Scope: Fred Eaglesmith transcends country musician label Up Front: Child abuse claims plague Pinehaven youth home Books: Jeremy Evans examines the disappearing ski bum
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Scope: Fred Eaglesmith transcends country musician label Up Front: Child abuse claims plague Pinehaven youth home Books: Jeremy Evans examines the disappearing ski bum
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nside Cover Story Many state lawmakers believe cracking down on DUIs may be one of the only issues this session that transcends the party divide. Yet the Legislature has over the years displayed a fairly troubling track record when it comes to alcohol abuse, in and out of session.........................................................14
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News Letters Protecting stream access and privatizing eminent domain ..........................4 The Week in Review House endorses discrimination and Griz game results..........6 Briefs Cartographers draw new wilderness map and AmeriCorps at risk ................6 Etc. GOP consolidating power where it’s got it.........................................................7 Up Front Honus Wagner baseball card sale targets stadium debt.............................8 Up Front Child abuse claims plague Pinehaven youth home ...................................9 Ochenski All sides fudging the numbers as budget battle looms...........................10 Writers on the Range Missing the subdivisions for the trees.................................11 Agenda Missoula Community Food Co-op’s grand opening party. ........................12
Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Cultivating student food collectives.............................................18 Happiest Hour The Dark Horse ..............................................................................19 8 Days a Week Sippin’ a “Shockley”........................................................................21 Mountain High Edge of the World’s annual Snow Party ........................................29 Scope Modern country hasn’t got a thing on Fred Eaglesmith ...............................30 Noise Goddammitboyhowdy, Lubriphonic, Hot New Mexicans and more.............31 Books Jeremy Evans offers a crisp take on ski bums...............................................32 DVD Taking note of movies Missoula missed...........................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34
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STREET TALK
by Chad Harder
Asked Monday evening on Ryman and Main streets, in downtown Missoula.
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This week the Independent reports on a Missoulian’s baseball card that could be worth $500,000 or more. What’s your favorite collectible? Follow-up: If you suddenly had a half-million dollars, what’s the first thing you’d spend it on?
Kathy Jiminez: Jewelry. It just has to tickle my fancy. Currently, my favorite piece of jewelry is a cameo, a pin carved out of ivory that’s the side view of a woman. It’s very old-fashioned. Give me shelter: I’m currently renting, so the first thing I’d do would be to get myself a place that I really like. It wouldn’t have to be large, just a house that I love that’s reasonably priced.
Bruce Haroldson: Well, I used to collect boats, but not anymore. Rising tide: A half mill? I don’t foresee that happening, but if it did, I’d be looking for a cabin on a lake, or at least some body of water. I’ve been down the Smith River a number of times, and a place on that river would be great. Besides, boats and water really go well together.
Mija: I collect lovers—on a daily basis. And apparently I also collect matchbooks, because every time I clean my room I find a lot of them with names and numbers in them. Aspiring philanthropist: I’ve got some conferences I’d really like to attend, and I’d make a donation at the Western Montana Community Center’s fundraiser, the Black and White Ball, held this Saturday.
Nasir Jaffery Abbas: Ankle bracelets. I look for ones with lots of handmade work, ones that have lots of energy put into them, although I only collect them to give them away. Give it away: The first thing I’d do is give $42,000 to the Poverello Center. Then I’d give $44,000 to my son, and I’d put $43,000 in my ex-girlfriend’s bank account. Then I’d take $86,000 to go traveling. I love those numbers!
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Protect stream access There is legislation under consideration that would undermine one of the most significant conservation programs in American history (see “Bill mires Mitchell Slough,” Feb. 10, 2011). House Bill 309 is a blatant attempt to “define” hundreds of miles of stream channels as irrigation ditches and deny us access to a natural resource Montanans nurtured for a half century. Exactly fifty years ago fish biologists identified three perils that threatened our rich heritage of rivers and streams: stream channelization, water pollution, and dewatering. Within two years the Montana Legislature passed the first stream preservation act in the nation designed to prevent meandering steam channels from becoming bulldozed flumes. The legislation was signed into law by a Republican governor whose conservative philosophy included conservation. Cleaning up the water and protecting the amount of water in streams followed. The challenges came in all sizes. In the 1970s, multinational corporations laid claim to the Yellowstone River as part of a potential coal bonanza. The claims would have depleted the longest free flowing river in the lower 48 states. The Legislature responded by placing a moratorium on industrial water permits and rewriting Montana water law with in-stream flow protection. The intellectual and political leadership came from a Glendive-area legislator whose livelihood was irrigated agriculture. Stream conservation challenges have been met all across Montana from fish passage up the Tongue River to proposals to dam the Yaak. They even included convincing British Columbia not to mine and drill their portion of the Flathead. In the process we became a place of legend. Our waters had magic in their names: the Big Blackfoot, Big Spring Creek, the Big Hole, Madison, Missouri. The list goes on. We labeled them “Blue Ribbon Streams.” How appropriate for the Last Best Place. Through it all, the Montana courts, and then the Legislature, defined the terms of our access to these waters: They were open to the people. There was to be no privatization of this public resource. Commercial fishing outfitters and individual anglers stood shoulder to shoulder in defense of this common resource and it has worked remarkably well for the last quarter century. The one exception to this success story occurred when an investment banker, a rock star, and a few others decided they needed to cut the public out. The fight was over access to a slough on the Bitterroot River where the locals had been tossing worms and flies at fish for generations. The people prevailed in preserving public access. The Montana Supreme Court ruled the slough was indeed a natural water body and not an irrigation ditch as these few landowners asserted. Those seeking exclusive privilege to water and fish then
brought this bitter fruit from the Bitterroot to the 2011 Montana Legislature. The attempt to legislate restrictions on public access to Montana streams became HB 309. The bill pretends to have something to do with irrigation. It is really all about public access and there is the potential for a damaging outcome given today’s conservative anti-conservation political ideology. Once again, it is time for the people to stand and speak. On Mar. 8 there will be a rally at the
and deny us
fers fundamentally from a governmental taking of property for the public’s use. Why should Montana landowners have to subsidize these profits for other entities? The profits earned by these persons, who could be from another state or even country, will be exported from the state as surely as the energy that flows through their structures crossing Montana’s landscape. A delicate balance exists between private property rights and the need for public taking of such property through eminent domain. Eminent domain should be a last resort, used by a governmental agency or a person only when negotiations with the owner of the desired property have broken down. When the landowner has no ability to negotiate the taking of their property, for a profit-making venture by a non-governmental entity, it is inevitable that the market value of that property, for the purpose it is being taken, will not be realized. The “market value” that the takers of the property will assess will be based on current agricultural land uses, not the industrial use for which the land is taken, and won’t consider the added liability and loss of control of the property to which the landowner is subjected after condemnation. Sandy Barnick Glendive
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Capitol at 2 p.m., before a meeting of the Senate Agriculture Committee at 3 p.m. Be there to make democracy work, and if you can’t come, contact your state senator and respectfully demand a “no” vote on HB 309. Jim Posewitz Helena
Privatizing eminent domain The Montana House of Representatives recently voted to pass on to the Senate House Bill 198, which would give persons the right to use eminent domain to condemn private land once a corporation is granted a certificate under the Major Facilities Siting Act. If the Senate allows this bill to become Montana law, they set a dangerous precedent for the private property rights of all Montanans. HB 198 would give the right of condemnation, without need for good-faith negotiations, to persons who will use the land they condemn to make a profit. The taking of property for a person’s profit dif-
The Montana Legislature is attacking our right to clean air, clean water and public health (see “Natural disaster,” Feb. 17, 2011). If successful, their actions will destroy most, if not all, protections against pollution created by industry. These companies have a history of making huge profits extracting natural resources from Montana and leaving us with health hazards, tax burdens and Superfund sites. Some people would have us believe industries cannot operate under regulations. This is false. We can, and have been operating economically viable industries that employ Montanans, while protecting clean air, clean water and public health. Our natural beauty and wildlife attract millions of tourists and their dollars every year. These industries are already successfully operating within the regulations the Legislature is working to dissolve. The array of bills coming out of the Legislature seeking to undermine public involvement, strip environmental regulations, nullify key national environmental protection laws and in general ignore science are just mind-boggling. Please contact your state representatives. Tell them how important clean air, clean water and public health are to your family and future generations. We need intelligent, common sense leadership from our elected officials. Brigita Wohlsein Troy
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Rep. Champ Edmunds, R-Missoula, and 61 other lawmakers in the Montana House send to the Senate a bill that would effectively repeal Missoula’s anti-discrimination ordinance, which provides legal recourse to individuals denied services, employment or housing based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Thursday, February 24 At Dahlberg Arena the Portland State University Vikings sink 10 of 19 three-point attempts in a 7065 victory over the Lady Griz that snaps Montana’s six-game winning streak. Montana drops to 14-12, good for third place in the Big Sky Conference.
• Friday, February 25 U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy sentences Jason Allen Sands, 33, of St. Ignatius, to 10 years in prison after Sands, in late 2009, brought a child’s fast-food meal and condoms to an arranged meeting with a 14-year-old girl—who turned out to be Missoula Police Detective Chris Shermer.
• Saturday, February 26 In its last Big Sky Conference regular-season game, the University of Montana men’s basketball team falls in overtime to Eastern Washington University 59-55 in Cheney, Wash. With the loss the Griz (20-9) miss an opportunity to clinch at least a share of the conference’s regular-season championship.
• Sunday, February 27 In the early morning, in downtown Missoula near the Elks Club, an unidentified man fires a handgun during an altercation with two others and then flees the scene. Police say no one is injured, take no one into custody, and continue to investigate the incident.
• Monday, February 28 Road crews remove overhead signs from I-90 near Orange Street to make way for the first of four ConocoPhillips megaloads, slated to travel through Missoula on the way to a Billings oil refinery. The lead rig languishes outside Lolo awaiting its counterpart, which remains stuck in Kooskia, Idaho, due to inclement weather.
• Tuesday, March 1 The Lolo National Forest releases a draft environmental impact statement evaluating how an expansion of Montana Snowbowl would affect public lands. Snowbowl proposes building a new lodge, doubling its acreage and skier capacity and erecting new chair lifts.
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Rolf Wilson flies more than 200 feet through the air to secure his eighth Gelande Cup North American Championships at Montana Snowbowl Sunday afternoon. This year’s gelande competition drew hundreds of spectators who watched four amateurs and 17 pros launch off the “only natural Gelandesprung [terrain jump] in the United States still used for competition.”
Bob Marshall Wilderness Cartographers chart new map Last summer and fall, Jamie Robertson and Amelia Hagen-Dillon, of the budding Missoula-based business Cairn Cartographics, and Robertson’s brother Thomas, collectively hiked some 800 miles in the Bob Marshall Wilderness over the course of 53 days with GPS devices in hand to create a new—and more accurate—map of the sprawling mountainous backcountry. Their first map, which charts the southern half of the 1.5 million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, is nearly done, and in order to raise enough money to print it, they used a novel approach: a web-based funding platform called Kickstarter. About three weeks ago Cairn Cartographics reached its $5,000 fundraising goal using Kickstarter, enough to print about 2,000 copies of its first map. “We’re hoping to turn this into a full-time business, and a lot of that will depend on how well this first map goes,” says Robertson, a 26-year-old who holds a geography degree from the University of
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Montana and works in the school’s IT department. “We anticipate it will go well.” According to Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation Executive Director Keagan Zoellner, the last map of the complex was drawn in 1990, and is in dire need of ground-truthing. “Technology has improved since 1990, so it’s great to have them out there and doing it,” says Zoellner, who coordinated food drops last summer so the cartographers could hike longer distances and minimize backtracking. Robertson and Hagen-Dillon took their 675 miles of GPS data and “processed it and massaged it and ran it through GIS [geographic information system],” Robertson says, and then used graphic design software to create the map. Drawn to a 1:80,000scale, it includes marked trail and river mileages and shaded relief. They hope to print it on waterproof, tear-resistant paper in time for the summer recreation season, and make it available through Cairn Cartographics, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation and local outdoor stores. By the time the new map appears, Robertson and Hagen-Dillon will be deep in the backcountry
collecting data for their next one—detailing the northern half of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Robertson says they’ll head out as soon as the snow melts. Matthew Frank
Budget Nonprofits decry CDBG cuts Lori Davidson, director of the Missoula Housing Authority (MHA), has been watching—and wincing— as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., take a hacksaw to the federal budget. Most disconcerting to Davidson is President Obama’s proposed 7.5 percent, or $300 million, cut to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which gives some 1,200 communities across the country grants to fund a wide range of needs including affordable housing. In recent years MHA has been among Missoula’s top recipients of CDBG grants, crucial to the development of affordable housing around town. In fact, Davidson says two of the agency’s more prominent developments, the Russell Square Apartments and the Garden District, wouldn’t have been possible without the allocations. They’re especially important in
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Montana, Davidson says, because the state lacks alternative affordable housing funding sources like housing trust funds or low income housing tax credits. “In a state like Montana, where you have a small tax base, things like CDBG and HOME [a federal affordable housing program that works in conjunction with CDBG] are more important than they are in other places, I think, because they are the only sources we have,” Davidson says. “So it’s a critical source of funding.” The heads of many other nonprofits around town would say the same. This year alone, Missoula will dole out about $700,000 in CDBG grants to various organizations, including Partnership Health Center, YWCA of Missoula, Garden City Harvest, Missoula Food Bank, homeWORD and Missoula Aging Services. Mike Barton, director of the Missoula CityCounty Office of Planning and Grants, says CDBG dollars dwindled gradually under the Bush administration, but the Obama administration’s proposal marks the steepest cut yet. “If you look at it over time, it will amount to a 20 percent cut,” Barton says. And that’s the best-case scenario. House Republicans are pushing to cut the roughly $4 billion the government gave out in CBDG grants last year much more drastically—by 62 percent. “If the House has its way we wouldn’t just be hunting with spears,” quips Barton, referring to the Republican proposal before the Montana Legislature that would allow spear hunting, “we’d be doing line drawings in caves, too.” Matthew Frank
Religion Victims sue Missoula Jesuits About 500 people from across the Northwest who claim Jesuit priests molested them filed suit last month to recoup money used to pay bills incurred by St. Francis Xavier Parish in Missoula. The suit, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Feb. 17 by the group of unsecured creditors, alleges that during a four-year period $55,000 was improperly directed to Missoula Jesuits from their parent entity, the Oregon-based Society of Jesus. Across the northwest, the Society of Jesus oversees multiple small Jesuit communities. The lawsuit leveled against the organization and the Missoula Jesuits is one of 37 filed within a 24-hour period that seek to recoup a total of $3.1 million from parishes in Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
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Between 2001 and 2009, the Society of Jesus paid $25 million to settle more than 200 sexual abuse claims, forcing it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009. The lawsuit asserts that because the organization was struggling financially, it should not have continued to fund operations in Missoula.
“The concept is if you’re broke, you shouldn’t be making gifts,” says Los Angeles-based attorney James Stang, of Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Jones, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the alleged abuse victims. However, Richard Hansen, an attorney representing the Jesuits, says all of the payments were legitimate and simply covered the modest overhead expenses accrued by priests in Missoula and elsewhere. “Those payments were made in the normal course of what we do,” Hansen says. “The money to the community went for the men’s support, so they could eat, so they could pay rent, so they could put gas in their cars.” Hansen asserts the lawsuit is simply an attempt to bleed the order of more cash. “Mr. Stang’s committee just wants more money,” he says. As churches across the country go bankrupt settling sex abuse allegations, the Missoula lawsuit provides a snapshot of what’s happening nationally. In addition to the Society’s Chapter 11 filing, since 2004 eight Catholic dioceses have gone bankrupt. Most recently, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in January filed for protection from its creditors. “This is far from being over,” Stang says. Jessica Mayrer
AmeriCorps Volunteers under fire Dozens of programs and thousands of jobs across the country came under fire last month as
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Republicans in Washington, D.C., proposed zeroing out the budget for the Corporation for National and Community Service. One of the targeted programs is AmeriCorps, a national humanitarian nonprofit that employs roughly 9,000 members in Montana. Volunteers in the state have since rallied to underscore the importance of AmeriCorps’ work, which ranges from elementary school tutoring to backcountry trail maintenance. “Our programs don’t just create life-long volunteers,” says Eric Cardella, program manager for the Montana Campus Corps (MTCC), a statewide AmeriCorps effort sponsored by the Montana Campus Compact. “Students, by getting a taste of what some of the have-nots of society are dealing with…they are actually getting motivated to do more in their careers and their personal lives.” MTCC stands out as one of the largest pieces of Montana’s AmeriCorps pie, with more than 700 volunteers from 19 college campuses working in 46 counties. Those volunteers prove invaluable resources for local nonprofits; Jen Euell of Missoula’s YWCA credits the creation of the Girls Using Their Strengths empowerment program largely to the work of AmeriCorps personnel. “They’re the real reason we’re able to grow programs here,” Euell says. And while the MTCC does boast an annual budget of $1.5 million, Cardella estimates only half of that comes from federal dollars. Given the passage of the Serve America Act in 2009—the first federal expansion of national service programs since 1993— Cardella finds the apparent assault on AmeriCorps difficult to understand. “It’s been resoundingly supported by both sides of the political spectrum,” Cardella says. “So it’s very surprising, a year and a half after the Serve America Act passed, to be talking about [AmeriCorps] going away.” Cardella points to the increasing need for community services as further evidence of the importance of volunteerism. MTCC already plans to amplify its presence in schools on Montana Indian reservations this year, and Cardella has no intention of yielding to doom-and-gloom discussions just yet. “We’re finding more and more college students are coming into two-year and four-year schools with the expectation that they’re going to volunteer,” Cardella says. “It’s definitely part of this generation and their mindset.” Alex Sakariassen
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If marijuana treats glaucoma, maybe it can cure House Speaker Mike Milburn’s myopia, too. The Republican legislator from Cascade crows about how repealing Montana’s Medical Marijuana Act, as he’s proposing, would add about $263,000 to the state’s general fund in FY 2012. But he apparently can’t see beyond next year. If he could, he’d notice that bill, which passed the House last week and is scheduled for a Senate hearing on Mar. 11, would cost the state $317,000 in 2013, $479,000 in 2014, and $497,000 in 2015, according to legislative number crunchers. The bill costs the state money by turning patients into criminals. The Department of Corrections reports that repealing the Medical Marijuana Program would reverse the recent decline in drug-related convictions, leading to, it estimates, 45 more drug possession convictions and 15 more distribution convictions annually. More Montanans under state supervision would exacerbate the Department of Correction’s shaky fiscal situation. Communications Director Bob Anez says the Legislature has reduced the department’s budget request by $16 million, or 4.6 percent. That request was based on existing conviction trends, “and a change in those trends, whatever the reason might be, would always be problematic for us in dealing with the additional offenders,” Anez says. Meanwhile, a proposal to further regulate and assess fees on the medical marijuana industry, House Bill 68—the languishing effort that Rep. Diane Sands, D-Missoula, spent six months crafting with an interim committee—would generate millions. In FY 2012 it would add $664,000 to the state’s general fund. Over the following three years it would add $10.8 million. So much for the GOP being the party of fiscal responsibility. Evidently new revenues don’t factor into Republicans’ budget-balancing objectives. But clearly it’s not the budget, nor the “more jobs” mantra, driving the Republican agenda this legislative session. Instead, they’re seeking to consolidate power where they’ve got it—at the state level. Some bills seek to nullify federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act. Others seek to trump local laws—like Missoula’s antidiscrimination ordinance. In the case of medical marijuana, Republicans want to overrule the voters themselves. To be sure, some of the state’s 28,000 patients and 5,000 caregivers have abused the Medical Marijuana Act and probably deserve to be making license plates at Deer Lodge. But there are legitimate patients, and to criminalize them would be shameful—and a foolish fiscal move, no matter what the shortsighted Milburn says.
