana age and a sort of antidote to twee indie pop music that prefers the lushness of a Brian Wilson arrangement to the bare-boned confidence of an Angus Young riff. (Jason McMackin) High Voltage opens for Eye Empire at Monk’s Bar on Mon., March 4, at 9 PM. $15/$12 advance at brownpapertickets.com

Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob Heartthrob, the new album by Tegan and Sara, has caused a measure of controversy between my friend Jason and me. My position is that Heartthrob’s ’80s-style synth pop comprises the same kind of songs T&S used to play on acoustic guitars, only now we are hearing the instruments they hear in their heads. The essential elements— hooky choruses, modal melodies and lyrics that reassure lesbians can be as psychologically unhealthy about relationships as Morrissey—are otherwise still in place.

Jason’s position is, in paraphrase, “Yeah, but synth pop sucks.” Here we founder on the shoals of per-

sonal taste. If you secretly like Roxette, Heartthrob is a weird and thrilling culmination of the songwriting aesthetic Tegan and Sara have been building for the last decade. They took a generic left turn, but so did Bowie. Then again, so did Liz Phair. For me, Heartthrob is not the end of old, good Tegan and Sara, because I like icy pop character sketches like “I Was a Fool.” If you prefer icy folk character sketches, I am sorry to report the passing of an era. (Dan Brooks) arts@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Fully exposed Williams bares all in book about breasts

by Ali Gadbow

Some friends are hanging out at their neighbor- ments like this, when at its most slangy and forced, hood drinking establishment and chatting. One says, that she shows her anxiety about serious issues, like “Oh, you should read this breast book I just finished.” the ubiquity of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and To which a male friend responds, with a nudge the association of older motherhood with aggressive and wink, “Ooh, breast book, huh? I could show you forms of cancer, in a way that feels relatable and avoids sanctimony or alarmism. For those who feel a breast book …” that Williams treats a broad range of complex issues Laughs all around.

“No, really,” responds the book-touting friend, with too light of a touch, 47 pages of endnotes provide an open invitation to delve deeper. “the breast is a super-fascinating gland.”

The few minor factual mistakes in Breasts should Which sends the male friend into fits of retching. have been caught by a more “Omigod! Please stop saydiligent copy editor. For exing gland! Gross!” ample, pneumonia is not a Observe the power of the bacteria: It is a condition breast. This is what Florence sometimes caused by cerWilliams, a University of Montain bacteria, some of which tana creative writing graduate, have names ending in pneudoes with intelligence, humor moniae. But this is nitpickand plenty of solid research in ing, and Williams does not Breasts: A Natural and Unclaim to be a scientist; natural History. rather, she is a journalist The many breast-rewith a scientific background lated issues Williams tackles and a confident grasp of isin nearly 300 pages include sues spanning several discithe way society views plines. She makes her breasts (mainly as sexual obsubject accessible while jects); the unique attributes avoiding the common blunof mammals; the relationder of presuming that scienship between highly respontific work has the power to sive glands (yes, glands) like definitively prove, disprove the breast and the habits of or provide simple answers cancer cells; the promiscuity to complex questions. of estrogen receptors, anThe breastfeeding decient contraceptives and endocrine disrupting plastics; Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History bate is a good example of

by Florence Williams the type of thorny question the mysterious substance Hardcover, W.W. Norton & Company addressed here, and known as breast milk; and 352 pgs., $25.95 Williams does an admirable the evolution of baby forjob presenting the politics, mula and the birth of the La Leche League, which she describes as “alternately in- science, accusations and fears that are attendant on if and how long mothers lactate. Readers will feel free spirational and infuriatingly dogmatic.”

In search of breast-related knowledge, Williams to make their own assessments, but certain facts stand gleans information from a host of fascinating charac- out. While the nutritional benefits of breastfeeding ters, including one of the first human recipients of U.S. children might be comparable to using formula, breast implants (the original test case was a dog), a it’s a very different story in developing countries. We father-son team of scientists who study male reactions still know next to nothing about many potentially bento pictures of naked ladies, a group of male Marines eficial components of mothers’ milk. It is also striking suffering from breast cancer, and another father-son that the Human Microbiome Project neglected to inteam, where one runs a human milk bank while the clude breast milk in its area of study, despite the fact other maps breasts with technology originally devel- that as many as 600 different species of bacteria can be found in a single milk sample, most of which are oped for mining engineers.

Williams herself plays a prominent role in the as yet unknown to science. Where do our muchnarrative as she recounts her own breastfeeding trials lauded gut bacteria come from if not from our food?

In her own highly personal, self-deprecating way, and successes, poses as a potential buyer of implants, travels the globe in search of mammary mavens and by writing “an environmental history of a body part,” areolar authorities and attempts to lower her “chem- Williams continues the legacy of environmental activist ical body burden” by foregoing such creature com- (and breast cancer victim) Rachel Carson, whose forts as bubble bath and cheese and avoiding contact Silent Spring now reads almost uncomfortably earnest and lyrical. Carson’s approach was in tune with the with automobile upholstery.

This personal approach allows the author to in- culture of the 1960s, while Williams, in her refusal to habit the role of seeker, to explore various sides of be “a total killjoy,” is better suited to the sensibilities politically charged conversations, and to withhold of an era in which ironic distance is the sugar with judgment in a way that feels natural. At times which we prefer to wash down our medicine.

Williams’ voice feels a bit too casual for the subject matter (“Hello, cancer… Bummer”). But it is in moarts@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Down to earth Seattle’s Moondoggies keep it simple

by Chris La Tray

For regional artists working out of the Pacific Northwest, finding places to play beyond the I-5 corridor proves challenging. For many bands, Missoula can be a key stop in the rotation, which explains the connection the Seattle band Moondoggies has with the city.

“A lot of times the booking guys will send us to some small place, and we’re wondering what it will be like, whether there will be more than four or five people there, whatever,” says singer/guitarist Kevin

mostly I just bring in a skeleton and we fill it out very much as a unit. The other guys add their own parts to it and it always makes the song better. Especially live, the more everyone gets into it the better it sounds.”

The Moondoggies play rock ’n’ roll that would have been right at home coming out of the twisting roads of Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon back in the ’70s.

An eclectic mix of electric and acoustic songs with big harmonies are signatures of their sound—vocal comparisons to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are particu-

The Moondoggies visit Missoula Saturday in anticipation of an upcoming album release.

Clockwise from top left: Kevin Murphy, Robert Terreberry, Caleb Quick and Carl Dahlen.

Murphy. “After playing Missoula, we were like, ‘More of this, please!’”

The band’s headlining spot at the Zoo Music Awards at the Wilma will be their fourth visit to Missoula. This trip comes between 2010’s Tidelands record and the forthcoming release of their third effort, Adios, I’m a Ghost, due in early August. The band likes to keep its ’70s-country-rock-reminiscient music simple, whether it’s louder, electric songs or a quiet acoustic track.

“We came out of a philosophy where you can write a song with two chords, then go any direction from there,” Murphy says.

As for where that philosophy originally came from, Murphy admits his introduction to music is almost a Seattle cliché. Born in Everett, Wash., the youngest of five children, Murphy heard Nirvana in 1991. “Hearing Nirvana changed me from being interested in dinosaurs to being obsessed with rock music. After that, my older sister introduced me to the Beatles, and that was it.” Murphy laughs. “I remember I had a tape that I played all the time,” he says, “with Nirvana’s Nevermind on one side and on the other was The Phantom of the Opera. So my interests were pretty wide.”

Often cited as the principal songwriter in the band, Murphy is quick to share the credit. “Maybe 30 percent of the time I’ll bring in a complete song,” he says, “but

larly apt—yet they don’t come across as angsty or trying to be overly sensitive, a trap many indie bands fall into.

The band seems to have more in common sonically with outfits coming from the South, like DriveBy Truckers or Lucero. These are bands that dabble with different approaches in the studio, yet deliver rock shows with a power and energy that leave the unsuspecting rubbing their ears wondering why it was so much louder than they expected it to be.

“We have gone over pretty well in the South,” Murphy says. “The crowds have been very appreciative of what we do. We’re hoping to get down there more; we’re hoping to get all over the country more.”

This Missoula jaunt is just a quick trip to keep the juices flowing in anticipation of the new record, which they just finished recording. A stop in Spokane, then the Wilma show, then home. If Missoula delivers as expected, when it comes time to book the tour in support of Adios, I’m a Ghost, the Moondoggies will certainly be asking for “more of this.”

Moondoggies play the Zoo Music Awards at the Wilma on Sat., March 2, at 7 PM. $18/$15 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s. arts@missoulanews.com

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[theater]

Cultural leap Chinese opera influences Missoula play

by Kate Whittle

It’s 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and the cast of Jumping specific meanings to the other characters on stage and Into Fire mills about the Masquer Theatre, waiting for the audience, and we don't have that so much in the stagehands to fix a lighting problem before rehearsal West,” she says. “Our season theme this year is ‘theater starts. Director Jillian Campana, dressed in black with her around the world,’ so we wanted to try to bring plays hair pulled back into a bun, looks a bit tired. “We left at to Missoula that might not typically be seen,” she says.

She’s careful to note that Jumping into Fire isn’t 11 last night,” she says.

Performers chat until, at last, the stage manager gives genuine Chinese opera, which exists in hundreds of word that the light is fixed and they can start the run- variations. Her actors have studied the techniques through. The cast of about 20 University of Montana stu- specific to a kind of opera that originated during the dents ages 19 to 45 are barefoot and mostly wearing Ming Dynasty. The actors have rehearsed for about T-shirts and pajamas, but as the lights dim and they take six weeks, whereas in traditional Chinese opera, pertheir places, the same sense of wonder and transport takes over as at any proper opening night.

As a gong rings, two actors stride out from behind gold and red curtains to announce, with goofy pomposity, that the Emperor Yongle is opening the Forbidden City for the public to view.

The rest of the cast dances in and swirls about. Two players wearing a Chinese dragon costume swoop in and weave among the dancers, and the newly made outfit sprays a blizzard of faux feathers and dust over the stage.

“Cut!” Campana says. The Photo by Chad Harder lights turn on, and the mood Leah Holmes, left, and Kelly Bouma practice an exaggerated evaporates. “Let’s clear the air and acting style for UM’s production of Jumping into Fire. sweep,” she says, and jokes that formers aren’t allowed on stage until they’ve practhey’ll have to air the costume out a bit.

While work was left to be done in the days before ticed for at least that many years.

Given the short time frame and the English script, showtime, Jumping into Fire has gone from a rough outline of a script to a fleshed-out version of a Chinese Jumping into Fire also omits dialect work and the highfolk tale, complete with gesture and dance techniques pitched voices that are common to Chinese opera.

“We have a predominantly white department, unique to a form of Chinese opera, in just six weeks.

The production is atypical for UM both because it’s an school, town,” Campana says, “And so there’s a lot of isoriginal work and it aims to incorporate a style of the- sues with appropriation of different cultures ... I think that it’s an homage to Chinese opera, rather than seeking ater from half a world away.

Campana, an associate professor of theater, is to be Chinese opera.”

The exaggerated style was “very foreign” to Steve passionate about bringing Asian performance styles to Western audiences. She based the story of Jumping Hodgson, an MFA candidate for theater, who’s starring as Into Fire on a Chinese folk tale often known as “The Kuan, the man assigned to the gargantuan task of building Goddess Who Cast the Bell.” The story is set in 1420, the bell. A tall, burly man with graying muttonchops and and recounts what happens after the emperor asks a faded arm tattoos, Hodgson says he’s more accustomed cannon maker, Kuan, to create an enormous bell as to Western-style realism. He brushed up on Chinese a monument. The theme, she says, is one of how opera skills by watching YouTube videos. “It required a willingness to adapt,” Hodgson says. communities come together to achieve goals.

Though it’s tough to spot when the floor lights are Campana came across the tale while directing in Beijing in March 2012. She says it’s not known how glowing, the Chinese character for “strength” is painted true the folk tale is, exactly, but at least part of it can in red in the center of the Jumping stage. Campana be confirmed: She’s seen the actual 23-foot-tall finds the moral of the story in the idea of bonding tobronze bell, which was commissioned by the third gether to create strength. “Our community is stronger when we come together ... It was true in 1420 in China, Ming emperor Yongle.

Campana, who casually mentions stints living in and it’s true today in Missoula,” she says.

