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Vol. 22, No. 10 • March 10–March 17, 2011

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Vol. 22, No. 10 • March 10–March 17, 2011

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

Up Front: County fears spillover of Smurfit-Stone contaminants Ochenski: Middle East turmoil underscores America’s hypocrisy Flash in the Pan: Paying tribute to corned beef and cabbage

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Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of six same-sex couples asserting that gay people are constitutionally entitled to the same privileges afforded to married people. The judge’s ruling is imminent, and the decision is expected to set the stage for future debates about the legal, institutional and social entitlement of gays and lesbians in the state.............14

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News Letters Bemoaning the absence of Christians and constitutionalists .......................4 The Week in Review The Maulers sweep and the Westside’s food co-op opens.....6 Briefs Calling for clemency, Stevensville’s time capsule and junior Rollergirls........6 Etc. A protest of one ...................................................................................................7 Up Front County fears spillover of Smurfit-Stone contaminants ..............................8 Up Front Snowbowl expansion would cater to beginners........................................9 Ochenski Middle East turmoil underscores America’s hypocrisy ...........................10 Writers on the Range Oil sands development comes to Rocky Mountains...........11 Agenda WORD holds Many Faces of Women fundraiser..........................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan The Irish Borscht..........................................................................18 Happiest Hour Missoula Five-O ..............................................................................19 8 Days a Week Stepping out and painting the town ..............................................21 Mountain High Run for the Luck of It! 5k Fun Run/Walk.......................................29 Scope Cuckoo’s Nest, Bad Habits inject a dose of crazy into Missoula theater......30 Noise Girl Talk, Drive-By Truckers, Handful of Luvin’ and Bright Eyes...................31 Books Eric Pooley digs deep into the climate battle ...............................................32 Film Damon can’t escape a convoluted storyline ....................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34

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by Chad Harder

Asked Tuesday afternoon near the U.S. Post Office on East Broadway in Missoula.

This week the Independent reports on a 110-yearold time capsule unearthed last week in Stevensville. If you were to bury a time capsule today, what would you put in it? Follow-up: If you could bury one thing that would never be unearthed, what would it be?

Dave Hall: A 1966 Fender Mustang Guitar. It’s pretty big, although if it didn’t fit I could always remove the neck. It’s already so many years old so I think it’d be really cool to come across in a time capsule. I’d put in some current music, like Johnny Winter. I guess he’s not really current, but he’s so freaking good. Dear diary: My journal. I’ve been keeping it for 30some years, and I’m not sure I want anyone to ever read it.

Josh Mirel: Well, I guess I’d put in a cell phone, and probably a photograph of Missoula, a current one. I’d also include some form of currency, like mint condition coins. Bone of contention: How ’bout Sarah Palin?

Where are the Christians? The events of the past weeks of the Montana legislative session prompt me to write a letter, not about specific bills, but about the shift in the value systems of the people who are elected to represent us. On Jan. 28, 2011, Rachel Maddow discussed this shift using Republican President Eisenhower as an example. ( You can Google this by searching “Eisenhower Rachel Maddow.”) According to the politics of today, Eisenhower would seem like a radical. He advocated for expanding Social Security, strengthening unions, more access to health care and equal pay for workers regardless of sex. This is not a comprehensive list, just a selection. Our state government has cut federal food stamp benefits by $35 million and the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program by $9 million. This is not state money. It was simply turning away federal dollars that would have gone to Montana families in need. This is the tiny tip of the iceberg. The part of this that fills me with confusion is that many members of this ultra-conservative group identify themselves as Christians. How does denying food and warmth to low-income children, the elderly, the disabled, the unemployed, and the mentally ill coincide with the principles of Christianity? Where does looking out for yourself, and ignoring everyone else, find a place in the value systems of people who have been elected as public servants? It is up to us, the people, to correct this trend and to change our direction. I hope for sanity and compassion. Rachel Lopez Missoula

Where are the constitutionalists?

Brandy Willoughby: I’d start by packing it with as many pictures of the people I love as possible, and I’d include a newspaper article of whatever’s important for that day. And probably some money. Emptying the closet: All of my skeletons.

Kyle Hall: A couple years worth of important newspapers, a copy of [George Orwell’s novel] 1984, and a note that says “Figure it out.” Hoarder: Man, I can’t think of a thing that’s worth losing for life. Not a thing. I’m of the mindset that at some point, everything could be useful, and it might not hurt to avoid getting rid of something for good. There are just too many variables. Although any Megan Fox movie could go.

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The passage by the Montana House of Representatives of House Bill 198, which would strengthen the ability of both private and public institutions to take private property for either profit or bureaucrats’ pet projects, leaves me to wonder where are all the constitutionalists who were elected last fall? While the U.S. Constitution was recently read in Congress and the Tea Party people are pressing politicians to return our country to the fundamental principles of the founding fathers, we in Montana are blessed with elected officials who vote to weaken our constitutional rights.

Consider that they can and probably will take your property for access to state and federal land; recreational access; wild lands and monument designations; transmission and pipeline routes; public and private roadways; species habitat including sage grouse, bison, and predators; railroads and grassland for cropland. I urge all state senators to stand up and defeat HB 198 that leaves landowners as sacrificial lambs in someone else’s scheme to subvert the original intent of the U.S. and Montana constitutions. Darrell Garoutte Wolf Point

How does “ denying food and warmth to lowincome children, the elderly, the disabled, the unemployed and the mentally ill coincide with the principles of

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(the officially recognized tourism region for Western Montana including Ravalli, Missoula, Lake, Mineral, Sanders, Lincoln, Flathead and Glacier counties, the Flathead Indian Reservation and the Blackfoot Nation), we have the pleasure of working with individuals, businesses, organizations, tribal partners and communities to promote our area as a travel destination. Our lodging industry already collects and sends 3 percent of the 7 percent accommodations tax to the general fund. In FY 2010, it deposited $12,330,846 into the state’s general fund. If more money were diverted to the fund, it would hurt the programs and marketing outreach conducted by tourism agencies (like Glacier Country and Montana Office of Tourism) that work to bring visitors and new money into our economy. Of the 10 million visitors that come to our state every year, western Montana has the pleasure of hosting approximately one-third of those visitors either on their way to or from Glacier National Park. We also directly receive the same share of the $2.3 billion in non-resident expenditures paid by those visitors or approximately $750 million. They did not come on their own. They were reached out to through organizations and programs supported by the 4 percent Lodging Facility Use Tax. To see any of that taken away or manipulated would be a travesty. This bill would also have a disastrous impact on our cities, health/insurance programs, education, heritage preservation and environmental programs as it is directly impacting funding for them as well. Please contact your local legislative representatives and help protect this vital part of our economy. Racene Friede Glacier Country Regional Tourism Commission Missoula

Trapping is merciless Don’t hamstring tourism Tourism is the second largest industry in Montana—a true success story and one we can all be proud of. Currently House Bill 316 is being considered by the Montana Legislature, calling for diverting a portion of revenue and/or future allocations from over 20 state accounts, including the 4 percent Lodging Facility Use Tax. As Executive Director of Glacier Country Regional Tourism Commission

Bottom line: Trapping is a cruel and brutal way to kill an animal. Inflicting a slow and agonizingly painful death on any creature is indefensible (see “Feeling the squeeze,” Jan. 27, 2011). Why some people participate and defend this merciless activity is perplexing, but I suspect the compassion component in these individuals’ genetic makeup may be underdeveloped or all together missing. Barbara Palmer Whitefish

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The House Appropriations Committee backs cutting $32.2 million from Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s proposed budget for higher education. According to Higher Education Commissioner Sheila Stearns, the move would substantially increase Montana University System tuition over the next two years.

• Thursday, March 3 Former University of Montana employee Christine Bitterman, 49, appears in Missoula County Justice Court on felony charges resulting from allegations that she embezzled more than $300,000 from UM. Prosecutors say between 2003 and 2010 Bitterman pocketed cash from rent payments made by students living in university housing.

• Friday, March 4 A standing-room-only crowd in the Glacier Ice Rink watches as the Missoula Maulers junior hockey team beats the Billings Bulls 4-1, completing a three-game sweep and securing a spot in the NORPAC America West Championship Series against the Helena Bighorns, the Maulers’ arch rival.

• Saturday, March 5 Mayor John Engen wields a super-sized pair of scissors during a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the Missoula Community Food Co-op’s grand opening. Daylong festivities celebrate the member-operated co-op’s progression from a modest 450-square-foot shop to a full-fledged grocery store specializing in bulk goods and local produce.

• Sunday, March 6 A man allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and attempting to elude law enforcement drives on the railroad tracks through Uptown Butte before his car becomes disabled, prompting the man, along with a male passenger, to flee on foot. Police arrest the driver, Jedediah P. LaRoque, 28, and his passenger, the Montana Standard reports.

• Monday, March 7 Missoula’s City Council debates a proposal to construct 72 one-bedroom apartments on about two acres behind the Good Food Store on Catlin Street. After hearing from project supporters and concerned neighbors, council sends the plan back to committee for further tweaking.

• Tuesday, March 8 The University of Montana men’s basketball team scores a season-low 12 points in the first half of its Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal game against Weber State University, but then drops 45 in the second half to easily beat the Wildcats 57-40 in Northern Colorado’s Butler-Hancock Pavilion.

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The first of the “megaloads”—a 339,000-pound ConocoPhillips partial coke drum—sits parked in a former weigh station south of Missoula Tuesday afternoon. Winter weather and mechanical issues have plagued the transport, pushing back by weeks its Billings delivery date. According to All Against The Haul, the load halted Highway 93 traffic “for 30 minutes and created a twomile backup” Tuesday morning.

Death penalty Faith leaders call for clemency Rev. John Lund, director of Emmaus Campus Ministry, says the death penalty in Montana adheres to “the myth of redemptive violence”—the notion that violence can prevent violence. “In a sense what we’re doing is perpetuating violence by using violence as a deterrent,” say Lund, a member of the Montana Abolition Coalition, a group committed to repealing the state’s death penalty. “I think for me, biblically, Jesus, his work seems to be about breaking that cycle—to love your enemy, to forgive your enemy, to uphold that. That’s not easy. That’s huge. But he called us to that higher level of reconciliation.” Last week, Lund joined about 220 religious leaders from around the state in signing a letter to the Montana Legislature urging it to pass Senate Bill 185, which would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The letter marks state religious leaders’ most organized and extensive effort to end capital punishment to date.

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“The death penalty not only applies disproportionately to the poor and to people of color, but also continues to make fatal mistakes, with 138 people now freed from death rows across the country due to innocence,” the signers wrote. “The more we execute, the more likely it is that we will execute an innocent person, if we haven’t already.” The bill, sponsored by Sen. Dave Wanzenried, D-Missoula, narrowly passed the Senate in February, and a House Judiciary Committee hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday, Mar. 15. That committee hasn’t been particularly sympathetic to arguments like Lund’s; in 2007 and 2009 it rejected bills abolishing the death penalty after passage in the Senate. But the issue has fostered a modicum of bipartisanship. Three Senate Republicans voted in favor of Wanzenried’s bill, including Sen. Jim Shockley, of Victor, and Sen. Carmine Mowbray, of Polson. Lund says that since the Catholic Church and many evangelical churches defend the dignity of all life, there’s reason to believe some House representatives’ religious affiliations will trump political ones. “We uphold some sense of grace, that there’s a

possibility of forgiveness,” Lund says. “It’s not like we’re going to let the person out on the street again.” The Montana State Prison currently has two inmates on death row. Matthew Frank

Roller derby Junior league on the way When Casey Hammond was a little girl, her mother called her “Casey Chaos.” The nickname stuck, and it foreshadowed Hammond’s later transformation into a rough-and-tumble Hellgate Rollergirl. “I was such a little tyrant,” recalls Hammond, now 18. “I just caused trouble all the time. It was either that or ‘Casey Cupcake.’ I don’t know if that would go well with derby.” Hammond’s tyrannical nature suits her well as she creates a Hellgate Rollergirl Junior League for young women ages 12-17. The idea came to her last year when her mother, also intrigued by the sport, made plans to attend a Rollergirl practice. Hammond badly wanted to attend, but her mom

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told her she couldn’t because Hammond was only 17 at the time and Rollergirl rules forbid anyone under 18 from skating. “I had the biggest crybaby fit ever,” Hammond says. “I was like, ‘Mom, I really want to go to this. You don’t understand.’” Hammond’s mom succumbed and took her daughter to watch the ladies practice. After that first glimpse, Hammond kept going back. She watched practices from the sidelines, learning and helping out, tidying up around the Rollergirls’ Toole Avenue warehouse until she finally turned 18 in December. As soon as Hammond hit the rink, she was hooked. “I think it’s a really good way to get rid of some aggressive behavior, emotions that you’re keeping in, in a safe, healthy way,” she says. Now Hammond finds herself working to offer the opportunity to younger girls. She’s receiving a significant amount of support from the local derby league. In fact, one of the league’s original founders, Marlana “M. Kneesya” Kosky, agreed to be Hammond’s mentor. “She’s just a super self-motivated girl,” Kosky says. Apparently, she’s also smart. The lanky Hellgate High School senior figured out a way to incorporate roller derby into her schoolwork—launching the junior league is her senior class project. Hammond aims to recruit enough girls to hold a bout before graduation in May. Jessica Mayrer

Bitterroot Time tells little The last century hasn’t been kind to the bundle of newspaper clippings and books housed in a tin time capsule beneath the Stevensville Junior High School. The artifacts, laid out in the Stevensville Historic Museum’s attic, are stained and crumbling. The Bitterroot’s soil has even reduced a tiny American flag to mere scraps of red, white and blue fabric. Time, it appears, is no patriot. On a recent Saturday afternoon, Missoula conservation technician Audra Loyal huddles over what’s left of the items buried under the building’s cornerstone by members of Montana’s Masonic Lodge on July 4, 1901. The most valuable relics, monetarily, are a pair of turn-of-the-century coins and a small flake of gold. But the paper objects are