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Josh Wagner doesn’t field questions million, which Vai considers a priority this card to help not only the civic stadium but a couple other organizations in town or about his familial tie to a Major League recipient in his grand plan. “The ultimate goal is to support differ- in the region. We’re interested.” Baseball legend very often. The distance separating the Missoula-based writer, comic ent charities,” Vai says, “to use [the card] as But Wagner card claims have been artist and playwright from Baseball Hall of a humanitarian project.” known to raise eyebrows in the past. Due to Vai’s card—rediscovered about two the card’s extreme value, a number of fakes Famer Honus Wagner is vast, regardless of whether it’s measured in time, bloodline or years ago, Vai says, in an old book on fire- have surfaced on the collectibles market over athletic ability. The link is rarely drawn by works—joins the ranks of fewer than 60 the years. So Vai last year turned to Missoula anyone other than relatives and baseball- Honus Wagner cards known to exist world- native and Advertiser Montana Printing wide. Their rarity has made the cards as owner James Palmer to authenticate his card. savvy friends. “He doesn’t come up a lot,” Wagner much a legend as their subject, and their Palmer says by enlarging the card and detersays. “He’s not a name quite on par with value to collectors is unprecedented. The mining how it was processed he was able to Babe Ruth and other ball players of confirm the card’s authenticity. that caliber, even though statistically “I’m not an expert at this, so I he was up there in the same ranks. I suppose a guy could always say, ‘You guess his name just doesn’t have the didn’t check this, you didn’t check same force those other names do.” that,’” Palmer says. “But I’ve seen enough printed product in 40 years So Wagner was surprised—and that I can tell when it’s a copy as intrigued—recently when he opposed to the real thing…This card received a call from two Missoula seemed to fit.” men regarding his distant relation. Honus Wagner, one of baseball’s Just as the card passed Palmer’s most respected but least recognized test, Vai’s pitch to benefit the local stastars, played for the Pittsburgh dium seems “pretty good” to Spiker. Pirates throughout the early 20th cenHe says his only hesitation stemmed from the fact that the deal is “so tury. He batted a 21-year career averunusually generous.” And it comes at a age of .329, stole more bases and time when Ogren Park could use a scored more runs than any of his helping hand. Spiker says Play Ball and contemporaries and is to this day the stadium’s investors are close to considered the best shortstop in presenting an exit strategy to the baseball history. Many sports enthuMissoula City Council, but the park siasts know him as The Flying lost its widely hailed financial guru Dutchman. But beyond the profeswith the death of Play Ball board memsional highlights, Josh Wagner had ber and longtime Missoula banker Hal no family anecdotes to share with the Fraser in January. inquisitive duo. “As far as I know, nobody I’ve “Knowing the amount of people talked to ever knew him personally,” that this could help, that’s just great Wagner says of his immediate family. satisfaction,” Vai says. “Realistically, to “My grandpa [the deceased Howard me, it’s an old card. It’s a piece of “Buzz” Wagner of Hamilton] was cardboard.” Photo courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame raised in Japan, so I think by the From the family perspective, time he came back to the states The 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card—the Holy Josh Wagner is just glad to see someHonus had already passed away. It’s Grail of baseball memorabilia—has sold for as one taking a renewed interest in hard for me to say there’s any sort of much as $2.35 million at auction. One of less than The Flying Dutchman’s legacy. Vai is 60 copies known to exist recently surfaced in currently working on a book—The personal connection.” Missoula, and the owner hopes to use its value to But the call Wagner received help get the Osprey stadium out of debt. Left-handed Monster—documentcame with an interesting bit of ing the history of the Honus Wagner news. Missoula’s Joe Vai, one of the callers, School Sisters of Notre Dame, an order of card; Palmer says he’s agreed to print had in his possession a 1909 T206 Honus nuns in Baltimore, auctioned a beat-up between 500 and 1,000 copies. That kind Wagner baseball card—the Holy Grail of Wagner card last year for $220,000; a near- of attention, Wagner says, could help make baseball memorabilia—which he claimed to mint condition card previously owned by Honus a household name—beyond just his want to raffle off through major and minor Wayne Gretzky went for $2.35 million in own household. league venues nationwide during the 2011 2007, the highest price ever paid for a base“There are a lot of pictures of him as an season. Vai told the Independent the ball card. older man out there, and he’s almost a spit“We’re very intrigued, obviously,” says ting image of my dad’s dad,” Wagner says. fundraising campaign is still in negotiations, but says the beneficiaries of that Play Ball Missoula chairman Wes Spiker, “There’s one picture of him as a younger fundraiser would include a list of charitable who confirms he was contacted about pro- man that a lot of people say looks like me. organizations such as the Boys and Girls ceeds from the card’s sale going to debt I think it’s mostly in the nose. That’s a very Club of America. Also on that list is relief for the stadium. “Anything to help the prominent nose in my family.” Missoula’s Osprey stadium, which still Missoula civic stadium we need to take a owes various creditors an estimated $3.5 hard look at. This was [Vai’s] idea. He wants asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Bad behavior Child abuse claims plague Pinehaven youth home by Jessica Mayrer
Two weeks ago, Missoula Police appre- Pinehaven’s methods for strictly disciplining Windham now finds herself leading the hended two runaways from Pinehaven troubled—and often unruly—children. attempt to shine a spotlight on Pinehaven. Christian Children’s Ranch in St. Ignatius, “We have far more success stories and That effort suffered a significant setback in bringing to six the total number of people who would climb on board to give the Montana Legislature on Feb. 16, when teenagers who have fled the private youth you their testimonies than people who are the House Business and Labor Committee, home for troubled kids since July 15. trying to claim there was something the at the urging of the Montana Family Foundation, tabled House Bill 394. The The incident, during which two teens matter,” Larsson says. made their way to Missoula and allegedly Windham had been friendly with measure, sponsored by Rep. Ellie Hill, Dstole a BB gun from Walmart before Pinehaven administration prior to serving in Missoula, would have mandated state reguattempting to break into a car, highlights a the 2005 Legislature. She even attended lation of religious youth homes. Larsson, 81, argues that creating state problem Pinehaven—and law enforce- services at St. Ignatius Christian Church, mechanisms to oversee his ment—may no longer be Christian organization would vioable to ignore. A growing late constitutional protections. number of alumni and forAnd he maintains that if half of mer staffers claim that the the allegations against his facility ranch’s young residents are were true, law enforcement fleeing from physical and would have shut him down a emotional abuse. long time ago. He points to existAccording to notarized ing legal mechanisms intended to affidavits and written testiprotect children from abuse. mony from five past ranch Last year Lake County conemployees, Pinehaven ducted a two-month investigation staffers allegedly use excesof Pinehaven in response to allesive force—like choking, for gations leveled by former ranch instance—to subdue resiresident David Krug. Lake County dents. Former youth home Detective Michael Gehl cleared Photo courtesy Pinehaven employees assert in those documents, obtained by the A staffer at Pinehaven Christian Children’s Ranch baptizes a the facility of wrongdoing. Independent, that kids also resident. The youth home draws from biblical teachings in “The Sheriff ’s Department receive insufficient medical its efforts to help troubled youth. “We don’t pretend to be a and the county attorney said and psychiatric care. And, on mental health treatment center,” says ranch founder and there is no law broken here,” at least two occasions, once director Bob Larsson. “We’re a Christian home for kids.” Larsson says. in 2004 and again in 2006, Pinehaven Gehl wasn’t available for comment, but employees engaged in sexual activity with which Larsson founded. So when the Lake County’s new sheriff, Jay Doyle, says Montana Legislature moved to regulate pri- his department is available to investigate residents under the age of 18. “I will no longer be silent about the vate youth homes in 2005, Windham intro- additional formal allegations brought forabuse…I know has happened toward many duced, at Larsson’s request, an amendment ward against Pinehaven. of the children of Pinehaven,” says Lynnette excluding religious facilities like Pinehaven “If the alleged victims would like to McClenahan, who worked as an administra- from state scrutiny. report a crime, that’s something we could “Had I known, quite honestly, what I look into,” Doyle says. tive assistant at the ranch between 2003 and know now, I would never have offered that 2007. Windham doesn’t buy it. She says local amendment,” she says. For months former Pinehaven staffers law enforcement is simply too entrenched The state requires all “private alterna- in St. Ignatius’ close-knit community to and residents have called on law enforcement and state regulators to investigate the tive adolescent residential and outdoor pro- thoroughly and objectively scrutinize what’s facility. Whistleblowers’ efforts were embold- grams” to achieve licensure through going on at Pinehaven. She’s now asking ened recently when a new ally, Jeanne Montana’s Department of Labor and the Montana Department of Justice to Windham, who in 2005 represented House Industry. Windham’s amendment specifical- launch an inquiry. District 12, which includes St. Ignatius, ly excluded religious youth homes. Years Department of Justice Investigations after serving in the Legislature, Windham Bureau Chief John Strandell says he’s confisigned on to help them sound the alarm. “There are basic standards of care for began hearing stories from former dent Lake County is capable of dealing with children with emotional and psychological Pinehaven residents about alleged abuse. its own affairs, though the department is problems, and they’re not being met,” The assertions troubled Windham, and willing to intervene if asked. prompted her last spring to launch her own Windham says. “It depends on Lake County officials,” She describes instances, corroborated investigation. Strandell says. by written testimony, in which residents “What I have learned,” says As for Windham, she’ll continue trying were frostbitten when forced to shovel Windham, who now lives in Portland, “is to expose the alleged child abuse at manure in subzero temperatures, or locked either this is a mass conspiracy and all Pinehaven until she’s satisfied that kids sent in rooms with pee buckets in an effort to these people have gotten together and there are safe. control homosexual activity. tell the same story—including past staff “I need to sleep at night,” she says. Pinehaven founder and director Bob members, two of whom I know very Larsson disputes the allegations. After 35 well—or, how sad is this that it’s just jmayrer@missoulanews.com years heading the facility, he stands by going unaddressed?”
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Intangible truth All sides fudging the numbers as budget battle looms The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes is remembered all these centuries later for his habit of walking around in the middle of the day carrying a lantern. When people asked him what he was doing, he’d reply: “I’m looking for an honest man.” Well, fellow Montanans, the second half of the 2011 Legislature started this week and the battle royale between Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate over the budget for the next biennium is about to explode. We should remember Diogenes, because finding the truth in the coming gusher of political rhetoric won’t be easy. As most Montanans know, the Republicans and the governor have a very basic disagreement on whether or not Schweitzer’s budget is balanced. Since the Montana Constitution requires that expenditures cannot exceed projected revenues, the seminal questions are: “How much money is state government likely to bring in between now and 2014?” and “How much can government spend?” The job of coming up with revenue projections lies fully in the Legislature’s purview. But Schweitzer is spitting mad that Republicans want to cut government spending to 2009 levels because they don’t believe there will be as much future money as the Budget Office says. Schweitzer has not been subtle about this disagreement, saying the Legislature’s projections are always wrong. For their part, legislators feel the same way about Schweitzer’s rosy revenue outlook, with Walter McNutt, the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, telling reporters this week: “We definitely were not enamored of the governor’s budget.” Especially troubling for McNutt, who hails from Sidney, are the many fund transfers Schweitzer’s budget relied upon to achieve what the governor calls “balance.” In particular, McNutt and his fellow Republicans from eastern Montana do not support Schweitzer’s plan to take oil and gas revenue away from rural areas and spend it on education statewide. Actually, that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, since eastern Montana schools have struggled for years to provide a quality education, as mandated by the state constitution, while relying on a sparse and widely scattered populace for its tax base. The discovery of massive oil and gas reserves in the Bakken Formation has sparked a boom in production, resulting in millions of dollars flowing to local coffers. Schweitzer says they ought to be divvying up the windfall with the rest of the state. But Republicans, like most Montanans, know well the “boom and bust” of resource
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extraction cycles and believe it behooves them to just hang on to their bucks for the inevitable downturn. As McNutt put it, he has “heartburn” over Schweitzer’s “raid of rural Montana’s money.” While in Washington, D.C., last week for the National Governor’s Conference, Schweitzer told reporters there was “money in the bank” to cover his budgetary
“willMontanans hear much about whose budget does what in the next two months. Unfortunately, sorting out the truth will be difficult, and determining the consequences of the disparate plans will rest only on
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priorities. In an interview with Montana Public Radio, Schweitzer pointedly said if Republicans reduced his proposed spending, it would translate into higher property taxes for Montanans because the cuts to education funding would have to be backfilled by local taxpayers. But Schweitzer’s projected consequences rely on his version of the truth. In reality, the governor’s proposed transfer of tens of millions of dollars from the Treasure State Endowment Program (TSEP) will do the same thing—take money that was slated for local infrastructure maintenance and improvement projects for towns all across Montana and toss it in the general fund.
The need for those infrastructure projects, which range from drinking water and sewage treatment plants to bridges and solid waste systems, is real. Localities submit detailed applications for the grants and the projects are then competitively ranked statewide. Those with the greatest need and that give the greatest benefit were slated to receive the tens of millions of dollars the governor wants to transfer to the general fund to balance his budget. Without the TSEP dollars, the financial burden of the infrastructure projects falls on local taxpayers, resulting in higher taxes. Montanans will hear much about whose budget does what in the next two months. Unfortunately, sorting out the truth will be difficult, and determining the consequences of the disparate plans will rest only on prognostications. As citizens nationwide now realize, sometimes predicting the future is not quite as reliable as some economists, bankers and politicians would have us believe. Only a few years ago, who could have predicted that the federal government would bail out Wall Street, automotive giants, banks and insurance conglomerates with taxpayer dollars—or the depth of the recession and the flood of foreclosures that would result? Can we now trust these same people to accurately predict our fiscal future? The governor says Montana’s commodity prices are at “all time highs” and, for at least some commodities, he’s correct. Cattle and wheat are rocking, but natural gas is at its lowest level in years and lumber remains deeply depressed with no great hope on the horizon with the housing market still in the doldrums. Tourism projections are, as usual, rosy thanks to our two great national parks, our incredible wilderness and Montana’s entire spectrum of natural amenities. But as we’re now witnessing, political turmoil in the Middle East has already caused world oil prices to skyrocket, leading to gas prices nearing $4 a gallon in some areas. No one really knows what the totality of the fallout will be. With consumers holding tight to their wallets, that drive to Montana just might be out of the question if gas hits $5 a gallon. Like Diogenes, we’ll all be “looking for an honest man” in the coming months. Diogenes founded the philosophy of Cynicism, which openly questioned the “truths” of his age. We would be well advised to do the same. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.
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Climate culpability Missing the subdivisions for the trees by Sarah Gilman
At first it’s hard to tell what we’re looking at. The tiny plane bumps and bounces through turbulence that warns of a winter storm. Beyond the window, rolling mountains spread east from Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, their trees flocked in fresh snow. In the valleys, subdivisions scrawl in weird loops over the winter-locked landscape. And then I see it: The unmistakable rust of beetle-kill peeking from beneath all that white. The other passengers in the plane—mostly reporters—are silent as Ecoflight pilot Bruce Gordon tells how much closer large-scale infestations of the bug have gotten to the valley, home of the resort towns of Aspen and Snowmass. And indeed they have. Helped along by warmer winters and drought, they’ve crept ever westward from hard-hit areas in the northern part of the state and left a grand total of four million acres of trees dead in Wyoming and Colorado as of last year. Similarly dire stories resounded later that day at the main event, “Forests at Risk: Climate Change and the future of the American West,” a symposium with an allstar list of speakers put on in Aspen by For the Forest, a local nonprofit. Forest Service plant pathologist Jim Worrall informed the audience of several hundred people that outbreaks of Sudden Aspen Decline, or SAD, triggered by deep drought at the beginning of the decade, have killed off 17 percent of Colorado’s aspens to date, and that as climate change progresses, we can expect that at least two thirds of the 16 million acres now suitable for aspen in Colorado and Wyoming will no longer be so by 2060. University of Montana professor of forest entomology and pathology Diana Six explained how warmer temperatures have allowed bark beetles to shorten their lifecycle from two years to one and go into reproductive overdrive, increasing their lethal spread accordingly. In white bark pines, an important food source for grizzly bears, the bugs move so fast—three years to the typical seven it takes for them to kill a lodgepole—that study sites are unrecognizable from one year to the next. Meanwhile, U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Phillip van Mantgem delivered the grim news that tree mortality is increasing—and doubling over an 18-year
period—in step with increasing temperatures and decreasing moisture in 87 percent of surveyed older forests in the West. And it’s not just in this country, said USGS research ecologist Craig Allen, as he showed images of dead and dying trees in Spain, Algeria, Australia and Canada.
No one “ points the finger back at us—at our insatiable appetite for energy, be it “dirty” or “clean;” at our use and over-use of resources—land, water, timber— regardless of our political affiliations or whether we’re global-warming
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Capping the conference was Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. Not surprisingly, his message was apocalyptic: “This is a forest issue. It is a political issue. It’s an economic issue. It’s a national security issue. It’s a jobs issue. But at the bottom, it is a moral issue, and we have to be a generation willing to stand up and do the right thing.”
As the audience rose to give him a standing ovation, I thought about what that right thing might be. Earlier in the day we’d heard about a collaborative effort to stop the spread of the beetle on Smuggler Mountain, a popular recreation spot just outside of Aspen. The Forest Service, Pitkin County, the city of Aspen and For the Forest have been working to remove beetle brood trees and treat whole stands with the beetlerepelling pheromone verbenone. After just two summers, the project is showing some success. Aspen has tried to lead in other ways, including through its Canary Initiative, an effort to slice local greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. Elected officials at the conference also praised startup initiatives that link clean biomass energy with logging sick trees. But the conversation was lacking in one glaring way—especially given the event’s location within striking distance of the mini-mall-sized houses peppering Red Mountain, the airport dominated by sleek private jets that accounts for a sizeable chunk of Aspen’s greenhouse gas emissions, the four ski resorts that draw people here from all over the world. No one pointed the finger back at us— at our insatiable appetite for energy, be it “dirty” or “clean;” at our use and over-use of resources—land, water, timber—regardless of our political affiliations or whether we’re global-warming believers. Energy efficiency and conservation got barely a nod. There was no mention of living smaller, closer to home. After the auditorium had cleared and everyone dispersed to a reception with live music and free food, a colleague snarkily dubbed the day’s proceedings “Drive For the Forest.” Thoughtful, small-scale, collaborative responses like cutting those trees on Smuggler Mountain are undoubtedly part of the solution. But beetle kill is just a symptom. Later that night, flipping back through the photos I took from the plane, it wasn’t the images of dead trees that arrested my attention. It was the subdivisions. Sarah Gilman is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado, where she is the magazine’s associate editor.
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If you’re a locavore or a foodie, you’ll want to head over to the west side of town on Saturday. Here’s why: The Missoula Community Food Co-op—one of six working member food cooperatives in the country—is throwing a party to celebrate its newly expanded digs. But before I get to the bash, here’s a little background. The co-op first originated as a buying club, was legally incorporated in 2007, and is modeled after the member owned and operated Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn, New York. Its stated mission is to provide and promote “affordable access to local and healthful food while creating a vibrant forum for broadening community awareness and fostering collective creativity.”
FRIDAY MARCH 4 Celebrate half a century of service when The Western Montana Returned Peace Corps Volunteers hosts the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary celebration, which features photos and memories of service, from 5–8 PM at Liquid Planet, 223 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Do your part to offer a family a place to stay when their child is in the hospital during the Red Shoe Ball, a fundraiser for Missoula’s Ronald McDonald House that features cocktails, dinner, an auction and a dance starting at 6 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. Ticket prices vary from $50 for walk-ins to $1000 for a table of eight. Visit redshoeball.com for tickets or call 541-7646. Bid on some sweet items including gift certificates, art, vacation rentals and more in order to benefit YWCA’s Pathways Program when the UM School of Law’s Women’s Law Caucus presents its annual silent auction, which runs from 6–8:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. Includes entertainment, refreshments and appetizers. Free. Call 243-4311.
SATURDAY MARCH 5 Missoulians who make under $49,000 per year are eligible to get free tax preparation and e-filing from qualified volunteers as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which offers tax assistance every Sat. until March 12 from 9 AM–4 PM in Room 119 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Visit irs.gov and search “VITA” to find a list of info to bring along. Help out Meals on Wheels during the Meals at the Mall Celebration, which runs from 10 AM–9 PM at Southgate Mall, 2901 Brooks St., and is a fundraiser for the organization whereby a portion of proceeds from each meal served at places including Bob’s Pizza Plus, Caffe Dolce and Dairy Queen goes to the organization. Visit missoulaagingservices.org/march-for-meals.html for details. Sip on some vino and learn about a local literary organization when the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, hosts a nonprofit night featuring the Missoula Writing Collaborative, from 5–9 PM. Ten Spoon will donate 25 cents per flight, 75 cents per glass and $1 per bottle sold to the organization. Free. Call 549-8703. Lend your support to the Flagship Program during the 10th annual Fiesta for Flagship, which features live and silent auctions and other entertainment, and begins
Saturday’s festivities kick off with a public shop from 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., offering a chance to peruse and purchase goods from the co-op’s store. At 1 p.m., merriment ensues with a ribbon cutting ceremony, tours of the facility, family-friendly activities and a musical jam session. Then when 6 p.m. rolls around, you can fill up on sandwiches and libations while shaking your hips to tunes from Bob Wire, Broken Valley Roadshow and Wet Jangles. –Ira Sather-Olson The Missoula Community Food Co-op’s grand opening celebration is Sat., March 5, with activities from 1–10 PM at t h e C o - o p , 15 0 0 B u r n s S t . F r e e . V i s i t missoulafoodcoop.com
at 6 PM at the Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. $50/$90 per couple. Get tickets at the door, online at flagshipprogram.org or by calling 532-9825.
MONDAY MARCH 7 The Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St., hosts Local Foods Commerce Day, an event for producers, distributors, processers and buyers of local food that meets from 12:30–5:30 PM. $25/$15 members. Call 222-0370 for more info and visit westernsustainabilityexchange.org. Support a local institution that keeps your child’s mind busy and their bodies active when Scotty’s Table, 131 S. Higgins Ave. Unit P3, hosts a First Monday dinner fundraiser for the Families First Children’s Museum, where you can get a locally made burger plus fries and a brew for $15, from 5–8:30 PM. A portion of proceeds is given to the museum. Call 721-7690.
TUESDAY MARCH 8 Join your sisters in celebration during the International Women’s Day Rally, which begins at noon on the lawn of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway St., and features the program “Our History is Our Strength: A Century of Montana Women’s Contributions.” Free. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts “YWCA Tuesday Night Support Groups,” which includes “The Living Peace Support Group” for women who want to continue to heal through mindfulness, connection with others and explorations of topics including new tools for living, plus a domestic violence talking circle and a Native American women’s group, which all meet for dinner and fellowship every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. Free. Call 543-6691. Hang with some patriots when the Missoula Patriots meet for a potluck at 6 PM, followed by a meeting at 7 PM with the program “Survival Skills and Food Preservation in the Event of a Natural Disaster,” all at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane. Free. E-mail zibec@q.com.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 UM hosts Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, an event where men show their commitment to ending sexual assault and relationship violence by walking a mile around the UC in high heels, starting at noon. $5 donation/free for student athletes, Greeks and campus housing residents. Call 243-6429.