Egypt and Brazil, travels internationally twice a year to Jumping Into Fire continues in the Masquer guest-direct plays, thanks to connections she made while teaching at the University of Mumbai for four Theatre in the UM PAR/TV building nightly through years. In Hong Kong last fall, she trained in Chinese Sat., March 2, and again Tue., March 5, to Sat., opera, which plays heavily into the performances for March 9, at 7:30 PM, with a March 9 matinee at 2 Jumping Into Fire. Chinese opera isn’t about singing, PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 children. but a presentational, dramatic style of performance.

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[film] dent as he struggles with the war, emancipation of the slaves, his cabinet and his family. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Strathairn. Rated PG-13. Village 6.

OPENING THIS WEEK 21 AND OVER Perennial A-student Jeff Chang is treated to a night out by his old pals to celebrate his 21st birthday. Seems like poor planning since his big medical school exam is the next morning. What could possibly go wrong? Will there be escapades? Innuendo? Grace under pressure?

Starring Miles Teller, Justin Chon and Jonathan Keltz. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

SAFE HAVEN In this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (The Notebook) novel, a woman moves to a small, tightknit community and falls for a local hunk. Guess what? Dark secrets bubble to the surface, that’s what. Starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER This is what it’s like when worlds collide. Giants and humans do battle and a boy becomes a man and a woman is loved properly and the indefatigable spirit of humanity is undoubtedly celebrated with shiny medals and a wedding.

Rated PG-13. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Entertainer.

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Based on the novel by Matthew Quick, this is the story of a former teacher returning home to his wife and parents after a stint in a mental institution. But things aren’t all turkey and stuffing cuz there is a mysterious woman in the picture, too. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Rated R. Carmike 12.

THE LAST EXORCISM II So this is the very last exorcism, you guys. I mean it this time. This is it. No more exorcisms; no third exorcism! If evil returns for another exorcism like the last one, I’ll just be all, “Oh, hell no.” Starring Ashley Bell, Julia Garner and Spencer Treat Clark. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

SNITCH If any of you jabronis think Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson isn’t going to go undercover for the DEA to rescue his wrongly-accused son from prison you cray-cray. And if you think he isn’t gonna use a semi truck to do it, well I got nothing for you. Also starring Susan Sarandon and Michael Kenneth Williams. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12.

QUARTET Things are just plain old hunky-dory at the home for retired musicians until an old firebrand who is also an old flame shows up with her diva panties set to stun. Directed by Dustin Hoffman.

Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Billy Connolly. Rated PG-13. Wilma.

NOW PLAYING AMOUR In this French-language drama, an aging couple struggles to find happiness after the wife has a stroke. Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. Rated PG13. Wilma.

ARGO Based on a true story, crafty CIA dudes try to bust some Americans out of the not-so-hospitable country of Iran circa 1979. Ayatollah rock and roll-a! Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Rated R. Village 6.

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES This is a tale of supernatural love, of secrets and dark corners, of love and escape, all set in the South in a town shrouded in mysteries, both good and evil. Very vague mysteries, it would seem. Starring Alice Englert, Viola Davis and Emma Thompson. Rated R. Carmike 12.

Bearly legal. 21 and Over opens Friday at Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

DARK SKIES Safe suburban living? Not for the Barret family cuz there is an insidious “force” doing more than messing up the TV reception. Bet you ten bucks it’s aliens. Starring Keri Russell, Jake Brennan, Josh Hamilton. Big D. PG-13. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

DJANGO UNCHAINED Django, a slave-turned-bounty hunter, seeks out his wife in the antebellum south. It’s about to get real violent up in here. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio. Rated R. Village 6.

to take more than a few well-timed burns to prevent a nuclear disaster. In Russia, hard dies you. Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney and Sebastian Koch. Rated R. HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS What up now, witches? Hansel and Gretel are now bounty hunters out to track down and damage every witch on the planet. Best watch out for that Blood Moon, though, kids, not to mention a secret from the past. Starring Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton and Peter Stormare. Rated R. Carmike 12.

ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH Oh nuts, in this computer-animated job, Astronaut Scorch Supernova is tricked into service and the nfarious ne’er-do-well Shanker may just be behind our hero’s demise. Starring the voices of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jessica Alba. PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

IDENTITY THIEF This is a revenge comedy gone awry and back and awry again, wherein a mild-mannered fella tries to recover his stolen ID from the woman (gasp!) who is ruining his credit score with lavish spending sprees. Perhaps we shall learn the true meaning of “identity.” Starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD John McClane goes looking for his son and trouble over in Russia, only to find that it’s going

LINCOLN Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis in this biopic about the United States’ greatest presi-

WARM BODIES Zombie love, y’all. A zombie saves a pretty lady from an attack and love may just change the entire undead world as we know it. Please save your, “Keep the tip,” jokes for later. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin.

Moviegoers be warned! For show times please visit missoulanews.com or contact the theaters in order to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 5417469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603

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To saturate, or not to saturate

by Ari LeVaux

MARCH

COFFEE SPECIAL

Organic Costa Rica Dark Roast $10.95/lb.

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We’ve been told since the 1960s that animal-based saturated fats will give us heart disease, while their polyunsaturated fatty acid, or PUFA, counterparts, found mostly in vegetable oils, will prevent it. But a recent paper in the British Journal of Medicine suggests the exact opposite. The study compared the effects of saturated and polyunsaturated fats on heart disease by applying modern statistical analytical technique to 40year old data. They arrived at the conclusion that elevated dietary intake of omega-6 PUFAs could kill you even faster than saturated fats. This amounts to one of the stronger arguments yet that the saturated fat theory of heart disease causation is overly simplistic at best.

Omega-6 fatty acids are the most common PUFA in many vegetable oils, especially safflower, corn, sunflower and soy oils. Generally considered healthier than animal fats, the new study is the latest in the growing body of evidence that salad dressing could be worse than bacon.

The Sydney Diet Heart Study ran from 1966 to 1973, and involved 458 men who had recently experienced a “coronary event.” They were divided into two groups. Members of the control group were told to keep eating whatever they wanted, while the other group was instructed to replace the majority of its saturated fat intake with safflower oil, the highest dietary source of linoleic acid—which is itself the highest dietary source of omega-6 fatty acids.

Given conventional wisdom on the relative health benefits of saturated fats vs. PUFAs, one would expect the safflower group in the study to fare better than the group that ate more saturated fat. Instead, the safflower group experienced a higher rate of death from coronary heart disease (16.3 percent to 10.1 percent) and cardiovascular disease (17.2 percent to 11 percent). The linoleic acid group also had the highest incidence of total mortality from all causes at 17.6 percent, versus 11.8 percent for the control group.

This is hardly the first challenge to the idea that PUFAs are better than saturated fats. A British Journal of Medicine editorial that was published concurrent with the new study points out that a lot of other research has called the health benefits of linoleic acid into question.

“The new analysis of these old data provides important information about the impact of high intakes of omega 6 PUFAs, in particular linoleic acid, on cardiovascular mortality at a time when there is considerable debate on this question. The findings underscore the need to properly align dietary advice and recommendations with the scientific evidence base.”

But the status quo isn’t going anywhere without a fight. Three years ago the American Heart Association doubled down on the idea that we need to increase our daily intake of omega-6 PUFAs, aka linoleic

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acid. According to the AHA, increased daily linoleic acid intake “... appears to be safe and may be even more beneficial.”

This paradigm assumes that omega-6s are essential for heart disease prevention because they lower blood cholesterol, including “bad” or LDL cholesterol.

Since LDL is a marker of and contributor to heart disease and atherosclerosis, it’s been assumed that we should increase our intake of omega-6s to help lower those levels. But as the authors of the new study point out, “Clinical benefits of omega 6 linoleic acid have not been established.”

Also worth remembering here is that, contrary to popular assumption, most blood cholesterol—LDL and HDL—is made by the body, with very little coming from dietary sources. So while diet certainly plays a role, it’s only part of the picture of blood cholesterol regulation.

But even as we call into question excessive levels of omega-6 intake, it’s important to remember that some amount is essential for normal growth, development and health. And the effects of the second-most-common PUFA, omega-3 fatty acids, have been documented much more convincingly. Having a balance of omega-6s and omega-3s in your diet has been shown to be healthier, which can’t be said for omega-6s alone.

The connection between dietary fat and heart disease is a lot more complicated than we’ve been led to believe. While the reanalyzed data from the SDHS offers some interesting insights into how the body handles different dietary fats, the study was not perfect by today’s standards. A modern version, based on newly gathered data, would do a lot to help address these questions.

Knowing what we might know about linoleic acid demands the question: If it does kill people faster than animal fat, when does it become unethical to keep feeding it to folks just to see what happens?

Dietary recommendations on linoleic acid are a lot more cautious in some other countries, like Britain. Are they being too uptight about omega-6 PUFAs, or are the likes of the AHA dangerously exuberant? Even in the clearest of cases, the lag time between when a new idea becomes established scientifically and when it becomes medical consensus can be years or decades. For omega-6 fatty acids the writing is on the wall.

Among vegetable oils, coconut oil contains the fewest omega-6s. Olive oil is also low. Canola is low as well. Animal fats contain PUFAs, but not as many as the seed oils like safflower, sunflower, corn and soy oils, and in different form than linoleic acid. Animal PUFAs also contain a balance of omega-6 and omega3. That said, not all animal fats are created equal. It’s buyer beware to come up with a grease that’s tasty, fair, clean and affordable.

[dish] Alcan Bar and Grill 16780 Beckwith St. Frenchtown • 626-9930 Tantalize your taste buds with Angus beef burgers, chicken strips, shrimp, and biscuits and gravy from Alcan Bar & Grill. With more than 20 years of experience and 10 years in the business, we have been offering fresh meals and beverages at the area's most competitive prices.

Our friendly professionals offer personalized service and make sure you leave our restaurant as one of our friends. We offer have a variety of specials for ladies night and sports events featuring drink specials and free food. Contact us today and enjoy our incredible menu selection. 9 am – 2 am Mon-Sun. $ 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. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Have you checked out Bernice's web-site: bernicesbakerymt.com: Are you a fan of Bernice's on Facebook? Did you catch that silly Christmas video on YouTube? Viewed the Montana Home Shopping Showcase? Bernice's not only has awesome breakfast pastries, elegant cakes, signature wedding cakes, fresh bread, cookies & treat galore, lunch, and excellent coffee. Bernice's has great employees who rock the social media! 34 years of solid goodness! Check out our social media and then stop by to celebrate a job well done! xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com. $-$$ 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 Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 2. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 40 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. $ Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Accomodates indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day.

Featuring Crawfish omlettes, beignets, and cafe au lait. Open Monday-Wednesday 11am-3pm, Thursday-Saturday 11am8pm, and Sunday 9am-3pm (Beignets available Saturday 11am-2pm, and All Day Sunday) $-$$ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 • ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers!

Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$

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Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or 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. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

your taste buds! www.thinkfft.com Mon-Thurs 7am - 8pm • Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm • 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 *When school is not in session, we often close at 3pm Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe.

Across from the U of M campus.

The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and glutenfree options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! (Happy Hour 3-6 PM Mon-Sat. 2 Empanadas for $7) 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. 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday. Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ GoodieVille Paxson Plaza by Southgate Mall 406-728-0010 www.goodieville.com Missoula’s only Gluten-Free Bakery and Restaurant offers a full line of savories and sweets. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner including Pancakes, Pizza, American and Indian fare. We also have extensive vegetarian and vegan options. Open Wed-Sat 7am-9pm and Sun 7am2pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Missoula's Tailgate Headquarters! We carry all of the spirits & accessories to make your tailgate party a success! Largest selection of spirits in Montana, including locally made whiskey, vodka, gin, rum and wine.

We're located downtown with free customer parking. Grizzly Liquor was voted Missoula's #1 Liquor Store! Open M-F 96:30, Sat 9-6. $-$$$

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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 $-$$ Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 Thursday is Trivia Night! Prizes, food and drink specials! Starting at 7 pm.

Also,check our brand new wine menu! Considering a staycation? Check out our packages. Call for more details!

Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$

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Ridge Distillery’s Absinthe HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: Absinthe made from wormwood and dried herbs harvested in the Flathead and sold at Grizzly Liquor in Missoula. “We grow all of our rare alpine herbs here on the ridge.