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too far-gone to restore. At this point Loyal is simply trying to identify each object to determine what Stevensville then was trying to tell Stevensville now. So far, she’s stumped. “A.J. Gibson was the architect for the building, so I was really holding out hope we’d find some A.J. Gibson material in here,” Loyal says. “But there’s nothing really super unique. I’m sure I could find copies of most of these documents elsewhere.” Historian Chris Weatherly wrestled the time capsule from the wreckage of the school when it was torn down in late January. He knew instantly the

contents were compromised, as the lid of the tin box had been crushed during or after its interment. “When I saw that time capsule I got goosebumps,” Weatherly says. “It was like a hand reaching out at me from history.” Conservationists in the area eventually referred Weatherly to Loyal’s Vespiary Book Restoration and Bindery for restoration work. Loyal did some preliminary research on time capsules and found that the Masons buried such boxes during dedications of new civic buildings. “It seems like most of these that are unearthed are from about 100 years ago,” Loyal says. “So I don’t know if it was a fad or what.” Weatherly spent several days leading up to the school’s demolition stripping the building of fixtures like handrails. He says he plans to display them in a special exhibit at the museum this summer, alongside any pieces from the time capsule that can be partially restored. The coins and flake of gold, however, are going “straight into the safe deposit box at the bank,” he says. Alex Sakariassen

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Art Dolack goes international Missoula artist Monte Dolack has throughout his career grown increasingly aware of the importance of protecting the natural environment. After all, Montana’s tall pines, meandering rivers and abundant wildlife have sustained him financially, spiritually and artistically for three decades. “Almost everything I do has to do with nature or environmental issues,” Dolack says. He periodically infuses an undertone of activism in his creations. The artist’s anxiety over the deteriorating health of his muse—the natural world—comes through in works like “Ascension,” a sepia-toned piece in which woodpeckers fly in a golden sky over a clear-cut forest. “It’s a little, I would say, concerning,” Dolack says. So it’s fitting that the United Nations selected “Ascension,” along with 23 other Dolack posters, to display in a special exhibit, titled The Art of Trees, unveiled last month in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of a series of events commemorating the organization’s “Year of Forests.” Throughout 2011, the UN aims to raise awareness among communities across the globe of the importance of sustaining and growing timberlands. When U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Betty E. King introduced Dolack’s work last month before an international audience, she highlighted the interconnectedness of forests, people and industry. “With evidence of climate change all around us, it is vital that we understand the connections among healthy forests, ecosystems, people and economies,” she said. Dolack couldn’t agree more. He says his exhibit—and the “Year of Forests”—provides a timely reminder for Montanans to keep a protective eye on their natural surroundings. He’s alarmed by the Montana Legislature’s efforts to reverse hard-fought environmental protections. And he’s outraged that lawmakers even discussed Senate Resolution No. 2, which, before being rejected by the Senate, resolved to urge the Congress to disengage from the UN entirely. “Presently, the conservative Republican Legislature is trying to end our participation in the UN and to roll back environmental legislation that helps give us clean water, intact ecosystems,” Dolack says. “This exhibit I did would not exist if their policies come to fruition.” Jessica Mayrer

BY THE NUMBERS

Inches of snowfall recorded at Lookout Pass Ski Area over a seven-day period ending March 1. The dump—which included more than two feet of snow in a single day—temporarily won Lookout Pass the distinction of having more snow than any other ski area on the planet.

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Bruce Taylor, 60, carried out a protest of one outside the rear entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse last Thursday morning, his shoulders thrown back and a picket sign held high in front of him. In red and black lettering, Taylor declared that “Arrogance is unacceptable on the bench.” The backside of Taylor’s sign asked for help in replacing Justice of the Peace Karen Orzech, who only that morning appeared in the Independent’s feature “Under the influence” speaking out against drunk driving. Indeed, the two were recent acquaintances on that very issue; on Feb. 15, Orzech convicted Taylor of DUI for a motorcycle accident on Mullan Road last July. Taylor made no effort to hide the personal nature of his beef with the judge. He felt justice, in his case, had not been served. “They presented no evidence in court that I was intoxicated,” Taylor claimed. Taylor’s protest did seem poorly aimed, however. Prudence, not arrogance, has marked Orzech’s 12-year career. She’s ruled on 1,800 DUI cases. She was the driving force behind Missoula County’s specialized DUI court, and has stressed the importance of long-term treatment for DUI offenders, believing that drunk driving is a symptom of a greater addiction. Turns out, Taylor is as opposed to DUI as any of the legislators seeking a crackdown in Helena right now—even though he, like some legislators, has been popped. He believes if people chose to drive while above the legal limit, the system should chuck them in the clink. “The problem I see with DUIs is there’s idiots who drink so much they don’t know the difference between the shifter and the blinker,” Taylor said. “They go out driving, run a stop sign and kill someone. They should go straight to jail.” Last Thursday was by no means Taylor’s first attempt at making a public statement. The Kalispell native and former diesel mechanic proudly told the Indy that he’s frequently picketed outside the offices of Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester. Taylor, producing a pocket U.S. Constitution, said he feels they’ve both “broken a solemn oath.” Rep. Denny Rehberg, on the other hand, is “a good man.” But it’s hard to sympathize with Taylor’s beef. The evidence is stacked against him. His case records include a toxicology report proving Taylor was operating his motorcycle while under the influence of alcohol and Lorazepam. Taylor staunchly denies the allegation anyway, instead blaming the wreck on a faulty carburetor.

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In between Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.’s shuttered mill near Frenchtown and the Clark Fork River to the west lies a 900-acre marsh of wastewater and sludge left behind after a half century of papermaking. Only a berm along the river’s banks keeps the settling ponds from mingling into the Clark Fork’s flow. That berm may very well be tested this spring. Unusually deep snowpack has forecasters predicting severe flooding in the Missoula Valley—perhaps even a 100-year flood, a spillover the Clark Fork hasn’t seen since 1908. “The Clark Fork River as it comes through Missoula is going to be running

Management Agency (FEMA). “The Smurfit-Stone levees are not— and cannot—be certified to protect the property from flooding,” the commissioners wrote. “The levees are not recognized to provide flood protection by the U.S. Geological Survey or FEMA.” At the same time, the DEQ sent a letter to Smurfit-Stone strongly urging it to conduct an environmental assessment, citing concern that potentially significant environmental issues haven’t been properly addressed. The agency warned that it has the authority to designate the property a state Superfund site, or request that the Environmental Protection Agency inspect

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high,” says Ray Nickless of the National Weather Service. “Right now it’s not projected to exceed the flood stage, but it’s going to be close. What determines whether it does or not is if we get rain mixed in with snowmelt in May or June. The potential’s there.” The flood fears swell, coincidentally, just as local and state officials call on Smurfit-Stone to assess the level of contamination in its wastewater ponds before it sells the property. Last week, the Missoula County Commissioners sent a letter to Attorney General Steve Bullock and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requesting a comprehensive evaluation of contaminants, pointing out that the wastewater and sludge ponds fall within the Clark Fork’s 100-year floodplain, as designated by the Federal Emergency

the site to determine whether it would fall under federal Superfund authority. DEQ Director Richard Opper says it’s in the community’s interest—and the buyer’s interest, since it would inherit liability—to evaluate the level of contamination before the sale closes. “If there’s contamination in the settling ponds, then we’d worry about if the ponds ultimately failed, if the berms failed, releasing [toxins] into the main channel of the river,” Opper tells the Independent. “Or, if there’s contamination in the ponds, then it could be slowly leaking out into the river. That would be a concern, too. We just need to know what we’re dealing with here.” The agency has some sense of what it expects to find. Opper notes 11 documented petroleum spill sites on the property. The Missoula County Commissioners fear

PCBs, carcinogenic PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), arsenic, metals, dioxins and furans—contaminates commonly left behind by pulp and paper mills in the region—may linger behind the berm. “We don’t know that there’s stuff there for sure, but paper mills across the nation have that reputation,” says Commissioner Jean Curtiss. “So we feel like it’s important to have [Smurfit-Stone] be the one that is responsible. They claim things are clean but nobody’s seen anything to prove it.” Smurfit-Stone has yet to respond to the DEQ’s letter, but the company plans to work with the agency to better understand its concerns. Spokesperson Lisa Esneault says when Smurfit closed the mill in early 2010, it developed a strategy for removing chemicals—like black liquor and petroleum products—making an environmental assessment unnecessary. “This work is now complete and we believe all environmental issues at the mill have been appropriately addressed,” she says. Esneault declined to comment on whether the DEQ’s request may impact the mill’s sale, or at least the timing of it, to MLR Investments LLC, an affiliate of Portland, Ore.-based Ralston Investments. The company’s owner, Tim Ralston, couldn’t be reached for comment. MLR Investments reportedly plans to scrap the mill. Though plans for the site remain uncertain, the planned demolition seems unlikely to create as many jobs as local and state officials had hoped. News that the mill would be scrapped prompted the commissioners’ letter. As Curtiss explains, the property will require a higher level of cleanup should new owners seek to use it for, say, residential uses instead of industrial. But more than that, the commissioners want to avoid what—especially this spring— appears inevitable. “The river will reclaim its channel in the future and migrate into the former floodplains of the Clark Fork and O’Keefe Creek,” the commissioners wrote to the DEQ. “If the site is not cleaned up before this occurs, it will result in potentially catastrophic releases of contaminates to the river, affecting aquatic life, water quality and downstream communities.” It’s a risk the commissioners aren’t willing to take. “If there is contamination, we don’t want it left in our county,” Curtiss says. “We’ve dealt with enough of that stuff.” mfrank@missoulanews.com

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Pushing the boundaries Snowbowl expansion would cater to beginners by Alex Sakariassen

“Those skiers, some of them are going to other areas and a lot of them are just skiing less or not skiing at all,” Morris says of beginner and intermediate skiers and snowboarders in Missoula. “Especially for a lower-level skier, I think convenience is a pretty big factor. The farther they have to go and the bigger a deal it is for them to go somewhere, the less they’re going to go.” If and when those skiers do choose to leave town for lower-level opportunities, they face a near two-hour drive in any direction. Peter Pitcher, owner of Discovery Ski Area outside Philipsburg, says his business relies heavily on families from Missoula and Butte who have a mix of beginner and advanced skiers. Discovery’s collection of challenging runs is complemented by gentler, beginner-oriented terrain. In that sense, he feels Missoula is presently underserved. “That’s probably 75 percent of our business is those kinds of families,” Pitcher says. “They don’t all ski beginner terrain, but because one of them does we get the whole family.” Pitcher welcomes Snowbowl’s plans to cater to his main demographic. He appreciates the competition, and believes that the resort’s expansion will only encourage more people in western Montana to pursue snow sports. But he remains skeptical Montana Snowbowl’s proposed expansion to TV Mountain, on the left side, would a b o u t S n o w b o w l ’ s nearly double the resort’s skiable acreage. The Lolo National Forest released its draft chances of actually exeenvironmental impact statement on the Snowbowl master plan last week. A public open cuting the proposal. house on the expansion is scheduled for March 30. Discovery installed two new lifts on Forest (EIS) for the Snowbowl expansion plan last Marshall would remain open, the Forest Service land about nine years ago, so week. Snowbowl seeks to nearly double its Service began to emphasize the lack of Pitcher’s familiar with the types of hurdles skiable acreage—from 1,138 acres to varied local terrain after starting in on its EIS Snowbowl will have to overcome. 2,243—as well as cut 20 new ski runs and in 2005. According to the document, “It’d be good if they did it, but Lookout install three new lifts and a new lodge. The the expansion—which would increase [Pass] also has big plans for expansion and I document will be up for public comment Snowbowl’s trail capacity for beginner and question whether they’ll ever be able to do through late April, and the Lolo National intermediate skiers by more than 1,000 that,” Pitcher says. “Those hurdles they have Forest has scheduled an open house on the skiers—would help the Lolo National Forest to overcome—the environmental part, the meet its mandate of “providing developed financing part and the actual construction— plan for March 30 at the Grant Creek Inn. Save for the need to draw more snow- recreation opportunities at existing sites are difficult to do. It’s like one of those making water from Butler Creek—which that are usable by a wide segment of society Super Mario Brothers games. You get past occasionally contains bull trout and wests- with a range of skill levels.” The EIS states one set of obstacles and then there’s a whole lope cutthroat in its lower reaches—the that Marshall’s closure, coupled with a new animal out there that’s even bigger and Forest Service lists no major environmental steady rise in skier visits locally over the past meaner than the one you got past.” impacts in its EIS. The overarching impact two decades, indicate that skier demand at anticipated from Snowbowl’s future expan- Snowbowl is expected to grow. asakariassen@missoulanews.com Missoula hasn’t had much to offer beginner and intermediate skiers since Marshall Mountain closed down in 2003. Powder hounds in training now face a lengthy road trip to other resorts in the region for access to lower-level terrain. But newcomers to skiing and snowboarding can expect Montana Snowbowl’s proposed TV Mountain expansion plan to help fill the void—though it’s going to take a while. “Ten years is a good number to work with,” says Snowbowl co-owner Brad Morris. “That’s what we were anticipating. Whether that’s exactly what’s going to happen depends on the economy, skier turnout, all kinds of things.” The U.S. Forest Service released its official draft environmental impact statement

sion is a positive one for the beginning skier demographic. Stephanie Lauer of PBS&J, the firm contracted to prepare the EIS, says Marshall’s closure in 2003 strengthens Snowbowl’s case to increase recreational opportunities on federal land. “Basically, [Marshall] was where all the beginners and intermediates would go,” Lauer says. “It wasn’t expected that Snowbowl was a place that was supposed to provide the skiing for everybody…Now that that is not available, the Forest Service was able to consider Snowbowl’s proposal from the perspective of providing skiing on federal land to a greater subset of the local population.” In fact, while Snowbowl pitched its 2004 master plan under the assumption

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Foreign fallacy Middle East turmoil underscores America’s hypocrisy Events of the past few months have thrown the nation into ideological and political quandaries from which no exit is evident. As the Middle East explodes in citizen rebellions against autocrats, America’s foreign policies seem poorly informed, out of touch and increasingly contradictory. We have become the hypocrisy nation, where we say one thing, do another, and spend most of our time pointing fingers and making excuses instead of making a better future. It doesn’t take a political wizard to watch the events unfolding in the Middle East and wonder, “What’s up with America’s foreign policy?” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ever the war hawk, is strangely silent. Her role should be to define and defend a sensible, fair and even-handed approach to world events as the lead spokesperson for America’s international affairs. But instead, it’s the generals doing the talking. Take, for instance, the latest debate on intervention in Libya. President Obama wags his big finger at Colonel Moammar Ghadhafi and threatens that those loyal to him “will be held accountable for whatever violence continues to take place.” Oh really? And how does Mr. Obama intend to do that? If you listen to hawks in Congress— including Vietnam War veteran/protester Sen. John Kerry—we should move immediately to enforce a “no-fly zone” over Libya to prevent Ghadhafi from using the nation’s air force against the rebellious citizenry. But wait, says Robert Gates, the leftover Secretary of Defense from the Bush administration. Enforcing a “no-fly zone” means we have to first destroy Gadhafi’s capacity to strike back. And that, says Gates, will require “an act of war.” While the swirling and disjointed political rhetoric of Washington continues to spin out of control, more than a few folks are beginning to ask if we really want to start our third war in the Middle East—and if so, to what end. But those who think America should act to defend the out-gunned citizenry in Libya might want to ask themselves a simple question. Namely, what’s the difference between these people seeking to overthrow their sitting regime and the people in Afghanistan who seek to overthrow the despised American-backed government there? While it’s morally convenient for us to condemn the use of Gadhafi’s air power against the civilians in Libya, how do we justify using U.S. air power against the civilians in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan on a daily basis?