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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Even though arson-for-hire suspect Ismael Ortiz, 24, wore latex gloves when he started a house fire in Titusville, Fla., police found his fingerprint, plus the finger that left it. While fleeing the scene, Ortiz “slammed his finger in the door,” Detective Jessica Edens said, “and cut the tip of his finger.” (Orlando Sentinel) Police identified Cody Wilkins, 25, as their suspect in a house burglary in Silver Spring, Md., because he left his cell phone at the scene, charging in an electrical outlet. Police learned that Wilkins, who lives nearby, had lost power during a snowstorm, prompting him to charge his phone while looting the house. He had to flee abruptly, however, when the homeowner interrupted him. (The Washington Post) ROGUE COCKS - Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, died shortly after being stabbed in the leg by a razor-sharp blade attached to the leg of a rooster that attacked him at a cockfight in Lamont, Calif. Noting roosters are drugged, mutilated and have knives and razor blades attached to their legs to make them better fighters, Kern County Public Health Director Matt Constantine said that for rescued birds, rehabilitation is “a real challenge.” (Bakersfield Californian)
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A fighting rooster with razor blades attached to its legs slashed its owner’s throat in India after owner Singrai Soren tried to force it back into the ring too soon. Roosters are usually given at least an hour’s break between fights, “but Soren wanted the rooster to go to the ring within a few minutes of its first fight,” said a witness, identified as Dasai. “The rooster tried to get away from the ring several times, but Soren pushed it into the ring repeatedly. This upset it, and it attacked Soren.” (Britain’s Daily Mail) OVERSEAS HOMELAND INSECURITY - U.S. service members and their families stationed at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa are accepting money from local companies to bring tourists onto the base, despite warnings that this activity is against the rules and poses a security threat. Companies such as American Pro and Friends Abroad International Cultural Exchange sell trips that offer American cultural experiences to students on mainland Japan, Kadena military officials said. The companies recruit mostly military spouses to host the visiting students for a day and sponsor tours of military facilities. “When sponsors sign somebody onto the installation without knowing their intentions or motivations, it puts the whole of Kadena at risk,” Air Force official Ed Gulick said. (Stars and Stripes) SNOW DAZE - Police investigating a disturbance at a housing project in Norwalk, Conn., reported that Clara Nelson, 53, and her daughter, Cristalle Nelson, 31, had just finished digging out their car, when Sheryl Rogers, 35, and her 16-year-old son, began shoveling and tossing snow where the Nelsons already cleared. As the two families argued, Cristalle Nelson hit Rogers over the head with her shovel. Rogers’s son tried to hit Cristalle but missed and struck Clara Nelson instead. Police charged Cristalle Nelson and the son with assault. (Stamford Advocate) Authorities accused Leo J. Powers, 23, of making bombs at his former residence in Abington, Mass., and using them to clear snow so he wouldn’t have to shovel. Noting that Powers had been blowing up snow banks for some time, Police Chief David Majenski said investigators who searched the home discovered a container filled with “military-grade ammunition and other stuff, including powders of some sort.” (Quincy’s The Patriot Ledger) Veteran alpine skier Roland Fleck, 78, was arrested for skiing uphill at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. After informing Fleck that skiing uphill was against Wyoming law and repeatedly ordering him to “ski properly,” seven ski patrollers and two deputies spent 3.5 hours trying to stop Fleck before finally handcuffing him and tobogganing him off the slopes. (The Jackson Hole News & Guide) LEAVE ILL ENOUGH ALONE - When an unrecognizable woman became an Internet sensation after surveillance video at a shopping mall in Berks County, Pa., showed her falling into a fountain while texting, Cathy A. Cruz Marrero, 49, willingly identified herself to news reporters as the klutz. She also demanded an apology from mall security officers for releasing the video. Reporters recognized Marrero when she showed up days later in Berks County Court on an earlier criminal charge for unauthorized credit-card use. They checked court records and learned Marrero has multiple charges for retail theft and one for hit-and-run. After her rap sheet became public, Marrero insisted she only came forward in the first place to remind the public of the dangers of texting while walking. (Reading Eagle) ODD ENDINGS - Alexander Lawrence Jay, 40, committed suicide while alone in his cell at Oregon’s Washington County Jail, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Stimler, by using a jail-issued pencil to stab himself in the arm and hit an artery. (Portland’s The Oregonian) British tree surgeon Adam Baldock, 27, died while trimming a tree that turned on him in Mitcham, Surrey. “It seems he was trying to cut a branch,” a police official said, “and it pushed the chain saw back at him.” The industrial saw cut into his neck and shoulder. (Britain’s Daily Mail) PROVOCATIVE PROPOSALS - Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer introduced a bill to designate a semiautomatic pistol as the state’s official gun, joining the state’s official cooking pot and 23 other state symbols. Wimmer told the House Political Subdivisions Committee that the Browning M1911 would honor its inventor, Utah native John Browning. He explained he chose the M1911 instead of another Browning gun because it’s widely used by the military, police officers and private citizens and “has defended American values and the traditions of this country for 100 years.” (Associated Press) A cash-strapped British council proposed heating a community swimming pool by using furnaces at a nearby crematorium. Instead of heat from the incinerators at the Borough of Redditch Cemeteries & Crematorium going up the chimney, Carole Gandy, head of the Redditch Borough Council, declared that the measure “will save the authority money and, in the long-term, save energy, which is what we’re all being told we should do.” (Britain’s The Telegraph) FOX IN THE HENHOUSE - Police who arrested Courtney Bowles, 31, for having sex with a 16-yearold male student in Loveland, Colo., noted that Bowles was an “instructional coach” at Mountain View High School whose role was teaching teachers at the school about keeping a professional distance between them and their students. (Denver’s KDVR-TV)
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE The 2011 Legislature has taken aim at drunk driving. But Montana’s drinking culture may be too much for lawmakers to take down. by Alex Sakariassen • photos by Chad Harder
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he sign behind the bar at Miller’s Crossing on Park Avenue in Helena clearly states the watering hole’s right to refuse service to anyone who appears intoxicated. And on a recent Friday night, it’s a right seven-year bartender Eric Blewett isn’t afraid to enforce. Some of his patrons appear just a few drinks away from the slurred speech and shuffling demeanor that signal an altered state of mind. Perhaps they have designated drivers or plan on walking, Blewett says, but better he cuts them short and calls a cab than risk them navigating the road home impaired. “I’m all for not having people out drunk on the roads,” Blewett says. “That’s the last thing I want. My goal is to let people come down, have a fun time with us and get home safe.” Tonight that includes a throng of state legislators, lobbyists, legislative aides and members of the press. The majority of those at the bar have arrived to unwind after a grueling week of committee hearings and testimony, and to brace themselves for a Saturday morning dominated by floor sessions and votes. Tables
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and booths are crammed with a who’s who of prominent political figures, from freshman legislators to Republican heavy-hitters—too many to run down name by name. This scene isn’t unlike the packed confines of the Kettlehouse or Sean Kelly’s, where the five o’clock bell ushers in a sea of post-work shop-talk, friendly debate and casual griping. Conversation starts and ends with a pitcher of beer or a gin and tonic; libation is very much the means of relaxation. But there’s a palpable sense of self-discipline here. With so many at Miller’s tied closely to the glut of DUI bills now cycling through the Montana Legislature, the pressure to adhere to legal limits and safe drinking seems concentrated. That’s not to say the party isn’t going strong. It’s every bit a slice of Montana’s after-hours culture. “I think people who don’t know them have this mystique, like, ‘Oh, they’re legislators,’” Blewett says. “But they’re really good at—if one of them is going to drink—making sure they have a driver. They’re like us.” The atmosphere isn’t confined to Miller’s either. Popular Helena haunts like Blackfoot Brewing, the
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Windbag, Jorgenson’s Restaurant and Lounge and the Silver Star Steak Company all draw the Capitol crowd. The legislative session’s nightlife serves as something of a legend in Montana; Gov. Brian Schweitzer went so far as to characterize the state’s lawmakers as “the biggest boozers” last December, citing a 24 percent spike in alcohol sales in Helena recorded by the Department of Revenue during the 2009 session. Legislators rankled at Schweitzer’s seeming disrespect. Rep. Walter McNutt, R-Sidney, called the governor’s comment a “pretty cheap shot.” Others loudly defended their presence in Helena as an effort to do good work on behalf of their constituents. But the Department of Revenue’s data—and the crowded nature of Helena bars throughout the session—appear to support Schweitzer’s statement. The need for a multi-layered crackdown on DUI offenses in Montana is widely recognized; many state lawmakers believe it may be one of the only issues this session that transcends the party divide. Montana has ranked among the worst states in the nation for DUI convictions and DUI-related traffic fatalities for decades.
According to data from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), the state has maintained a roadside fatality rate above the national average since 1966. In 2009, 69 percent of all roadside fatalities resulted from one-vehicle accidents, and 10.2 percent of those crashes involved alcohol or drugs. The staggering statistics prompted the last Montana Legislature to order an interim study on what lawmakers could do to curb drunk driving. Yet the Legislature itself has over the years displayed a fairly troubling track record for alcohol abuses, in and out of session. Only this January, Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, was caught with an open container of red beer outside Missoula while driving home from Helena. The state’s lawmakers—just like the state’s citizens—aren’t all saints when it comes to drinking and driving. “I think it just shows that we’re a pretty good cross-section or slice of humanity for Montana here,” says Sen. Larry Jent, D-Bozeman. “You get 150 people and have them spend four months here, it’s like a medium-sized high school.”
in response to an up-tick in the Indeed, at least seven of the DUI number of roadside refusals. bills introduced this session are City and county attorneys in the directed at repeat offenders, who Bitterroot Valley defended the constituted 32 percent of all DUI conlaw against questions of legality. victions in 2009. Among the proposMere months later, the Missoula als is House Bill 299, sponsored by City Council debated its own Rep. Kristin Hansen, R-Havre. The proposal to criminalize breath legislation would rewrite Montana test refusal, and the emergency law to make a third DUI a felony ordinance passed May 10, 2010, offense. Of the 201 incarcerated DUI with Councilman Jon Wilkins felons surveyed for a UMsocial work casting the only opposing vote. study in 2009, roughly half said such Western Montana’s locala move would deter drunk drivers ized initiatives set the stage for a from repeating their actions. bill introduced this session to Hansen’s goal is to use an earlier make it illegal to decline a felony conviction to get patterned breath test. The proposal hit offenders into treatment through repeated snags during the LJIC’s daily alcohol checks and enforced deliberations, however, and the sobriety—tying HB 299 directly into Senate Judiciary Committee offithe Legislature’s current push to cially killed Senate Bill 308 on establish a permanent 24/7 sobriety Feb. 18. Shockley maintains that project for impaired drivers through his pitch to fast-track warrants House Bill 106. gets around the concerns that “I’m hoping with 24/7 treatment led to SB 308’s failure. and some of the other programs that “The issue that law enforcethird [DUIs] will go down,” Hansen ment has is that [drunk drivers] says. “If we can treat people, the won’t cooperate, they won’t do number of fourths should go down.” Not all of the session’s attempts Rep. Kristin Hansen, R-Havre, has introduced a bill this session to make a the exercises, and they won’t to combat drunk driving are so third DUI offense in Montana a felony. Hansen says the move could help provide a breath sample,” Shockley says. “This gets around straightforward, however. Shockley interrupt the pattern of behavior that leads to repeat drunk drivers. those problems, and it gets has sponsored Senate Bill 42 in the “The multiple offenders, the first time [they get around them in a constitutional way.” hopes of making it easier for law enforcement officers As much as the state has stressed a need to comto get warrants for breath, blood and urine samples charged] they smarten up and then they won’t blow from drivers. Montana does have an implied consent again,” Shockley says. “It’s hard to get enough evi- bat DUI, legislators aren’t entirely united on how to law, which states that the act of getting a driver’s dence…The defendant, the suspect, has his rights and address the problem. Jent credits Montana’s troubling license is tantamount to agreeing to drug or alcohol one of his rights is not to blow. It comes up every year, statistics to an ingrained risk-taking culture—the same testing. But Montanans still hold the right to refuse to ‘Let’s criminalize not blowing.’ Well, that’s criminalizing attitude, he says, that drivers display when they refuse undergo field sobriety checks; according to the your Fourth Amendment right not to have your body to wear seatbelts. Hansen agrees, pointing to alcohol’s Montana Department of Justice, 3,000 DUI offenders searched without a warrant. So I got to thinking, why prominence in pop culture and Super Bowl commerrefused to blow in 2010—the highest figure in state don’t we get a warrant? Senate Bill 42 sets up a proce- cials as having a profound impact on youth. Shockley, history. Efforts to criminalize breath test refusal at dure so the police can get a warrant over the telephone.” on the other hand, doesn’t know if he buys the culture Last spring, the city of Darby established a $500 excuse. Even if the argument did have validity, he says, local levels have been roundly rejected as unconstitupenalty for drivers refusing to submit to a breath test it’s not the Legislature’s responsibility to alter the cititional on the basis of the Fourth Amendment. zen mindset. “We’re not about culture, we’re about the law,” Shockley says. “We reflect the culture, we don’t change the culture.”
Montana boasts some of the most disquieting DUI statistics in the nation. In 2009 alone, 105 of the state’s 221 traffic fatalities were linked to drunk driving, the third highest rate in the country. Law enforcement officers arrested 4,373 impaired drivers that year. The estimated economic impact of alcohol abuse to the state of Montana rests around $500 million annually, according to an unprecedented study conducted in 2009 by the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a 30year-old national nonprofit dedicated to combating alcohol abuse, regularly ranks Montana among the 10 worst states in the nation for DUI-related offenses and fatalities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration named Montana the deadliest state in the country for drunk driving accidents in 2008, with a fatality rate more than double the national average; that distinction came despite a decline in the DUI death rate from 2007. Many of those taking their own lives and the lives of others in hand have already established a pattern of behavior when it comes to drinking and driving. “If a person gets a first DUI, the chances are six out of seven that they won’t ever get a second,” Jent says, citing figures compiled by the Legislature’s Law and Justice Interim Committee (LJIC). “But if that person does get a second DUI, it’s almost inevitable they’ll get a third and maybe fourth.” Compared to the statistics, Montana’s DUI laws equate to what law enforcement officers and judges agree is little more than a slap on the wrist. First DUI charges bring a minimum of 24 hours in jail, $300 in fines, a six-month driver’s license suspension and mandatory chemical dependency courses. Driving under the influence becomes a felony only on the fourth charge, with a maximum of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines. But those penalties clearly aren’t motivating drunk drivers to change their ways; headlines across Montana in the past year have featured offenders facing their 10th, 11th and even 12th DUI conviction. The Legislature cast a wide net last year to treat the state’s drunk driving epidemic. In response to hearings, studies and testimony conducted in 2009 and 2010, the LJIC issued a 14-bill recommendation package for the 2011 Legislature. While a majority of those were aimed at revising current criminal procedures and strengthening DUI treatment and prevention, several sought to combat future DUI problems by cracking down on underage drinkers. All of those bills and more made it to the current session, but several have already failed in various committees. One of the session’s most promising LJICrequested bills, Senate Bill 15, would add a misdemeanor aggravated DUI charge to Montana’s law books. Under the proposed change, drunk drivers with a recent DUI charge or with a blood-alcohol content of at least 0.20 would face increased jail time and fines for their offense. Jent, the bill’s sponsor, believes SB 15 takes the crackdown right where it needs to go: to the repeat offender. “The problem that we focused on was basically the career drunk driver, the chronic drunk driver, the guy that does it again and again, because those were the people that were causing the fatal wrecks,” Jent says. “We have a dubi- Among the numerous DUI-related bills introduced during the 2011 Montana Legislature is an ous distinction, statistically, of being number attempt to speed-up the process by which police can get warrants for blood or breath samples. one or close to it. So we looked at who these The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, was ticketed for an open container violation in January while driving home from Helena. people were.”
On Jan. 14, an off-duty Missoula County Sheriff ’s deputy spotted Shockley on Interstate 90 with an open can of red beer—a mixture of beer, clam juice and tomato juice. Shockley reportedly passed a field sobriety test, blowing a 0.03, but the open container citation was enough to induce Shockley to step down from his position as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He later described the incident as “embarrassing;” Shockley voted against the bill in the 2005 Legislature that established Montana’s open container ban. Some legislators at Miller’s have now taken to calling red beer a “Shockley.” The Montana Legislature’s history with DUI is long and well documented, indicating that even elected officials aren’t above the pervasive culture of alcohol abuse. Shockley is far from the first to get popped; former Kalispell Sen. Greg Barkus made headlines in August 2009 for his role in a drunken boating accident on Flathead Lake. Barkus, whose BAC registered nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08, crashed a speedboat into the rocks along the lake’s shoreline after attending a party at a Lakeside restaurant. All five passengers, including U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, were injured. Rehberg staffer Dustin Frost remained in a coma at Kalispell Regional Medical Center for 10 days.
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had they faced more stringent punishments on their first DUI, they might not have reached their third, fourth or fifth conviction. That’s why Ibsen supports legislative attempts like Hansen’s that seek to curb drunk driving early on; a binder on his windowsill contains copies of scores of bills from the session, complete with status notes he updates as often as possible. But the lengthier jail-times and alternative treatment options now being discussed aren’t going to solve the problem on their own, Ibsen says. “Somewhere along the line society has to figure out a way to collectively say, ‘You as the drunk driver, you are a pariah,’” Ibsen says. “How many times when you were a teenager did you know friends who went out, got hammer drunk, got home and called you in the morning to say, ‘God dang, I got so drunk last night. I don’t even remember how I got home’? And everybody laughs and jokes about it because they made it home. We need society to get to a point where when your buddy calls you and says that, you say, ‘You dirty, rotten SOB. How could you do that?’ And basically shun them.” Partly to that end, Missoula County Justice of the Peace Karen Orzech has committed herself to holding DUI offenders responsible for their actions. She speaks of drunk driving as a side-effect of addiction, and as a result feels that only a sober mind can produce a turnaround in attitude. That doesn’t come from forced sobriety over a few days, Orzech says, but rather from close legal supervision for a period of months. “Ultimately, jail doesn’t change behavior,” Orzech says. “As a judge, generally when somebody goes to jail it’s for a short time to make an impression or it’s for a Montana repeatedly ranks among the 10 worst states in the U.S. for DUI convictions and DUI-related fatalities. The culture of drinking that long time to protect the community. Jail isn’t a nice lies at the root of the epidemic is pervasive, stretching from beer-swilling summer crowds at Johnsrud Park, pictured, to the Montana place, and when people get out generally they’re not Legislature itself. better. How does jail treat an addiction? It keeps somebody from alcohol for seven days, and when they get Two years prior to Barkus’ storied accident, Sen. a breathalyzer (Walzer voluntarily submitted to a Missoula city prosecutor. The loss, Ibsen says, has out they’re going to have the same pressure, the same Scott Boggio, R-Red Lodge, was arrested for DUI in breath test when pulled over). She refused to step made DUI enforcement a significantly more personal no-job situation, all the same reasons they drink.” Helena in the midst of the 2007 legislative session. down from her position, instead apologizing and vow- matter. These days, Orzech jokes, she’s known for her Boggio’s BAC registered at 0.14 percent, and his pas- ing to continue her work for the city. “Up until that time, I thought that I understood harshness in enforcing DUI penalties. And like others, senger at the time—Rep. Elsie Arntzen, R-Billings—was The incident goes to show just how pervasive the the feelings of the victims’ families and the victims,” she notes a professional turning point in her career a member of the Yellowstone County DUI Task Force. DUI problem in Montana has become. Ibsen says. “All of a sudden we find we aren’t immune that led to such a fierce stance against DUI. It’s a story They’d borrowed the vehicle from a third legislator, “A lot of folks still think the roads are she’s never shared before, she says, but one Rep. Harry Klock, R-Harlowton. theirs and they can do anything they want,” that illustrates how personal Montana’s DUI Perhaps the most troubling DUI tragedy to come says Missoula County Sheriff Carl Ibsen. “‘By culture can become for those charged with out of the Legislature in the past decade occurred in God, this is our drinking state.’ So I think we upholding the law. August 2001 when Shane Hedges, former policy direc- may have a bit more of a percentage-wise dif“There’s a moment,” she says. “Many, tor for Gov. Judy Martz, killed House Majority Leader ficulty with it than other areas…I would many years ago, I had a young girl on her first Paul Sliter, R-Somers, in a late-night car crash outside speculate that well over half, maybe as much DUI. She told me she was going to Florida for Helena. Medical records from the Montana as three quarters, of what we do as cops has treatment, and I believed her. But she didn’t Department of Justice reveal Hedges had been driving some relationship to drinking—obviously go to Florida for treatment. She went across with a BAC of 0.15 percent, and Sliter’s BAC was drinking and driving, a lot of our wrecks. It’s the state, and she got her second DUI, and she posthumously recorded at 0.16 percent. Witness testi- pretty rare you go to problems at bars where killed somebody. That’s when it changed it for mony later indicated the two had spent the evening they haven’t been drinking, pretty rare you me, and that happened about 10 years ago. I drinking at Marysville House, a steak restaurant 25 go to family beefs where they haven’t been said to myself, ‘I have to do a better job as a miles from Helena. drinking.” judge. I have to make sure people are moniSliter’s death generated a nationwide media Tragic DUI stories hit close to home in tored. It’s my responsibility to keep this comstorm unlike Montana’s more recent Legislature- Missoula County—far away from the buzz munity safe.’…That’s why I do what I do.” related DUI cases. Articles in The New York Times of the session. Officials have long recognized Orzech succeeded last September in and The Denver Post linked Martz to a suspected the need for a harder approach to drunk launching a separate DUI court in Missoula Photo by Cathrine L. Walters cover-up, and Martz admitted months later that she driving. Spurred by personal experience, County. Judges across Montana already have a had washed Hedges’ bloody clothes when he locals have dedicated themselves to a Missoula County Justice of the Peace Karen Orzech esti- number of tools at their disposal, such as arrived at the governor’s residence immediately daily battle against alcohol abuse on our mates she’s seen 1,800 DUI cases in her courtroom during sweat-monitoring SCRAM bracelets or vehicle her 12-year career. after the accident. She claimed she had no idea roads. interlock devices, that allow for round-theuntil days later that the clothes were evidence. Ibsen, a 39-year veteran of law enforceclock supervision. Orzech says she even goes Police reports even cite possible evidence tamper- ment in Missoula, campaigned hard for sheriff last year and our families aren’t immune, because it puts a real so far as to correspond with DUI offenders she’s seen ing at the crime scene involving a number of beer on the premise of taking a stronger stand against DUI. picture on it…It puts a more personal face on it, it in court in the past, making sure they’re staying sober. cans and bottles. A Montana arrest record is now tacked above his desk really does.” But the specialized court allows her to keep closer tabs Even Missoula’s local government officials have in the county courthouse, a personal reminder of why Ibsen doesn’t mask the fact that he feels on the advancement of the offenders she sees, something of a tarnished record. In late February he’s focused his office’s efforts on drinking and driv- Montana’s laws are inadequate. Moreover, he’s heard or “plant seeds” for a widespread cultural change, 2010, local police arrested City Councilwoman Pam ing. The man pictured is David James Bugni, a Butte directly from felony DUI offenders that the current as she puts it. To date, the court has graduated four Walzer, a Democrat from Ward 2, for driving with a resident arrested in September 2009 for causing a fatal penalties don’t do enough to prevent drunk drivers convicted DUI offenders with nine other members BAC of 0.08. Walzer’s DUI came at the most inoppor- car wreck on Interstate 90 while under the influence from developing a pattern of behavior. Members of the meeting regularly with court officials. Orzech tune time, as the council had only recently begun dis- of alcohol. The woman Bugni later pleaded guilty to state’s six-month Warm Springs Addictions Treatment hopes those graduates have managed to reach a turncussing stricter DUI laws including a fine for refusing killing was Judy Wang, Ibsen’s wife and an influential and Change (WATCh) Program have told Ibsen that around point.
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“We just had a graduate the other day, a young girl who’s been in my court for years and really has an issue with alcohol,” Orzech says. “She’s been to treatment, she’s been sober [for over a year] and she’s moving up in her job. We had a chocolate cake with ice cream for her in court. All of us talked and cut the cake, talked about what progress everybody’s making. She’s on her own now, and we’ll see.” In her 12-year career, Orzech estimates she’s seen 1,800 DUI cases in court. But she does feel an attitude change is imminent for Montana. Whether that comes from her courtroom or from the Legislature’s ongoing efforts to enact stricter policies, she doesn’t feel she’s in a position to say. Regardless of what happens in Helena, Orzech plans to continue the DUI fight as she sees fit. “What I see the Legislature doing is just providing me with tools I can use to hold people accountable,” Orzech says. “If they pass some laws that are good tools, I’ll use them. If they pass some laws that are not so good tools, I won’t use them. And if they pass laws that are unconstitutional, if it should come to my attention I’ll declare them unconstitutional. That’s my job as a judge. Whatever they do over there in Helena, they will do. Whatever I do here in Missoula to hold people accountable, I will do my best with what I have.”
The fact that some of the highest profile examples of alcohol abuse come from the Legislature’s own membership serves to underscore the importance of a statewide change in attitude, whether or not individuals like Shockley agree there’s a cultural component. But those taking their cracks at penalty enhancement
admit it will take more than increasingly harsh laws to turn that attitude around. “Unfortunately, a lot of the DUI bills are in some way after the fact,” Hansen says. “They are punishments, they are a ‘what do we do to people who won’t change their own culture?’ But I think the Legislature taking a real hard look at this issue will start a broader discussion on changing that culture.” Jent sees significant promise in strengthening treatment options. During the interim committee’s review of the epidemic, he says, legislators found that fourth DUI offenders going through the WATCh Program weren’t getting fifths, something he believes is a strong indicator of success in curbing repeat DUI behavior. The 24/7 sobriety program bill, carried by Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell, won popular support in the House in late January and now rests before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The issue remains at the forefront of Blewett’s mind as the clock ticks toward closing and the crowd at Miller’s continues to indulge. Yes, the bar gets “substantially busier” during the session, he says. And some of Montana’s legislative officials may be in an altered state of mind on this particular evening. But they’re adults, and as such are able to make their own decisions on the basis of experience or responsibility. Each, as a legislator, understands the potential ramifications a legislature-linked alcohol charge will have during this particular session. The issue is now under such an extreme microscope that any misstep in judgment means damage not just to personal reputations but to political progress; Shockley recognized the fact after his open container ticket, and promptly forfeited his leadership position on the very Senate committee responsible for reviewing this session’s DUI proposals.
Helena bars like Jorgenson’s become a hotbed of legislative after-hours activity during the session, with Republicans and Democrats alike seeking a break from knockdown drag-out debates.
It should come as no surprise, either, that political officials descend on joints like Miller’s. Bars in Montana remain as much a public hall as county courthouses or city council chambers. They’re home to the same politically charged discussions and issue-oriented debates. There’s no problem with that, per se, as long as the dialogue continues and responsible choic-
es are made—both at closing time and the conclusion of the session. “It’s the buzz that wins,” says Jent, using an appropriate turn of phrase for the topic, “in what people think and feel.”