We also wild harvest what we can gather,” says Julie Legate, who owns Ridge Distillery with her husband, Joe. The Legates make two types of the notorious alcohol from their small Flathead Valley distillery. Green absinthe, which is also called “verte,” carries a hefty punch at 136 proof. Absinthe “blanc,” meanwhile, is clear and carries a slightly lower alcoholic concentration.

Why you’re drinking it: Absinthe’s effects have been known to cause hallucinations. Artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso famously imbibed. During the 20th century, creative types touted the beverage for its mind-expanding qualities. It was later demonized for triggering descents into madness.

Legate says that the stories about absinthe-induced madness have been overblown by novice historians. It is true, however, that the herbs used to distill absinthe impact mood. As tequila might make one feisty and red wine has a tendency to bring on sleep, absinthe stimulates the appetite.

It also triggers mild euphoria, Legate says. “It’s essentially the original happy hour drink,” she says.

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 36pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$

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Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$

How to drink it: Legate suggests mixing one part verte absinth to four parts water. Cold water will make the beverage cloudy. “The cloudy effect is when the essential oils basically come in contact with cold water and so they come out of suspension,” Legate explains.

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. $-$$

Where to find it: In Missoula, Grizzly Liquor at 110 West Spruce Street sells fifths of the Ridge’s absinthe verte for $50.35.

—Jessica Mayrer

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. $$-$$$

Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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, MondayFriday 7-6. $ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 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 11:3012:30 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.

Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Serving country French specialties, Montana elk, Berkshire Pork, and delicious seafood dishes. Delectable salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked in-house.

Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 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

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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! $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins• 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ Sis's Kitchen 531-5034 sisskitchen.com Wheat, Gluten & Allergen Free Foods. Frozen & Dry Mix Products. Sis's Kitchen plays a part in Best of Missoula "Best Pizza" Winner's for 2008-2012. Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12"crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood.

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Crowned Missoula's best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find WestMex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal.

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UM Visiting Lecturer Robert Seidman discusses his award-winning documentary, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, about the gifted and openly gay arranger and composer who wrote “Take the ‘A’ Train” and other Duke Ellington hits but labored in the great man’s shadow. UC Theater. 7 PM. Free.

Find out why nobody wants to buy your moose poo art works at Market Your Business workshop with Fortune 500 business strategist John Kauffman, at the Bitterroot Public Library.

7–8 PM. Free. Register by calling 363-1670.

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Don’t get swallowed by the K-hole at the Kettlehouse Beer School graduation party, with Lochsaw Cartel and Spirit Hole. Palace. 7 PM. Free.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Jillian Campana’s Jumping into Fire, a play based on an ancient Chinese folk tale, in which a man is charged with an impossible task and his daughter takes it upon herself to aid him.

Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 ages 12 and under.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Dance your way to a free mind and an open body at Turning the Wheel Missoula’s Ecstatic Dance. Headwaters Dance Studio, 1042 Monroe St. 8 PM. $8. Visit turningthewheel.org.

Get your musical cabaret on at the original one-act hullabaloo, The Dirty Old Lady Show, written by Cathy Capps (music by Capps and Aaron Minnick) and performed by local all-stars.

The show tells the story of a couple of aging showgirls still looking to make it big. Adult situations indeed. Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 8 PM. $17 at the door/$15 in advance at dols.skytics.com.

On the road again. The Ruby Jewel Jamboree Bluegrass Series with Monroe’s Crossing and Nuno Business takes place at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St., Mon., March 4, at 7 PM. $14/$12 advance at rubyjeweljamboree.com.

THURSDAYFEB28 The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

Explore the landscape and the notions of the West at the opening reception for Nicole

Pietrantoni and Amy Sacksteder’s exhibition Island Projects at the UC Gallery. 4–6 PM. Free.

nightlife Make the bacon and slip that clutch cuz Mr. Russ Nasset performs tunes for you all at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Open Aid Alliance hosts its first Buy the Bag event, a fun and fabulous clothing swap for a cause. Hors d’oeuvres, beverages and 25 lucky ladies (boing!). Each woman receives a generous size shopping bag to fill to the brim with womens’ clothing, shoes and accessories. Raffle

items and games are included. Tickets at the door, limited to 25. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Ste 100. 6 PM. For more information call 543-4770.

Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Habitat for Humanity of Missoula is holding an application workshop for low-income applicants seeking affordable housing. City Life Community Center, 1515 Fairview St. 7 PM. Call 549-8210 or visit habitatmsla.org.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams.

Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible.

8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Show up the rest of the room with your version of “Ninja Survive” when you hit the Dark Horse for Combat Karaoke hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials.

1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

The Soul City Cowboys trip the fantastic lightly and light the tractor fire brightly at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free.

It’s looking like a doozy of a hootenanny at the final week of King Elephant’s VFW residency, where they are joined by the Magpies,

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245 W. Main St. 10 PM. $2.

FRIDAYMAR01 The Josh Farmer Band is gonna tinkle the ivories and make you swoon to tunes at the Union Club.

9 PM. Free.

Burn baby burn, today Missoula County Burning Season Begins, but if you’re itching to burn them wet leaves best get a permit for $5. Visit mfcpa.org.

Start your St. Patty’s Day stoke with a trip up to UM’s Mansfield Library (not a misprint) for the opening reception of From Rocky Shores to the Rocky Mountains: The Irish in Montana. The exhibit uses video, visuals, artifacts and sound to tell the story of the Irish in Montana. 4 PM. Free.

It ain’t Bloomsday yet, but get yourself learned up on a literary legend at UM Visiting Lecturer Robert Seidman’s speil: The Pleasures and Challenges of Joyce’s Ulysses. For some of you, it ought to beat the heck out of actually reading it. UM Fine Arts Bldg. Rm. 301. 4 PM. Free.

nightlife Author Kevin McCafferty reads and signs his book, The Gray Ghost Murders, at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Be sure and tell him Large Marge sent ya. 5 PM. Free.

En Garde! The Missoula Fencing Association offers a free one-hour class in Olympic fencing for the first 15 people to arrive at its, uh, dojo? by 6

PM this First Friday. Don’t be foiled by lame competitors.

Public TV-loving nerds rejoice, the Viewers Like You exhibit at Frontier Space, located in the alley between Spruce and Pine streets, one block west of Higgins Ave., features prints made by local and nationally known artists that are up for sale with proceeds benefiting Montana Public Broadcasting, plus music and bit of theater. 6–9 PM. Free.

Speak the language of fashion and say stuff like “hot mess” and “cloying” at the 7th annual Project Selvedge fashion show. Contestants spend eight weeks battling for supremacy and only one can be called the victor. Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave. 6:30 PM. $1.

Occulate and gyrate, just don’t gesticulate on your face plate at the Bassface Krew’s Fishbowl Friday: Pixelated Polka Dots party, a night of electronical beats with local DJs MAD, Mr. Reid, Mike Stolin, Cadence, and Mikee Sev, starting at 7 PM, at the Badlander. The evening features a live-projection mapped installation by local digital artist Amber Bushnell for First Friday. Free, and ages 18-20 can check out the music and installation from 7-9 PM. Mr. Robert Seidman reads tonight in the Dell Brown Room at UM’s Turner Hall. Homeboy has written four books including Moments Captured, which is loosely based on the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge. 7 PM. Free.

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The only person who parties down with Party Trained more than our arts editor is our interim arts editor. See both of them boogie down to the band’s sounds at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. Free.

Get your musical cabaret on at the original one-act hullabaloo, The Dirty Old Lady Show, written by Cathy Capps (music by Capps and Aaron Minnick) and performances by local all-stars. The show tells the story of a couple of aging showgirls still looking to make it big. Adult situations indeed.

Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 8 and 10 PM. Tickets are $15 in advance at dols.skytics.com or $17 at the door.

Ingest the fine art of British cookery and take in a musical classic at the Hamilton Players’ presentation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Rd. 8 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com.

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli makes jokes for you folks. Perhaps she has some new material about Twitter, perhaps not. Wilma. 8 PM. $47.50. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s or jadepresents.com.

Ditch the camel flow and head to the Palace for the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana presentation of the Carnal Carnival, a night of drag and dancing featuring dance tunes after the drag show with DJ Tygerlily, starting at 9 PM. $5/$10 for those 18-20.

John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406721-2416 or just show up.

Feeling fit, feeling fine, County Line plays the country tunes for you and that teller from the bank who always touches your hand when she hands you a pen. Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9:30 PM. Free.

to do taxes at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, for anyone making less than $50,000. Gallagher Business Building Rm. L26. 9 AM–5 PM. Free.

The Missoula Winter Market is a family-friendly market much like the Saturday markets, but indoors and during wintertime! Come and enjoy local crafts, artisans, food and entertainment every weekend at 10 AM. 2036 Mullan Rd. Visit missoulawintermarket.com.

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Hey ladies, head to the LDS Church building at 100 Middle Burnt Fork Rd., in Stevensville, for Bitterroot Women’s Self-Reliance Fair, a free event for women to gather together, celebrate and share skills, such as auto basics, basics of banking, pressure canning, estate planning and way more. 10AM–4 PM.

The MET: Live in HD presents Wagner’s final masterpiece Parsifal, and this business is heavy. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 10 AM. Tickets $15-$20. Visit morrisproductions.com.

For anyone facing illness or loss Odette Grassi presents Introspective Collage at Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder St., #17. 10:30–12:30 PM. Free, materials provided.

Call 549-5329 or visit livingart ofmontana.org.

Put on your Fancy Trousers #2 and vest up for an evening of tunes

by Mudfoot & The Dirty Soles at the Elbow Room, 1855 Stephens Ave. 10 PM. Free.

Do some fundraising for the Western Montana Community Center and raise some fun for you and yours at the Black & White Ball, an inclusive event that celebrates LGBTQI lifestyles (That’s pretty much everyone). Food and libation on hand, with tunes by Full Grown Men. Holiday Inn Parkside, 200 S. Pattee St. 7–Midnight. $40/$60 couple. Call 543-2224 or visit gaymontana.org.

Get your taxes organizado by UM student volunteers who are certified

Never fear lovers of fresh, local vittles, the Heirloom Winter Market at the Missoula County Fairgrounds in the Floriculture Building offers you remedies of local produce, meat, baked goods, jam, honey and so much more. 11 AM–2 PM. 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 signups are free).

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Get more smarter at the lecture, Play Smart! How to increase your child’s intelligence with imaginative play. This interactive lecture teaches the rules of imaginative play, how to foster learning at home and at school, and how imagination feeds brain development. With Dr. Erika Krumbeck, naturopathic physician specializing in children’s health. Walking Stick Toys, 829 S. Higgins Ave. 1 PM. Free.

Discover how the ancient medical system of India works with Ayurvedic practitioners and UM faculty at the discussion The Traditional Medicine Meets Western Lifestyles: Optimize Your Health Through Ayurveda. UM Skaggs Bldg. Rm. 114.

1–3 PM. Free.

nightlife Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway St., showcases Robert J. Allison’s Beautiful Mess photography collection during thrugh the month of March. 5–8 PM. Free.

Without Annette plays musical music for the beer set at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5–7 PM. Free.

FIRST FRIDAY Check the MAM this First Friday for exhibiting artist Gary Horinek’s piece. Horinek is a farmer who has created a bridge between the agricultural world and the art world by setting his sights on creating installations. A deep-seated appreciation of the land and its sustenance is at the core of Horinek’s creative expressions. Join the artist on a walk-through at 7 PM and hear his stories.

335 N. Pattee St. 5–8 PM. Free. (See Arts.)

The MCAT Movie Club sports a boy howdy mess of the good stuff, including Christian Ackerman’s horror film Wisconsin Project X, as well as The Making of Wisconsin Project X, along with a study of director Peter Jackson’s work in Good Taste Bad Taste. MCAT Studios, 500 N. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. Free.

The Naturalist’s Mercantile presents close-focus invertebrate photography with an emphasis on form, color and light by Montana Natural History Center naturalist Brian Williams.

Brian and fellow naturalist Charles Miller will also bring a wide-ranging sample of specimens from the MNHC collection to display and interpret.

The up-and-coming up-and-comers Forward Montana are holding a gala event for its Rockstars, those who make the whole darn thing go. Tunes

by DJ Toast, full bar, nummers food and good times guaranteed. Florence Hotel, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 5:30 PM. Visit forwardmontana.org. (See Agenda.)

Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway St., showcases Robert J. Allison’s Beautiful Mess photography collection during March’s First Friday and through the month of March. 5–8 PM. Free.

Shake it don’t break it when pop rocking funkateers Shakewell do work at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free.

The Native American Art Invitational is hosted by the Sandpiper Art Gallery, 306 Main St., Ronan, and features works by Salish and Kootenai College Art Department faculty and students. 5–7 PM. Free.

Bring Daisy to the Gatsby Gala & Casino Night at the Daly Mansion where old-timey tunez by the Ed Norton Stomperz and the Bitterroot Ragtime Society are merged with a bit of “fun” gambling to raise funds for Daly Mansion and the Margaret Daly Memorial Arboretum. Dress the part and embrace the Gilded Age. 6–10 PM. $35/$50 couple. Call 363-6004 ext. 3.

Montana’s music scene is making it to the red carpet with the first annual Zoo Music Awards. Brought to you by the Missoula Independent and Montana Radio Company, the Zoo Music Awards (the ZooMAs) ceremony at the Wilma Theatre, is the culmination of a months-long submission and voting process designed to recognize the best musicians and bands in Montana. With special guests The Moondoggies. 7 PM. $18/$15 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and brownpapertickets.com.

This must-see music event will feature local celebrity presenters and live performances by local and regional musicians.

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

Art in the Bar isn’t just a dude named Art, in a bar, drinking sloe gin fizzes, it also features the works of Emily W. Meyer. Union Club. 5–7 PM. Free.

Emel Bozkurt Arslan shares prints aplenty that use a bevy of materials and styles, all of which seek to understand and uncover the reality of humanity. Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

248 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

View the world through the sketchbook of artist and architect Megan Hanson at her exhibit Grand Canyon to Great Wall: International Sketches of the Build and Natural. The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Nice lady and swell artist Courtney Blazon shares more of her disconcertingly dope

Kaitlin Switzer shares her exhibit Flow: Abstract Landscapes in Watercolor at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 Third St. W. 5–8 PM. Free.

Get a gander of Gaston’s world at his exhibit Mixed Media Paintings which documents his experiences of traveling and living in various cities.

Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Peak inside a world few have seen (I have, btdubs...) at Lee Silliman’s photo exhibit Chaco: Where the Wind Now Whirls, at the Dark Room, 135 W. Front St. 5–8 PM. Free.

Carol Hoffnagle’s series of drawings combines elements of topographical maps, architectural renderings, blueprints, calligraphy and symbols and are on display at the Downtown Dance Collective. 121 W. Main St. 5–8 PM. Free.

Rich Lande’s acrylic exhibition South of Town may feature images of cows, buffalo or neither of those things.

Best go to House Design Studio, 133 N. Higgins Ave., to find out. 5–8 PM. Free.

Slow your roll and take in the beauty of Laura Way Wathen’s exhibit Love Made Visible, Meditation in Action, a collection of oil paintings, gouache and mixed media. Prudential Montana Real Estate, 314 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Best walk to Upcycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave., or Scot Herries might make your car’s license plate into art. See how he do from 5–8 PM. Free.

Tim Nielson hangs his goody gum drop paintings on the walls of El Diablo, 1429 S. Higgins Ave., 5–8 PM. Free.

Nancy Erickson shares her early work, including large doll figures, at her exhibit Early Works: 1970 - 1990 at Montana Art & Framing, 709 Ronan St. 5–9 PM. Free.

LGBT activist Bree Sutherland shares her work as part of the Fine Art Missoula bonanza at the Western Montana Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 202. 5–10 PM. Free.

The Clay Studio of Missoula ComRumors swirl, conjectures are munity Exhibition is exactly what it Courtney Blazon’s The Seven Tamings of the Wild Boar is made and theories are posited, but says it is, a boatload of ceramic works by on display at the Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., from 5 to I know this: The Missoula Underground locals folks, studio artists and students.

8 PM. would be a rad country band name.

1106 A Hawthorne St. 5:30–9:30 PM. Find out what is in all those old downFree. town basements and labrynthine tunnels when drawrings and sculptures in her exhibit The Public TV-loving nerds rejoice, the Viewers the UM Archeology class presents its early find- Seven Tamings of the Wild Boar, at the Brink Like You exhibit at Frontier Space, located in the ings in What Lies Beneath? Missoula Historic Un- Gallery, 111 W. Front St. 5–8 PM. Free. alley between Spruce and Pine streets, one block derground Project. Missoula Mercantile on the west of Higgins Ave., features prints made by There’s so much to share that you’re just corner of N. Higgins Ave. and Front St. 5–8 PM. local and nationally known artists that are up for gonna have to check out the Collector’s Resale Free.

Show at the Dana Gallery for yourself. 248 N. sale with proceeds benefiting Montana Public Jason Bohman doesn’t play drums for King- Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Broadcasting, plus music and bit of theater. 6–9 dom Come but he is doing some live painting at PM. Free.

Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5–8 PM. Enjoy the fishy artwork of Monte Dolack at his Sniff the roses and taste the rainbow at the Moonlight Rainbows exhibit, at the Monte Dolack Free.

Essence of Spring show at Stevi’s River’s Mist Gallery, 139 W. Front St., 5–8 PM. Free.

Connect with other art lovers at the MurhpyGallery, 317 Main St., which features pert-near a Jubb Fine Art Gallery, 210 N. Higgins Ave., for the Scope out the works of VonCommon artists dozen artists. 6–9 PM. Free. exhibit Connecting with India, featuring the pho- Marlo Crocifisso, Jonathan Marquis, B Jean S and Stop-motion artists are taking over the city tography of R. C. Murphy as well as the watercol- Adelaide Every at the VonCommon Studios, 139 with a kinda secret screenings of films in alleyE. Main St. Ste. 316. 5–8 PM. Free. ors of Kendahl Jan Jubb. 5–8 PM. Free. ways around downtown at the Guerilla Stop MoGet flat-out freaked by the gorgeous fractals Nancy Seiler’s New Acrylics exhibit is shockingly tion First Friday event. It begins in the alley behind of Dennis Brady’s digital artworks in his exhibit made up of new acrylic paintings. A & E Archi- Catalyst and slowly makes its way to Caras Park.

The Nature of Fractals, at the 4 Ravens Gallery, tects, 222 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

6:30–9:30 PM. Free.

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the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. Call Clem at 9614949.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Jillian Campana’s Jumping into Fire, a play based on

an ancient Chinese folk tale, in which a man is charged with an impossible task and his daughter takes it upon herself to aid him.

Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 ages 12 and under.

It’s gonna be a classical gas when Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale present Mozart’s final masterpiece, “Requiem,” featuring Music Director Darko Butorac and Chorale Director Dean Peterson.

Now that I think of it, “gas” might not be the best descriptor, maybe “mass?” Dennison Theatre. 7:30 PM. $10-$40. For tickets and more information go to missoulasymphony.org or call 721-3194 or stop by the office at 320 E. Main St. Get your musical cabaret on at the original one-act hullabaloo, The Dirty Old Lady Show, written by Cathy Capps (music by Capps and Aaron Minnick) and performances by local all-stars. The show tells the story of a couple of aging showgirls still looking to make it big. Adult situations indeed.

Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 8 and 10 PM. Tickets are $15 in advance at dols.skytics.com or $17 at the door.

Ingest the fine art of British cookery and take in a musical classic at the Hamilton Players’ presentation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Rd. 8 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com.

The only person who parties down with Party Trained more than our arts editor is our interim arts edi-

tor. See both of them boogie down to the band’s sounds at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. Free.

of Fleet Street. Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Rd. 2 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com.

The Sky Turns Red sprays metal carnage made up of molten bullets shaped like baby’s heads and lays waste to the Dark Horse bar, with more metal by Blessiddoom, Vial8 and Not For Now. 8 PM. Free.

Cripes, it’s Dr. Seuss’s Birthday 109th Celebration at the Missoula Public Library and I am not gonna rhyme a damned thing here, but if you go to the event you can hear the The Lorax read aloud and take part in crafts and game activities and taste some snackables. 2–3:30 PM. Free.

Absolutely with DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo is the de facto dopest DJ duo in town. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until 11 PM. $2.

Get a mind’s eye peek at some good time, dance with your dirty Aunt Sue kinda music when Blue & The Vagus Nerve bring their infectious tuneage to the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Get housed, big time, during The BASSment, an evening of all kinda house music with chaddabox, Geeter Tron and a closing battle featuring Over EZ and Get Down. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 9 PM. Free, but donate some cheddar, y’all.

Be sexy and get sexier at the official Black & White Ball Afterhours party, with dance tuneage from local DJs Tygerlily and Raven. Palace. 9 PM. Free.

Feeling fit, feeling fine, County Line plays the country tunes for you and that teller from the bank who always touches your hand when she hands you a pen. Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9:30 PM. Free.

SUNDAYMAR03 The John Floridis Trio plays music at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 4–7 PM. Free.

The Missoula Winter Market is a family-friendly market much like the Saturday markets, but indoors and during wintertime! Come and enjoy local crafts, artisans, food and entertainment every weekend at 10 AM. 2036 Mullan Rd. Visit missoulawintermarket.com.

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.

Habitat for Humanity of Missoula is holding application workshops for those low-income applicants seeking affordable housing. City Life Community Center, 1515 Fairview St. 1 PM. Call 549-8210 or visit habitatmsla.org.

Ingest the fine art of British cookery and take in a musical classic at the Hamilton Players’ presentation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber

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It’s gonna be a classical gas when Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale present Mozart’s final masterpiece, “Requiem,” featuring Music Director Darko Butorac and Chorale Director Dean Peterson. Now that I think of it, “gas” might not be the best descriptor, maybe “mass?” Dennison Theatre. 3 PM. $10-$40. For tickets and more information go to missoulasymphony.org or call 7213194 or stop by the office at 320 E. Main St. Find out how the first half of the state legislature is going by hearing from the legislators themselves at the Missoula County Democrats Traditional Transmittal Potluck in the University Congregational Church, 405 University Ave. Social hour at 4:30 PM, dinner 5:15 PM, program at 6 PM. Please bring a dish to share. For more info call Rachel at 241-2825 or email pamwalzer@gmail.com.

nightlife Hear the words of UM MFA creative writing students as well as their profs and special guests at the Second Wind Reading Series, at the Badlander. This weeks’ readers are Cecile Berberat and Greg Pape. 5 PM. Free.

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. Live jazz starts at 8 PM with Josh Farmer, The Vanguard Combo and Front Street Jazz. Free.

Break in to the electric bug in the loo when the Twin Cities’ Birthday Suits perform garage punk and rock, with locals Shahs and Skin Flowers.

Palace. $7/$5 advance at Ear Candy.

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MONDAYMAR04 Get a snootful of The Acousticals, which features years and years and years of experienced musicians including Richie Reinholdt, Chad Fadely, Andy Dunnigan and Ted Lowe. Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7–10 PM. Free.

Music makers, get your gig on by signing up to perform at the Missoula Farmers Market. Applications accepted through April 1. A $40 stipend

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Boas and broads. The Dirty Old Lady Show is performed at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave., Fri., March 1 and Sat., March 2, at 8 PM and 10 PM. $17/$15 advance at dols.skytics.com.

is provided. For more information and an application, see the Market website missoulafarmersmarket.com.

UM student groups put the spotlight on oppressive behavior at the interactive Tunnel of Oppression exhibit in the UC Ballroom. 10AM–7 PM. Free.

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.

Professor Leela Gandhi (yes, that Gandhi) hosts a seminar called The Common Cause: Postcolonial Ethics and the Practice of Democracy at UM’s Gallagher Business as part of the India in Missoula event. 3:10–4 PM. Free.

The Rough Cut Science Seminar Series shows off the brainiacs of Montana’s scientific community, with presentations on current research each week at 4 PM in the University Center Theater. Visit montanaioe.org/ rough-cut-series for the schedule.

nightlife Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Union Hall above the Union Club at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.

Eye Empire, featuring members of Dark New Days and Submersed, “are an up-and-coming hard rock super-

group” performing this evening. They are joined by the similarly-styled Surrender the Fall and locals High Voltage. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. $15/$12 advance at brownpapertickets.com. 9 PM. (See Music.)

The Ruby Jewel Jamboree Bluegrass Concert Series kicks off with performances by Monroe Crossing and Nuno Business. Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. $14/$12 at rubyjeweljamboree.com.