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It can’t have escaped the attention of those who wield the Big Stick in the nation’s capital that, in the last week alone, U.S. rockets launched from U.S. forces in the air space of foreign nations have slaughtered six children in Pakistan and five in Afghanistan. Add this to the list of thousands of other civilian deaths that we casually brush off as “collateral damage.”

uses “ourGadhafi own words, imitates our own tactics, and then, oblivious to our own hypocrisy, we self-righteously condemn him for

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doing so.

One could easily argue that we are continuing George Bush’s “Global War on Terror.” But hey, Gadhafi has just usurped that same stupid vernacular to dub those who are rebelling against his government as “terrorists.” Gadhafi uses our own words, imitates our own tactics, and then, oblivious to our own hypocrisy, we self-righteously condemn him for doing so. In the meantime, our condemnation remains what you might call a tad unbalanced. What exactly did Saudi Arabia have to say about tolerating any citizen uprisings? They’d respond with overwhelming force to put them down. But

in that particular case, we are silent as mice because Saudi Arabia—the home of the vast majority of those who flew the jets into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Towers—is our oil daddy. As everyone knows, the last thing we’d want to do is endanger the oil that supplies our unceasing addiction over something as ephemeral as our commitment to humanitarian principles. Or how about Bahrain? While few Americans can even locate Bahrain on a map, much less discuss the politics of its Shiite uprising against the ruling Sunni monarchy, it may well rock our world. The island nation is where the American Fifth Fleet, with its 20 warships and 26,000 personnel, is based for the sole purpose of protecting the oil supply routes we deem vital to our interests. Yep, American taxpayers are picking up the tab to make sure Saudi Arabia’s royal family can continue to wring us dry for oil. And if the Bahrain uprising gets out of hand, then what? Why, Saudi Arabia’s ruling Sunni royal family has promised to use military intervention to put the unruly Shiites down. That they’ll be flying the latest American military jets outfitted with the latest American weaponry will surely impress upon the Bahrainian citizens the great love that America has for them—as well as our sincere respect and support for their demands for free elections and democracy. After all, we’re the “Beacon of Democracy” in the world. But wait, there’s also Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen and Jordan. Tunisia’s 23year ruler was driven from power in January due to resentment against what has been called his “iron fist” approach to governance. And where did he flee when his own citizens revolted? Why to Saudi Arabia, of course, where he was warmly welcomed. Like the tale of the tar baby in the old Uncle Remus story, America has got itself good and stuck in the oil goo of the Middle East. That our current predicament has exposed our blatant hypocrisies in foreign policy may, in the end, be a good thing—but only if our political leaders have the humility to admit our errors and the fortitude to deliver the promised, and ultimately unavoidable, change in those policies. 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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Dune and gloom Oil sands development comes to Rocky Mountains by Mike Duncan

Tar sands are no longer a what-if. This water-intensive mining may be coming to Utah soon, and what it could become is a big deal indeed. Unlike gas wells, extracting oil from sand is neither quiet nor unobtrusive. Despite admirable efforts to minimize water use and reduce water pollution, the industry uses considerable water and generates wastes, especially if pipelines are built and field refineries established to avoid trucking the thick oil. It is estimated that making usable oil from tar sands consumes four barrels of energy to make 10 barrels of synthetic crude, generating more greenhouse gases in the process than conventional oil production. It requires a huge infrastructure to supply that up-front energy and transport the oil out. Of course, we need oil, and as a statewide industry, it might supply a few percent of our daily oil consumption. It might also depress the rising price of gas a bit. It will generate well-paying jobs and tax revenue for cash-strapped governments. It will also compete with renewable energy for public subsidies. We will not tell Saudi Arabia to get lost. A lot of rural country, some of it in or near spectacularly scenic areas that attract cash-laden tourists, could eventually be transformed into open pits, refineries and rolling hills of porous beach sand covered by a thin layer of topsoil whose reclamation will be neither easy nor quick. Barring the unlikely success of an appeal from organizations that include Living Rivers of Moab, Earth Energy Resources (EER), a small Canadian company, will eventually get its permit from the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining. The company plans to develop a 200-acre, 150feet deep mine on state-owned land atop East Tavaputs Plateau. If successful, in 10 years it could apply for 2,000 acres. The lease lies within the 225 square miles of PR

Springs, one of 10 Special Tar Sands Areas designated in 1981 by Congress, back when James Watt was interior secretary. EER says it plans to strip mine and proudly points out that it uses less water and energy than the process used in Athabasca, Alberta.

A lot of rural “country, some of it in or near spectacularly scenic areas that attract cashladen tourists, could eventually be transformed

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into open pits.

Here’s what EER plans to do: The ore, a cross between asphalt and sandstone, will be dynamited, scooped, hauled and crushed. Utah’s oil sands hydrocarbon is heavier and more viscous than Canadian tar sands, and more difficult to separate from sandstone. Citrus oil, ideally from Brazilian oranges and lemons according to the patent application, is added, so that the coalesced bitumen and oil is light enough to float on water where it is skimmed off. While citrus oil is a hydrocarbon solvent, one part surfactant per 200 parts oil is added as well in the form of Witconate P-

1059 made by Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry Corp., a Swedish company. EER doesn’t discuss where the surfactant goes when the oil and water mixture settles. It appears that it could end up in damp reclaimed sand unless removed otherwise. Its data sheet says it’s moderately toxic to aquatic organisms. In toxicology, concentration is everything, so it’s not clear if it’s a problem. Additionally, smaller amounts of an anti-foaming agent, Guardex PC-O-H 4625, are added, and possibly water softening chemicals such as lime, soda ash, soda water or chlorine to control pH. The exact recipe is secret. About 10 parts water per part oil are added and heated to 100 degrees, an energy intensive step. The resulting slurry is agitated and then allowed to settle. The water is drained, centrifuged and about 80 percent recycled, leaving damp sand with water-soluble chemicals and residual citrus oil-bitumen to be redeposited in the ore body. The citrus oil is distilled from the bitumen and recycled, another energy intensive step. What’s left—bitumen—must be heated to get it into barrels for trucking to a heavy oil refinery and heated again to get it out. As in Canada, bitumen must be upgraded to make synthetic crude oil, and upgrading requires roughly 17 percent of a barrel of energy. It uses water as well to cool the porous coke to get it in and out of transportation carts. All of this, then, to recover what nature didn’t finish cooking. Is it worth it? Not in my book. Let’s spend our energy development dollars on more promising technologies that leave wild country in peace. Mike Duncan is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a former aerospace engineer now living in Moab, Utah.

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Since its creation 25 years ago, the nonprofit organization Women’s Opportunity Resource & Development Inc. (WORD) has helped women in Missoula improve their lives through a host of programs that offer stable housing, gender violence prevention and opportunities for career growth, among other aims. Despite all the good work it’s done, the organization notes that it’s seen a decrease in federal and state funding, and that the need for its programs remains critical. This week, you can help support WORD’s mission to “inspire and support women’s development, leadership and choice” by checking out Many

Faces of Women, its main fundraiser of the year. The fete offers the chance to bid on a range of artwork by locals including Claire Emery, Shalene Valenzuela and Beth Lo. After bidding and getting your fill of local food and wine, you can kick your heels up for a good cause to tunes by the local band Lefty Lucy. –Ira Sather-Olson

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hosting an application meeting at 1 PM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Another meeting occurs at 7 PM on March 16 in the Flathead Room of Opportunity Resources, 2821 S. Russell St. No childcare is available, so you are advised not to bring children. Free. Call 549-8210.

Destination Missoula, the official convention and visitors bureau for Missoula, hosts its monthly board meeting from 3–5 PM at the conference room of MonTEC, 1121 E. Broadway St. Free. Call 532-3250. Get a green buzz when the Sustainable Business Council presents its Shot Series lecture with the topic Getting Goods from Here to There: Sustainable Business Transportation Options, which features comments from Montana Sen. Dave Wanzenried and begins with refreshments at 5:30 PM, followed by the talk at 6, at The Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St. Free. Call 543-5323.

FRIDAY MARCH 11 Enjoy an evening of film, food and fun to support The Breast Cancer Fund’s Climb Against the Odds 2011— which will be completed by Missoulian Ann Maechtlen— during a screening of the documentary Climb Against the Odds, which also features snacks and door prizes and runs from 6:30–9:30 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $10 donation requested, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Fund. Call 543-1174. Help raise money for a sweet little garden on the Westside during the Helping Hands Garden Silent Auction and Concert, which raises money for Lowell Elementary School’s garden, features music by Tom Catmull, plus a silent auction, games, food and drinks, and runs from 7:30–10:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Free.

SATURDAY MARCH 12 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. homeWORD presents the workshop “Get Ready for Home Ownership,” which meets from 9 AM–6 PM at Mountain West Bank, 3301 Great Northern Ave. $10 per person. RSVP and pay online by visiting homeword.org. Childcare vouchers for the Busy Hands Fun Center are also available.

SUNDAY MARCH 13 Habitat for Humanity of Missoula announces that it’s opening its spring family application period, and is

W O R D I n c .’ s Many Faces of Women fundraiser is Sat., March 12, at 6:30 PM in the Governor’s Room of the Florence Building, 111 N. Higg ins Ave. $50/$40 advance. Call 543-3550 or visit manyfacesofwomen.com to purchase tickets.

MONDAY MARCH 14 Hear more about our city’s economic development initiative when City Club Missoula hosts its City Club Forum titled “The Best Place Project: It’s a New Day for Economic Development in Missoula”, a talk with Mayor John Engen and Jeff Fee of St. Patrick Hospital that runs from 11:30 AM–1 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $16/$11 members/$5 no-lunch option. RSVP by noon on March 11 by calling 541-2489.

TUESDAY MARCH 15 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.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 Hang with some state representatives and ask them your burning questions when Leadership Bitterroot hosts a bus trip to the State Legislature, featuring a guided tour of the capitol, lunch with representatives, and the chance to sit in on a session, beginning with departure at 7 AM. $25 per person. Call Pat at 3632400 to RSVP and for directions on where to meet for departure. Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is Destination Missoula. Free to attend. Visit kettlehouse.com. Check out a film that documents the North Korean humanitarian and refugee crisis during a screening of Hiding, which begins at 7 PM in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Cost TBA. Call 243-2288.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Less than an hour after a bank robbery in Orlando, Fla., police located suspect Johnathan L. Graves, 37, when an officer in police headquarters looked out his window and spotted the man hiding from a patrol car. The officer alerted other officers, who nabbed Graves as he tried to flee. (Orlando Sentinel) While arguing with the mother of their 4-year-old son at her apartment in St. Clair Shores, Mich., Antonio Owens, 27, “grabbed a kitchen knife and said he is going to cut the gas line and burn down the place,” police Detective James Wagner reported. “He tried to get the stove away from the wall to get to the gas line” before both parties realized the stove was electric. (Oakland County’s Daily Tribune) WHAT, ME WORRY? - Many reusable grocery bags contain high levels of lead, according to the Center for Consumer Freedom. Of the 44 retailers whose bags the consumer group tested, 16 contained lead in amounts higher than the limit many states set for heavy metals in packaging. The bags are made from “non-woven polypropylene,” which comes from China. Noting that lawmakers nationwide are proposing to ban or tax paper and plastic bags, CCF Senior Research Analyst J. Justin Wilson said consumers “should have the option of using lead-free plastic and paper bags when they’re bringing home their groceries.” (United Press International) Plastic trays used at shopping mall food courts contain as many germs as a gas station toilet seat, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. investigation. Bob Hancock, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia, where swab samples from trays were analyzed, said that two of the trays were contaminated with “a fairly large number” of acinetobacter bacteria, which cause gastrointestinal illness and are highly resistant to antibiotics. The CBC said various officials at the three Vancouver shopping malls sampled pointed out the trays aren’t intended to come into direct contact with food. (United Press International) MAN PURSE OF THE WEEK - Corrections officials said that during a “clothed pat-down search” of Antoine Banks, 25, after his arrest on drug charges in Louisville, Ky., they found a small bag of suspected crack cocaine tied to the waistband of his underpants. They proceeded with a strip search and found “another small baggie” containing crack rocks in the foreskin of his penis. (Louisville’s WLKY-TV) PISCINE FOLLIES - Police who charged three teenage boys with residential burglary in Arlington Heights, Ill., also charged one of them with cruelty to animals after he admitted poisoning and killing three goldfish. “According to the police report,” police Sgt. Mike Hernandez said, the 16-year-old boy “looked at the fish tank and said, ‘We can’t leave any witnesses.’” (Chicago’s Daily Herald) Chinese animal rights groups objected to a television appearance by magician Fu Yandong, who performs a trick where six goldfish swim in formation. The protestors insisted the trick might involve the use of magnets and thus could injure the fish. The magician denied harming the fish, pointing out, “If I used magnets, the fish would stick together.” (BBC News) Fish swimming around big cities could be subjected to doses of anti-depressants, according to Canadian researchers, who discovered that significant quantities of Prozac are finding their way into the water around Montreal and into the brains of fish. Noting that a quarter of Montreal’s human population consumes some type of anti-psychotic or anti-depressant drug, lead researcher Sebastian Sauve said his team observed that the pharmaceuticals reduced brain activity in brook trout exposed to Montreal’s wastewater over a three-month period. Sauve warned that fish in other big cities could show similar effects. (The Canadian Press) SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION - Police arrested Consuela McCrobey, 19, and Laela Cross, 20, in Chattanooga, Tenn., after a dispute that began, McCrobey said, with Cross “spitting ice cream on my car.” McCrobey responded by throwing eggs at Cross’s porch, according to the police report, which stated that Cross retaliated a few hours later when McCrobey drove past her home by firing her semi-automatic pistol at McCrobey’s car “once and then at least five more times.” All six shots missed. “She wears glasses, she can’t see,” McCrobey said. “But I don’t know what kind of anger she had for her to start shooting over some eggs.” (Chattanooga Times Free Press) Kendall Anderson, 16, admitted hitting his mother 20 times with a claw hammer while she was asleep at their Philadelphia home. When the attack didn’t kill her, he said he dragged her downstairs and tried to “cremate her” in the kitchen oven. That attempt failed, too, so he beat her in the head with a chair leg before dragging her body outside and hiding it under debris in an alley. Anderson blamed his mother for provoking the attack by taking away his PlayStation video game to punish him for getting into trouble. “I couldn’t stand the arguing,” Anderson explained to Homicide Detective Thorsten Lucke while confessing to the murder, but he added, “I really miss my mom. She was the only person who cared for me.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