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When I was in college, a group of people called “scroungers” hung out by the dishwashing station, intercepting students as they dropped off their trays, politely asking, “Are you done with that lasagna?” “Mind if I finish off that brownie?” Some scrounged out of financial necessity, others for adventure and perverse glory. But most did it to help curtail the waste encouraged by the all-youcan-eat setup of the cafeteria. Ironically, the scroungers provided a buffer against the possibility of students feeling guilty for wasting food, because you could justify an overloaded tray knowing the scroungers would take care of it. So it isn’t clear any waste was prevented. And then there were the proto-foodies I called the Hippy Noodle People. Cognizant not only of the waste in the cafeteria, but also the fact that the cafeteria food sucked, they sold homemade food like noodles in peanut sauce with chopped scallions in the student union. In today’s regulatory climate the Hippy Noodle People, not to mention the scroungers, would probably be chased out. But their spirits live on in a much more sophisticated and better organized, if no less idealistic, wave of college foodies. As we’re seeing in Tunisia and Egypt, it can be easier to point out what’s wrong with a picture than to come up with a solution. But that doesn’t make a problem any less pressing. An organization called CoFed started, as many organizations do, with a movement. And like many movements, it started with a protest—in this case, against the opening of a Panda Express fast food restaurant, in 2009, in the University of California, Berkeley, student union. Adding symbolic oomph to the protest was the fact that the student union is named after Cesar Chavez, the famous labor organizer and founder of the United Farmworker’s Union. The would-be intruder, another of Panda Express’s 1,300-plus outlets, was turned away. And the students kept their momentum going by raising more than $100,000 to create the Berkeley Student Food Collective (BSFC) in late 2010. Styled like a convenience store where students can grab a quick pre-made meal or snack, BSFC is now up and running, providing clean,
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regional trainings for management teams that are carefully crafted to protect both organization and procedure from the ever-shifting winds of individual personalities. At a recent training session in Sebastapol, Calif., 30 students from 10 campuses gathered to teach and learn how to create student food collectives on their home campuses. The training was based on a newly minted, CoFed-produced manual. It’s a sophisticated document tailored to the creation of student food collectives. As Landau explains, the CoFed game plan breaks the task of opening new collectives into four focus areas: people, plan, space and money. These add up to a business plan with a “triple bottom line” of people, planet, and profit designed to empower such cooperatives to hold their own against the fast food restaurants circling for student food dollars. CoFed’s five-year plan aims for the creation of 35 student cooperatives across the country; a handful are already in place on various college campuses. While not every school is located in a climate that can support the locavore candy store that California schools can, CoFed’s principles are flexible enough to find a balance between principle and reality. “The seaPhoto by Ari LeVaux sonal local food in winter does get a little less and a founding member of CoFed. Landau considers varied in places like the Midwest,” Landau explains. himself and his fellow foodies a part of an urban, He says that in order to maintain enough diversity to academic ecosystem capable of making adjustments avoid turning off customers, food would have to be to keep itself in balance. “The best thing about shipped further to northern student food collectives in winter. “But it would still be fair trade and sustainunsustainability is that it’s unsustainable,” he says. The scroungers and the Hippy Noodle People ably produced.” The possibilities for what can happen in these where I went to college could be framed as a natural response of the ecosystem as well. But the Hippy student collectives are wide open. Student-led workNoodle People soon disbanded for other pursuits. shops on food preservation and cooking, panels of And while the scroungers kept scrounging, they did- local food movement leaders, organizing meetings n’t really accomplish anything other than saving up against the next Panda Express, all could be held in the same space where they buy an affordable, organsome extra beer money. Efforts such as the ones at my college suffer not ic salad and fair trade coffee for lunch. I can only imagine that student food collectives only from disorganization and distraction, but also from student turnover that draws away even the like the ones planned by CoFed would have distractmost dedicated and capable. But CoFed sees ed the scroungers, absorbed the Hippy Noodle turnover as an opportunity to engage a constantly People, and perhaps put my college snack bar out of renewing stream of fresh blood. And to insure business. More information on CoFed can be found at against the threats to sustainability posed by inevitable attrition, CoFed plans to eventually offer www.cofed.org. healthy, fair-trade, affordable food—with all of the produce grown within 150 miles of campus. It’s not surprising that this idea was born at Berkeley. Besides being a petri dish for left-leaning foodies, the university happens to be in a state blessed with a yearlong growing season. Believing they had an important model to share, BSFC organizers decided to package it for export to other colleges and universities. Thus the national Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive—CoFed for short— was born. “This is a natural response of the ecosystem,” says Yoni Landau, a 23-year-old recent Berkeley graduate who was part of the anti-Panda Express movement, the ensuing Berkeley Student Food Collective,
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Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and
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culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Winter Hours: 4pm - 9 pm Seven Days a Week. $$-$$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 38 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
the Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius. Family Dental Group Southgate Mall 541-2886 A dental infection or abscessed tooth can cause a person to feel tired and maybe even have other persistent flu like symptoms. It just makes sense that if one part of your body is sick, the rest of it won’t feel good either. Taking care of your teeth often improves your overall health. Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted 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 $-$$
Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - close. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. 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. $$-$$$ 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. $$-$$$ Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall • 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.
Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$
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. Chilly weather is here. Stop in, warm up, & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$.
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HAPPIESTHOUR The Dark Horse Rock reincarnation: When Tom Reed, owner of Bucks Club, passed away in 2009, the bar closed its doors. On New Year’s Eve, the space reopened as The Dark Horse, proclaiming itself as “Missoula’s Rock Bar” and exclusively bringing in hard rock and heavy metal bands. Atmosphere: While western-themed signs are still stenciled above the bathrooms from Bucks Club days, the rest of the bar has had a rock ‘n’ roll facelift. Posters of bands like Kiss and ZZ Top cover most surfaces not taken up by Jagermeister schwag, and though the jukebox offers just about everything, Korn gets a lot more play than Ke$ha. The venue has become a home base for local bands like Universal Choke Sign and Blessiddoom, as well as a spot for out-of-town groups to prove their salt before a crowd of headbangers on Fridays and Saturdays, when the leather jackets and Pantera T-shirts really come out of the woodwork. What you’re drinking: There are a few local microbrews on tap, but the beers of choice are predominantly domestics. For liquor lovers, Jagermeister reigns supreme, at $3.50 for a shot and $5 for a Jagerbomb. Who you’re drinking with: Bartender Penny Farmer, who also works in the adjacent
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country western joint The Sunrise Saloon, says the bar attracts a pretty eclectic selection of patrons, though “the country folks tend to stay on the other side.” Only a hallway separates them. Despite the disparate demographics, no real problems have occurred. “On the weekends we do keep the door [between the bars] locked,” Farmer says. Where to find it: 1805 Regent Street, adjacent to the Sunrise Saloon and next to the Elbow Room Bar. —Jed Nussbaum Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.
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pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring international & Irish pub fare as well as locally produced specials. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS. $-$$ The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m.
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NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 8 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun Wed 8-3pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming • 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
BITTERROOT Burger Shack 205 Main St., Stevensville • 777-2370 Come take a bite out of our 1/2 pound big & beefy burgers. The only burger joint in Missoula and the Bitterroot serving 100% Certified Angus Beef, hand pattied, charbroiled and made to order. We have over a dozen mouth watering specialty burgers to choose from, like the Inside Out, stuffed with creamy gorgonzola cheese and fresh chopped bacon. Or the Philly Cheesesteak made with 100% Certified Angus top sirloin - touted to be the best outside of Philly! It's not just a burger, it's a destination. The Burger Shack is open Monday - Saturday, 11:00am to 8:00pm. Also serving beer & wine. Orders to go 777-2370. $-$$ Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St., Hamilton • 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Wed - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.
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Be the change you want to see during a Peace Corps Application Seminar, which features tips, hints and guidelines for applications from 4–5:30 PM in Room 331 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call Tenly at 243-2839.
nightlife Break bread and attend the opening reception of artist Stoney Sasser’s exhibit Last Supper, which starts at 5 PM in the University Center Gallery. Free. El3-OH! rubs your dimples and squirts barley juice on your pimples when it plays Gypsy jazz at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Hang with some expert string pluckers when Him & Her (a duo featuring Travis Yost and Caroline Keys) plays tunes featuring upright bass, acoustic guitar and banjo during the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Slip into a documentary about the wrongful death of a Chinese American man and the activism that followed it when the Peace and Justice Film Series continues with a screening of Vincent Who?, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. Step back in time and witness a play about sibling rivalry, political maneuvering, and jealously, when UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org for tickets or call 243-4581. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups
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Zonked out on fun pills. From left, Teresa Waldorf, Salina Chatlain, Michael Ayers and Paul Ronaldo star in Montana Rep Missoula’s performance of Terrence McNally’s Bad Habits at the Crystal Theatre Tue., March 8–Sat., March 12 and Tue., March 15–Sat., March 19 at 7:30 PM nightly. $15 Fri.–Sat. shows/$10 Tue.–Thu. shows/$5 student rush tickets. Call 243-4581.
at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly thereafter at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. Free. E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com. Ron Dunbar raises the barstool with a set of folk and Americana at the Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 424 N. Higgins Ave., at 8 PM. Free. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.
Dream a little ethereal dream when Brookyln’s Asobi Seksu plays dream pop with a shoegaze influence at 9 PM at the Palace. Brooklyn’s BRAHMS and locals Stellarondo open. $8/$10 for those under age 21. Have a squint off when the Northern Lights get shimmery with a set of tunes at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., March 4, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit of karaoke during ladies’ night and live karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. Coax your jittery legs to do the safety dance when The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St., presents Temptation Thursday with DJ MVP, which features top 100 dance hits and begins at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing freely when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free. Pour some funk into your stein of Earl Grey tea when Britain’s The New Mastersounds plays a combo of funk, soul and jazz at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $10, with tickets at Ear Candy Music and online at seafarerentertainment.com.
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Ink some time on your schedule to check out paintings by some local tattoo artists when American Made Tattoo, 234 W. Front St., presents a First Friday opening with work by Scott Fieldhouse, Indy illustrator Rob Rez, Phil Roberson and Corey Grace, from noon–10 PM. Free. Learn how to retweak your narrative from a pro when author Rick Moody presents Rules for Revision: Fiction Craft Lecture with Rick Moody, which runs from 12:10–1 PM in Room 210 of UM’s McGill Hall. Free. Call 243-5267. The Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St., presents Every Woman Matters: Faces of Montana Women Living with Disabilities, an exhibition that features black and white portraits of 12 Montana women with physical disabilities and is featured from 12:30–4 PM. Free. Call 243-4956. Liberate those binary bits when UM hosts the The Cyberlibertarians, a colloquium with Patrick Burk of Texas A&M University that begins at 3 PM in Room 123 of the Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 243-4293. UM’s School of Law hosts the talk Constitutional Struggles in Our Nation’s Capital: Protecting Civil Liberties in the 2011 Congress, which features comments from Laura Murphy of the American Civil Liberties Union and begins at 3 PM in Room 101. Free. Peep some classic works of art when the Montana Museum of Art and Culture continues the
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exhibits Renoir, Magritee, Gauguin and other European Masterpieces from a Private Collection, and Three Centuries of European Prints from the MMAC Permanent Collection, with a First Friday opening reception from 4–6 PM, in UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-2019 and visit umt.edu/ montanamuseum.
nightlife Scan some sculptural forms within 2-D prints and atmospheric paintings depicting local skies when artists Phoebe Toland and Marvie Redmond present their respective exhibits High Impact and Skyscapes, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. A gallery talk with with Toland begins at 7 PM and a talk with Redmond begins at 7:30. Free. Call 721-0447 and visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Let your senses go south with paintings and video based on repeated trips to Mexico City when the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents Simultaneadades; Simultaneaties, a collection of work by artist R. David Wilson featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 721-3154. Tap into the underlying constructs within yourself and society during Seeing Constructs, an exhibit of wood-fired ceramics by artist Danny Crump featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St. Free. Call 728-5251 or visit the brinkgallery.com. Pajamas are always optional when you check out ace artwork that combines collage and drawing when The Artsiehorse Studio & Gallery, 137 E. Main St., presents an exhibit by local artist ladypajama titled Entangled: an installation during a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM. Free. Parch your thirst for something aesthetically pleasing when Murphy-Jubb Fine Art, 210 N. Higgins Ave., presents Arizona Desert Watercolors by Kendahl Jan Jubb, along with music by Stan Anglen and friends, during a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM. Free. Ride an aesthetic wave down to Hunter Bay Coffee, 101 E. Front St., to catch The Max Wave First Friday exhibit, which features works by Justin Ryan, Amber Bushnell and others, plus refreshments and live music, starting at 5 PM. Free. Visit themaxmissoula.org. Quit clowning around and get your honk on when Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave., presents a First Friday opening reception featuring artwork about clowns by Melanie Chord, from 5–8 PM. Free. Swing into an exhibit featuring a series of oil paintings and one gouache piece—which capture the abstract vitality in plastic figures—
when Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W., presents a First Friday opening for The Treehouse by Erika Burleigh starting at 5 PM. Free. Don’t be an aesthetic stranger and check out The Experiments, a series of scratchboard, water color, foil, acrylic, ink and graphite artworks by Karen McAlister Shimoda featuring during a First Friday opening reception at House Design Studio, 133 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 5 PM. Get lost in artistic thought when Frankie’s Mercantile, 223 W. Front St., presents Making Thoughts Stand Still, an exhibit of oil paintings by Bonnie Clark, and layered art pieces by Sean Bryers, featured during a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM. Free. Take a break from Facebook during Fresh Reflections, a series of art pieces by Elaine Davis that focuses on interpersonal relationships and the effects of modern technology, featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave. Free, with wine and cookies. Leave the magic fungi at home and trip out to some paintings, constructions, prints and fine art posters inspired by magic realism and mythology when The Monte Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St., presents Mythos, a series of works by Dolack featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free, with refreshments. Call 549-3248. Scope out the seedier side of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District when photographer Alan McQuillan presents a First Friday opening reception featuring photos from the Tenderloin from 5–8 PM at Yellowstone Photo, 321 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Celebrate half a century of service when The Western Montana Returned Peace Corps Volunteers hosts the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary celebration, which features photos and memories of service, from 5–8 PM at Liquid Planet, 223 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Funk up your First Friday by checking out funky recycled clothing when Redress Clothing, 223 Railroad Ave., hosts a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free. It’s more than just a Rolling Stones song. Photographer Sandy Elmore presents her photos of wild horses of Pryor Mountain during a First Friday reception at Sotto Voce, 121 S. Higgins, starting at 5PM. Free. Don’t sweat the small stuff when Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St., presents a First Friday open house featuring Marvie Redmond’s miniature sculptures, from 5–9 PM. Free. Call 541-7100. Stay away from the brightness when the Missoula AIDS Council,
500 N. Higgins Ave., presents Montana in the Dark, An Art Exhibit by Joshua Sanders, which features Sander’s photos during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free, with wine and appetizers. Bead it on up during Disks and Domes: Wearable Art Sculpture by Katie Ghen Simpson, a collection of new jewelry by Simpson featured during a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM at the
the photo exhibit Places, Faces and Struggles of the Global South, an exhibit hosted by Community Action for Justice in the Americas, Africa and Asia featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free. Peep some mixed media art inspired by global cultures when The Artists’ Shop, 304 N. Higgins Ave., hosts artist Traci Isaley’s exhibit Anthropomorphism, a Collection of Visual Stories, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free. Keep your nose away from the black powder when Total Holistic
presents a First Friday opening reception featuring watercolor and acrylic paintings of birds from Montana and beyond by Gabrielle Sivitz, from 6–8 PM. Free. Call 327-0405. Do your part to offer a family a place to stay when their child is in the hospital during the Red Shoe Ball, a fundraiser for Missoula’s Ronald McDonald House that features cocktails, dinner, an auction and a dance starting at 6 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. Ticket prices vary from $50 for walk-ins to $1000 for a table of
SPOTLIGHT surreal world novel, 2010’s The Four Fingers of Death, stitched together baseball cards, horror films, a failed colonization of Mars and a disembodied arm to create social commentary comparable to the works of Kurt Vonnegut—to whom the book is dedicated—or Joseph Heller. This talent put Moody on the literary map since his 1992 novel Garden State, followed two years later by The Ice Storm, the basis for a film starring Hollywood heavyweights like Sigourney Weaver and Elijah Wood.
A visit to Rick Moody’s website is like having a window into the stray thoughts flying through the bestselling author’s brain. Haphazard pictures of rocks and wooden sawhorses link visitors to other pages equally as random, such as a two-and-a-halfminute YouTube video of the old-school arcade game Pong. Subsequent visits to the site offer completely different icons to explore, and the entire layout begs the question: Is Moody’s next novel hidden among this erratic selection of media?
Moody’s novels have earned him a reputation for taking the surreal and making it not only believable, but relevant. So relePhoto courtesy of Amy Osborn vant, in fact, that in 2006 an Arizona senator cited The Ice Storm as the reason he WHAT: Rick Moody Fiction Reading supported a state bill requiring public colleges to provide alternative coursework for students who were WHEN: Fri., March 4, at 7 PM “personally offended” by the assigned material. It’s not WHERE: Del Brown room of Turner Hall, an assignment, but Moody’s fiction reading (which folUM Campus lows a revision workshop) this Friday is well worth attending. If we’re lucky, maybe Moody will incorpoHOW MUCH: Free rate an explanation for the eccentricity of his website.
It’s not a stretch of the imagination for readers familiar with Moody’s body of work. His latest
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Tides Gallery at Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Check out something large and in charge when local artist Nancy Seiler presents big, bold acrylic works during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at A&E Architects, 222 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Enjoy a smooth beverage and new art by Crystal Kingston when the Union Club presents her work during a First Friday opening starting at 5 PM. Free. Peruse the work of Missoula’s youngest artists when The Families First Children’s Museum, 225 W. Front St., hosts a First Friday opening featuring art by children from the Missoula International School, from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 541-PLAY. Point your senses over to Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway, to catch
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Center, 525 N. Higgins Ave., presents artist Jeff Pernell’s exhibit of diptychs titled Gun Powder Art, which are featured during a First Friday opening starting at 5 PM. Free. Gnaw on sushi and get fibrous when Sushi Hana, 403 N. Higgins Ave., presents The Fiber of Being, a collection of new work by Ülla Couture featured during a First Friday opening starting at 5 PM. Free. Break through the mold when The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A., presents temenos, an exhibit of new work by artist-in-residence Lauren Sandler featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5:30–9 PM. Free. Call 543-0509. Wear your avian appreciation cape when the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St.,
eight. Visit redshoeball.com for tickets or call 541-7646. School yourself with some art by advanced placement art students from Stevensville High School when River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art, 317 Main St. in Stevensville, presents a First Friday opening for their work from 6–9 PM. Free. Call 777-0520. Bid on some sweet items including gift certificates, art, vacation rentals and more in order to benefit YWCA’s Pathways Program when the UM School of Law’s Women’s Law Caucus presents its annual silent auction, which runs from 6–8:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. Includes entertainment, refreshments and appetizers. Free. Call 243-4311.
The Art, Science, and Medicine of Connection with Dr. Jan Newman Modern life is rife with obstacles which have left us stressed-out, anxietyridden, fearful, and angry. These are symptoms of disconnection and have been linked to a multitude of diseases. Join Dr. Newman for this multi-media experiential course and learn how to reconnect with your inner and outer worlds more effectively. You just may find yourself living a happier, more fulfilled life! Thursdays, March 24-May 26, 2011, 6:30-8:30pm 10-week series: $225 or drop-in per session: $25 For information or to register, please contact Kathy Mangan at 406-721-0033 or rwlcmt@gmail.com. For a complete listing of our classes, please visit
www.redwillowlearning.org Sliding scale fee available. Red Willow Learning Center, 825 West Kent Street, Missoula
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It’s all about you and them when Him & Her (a duo featuring Travis Yost and Caroline Keys) plays tunes featuring upright bass, acoustic guitar and banjo during the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday concert series, from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Scan works of art that address our interface with the physical world as a measure of our consciousness when FroniterSpace, located in the alleyway between Pine and Spruce Streets near Sushi Hana, presents COMA, an exhibit of work by Andrew Reisert and Michael Vallera presented during a First Friday opening reception from 6–9 PM. Free. Visit frontierspace.wordpress.com. Drink from the aesthetic nectar during the pARTy exhibition, which features active sculpture, sound works, and 2-D pieces by Amber Prouty, Claire Lueders, Zach Hamersley and Adam Lynn, featured during a First Friday opening reception from 6–11 PM at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St. W. Free, with food, drinks and music. Swim through the grape suds and over to the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, so you can catch Trent Atkins (of The Workers) play a solo CD release party at 6 PM. Free. Call 549-8703. Point and shoot yourself over to the Downtown Dance Collective,
121 W. Main St., to check out edun: a new perspective on the nude, an exhibit of photography by Dax Kuehn featured during a First Friday opening reception from 6–8 PM. Free. Call 541-7240. Zoo Mountain Natural Care and Garden Mother Herbs host a First Friday opening/fundraiser to raise awareness about medical cannabis featuring art by Jessica and Taylor Cornman, and live painting by other artists, from 6–9 PM at Zoo Mountain, 345 W. Front St. Ste. D. Free. Slip into a night of story from the guy who wrote Garden State and The Ice Storm when author Rick Moody presents a fiction reading, starting at 7 PM in the Dell Brown Room of UM’s Turner Hall. Free. Call 243-5267. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Get greasy with song and a movie screening when the University Center Theater presents a singalong screening of Grease, at 7 PM. Another screening occurs Sat. at the same time. $5/$3 with a valid Griz Card. The Yoga Fitness Center, 123 W. Alder St., presents a Kirtan for the new moon featuring harmonium and tablas as accompaniment, from 7:15–9:30 PM. All ages. Suggested donation of $1–$10. Step back in time and witness a play about sibling rivalry, political maneuvering, and jealously, when
BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Elaine Davis creates art that reflects her view of society, especially in terms of interpersonal relationships and the affects of modern technology on the human spirit. She focuses specifically on how technology has fostered a diminishing of human interaction while seeming to put everyone “in touch.” Elaine flies free with her ideas yielding a body of work she calls “Fresh Reflections,” on display for the month of March. Cookies and wine. 5-8pm. BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Join us at Butterfly Herbs for our First Friday celebration where we will feature an art wall through the month of March with works about clowns by Melanie Chord. From 5–8 PM at Butterfly Herbs. CLAY STUDIO 1106 Hawthorne Unit A, 543-0509 temenos: new work by Artist-in-Resident Lauren Sandler:This show features the new body of
UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org for tickets or call 243-4581. Freak out with some “Fredheads” when alt country musician Fred Eaglesmith plays Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish, at 7:30 PM. $27, with advance tickets online at whitefishtheatreco.org or by calling 862-5371. (See Scope in this issue.) Take a slurp from the jazz juice when the UM School of Music presents a performance by the Jazz Band starting at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Teens dance the night away in retro threads when On Center Performing Arts, 1521 Cooper St., presents an ’80s Dance for teens, which runs from 8–11 PM and raises money for On Center’s Curtain Up! Company to attend the Tremaine Convention in Los Angeles. $5. Call 542-0730. Barnaby Wilde brings heat to your hooves when it plays folk, rock, Cajun and swing music at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs, at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome.