Greg Tamblyn jokes and sings his way to your heart and other parts at his Relief from Whiny Victim Love Songs show. Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. 7 PM. $15/$25 couples at the door.

The UM President’s Lecture Series presents postcolonial theory expert and University of Chicago Professor Leela Gandhi who gives a lecture called Globalizing Gandhian Ethics, at the Dennison Theatre.

Gandhi comes to town as part of the India in Missoula event. 8 PM. Free.

You know it’s gotta be a real party when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.

Worb, worb and whomp to Missoula Area Dubstep (MAD) Monday, a night of dubstep with special guest DJ/producer Labrat from Santa Cruz, Calif., plus local DJs Dubsfeld, Ebrola and the Milkcrate Mechanic. Badlander. 9 PM. Free, with $5 pitchers of PBR on tap.

Open Mic with Joey Running Crane at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink

specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Call him up and get yourself a slot at 229-0488.

TUESDAYMAR05 They may not pave the streets in Bozeman but they love to sing. This week the MSU Chorale joins Missoula’s premier vocal group, Dolce Canto, and bluegrassers Monroe Crossing for Bluegrass & Bobcats, which features composer Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass. St. Anthony Church, 217 Tremont St. 7:30 PM. $18/$15 students. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and dolcecanto.info.

UM student groups put the spotlight on oppressive behavior at the interactive Tunnel of Oppression exhibit in the UC Ballroom. 10AM–7 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., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best.

All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins. Noon–1 PM. Free.

Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome.

1–3 PM. For information, call 5433955.

Music that stays with you.

Mozart’s Requiem featuring Diana McVey, soprano, Kimberly Gratland James, alto, David Cody, tenor, Charles Robert Stephens, bass

SAT., MARCH 2, 7:30 P.M. SUN., MARCH 3, 3:00 P.M. The University Theatre Tickets: $10 to $40 Online at missoulasymphony.org Call 721-3194 or visit 320 E. Main St. Sponsored by Guest Artist Sponsor

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Darko’s Pre-Concert Talk: One hour before showtime in the Gallagher Building next door.

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[calendar] School Music Department present an evening of spectacular brass and percussion music. Frenchtown High School Auditorium. 7:30 PM. (Pub trivia answer: Two, one for a short called Gerald McBoing-Boing and one for the Design for Death documentary.)

THURSDAYMAR07 The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Jillian Campana’s Jumping into Fire, a play based on an ancient Chinese folk tale, in which a man is charged with an impossible task and his daughter takes it upon herself to aid him. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 ages 12 and under.

nightlife Happy Endings massages your inner ear and brings pleasurable tones to Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

Put the picture pages down and check out the works of talented photogs at the 20th Annual Ernst Peterson Photograph Montana Contest judging and awards ceremony at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. 6 PM. Free.

So cleaver. The Hamilton Players’ presentation of Sweeney Todd takes place on Fri., Sat., and Sun. through March 10, at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Rickets Rd. $15. For a full schedule of times visit hamiltonplayers.com.

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

Drink with the collegial fellows from the UM Staff Senate for Tamarack Brewing Co.’s Community Tap Night, at 231 W. Front St. From 6 to 9 PM, 75 cents from every pint sold benefits staff senate’s initiatives including scholarships for UM students. Staff senate’s mission is to promote and work for improved working conditions and the professional welfare of UM’s staff.

This week’s speaker at the Wilderness Institute’s Lecture Series, Wilderness on the Edge: The Emerging Roles of Wild Lands in Changing Landscapes is Dave Campbell of the USFS, who gives a talk titled, Wilderness and Fire: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Success in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. UM Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm. 122. 7 PM. Free.

Florida rockers Anberlin bring some rock and roll to the rock nest that is the Wilma rocking Theatre, with rockers Paper Route and rockers and rollers All Get Out. 7 PM. $20. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com.

Drink from the cup of knowledge during the Socrates Café at the Bitterroot Public Library West Meeting room. Questions are chosen, terms discussed and thoughts given. 7–9 PM. Free.

Come to understand the land upon which you stand at the Community Reading Series sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program and UM FLAT called the Wild Mercy Reading Series, which features Erin Axelrod & Richard Manning.

UM FLAT house, 633 Fifth St. E. 7 PM. Free.

In Soviet Russia audience lectures you. Russia

on the Oval is the topic of this year’s annual Community Lecture Series at UM. This week UM language professor Clint Walker presents The Other Russian Revolution: How Russia Revolutionized the Arts. UC Theater. 7 PM. $20 for the complete lecture series/$15 for UM Alumni Association dues-paying members/$10 for students. $5 per lecture at the door. Visit grizalum.org.

Find your dance and yourself at Turning the Wheel’s Tapestry class, which is a self-expression-filled improvisational dance bonanza.

Headwaters Dance Company studio, 1042 Monroe St. 7:30-9 PM. $10. Proceeds benefit Turning the Wheel’s school programs.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Jillian Campana’s Jumping into Fire, a play based on an ancient Chinese folk tale, in which a man is charged with an impossible task and his daughter takes it upon herself to aid him. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 ages 12 and under.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with: How many Academy Awards did Dr. Seuss win? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Montbleau Band. Palace. 9 PM. $18/$15 advance at Ear Candy or stonefly-productions.com.

(See Music.)

WEDNESDAYMAR06 Make coins out of diamonds and spend like a dying tooth fairy at The Manhattan Project Presents: Unityyy! The Nic Jaymes Birthday Bash, a night of electronic beats in celebration of local DJ Nic Jaymes’ bday, with tunes by DJs Kris Moon, Tak45, Mike Stolin, and Justy. Palace. 9 PM. Free.

UM student groups put the spotlight on oppressive behavior at the interactive Tunnel of Oppression exhibit in the UC Ballroom. 10–7 PM. Free.

nightlife John Floridis plays music at Hamilton’s Highergorund Brewery, 518 N. First St. 6 PM. Free.

Hey, winter is here and TV ain’t exactly pumping out the good stuff these days, so get off your bum for a few and take Cathy Clark’s West Coast Swing Class at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent Ave. 7 PM. $5.

The Montana Musicians and Artists Coalition hosts the Musician Showcase at Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St., an evening of tuneful live tuneage made by locals for locals. 8–11 PM. Free. 18 plus.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Jillian Campana’s Jumping into Fire, a play based on an ancient Chinese folk tale, in which a man is charged with an impossible task and his daughter takes it upon herself to aid him.

Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 ages 12 and under.

Tasty bluegrass licks and blazing hot fire sticks are in the hizzey when Greensky Bluegrass brings the noise along with the Ryan

Be dazzled by the glint of instruments, the honk of horns and the crash of cymbals when the Missoula Brass Consort and Frenchtown High

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Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is for all those ready to sing in honor of our connection to one another and the earth. 519 S. Higgins. 7:30 PM. Free will offering.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams.

Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible.

8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Business is about to get big and freaky weird when prog-rocking trippers Monks on Fire play the Palace. Openers Modality, Tidal Horn and Monster with 21 Faces. 9 PM. Free.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

Show up the rest of the room with your version of “Ninja Survive” when you hit the Dark Horse for Combat Karaoke hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials.

1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

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 or just sit back and take in the funny. Free.

If you’re down with the sickness, stay home, have some soup and fill out an outdoor burning permit because it’s gonna be spring before you know it.

Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., Mar. 1 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online.

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efore you sun-loving blue sky worshippers have your way and start dreaming of floating the Blackfoot while half in the bag, us powder-loving gnarmageddon-embracing snow shredders have a bit of business to attend to thanks to local snowboard shop Edge of the World. That business is the SnowMazing Weekend at Snowbowl.

The weekend is split into three separate events.

At noon on Saturday, ladies are asked to meet up on the deck of the Last Run Inn for Girls on Shred. This is a ladies-only evolution where like-minded gals can meet up to ride without the “suggestions” and “help” of their man-pals. At the end of the day, wine is to be had as well as swag bags and prizes.

The slopestyle competition takes place on Saturday at the terrain park on the High Roller run. Anyone can register at the Last Run Inn from 9:30–11 AM, with the contest at noon.

On Sunday, the 25th annual banked slalom race goes down, so all you all racers best wax them boards and get focused on keeping that booty low to the ground.

—Jason McMackin Edge of the World’s Snow-Mazing Weekend takes place at Montana Snowbowl Sat., March 2 and Sun., March 3. For a full schedule and costs visit edgeoworld.com/zoo.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 Mr. Bear should be happy to hear about the Ninemile Wildlife Workgroup Lecture Series called Optimizing Forest Structure for Wildlife Habitat. Sheryl Gunn of the USFS shares her woodsy knowledge. Ninemile Ranger Station, 20325 Remount Rd., approximately five miles north from Huson. 7 PM. Free.

FRIDAY MARCH 1 Before you head out to the backcountry, get yourself trained up at Missoula Avalanche’s Level 1 Avalanche Class. The three-day course takes place in Hamilton, with two days at Lost Trail Pass Ski Area.

Participants are required to have a Lost Trail Ski Pass or purchase a one-way lift ticket for each day. $190.

For more info visit missoulaavalanche.org.

Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities at Bigfork’s Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free.

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 2 Wax up the skis and slip into your skinny pants for the 34th annual Rendezvous Cross-Country Ski Race in West Yellowstone. Join an expected 600 competitors for races ranging from 5K to 50K. For more information, visit rendezvousrace.com.

Don’t run on a full stomach during Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which occur at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. in Missoula. It’s after the run/walk that you can grab breakfast with other participants.

Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

It’s almost Speedo season, Javier, so go and get some of that exercise at the UM Outdoor Program’s Cross-Country Ski Outing. Get a review of the basics and borrow their gear, plus catch a ride. 8–4 PM. $30. Call 243-5172.

Lecture Series, Wilderness on the Edge: The Emerging Roles of Wild Lands in Changing Landscapes is Dave Campbell of the USFS who gives a talk titled Wilderness and Fire: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Success in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. UM Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm. 122. 7 PM. Free.

Come to understand the land upon which you stand at the Community Reading Series sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program and UM FLAT called the Wild Mercy Reading Series, which features Erin Axelrod & Richard Manning. UM FLAT house, 633 Fifth St. E. 7 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 Wax your boards and keep your tips up for Snowbowl’s Alpine Evening Race Series. The races take place each Wednesday through March 7, with the last race and a big old party taking place on Fri., March 9. Become the queen of the mountain or the king of the hill—either way, rule your opponents. Contact Deb at (406) 258-5260 or debdem@optimum.net.

Learn to understand the terrain and the level of avalanche danger at the three-evening Avalanche Awareness Class held at the Victor School. Safety equipment and rescue equipment is discussed, too.

For a full schedule visit missoulavalanche.org. Call 642-3221 to register.

THURSDAY MARCH 7 Learn the basics of watershed health and make our town the bestest river town this side of Riverton-Riverville by attending the Clark Fork Coalition’s Volunteer Stream Corps training at the coalition office, 140 S. Fourth St. W. 5–7 PM. Visit clarkfork.org.

Don your escape hat cuz Mandela van Eeden, host of the Trail 103.3’s weekly outdoor adventure show, “The Trail Less Traveled,” takes you on an trip into the underground world of Asian black markets and ancient war tunnels during her spiel this evening. UC Theater. 7 PM. Free.

TUESDAY MARCH 5 This week’s speaker at the Wilderness Institute’s

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I first became aware of Forward Montana a couple years ago when the group introduced its “God, Guns & Gays: Love ‘em all” T-shirt. It featured two crossed lever-action rifles, one rainbow and a cross.

Undoubtedly this was meant to stir up a bit of controversy, but the shirt also demonstrates the group’s knack for understanding the local constituency. Western Montana is chock-full of freedom-loving rednecks who don’t care who you bed down with, or whether you’ve been inside an actual church while worshipping the almighty. That shirt was whip smart and looked good, too.

Since Forward Montana comprises young people, the impetuosity of youth has taken the group down some other paths that have raised the hackles of what we’ll call the establishment. The appearance of VoteF*cker.org signage on the University of Montana campus made the Internet buzz for a few minutes. A recent appearance in the Politics section of The New York Times will undoubtedly mark the group as a neoliberal front seeking to destroy our fair nation one vote at a time. In reality, the group’s main focus is getting

young people to vote and helping them do so regardless of political shade. They do this by knocking on doors, making calls and standing on street corners yelling about the importance of voting while wearing a bunny costume.