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END OF AN ERROR - The government of Alberta, Canada, announced it’s issuing refunds to motorists ticketed for speeding by Edmonton’s 47 speed cameras because it can’t verify their accuracy. The action follows a motorist’s objection to a ticket, denying that he was going 89 mph. Prosecutors found that every other vehicle traveling along that same road was also clocked at exactly 89 mph. (TheNewspaper.com: A Journal of the Politics of Driving) CHANGE OF PLANS - After convicted killer Tracy Province, 42, escaped from an Arizona prison, he decided to end what he called the fear and panic he experienced while on the lam by overdosing on heroin at Yellowstone National Park and letting bears eat him. He told Mohave County Detective Larry Matthews after his capture that as he was preparing the drug, a voice told him to abandon his suicide plan. “He called it divine intervention,” Matthews reported. Province also told Matthews he’d been in prison so long he’d forgotten how to drive. “Everyone drives too fast now,” Matthews quoted Province as saying. “When he went to prison, the speed limit was 55.” (Associated Press) SUSPICIOUS MINDS - Police locked down a Walmart store in Kirksville, Mo., after receiving a report of a man in a truck in the store’s parking lot holding a gun to his head. The gun turned out to be a cell phone the man was talking on. (Kirksville Daily Express)

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ike Long lives with Rich Parker in a blue house with white trim on a quiet Bozeman street. A slightly effeminate 57-year-old with dark hair and a graying goatee, Long likes to cook, and counts homemade macaroni and cheese, chicken and dumplings, and chili among his specialties. Household and automotive repairs are usually left to Parker, 40, a Navy veteran and engineer, who spent a recent Saturday afternoon lying in the garage replacing a brake line under a friend’s Ford Escort. The couple’s son, 18-year-old Kevin Long, plays football at Bozeman High School and is an accomplished competitive weightlifter. The family’s routine is fairly predictable: work, school, family dinners, sports on the big-screen TV, homework for Kevin—the usual. “We’re boringly normal,” Long says. It may be unremarkable, but while most Americans take this lifestyle for granted—9-

to-5 jobs, household chores, mortgage payments and the like—it’s taken Parker and Long a lifetime to get here. Before building this comfortable home and loving family, both men spent decades agonizing over their sexuality. They hid it from colleagues, friends and family—even themselves. Long, a Montana native raised in the agricultural community of Big Timber, didn’t come out as a gay man until 2004. By then, he was already in his late 40s and a divorced father. Parker also grew up in a small town, the youngest of nine children in a community of about 5,500 outside of Utica, N.Y. Like Long, Parker says a socially conservative upbringing prompted him to keep his romantic interest in men under wraps. He focused instead on perfecting stereotypical testosterone-fueled exploits like fixing cars and making household repairs. He eventually joined the Navy, traveled around the country, drank a lot of beer

and avoided substantive romantic entanglements with anyone. After first toying with the idea that he was a bisexual, Parker finally gathered his courage to come out as a gay man in 2002. He was 30. “This feeling of fear was pretty overwhelming the first time I said to somebody other than myself that I was gay,” he says. “You just take this deep breath and go, ‘Whew, that Pandora’s box just got opened.’ It was overwhelming how good it felt to finally say, ‘No more lies, no more hiding, no more not being myself. I’m just going to be myself, period.’” It’s been just more than 10 years since Parker opened that Pandora’s box. During that time he’s gone from hiding his sexuality to suddenly standing front and center amid Montana’s gay rights movement. Last July, Long and Parker joined a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of six same-sex

couples who aim to secure benefit rights for homosexuals like themselves who have built long-term committed relationships. The case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana, filed in Helena District Court, asserts that gay people are constitutionally entitled to, yet unlawfully denied, the same privileges afforded to married people. Specifically, the suit targets equal tax benefits, inheritance rights and the power to make financial and health decisions for domestic partners. Judge Jeffrey Sherlock’s ruling is imminent, and his decision is expected to set the stage for future debates in Montana courts, at the Legislature, and among residents about the legal, institutional and social entitlement of gays and lesbians in the state. The suit’s central goal calls for breaking down barriers to legal equality, but the plaintiffs hope it will also trigger wider social ramifications. For instance, it could chip away at the institutional

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Rick Parker and Mike Long don’t understand why people oppose their attempts to gain domestic partnership benefits. “How are we a threat?” Long asks. “How can our relationship hurt anyone else’s?”

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There aren’t a lot of gay men raising kids in Bozeman, leaving Mike Long and Rich Parker to figure things out as they go. “We have no role models,” Long says. “We’ve had to forge our own trail to a degree with building our relationship.”

homophobia responsible for building closets like the ones Long and Parker lived in for so long. “Once the law ceases sanctioning discrimination, it becomes much more difficult for individuals to do so,” says Christine Kaufmann, an openly gay Montana legislator from Helena who filed an affidavit in support of the ACLU case. “When it becomes against the law, it changes things for both the group that is experiencing that discrimination, as well as the culture at large who now has less permission to believe that their own personal biases are worthy of acceptance.”

ontana’s legal battles over LGBT equality in many ways mirror fights taking place across the nation. Since 2003, five states and the District of Columbia have granted gay and lesbian people the right to marry. Gay couples may register as domestic partners in seven other states. Those count as victories for gay rights activists. But their work is far from finished. Five other states—Maryland, Colorado, Rhode Island, Indiana and New Hampshire—are in the process of debating partnership legislation that would further clarify same-sex benefits. And in California, a voterapproved ban of gay marriage known as Proposition 8 passed in November 2008 and continues to get batted around in and out of the state’s court system. For Montana plaintiffs and their ACLU attorney, Betsy Griffing, it’s clear that equality won’t come overnight, especially in a largely conservative state like Montana. “It’s very difficult,” she says. “It’s a difficult road.” LGBT rights proponents did receive a promising boost last month when the Obama administration announced the federal government will no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The law, crafted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, bars recognition of same sex marriage. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder explained in a Feb. 23 statement to Congress that the administration has found DOMA unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guaranteed to all Americans. Holder says the administration based its decision, in part, on congressional testimony presented while drafting DOMA. “The record contains numerous expressions reflecting moral disapproval of gays and lesbians and their intimate and family relationships—precisely the kind of stereotype-based thinking and animus the Equal Protection Clause is designed to guard against,” Holder said. Holder’s argument appears very similar to the legal rationale used by the Montana ALCU in its benefits lawsuit. ACLU attorneys and lawsuit supporters like Kaufmann say that because the Montana Legislature has repeatedly demonstrated its unwillingness to grant the constitutional protections LGBT people are entitled to, the judiciary is obligated to step up. “If we wait for the Legislature to change this, it’s not going to happen for a hundred years,” Kaufmann says. Kaufmann, who served as Montana Human Rights Network director from 1992 to 2009 and was first elected to the Legislature in 2000, points to numerous instances in which state legislators exhibited the type of “moral disapproval” Holder discussed. For instance, in her affidavit, Kaufmann details a 2007 Senate Judiciary Committee meeting when former Sen. Dan McGee, R-Laurel, talked about why he opposes hate crime protections for LGBT people. “This is not about love, this is about sex,” McGee said. “Everything about the whole sexual orientation issue, the homosexual agenda, is a perversion…

I’m normal, they’re abnormal. This is a perversion.” As McGee’s testimony makes clear, the debate over LGBT rights is often fraught with discussions about morality. However, the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking Judge Sherlock to dismiss the ACLU lawsuit based solely on its interpretation of the law, says agency spokesman Kevin O’ Brien.

Montana voters in 2004 defining marriage as a union between a man and woman prevents the state from crafting legal protections sought by the ACLU. Finally, DOJ says same-sex couples already have the necessary tools to overcome perceived legal obstacles—they can, for instance, make financial and health decisions for domestic partners regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome. “Plaintiffs seek no more freedom from government in the pursuit of life’s basic necessities than they already possess,” states DOJ’s October brief. “Nor…is there any fundamental right to the array of spousal benefits plaintiffs would have this court extend to them.” Neither the ACLU plaintiffs nor Griffing buy the DOJ’s arguments. They say the judiciary must act, and the current system unfairly burdens same-sex couples seeking the most basic benefits. Plus, just because marriage is defined as a heterosexual union, there’s nothing stopping the state, specifically the Legislature, from creating a separate method for same-sex partners to attain equal legal footing alongside heterosexual peers. The marriage amendment, Griffing says, does not make the Legislature immune from upholding constitutional protections. “It is not an exception to equal protection or the privacy clauses,” she says. “It just isn’t.”

ike Long learned to hide growing up in Big Timber. His dad was a classic cowboy, a man who wore

The license plate references “Two fat gays” and highlights the fact that Rich Parker and Mike Long are, after hiding their sexuality for years, at the center of the gay rights movement.

“The state is making very mainstream arguments,” he says. The DOJ’s case breaks down to three main points. The first holds that legislators are elected to craft law, not the judiciary. “It is for the State Legislature, not the Court to decide whether to create a new category of benefits beyond spousal benefits,” states DOJ in its legal filings. DOJ’s second argument maintains that a constitutional initiative passed by

Wranglers, a 10-gallon hat and chewed tobacco. Long’s older brothers fell in step with their father. The youngest son, however, never felt comfortable in the macho culture that marked his childhood. “It was, and still is, a very constrained society in that there are a billion unwritten, unspoken rules of behavior. You need to conform, or you’re ostracized,” says Long. “Among that long set of rules is sexuality and there was no

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deviation from that…You couldn’t be gay. It just wasn’t done.” Long’s transformation commenced shortly after he met Parker online in a gay chat room. He had moved to Glendive by then, and the rural Montana town was, like Big Timber, not exactly a hub of homosexual activity. The two found they both shared a love of Montana and good conversation, and they made a date to meet at a Billings steakhouse. When the men rendezvoused over dinner, Long, who had never been in a relationship with a man before, says he immediately succumbed to an array of new feelings. The two spent the weekend together. On Sunday, they kissed goodbye in the Costco parking lot as families walked by pushing carts and pulling children. On his way back home, Long had to stop the car.

“Stewing over it was a nightmare,” he says. Oblivious to his dad’s anguish, Kevin didn’t care. The Glendive community, in the end, didn’t care so much, either. “Within 2.3-nanoseconds the entire county knew,” Long recalls. “The news, it was like a meteor going across. It was very bright, very dramatic and very short. After that, no one cared.” Long and Parker may have had great neighbors, but not everyone supports the family’s nontraditional makeup—nor, for that matter, its legal agenda. The couple and, in fact, each of the plaintiffs in the ACLU case, signed on to the lawsuit knowing they could become targets of intimidation and violence. With that in mind, Parker keeps a watchful eye out for cars he doesn’t rec-

Himes testified again last month before a House Judiciary Committee meeting as it discussed House Bill 516, which aims to overturn Missoula’s antidiscrimination ordinance and prevent other communities from implementing similar protections. He believes Missoula’s law could, among other things, make churches and religious organizations vulnerable to unjust and frivolous claims if they deny services, employment or membership to LGBT people. “They should be able to discriminate,” Himes said at the hearing. “They should be able to choose to whom they rent based upon religious reasons. That goes to employment that goes to Sunday schools that goes to all of those issues.” Those gathered during the committee hearing—roughly 50 LGBT communi-

When Mary Anne Guggenheim, 75, and Jan Donaldson, 68, first moved to Montana in 1983, the couple could have been prosecuted for their relationship. Until 1997, homosexual behavior was considered a felony punishable with a 10-year jail term and a $50,000 fine. “This is the civil rights issue of your generation,” Guggenheim says.

“I had just smooched a guy in the Costco parking lot,” he says. “That bit of coming out to myself, that bit of public display of affection, allowing this whole flood of feelings that had been tamped down under acres of concrete my whole entire life—I had to pull over and stop before I could continue driving.” The couple took it slow at first. Parker, after recently coming out himself, understood Long’s struggle. That said, he wasn’t about to go back into hiding. “I definitely knew that I didn’t want to be involved in a relationship with somebody who was going to be in a closet for the rest of their life,” says Parker. “You see that constantly, relationships filled with fear.” Long initially kept the relationship quiet, even from his family. When he eventually told his brothers, they worried most about Long’s then 9-year-old son, Kevin, and him suffering the indignity of a gay dad. Long says coming out to Kevin was the hardest part.