Cast your aural fly over to the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier, to catch a set by local fly fishing guide Stan Anglen when he plays with his band Headwaters at 8 PM. Free, but tips appreciated. Call 830-3296. The Hamilton Players present a performance of Frederick Lowe’s My Fair Lady, starting at 8 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 375-9050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com. Rub that birthstone but don’t do it alone when The Jimmy Snow Country Show plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. Blue Collar wants you to take your dead end job and snuggle it when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. Shake your valuables on the dancefloor when DJ MVP plays at 9 PM at The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St. Free. Call 728-1559. Dance for liberty when AuralFixation presents Xeno-soniC: Fight for Your Rights, a dance party that raises money for education on civil liberties issues during the 2011 Montana legislative session, and features tunes from DJs Z-Mulsion, the Milkcrate Mechanic, and finishing off with ir8prim8 vs. Geeter vs. Tobs, starting at 9 PM at the Palace.
Includes visuals projected by Fatty Acid. $5/$10 for those under 21. Park your parka on the dancefloor and get consumed by the dirty bass tones during another installment of Bassface Fishbowla First Friday, which features fishbowl drink specials plus dubstep and other electronic music styles played by Flathead’s Terabyte and The Battery Eaters, Lui and Ebola Syndrome, starting at 9 PM at the Badlander. Free. Feed your aural need when Darah Fogarty and her band play with openers Andrew Mason and Ryan James, starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. $3. Zoo City wants you to turn that perma frown upside down when it plays at 9:30 PM at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N. Free. Take away the bullhorn from Satan and get bluesy when Zeppo MT plays R&B at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free. Play scratch and sniff with your barley soda when The Tom Cats play at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Be the lactose king in a sea of soy beans when Reverend Slanky plays funk and soul at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.
work that Lauren has focused on during her time as a resident at the Clay Studio of Missoula. Please join us on First Friday to explore her exciting new installation!
Dustin Hoon and Candice Mancini create art with the same intention: expression of the unseen/unspoken in our social & fractal universe. Reception 5-8 pm.
NOTEWORTHY PAPER & PRESS 101 S. Higgins Ave., 541-6683 Please join Noteworthy* Paper & Press as we welcome students from The University of Montana’s MFA program. They will exhibit mixed-media works that illustrate—or are in conversation with— original poetry and text generated from their graduate workshop with poet Prageeta Sharma. You will find them exploring the poetic impulse through sound pieces, assemblage, painting, and other visual media. The work ranges from traditional narrative to experimental play, and of course everything in between. This Friday, from 5 to 8pm at Noteworthy, next to the Wilma.
SUSHI HANA 403 N. Higgins, 549-7979 Please join Sushi Hana Downtown during our First Friday Art Walk activities. March's First Friday at Sushi Hana features Ulla Couture, a local textile artist who has been showing nationally. Ulla is an honor graduate of The University of Wisconsin and has a BFA in Textiles and Metals. Display running March 4th-March 31st. Artist's Reception 5-8pm, this Friday, March 4th.
ONE ELEVEN 111 N. Higgins, 541-7376 Please join us at One Eleven for our March First Friday event. Using different approaches,
TEN SPOON VINEYARD 4175 Rattlesnake Dr., 549-8703 After art, after ski, before/after dinner - escape to Ten Spoon for live music and award-winning wines. Friday: Trent Atkins. Saturday: Help us support The Missoula Writing Collaborative. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery. www.tenspoon.com. Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat 5-9.
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SATURDAY March
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Travelers’ Rest State Park, one half-mile west of Lolo on Hwy. 12, presents a storytelling program with retired U.S. Forest Service Ranger Tom Schenarts, at 11 AM at the Holt Museum and Visitor Center at the park. $3 per adult/free for children under age 18 and all current Travelers’ Rest Preservation and Heritage Association members. Visit travelersrest.org or call 273-4253. Show her your best pen when author Tamara Heiner signs copies of her book Perilous from 11:30 AM–1 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Celebrate the new digs of a member-run food cooperative when The Missoula Community Food Coop and North Missoula Community Development Corporation present a grand opening of the co-op’s new space, on 1500 Burns St., from 1–10 PM featuring tours of the facility, local food, beverages, and music by Bob Wire, Broken Valley Roadshow and Wet Jangles. A public shop also occurs from 10 AM–5:30 PM. Free. Call 728-2369. (See Agenda in this issue.)
nightlife Dance the mud off your work boots when Tom Catmull plays a solo set of Americana at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 101 Marcus St., at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Party down for Mardi Gras when the Big Sky Mudflaps play from 7–11 PM at the River Street Dance Theatre, 421 N. Second St. in Hamilton. The dance features appetizers, refreshments and silent auction items, and raises money towards a spring dance concert in May. $10/$5 students. Call 363-1203. Tap into that old timey feelin’ when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton, presents a concert featuring country, old-time, standards, swing and other acoustic music, from 7–9 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949 for more info. Go the HD route with a primal Greek myth when Morris Productions presents an installment of The Met: Live at the Roxy with an encore screening of Iphigénie en Tauride at 7 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/$17 students and seniors. Get tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and online at morrisproductions.org. Go into the outer realm when the Grizzly Claw Trading Company, 3187 Hwy. 83, presents a power point presentation and book singing by Donna Love, for her book The Totally Out There Guide
to Glacier National Park, at 7 PM. Free. Call 677-0008. Step back in time and witness a play about sibling rivalry, political m a n e u v e r i n g , a n d j e a l o u s l y, when UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org for tickets or call 243-4581. The Hamilton Players present a performance of Frederick Lowe’s My Fair Lady, starting at 8 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 3759050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com. Rub that birthstone but don’t do it alone when The Jimmy Snow Country Show plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. Vaporize your mind with a night of alternative rock and rock when Salt Lake City’s Royal Bliss plays with West Virginia’s Bobaflex and Spokane’s Oceans Divide at 8 PM at The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St. $7. Call 728-1559. Hang with some folksy folks when the Missoula Folklore Society hosts a contra dance with music by Wise River Mercantile, from 8–11 PM at the Union Hall, upstairs at 208 E. Main St. $8/$6 members. Visit missoulafolk.org. Double the aural fun when Carla Green plays jazz with Cat Montgomery, followed by country music with Annette, at 8 PM at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Hep cats and rude dudes with good attitudes find peace during Saturday Night Jazz with Malapropos, which begins at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. Call 830-3296. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop,
electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R. Kung Fu Kongress gives your nosecone a legally sanctioned buzz when it plays funk with Cure for the Common at 9 PM at the Palace. $5/$10 for those aged 18–20. Just say hot damn when Goddammitboyhowdy plays punk during a show in celebration of its newly released 7” starting at 9 PM at the Bike Doctor, 1101 Toole Ave. Athens, Georgia’s The Hot New Mexicans, Billings’ Noise Noise Noise and locals Tidal Horn open. $5. (See Noise in this issue.) The Whiskey Rebellion wants to know if you can smell that smell when it plays outlaw country at 9:15 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Play scratch and sniff with your barley soda when The Tom Cats play at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Don’t be afraid to ask about the wedgie special when Party Trained plays a variety of tunes at 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Free. Slice the butterfat with some bass when San Francisco’s Heyoka plays bass heavy glitch hop, dubstep and other electronic styles at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Locals Logisticalone and Kid Traxiom open. $12/$10 advance with a $5 surcharge per ticket for those under age 21.
SUNDAY March
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The Hamilton Players present a performance of Frederick Lowe’s My Fair Lady, starting at 2 PM at the Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road in Hamilton. $14/$8 children 12 and under. Call 375-9050 for tickets or visit hamiltonplayers.com.
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Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949.
nightlife Get moving with a moving picture when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First S t . W. , p r e s e n t s i t s W i n t e r Cinema Film Series, which continues this week with the program “Film as a Document: International Film Night” and runs from 6–9 PM. Free, but donations accepted. Call 549-7555 and visit zootownarts.org. Catch a narrative gust during UM’s Second Wind Reading Series, which features readings from fiction writer Robert Stubblefield, plus second year MFA creative writing student Elisabeth Geier, at 6:30 PM at the Top Hat. Free. Slip into a play that focuses on end-of-life health care decisions during a performance of Vesta, which begins with a dessert reception at 6:30 PM, followed by the play at 7, at the Masquer Theatre in UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-4576. UM’s Cercle Francophone and the Alliance Francaise of Missoula cont i n u e s t h e 2 0 1 1 To u r n é e s Festival with a screening of Panique au Village, starting at 7
PM at the University Center Theater. Free. Visit afmissoula.org. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with $4 martinis, plus jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 8 PM. Free. This week: jazz from Josh Farmer, followed by The Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid. Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, starting at 9 PM. Free.
TUESDAY March
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Bring an adventurous mind to the Mansfield Center Brown Bag Lecture Series, which continues with a talk from Ian Marquand titled A Nepal Journey and begins at noon in the Mansfield Center Conference Room, in UM’s Mansfield Library. Free.
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The Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St., hosts Local Foods Commerce Day, an event for producers, distributors, processers and buyers of local food that meets from 12:30–5:30 PM. $25/$15 members. Call 222-0370 for more info and visit westernsustainabilityexchange.org.
nightlife Cash For Junkers wonders if you’d like to deduct that grape juice from your taxes when it plays Americana with a swing influence at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, at 7 PM. Free. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up. Bass junkies get into the low frequency groove when Milkcrate Monday presents Missoula Area Dubstep Monday, a DJ night dedicated to dubstep featuring DJs G e e te r , L o g i s t i c a l o n e , K i d Tr a x i o m , a n d t h e M i l k c r a te Mechanic, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.
The Conservation and Climate Change Lecture Series continues with the talk Bark Beetle Blues: Community Experiences with Forest Disturbance by Insects, featuring comments from Courtney Flint, starting at 7 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 243-6956. Get help climbing your family tree when the Western Montana Genealogical Society hosts its annual Brick Wall Night, where participants share problems and solutions for family history research starting at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 543-2886. Twirl into the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Spring Dance Showcase, titled Dance New Works Program I, which starts at 7:30 PM in the Open Space of UM’s PARTV Center. $9. call 243-4581. Give your cochlea a nice buzz when UM presents a faculty and guest artist series recital featuring soprano Anne Basinski that begins at 7:30 PM in the Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Laugh your ugly habits away when Montana Rep Missoula presents a p e r f o r m a n c e o f Te r r e n c e McNally’s play Bad Habits, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre,
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WEDNESDAY March
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UM’s Lessons of Our Land: The Indian Land Tenure Foundation Speaker Series continues with a talk from Cris Stainbrook, at 4 PM in Room 105 of UM’s Payne Family Native American Center. Free. Call 503-798-2212.
nightlife Go ahead and call yourself “Tony Stanza” when poet John Holbrook presents a poetry reading and signing for his book A Clear Blue Sky in Royal Oak, at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Find comfort in abstraction during a First Friday opening for R. David Wilson’s exhibit Simultaneadades Simultaneaties at the The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., on Fri., March 4, from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 721-3154.
515 S. Higgins Ave. $10/$5 student rush tickets with sign-ups at 7 PM. Call 243-04581 for tickets and visit montanarep.org/repmissoula.html. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? What nationality is the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.
Jam the indigo out of your system when Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, presents Blues Jam and Microbrews night with Kevin Van Dort, where a full blues band plays along with guest artists every Tue. starting at 9:30 PM. Free, with $1 off microbrews. Contact Kevin at 396-5731 to play.
Dip your intellect into the old school during The Life of a Masterpiece, a lecture with Montana Museum of Art and Culture curator Brandon Reintjes that begins at 7 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-2019. The UM Student’s Diversity Film Series presents a screening of Waiting for Superman, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-6029.
Get away from the gulag and find shelter with some folk and rock with a punk influence when Portland, Ore.’s Casey Neill & The Norway Rats play the Badlander at 9 PM. Locals David Boone & The Controls open. $7. (See Noise in this issue.)
Laugh your ugly habits away when Montana Rep Missoula presents a p e r f o r m a n c e o f Te r r e n c e McNally’s play Bad Habits, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10/$5 student rush tickets with sign-ups at 7 PM. Call 243-04581 for tickets and visit montanarep.org/repmissoula.html.
Lubricate your innards with a night of funk, rock and soul when Chicago’s Lubriphonic plays “The Mardi Gras Meltdown” at 10 PM at the Top Hat. The Soulaphone Brass Band opens. $10/$7 advance at Ear
Twirl into the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Spring Dance Showcase, titled Dance New Works Program II, which starts at 7:30 PM in the Open Space of UM’s PARTV Center. $9. call 243-4581.
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You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The Rubik’s Cube was invented by Hungarian inventor and architect Ern Rubik. Moisturize your toes when DJ MVP plays Wicked Wednesday at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. Tenderize your mind with a plethora of downtempo electronic tunes when the Palace hosts Transition, a DJ night with Sounds!ThatHappen, Logisticalone, and Mikee Sev that begins at 9 PM. Free. Size matters just a little bit when Colorado’s Big Gigantic plays “livetronica” at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Tempe, Ariz.’s Protohype opens. $12/$10 advance at Ear Candy Music, Rockin’ Rudy’s and online at seafarerentertainment.com
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THURSDAY March nightlife
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Laugh your ugly habits away when Montana Rep Missoula presents a performance of Terrence McNally’s play Bad Habits, starting
at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10/$5 student rush tickets with sign-ups at 7 PM. Call 243-04581 for tickets and visit montanarep.org/repmissoula.html. Twirl into the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Spring Dance Showcase, titled Dance New Works Program I, which starts at 7:30 PM in the Open Space of UM’s PARTV Center. $9. call 243-4581. Dance away from the dust off and into the arms of your favorite five letter musical genre when Dubble Trubble presents a night of house music with DJs Kris Moon and Mike Stolin at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. Add a touch of lime to the grime when the Bay Area’s NastyNasty plays dubstep, instrumental hip hop and other bass heavy electronic music styles at 10 PM at the To p H a t . P r o t o h y p e , C h r o n i c l e s o f Landsquid and Lui open. $12/$10 advance at Ear Candy Music and online at seafarerentertainment.com. Let the events runneth over, but please get ‘em in on time by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., March 4 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff to me online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”
MOUNTAIN HIGH T his week, I want you to earn the nickname Shreddy Krueger. Here’s my mission for you: Head up to Montana Snowbowl on Saturday and Sunday for Edge of the World’s annual Snow Party, a two-day powdery fete for snowboarders. It begins Saturday morning with the Edge of the World Slopestyle Snowboarding contest, which is $10 to enter, open to all ages, and offers winners prizes like cash and slick gear. Any and all females who ride will also want to check out the Girls on Shred event, which occurs around 9:30 a.m. and features riding sessions with other ladies, the chance to get a massage, and other activities. If that isn’t enough powdery goodness for the day, you’ll also
be able to try out some fresh gear during a product demo that runs throughout the day at the base of the mountain. Then, on Sunday, you’ll head back up the ‘Bowl for the Chicken Gully Banked Slalom contest, which costs $10 to enter and is open to all ages, and also features wicked awards for frontrunners. Edge of the World’s annual Snow Party kicks off with registration at 9:30 AM daily Sat., March 5, and Sun., March 6, with contests beginning around 11 AM, all at Montana Snowbowl, 1700 Snowbowl Road. Visit edgeoworld.com or call 721-7774 for more info.
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THURSDAY MARCH 3 Learn how to prevent injuries, meet your goals and keep your health up during Fuel for Athletes: Maximize Your Spring Training, a workshop for active folks with Dr. Torrie Mauerman that meets at 6:30 PM at REI Missoula, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K2. Free. Visit rei.com/missoula to register.
FRIDAY MARCH 4 Bone up on what could be coming down the mountain during a Level 1 Avalanche Class, which follows the guidelines of the American Avalanche Association and meets from 5–9 PM in the Ravalli County Search and Rescue Building in Hamilton, 2029 N. First St. Field days follow March 5 and 6. $150. Class size is limited, so RSVP quick by calling 243-5172 and visit missoulaavalanche.org for details.
SATURDAY MARCH 5 Boogie down in your running shorts during the Butler Creek Boogie, which features a 1-mile race at 10 AM, followed by a 5k race at 10:30 AM, all at DeSmet School, 6355 Padre Lane. E-mail Linda at klbrig@aol.com for pricing and additional info. Put your stretch pants to the test during the Yellowstone Rendezvous Race, offering six different cross country ski races on the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone. Check rendezvousrace.com for the scoop. Quit monkeying around and bring your kid aged 5 and up to Animal Tales: Legends from Around the World, a storytelling program with Animal Wonders that features live animals and begins at 2 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $5/$3 members. Call 327-0405.
SUNDAY MARCH 6 Run or walk with victory on your mind when Run Wild Missoula presents its Missoula Marathon Run Training Class, which features expert coaching and
begins at 8 AM at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave., and meets every week until the marathon on July 10. The class also meets every Wed. at 6 PM. $75, with membership to Run Wild Missoula required to take the class. Visit runwildmissoula.org for details. Pedal with a cycling mob when Missoulians on Bicycles (MOBI) presents its Tour de Turah ride, a 25 mile bike ride that departs at 10 AM from the Eastgate Parking lot on E. Broadway St. and heads to Turah, and includes a picnic or lunch at the River City Grill. Free. Visit missoulabike.org/ride-page for details.
MONDAY MARCH 7 Become a paddle master during the UM Outdoor Program’s Fundamentals of Whitewater Kayaking Session 1 course, which teaches you the basics of the sport and meets six times starting on March 10. Registration required by March 7. $185, includes gear, instruction and use of the Grizzly Pool. Call 243-5172 to register and for details.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 Get to know all about a nocturnal bandit when the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., presents Black-Footed Ferret Recovery: From Presumed Extinction to Hope, a lecture with wildlife biologist Randy Matchett that begins at 7 PM. $4/free MNHC members. Call 327-0405.
THURSDAY MARCH 10 Get guidance on where to go when racing in the great outdoors when REI Missoula, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2, presents Grizzlyman Adventure Race: Map and Compass Basics, a workshop tailored to those participating in the Grizzlyman Adventure Race in April that meets at 6:30 PM. Free. Visit rei.com/missoula to register. calendar@missoulanews.com
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Modern country hasn’t got a thing on Fred Eaglesmith by Bob Wire
Like any artist whose work transcends fads and culturCountry music sucks. It’s disingenuous, as bland and bestowed by default. He was already more than 15 years unsatisfying as vegetarian bacon. If it’s not some manipula- into his career before being lionized by the insurgent al trends, Eaglesmith doesn’t appear to worry about whattive nostalgia trip like “You’re Gonna Miss This” (Trace country movement of the mid-1990s, a direct backlash ever level of fame he might reach. The music world has Adkins), it’s Skynyrd Lite built around some worn-out to the pop country being manufactured by Tracy been catching up to him, though, and his songs have been cliché like in Toby Keith’s “Get Drunk and Be Somebody.” Lawrence, Brooks and Dunn, Tim McGraw, and other covered by Toby Keith, Casey Chambers, Miranda Lambert, It’s nothing but phony rednecks and tarted-up fake trailer big hats. Eaglesmith’s music is more Lucinda Williams Alan Jackson and other artists who are far more welltrash taking shallow swipes at the rich vein successfully than Hank Williams, but it’s honest. He has spent his known than Eaglesmith himself. But music just ain’t big enough to contain mined by their Nashville progenitors, and the sad result is career crafting smart songs that are emotional wrecking Eaglesmith’s wellspring of creativity. Oil a bunch of disposable fluff that pushes painting is his newest passion, and his your emotional buttons like a Steven style is a bold frenzy of abstract expressionSpielberg movie. Even with the gratuism, alive with color and movement. It’s an itous fiddle or steel guitar embellishinteresting contrast to his songwriting ment, modern country is about as style, which, while evocative, is very authentic as Coffee-Mate. focused and economical. Maybe painting Any true country fan with a memwith mad dashes of color and frenetic ory longer than Gretchen Wilson’s designs is Eaglesmith’s way of rebelling hair should be downright insulted by against the traditional borders of writing today’s shallow, formulaic lyrics and music for the Western ear. We need our recycled classic rock riffs. Hell, it’s so contemporary music to be logical; it needs bad it makes me pine for the good old to make sense. Build-up, then payoff. days of Garth Brooks. The templates Tension, then release. The freewheeling are easy to identify: You’ve got your character of Eaglesmith’s paintings is unre“I’m-so-country” category: mention strained blasts of color, evoking a mood trailer parks, payday, country girls or through your eyes instead of your ears. southern food, and you’ve made your With 18 albums under his belt, bubba bona fides. And then there’s the Eaglesmith has produced a vast collection “sentimental-feelings” angle—hoary of songs that maintain a wickedly high childhood memories, coldly engistandard of songwriting craft. But his neered romance, or sensitive cowboys secret weapon surfaces in his live shows going all Dr. Phil like a bunch of big when he goes off on a hilarious, fifteenNashville pussies. Timeless? Shoot. minute monologue to introduce one of his More like spineless. songs. The man is a riot, and consistently Thank god for Fred Eaglesmith. slays audiences with his razor-sharp wit He not only mines that rich country and twisted sense of humor. His shows, vein—he drives a bulldozer straight to especially the solo gigs, are half music, half the mother lode. stand-up routine. His stories about hairAlthough he’s pigeonholed as a raising border crossings, marijuana farmcountry artist, Eaglesmith’s music ers and various oddballs he meets are the transcends that label—he encompassstuff of legend. es several styles, including folk, rock Eaglesmith is currently touring and blues. What sets him apart from behind his latest album, Cha Cha Cha. the mainstream is his exceptional This album is Seductive Fred, more exoticsongwriting. He doesn’t write songs flavored rock than country. Hand drums based on a phrase that’s printed on a and Latin percussion spice up the sophistiT-shirt; he writes songs about damcated sound, and the arrangements are aged people who are at the end of Canadian musician Fred Eaglesmith writes heartbreaking songs about lush and sexy, shining a big spotlight on their rope, like the snowplow driver in damaged people at the end of their rope, as well as gut-busters like “I Shot Your Dog,” about a guy who accidentally plugs his neighbor’s the Fabulous Ginn Sisters, Eaglesmith’s “Cumberland County.” He doesn’t pooch. backup singers. pen cutesy songs around a clever Photo courtesy David Leahy phrase he saw on a bumper sticker; he This is definitely not your daughwrites about the desperate love a woman has for her rodeo balls, and utterly devoid of artifice. He also writes a lot ter’s country music. When Eaglesmith hits Montana man who “only gets into town twice a month and gets out of songs that are forehead-slapping funny, which pro- this week, be forewarned: The freedom and confias fast as he can” (“Summerlea”). vides a great contrast to the more pensive stuff. “How’s dence of the seasoned troubadour allow him his stylisSomeone who writes songs this good should be a Ernie,” for example, is a gut-busting look at a guy whose tic joyrides, and you never know what the quirky household name, but he’s not. And he likes it that way. girlfriend dumps him, which he can live with, but he Canadian is going to pull out of his top hat. Be it wildEaglesmith escaped the hardscrabble life of the family really misses her dad. And then there’s “I Shot Your ly funny stories from the road, wry observations on farm in Southern Ontario at age 15, and the clear-eyed Dog,” about a guy who accidentally plugs his neigh- current events, or a rambling prelude to a song, one themes of coaxing a living from the land continue to bor’s pooch. thing will surely happen at a Fred Eaglesmith show: inform his music. He writes about trains, trucks, crops and Eaglesmith’s fans, known as Fredheads, have created a You will be massively entertained. machinery with the same eye for nuance he uses to explore demand that’s kept him on the road literally most of his Fred Eaglesmith plays the O’Shaugnessy Center in the more universal subjects of love and loss among people life, playing more than 200 shows a year. His tours are as Whitefish Friday, March 4, at 7:30 PM. $27. Call 862living in the margins of normal life (whatever that is). constant as cigarettes to a chain smoker, but he’ll pause 5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets. The grizzled road warrior is a hero of the long enough to record a new album every year or two with Americana/alt-country world, but that’s a status that was his band, the Flying Squirrels. arts@missoulanews.com
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Goddammitboyhowdy …Is Rez Punk Minor Bird Records
Goddammitboyhowdy’s ...Is Rez Punk reminds me of angsty teens and moody 20-somethings—I was both—where it felt like me and my friends against the rest of the stupid world. I’m not entirely over that sentiment, which probably makes me immature. It also makes me still love the raw, driven punk rock of this local band’s new record. Yes, it’s nostalgic—they’d fit perfectly on a mix with Screeching Weasel—but it also feels like a new, tight collection of fitful barbaric energy. The band belts out serious minor-key ditties, but these guys have always had a whip-smart sense of humor and that’s made obvious by the final song title, “I Managed to Lose 17 Pounds in 2 Weeks.” Still, the
Lubriphonic The Gig Is On self-released
This six-piece outfit possesses a street savvy and instrumental prowess that proves they take what they do seriously, and what they do seriously is deliver a deep-dish platter of tunes as funky as Sly Stone’s muttonchops. The Gig is On is built to pack dance floors, conveying all the energy, sweat and groove of a Saturday night at a smoky Chicago juke joint with attitude. The musicians of Lubriphonic cut their teeth as
Hot New Mexicans Hot New Mexicans Houseplant/Recess
Every once in a while an album has a carpe diem effect on me. The kind where I want to smash my computer screen and jump on a cargo boat to some far off land where I’ll live among the orangutans in misty mountains. You know: Inspired. Restless. Explosive. This time it’s the Athens, Ga.-based Hot New Mexicans that has really crawled under my skin—in the good way—with the band’s latest eponymous album. There’s no waiting for the good stuff, either. The album immediately kicks off with the hopped up “Start With a Maybe,” a song that could be alt-country if it wasn’t so frantic, and if it weren’t for all the poppy oh-oh-ohs. That kind of balance runs like a spine through the album: glam rock riffs melt into mathy prog sound-
Casey Neill and the Norway Rats Goodbye to the Rank and File In Music We Trust
Dirty work boots, graveyards, and the static of a Montana radio wind their way through Goodbye to the Rank and File like hobos catching cross-country rides on freight trains. Casey Neill and co. successfully create a windblown trip through Americana and folk music traditions on their eighth album, blending the literary weight of a short story collection with the warm sizzle of a tube amp. The band doesn’t break any new ground musically with their latest release, and certain songs, like
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song kicks up a serious tone with lines like, “You must become a fire. Set yourself on fire!” I do love the diversity of music in this town ranging from folk to metal to pop, but Goddammitboyhowdy still carries the torch for good old three-chord punk rock. Despite no longer being quite the anxious, pissed-off young-un I used to be, I really appreciate those qualities in a record like this one—especially when it’s done with so much authenticity. (Erika Fredrickson) Goddammitboyhowdy plays a record release party at the Bike Doctor Saturday, March 5, at 9 PM with the Hot New Mexicans, Noise Noise Noise and Tidal Horn. $5.