All of this work costs money even with volunteer labor, so the group is holding a celebration for those who have supported it the past six years by inducting them into the Forward Montana Rockstar Hall of Fame.

The event is a party and fundraiser. Expect the impetuous youth to celebrate with abandon, but don’t expect them to go away anytime soon.

—Jason McMackin The inaugural Forward Montana Rockstar Hall of Fame Induction takes place at the Governor’s Room of the Florence Hotel, 111 N. Higgins Ave., Sat., March 2, at 5:30 PM. Dress is Montana Casual or rockstar style. Ticket price is dependent on donation amount, but prices begin at $5. For a complete cost list visit forwardmontana.org.

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MONDAY MARCH 4

Hey ladies, head to the LDS Church building at 100 Middle Burnt Fork Rd., in Hamilton for Bitterroot Women’s Self-Reliance Fair, a free event for women to gather together, celebrate and share skills, such as auto basics, basics of banking, pressure canning, estate planning and way more. 10AM–4 PM.

Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Union Hall at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

SUNDAY MARCH 3 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.

Habitat for Humanity of Missoula is holding an application workshops for low-income applicants seeking affordable housing. City Life Community Center, 1515 Fairview St. 1 PM. Call 549-8210 or visit habitatmsla.org.

Find out how the first half of the state legislature is going by hearing from the legislators themselves at the Missoula County Democrats Traditional Transmittal Potluck in the University Congregational Church, 405 University Ave. Social hour at 4:30 PM, dinner at 5:15 PM, program at 6 PM. Please bring a dish to share. For more info call Rachel at 241-2825 or email pamwalzer@gmail.com.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM.

TUESDAY MARCH 5 Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins. Noon–1 PM. Free.

Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome.

1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.

Drink with the collegial fellows from the UM Staff Senate for Tamarack Brewing Co.’s Community Tap Night, at 231 W. Front St. From 6 to 9 PM, 75 cents from every pint sold benefits staff senate’s initiatives, including scholarships for UM students. Staff senate’s mission is to promote and work for improved working conditions and the professional welfare of UM’s staff.

THURSDAY MARCH 7 Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is for all those ready to sing in honor of our connection to one another and the earth. 519 S. Higgins (Enter through back alley door.). 7:30 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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INDIGNATION WANTS TO BE FREE What are your thoughts on gently dissuading a person from making a total fool of herself on Facebook? A woman I know had her husband leave her for the woman he was cheating on her with. She's been venting about this almost daily on Facebook, in sometimes blistering detail, and I'm truly embarrassed for her. She's looking for a job, and a prospective employer could see these posts (as could potential future boyfriends). Shockingly, not one of her 443 Facebook friends has suggested she put a lid on it.

—Concerned Acquaintance Social networking, at its worst, is like drunk dialing not only your rotten ex but everyone in his zip code. It's easy to forget this when you're home alone in your ratty old robe, typing a message into the Facebook status window. But, the moment you hit "post," it's like you lured 500 people into a room with a clip of a monkey skiing and then got up on an ottoman and yelled out a hate-soaked rant about how your cheating husband should've pledged, "Till skanky piece of trash do us part."

If you saw a blind man about to step off the curb into speeding traffic, you'd probably tap him on the shoulder and say, "You know, that seems like a bad idea." A similar approach seems in order for a friend in a blind rage wandering naked into Internet traffic. With Facebook's confusing and ever-changing privacy settings and every computer user's ability to take screenshots or copy and paste text, it's best to assume that everything you post has the default visibility of "everyone on earth."

(Ideally, this is best assumed proactively -before some fisherman in China messages you, "Tell us more! Post pictures!")

Now, it's possible that others have privately messaged her, noting that staying connected can sometimes be the quickest way to alienate yourself from future boyfriends and employers. It's also possible many are frozen by what social psychologists call "the bystander effect" -- how being in a crowd (or even just imagining being in one) seems to lessen the likelihood that people will help a person in need. People will assume that someone else in the crowd will intervene or, if they haven't, that there's good reason they haven't. (Maybe that's what went on here -- or maybe all these "friends" are just too entertained by the carnage to ask her to stop.)

Of course, people are also less likely to

speak up when it might make somebody angry with them, which, in this case, could lead to their unfriending on Facebook and in reallifebook, too. If you're willing to risk that, message her, sympathize about what she's going through, and gently remind her that even if she isn't vying to be secretary of state, those heading the "confirmation hearings" for her next job are sure to have access to the Internet. This isn't to say employers won't look at people who engage in social media overshare, but it's best that their interest isn't expressed with "Forget her resume. Check out this YouTube video of her shoveling horse poo on her husband's car and lighting it on fire!"

UNHAPPY AS A CLAM I'm a 30-year-old woman who's very uncomfortable in social situations. I feel far too vulnerable, and I get mired in worry. Am I eating funny? Saying something dumb? So I clam up and stand to the side so I won't do or say anything embarrassing. Going to things with my best friend helps. But I want to be able to socialize and meet people, possibly a boyfriend, on my own. Any ideas that don't involve taking some sort of stupid public speaking course?

—Ms. Awkward You're at a party. You reach in your purse for your lipstick, and a tampon flies out and lands in the hummus -- upright, like a little plastic-wrapped gladiator spear. You can duck your embarrassment -- or you can own it, laughing to those around you, "Oh, you hadn't heard? Tampax just launched a new line of carrots." It might help to keep in mind that people warm to other people, not over how perfect they are but over how human they are, as in, "To err is..." In other words, you'll connect better if you stop trying to hide your fallibilities and instead volunteer them. Try something new at the next party: Tell people about three really embarrassing things you've done. When you do, something horrible will probably happen -that is, if you consider it horrible to have people like you for having the guts to be real. In fact, you'll probably inspire them to reveal something, too -- and not that while you were in the bathroom, everybody decided to play dodge ball, and nobody wants you on their team.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown. It was unfixable.

But he didn't panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle the vehicle and convert its parts into a makeshift motorcycle. He was able to ride it back to civilization. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically similar development in your future, Aries. You will get the opportunity to be very resourceful as you turn an apparent setback into a successful twist of fate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your power animal is not the soaring eagle or the shrewd wolf or the brave bear. No, Taurus, it's the rubber chicken. I'm serious. With the rubber chicken as your guardian spirit, you might be inspired to commit random acts of goofiness and surrealism.

And that would reduce tension in the people around you. It could motivate you to play jokes and pull harmless pranks that influence everyone to take themselves less seriously. Are you willing to risk losing your dignity if it helps make the general mood looser and more generous? Nothing could be better for group solidarity, which is crucial these days. (Thanks, Gina Williams.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the language of the Huron Indians, "orenda" is a word that refers to the spiritual power that resides in all creatures and things. If you've got enough of it, you may be able to declare at least partial independence from your own past. You can better shape the life you want for yourself rather than being so thoroughly subject to the limitations of your karma and conditioning. I happen to believe that your current supply of orenda is unusually abundant, Gemini.

What's the best use you can make of it?

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When I lived in Santa Cruz years ago, some of my published writings were illustrated by a local cartoonist named Karl Vidstrand. His work was funny, outrageous, and often offensive in the most entertaining ways. Eventually he wandered away from our colorful, creative community and moved to a small town at the edge of California's Mojave Desert, near where the Space Shuttles landed. He liked living at the fringes of space, he told journalist R. D. Pickle. It gave him the sense of "being out of bounds at all times." I suggest you adopt some of the Vidstrand spirit in the next three weeks, Cancerian. Being on the fringes and out of bounds are exactly where you belong.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The history of your pain is entering a new phase. Gradually, almost imperceptibly at first, an emotional ache that has been sapping your vitality will begin to diminish.

You will free yourself of its power to define you. You will learn to live without its oddly seductive glamour. More and more, as the weeks go by, you will find yourself less interested in it, less attracted to the maddening mystery it has foisted on you. No later than mid-April, I'm guessing that you will be ready to conduct a ritual of completion; you'll be able to give it a formal send-off as you squeeze one last lesson out of it.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "When looking for a book, you may discover that you were in fact looking for the book next to it." Italian writer Roberto Calasso told that to The Paris Review, and now I'm passing it on to you. But I'd like you to expand upon its meaning, and regard it as a metaphor that applies to your whole life right now. Every time you go searching for a specific something -- a learning experience, an invigorating pleasure, a helpful influence -- consider the possibility that what you really want and need is a different one that's nearby.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): At least once a day, a cell in your body mutates in a way that makes it potentially cancerous. Just as often, your immune system hunts down that dangerous cell and kills it, preserving your health. Do you understand how amazing this is? You have a vigilant protector that's always on duty, operating below the level of your awareness. What if I told you that this physical aspect of your organism has an equivalent psychic component? What if, in other words, you have within you a higher intelligence whose function it is to steer you away from useless trouble and dumb risks? I say there is such a thing. I say this other protector works best if you maintain a conscious relationship with it, asking it to guide you and instruct you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to deepen your connection.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some rules in the game of life don't apply to you and can therefore be safely ignored. Do you know which ones they are? On the other hand, do you understand which of the rules in the game of life are crucial to observe if you want to translate your fondest dreams into real experiences? To recognize the difference is a high art. I'm thinking that now would be an excellent time to solidify your mastery of this distinction. I suggest that you formally renounce your investment in the irrelevant rules and polish your skills at playing by the applicable rules.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter," wrote the Persian mystic poet Rumi. "It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." I think you're like that winter garden right now, Sagittarius. Outwardly, there's not much heat and flash. Bright ideas and strong opinions are not pouring out of you at their usual rates. You're not even prone to talking too loud or accidentally knocking things over. This may in fact be as close as you can get to being a wallflower. And yet deep beneath the surface, out of sight from casual observers, you are charging up your psychic battery.

The action down there is vibrant and vigorous.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "When you come right down to it," says religion writer Rabbi Marc Gellman, "there are only four basic prayers. Gimme! Thanks! Oops! and Wow!" Personally, I would add a fifth type of prayer to Gellman's list: "Do you need any assistance?" The Creator always needs collaborators to help implement the gritty details of the latest divine schemes. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you would be an excellent choice to volunteer for that role right now -- especially in tasks that involve blending beautiful fragments, healing sad schisms, furthering peace negotiations, and overcoming seemingly irreconcilable differences.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the movie Fight Club, there is an animated scene at the very end that required an inordinate amount of time to produce. Each frame in this scene took the editors eight hours to process. Since there are 24 frames in each second, their work went on for three weeks. That's the kind of attention to detail I recommend you summon as you devote yourself to your labor of love in the coming days, Aquarius. I think you know which specific parts of your creation need such intense focus.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "I have decided to rename the constellations that have domineered our skies too long," writes an Internet denizen named Hasheeshee St. Frank. He gives only one example. The Big Dipper, he says, shall forevermore be known as The Star-Spangled Gas Can. I invite you to come up with additional substitutes, Pisces. It's an excellent time for you to reshape and redefine the high and mighty things to which you have given away too much of your power. It's a perfect moment to reconfigure your relationship with impersonal, overarching forces that have wielded a disproportionately large influence over your thoughts and feelings. How about if you call the constellation Orion by the new title of Three-Eyed Orangutan? Or instead of Pegasus, use the name Sexy Dolphin? Other ideas?

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL MOBILE KITCHEN. Concession Trailer Missoula Parks and Recreation Dept. The City of Missoula Parks and Recreation is requesting proposals for the procurement of a concessions/grill trailer (Mobile Kitchen) for use at Splash Montana waterpark and various other venues to provide profitable food sales.

This CSP will result in a contractual agreement to supply a complete trailer kitchen with the ability to be a stand-alone concessions food service. The complete RFP is available on the Missoula Parks and Recreation web site at http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/b ids or by calling Eric Seagrave at (406) 552-6274, or available for pickup at the Missoula Parks and Recreation Dept 600 Cregg Ln, Missoula, MT 59801. Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. MST, March 12, 2013, in the Missoula City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802.

CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one Parks Department 16 foot mower machine. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Parks Department 16 foot mower machine, Closing 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19th, 2013”. Pursuant to Section 181-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The

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Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19th, 2013.

Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 5526387. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, 59802-4297 until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 and will be opened and publicly read in the Jack Reidy Conference Room, 140 W Pine, Missoula, 59802 at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Installation of 200 feet of 12 inch diameter Cure in Place Sewer Pipe Liner Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Proposal for Installation of 200 feet of Sewer Pipe Liner, Closing 3:00 p.m.,Tuesday, March 5th, 2013.” Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and \ or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications.

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, March 11, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: 2500 Garfield St – Pet Boarding/Training Conditional Use Request from Julie Armstrong for a Conditional Use approval at 2500 Garfield (see Map A),

The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following applications: A request from YESCO; Signs as Part of Building for De Marois Inc., located at 3115 W. Broadway. (SEE MAP D).

Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails can be sent to kcolenso@ci.missoula.mt.us.

Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Development Services at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 552-6630. Missoula City will provide auxiliary aids and services.

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The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Development Services office, 435 Ryman Street. Call 552-6630 for further assistance. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 552-6630. The Development Services office will provide auxiliary aids and services.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following items on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. Subdivision Request – Gallatin Estates Subdivision A request from Steven and Dean Crofts, represented by DJ & A, P.C., to subdivide a 33.78 acre parcel into 70 lots. The property is located on the south side of Waldo Road, adjacent to Interstate 90, approximately 1 mile west of Highway 93 (See Map Z).

The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on this item at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The hearing will be held in Room B14 of the County Admin Building, located at 199 W. Pine Street in Missoula. The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula County Community and Planning Services, 317 Woody, Missoula, Montana, (406) 258-4657. Your attendance at the public hearing and comments are welcomed and encouraged. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Missoula County Community and Planning Services will provide auxiliary aids and services.

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PUBLIC NOTICES pany for Authority to Increase Rates and Charges for Water Service to its Missoula, Montana, Customers NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Montana Public Service Commission (Commission) will conduct a public hearing in the Matter of the Application of Mountain Water Company (Mountain Water) to Establish Increased Rates and Charges for Water Service to its Missoula, Montana, Customers.

The public hearing will commence on March 14, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at the Wingate Inn, 5252 Airway Blvd., Missoula, MT 59808. If necessary, the hearing will continue on March 15, 2013, and will be held starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Missoula City Council Chambers at 140 West Pine Street, Missoula, MT 59802. The hearing will continue from day to day, as necessary. On July 30, 2012, Mountain Water filed an application with the Commission to increase rates and charges for water service to its Missoula, Montana, customers. Mountain Water is requesting a total revenue requirement increase of $919,105. Mountain Water is also requesting interim rate relief in the amount of $575,036.

Mountain Water is a Montana

corporation providing water utility service in and near Missoula, Montana, and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Mountain Water is requesting to increase its rates and charges to produce a return on rate base of $3,375,016, which represents an overall rate of return of 9.29% on a rate base of $36,325,650. Mountain Water proposes the rate increase to allow it to recover its operation and maintenance expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, taxes other than income and income taxes, and to earn a return of 9.29% on rate base. If Mountain Water’s application were approved as filed, its rates would increase as follows: 1) flat rates, excluding Fire Protection Service and Flat Rate Sprinkling Service, would increase by 5.8498%, or $2.93 per month for a single family home; 2) metered rates would increase by 5.6796%, or $2.61 per month for a 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter with 15 Ccf usage (1 ccf = 748 gallons); 3) Private Fire Protection Service rates would increase approximately 5.0900%, or $2.50 per month for a six-inch sprinkler line; 4) Flat Rate Sprinkler Water service rates would increase approximately 6.0342%, which

would increase the annual bill for watering a 5,000 sq. ft. yard by $11.77; 5) Public Fire Protection Service rates would decrease 15.4962% or $0.24 per month for a customer with a 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter. In addition to Mountain Water’s application for a revenue requirement increase, since its last general rate case application in April of 2010, Mountain Water has made two filings pursuant to its power cost tracker adjustment tariff. On September 13, 2010, Mountain Water filed a power cost adjustment increase of $336,854. On September 16, 2011, Mountain Water filed a power cost adjustment increase of $171,099.30. Both filings were approved on an interim basis, subject to review and final approval in this general rate case. Therefore, these two filing are consolidated with Mountain Water’s application for review and final action. The Commission’s jurisdiction over this matter is provided for in Title 69, MCA. The applicable law includes provisions of Title 69, MCA, and corresponding administrative rules of the Commission. The hearing itself will be conducted as a contested case hearing pursu-ant to Title 2, Ch. 4, MCA (MAPA); ARM Title 38, Ch. 2 (Commis-

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sion procedural rules); and any prior orders of the Commission which may bear on the issues presented. The hearing is for the purpose of receiving technical evidence (testimony and exhibits) with respect to this Docket and public comment for consideration by the Commission. Testimony submitted at hearing is subject to cross-examination. Any person may be represented by legal counsel at the hearing. The Montana Consumer Counsel, with offices at 111 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B, P.O. Box 201703, Helena, MT 59620-1703, telephone (406) 444-2771, is available and may be contacted to assist and represent the interests of the consuming public in this matter. Anyone needing an accommodation for a physical, hearing, or sight impairment in order to attend or participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at (406) 444-6199 at least one week prior to the hearing. The Commission will make every effort to accommodate individual impairments.

BY THE MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION W. A. (BILL) GALLAGHER, Chairman BOB LAKE, Vice Chairman KIRK BUSHMAN, Commissioner TRAVIS KAVULLA, Commissioner

ROGER KOOPMAN, Commissioner ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that separate sealed BIDS for the Abatement of 1106 W. Broadway Property, Poverello Center, Inc. will be received by the Poverello Center, Inc., c/o MMW Architects, located at 125 West Alder Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 2:00 PM on March 21, 2013, at which time bids will be opened and read aloud. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by MMW Architects.

Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of MMW Architects, located at 125 West Alder Street, Missoula, MT 59802 upon payment of $100.00 refundable deposit for each set and a non-refundable shipping and handling fee of $35. The documents will be available @ MMW on Thursday, March 7, 2013 after 1:00 PM. Any BIDDER, upon returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS promptly and in good condition, will be refunded their payment, and any NON-BIDDER upon so returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS will be refunded

$100.00. Any shipping and handling fee will not be refunded. Each Bid or Proposal must be accompanied by a cashiers check, certified check, or Bid Bond payable Poverello Center, Inc. in the amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid and must be in the form specified in MCA 18-1-201 through 206. The bid bond or other security shall protect and indemnify Poverello Center, Inc. against the failure or refusal of the bidder to enter into the contract within 30 days of bid acceptance. Bid security will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders as soon as practicable after the opening of the bids.

Late bids will not be accepted and will automatically be disqualified from further consideration. Bid must be signed by an authorized representative of the bidder. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-4447734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI

prior to bidding on this project.

All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. 1% Gross Receipts Tax apply to this project. The contractor is required to be an equal opportunity employer. Copeland :Anti-Kickback” Act provisions apply to this project. Federal Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rates for Building Construction 2013 apply to this project. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act provisions apply to this project. Contracts shall not be made to any person debarred or suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs.

Federal Energy and Environmental Conservation provisions apply to this project. ByrdAnti-Lobbying Amendment provisions apply to this project.

Contractors must make positive

PUBLIC NOTICES efforts to use disadvantaged businesses, including small businesses, minority-owned firms, women’s business enterprises, and firms in labor surplus areas, whenever possible.

The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities, to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which is in the best interest of the owner, to reject any and all proposals received, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award, as in the judgment of its officials, best meets the owner’s requirements. Successful bidders shall furnish an approved performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful bidder(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids, which is 2:00 PM, local time, March 21, 2013. There will be a pre-bid conference at the project site, 1106 West Broadway on March 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM. Please meet at the project site. Each BIDDER will be required to be registered with the Montana Department of Labor. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. Proposals shall be sealed and marked "Proposals for Poverello Center, Inc. – Abatement of 1106 W. Broadway Property, c/o MMW Architects” and addressed to: Poverello Center, Inc. c/o MMW Architects 125 West Alder Street Missoula, MT 59802 The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor's Registration Number.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-13-24 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KEN A. STANINGER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to MARY E. STANINGER, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 5th day of February, 2013 /s/ Mary E. Staninger, Personal Representative. REELY LAW FIRM P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative. By: /s/ Shane N. Reely Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-13-106 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of CHRISTINE ROSE MIGNEAULT-NORDHUS, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitiioner, Christine Rose Migneault-Nordhus, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of Montana for a change of name from Chris-

tine Rose Migneault-Nordhus to Christine Rose Migneault, and the Petition for Name Change shall be heard by the District Court Judge on the 16th day of April, 2013, at 11:00 A.M. in the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name.

DATED this 20th day of February, 2013. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley Faust, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By: /s/ Andy Brunkhart, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DN-12-91 Department No. 1 Judge Edward P. McLean SUMMONS AND CITATION IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING V.P., A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: DEON PRICE Re: V.P., born October 14, 1998 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (CFS), 2677 Palmer, Suite 300, Missoula, Montana, 59808, has filed a Petition for Emergency Protective Services, Adjudication as a Youth in Need of Care and Temporary Legal Custody or for said Youth to be otherwise cared for; Now, Therefore, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND DIRECTED to appear on the 20th day of March, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the Courtroom of the above entitled Court at the Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why the Order to Show Cause, Order Granting Emergency Protective Services and Notice of Show Cause Hearing should not also remain in effect; why the Youth should not be adjudicated a youth in need of care; why CFS should not be awarded temporary legal custody of the Youth for six months, or until further order of the Court; why the Petition should not be granted or why said Youth should not be otherwise cared for.

Deon Price is represented by Courtappointed attorney Kathleen Foley, P.O. Box 9452, Missoula, Montana, 59807, (406) 728-3088. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in custody of the Youth, which denial will result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Petition. A copy of the Petition hereinbefore referred to is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Missoula County, telephone: (406) 258-4780. WITNESS the Honorable Edward P. McLean, Judge of the above-entitled Court and the Seal of this Court, this 15th day of February, 2013. EDWARD P. MCLEAN District Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-12-205 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MYRA J. MEYERS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary Beth Groseta has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Mary Beth Groseta, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of February, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Anne Blanche Adams Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-30 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDI-

TORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH A. RAYMOND, 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 Linda Lee Raymond, 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. GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 12th day of February, 2013, in Missoula, Montana. /s/ Llinda Lee Raymond, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-31 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWIN N. HALLAND, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed CoPersonal Representatives 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 Patricia Kenney and Tanya Halland, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives. We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 5th day of January, 2013, in Billings, Montana. /s/ Patricia Kenney /s/ Tanya Halland CoPersonal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-12-1501 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. Victoria Godkin-Palermo and Paul William Palermo, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, PAUL WILLIAM PALERMO: 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 Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or Answer, Judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action relates to an Equitable Lien Action of a Deed of Trust upon the following described real property in the County of Missoula, State of Montana: A portion of Tract A, Certificate of Survey No. 4591, located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Township 13 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 15; thence along the North line said Section 15 N.89°48’00”W.683.14 feet to the point of beginning; thence S.34°01’53”E.789.42 feet to a point on the Southerly line of said Tract A; thence along said Southerly line N.88°22’41”W.144.86 feet; thence leaving said Southerly line N.00°05’53”W.639.84 feet to a point on the Northerly line of said Tract A; thence along said

Northerly line S.89°48’00”E.299.14 feet to the point of beginning. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 21st day of February, 2013. (SEAL OF THE COURT) /s/ Shirley E. Faust Clerk of the District Court By /s/ Jenny Scott, Deputy Clerk Dated this 12th day of February, 2013.

MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Tel: (701) 227-1841 By: /s/ Cassie R. Dellwo, Attorney #11880 Attorney for the Plaintiff THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. NOTICE Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that unless you dispute the validity of the foregoing debt or any portion thereof within thirty days after receipt of this letter, we will assume the debt to be valid.