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ognize driving down their street. The couple also advised their neighbors not to hesitate calling police if they see unusual activity. “It still is a little bit of a concern,” Long says. While Long and Parker remain alert to potential threats, they’re certainly not scared. The two get angry when they hear about intimidation directed at LGBT people and when they witness individuals preaching fire and brimstone as a reason to deny them equal rights. One of the most vocal enemies of LGBT equality in Montana is Big Sky Christian Center Pastor Harris Himes. He publicly testified against a Missoula antidiscrimination ordinance, passed in April, which protects individuals from being denied housing, services or employment based on sexuality or gender expression. Missoula is now the only Montana city to make it illegal to fire someone from a job for being gay.

ty members and their allies—collectively gasped when Himes’ later cited passages from the Bible saying that God deems homosexuality a sin so great that it’s punishable by death. “It is God himself who says that homosexuality is an abomination,” Himes said. Veterans of the legislative process say it’s not all that unusual to hear testimony like Himes’ in Helena. “That shows you something of the attitude that is still up here in the legislative halls,” says Kaufmann. For Parker, it’s people like Himes who helped motivate him to fight so publicly for equal rights. He gets frustrated when he hears someone else try to impose his own ideas of moral and sexual behavior on Parker and his family. He says he’s tired of paying taxes, shoveling snow from his sidewalk and going to work every day just like everyone else only to be told by people like Himes that he’s an abomination

deserving of God’s wrath. He doesn’t care about the consequences or risks. “I’ll fight to the frigging death against that kind of mentality,” Parker says.

istory proves Long and Parker have a reason to worry about backlash. On Feb. 8, 2002, Adrianne Neff and Carla Grayson awoke to a wall of fire and smoke inside their Missoula home. The couple grabbed their 22-month-old son and escaped through a window. As they watched their house smolder, it seemed obvious to them that the blaze was payback for a high-profile lawsuit filed just days before. The couple, along with Carol Snetsinger, Nancy Siegel, Pride, Inc., and the ACLU, sued the Montana University System to secure benefits for same-sex partners. At the time, Grayson worked as a professor in UM’s psychology department. She and the other plaintiffs were angry that the university system offered health insurance benefits to non-married heterosexual partners, yet denied them to samesex partners. Grayson wanted Neff, who was staying home to care for their young son, to be insured under her plan. The couple also saw an opportunity to remedy what they perceived as a clear injustice. “There are a few times when you get a chance to do something that will make a difference for other people,” says Grayson in a phone interview from the couple’s new home in Ann Arbor, Mich. “It felt like that was our moment to do that.” Two days after filing suit, and after their names had been published and televised in local and national media, each set of plaintiffs received letters in the mail claiming to contain anthrax. The letters read, “Die dykes.” Forty-eight hours after those letters arrived, someone set Grayson and Neff ’s house on fire. While the couple thought the arson was a direct result of their lawsuit, law enforcement wasn’t so sure. Missoula police brought in an arson investigator from North Carolina who stated that, in his expert opinion, the fire was intentionally set to maximize exposure and/or sympathy to the couple’s legal battle. Grayson and Neff angrily denied the allegations. They, along with many LGBT community leaders, maintained the suggestion of their involvement was fueled by homophobia. “I still feel like, for some people, when they think of people who are lesbian or gay or bisexual, to them, that evokes craziness,” Grayson says. “They already think that it’s a mental health issue. I think, then, they lead into thinking that you’re a little bit crazy, so, maybe, you do something really crazy.” It was a roller-coaster year for the couple. On February 9, one day after the arson, roughly 700 people carrying candles and rainbow flags rallied in downtown Missoula to support them. Similarly, while the couple took on thousands of dollars in attorney fees, locals created a relief fund. “We just feel a sense of thankfulness and gratefulness to that community for

ple says they joined the current ACLU suit as much for the next generation of gay Montanans as for their own benefit. “That’s our major goal, to take it one more notch,” Guggenheim says. Specifically, she thinks of her grandchildren. When they grow up, Guggenheim wants them to be free to form relationships with whomever they choose, regardless of gender. “In their generation, hopefully,” Guggenheim says, “it will not be an issue.”

evin Long recalls the time his dad first talked to him about being gay. “I remember he was sitting in the chair,” says Kevin. “We were watching TV and Rich was coming down and he wanted to tell me before he got there. And he did. And all was fine. I had no problem with it.” Kevin says he might have been too young at the time to really understand the difference between gay and straight. It doesn’t much matter now. Having two gay dads has actually worked out pretty well for him. Parker teaches him how to work on his car, and both Parker and Long attend his football games. Plus, the ACLU lawsuit gave him a compelling subject to write about in college application essays. That said, he probably doesn’t need to lean too heavily on his non-traditional upbringing in order to woo colleges. Kevin starred as an offensive lineman for the Bozeman Hawks, carries a 3.5 grade point average and last year was a state weightlifting champion. Kevin’s buddies from the football team and other friends haven’t been spooked by the fact that he has two gay dads. In fact, he’s found support throughout the community. For instance, when Bozeman commissioners unanimously voted to pass a resolution in support of the ACLU same-sex benefits suit last September, Mayor Jeff Kraus played a pivotal role in persuading his colleagues. Kraus’ son plays football with Kevin.

Four days after Carla Grayson and Adrianne Neff in 2002 filed a lawsuit asserting their right to partnership benefits through the Montana University System, their South Hills home was burned down. One day after the arson, nearly 700 people came out to support the couple in a rally at First United Methodist Church.

helping us through that difficult time,” Grayson says. Despite the community support, Grayson and Neff no longer felt safe in Montana, and they left the state at the end of the 2002 school year. The women decided to return to Ann Arbor, where Grayson had earned her doctorate. When they arrived, they were greeted with a new level of celebrity. “We had a lot of young lesbians helping us move,” Grayson says, referring to the publicity generated by their Montana lawsuit. “We’re like the famous old lesbians.” Many of those young lesbians speak admiringly about the couple’s legal fight. However, Grayson sees her efforts in the context of a broader history. There was a time not all that long ago when gay people were jailed for who they were, she says. Only through the efforts of people willing to sacrifice their own physical wellbeing has the movement gotten where it is today. “I think I wouldn’t have what I have now if those people hadn’t done that. I wouldn’t live in a nice house and have two children,” she says. “That all is possible because other people were willing to step up in very scary times.” In December 2004, the Montana Supreme Court found in favor of the Snetsinger plaintiffs. Because of the suit, domestic partners of Montana University System employees now may receive benefits. Though the police never solved the arson investigation, the court’s decision served as a vindication of sorts for Grayson and Neff. “We were like, ‘Yay, something good came of this,’” Grayson says. “We were glad justice was done.”

rayson and Neff may not have personally benefited from the Montana lawsuit, but the couple takes pride in the fact that they helped attain

a historic victory in Montana’s LGBT equality movement. Similarly, Mary Anne Guggenheim, 75, and her partner of nearly 30 years, Jan Donaldson, 68, agreed to sign on as lead plaintiffs in the current ACLU benefits suit not because they stand to gain personally from what will likely be a drawn out legal battle, but rather because they know it will help others throughout the state. “We’ve had all sorts of good fortune,” Guggenheim says on a recent February morning from the couple’s Helena home. “Maybe this is a little payback.” Guggenheim is a former professor and retired pediatric neurologist who carries herself with the confidence of someone accustomed to being listened to. Donaldson is a registered nurse and works for a nonprofit. After building a successful medical practice together, raising children together—they have four children from previous relationships— and now growing old together, the women often complete each other’s sentences during casual conversation. The medical practice meant money was never a concern for Guggenheim and Donaldson. The couple is also politically connected, as Guggenheim, after retiring from the practice at 60, was elected in 1998 to serve in the Montana House of Representatives. With such social, educational and financial resources, the couple is equipped to navigate the myriad legal and institutional challenges that go handin-hand with growing old while gay in Montana. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Each woman carries copies of the other’s medical and financial powers of attorney in the glove box of her car. Another set of documents—dated, signed and notarized—is always in Donaldson’s travel bag. “If I lose that black bag I’m in bad trouble,” Donaldson says. “It’s not just one paper, it’s a packet of papers.”

Legal counsel recently suggested that Guggenheim adopt Donaldson to avoid paying inheritance tax when she dies. Since married couples share joint property and resources, they don’t have to pay such a tax when their spouse passes away. The couple opted not to do the adoption. They’d rather pay the Internal Revenue Service. “That kind of unfair legal burden when you have such an obvious, committed, long-term domestic partnership, it is not fair,” Guggenheim says. While Guggenheim and Donaldson have, through expensive and time-consuming legal maneuvering, been able to adapt to their circumstances, they recognize other LGBT couples may not have the resources to follow their lead. Like Grayson and Neff before them, the cou-

In the family living room sits a picture from last year’s Bozeman Hawks’ “parent night.” Parker and Long stepped from the crowd for the photo op, standing arm-in-arm with Kevin. There was no hesitation and Long says the crowd cheered for them, just as they did for other parents. “It was a situation that was devoid of interest,” Long says. Despite their normally low-key lifestyle, the couple appreciates the spotlight these days. Long says it’s an opportunity for them to show that they’re really no different than their neighbors. “Every time there’s a gay character on television in an otherwise mainstream television show, every time there’s a Sunday magazine article about a gay couple, the general public, people who might, because they were taught to think this way, might push back against samesex relationships, are going to push back just a tiny, tiny, tiny bit less,” Long says. Parker is younger then Long, a bit fiery, and less patient than his partner. He’s insistent on change, now. But Long, like Guggenheim and Donaldson, as well as Grayson and Neff, takes a broader view of their ongoing legal battle. He sees their work as part of a slow journey. “What I equate this to is the creation of the Grand Canyon,” Long says. “That happened one grain of sand at a time. That’s how it happened for African Americans. That’s how it happened for women. You name it. This lawsuit is a part of that one grain of sand at a time. Now once in a while, if you watch the Grand Canyon, there will be enough erosion that a big hunk of rock may fall in the river. Hopefully, this lawsuit can be a big hunk of rock falling in the river and digging the canyon deeper. We’re just a part of that.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

Sen. Christine Kaufmann, D-Helena, is one of three openly gay Montana legislators. She says institutionalized homophobia prevents the lawmaking body from enacting legal protections for gay and lesbian people. “If we wait for the Legislature to change this, it’s not going to happen for a hundred years,” she says.

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The Irish Borscht FLASHINTHEPAN A funny holiday is observed on March 17 in Suffolk County, Mass. (which includes Boston). Green ink was used to sign this holiday into law, and lots of Irish people and their friends celebrate it by drinking copious amounts of beer and whiskey. I’m referring, of course, to Evacuation Day, the important historical holiday marking a day during the revolutionary war when the British redcoats retreated from Boston. To some Irish, saying goodbye to a Brit is legitimate cause for celebration, but native Massholes like me have known since the second half of first grade that Evacuation Day is really just a clever ruse to give the day off to workers who would otherwise have called in sick with a pre-hangover. That’s because, not coincidentally, St. Patrick’s Day—which was denied public holiday status—also falls on March 17. Across the great divide in Butte, Mont., cavernous bars ring hollow most of the year like the Sambadrome in Rio, only to fill on St. Paddy’s Day with overjoyed masses cheering and crying and hugging, in the best case scenario. And if you can push your way to the bar, don’t forget to order a plate of corned beef and cabbage. You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy the official food of my hometown’s unofficial public holiday. In fact, back in Ireland the dish is mainly prepared for export and tourists. But in the United States, corned beef has become a genuine part of American culture, dating back, by many accounts, to the times when Irish and Jewish people shared the low-rent districts of certain east coast cities. They ate a lot of corned beef, though some called it brisket or smoked meat. I learned at a young age that unlike the Jews, including some of my relatives, the Irish don’t freak out if you put mayo on your corned beef. Brining meat in salt water is an age-old preservation method. The word “corned” refers to the large grains, or “corns,” of salt that were traditionally used. Corned beef and cabbage, which often contains potatoes, onions, and carrots as well, was a dish you could make at the end of winter in the days before refrigeration. Today, it’s a meal that makes sense for local hoarders trying to make the most of the dregs of last year’s harvest. Some recipes claim to produce corned beef and cabbage without the brining step. I tried one such

recipe—the highest recommended hit for “corn beef and cabbage” on allrecipes.com. I was instructed to put everything in a crock-pot and wait. Due to the awesomeness of the crock-pot, such meals can often turn out fine. But cabbage and crock-pot are a dangerous pair. Nine hours later, my kitchen smelled like it had been sprayed with mustard gas. The cabbage-like mush was bitter and sulfurous, with no redeeming flavor or texture whatsoever. While beef is most often the recipient of the corning treatment, the process also works on other meats— the tougher the better. Most of the meat I eat is wild

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3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons mixed pickling spices 2 bay leaves 8 whole black peppercorns 1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced

Roll the meat with kitchen string if you want to be fancy, and place the meat in a glass or ceramic bowl. Combine the remaining ingredients in a saucepan and heat to a boil. Remove heat, allow the brine to cool, and pour it over the meat. Cover and refrigerate four to five days, checking to ensure the meat is fully submerged, and weight it down if it isn’t. Drain and rinse with cold water. To prepare a meal of corned meat and cabbage, bring a pot of water with a chunk of corned meat to a boil. Change the water, and boil again. Reduce heat and simmer until the meat is tender, which takes three to five hours for most cuts. Then, and only then, add carrots, potatoes, and onions if you wish. Simmer for half an hour, and then add cabbage, sliced or cut into wedges. Half an hour later, it’s ready. It’s a good idea to prepare more meat and potatoes than what you think you will eat for lunch and dinner on March 17, in order to leave leftover meat for breakfast Photo by Ari LeVaux hash the following morning. Cook leftover potatoes in the pan with safflower game, the strong taste of which is completely tamed by a good corning brine. I mention this because while I oil. Add corned beef and chopped onions. Toss leftappreciate the taste of game, many people don’t, and over corned meat with fried potatoes, on low heat. corning your wild meat might be a good way to sneak Take your time, and let the corned beef develop a it into otherwise unappreciative mouths. And for those crisp. Meanwhile, make scrambled eggs in a separate who are into wild game, corned venison is a treasure. pan, erring on the side of undercooked. Toss it all The corned wild game recipe I use, which fol- together, seasoned with salt and pepper, and serve lows, comes from an excellent book called Dressing with coffee. It will probably chase away your postEvacuation Day blues. and Cooking Wild Game. Of course, you might still call in sick. And in Boston, rest assured they will—especially this year, Ingredients: 2-3 pounds brisket, flank or shoulder roast, no with the public holiday falling on a Thursday. Corned beef may not be any more Irish than the thicker than one inch Irish Curse, but it remains a celebration of Irish cul2 quarts spring or distilled water 1 cup canning and pickling salt (or, if you want ture nonetheless, just like St. Patrick’s Day. And the typical pink color that preservatives give to the whether you call it St. Paddy’s Day, Evacuation Day, meat, use 1/2 cup pickling salt and 1/2 cup tenderiz- or, as we did in high school, Ejaculation Day, it’s a great day to eat corned meat and cabbage. ing salt)

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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. $–$$.