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sidemen for legendary Chicago blues artists like Buddy Guy and Koko Taylor, but this is not a blues band. The group, instead, reinvents its licks to create a vintage funk and soul sound, complete with wah-soaked guitar and the occasional James Brown howl. Sometimes the band reveals a smoother, soulful side, such as on the bluesy “Speed Dial,” but boogie-friendly songs showcasing slap-bass lines and a dynamic brass presence are undoubtedly the focal point, as they should be. The entertaining boastfulness of their former blues bosses isn’t lost on the band members either, coming through clear on tracks like “Pimp Limp” which declares, “Got wine and women most every day, most of y’all still got nothin’ to say.” Take the cue, shut your mouth and shake your ass. (Jed Nussbaum) Lubpriphonic plays the Top Hat Tuesday, March 8, at 10 PM with the Fox Street All Stars. $10. scapes and streetpunk beats creep from underneath heartland guitar strumming. “No Loyalty” has a frothed-up burlesque undertone. “This Is to Be,” begins like an intimate secret before tumbling into a lighter-raising anthem that could warm a room even in the coldest Montana temperatures. And that happy, yearning, rock and roll heat keeps climbing throughout the whole song. The band is probably right to make its songs just under three minutes each (or shorter) and, of course, it keeps you wanting more. (Erika Fredrickson) Hot New Mexicans plays the Bike Doctor Saturday, March 5, at 9 PM with Goddammitboyhowdy, Noise Noise Noise and Tidal Horn. $5. “Guttered,” get lost in their own melancholy. The album serves as a satisfying vehicle for Neill’s storytelling, however, which is obviously the band’s focal point. Organ swells and tastefully placed electric guitar licks help to evoke bittersweet summertime sentiments on one track and recreate the loneliness of hitchhiking down the rainy Oregon coast with the next. The tone of the album is tied together by Neill’s weary voice, which communicates a refreshing amount of grit and purpose. On “When the World Was Young,” the notion that Neill has been around to see it all comes off as wholly believable. If the lyrical quality is any evidence, this songwriter acquired his rasp as much from wisdom as from whiskey. (Jed Nussbaum) Casey Neill and the Norway Rats play the Badlander Tuesday, March 8, at 9 PM with David Boone. $7.
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The first time I went skiing could best be described engaging, it seems largely parenthetical as he momenas me tumbling down a small hill while happening to tarily loses sight of his subject amid a confusing vortex be wearing skies. I enjoyed the 10 or so subsequent of greed and cynical politics. In Jackson Hole, Wyo., he finally concedes, the descents, but I haven’t skied since. I mention this as an explanation of why, after reading In Search of Powder, plight of the ski bum is not so stark, and it is in this I desperately want to ski again. The seductive menace last chapter that Evans fully expounds his views on the of the slope has always allured me, but it wasn’t until psychology and modern twist of ski bumming, espeJeremy Evans’ tersely lyrical descriptions of mountains cially in distinguishing ski bums from pro skiers. Evans follows the daring and men that I feel motivated exploits of the Jackson Hole to strap on a pair of skies and Air Force ( JHAF), a group of give it another shot. skiers who spent their days In a sort of beatnik travnavigating the Tetons, comelogue voice Evans conjures prised of some of the biggest the life of the ski bum: a names in ski bumming, hedonistic outcast, usually in including Benny Wilson, the throes of some drug, who would disguise himself promiscuous, seeking an in a Halloween costume to existence of undiluted evade ski patrol, Whitefish adventure. Above all, the native Micah Black, and archetypical ski bum is out Dougie Coombs, whom for fresh powder. Beginning some believed to be the best at Crested Butte, Colo., the skier in the world. The rockauthor brings to the page a stars of the JHAF made a troupe of colorful ski bums: career out of skiing for the Wall Street investment sake of skiing and were bankers, trustafarians and sometimes given gear by down-and-out construction famous outfitters and shot workers taking menial jobs by local documentary film that won’t interfere with skicompanies like Teton Gravity ing. The ski bum’s destinaResearch. tion is a good and furious Considering that this is a slope, and once he finds it he In Search of Powder: A Story of America’s book about a sport not usualgets a job nearby, ideally as Disappearing Ski Bum ly admired for its hardboiled an instructor or lift monitor. Jeremy Evans disposition, In Search of Evans is outstanding at paperback, Bison Books 256 pages, $16.95 Powder has no right to be so conveying the excitement of these underground enthusiasts: at Heavenly Mountain trenchantly written or poignant. But it is. The author, a (now just Heavenly) Resort at Lake Tahoe, he tells of journalist and avid snowboarder who decided one day the Face Rats, a group of young skiers founded in the to stop social-climbing and start enjoying, neatly crys’60s and hellbent on imitating freestyle champion Jean tallizes the mythic story of ski bumming in a way that is Claude-Killy. The author revisits Telluride and its seedy reverential yet unaffected, using the actual voices of ski bumming culture of the 1980s, when the undevel- actual ski bums to tell a story of powder and power. There is, unfortunately, one problem: ski bums oped city was a notorious drop point for Mexican drugrunners and would inspire the hit song “Smuggler’s aren’t necessarily disappearing. According to many skiers and in recent articles Blues”. But the heyday of sex, booze and the search for from the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Park powder is vanishing, Evans asserts, for a number rea- Record (plus Chelsea Clinton’s husband, who was sons: immigrants willing to work resort jobs for less publicly denounced for deciding to go ski bumming pay, second home-buying near the finest ski areas and all winter), ski bums are making an impressive comethe shifting priorities of resort owners “focusing on back. The argument could be made that Evans’ comamenities other than the sport itself.” He believes that pulsive skiers and the media’s accidental ski bums it’s not just ski bums who are disappearing, but also the (recession-plagued individuals who find jobs at ski towns that they created. In the chapter “Resorting to resorts) are two entirely distinct classes of skiers. Still, Madness,” he gives a detailed history of the Ski Arms if it seems that In Search of Powder tries to resurrect Race that had small, family-run slopes competing with something that is not quite dead in order to give it an the Big 4 resort stockholders, and were forced either to air of doomed nostalgia, it can easily be overlooked mimic their competitors’ excesses or go bust. It was for Evans’ filial devotion to pioneering ski bums. during this period in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Evans Regardless of the veracity of his thesis, Evans has writsays, that skiing itself enjoyed its peak popularity— ten a smart chronicle of an intimate exodus, comthanks to an aging baby boom generation eager to prised of disillusioned people seeking out the best of empty its savings accounts—and has been declining all possible snow. ever since. And, although his take on Wall Street’s usurpation of ski bum-friendly locales is thorough and arts@missoulanews.com
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Second chance Taking note of movies Missoula missed by Skylar Browning
Two things happen in the film industry every February: A certain number of films receive a second wind after sweeping through the awards circuit, and Hollywood sweeps out its trash by releasing some second-rate fodder unfit for meaningful discussion. Since the Indy has already reviewed most of the former—The King’s Speech (winner of four Oscars, and currently screening at the Wilma), Black Swan (starring Best Actress winner Natalie Portman, also at the Wilma) and Inside Job (Best Documentary)—and nobody deserves the fate of reviewing the latter (mainly Ben Affleck’s latest film) now’s as good a time as any to look back at the movies Missoula missed since last year’s Oscars. Each of these three films didn’t fit into the Wilma’s already stocked lineup of indie-flavored, foreign and otherwise alternative fare. Each of these films is also newly available on DVD. More importantly, each of these films deserves a little more recognition than it received. The Tillman Story
According to the family of former football starturned-fallen soldier Pat Tillman, this documentary serves one single purpose: setting the record straight. And according to that same family, the record is, to use military slang, FUBAR. Tillman’s story received a history book’s worth of attention after 9/11. A star linebacker at Arizona State University and eventual starting safety for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, Tillman earned a reputation as an eclectic and cerebral wild man who instantly became a fan favorite. But Tillman shocked the sports world by announcing in 2002 that he was leaving professional football and joining the U.S. Army with his brother Kevin. In typical Tillman fashion, he offered no explanation for his decision and refused any special treatment or attention. He wanted to be considered like any other soldier. Of course, he was anything but. To many, Tillman represented an unprecedented example of patriotism— a standout from the country’s biggest sport putting fame aside to defend his country. When he was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, during what was initially reported as an apparent ambush, Tillman’s legacy was spun as the ultimate sacrifice for his country. His death, in short, became a propaganda tool. What the military failed to take into account—and what The Tillman Story does a magnificent job of relaying—is that Tillman’s family wasn’t the sort to let a convenient narrative wash away the facts. The film follows the stupefying cover-up of how Tillman died, and his mother’s relentless pursuit for accountability from military and government officials who continually buried the truth. It’s a thoroughly damning account, even for those who followed the sad tale as it unraveled in the national news. I came away with a mess of emotions—none stronger than an appreciation of the Tillman family’s desire to have their son’s story shown in shades of gray rather than the simplistic black and white—or, in this
case, red, white and blue—so many wanted to see it in. Flipped
This is easily the best film Rob Reiner has directed in 15 years, although I’m not sure exactly what that means. While Reiner has offered up such incontrovertible hits as A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride and his directorial debut This is Spinal Tap, his more recent work has included The Bucket List and Rumor Has It… Flipped falls somewhere solidly in the middle of these two extremes—an imperfect, sentimental effort with enough sincerity and strong performances to keep it from falling into a tub of cheese. Let’s get the Velveeta out of the way first: It’s a love story about two eighth-grade neighbors circa 1963, wherein the script “flips” back and forth from each character’s point of view of the same events. It’s not quite as annoying—or repetitive—as it sounds. The girl is a headstrong loner with an eccentric family. The boy’s popular, with dreamy eyes, and his family works hard to present itself as a Rockwell painting. It’s not very surprising to see the perceptions flipped (sigh) as things evolve. What saves this adaptation of Wendelin Van Draanan’s novel is a series of performances from actors who, like Reiner, have been largely unseen of late. Aidan Quinn plays the girl’s father, Anthony Edwards and Rebecca DeMornay are the boy’s parents, and John Mahoney (“Frasier”) appears as the boy’s grandfather. Every scene that includes the more mature actors—and introduces their characters’ complex issues—elevates the film above a simple adolescent crush. In many ways Flipped mirrors the young love at the center of the story: awkward, sometimes regrettable, but with enough indelible moments to make it sweetly unforgettable.
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I Am Love
Everything about this period drama relies on the considerable talents of Tilda Swinton. In I Am Love, the former star of Orlando and Michael Clayton is the subservient wife of an Italian textile magnate. She goes about supporting her husband with a chill and hollowness that only Swinton can deliver. It’s when sex gets introduced into the staidly traditional equation— Swinton engages in a blissfully reckless affair, her daughter reveals she’s a lesbian, etc.—that things get interesting. I Am Love was nominated for Best Costume Design at last week’s Oscars (it lost), and the Milan setting is rich. Many of the plot twists, especially as indiscretions surface, work to propel the story in surprising directions. But Swinton steals the show, both when she’s vocalizing her character’s needs—the British actress learned to speak Italian with a Russian accent for the role—and, even more so, when she’s just stewing in silence. arts@missoulanews.com
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and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. GNOMEO AND JULIET Shakespeare’s tale of unrequited love gets adapted for the 3-D CGI generation. This time, the story revolves around two garden gnomes—a red hat gnome and a blue hat gnome—who try to forge a relationship amid a fight between their respective gnome peoples. Carmike 10: 4:30, 7:10 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 6:55 and 9:10, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 4, 6:55 and 9:10. HALL PASS Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are buddies who get the thumbs up from their respective wives—Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate—to
at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:50, 3:45, 6:40 and 9:25, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:45, 6:40 and 9:25. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9:10. JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER You’ll either cry out in irritated agony or in pure joy while watching this 3-D biopic about the teenage YouTube sensation turned teeny bopper musician. Features live footage plus appearances by Usher and, well, lots of admiring teens. Carmike 10: Fri. and Mon.–Thu. at 4 only, with a Fri. matinee at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Director’s Fan Cut Version on Fri. at 12:15, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:10; Sat. at 3:30, 6:30 and 9:10; Sun. at 12:15, 6:30 and 9:10; Mon. and Wed. at 1, 4, 6:30 and 9:10; Tue. at 1 and 9:10; Thu. at 6:30 and 9:10. THE KING’S SPEECH After English aristocrat Colin Firth gets crowned King George VI of England, he tries to rid himself of a nasty stammer so he can give good speeches to his fellow Brits, who are on the brink of World War II. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, the film received “Best Picture” at the Oscars, among other accolades. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9:10, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:45, 3:50, 6:35 and 9:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 3:50, 6:35 and 9:15. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. TANGLED The Rapunzel fairy tale gets a 3-D makeover in this “action-packed” animated version starring the voice of Mandy Moore as the girl with really long hair. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:45, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1.
Don’t knock a vibrating car seat ‘til you try it. Take Me Home Tonight opens Friday at the Village 6.
BALLET IN CINEMA: DON QUIXOTE Moscow, Russia’s Bolshei Ballet offers up its rendition of this famous ballet based on Miguel de Cervantes’ classic adventure novel of the same name. Carmike 10: 9 AM only on Sun. BEASTLY This teen drama follows a vain high schooler who seeks to change his shallow ways after a fellow classmate casts a spell that turns him into an unsightly dude. Village 6: 4:15 and 7:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:20, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:15, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 4:20, 7:30 and 9:45.
NOW PLAYING BLACK SWAN Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) delivers yet another psychological head trip with a story that pits two ballet dancers, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, against each other as they fight for stage prominence during a production of Swan Lake. Portman’s acting skills in this flick garnered her an award for the best “Actress in a Leading Role” at the Oscars. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.
CARMEN 3D Grab your visual enhancers and get ready for a night of Opéra comique in this story by Georges Bizet that centers on a Gypsy named Carmen and the corporal she woos. Carmike 10: Sat.–Sun. at 4, and Sat. and Wed. at 7. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: noon on Sat., 3 on Sun. and Thu., and 6 on Tue.
DRIVE ANGRY 3D Nicolas Cage is a felon who breaks out of hell to avenge the death of his daughter and save her kidnapped baby—all while trying to avoid Satan’s assistant, William Fichtner, who’s trying to bring Cage back to the inferno. Amber Heard co-stars. Carmike 10: 7 and 9:35, with no shows Sat. and Wed., and a 9:35 only show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 2:35, 5, 7:35 and 9:50, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:30.
RANGO Johnny Depp lends his voice as an animated pet chameleon who decides he’s going to be the sheriff of an old western town populated by various hardened critters. Some might call this a spaghetti Western for kids. Carmike 10: 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 9:35 and 10, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 1:30. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:35, and a Sat.–Sun. matinee at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with
THE EAGLE It’s the year 140, and former Roman soldier Channing Tatum heads to the northern reaches of England with a slave to ferret out the truth 20 years after the disappearance of his father and his father’s army. This film adaptation of a book by Rosemary Sutcliff co-stars Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong. Village 6: 4:20 and 7:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 10, and Sat.–Sun. matinees a 1:25. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 3:40
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be bachelors for a week without any consequences. Drunken revelry and flirting, consumption of pot brownies and trips to Applebee’s ensue. Carmike 10: 4:05, 7:10 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20, 4, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9. I AM NUMBER FOUR Stephen Spielberg co-produces this sci-fi thriller, based on a novel of the same name, which follows a teen alien—disguised as a human—who seeks refuge from an otherworldly species out to kill him by hiding in a small town. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7 and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:25, 4:05, 6:45 and 9:20, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. JUST GO WITH IT Adam Sandler shows his classy side as a single plastic surgeon who lies about being unhappily married in order to get into the pants of ladies. Things go well until he asks his co-worker Jennifer Aniston to join in on a fib by pretending to be his wife. Carmike 10: 4:40, 7:25 and 10, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:35. Village 6: 4:15 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:45, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees
TRUE GRIT The Coen brothers offer up their stylish adaptation of the 1968 novel, and 1969 movie, of the same name. Jeff Bridges is a booze-loving U.S. Marshal, enlisted by a 14-year-old girl to track down shady drifter Josh Brolin, after Brolin kills the girl’s dad. Matt Damon co-stars. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7 and 9:40, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:40 and 6:50, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05 and 6:50. UNKNOWN Liam Neeson thinks he’s lost his marbles after he wakes up from a car crash-induced coma and realizes that his wife no longer remembers him. Neeson soon finds out what we all fear: Some jerkwad stole his identity. Carmike 10: 4, 7:30 and 10, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. YU-GI-OH! 3D: BONDS BEYOND TIME This anime flick follows three characters who aim to duke it out with a masked villain named Paradox in order to save a beloved card game. Carmike 10: Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Capsule reviews by Skylar Browning and Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., March 4. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7804. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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Piano Lessons MENOPAUSE IN THE HETEROSEXUALITY I’m a 56-year-old married woman, and as far as I can tell, I’ve been happily heterosexual all my life— until recently. For the past year, I’ve been thinking about a woman until I can no longer think about anything else. I have such powerful and authentic sexual feelings that I feel compelled to reveal myself to her, but I think she’d probably knock me out. We’re both married to men, and she’s a pretty prominent member in our community whom I’ve long respected, so there are also elements of danger and hero worship here. There are other reasons to leave this alone, but I’m having a hard time doing it. I just want her so desperately. I should add that I haven’t been in an intimate relationship for a long time, as my husband was an alcoholic who’s now recovering. But, when my desire returned, it wasn’t for him; it was all for her! I have no idea what’s happening. ARGGGH! I think I love her! —Uh-Oh Too bad you aren’t 19 and in college. You’d be free to take a little tour of the Isle of Lesbos, change your ringtone to “I Kissed A Girl,” and come out to your parents (then maybe take it back a week later to date the cute guy you met at the GrrrlPower Rally). Unfortunately, once you’re married, “experimenting” with somebody who isn’t your spouse is called “cheating,” regardless of whether you’re “Chasing Amy”—or in your case, Chasing Amy’s Mother. I’m sure this woman is all that and a bag of Indigo Girls CDs, but she’s also a convenient distraction from your difficult marriage already in progress. Adding to the fun is the drama: Your crush is small-town famous, married, and has shown zero interest in you, women, or becoming a divorced woman with a girlfriend. Of course, getting high on the prospect of forbidden love beats getting over to a marriage counselor: “It’s raining, it’s pouring, my marriage is boring!” Every time you moon over this woman, you’re giving your brain’s motivation and reward centers a hit of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine. In doing that, you’re the cartoon horse with the carrot in front of its face, repeatedly engaging your brain in reward-seeking without reward-satisfaction, and revving an attraction into an obsession. Anthropologist Helen Fisher explains in “Why We Love”: “When a reward is delayed, dopamine-producing cells in
the brain increase their work, pumping out more of this natural stimulant to energize the brain, focus attention, and drive the pursuer to strive even harder to acquire a reward.” You get out of a habit the same way you get in: through repetition. Every time you don’t let yourself think about this woman, it’ll be a little easier to not think about her the next time. Of course, you can’t just say, “I’m not going to think about her.” When you start, you need to shove the thoughts out of the way by engaging your memory and your speech (when you’re talking and remembering, you can’t also be obsessing). Have a substitute program at the ready: Recite the Cyrillic alphabet, run through the 50 states and their capitals, and move on to Canada if need be...whatever it takes to pry your mind off how dreamy her varicose veins look when the sun hits them. This brain retraining will be really hard at first, and seem stupid and futile, but it should eventually take if you keep at it. And you do need to keep at it. Only when you stop being the lab rat pushing the little bar for the hit of middle-aged married woman will you have clarity on why looking at your husband sends you into a heterosexually vegetative state. Now, maybe you are a lesbian late bloomer, bi-curious, or just bored-curious. But, it’s possible that you’re simply angry and resentful and maybe worried that your husband will go back on the sauce. While men can have sex without an emotional connection, women generally need to feel emotionally close to their partner first. You won’t figure out what your deal is by chasing this woman around the hors d’oeuvres table but by taking a hard look at the man and the marriage you still have. You may need to forgive him in order to want him again. You may need more proof that he won’t rekindle his affair with Jack Daniel and Mr. Cuervo. Or, you may need him to be a chick. In which case...sayonara. As successful as many people are in going to A.A. meetings and “humbly asking God to remove their shortcomings,” it’s best if those shortcomings are things like impulsivity and anger issues—not testicles.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The most fundamental form of human stupidity is forgetting what we were trying to do in the first place,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. So for instance, if you’re the United States government and you invade and occupy Afghanistan in order to wipe out alQaeda, it’s not too bright to continue fighting and dying and spending obscene amounts of money long after the al-Qaeda presence there has been eliminated. (There are now fewer than 100 al-Qaeda fighters in that country: tinyurl.com/forgetwhy.) What’s the equivalent in your personal life, Aries? What noble aspiration propelled you down a winding path that led to entanglements having nothing to do with your original aspiration? It’s time to correct the mistake. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The carnival season gets into full swing this weekend and lasts through Mardi Gras next Tuesday night. Wherever you are, Taurus, I suggest you use this as an excuse to achieve new levels of mastery in the art of partying. Of all the signs of the zodiac, you’re the one that is most in need of and most deserving of getting immersed in rowdy festivities that lead to maximum release and relief. To get you in the right mood, read these thoughts from literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin. He said a celebration like this is a “temporary liberation from the prevailing truth and from the established order,” and encourages “the suspension of all hierarchical rank, privileges, norms, and prohibitions.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When Bob Dylan first heard the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he only made it through the first few tunes. “Turn that shit off!” he said. “It’s too good!” He was afraid his own creative process might get intimidated, maybe even blocked, if he allowed himself to listen to the entire masterpiece. I suspect the exact opposite will be true for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. As you expose yourself to excellence in your chosen field, you’ll feel a growing motivation to express excellence yourself. The inspiration that will be unleashed in you by your competitors will trump any of the potentially deflating effects of your professional jealousy.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve been pretty smart lately, but I think you could get even smarter. You have spied secrets in the dark, and teased out answers from unlikely sources, and untangled knots that no one else has had the patience to mess with—and yet I suspect there are even greater glories possible for you. For inspiration, Leo, memorize this haiku-like poem by Geraldine C. Little: “The white spider / whiter still / in the lightning’s flash.”