On the other hand, if the debt or any portion thereof is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt and will mail you a copy of such verification. You are also advised that upon your request within the thirty day period, we will provide you with the name and address of your original creditor, if different from the creditor referred to in this Notice. We are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps III Cause Probate No. DP-13-28 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE BRUCE MORRIS, ALSO KNOWN AS G. BRUCE MORRIS, BRUCE MORRIS, GEORGE MORRIS AND GEORGE B. MORRIS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice of said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Yosef Aro Morris, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Maclay Law Firm, PO Box 9197, Missoula, Montana 59807-9197, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 12th day of February, 2013. /s/ Yosef Aro Morris, Personal Representative, c/o Maclay Law Firm, PO Box 9197, Missoula, MT 59807-9197 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-13-36 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BETTY LOIS REYNOLDS, 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 Deborah Clark, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 315 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 8th day of February, 2013. THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-13-21 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN ALLAN FAHEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed the Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons

having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to FELICIA A. WICKUM, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of February, 2013. /s/ Felicia A. Wickum, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/10/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200808297, Bk 817, Pg 0074, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Robert D. Hughes was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., a corporation was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., a corporation as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 11 in Block 2 of Elms Addition No. 1, to the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201209706, BK 894, Pg. 783, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 24, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $227,228.89.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $215,235.66, 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 7, 2013 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and can-

cellation 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# 7023.103345) 1002.238946-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/22/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200804555, BK-814, Pg-120, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Lezlie McKenzie was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Direct Mortgage Corp. was Beneficiary and Stewart Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Unit 715A of Building 4 of Grizzly Place Townhomes, as described and defined in the “Declaration Under Unit Ownership Act Pertaining to Grizzly Place Townhomes” recorded in Book 753 of Micro at page 674 and Site Plan recorded as Condo#82, records of Missoula County, Montana. Together with said units interest in the limited common elements and the general Common elements appertaining to said unit as set forth defined in said declaration. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201025121, B:871 P:214, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 26, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $198,459.84.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $183,378.89, 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 9, 2013 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and can-

cellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 7037.94004) 1002.218613-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/12/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200406941, BK 728 Pg 131, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Daniel T. Tudahl and Debra S. Tudahl, husband and wife was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company, a Montana corporation was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 of Old Water Wheel Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200410226, BK 729 Pg 1587, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 22, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $125,315.46.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $121,236.87, 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 6, 2013 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/14/01, recorded as Instrument No. 200103390, BK 641, Pg 303, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jason P. Decunzo was Grantor, Long Beach Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and Chicago Title was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Chicago Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 10 in Block 2 of Elms Addition No. 3 in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201204489 B: 890, P: 1166, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company formerly known as Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 20012. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments

due thereafter. As of December 26, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $129,442.86.

This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $109,941.69, 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 10, 2013 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 nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 7037.91904) 1002.220570-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 5, 2013, 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: A tract of land located in the SE1/4 of Section 19, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 18B of Certificate of Survey No. 1722 Keith R Bridenstine, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2010 and recorded January 20, 2010 in Book 854, Page 103 under Document no.

201001221. The beneficial interest is currently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, FKA Countrywide Home

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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 $886.33, beginning October 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 30, 2012 is $150,753.92 principal, interest at the rate of 5.75% now totaling $19,503.72, late charges in the amount of $136.29, escrow advances of $6,081.01, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,991.65, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.74 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 ob-

ligation. 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 27, 2012 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 27th day of November, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J TornabeneN o t a r y Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Boa V. Bridenstine 42019.915 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 8, 2013, 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 EAST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 74 OF SUPPLEMENTAL PLAT TO R.M. COBBAN ORCHARD HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, AS FILED IN THE CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Denise M. Sherman, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as

Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on February 15, 2006 and recorded on February 15, 2006 in Book 768, Page 1510 under Document No. 200603511. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,052.23, beginning November 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 November 12, 2012 is $212,394.61 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25% now totaling $10,531.22, late charges in the amount of $119.10, escrow advances of $4,942.52, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,600.13, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.73 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

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 4, 2012 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 4th day of December, 2012, 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 acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Gmac Vs. Sherman 41965.453

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 9, 2013, 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 Southerly 130.00 feet of the Westerly 140.00 feet of Lot 1 in COBBAN & DINSMORES ORCHARD HOMES, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book No. 310 of Micro Records at Page 1422 Angela M. Hazelbaker, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Comp, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 26, 2006 and recorded on May 31, 2006 on Book 775 and Page 677 as Document No. 200612714. The beneficial interest is currently held

by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as Trustee for RAMP 2006-RZ4. 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 $1,684.88, beginning July 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 29, 2012 is $221,124.93 principal, interest at the rate of 7.69000% now totaling $9,806.70, late charges in the amount of $758.16, escrow advances of $1,464.26, and other fees and expenses advanced of $297.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $46.59 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

SUSTAINAFIEDS 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 4, 2012 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 4th day of December, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 GMACVs. Hazelbaker 41965.751 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 05/31/2013 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public

auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which SHERRY L. GREENE AND STEVEN GREENE, WIFE AND HUSBAND as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/29/2008 and recorded 05/13/2008, in document No. 200810793, in Book/Reel/Volume Number 818 at Page Number 1169 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TAX ID NUMBER(S): 1019901 LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT THE SOUTH 85 FEET OF THE WEST HALF OF LOT 5, AND THE SOUTH 85 FEET OF LOT 6 IN BLOCK 22 OF LOW’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1730 SOUTH 7TH STREET WEST, MISSOULA, MT 59801 MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: THE SOUTH 85 FEET OF THE WEST HALF OF LOT 5, AND THE SOUTH 85 FEET OF LOT 6 IN BLOCK 22 OF LOW’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 694 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 607. Property Address: 1730 S 7TH ST W, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in

interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2012, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any.

TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $181,350.03 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.50% per annum from 05/01/2012 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 01/16/2013, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0076660 FEI NO. 1006.167997

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Move in ready! $190,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 4 Bdr, 1 Bath South Hills home. $179,900. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, GrantCreek / Prospect Meadows home. $475,500. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4705 Potter Park Loop. 2 bed, 1 bath partially finished basement & 2 car garage. $169,900.

4705 PotterParkMoveMoontana.com for more details. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 . annierealtor@gmail.com

5209 Dutton Court. 5 bed, 3 bath with fantastic kitchen, laundry room and 3 car garage.

Near city park. $339,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 annierealtor@gmail.com 6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis.

360-8234 Cash Flow Cabin Georgetown Lake Vacation Rental Fully furnished, turn-key, website with online booking www.cabinmt.com, 9 years rental history, 6 miles to Discovery Ski Area, $20,000 annual income, recent income: Dec 2012 $2456, Jan 2013 $2376, Feb 2013 $1958. Great value at $189,900; 546-4797; www.postlets.com/7162638 Fantastic Home With View 6305 St. Thomas. 4 bed, 3 bath, updated and gorgeous setting with large private lot,

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double garage, landscaped and ready to move into! $310,000.

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Linda Vista Home to be built at top of Linda Vista with amazing views! One level living, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on corner lot on Jeff Drive. $279,900.

KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Lot 16A McArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath with great views. Budget for improvements. $184,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Maloney Ranch Home For Sale Absolutely gorgeous 4 bedroom 3 bath home with open floor plan, exposed beams, vaulted ceilings and large windows. Spacious kitchen with stainless steel/black appliances, alder cabinets and granite countertops.

Hardwood floors throughout the main floor. Beautiful master suite features French

doors to one of the 2 patios, large walk-in closet, bath with separate tub and shower. Professionally landscaped yard with underground sprinklers and drip system. For inquiries please call 406-529-6916.

2025 Mullan Road. Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos. Large secure units with affordable HOA dues.

Starting at $144,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net

Remarkably Cute 2039 South 10th West. 2 bedroom home on large lot very centrally located near Good Food Store, bike trails and schools. Full basement and single garage. $185,000. KD, Portico Real Estate, 240-5227 www.porticorealestate.com

6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites.

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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1641 Stoddard To-be-built 6plex on Northside. $650,500 Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties

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Affordable Townhomes Didn’t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet new, green-built development may be your ticket. STARTING AT $79,000. 1400 Burns. 2405227 porticorealestate.com Beautiful Downtown Triplex Two 2 bedroom units and one 1 bedroom; great rental history; great building on Historic Register with tons of character and in great shape! $359,500.

518 Alder porticorealestate.com 240-5227 Open & Light & Green & Clean Efficiency abounds in this 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand-alone super-insulated condo with heated floors and so much more. $250,000. 1530 S 12th W. Near Good Food Store and bike trails. 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

Townhome On The River Land Stewardship Program buyers must qualify. Call KD to find out more about this 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo with the balcony facing the river and right next to the river trail and close to downtown. $135,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats. From $149,900.

Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

641 Preston New patio home, 3 bed, 2 bath, Full basement, 2 car garage, $259,900 Bob Chaffin 370-0476

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15305 Spring Hill $490,000 PRICE REDUCTION! Beautiful cedar home on 5 acres bordering Forest Service. Wraparound deck, large kitchen, fireplace & heated garage

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Missoula Properties

6554 MacArthur $240,000 3 bed, 2.5 bath with custom cherry cabinets, granite counters, tile & hardwood floors

6614 MacArthur $194,500 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing Missoula views

4 Klakken, Noxon $259,000 Charming 9 room motel on 1/2 acre with laundry, mobile & cabin rentals and manager's quarters

Rochelle Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 glasgow@montana.com

Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down!

Units, pricing and info available at www.mullanheights.com

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REAL ESTATE MANUFACTURED HOMES

1/2 acre. $259,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

1825 Burlington. Two central Missoula lots with 3 bed, 2 bath mobile. Great investment or first time buy. $89,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

514 West Spruce. Great office space in vintage building near St. Pat’s. Upgrades to wiring, plumbing, roof & more. $244,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com

LAND FOR SALE

Commercial Lease Space Fantastic opportunity to be neighbors with the awardwinning Homeword Organization. New, LEED registered, high quality, sustainably-built office space close to river and downtown. $11-$15 per sq.ft. KD 2 4 0 - 5 2 2 7 . porticorealestate.com

23645 Mullan. Beautiful 14 acre treed meadow west of Huson.

Modulars on permanent foundation allowed. $169,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties.

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 3.2 Acres in the Wye area. Gorgeous mountain and valley views. $65,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. Nearly 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Rural living in town. $499,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com Rattlesnake Acreage Rattlesnake 1/4 acre lot at the base of Mt. Jumbo with all utilities stubbed to the site and ready to build on. $160,000. KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com

COMMERCIAL 110 Main Street, Stevensville.

Restaurant in heart of Stevensville next to Blacksmith Brewery. $125,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net 4 Klakken, Noxon. Motel with 9 units, laundromat & 2 rentals on

For Sale: 1.5 acres of beautiful property with a 3800 sq ft building. Huge corner lot. Commercial property. 3 garages. In downtown Salmon. $625,000.

Call 208-303-7533 anytime.

Gorgeous Victorian home zoned for commercial use in a great location $395,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com INDEPENDENT LUMBER BUSINESS FOR SALE. Hanson Lumber - Malta, MT 59538. Turn key - Do it Best Hardware Franchise, 406-654-1357

OUT OF TOWN 15305 Spring Hill Road, Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5 bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forest Service. $490,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

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506 Central . . . . . .

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Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown area home on 7 acres. $414,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath Stevensville area home on 13 acres. $575,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 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 For Sale: 3 bedroom home in Challis, ID. Huge lot, 3 car garage. Great hunting, fishing, skiing. $82,000. Call 208-3037533 anytime.

Home On the River Stevensville River Road home on 1.87 acres. 4 bedrooms, views of the Bitterroot Mountains and right on the Bitterroot River. This is awesome! Attached garage plus detached RV garage.

.Stevensville Charmer . . . . .Sweet Stevi Home . . . . . . .Adorable On Large Lot . . . .Sweet & Charming . . . . . .One Level Living . . . . . . .Quiet, Views, Immaculate . . .Custom Build Beauty . . . .Gorgeous Downtown Triplex .Adorable & Affordable . . . .Solid & Sweet . . . . . . . .

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Homes w/land: 2348 River Road . . . . . .Home & Land to Build . . . . . .$535,000 4100 Stevi River Rd. . . .Riverfront Home On 1.87 Acres! $340,000 Land: Rattlesnake Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,000 East Missoula Building Lot With Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 Townhomes/Condos: 1400 Burns . . . . . . . . .Cheaper Than Rent . . . . . .From $79,000 Uptown Flats . . . . . . . .Upscale Downtown . . . . . .From $149,900 1530 S 12th W . . . . . .Green Construction . . . . . . . . .$250,000 1401 Cedar . . . . . . . . .River Views-Income Qualified . . . .$135,000 Commercial: 1535 Liberty Lane . . . . .New Lease Space . . . . . . . . . . .$11-$15

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