March

MISSOULA'S BEST

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HAPPIESTHOUR Missoula Five-O What is it? Missoula FiveO, a chocolate coconut imperial porter, is the winner of the 2011 Community Brew contest, an ongoing collaboration between Zoo City Zymurgists and Big Sky Brewing Co. Brewed by Bill Ruediger, the homebrew beat out about 25 other imperial porters concocted by members of the local brewing club. Hittin’ the big time: Ruediger’s Missoula Five-O earned him the chance to brew a commercial batch—about 500 gallons—of the porter under the tutelage of Big Sky head brewer Matt Long. “It’s the best bragging rights in town…It’s the home-brewer’s dream,” Ruediger said with a mug of Five-O in hand last Thursday night, when Big Sky released Missoula Five-O during a private party at the brewery. It’ll be on tap for a limited time. Growler fills cost $10. Proceeds will be split between AniMeals and Zoo City Zymurgists.

with his wife in Hawaii last summer, he sampled Maui Brewing Co.’s CoCoNut Porter. Ruediger made 10 batches of Five-O hoping to strike the perfect balance of coconut, chocolate and roasted barley, and the first batch tasted the best.

How it tastes: How you’d expect—like a chocolaty porter with a smooth coconut-y undertone. Ruediger was inspired to combine chocolate and coconut when, while on vacation

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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Where to find it: Big Sky Brewing Co., 5417 Trumpeter Way. —Matthew Frank

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Pita Madness 4-6 PM • 10 PM - MIDNIGHT

$4.99 PITAS 541-PITA(7482) 130 North Higgins Ave • Missoula

d o w n t o w n

Sushi Bar & Japanese Bistro

NOT JUST SUSHI NIGHT $1 MONDAY $1 SUSHI NIGHT WEDNESDAY $3 SAKE BOMBS MON/WED When we say Not just Sushi! we mean it.

403 North Higgins Ave • 406.549.7979 www.sushihanamissoula.com

Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open MonSat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try 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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www.thinkfft.com Mon-Thurs 7am - 8pm • Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm • 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe. Across from the U of M campus.

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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.

$–$$…$5–$15

We're the perfect place to sit, sip, meet and eat.

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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. $$–$$$

$$–$$$…$15 and over

Arts & Entertainment listings March 10–March 17, 2011

days a week

Photo courtesy Abe Quilling

Go ahead, take a dip. Trego’s Pterodactyl Plains plays experimental folk and Americana during a CD release party at The Badlander Fri., March 11, at 9 PM with openers Churchmouse, Izaak Opatz and Modality. $5.

THURSDAY March

Those looking to learn more about real estate market trends and issues, including buying, selling and foreclosures, are hereby invited to the Realty Alert Roundtable, which meets this and every Thu. at noon upstairs at Paradise Falls, 3621 Brooks St. Free. E-mail RealtyAlert@live.com.

homeWORD March Classes

nightlife See high schoolers test their knowledge of world issues during the Academic WorldQuest Competition, which runs from 5–8 PM in the University Center Ballroom. Other events occur in conjunction with the competition earlier in the day, including a foreign film discussion at 1:30 PM. Free. Visit montanaworldaffairs.org for a complete schedule.

Get a green buzz when the Sustainable Business Council presents its Shot Series lecture with the topic Getting Goods from Here to There: Sustainable Business Transportation Options, which features comments from Montana Sen. Dave Wanzenried and begins with refreshments at 5:30 PM, followed by the talk at 6, at The Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St. Free. Call 543-5323. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., March 11, 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.

LEARN

MEDIA SKILLS

“Get Ready for Home Ownership”

Camera, Editing Video, Facebook,YouTube, & Television

Saturday, March 12 9am-6pm Mountain West Bank • 3301 Great Northern Ave

Monthly Workshop,

“Financial Fitness”

Wed,April12th, 5:30pm

March 22-24 6-9pm homeWORD •127 N Higgins Ave, Ste 303 $10/person Register & pay online at www.homeword.org For questions or more information, call 532-4663 x10 or email info@homeword.org

Childcare vouchers available for Busy Hands Fun Center

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Gush your heart out when Seattle’s Handful of Luvin’ brings the love with “fiddle driven roots rock” at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363PINT. (See Noise in this issue.) 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. in March from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Learn how to make some greens by tapping into permaculture when Paul Wheaton presents the lecture “Making the Big Bucks with Permaculture,” which begins at 6:30 PM in the large conference room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Visit permies.com/ permaculture/missoula. Explore the secrets of The Cove when the Peace and Justice Film Series presents a screening of the documentary at the University Center Theater, at 7 PM. Free. Visit peace andjusticefilms.org

Tickets are on sale now! This show contains language which may be offensive to some and adult themes that are not suitable for children.

Directed by David Mills-Low By Dale Wasserman Based on the novel by Ken Kesey Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

March 11–13, 16–20

MCT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

(406) 728-PLAY • www.mctinc.org SPONSORED BY:

Lambros Real Estate ERA DIRECTV

MCT accommodates accessibility needs upon request. Call us at (406) 728-7529 or visit www.mctinc.org/accessibility for more info.

Populate your mind with some narrative greens when the Wild Mercy Environmental Writing Series continues with readings from Brianna Ewert and Melissa Mylchreest, starting at 7 PM at the Missoulian Angler, 401 S. Orange St. Free. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups 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. 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. (See Scope in this issue.) 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. Feed your intellect during Food for Thought: Our School at Blair Grocery, a presentation with Nat Turner, founder of Blair Grocery—a school and farm in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans—that begins at 7:30 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 243-6273. Keep it heady with a barley soda and some reggae when Supa J plays 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

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hip hop, electronic, pop and mashedup tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. Ugly Pony puts your dirty personality up for auction when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. 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. 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. 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 Top Hat. Protohype, Chronicles of Landsquid and Lui open. $12/$10 advance at Ear Candy Music and online at seafarerentertainment.com.

FRIDAY March

Eager green thumbs who live in Milltown, Bonner, Riverside or East Missoula are invited to apply for a community garden plot with the Milltown Garden Patch, a nonprofit offering plots to citizens interested in growing their own organic produce. Applications are due April 15. $40. Download an application at milltowngardenpatch.org. Frozen lactose mixes with story on the stage when the Missoula Children’s Theatre presents its rendition of King Arthur’s Quest, along with a Hot Springs Artist Society ice cream social fundraiser, at 3 PM, and again at 7 PM at Hot Springs High School, 301 Broadway St. in Hot Springs. Call 741-2382 for pricing.

nightlife Pick out the next artistic visionary by checking out 2-D works by Sentinel High School art students, which are featured during a Second Friday gallery opening at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. 1st St. W., from 5:30–8:30 PM. Free, with live music. Call 549-7555. Nurture your artistic side by checking out photos that feature wildlife,

mountain scenery and people in nature when Headwaters Montana hosts its third annual Wild Places Photo Exhibition, which begins with a reception at 6 PM, followed by the exhibition—which will be projected onto a big screen—at 7 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $10, with proceeds supporting Headwaters Montana. Visit headwatersmontana.org. Load up the caravan and catch El3Oh! play Gypsy jazz in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr., at 6 PM. Free. Call 549-8703. Scribble some time in to check out some young kids bust out a set of indie folk when The Scribblers play with Tyson Ballew during the Top Hat’s Family-Friendly Friday concert series from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Enjoy an evening of film, food and fun to support the The Breast Cancer Fund’s Climb Against the Odds 2011—which will be completed by Missoulian Ann Maechtlen—during a screening of the documentary Climb Against the Odds, which also features snacks and door prizes and runs from 6:30–9:30 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $10 donation requested, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Fund. Call 543-1174. String out when the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents a concert with The Glacier Symphony & Chorale titled “In the Spotlight” that begins with desserts and drinks available for purchase at 6:30 PM, followed by the concert at 7:30. An art show and sale also occurs in the lobby from 1–9:30 PM. The concert costs $15 adults/$12 seniors/$5 college students/free for youth through grade 12. Visit gscmusic.org for tickets. Bask once again in the artistic glow of works by Rudy Autio, Edgar Paxson, Jay Rummell, Lee Nye and others, and perhaps bid on a piece to take home, when The Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents its Collectors Resale Show closing reception from 7–8 PM. Free. Call 721-3154. Get world wise with a moving picture when the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts its Worldwide Cinema night with a screening of Wilby Wonderful, at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. The University Center Theater presents its weekend movies program with a screening of Tangled at 7 PM, followed by The Tourist at 9:30 PM. $7 double feature/$5 single feature/$4 double feature for students/$3 single feature for students. 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. Help raise money for a sweet little garden on the west side during the Helping Hands Garden Silent Auction and Concert, which raises money for Lowell Elementary School’s garden, features music by

SPOTLIGHT pretty ugly Sometimes it pays to be candid with people. Case in point: When playwright Neil LaBute was doing research for one of his plays—at Lollapalooza of all places—he decided to ask the women standing around him what their response would be if they heard their significant other saying “Yeah, I totally love her, but her face is average.” That’s a pretty ballsy inquiry by anyone’s standards, but the reactions LaBute got Photo courtesy Kyle Moseley to that question proved fruitFrom left, Betsi Morrison, Corey Burke, Abigail MacLaren and Luke ful, and formed the basis for Walrath star in reasons to be pretty. his Tony Award-nominated play reasons to be pretty. Steph gets wind of this and unleashes a torrential downpour of scathing remarks at Greg, and effectively kicks their relationship to the curb. From that WHAT: Black Curtain Reader’s Theatre point, Greg tries to sort out his life within a narraproduction of reasons to be pretty tive that hits on themes of self-reflection, beauty, human insecurity and our use of language. WHO: Whitefish Theatre Company WHEN: Sat., March 12, and Sun., March 13, at 7:30 PM nightly WHERE: O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish HOW MUCH: $8, with tickets sold only at the door I don’t want to give too much away, but the performance begins on a tense and profanityladen note. According to the story, the trouble begins when Greg—a warehouse worker trapped in a dead end job—admits to a friend that he thinks his girlfriend Steph’s face is, well, regular looking.

Tom Catmull, plus a silent auction, games, food and drinks, and runs from 7:30–10:30 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Free. Chew on your own reed when UM’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble performs at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. 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. $15/$5 student rush tickets with sign-ups at 7 PM. Call 243-04581 for tickets and visit montanarep.org/repmissoula.html. (See Scope in this issue.) Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Visit mctinc.org for

The Whitefish Theatre Company tackles LaBute’s edgy work this weekend during its Black Curtain Reader’s Theatre staged reading of reasons to be pretty, which promises to feature a minimal set with acting from Flathead stage sages like Luke Walrath and Betsi Morrison—co-founders of Whitefish’s Alpine Theatre Project. At its core, LaBute’s play deals with dark subjects–much like his other offerings, including In the Company of Men, which was later adapted into a movie starring Aaron Eckhart. But I’m guessing you’ll also probably bust a gut or two: According to a recent review by Houston, Texas alt-weekly paper the Houston Press, the play is teeming with “wit and smart observation.” –Ira Sather-Olson

tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.)

Izaak Opatz, and Churchmouse open. $5.

Enjoy a pint and get consumed by the irie vibe when the Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 424 N. Higgins Ave., presents a Grand Opening Party Weekend kicking off with reggae music by DJ Supa J at 8 PM. Free. Visit flbcofmissoula.com.

Get a rhyme injection in your midsection when local MC Tonsofun presents ElectroKrunk2:Revenge of the Whomp-Hop, a birthday party show for the local rapper that features sets by Zoo Effort (Tonsofun, Traff the Wiz and DJ Brand One), Mite Aswel, ir8prim8 and Ebola Syndrome, at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Crack that steely gaze when the Steel Toe Floes play jazz and folk at 8 PM at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. The Country Boogie Boys want you to put that Gila monster back in your short shorts when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. Sizzle your grits in the company of some psychedelic folks when Pterodactyl Plains plays music incorporating experimental folk and Americana during a CD release party at 9 PM at the Badlander. Modality,

A teaspoonful of ice milk makes the surrealism go down easy when Chereal plays a variety of tunes at 9 PM at The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St. Free. Call 728-1559. Rub some steel wool over your teeth for beauty’s sake when Ugly Pony plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. Seal the pomade deal on the dancefloor when Russ Nasset and the Revelators play rockabilly and country at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free.

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Leave those fish sticks where you found them when Sockeye Sawtooth plays alt country, blues and Americana at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Have a shame-off with your bro named John Doe when No Shame plays at Florence’s High Spirits Club & Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., at 9:30 PM. Free. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Squeeze the love between your armpits when Seattle’s Handful of Luvin’ plays roots rock at 10 PM at

the Top Hat. The Dodgy Mountain Men open. $5. (See Noise in this issue.)