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I wouldn’t try to stop you, Virgo, if you wanted to go around singing the Stone Roses’ song “I Wanna Be Adored.” I wouldn’t be embarrassed for you if you turned your head up to the night sky and serenaded the stars with a chant of “I wanna be adored, I deserve to be adored, I demand to be adored.” And I might even be willing to predict that your wish will be fulfilled—on one condition, which is that you also express your artful adoration for some worthy creature.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear Rob: In your horoscopes you often write about how we Scorpios will encounter interesting opportunities, invitations to be powerful, and creative breakthroughs. But you rarely discuss the deceptions, selfish deeds, and ugliness of the human heart that might be coming our way—especially in regards to what we are capable of ourselves. Why do you do this? My main concern is not in dealing with what’s going right, but rather on persevering through difficulty. —Scorpio in the Shadows.” Dear Scorpio: You have more than enough influences in your life that encourage you to be fascinated with darkness. I may be the only one that’s committed to helping you cultivate the more undeveloped side of your soul: the part that thrives on beauty and goodness and joy.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jungian storyteller Clarissa Pinkola Estes says one of her main influences is the Curanderisma healing tradition from Mexico and Central America. “In this tradition a story is ‘holy,’ and it is used as medicine,” she told Radiance magazine. “The story is not told to lift you up, to make you feel better, or to entertain you, although all those things can be true. The story is meant to take the spirit into a descent to find something that is lost or missing and to bring it back to consciousness again.” You need stories like this, Cancerian, and you need them now. It’s high time to recover parts of your soul that you have neglected or misplaced or been separated from.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The difference between the right word and the almost right word,” said Mark Twain, “is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” Because the difference between the right word and the almost right word will be so crucial for you in the coming days, Libra, I urge you to maintain extra vigilance towards the sounds that come out of your mouth. But don’t be tense and repressed about it. Loose, graceful vigilance will actually work better. By the way, the distinction between right and almost right will be equally important in other areas of your life as well. Be adroitly discerning.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his parody music video, “Sickest Buddhist,” comedian Arj Barker invokes a hip hop sensibility as he brags about his spiritual prowess. Noting how skilled he is when it comes to mastering his teacher’s instructions, he says, “The instructor just told us to do a 45-minute meditation / but I nailed it in 10.” I expect you will have a similar facility in the coming week, Capricorn: Tasks that might be challenging for others may seem like child’s play to you. I bet you’ll be able to sort quickly through complications that might normally take days to untangle. (See the NSFW video here: tinyurl.com/illBuddhist.)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The sixth astronaut to walk on the moon was engineer Edgar Mitchell. He asserts that extraterrestrials have visited Earth and that governments are covering up that fact. The second astronaut to do a moonwalk was engineer Buzz Aldrin. He says that there is unquestionably an artificial structure built on Phobos, a moon of Mars. Some scientists dispute the claims of these experts, insisting that aliens are myths. Who should we believe? Personally, I lean towards Mitchell and Aldrin. Having been raised by an engineer father, I know how unlikely it is for people with that mindset to make extraordinary claims. If you have to choose between competing authorities any time soon, Aquarius, I recommend that like me, you opt for the smart mavericks instead of the smart purveyors of conventional wisdom.
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID STREET MAINTENANCE MATERIALS Notice is hereby given that SEVEN separate sealed bids will be received at the office of the Missoula City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 1:00 p.m., on March 8, 2011 and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for furnishing the following Materials: City Project No. 100-2011 MATERIAL BID ITEMS (1) 500 Tons of Emulsified Asphalt (3) 5,000 Tons of Hot Mix Asphalt (4) 4,000 Tons of Sand Surfacing (5) 4,500 Tons Seal Coat Aggregate (6) 3,000 Tons 3/8” ‘Driveway Grade’ Hot Mix Asphalt (7) 8,000 Tons Grade “D” Hot Mix Asphalt (8) 1,000 Tons Drain Aggregate (sump rock) Bidders shall bid on bid proposal forms addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate sealed envelopes, with separate bid security for each bid, plainly marked on the outside either; “Proposal for City Project No. 101-2011 (1) 500 Tons of Emulsified Asphalt; or “Proposal for City Project No. 1032011 (3) 5,000 Tons of Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 104-2011 (4) 4,000 Tons of Sand Surfacing; or Proposal for City
Project No. 105-2011 (5) 4,500 Tons of Seal Coat Aggregate; or Proposal for City Project No. 106-2011 (6) 3,000 Tons 3/8” ‘Driveway Grade’ Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 107-2011 (7) 8,000 Tons Grade “D” Hot Mix Asphalt; or Proposal for City Project No. 108-2011 (8) 1,000 Tons Drain Aggregate (sump rock).” Proposals must be accompanied by cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. Bidders may obtain specifications, bid proposal forms, and other
information from the City Street Division, Public Works City Shop Complex, 1305 A Scott Street, Missoula, MT 59802. (406) 552 6359 or 552 -6361. Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana, against the bid of a nonresident if the state of the nonresident enforces a preference for residents. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 1:00 p.m. on March 8, 2011. /s/ MARTHA L. REHBEIN City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY The Missoula City-County Health Board will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the Missoula Health Code on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:45 p.m. or soon thereafter in the second floor conference room at the Health Department at
301 West Alder in Missoula. The Department has proposed changes to Regulation 1 regarding Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems and the Alternative Systems Manual. The Board will take public comments at the hearing. Written comments may be submitted by 5 p.m. on March 16th by mailing them to Health Code Comments, MCCHD, 301 W Alder St., Missoula, MT 59802; faxing them to (406) 258-4781 or emailing them to envhealth@co.missoula.mt.us. For more information, a copy of the proposed regulations or to sign up for the Interested Parties mailing list, v i s i t www.co.missoula.mt.us/EnvHealth or call 258-4755. MISSOULA COUNTY INVITATION FOR BIDS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CARPET REPLACEMENT MISSOULA, MONTANA The Missoula County Facilities Management Department is currently soliciting sealed bids for carpeting at the Missoula County administration building at 199 W. Pine Street, Missoula. Bids will be accepted until 3:00 PM, Wednesday March 23, 2011 by the Office of the County Auditor, 200 W Broadway,
Missoula at which time bids will be opened and read. Work desired includes removal of existing floor treatments, preparation of floor surfaces, and installation of new broadloom carpet and carpet tiles, rubber wall base, and floor accessories in halls, stairs, open areas, and some offices. Contract documents may be reviewed at the office of Larry Farnes, Facilities Manager, Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Room B-12. Plan drawings will be available on March 3, 2011, and may also be obtained from the office of Larry Farnes. A refundable deposit of $100. 00 is required for each plan set. Members of the Missoula Plans Exchange may view plan and contract documents on line at http://www.mpe.us/. All questions about project and carpet specifications should be directed to A & E Architects, PC, 224 North Higgins, Missoula, MT, 59802, (406) 721-5643 or faxed to (406) 721 -1887. A pre-bid walk-thru will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, commencing at the north entrance of 199 W. Pine St. Attendance is strongly recommended. Bids shall be accompanied by bid security in the amount of ten per cent (10%) of the amount bid and must be in a form specified in the
Montana Code Annotated 18-1-201 thru 206. The security is subject to forfeit if the successful bidder does not enter into a contract with Missoula County within 30 days of bid acceptance. The successful bidder will also be required to furnish an approved performance bond in the amount of 100% of the contract value. The contractor shall comply with all fair labor practices and state statutes including Montana prevailing wage rates. No bidder may withdraw a bid for at least thirty (30) days after due date/time for receipt of bids. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. MISSOULA COUNTY INVITATION FOR BIDS MISSOULA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING REMODEL The Missoula County Facilities Management Department is currently soliciting sealed bids for a remodeling project at the Missoula County administration building at 199 W. Pine Street, Missoula. Bids will be accepted until 3:30 PM, Wednesday March 23, 2011 by the Office of the County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 at which time bids will be opened and read. The project consists of bathroom remodeling for ADA accessibility and
modification of some offices and egress corridors. The bathroom remodel includes removal of existing walls and fixtures and installation of new plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems; ceramic floor tile and wall finishes; toilet partitions; and restroom accessories. Contract documents may be reviewed at the office of Larry Farnes, Facilities Manager, Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Room B-12. Plan drawings will be available on March 3, 2011, and may also be obtained from the office of Larry Farnes. A refundable deposit of $100 .00 is required for each plan set. Members of the Missoula Plans Exchange may view plan and contract documents on line at http://www.mpe.us/. All questions about project specifications should be directed to A & E Architects, PC, 224 North Higgins, Missoula, MT, 59802, (406) 7215643 or faxed to (406) 721- 1887. A pre-bid walk-thru will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM, commencing at the north entrance of 199 W. Pine St. Attendance is strongly recommended. Bids shall be accompanied by bid security in the amount of ten per cent (10%) of the amount bid and must be in a form specified in the
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an approved performance bond in the amount of 100% of the contract value. The contractor shall comply with all fair labor practices and state statutes including Montana prevailing wage rates. No bidder may withdraw a bid for at least thirty (30)
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obtained from Makeba Andrews, 406-258-3477, or madrews@co.missoula.mt.us. One original proposal, five paper copies, and one complete copy on CD must be submitted by the due date in a sealed envelope and clearly marked
“RFP-Electronic Content Management System”. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL
PUBLIC NOTICES DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DN-10-28 Department No. 2 Judge Robert L. Deschamps, III SUMMONS AND CITATION IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING B.H., A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: Christine Wakefield Re: B.H., born March 21, 1997 to Christine Wakefield. 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 Termination of the Mother’s Parental Rights and Award of Permanent Legal Custody With Right to Consent to Adoption or for said Youth to be otherwise cared for; Now, Therefore, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND DIRECTED to appear on the 22nd day of March, 2011 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 Mother’s rights should not be terminated; why CFS should not be awarded permanent legal custody of the Youth with the right to consent to the Youth’s adoption; and why the Petition should not be granted or why said Youth should not be otherwise cared for. Christine Wakefield is represented by Anderson and Anderson, 210 N. Higgins, Ste. 302, Missoula, Montana, 59802, (406) 549-1009. 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 Robert L. Deschamps, III, Judge of the aboveentitled Court and the Seal of this Court, this 1st day of February, 2011. /s/ ROBERT L. DESCHAMPS, III, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-11-29 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BONNIE E. MYER,, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (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 ELEDA E. PENNIE, 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 8th day of February, 2011. /s/ Eleda E. Pennie, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-22 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEANNA RAE GRIMES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Sandra Hollenbeck, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 20th day of January, 2011. /s/ Sandra Hollenbeck, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MAVIS ROUBAL MCKELVEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this
notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Robert William McKelvey at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2820 Radio Way, PO Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 19th day of January, 2011. /s/ Robert William McKelvey, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-40. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBIN L. KRETCHMAR, a/k/a Robin L. Monogue, 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 DAVID KRETCHMAR, 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 1ST day of March, 2011 /s/David Kretchmar, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-11-4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARCIA JEAN STRAILE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa Bomberger has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Lisa Bomberger, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested in care of Jeffrey T. Dickson, Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 25th day of February, 2011. CHRISTIAN, SAMSON & JONES, PLLC /s/ Jeffrey T. Dickson MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-11-26 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATE ELIZABETH DIVIDEN (a/k/a KATIE ELIZABETH DIVIDEN,) 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 Debra Worthen-Brey, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 31st day of January, 2011 /s/ Debra Worthen-Brey, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-11-41 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION MSB INVESTMENTS, LLP Plaintiff, v. KC LAND AMERICA, LLC, ITS MEMBERS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this Action which is filed with the abovenamed Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this SUMMONS, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in and being a portion of Section 33 of Township 11 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian, Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as Tract C of Certificate of Survey No. 5566. Dated this 14th day of February, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court, By: Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-11-38 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOUISE A. ROSS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their 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 Thomas P. Ross, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of February, 2011. /s/ Thomas P. Ross, Personal Representative
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1. Subdivision Request – The Haven A request from Grover Development Group, LLC, represented by Territorial-Landworks, Inc., to subdivide a 1.05-acre parcel into 6 lots, located at 2110 39th Street, between Buckley Place and Paxson Street. See Map A.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: 1. A request by Montana Stewards, LLC for variances from three parts of the sign code for a Town Pump Fueling Station on property located Northwest of the Hwy 93/I-90 intersection at 8745 Hwy 93 North. See map N.
If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning and Grants at 2584657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the variance request, you may contact Jamie Erbacher at the same number or by e-mail at jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us.
AMENDED NOTICE OF DEFAULT & TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE, on 25th day of April, 2011, at the hour of 11:00 O’clock, A.M. on the front steps of the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 79 OF MALONEY RANCH PHASE VII, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. DAVID BLANCHARD, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to LAKE COUNTY BANK, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture dated April 14, 2008 and recorded April 25, 2008 under Document No. 200809236. The beneficial interest is currently held by LAKE COUNTY BANK. PHILIP J. GRAINEY is the Successor Trustee pursuant to the Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated October 14, 2010, and recorded October 20, 2010 under Document No. 201020377 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. A Default has occurred by failing to make the final payoff which was due on May 5, 2009 and previous payments required by the Promissory Note. The total amount due on this obligation is $385,400.00 principal, accrued interest in the sum of $86,013.68 as of November 16, 2010, continued accruing interest thereafter at the rate of 8.5% per annum, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation. The beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve CITY OF MISSOULA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2011, Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items:
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-10-14 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF JACK R. FINLEY, Deceased.
CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 30, 127, 132, 137, 165, and OS60. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting March 14, 2011 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to March 17, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary J. Finley has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Mary J. Finley, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Tiimothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of January, 2011. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative
2. Rezoning Request – 2725 Radio Way (Home Depot Site) A request from PEG Development, represented by Professional Consultants, Inc., to rezone property located at 2725 Radio Way (see Map Y), which is currently zoned
C1-4/EC and C2-4/EC, to be zoned entirely C2-4/EC. The C14/EC zoning district is Neighborhood Commercial with Enterprise Commercial Overlay, and the C2-4/EC zoning district is Community Commercial with Enterprise Commercial Overlay. The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on both items at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 4, 2011, in the City Council Chambers at 140 West Pine Street in Missoula. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and exact legal descriptions are available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.
1. A request by Eric and Diana Jensen, represented by Tom Orr of P. Mars Scott, P.C Law Offices, for variances to allow a detached accessory structure to be located in street side yard; the property is 4002 Lancaster and zoned RT10. SEE MAP T. 2. A request by Harriet Spurlock, represented by Terre Meinershagen of Rocking M. Design, for a variance from the owner occupancy requirement for an Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU); the property is 628 Edith and zoned RT2.7. SEE MAP U. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants at 2584657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding the variance request you may contact Hilary Schoendorf at the same number or email hschoendorf@co.missoula.mt.us. Any written comments can be mailed to Jamie Erbacher, at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802. e-mail: jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning & Grants at 406-258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.
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montanaheadwall.comMissoula Independent Classifieds Page C7 FMarch 3 – March 10, 2011
PUBLIC NOTICES MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Notice of Polling Place Locations, Accessibility Designations, Voting System Exhibition, Diagrams and Voting Instructions
Statement of the Location of Precinct Polling Places and Accessibility Designations for the March 8, 2011, Lolo Building Reserve Election: All polling places will be open for voting from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE ON AN M-100 PRECINCT COUNTER VOTING SYSTEM The following is a diagram for the M100 Precinct Ballot Counter that will be at each polling place.
TO VOTE: 1. To vote, you must blacken the oval completely. SAMPLE SECRETARY OF STATE (Vote for One) John Doe
Notice of Voting System Exhibition, Diagram and Voting Instructions:
Thomas Jefferson
Please note that the county’s voting systems are on public exhibition at Missoula County Fairground’s Election Center. Please see diagrams of the voting system(s) and ballot arrangement and instructions on voting below.
Jane Q Public
SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE ON AN AUTOMARK VOTING SYSTEM The AutoMARK is a ballot-marking system that will be in use during the upcoming election. Its main purpose is to allow voters with disabilities and other special needs to mark a ballot privately and independently. If you wish to vote on the AutoMARK, please inform the election judge at your polling place that you would like to do so. The election judge will give you a ballot (with the stub removed) that will go in the machine. After the system accepts the ballot, the system will provide instructions on how to vote the ballot. In order to make the ballot easier to read, you can change the contrast and font size. You can mark your choices by touching the screen or by using the keypad, which features written and Braille markings. The AutoMARK system will confirm your selections on the screen and by audio. After you verify that your selections are correct, the system will fill in your choices on the ballot and print the ballot. The ballot will then go to an election judge for depositing in the ballot box. If you need assistance at any time during the process, simply request it.
Missoula Independent Classifieds Page C8 March 3 – March 10, 2011
VOTE BOTH SIDES – CHECK BALLOT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ISSUES PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALLOT TO BE VOTED ON. 2. USE A #2 PENCIL OR BLACK INK TO MARK YOUR BALLOT. An Optical Scanner will count your ballot. If you use any other type of pen, it may not be counted correctly by the Scanner. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR BALLOT: When marking your ballot you should NOT make an X or a check mark. You should NOT cross out, erase, or use correction fluid on the ballot and if you make an error, you should request a new ballot. READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY! If you mark more candidates than you are allowed to mark for that position, it is considered an overvote. You may request a new ballot if you overvote in any race. If you do not correct your ballot, that race will not count because of the overvote; however, the remainder of your ballot will be counted. After you mark the ballot, you will be directed to place the ballot in the M-100 precinct counter, which will alert you to errors, if any, tabulate your choices and then deposit the ballot in the ballot box.
PUBLIC NOTICES 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. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash at the time of sale. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor or any other person having an interest in the 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. Dated: December 2, 2010. /s/ Philip J. Grainey PHILIP J. GRAINEY, Successor Trustee FRENCH & GRAINEY, 324 Main SW Ronan, MT 59864 STATE OF MONTANA) :ss COUNTY OF LAKE ) On this 2nd day of December, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared PHILIP J. GRAINEY, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written. /s/ Kimberly L. Field , Kimberly L. Field Typed or Printed Name of Notary Public. Notary Public for the State of MT. Residing at: St. Ignatius, MT My Commission Expires:_May 2, 2014_ Auction Storage contents 6-D, 7-H, 14-A, 16-I. 10am, 3/9/2011, 2122 South Ave. W, Missoula, MT. Cash. 240-9371 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/08/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200714465, Bk. 798, Pg. 1551, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael A. Naseem was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 of Sweet Grass Addition at Maloney Ranch Phase 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201015698, Book 864 Micro Page 590, 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 05/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 29, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $342,048.97. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $323,445.92, 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, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty,
express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.77267) 1002.167417-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/17/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200712792, Bk 797, Pg 1388, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Annie Waylett and Travis Lee, as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 9 of Hidden Hills, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association as grantor trustee of the Protium Master Grantor Trust. 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 07/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 29, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $184,570.80. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $175,219.13, 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, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 8212.20042) 1002.182170-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/17/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200530907, Book 764, Page 891, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michele D. Peasley, a married man, as sole and Separate property was Grantor, New Century Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Title Services was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust
encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 1 of Alff Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Book 4 of Plats at Page 49. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 840, Page 845, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC2. 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 01/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 7, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $171,363.72. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $135,787.68, 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 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.28990) 1002.124551-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/22/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200534296 Bk. 766, Pg. 944, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Karen L. Rausch, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Unit B as shown and defined in the Declaration of Unit Ownership for KTT Townhomes Owners Association, Inc. as recorded June 5, 2009 in Book 840 of Micro Records, Page 1322, records of Missoula County, Montana and as amended by Amendment to KTT Townhomes Owners Association, Inc., Declaration of Unit Ownership recorded July 6, 2009, located on the South one-half of Lot 2 in Block 1 of Mosby’s Leisure Highlands Addition No. 5, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Together with an interest in the General Common Elements and an interest in the Limited Common Elements as set forth in the Declaration of Unit Ownership for KTT Townhomes Owners Association, Inc. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200822123, Book 826, Page 1307, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, NA, as Trustee for NHEL Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006WF1. 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 06/01/08 installment
payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 7, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $146,387.73. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $110,024.74, 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 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.17630) 1002.99755-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/07/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200901831, B: 832, P: 862, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael V. Mitchell, a married man was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc was Beneficiary and Netco Title Montana was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Netco Title Montana as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The SW1/4 SE1/4, Section 27, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, of the Principal Meridian, Missoula County, Montana, lying North and West of the Railroad Right of Way and Northland West of Highway, except: A tract of land located in the SW1/4 SE1/4 of Section 27, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, and in the N1/2 of Section 34, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, M.P.M., more particularly described as: Beginning at the South quarter corner of Section 27; thence Northerly along the midsection line of Section 27, 1034 feet; thence Easterly and parallel to South boundary line of Section 27, 367 feet; thence Southerly and parallel to said midsection line to an intersection with the Northwesterly boundary of U.S. Highway No. 93; thence Southwesterly along the Northwesterly boundary of U.S. Highway No. 93, 150 feet, more or less to its intersection with the South boundary of said Section 27; thence Westerly along said section line to its intersection with the Northwesterly boundary of U.S. Highway No. 93; thence Southwesterly along said boundary of U.S. Highway No 93, 318.9 feet; thence Northwesterly and right angles to an intersection with the South boundary of Section 27; thence Easterly along the section line to Point of Beginning, Missoula County, Montana. And all that part of SW1/4 SE1/4, of said Section 27, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, P.M. lying South and East of the Northern Pacific Railway Right of Way, Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference: Book 96 of Micro Records, Page 1538. Less and excepting that portion deed to the State of Montana in Book 201 of Micro Records at Page 1606 and Book 201 of Micro Records at Page 1610. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201003498, Book 855, Pg 981, 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 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due there-
after. As of January 4, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $238,965.82. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $215,240.29, 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 16, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.71252) 1002.147906-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/25/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200602127, Bk 768, Pg 126, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Scott W. Reagan and Erin M. Reagan was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 135 of Pleasant View Homes No. 2, Phase IV, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201012202, Bk 861, Pg 1291, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for NHEL Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-WF1. 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 10/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 10, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $175,511.56. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $152,620.68, 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 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default
occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.75699) 1002.162443-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/02/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200800412, Bk. 811, Pg. 645, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John E. Vaile Jr., a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2A of Car Line Addition, Block 17, Lots 1A-5A, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, 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 05/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 9, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $137,866.51. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $124,815.50, 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 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.77048) 1002.166697-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/17/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200630276, Bk 787, Pg 1051, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kirk E. Martin and Gail M. Martin, as joint tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 25 in Phase I of Orchard Park, Phases I and II, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, recorded in Book 22 of Plats at Page 69. By written instrument , beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. . 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 05/22/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 10, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $214,270.44. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $200,552.30, 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 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.14722) 1002.183493-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/20/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200619095, Bk 779, Pg 1586, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which William R. Brown a married man as his sole and separate estate was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel A on Certificate of Survey No. 769 located in Government Lot 1, Section 7, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 13, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $172,977.98. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $165,733.61, 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 25, 2011 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
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PUBLIC NOTICES foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.91945) 1002.183645-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 11, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 43 OF SWEET GRASS ADDITION AT MALONEY RANCH - PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Brian A. Parks and Cynthia V. Parks, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration, Systems Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated on December 26, 2006 and recorded January 10, 2007 in Book 790 Page 304 under Document No. 200700766. The beneficial interest is currently held by Arch Bay Holdings, LLC Series 2010A. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1518.18, beginning October 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 30, 2010 is $280,279.71 principal, interest at the rate of 6.500% now totaling $24,2790.08, late charges in the amount of $531.37, escrow advances of $6,654.83, and other fees and expenses advanced of $366.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $49.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 2, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 2, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to
me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Marix Servicing V. Parks/brian 41962.060 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 11, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 680, PAGE 982, ID #1309601, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS A STRIP, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS SOUTH 71° 57’ 50” EAST A DISTANCE OF 643.05 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NW1/4 SE1/4 OF SECTION 34; THENCE SOUTH 83° 79’ EAST A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 145.76 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88° 01’ WEST A DISTANCE OF 215.73 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 65° 04’ WEST A DISTANCE OF 24.43 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 190.74 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINS 0.89 ACRES MORE OR LESS. BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM DORIS B GLESSNER AS SET FORTH IN DEED BOOK 680, PAGE 982 DATED 04/10/2002 AND RECORDED 04/19/2002, MISSOULA COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF MONTANA. Sidney W Glessner, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, NA, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated December 17, 2004 and recorded January 5, 2005 in Book 746, Page 9 under Document No. 200500296. The beneficial interest is currently held by Chase Home Finance LLC FKA Chase Manhattan Bank USA, NA. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,540.59, beginning March 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 19, 2010 is $143,268.71 principal, interest at the rate of 7.0000% now totaling $13,812.60, late charges in the amount of $1,229.52, escrow advances of $8,469.59, suspense balance of $- 638.74 and other fees and expenses advanced of $3037.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.48 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least
every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 2, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 2, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Chase v Glessner 41954.475 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 12, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 7 in Block 4 of Elms Addition No. 4, in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Jennie J. Coyne, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Associates Financial Services Company of Montana, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated September 25, 1995 and Recorded September 25, 1995 in Book 452, Page 2226 under Document Number 31162. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, in trust for the Holders of Truman Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2002-1. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,156.25, beginning April 1, 1999, 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 19, 2010 is $97,335.00 principal, interest at the rate of 13.90% now totaling $145,847.97, late charges in the amount of $1,176.49, escrow advances of $43,537.40, and other fees and expenses advanced of $44,134.97, plus accruing interest at the rate of $37.07 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 3, 2010 /s/Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 3, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State,
personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Select Portfolio V Coyne 41477.139 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 15, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the W1/2 of Section 10, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Parcel 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4911. Together with a non-exclusive road and utility easement recorded in Book No. 567 of Micro Records at Page 1742 and recorded in Book No. 568 of Micro Records at Page 364. Anthony P. Williamson and Linda G. Jones, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 26, 2004 and recorded on March 29, 2004 in Book 728, Page 1342 under Document No. 200408152. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,665.58, beginning July 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 30, 2010 is $322,184.79 principal, interest at the rate of 5.625% now totaling $10,501.34, late charges in the amount of $618.90, escrow advances of $3,235.36, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,423.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $49.65 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 6, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 6, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/13/2013 Gmac V Williamson 41965.406
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 15, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT A110 OF WINDSOR PARK PHASE V, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. JAMES T HUNTLEY & DONNA L. HUNTLEY, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON OCTOBER 24, 2008 AND RECORDED ON OCTOBER 29, 2008 IN BOOK 828, PAGE 916, UNDER DOCUMENT NO 200824530. The beneficial interest is currently held by MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,548.39, beginning June 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 24, 2010 is $185,902.53 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $7,960.46, late charges in the amount of $121.06, escrow advances of $1,977.45, and other fees and expenses advanced of $250.34, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.21 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 6, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On December 6, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Metlife V Huntley 41305.234 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 19, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 123 OF HELLGATE MEADOWS, PHASE III, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA,
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Tyson Freseman, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title Guranty Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 3, 2008 and recorded on April 9, 2008 in Book 816, Page 977 under document No. 200807801. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,345.39, beginning August 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 24, 2010 is $199,991.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $5,449.52, late charges in the amount of $201.81, and other fees and expenses advanced of $189.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $37.67 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, 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 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On December 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Onewest Bank V. Freseman 41969.557 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 19, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 4 IN BLOCK 10 OF LAKE VIEW ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF William H. Vonlanken and Carole L. Vonlanken, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 27, 2006 and Recorded on November 6, 2006 in Book 786, Page 917 as Document No. 200628724. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pur-
suant 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 $1,630.24, beginning November 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 06, 2010 is $167,253.02 principal, interest at the rate of 6.75% now totaling $8,714.64, late charges in the amount of $56.10, escrow advances of $3,327.62, and other fees and expenses advanced of $131.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.93 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On December 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V. Vonlanken 41926.995 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 25, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 12 IN BLOCK 5 OF ELMS ADDITION NO. 4, A PLATTED SUBDIVISON IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Kevin T. Burke and Amelia Burke, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Montana, First Credit Union, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 20, 2005 and Recorded on April 25, 2005 under Document # 200509473, in Bk-751, Pg-404. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,547.70, beginning August 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this
PUBLIC NOTICES obligation as of November 6, 2010 is $190,388.78 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $3,861.24, late charges in the amount of $371.88, and expenses advanced of $42.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.64 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 16, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 16, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Phh V. Burke 41392.712 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 25, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AND BEING A PORTION OF PARCEL B2 AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2370, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL B2A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2736. TOGETHER WITH AN ACCESS EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND ALONG A 30 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE ACCESS AND PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT BEING 15 FEET EACH SIDE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED CENTERLINE: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE ABOVEDESCRIBED TRACT; THENCE EAST 23.33 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING AND THE CENTERLINE OF SAID 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT; THENCE FOLLOWING 4 COURSES ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID EASEMENT: S.08°07’30”E, 90.55 FEET; S.30°19’48”W., 124.25 FEET; S.16°41’16”W., 233.17 FEET; AND S.28°39’03”W, 238.40 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THAT TRACT AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1402 Scott Loken and Susan Loken, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank-Missoula Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on December 12, 2003 and recorded on December 18, 2003 in
Book 723, Page 1895 under Document No. 200347274. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group Inc. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $971.85, beginning February 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 11, 2010 is $$113,066.24 principal, interest at the rate of 5.5875% now totaling $6271.04, late charges in the amount of $809.85, escrow advances of $2016.09, and other fees and expenses advanced of $337.34, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.20 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 15, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On December 15, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V. Loken 42011.277 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 06/01/2011 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, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which SEAN SCALLY as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO., AN ARIZONA CORPORATION as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/05/2003 and recorded 08/11/2003, in document No. 200329559
in Book/Reel/Volume Number 714 at Page Number 669 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana, and Modification to Deed of Trust recorded June 2, 2005 in Book 753 of Micro Records at Page 1093 and re-recorded September 14, 2005 in Book 760 of Micro Records at Page 453; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 1B-2 OF SPRINGER’S ORCHARD HOMES, LOTS 1B-1 AND 1B-2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1826 RIVER ROAD, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $169,914.38 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.75% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 1/20/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0149681 FEI NO. 1006.126489 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 06/13/2011, 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, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which STEPHEN E KASUN, AND KRISTA S BLIZE KASUN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 02/07/2007 and recorded 02/12/2007, in document No. 200703369 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 791 at Page Number 1390 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LOT 70 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2328 W CRESCENT DR, MISSOULA, MT 59803-2608. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, BY BAC GP, LLC, ITS GENERAL PARTNERS, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT 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 11/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $202,200.00 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.75% per annum from 11/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 1/25/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0005854 FEI NO. 1006.126817 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 06/13/2011, 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, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which RECECCA HOLMAN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 10/09/2007 and recorded 10/10/2007, in document No. 200726859 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 807 at Page Number 219 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 6 OF OLSEN’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 619 N CURTIS ST, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, BY BAC GP, LLC, ITS GENERAL PARTNERS, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. 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 11/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $212,688.77 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.625% per annum from 11/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and
costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 1/27/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0006766 FEI NO. 1006.127058 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 06/17/2011, 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 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which MARK L CHEFF, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/03/2005 and recorded 05/09/2005, in document No. 200510602 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 751 at Page Number 1533 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 2A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5619, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 5 AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 3512 Bear Creek Road, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $186,907.22 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.375% per annum from 12/01/2008 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 charged 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: 02/02/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor
Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0108972 FEI NO. 1006.110351 Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Tara Zeiler Missoula County Treasurer Paul Nisbet High Peak Coffee c/o Paul Nisbet Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 13N 18W 21 IMPROVEMENTS ONLY TOWN PUMP PARKING LOT, SUID #4037207. Parcel No. 4037207. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Improvements only being Tax ID No. 4037207, located on Town Pump Parking Lot in Section 21, Township 13 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. 1. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2006. 2. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 4. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 5. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $ 580.95. Penalty: $ 11.60. Interest: $221.49. Costs: $474.02. Total: $1,288.06 6. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 7. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 3rd day of March, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Jessica M. Keith Missoula County Treasurer First National Bank of Montana, Inc. Missoula-Higgins, Jessters Southside Java LLC Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1 As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 13N 19W 33 IMPROVEMENT ON LEASE LAND, SUID #4065102. Parcel No. 4065102. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Improvements only being described as Tax ID No. 4065102, located on leased land in Section 33, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County Montana. 1 The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2007. 2 The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18th, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 4. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 5. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $ 569.48. Penalty: $ 11.40. Interest : $217.67 Costs: $491.86. Total $1,290.41 6. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 7. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which
amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3 The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 3rd day of March, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION TO O P E R A T E R E S TA U R A N T / L I Q U O R / G A M BLING CONCESSION AT MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Sealed proposals, endorsed “Qualifications for Restaurant/Liquor/Gambling Concession, MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT” must be received at the Administration office of the Missoula County Airport Authority, 5225 Hwy 10 West, Missoula MT. 59808 until and no later than 1:00 pm M.S.T. on April 15, 2011. Proposals and all accompanying documents shall become the property of the Missoula County Airport Authority and shall not be returned, except as hereinafter indicated. Please provide four (4) copies of all proposals. Proposals shall be submitted on the Proposal Form provided with the Qualifications Documents. Documents may be obtained at the Missoula International Airport, Administration office, or by calling 406728-4381. Documents may be picked up between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm beginning Monday, February 28, 2011. Any questions should be directed to Cathy Tortorelli, Administrative Manager. The Missoula County Airport Authority reserves the right to award the Concession Agreement based upon the proposal it deems most advantageous to the Authority and the public over the term of the Concession Agreement. Selection of the successful responder shall be based upon the information supplied in connection with the proposal and supporting documentation as well as factors and criteria contained therein. Such factors and criteria include the financial return to the Missoula County Airport Authority, the completeness of an operating plan setting forth anticipated hours of operation, mode of operation and means of implementing concession operations. The Authority shall be the sole judge of the best party qualified to undertake and operate the concession. SHERIFF’S SALE CLINTON W. ELKINS, Claimant Against L AND L MEATS, Owner. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 10th day of March A.D., 2011, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at 12455 Flora Drive, Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: 1994 GMC Sierra Truck, VIN 1GTGK29K0RE550100 Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. No warranty is made as to the condition or title of the vehicle(s). Dated this 3rd day of March A.D., 2011. CARL C. IBSEN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By /s/ Patrick A. Turner, Deputy Request for Qualifications: The BitterRoot Economic Development District (BREDD, Inc) is offering interested individuals or organizations an opportunity to submit a proposal to BREDD to provide Technical Assistance to regional Forest Businesses. Up to $220,000 is available for this project. Proposals due March 24, 2011. Access the RFQ at http://www.bredd.org. Contact Melissa Fisher at mfisher@bredd.org or 406-2583423 with questions.
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control
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Calhoun has the shape and glossy black coat of a Lab, but his smaller size and short legs seem to be saying, "But I'm part Corgi too!" He loves people and wants a home where he will be an important part of his family's life.
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Fancy is an older lady, but she's still very peppy and has lots of good years left. She's a real sweetheart who just wants to have a comfortable retirement home with a loving family (and a portion of her adoption fee has already been sponsored)!
Mazie, the 8-year-old hound has never experienced what it feels like to be a beloved pet. She spent most of her life outside, tied to a dog house. Mazie is really coming out of her shell at the Humane Society.
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CHAMP
Champ is becoming quite rotund from living in a cage with little to do but visit his food bowl! He needs a bit more room to move around and a family to keep him busy. He's a sweet, quiet cat who just needs a little excitement in his life!
DARBY
Darby, the 3-year-old cattle dog mix is brilliant! This gal knows a plethora of tricks and she’s clicker trained! This pup is looking for a full-time person who will keep her inspired both mentally and physically. Need a canine companion to stay with you on the trail?
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Alexis has grown up in the shelter, and now this older kitten is ready for all her patience to be rewarded. She enjoys attention from people and other cats at the shelter, but this lovely lady really wants a family of her own! Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at
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SHEBA
Sheba is a 3-year-old lab mix. This shy gal has been waiting for anybody to come along to peer into her kennel and simply give her a chance. She would love to show an adults-only home how loving and kind she is. Sheba loves other dogs, gentle, patient people and big soft doggy beds
SEBAGO
Sebago is a glorious 4year-old male Tiger/Tabby. This stunning boy loves to spoil people with snuggles and purrs while perched on your shoulders. Sebago enjoys belly rubs, treats, being brushed and gets along well with other cats and dogs.
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This quiet, handsome cat has been at the shelter for several months, and we just don't understand why no one as adopted him. He has a great personality and is definitely an easy keeper, so any family would be lucky to have him.
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HARRISON
Harrison is a 5-monthold neutered male bunny. This friendly little guy loves being held, likes dogs and is litter box trained. In his previous home, Harrison was used to roaming around the house outside of his cage. Harrison is very playful and enjoys broccoli, lettuce and apples.
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CARIBOU
Caribou is a 9-month-old female kitty. This beautiful gal is a dilute torti pattern with gentle tiger stripes. Caribou believes that proper cat etiquette includes greeting all humans with a purr and nuzzle. Friendly Caribou loves other cats, dogs and feathery cat toys.
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Hi I’m Lexie and Lilly is my sister. We had kitties about the same time and shared the responsibilities of taking care of all of them. Lilly is my best friend and I would love nothing more than to find a forever family that will take us both so that we don’t get separated.
LILLY
My name is Lilly and I love lying on laps and snuggling up close. My sister Lexie is my best friend; we love taking naps together with our tails intertwined! Please come meet us and see for yourself what a great addition we will make to your family!
SOPHIE
My name is Sophie and not only am I one tall glass of water but prim and proper as well. I like wearing my pink collar because it makes me feel like a princess. I am loving and kind and want nothing more than a forever family to share my life with!
CALI
I’m Cali, you can think of me as the big man on campus. I am twenty pounds of pure man. Life is really looking up for me! Now all I need is my very own forever family and my rags to riches story will be complete. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Master bed w/ closet/office area, Large storage shed, new deck & underground sprinklers $220,000 • MLS # 10007009. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com Affordable Condo, Didn’t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet, new, green-built development may be cheaper than rent. 1400 Burns, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Beautiful River home on Bitterroot just minutes from Missoula. 3 bed 2 bath with a deck that could hold the whole party. $979,000 or Equity Shares available. MLS 10006007. Call Anne 5465816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED UNIVERSITY DISTRICT HOME. Gorgeous 3 Bdr/2 Bath home in a prime University District location. Gorgeous hardwood floors, built-ins, french doors, bright, sunny kitchen, great yard, and much more. $389,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy2 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Classic University Home, Great floor plan, fireplace, hardwood floors, Nice sized rooms, Lots of Bonus Rooms downstairs w/kitchenette, well maintained, oversized 2 car garage, 116 E. Sussex. 3278787 porticorealestate.com Condo Along the River -Close to the U, one-of-a-kind 2br Edgewater Condo, highly desirable, hardwood floors, lots of character, fantastic location. 521 Hartman #2, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Deck Overlooks Clarkfork River - for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr condo, attached 2 car garage, like new, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #22 3278787 porticorealestate.com Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. condo along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #5 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, Development potential. 3278787 porticorealestate.com Five bedroom 4+ bath townhome on golfcourse with excellent views and gracious space. $445,000. MLS 10007754. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate GORGEOUS CRAFTSMAN STYLE TARGET RANGE HOME ON 0.94 ACRES. 5 Bdr/3.5 Bath, double garage, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, main floor master, 2 family rooms. Close to schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $469,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-
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NEWER HIDDEN TRAIL HOME JUST MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. 3 Bdr/2 Baths, Great open floor plan, lots of natural light, laundry room, Dbl garage, easy access to trails. $199,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy4 to 74362 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com PRICE REDUCED! 5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills. House has central air, vaulted ceilings, big family room with gas fireplace. Yard w/ underground sprinklers and privacy fence. 2 car garage. Great home for entertaining! MLS # 10007275. $240,000. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com Rattlesnake Home on Large Lot, nice 3br home sits on very rare lot, mature landscaping, tennis court, home has lots of upgrades, 506 Redwood 3278787 porticorealestate.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING CLOSE TO THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath single-level Stevensville home. Great, open floor plan, incredible mountain views, next to public park, walk to Downtown Stevi or Bitterroot River. $219,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy10 to 74362 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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3 BR Townhome FSBO near GFS Like new 3-br, 1.5ba townhouse for sale for $182,500. No HOA fees. Central location at 2019 7th St near the Good Food Store. Attached garage, private fenced yard, nice upgrades throughout home. Call 531-0930 for appointment. See byownermissoula.com for details. Agents welcome.
3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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Almost 1/2 acre building site with great views. Close to Ranch Club Golf course and fishing access. City sewer stubbed to the property line. $84,900. MLS# 10007449. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
Uptown Flats Unit #213 1 bed 1 bath and all the amenities included in this Quality Downtown Condo. $149,900. MLS 20110263. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate
ARIZONA BIG BEAUTIFUL LOTS, $99/month, $0-down, $0-interest. Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport. Guaranteed Financing. NO CREDIT CHECK! (800) 631-
8164 Code 4054 www.sunsiteslandrush.com Beautiful 20 acres fenced pasture land. Seasonal stream and pond. Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900. MLS#10007447. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Beautiful building site with a 40x72 Agricutural Building. 20.78 Acres. $349,900. MLS#20111015. 10900 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Great building site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.64 Acres. $199,900. MLS#20111016. 10882 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City Sewer available. Great view. Now $95,000. MLS#908159. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Secluded 20 Acres 15 Minutes to Missoula, property boasts nice choices for building site, a healthy and beautiful forest set-
ting, and easy commute. 3278787 porticorealestate.com
COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins for sale. Many updates to this grand ole downtown building. $875,000. MLS 10003350. Call Anne 5465816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate DARBY COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN GREAT DOWNTOWN LOCATION ON MAIN ST. Two main floor retail/professional spaces featuring 10 ft ceilings, storage/back room spaces, and lots of windows plus two second floor residential rentals. Great income potential and priced to sell! $135,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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SOUTH HILLS HOME LESS THAN 1 BLOCK FROM CHIEF CHARLO SCHOOL . 4 Bdr/2 Bath, deck, double car garage, family room, laundry/utility room, great views, and much more. $175,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy6 to 74362, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 550-3077
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Nice 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath condo with fireplace, garage, all appliances including washer and dryer. Super location - this home is ready to move into. Co-listed with Bill Bangs at Coldwell Banker PRICE REDUCED TO $128,900 MLS # 20110684
W. Broadway St., Missoula, MT 59808
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204 C Heritage St, Stevensville Move-in ready 2 bedroom townhouse, walking distance to downtown Stevensville. Great quiet locale with views! Tiled kitchen and entries, large walk-in master closet, fresh interior paint, & garage. Fenced private backyard w/ access to common area. Should go FHA, RD. MLS#10003149
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riceteam@bigsky.net Robin Rice Janet Rice missoularealestate4sale.com 240-6503 240-3932 BEAUTIFUL WOODED 3.69 ACRES • 550 feet of Twin Creeks frontage • Modulars/manufactured homes allowed • Seller will carry contract • $50,000 down at 7 % interest • $219,900 • MLS#10005586
PRICE REDUCTION • 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home • Addition for possible den or office • Shop & extra space in dbl garage • Zoned for multifamily or commercial • $114,900 • MLS#906610
• 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage • 2 main floor masters • Heated tile floor & jacuzzi in master bath • Large shed for extra storage • $359,900 • MLS # 20110410
• 4 Bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Large deck over looks yard • Lots of room & basement • New furnace & water heater • $239,900 • MLS# 20110384
Grant Creek Log home 26+ private acres • $419,000 Located just 15 minutes from downtown Missoula! The main house is a 3 bd, 2 bath, 3 story log home, with completely renovated bathrooms, newer 3 car open garage with tons of storage built above it and a small guest cabin! MLS#10001348 www.11815benchroad.com
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$182,000: 3+ bedroom, 2 bath, East Missoula. NEW ROOF IN 8/10; Large bonus room could be used as additional bedroom, home office, or family room; NEW paint, carpet, trim throughout; tile in entry, kitchen, baths; gas hot water heat; 1,400 square foot home, 10,000+ square foot lot; two large decks; close to U, downtown, parks, trails, golf; Eligible for USDA Rural Development financing. Call Lori at 721-2017 or 396-9306
THE UPTOWN FLATS 1 and 2 bedroom condos available
Starting at $149,900 OPEN HOUSE: Sat. 11-2pm & Sun. Noon-4pm or call Jeff or Anne for Appointment
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