SATURDAY March

Those suffering from illness or loss can find solace during one of Living Art Montana’s Creativity for Life workshops at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., at 10:30 AM. This week features the program “March Mandalas” with Beth Jaffe. Free, but

donations are appreciated but not expected. Register by calling 5495329 or visit livingartofmontana.org. Travelers’ Rest State Park, one half-mile west of Lolo on Hwy. 12, presents a program titled Introduction to Oral History: A Crash Course, 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. XX chromosome holders, this one’s for you. The University Center Ballroom hosts the Women’s Fair, which offers resources for women in education,

home improvement, finance, leadership and other areas, from 11 AM–5 PM at the ballroom. Includes the chance to win prizes, bid in a silent auction, and get a massage. Free. Visit missoulawomensfair.com. Stake out a spot to create a decorative garden stake when the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., presents its Saturday Family Art Workshop: Gorgeous Garden Stakes with Cathryn Mallory, which runs from 11 AM–12:30 PM. Children under age 7 must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per participant. Call 728-0447 Ext. 228 to RSVP. The Speculative Movement, a group of sci-fi, fantasy and horrorinterested writers, artists and enthusiasts, presents a walk through and casting call for its movie Tracers, and invites actors, actresses and anyone with movie-making experience to attend its meeting, which runs from noon–5 PM at the board room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. E-mail darknight8 @gmail.com. Grab your chicken wire and learn the basics of maintaining flightless fowl at the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project’s Backyard Chicken Basics workshop, which begins at 1 PM at MUD, 629 Phillips St. $20/$10 members. Call 721-7513 to register. Twirl into the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Spring Dance Showcase, titled Dance New Works Program II, which starts at 2 PM in the Open Space of UM’s PARTV Center. $9. call 243-4581. Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.)

nightlife Crucify that fry and then head to see Tom Catmull and The Clerics when they play Americana and roots music at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Pinch yourself silly when UM’s Friends of Irish Studies presents its St. Patrick’s Celebration and Silent Auction, which features Irish food, dancing by the Missoula Irish Dancers, plus an auction and music by Malarkey, from 5:30–9:30 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $25 per couple/$15 per person. RSVP by e-mailing erin@irishmontana.com. The Workers wage war on the uncalloused hands of CEOs when it plays a mix of rock, Americana and country at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Help fund critical program’s offered by WORD Inc. during its Many Faces of Women Gala, which features the chance to bid on art and other items, plus enjoy music from Lefty Lucy along with food and

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wine, starting at 6:30 PM at the Governor’s Room of the Florence Hotel, 111 N. Higgins Ave. $50/$40 advance. Visit manyfacesof women.com for tickets or call 543-3550. (See Agenda in this issue.) The University Center Theater presents its weekend movies program with a screening of Tangled at 7 PM, followed by The Tourist at 9:30 PM. $7 double feature/$5 single feature/$4 double feature for students/$3 single feature for students. Swirl into the California twirl during a contra dance in the Bitterroot, which features music by Celtic Knots and calling by Morna Leonard, starting with a 6:30 PM practice session for beginners followed by the dance at 7, all at the Rocky Mountain Grange, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton. Those attending are asked to not wear perfume or other fragrances. $10 family/$5 per person. Feel the blue notes creeping into your nose when UM Jazz I Ensemble performs with guest saxophonists starting at 7 PM at the Top Hat. Cost TBA. Put your hard disk where I can see it when Boulder, Colo. electronic pop duo 3OH!3 plays at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Show is sold out. Kick your lonely heart to the curb when the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., presents a Saturday Night Dance with Heart to Heart from 7–10 PM. $5, all ages. 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. $15/$5 student rush tickets with sign-ups at 7 PM. Call 243-04581 for tickets and visit montanarep.org/repmissoula.html. (See Scope in this issue.) 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. Show ‘em your best folk face during a Flathead contra dance at the Kalispell Salvation Army Church Gym, 110 Bountiful Drive in Kalispell, which starts with dancing at 7:30 PM and features music by Barbara Calm, Gary Morris, Jason Foy and calling by Bev Young. $15 family/$7 adults and teens. Call Sherry at 752-8226. Get classy with a night of classical music when the Glacier Symphony presents a performance titled “In the Spotlight” by its Chamber Ensemble, starting at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s United Methodist Church, 1150 Wisconsin St. An art show and sale featuring work by artists represented by Stumptown Art Studio will also be on display, and gourmet desserts will be available for purchase. $15/$12 seniors/$5 students/free for youth through grade 12. Visit gscmusic.org or call 257-3241.

Dip your phalanges into a lyrical fire when Wapikiya Records’ OverTime plays a set of hip hop during a CD release party at 9 PM at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. RegMachine and Dice opens. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Ride the grain alcohol wave towards The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St., when America’s Liquor Down Band plays at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Sho Down stops the leakage from your ears when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559.

Chugging half-and-half is never par for the course when Duluth, Minn.’s Charlie Parr plays folk and blues at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $7.

Lick the bucket but don’t kick the bucket when The Wild Coyotes play classic rock and country at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free.

SUNDAY

Take a swig of Old No. 7 and head out to see Bob Wire & The Magnificent Bastards deliver “Maximum Honkey Tonk” at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free.

And you thought gangsta rappers were hard. Duluth, Minn.’s Charlie Parr plays folk and blues at the Top Hat Sat., March 12, at 10 PM. $7.

Songs of jealousy, murder and revenge hit the stage in operatic form when The Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale presents Viva Italia!, a performance of Italian opera choruses by Puccini and others that features guest singers Jasmina Halimic and the Hellgate Chevaliers Women, starting at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $30/$22/$15 depending on seats. Call 721-3194 or visit missoula symphony.org for tickets. Add a little edginess to your night when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a Black Curtain Reader’s Theatre staged reading performance of Neil LaBute’s reasons to be pretty, starting at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $8, with tickets sold only at the door. Call 862-5371 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org. (See Spotlight in this issue.) The Country Boogie Boys want you to put that Gila monster back in your short shorts when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. Freak out with your furry friends during Animal Nite: Youphoric Nights IX, a dance party featuring electro house, house, dubstep and other electronic tunes from Seattle’s Hyperfunk, plus local DJs Coma, Shea Daze, Illegitimate Children and Ebola Syndrome, at 8 PM at the Palace. Animal costumes are encouraged. $15 after 9:37 PM/$10 before 9:37 PM/$8 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and Ear Candy. There’s also a $5 surcharge for those aged 18–20. Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of

Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.)

Thaw your toes when UM’s Entertainment Management Program presents the Saturday Night Music Shuffle, a six-night concert series that kicks off with a performance by country punks Bird’s Mile Home and rockers Vera, starting at 10 PM at Sean Kelly’s. Proceeds will be donated to the program. $3, with non-perishable food items accepted at the door to support the Missoula Food Bank.

Crystallize your funky fingertips when Kung Fu Kongress brings the house down with a set of funk at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

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Habitat for Humanity of Missoula announces that it’s opening its spring family application period, and is hosting an application meeting at 1 PM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Another meeting occurs at 7 PM on March 16 in the Flathead Room of Opportunity Resources, 2821 S. Russell St. No childcare is available, so you are advised not to bring children. Free. Call 549-8210. Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $16. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.) Songs of jealousy, murder and revenge hit the stage in operatic form when The Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Chorale presents Viva Italia!, a performance of Italian opera choruses by Puccini and others that features guest singers Jasmina Halimic and the Hellgate Chevaliers Women, starting at 3 PM in the University Theatre. $40/$15 depending on seats. Call 721-3194 or visit missoulasymphony.org for tickets.

nightlife Get moving with a moving picture when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents its Winter Cinema Film Series, which continues this week with the program “Lives in Transportation” and runs from 6–9 PM. Free. Call 549-7555 and visit zootownarts.org. Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.) Get winded on narrative during UM’s Second Wind Reading Series, which features readings from writer

Jazz junkies get consumed by smooth jazz grooves when the Basement Boyz perform at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. Call 830-3296. The pints continue to flow during the second night of the Grand Opening of the Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 424 N. Higgins Ave., which features beer specials and giveaways throughout the day and features music by the Bad Larry’s starting at 8 PM. Free. Visit flbcofmissoula.com. Surmise the surprise in your shoes when Back Adit plays swing and jazz at 8 PM at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel, 209 Wall St. in Hot Springs. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. 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. Swig a barley soda or well drink while listening to old school rock hits, ’80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “ d r i n k i n ’ m u s i c ” DJ ’ d b y t h e Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials, photos with Abi Halland, and perhaps a spontaneous dance party. Free.

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and UM professor Deirdre McNamer, plus second year MFA poetry student Zachary Carlsen, at 6:30 PM at the Top Hat. Free. UM’s Cercle Francophone and the Alliance Francaise of Missoula continues the 2011 Tournées Festival with a screening of La Fille du Rer, starting at 7 PM at the University C e n t e r Th e a t e r. Fr e e . Vi s i t afmissoula.org. Add a little edginess to your night when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a Black Curtain Reader’s Theatre staged reading performance of Neil LaBute’s reasons to be pretty, starting at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $8, with tickets sold only at the door. Call 862-5371 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Watch someone else toot their own flute when UM presents a faculty and guest artist series recital with guest flautist Nancy SchneelochBingham, starting at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Dance the night away with your brother from another laptop mother when Pittsburgh’s Girl Talk plays his distinct form of mashed up tunes at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $30/$25 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at brownpapertickets.com.

Figure out what band makes you purr the most when the Top Hat hosts the HotCats! Music Showcase, an event where you get to judge what band you like best, starting at 8 PM with sets by The Skurfs, Kenny James Miller Band, A Clay Pin Torrez, Chele Bandulu and Toad Sun Fireplace. $5, includes a free drink and a ballot.

Pinch the squarest person you know when the Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 9955 Lolo Creek Road, presents a St. Patrick’s Day Dance, from 8–9:30 PM. Call 2730652 for pricing.

Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, starting at 9 PM. Free.

MONDAY March

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 5421471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up. Get blasted by some verbal assassins when MCs Mite Aswel, Tonsofun, Bmune, Mizz Dominique, and DJ Milkcrate Mechanic play Hip Hop Monday during Milkcrate Monday at the Palace at 9 PM. Free. Join the binary brigade when The B a d l a n d e r h o s t s a G i r l Ta l k Afterparty with sets of electronic music by Ebola Syndrome, Logisticalone and Buckaroo Blastar, starting at 9 PM. Free.

TUESDAY March

Hear more about our city’s economic development initiative when City Club Missoula hosts its City Club Forum titled The Best Place Project: It’s a New Day for Economic Development in Missoula, a talk with Mayor John Engen and Jeff Fee of St. Patrick Hospital that runs from 11:30 AM–1 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $16/$11 members/$5 no-lunch option. RSVP by noon on March 11 by calling 541-2489.

Just don’t freak out when you attend the Missoula Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee’s forum on disaster and emergency preparedness, which touches on how well Missoula will be prepared for various disaster situations, and begins at 3 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. Free. E-mail gary @missoulachamber.com.

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Put on your finest pair of clogs and enjoy the honky tonk stylings of Russ Nasset when he plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, at 7 PM. Free. Hear about the current political situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and how it pertains to Israeli security concerns and other topics,

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Keep the dirt out of your mouth when the Food Literacy Month Film Festival presents a screening of Dirt!, which examines the wonders of soil and its impacts, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2315.

UM student and soprano Tabitha Spencer stuffs sonorous notes in your hearing receptacles when she performs a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

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 Amur River Jazz.

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when Israel’s deputy consul general Gideon Lustig presents the talk Dilemmas in a Shifting Middle East: Threats and Opportunities, which begins at 7 PM in the University Center’s North Ballroom. Free. Call 243-2299.

Jam out with some suds and buds when the Blacksmith Brewery, 114 Main St. in Stevensville, presents an Open Jam Night at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0608. Hear about the clay way from an internationally renowned artist when ceramicist Richard Hirsch presents a public lecture at 6 PM in

Room 356 of UM’s Social Science Building. Free. Call Ed at 243-4181. Bring your gamiest game face when UM hosts Take a Break Tuesday: Get Your Game On, which features a variety of games to play hosted by Muse Comics and Games, from 6–8 PM in Room 327 of the University Center. Call 243-5527 for pricing. Sussex School, 1800 S. Second St. W., hosts a middle school open house, featuring a chance to tour the school’s new green buildings, meet teachers and watch an interactive slide show, from 6:30—8 PM. All families are welcome. Call 549-8327. Inform yourself about a forest pest during a lecture titled “Mountain Pine Beetle ecology and Management for Missoula and Surrounding Areas,” which begins at 6:30 PM at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. Free. Call 542-5485. The Conservation and Climate Change Lecture Series continues with the talk Climate Change Economics: Solutions to Growing Costs of Protecting Homes from Wildfire, featuring comments from Ray Rasker of Headwaters Economics, starting at 7 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 243-6956. Inject some knowledge into your noggin when The Beauty of the Brain lecture series continues with the talk Art, Literature and the Intuitive Brain, which begins at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. $5 if seats are available. Call 243-5211. Gnaw on some fresh poems when Cedar Brant and Jenni Fallein present a reading from their books Like Any Other Dream Will Do, and If Beauty Were A Spy, starting at 7 PM at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-9010. Tap into the aesthetic process when the Rocky Mountain School of Photog raphy (R M SP) presents Artistic Perspectives on ProcessPart I, a talk with Marcy James that touches on her process as a working artist, starting at 7 PM in The Quarry of RMSP, 216 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit rmsp.com/aboutus/ lectureseries.aspx. Check out a film that documents the North Korean humanitarian and refugee crisis during a screening of Hiding, which begins at 7 PM in the Chapel of Christian Life Center, 3801 S. Russell St. Cost TBA. Call 542-0353 ext. 23. Pluck it up in the company of a viola player when UM student Alissa Hannah plays a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. 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. (See Scope in this issue.)

SPOTLIGHT game time The posturing that goes into gangster rap is a strange affair. What’s “real” is the image, from measuring success by the price tag on a bottle of champagne, to the dangerous street life implied by 50 Cent’s bulletproof jacket. That’s why, as a native Montanan, hearing such boasts come out of my home state always induces some serious eyerolling. Sure, I’ve seen my fair share of fisticuffs downtown on a Friday night, but that’s a still a far cry from Compton’s gang feuds. So it was a nice surprise to find OverTime’s In and Out of the Game largely bereft of the thug mimicry that plagues so many Montana hip-hop releases. You’ll find a brief mention of the cell block on one track and a nod at packing heat elsewhere on the album, but most of the songs tackle themes like money, girls and self-identity, motifs the most countrified hick can relate to. “I’m a Montana boy with a city mind,” O.T. raps on one WHAT: OverTime CD release party with openers RegMachine and Dice WHEN: Sat., March 12, at 9 PM WHERE: The Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. HOW MUCH: Free

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track, and he’s got the vernacular to prove it, but he avoids putting himself in another rapper’s shoes. O.T. still recognizes the importance of the boast in his genre—“your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper,” he claims on “Get Money.” But he doesn’t overdo it, backing up such claims with the actual capability to flow. The slick production and smooth rhymes put this album in league with many releases coming out on much bigger labels in larger cities. It’s nothing innovative, just a solid, headbobbing soundtrack for summertime cruising that you’ll get to hear performed live when OverTime plays a CD release party this weekend. —Jed Nussbaum

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? Jupiter consists primarily of what two elements? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Catch a ride with some alt-country southern rockers when Athens, Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers plays the Wilma Theatre with special guests Heartless Bastards at 8:30 PM. $24, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy, The Source in the UC, and online at brownpapertickets.com. (See Noise in this issue.) 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 3965731 to play. Skip the fog lovers’ anonymous meeting and hit up a set of acoustic

music when Darah Fogarty plays the Badlander’s Live and Local Night at 9 PM. Peoples opens. Free.

WEDNESDAY March

Bring your lunch and a curious mind when the International Brown Bag Lecture Series continues with the talk “Life in Sri Lanka After a 30Year-Old War,” starting at noon in Room 303 of UM’s Old Journalism Building. Free. Call 243-2288.

nightlife Revive your decomposing toes with some suds and the sounds of Bruce Threlkeld when he plays Americana and bluegrass at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Soak up a night of short films produced by, for and about women when YWCA Missoula presents Lunafest, which features 10 films that screen at the Wilma Theatre, starting with doors opening at 6 PM. Proceeds benefit the YWCA’s GUTS! program and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. $10/$5 students. Call 543-6691 to purchase advance tickets.

Break the ice when the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., presents a celebration for the creation of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, starting at 6 PM, with a lecture at 7 with National Park Service representative Terry Darb. Free, with beer and coffee served. Call 327-0405. Feed your intellect something tasty when UM’s Food Literacy Month Film Festival continues with a screening of Nourish!, which is about our food system and citizen engagement, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2315. Check out a film that documents the North Korean humanitarian and refugee crisis during a screening of Hiding, at 7 PM in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Cost TBA. Call 243-2288. 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. (See Scope in this issue.) Hamilton High School’s Choral Department presents a performance of the musical Les Misérables (School Edition), at 7:30 PM at the school, 327 Fairgrounds Road. $10/$5 students. Call 375-6060.

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Ave. $7.25 for professionals/$5 for parents. Call 721-3000 Ext. 1022 to register.

montanarep.org/repmissoula.html. (See Scope in this issue.)

Give your gaskets a much needed buzz when High Voltage electrifies you with a set of rock at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3.

UM hosts the talk “Establishing Effective Communication Between Native American Elders and Health Care Providers,” which begins at 1:10 PM in Room 117 of UM’s Skaggs Building. Free. Call 243-2480.

THURSDAY

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Walk into a wicked satire about a man who sets out on a road trip to persuade people to join an underground coalition that will indelibly change America during a performance of PITCH, which begins at 7:30 PM in a basement in downtown Missoula. The location of the play will be e-mailed after purchasing a ticket. $10/$5 students. Visit pitchmt.blogspot.com.

Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 8 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $18. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.)

Feel the funky vibes in your thighs when the Soulaphone Brass Band plays instrumental funk at 9 PM at the Palace. $5.

The Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. That giant planet known as Jupiter consists mainly of hydrogen and helium. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

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Find out what’s up with the young’uns during the State of the Young Child Luncheon and Symposium, which features speakers Thale Dillon of Montana Kids Count, Richard Manning of the UM Institute for Educational Research and Services, and others, from 11:30 AM–1:30 PM at City Life Community Center, 1515 Fairview

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Get into the green groove during Artini: Lucky!, this month’s installment of the Missoula Art Museum’s Artini series that runs from 5:30–9 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St., and features a talk by artist Cathryn Mallory on her exhibit Levitate/Gravitate at 6 PM, the chance to make copper jewelry with Emily Crawford, plus music with Bad Limerick and Steel Toed Floes. Free. Call 728-0447. Hang with some expert string pluckers when Him & Her plays tunes featuring upright bass, acoustic guitar and banjo during the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in March from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Grab your picket signs and head to the University Center Theater when the Peace and Justice Film Series presents a screening of War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death, at 7 PM. Free. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. Enjoy a literary green party when the Wild Mercy Environmental Reading Series continues with readings from Joelle Marier, the Indy’s own Erika Fredrickson, and Steven Gimpel, starting at 7 PM at The Missoulian Angler, 401 S. Orange St. Free. 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

Jump over the conveyor belt and into an evening of pop punk from Bozeman when Hurdles plays at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages. Embrace the dramatic craziness when the MCT Community Theatre presents a performance of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at 8 PM at the MCT, 200 N. Adams St. $20. Visit mctinc.org for tickets or call 728-PLAY. (See Scope in this issue.) Tickle your cilia with heavy bass music during another installment of BassFace, a DJ night featuring dubstep and other electronic music styles played by TBA DJs at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. The Mark Dubois Band reboots your internal operating system when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. Burn off that green beer and corned beef by shaking your dirty boots to local gutbucket blues band MudSlide Charley, which plays at 9:30 PM at Charlie B’s, 428 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Pour me a cup of the fun stuff by doing me a favor and sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., March 11 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.

MOUNTAIN HIGH F olks, you better run or walk fast this weekend, or a leprechaun is going to pinch the luck out of you. Actually, that’s a load of malarkey. But this isn’t: This Saturday, Run Wild Missoula (RWM) wants you to get out on the town in your running shoes in honor of St. Patrick’s Day during its Run for the Luck of It! 5k Fun Run/Walk. Part running competition and part celebration of the upcoming Irish holiday, RWM encourages any and all participants to wear costumes or garb influenced by the Emerald Isle. In fact, the most spirited participants will get a prize for their threads. As for the race, it starts at Sean Kelly’s and shoots over to the Westside, then heads over the Scott

Street bridge to the Northside, where you’ll then make your way back to downtown. When you’re done, stick around for awards, a raffle, plus food and a free brew. Run Wild Missoula’s Run for the Luck of It! 5k Fun Run/Walk kicks off Sat., March 12, with a free kids’ dash at 8:30 AM, followed by the race at 9, near Sean Kelly’s on Pine St. in downtown Missoula. Pre-registration occurs at Runner’s Edge on Friday from 5–7 PM, with race-day registration at the same location from 7–8:30 AM. $22/$20 Run Wild Missoula members/$60 non-member family/$55 member family. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

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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. Green thumbs unite when the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society meets for “Can Sheep Control Leafy Spurge without Compromising Efforts to Restore Native Plants?,” a talk with Eva Masin that begins at 7:30 PM in Room L09 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Visit mtnativeplants.org/Clark Fork Chapter.

FRIDAY MARCH 11 Enjoy an evening of film, food and fun to support the The Breast Cancer Fund’s Climb Against the Odds 2011—which will be completed by Missoulian Ann Maechtlen—during a screening of the documentary Climb Against the Odds, which also features snacks and door prizes and runs from 6:30–9:30 PM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $10 donation requested, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Fund. Call 543-1174.

SATURDAY MARCH 12 Say aloha to the Whitefish Mountain Resort’s annual Nate Chute Hawaiian Classic, a two-day event held in honor of a well-known local snowboarder that features a banked slalom competition plus a boardercross event that’s been called the biggest in the state. Proceeds go to a memorial fund for teens in need, and registration begins at 8 AM each day. $35 per event, plus a $5 bib deposit. Shred over to skiwhitefish.com for details. Buzz it up when the Lost Trail Ski Area, on the Montana/Idaho border off Hwy. 93, hosts the RMSHA David Shepherd Memorial Snowmobile Hillclimb, an event that begins with RMSHA member races at 9 AM, and follows on Sunday with a kids’ race and amateurs’ race at the same time. $5 for spectators. Visit rmsha.com for details. Pedal for something greasy when Missoulians on Bicycles hosts the Frenchtown Frenzy for Fries and Frolic, a 30-mile ride that departs at 11 AM from Perkins Family Restaurant, 2275 N. Reserve St., and takes you to Frenchtown for burgers or break-

fast before heading back to town. Free. Visit missoulabike.org.

SUNDAY MARCH 13 Wear your hottest rainbow colored stretch pants when Missoulians on Bicycles presents its Rainbow Bend ride, a 33-mile jaunt that departs at 10 AM from Open Road Bicycle and Nordic, 517 S. Orange St., and takes you up Hwy. 200 to Rainbow Bend and back, with a stop by the river for lunch. Free. Visit missoulabike.org.

MONDAY MARCH 14 Get in the hiking mood when the Flathead Audubon Society presents “Hiking Glacier’s Trails,” a presentation with hiker Brett Fisher that features photos of birds, scenery and animals taken while hiking 350 miles of trails in Glacier National Park, starting at 7 PM at The Summit in Kalispell, 205 Sunnyview Lane. Free. Visit flatheadaudubon.org. You can do it if you put your soles into it when Run Wild Missoula hosts “You Can Walk the Missoula Half or Full Marathon,” a talk with seasoned marathon walkers Candace Crosby and Rolf Tandberg that begins at 7 PM at The Good Food Store, 1600 S. Third St. W. Free. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Do the avian dance when the Five Valleys Audubon Society meets to hear about three new wildlife management areas in western Montana that were recently acquired by Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks— including the many birding opportunities on these lands—starting at 7:30 PM in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Visit fvamissoula.org

WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 Grip it real good when you sign-up today for the UM Outdoor Program’s Fundamentals of Rock Climbing class, which is for all levels and touches on how to belay and lead climb, and meets on March 20. $45, includes transportation, instruction and gear. Call 243-5172 to register. Spelunkers and other cave enthusiasts are invited to a meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto of the National Speleological Society, which meets for a presentation with Michael McEachern on the Cave of the Swallows in Mexico, starting at 7 PM in Room L09 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Visit caves.org/grotto/nrmg.

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Full metal straitjacket Cuckoo’s Nest, Bad Habits inject a dose of crazy into Missoula theater by Erika Fredrickson

In the realm of entertainment, mental institutions and their staff are often cast as the villain. Take Shock Corridor (1963), for instance, where Peter Breck plays an ambitious journalist whose undercover investigation renders him completely crazy by the end. Or Session 9 (2001) where David Caruso’s asbestos cleaning crew contracts lunacy— as if it were a virus—from the haunted walls of a very creepy, very evil abandoned asylum. “Crazy,” “madman” and “lunatic” aren’t exactly politically correct terms these days for the real-life mentally ill community. But they seem somehow appropriate descriptions when it comes to the sensationalized roles of mentally ill patients in plays and films. Jack Nicholson, of course, has given us all sorts of “crazy” with his axe-wielding, wildeyed performance in The Shining. But it’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—not just as a film starring Nicholson but also as a book and play—that really marks the quintessential role of mental institution as antagonist. This week in Missoula you can enjoy two very different satires on what it means to be “crazy.” Missoula Community Theatre (MCT)—not to be confused with “children’s theater”—offers One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, while the Montana Rep Missoula (MRM) performs Bad Habits, two one-act pieces that comically turn the notion of crazy on its head. The productions take place in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, which helps contextualize

both stories smack in the middle of time when mental institutions still had bad reputations. That means the tone swings like a pendulum between absurdity and resounding sadness—depending on which one of the shows you’re watching. Straitjackets abound. Inappropriate laughter and drugged-up patients singing sea shanties included. Needles, shock therapy and magical serums all around. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, in particular, taps into the idea of a mental institution as an oppressive confine. It isn’t an obvious choice for MCT. Though the theater organization was recently embroiled in controversy over a satirical lyric about Sarah Palin in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, it’s not a company exactly known for controversy. Cuckoo’s Nest is a little edgier than MCT’s usual smorgasbord of mainstream musicals and classic renditions, but it’s still a classic, and director David Mills-Low sees it squarely in the realm of Missoula’s community theater. “It is done in community theaters and high schools throughout the country,” says Mills-Low, who comes from a grittier background, having played roles and directed shows with the more experimental Montana Actors’ Theatre. “It’s not a kids’ show, but MCT decided they’d take the risk of doing a show that’s not family fare.” Acting insane is one of those things that looks easier than it is and—like acting drunk—actors have a tendency to overdo it. Mills-Low approached Cuckoo’s Nest with the

Montana Rep Missoula presents Bad Habits starring, from left, Teresa Waldorf, Salina Chatlain, Michael Ayers and Paul Ronaldo. It’s one of two plays—along with Missoula Community Theatre’s opening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—offering concepts of “crazy” both within psychiatric units and society as a whole.

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idea that the cast of characters—including Samuel Jaxin Enemy-Hunter as Chief Bromden and Andrew Rizzo as Randle Patrick McMurphy—had to resist caricature. All that mania, all those personal ticks had to come from a character who felt like an actual person with a real illness. “I wanted to let the actors explore that human side,” Mills-Low says, “making sure we don’t go to a cartoon-y place, so that when our audience sits down and watches the show they can sit down and get lost in it.” Same goes for Nurse Ratched (played by Martha Neslen), who’s notorious for exemplifying frigid, emasculating cruelty. Ken Kesey, who wrote Cuckoo’s Nest in the 1960s while volunteering for LSD experiments and then working as a psychiatric aide, created his characters to fit his ideas of social oppression. Nurse Ratched doesn’t have much humanity in that version, but in the film and in play versions, she’s often given enough to elicit at least a drop of empathy. “I’ve seen lists of the top 10 most evil women of all time,” says Mills-Low, “and she always comes up on the top of the list. But there is also something very human about her and there’s a reason why she does what she does.” In MRM’s Bad Habits, on the other hand, almost everyone is a lunatic—whether they’re the doctor or the patient. The first one act play takes place at a rehab center called Dunelawn where a doctor, Dr. Pepper (played by Howard Kingston) prescribes all kinds of vices—cigarettes, sex and drinking—to his patients in order that they pursue the one thing that will cure them: happiness. Of course it’s not that easy. One person’s happiness can be a spouse’s misery, and visa versa. There’s a certain amount of caricature here: a naïve suburban husband-and-wife team, an egotistical pair of Hollywood actors and a neurotic gay couple all spark hilarity with their outrageous behavior. But, individually, the characters have some great quirks that launch the comedy in unpredictable directions. The second one act play takes place in a psychiatric ward called Ravenswood where two nurses named Nurse Benson and Nurse Hedges—played with exacting comedy by Teresa Waldorf and Salina Chatlain—try to cure the bad habits of a transvestite, an alcoholic and a sadist with a serum developed by the revered Doctor Toynbee. The rub is that the nurses themselves also have bad habits, and their desire to cure themselves—to become perfect—leads to a kind of obsessive compulsiveness to be cured of all earthly desires. Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, it’s a commentary on different types of insanity. Neither play necessarily speaks to what it truly means to be mentally ill in a clinical way in current times, though they do provide tales about institutions of the past. Mostly, the shows give insight into social ills. Cuckoo’s Nest questions the lines between spirited liberty and sanity, while Bad Habits pokes fun at anyone who thinks they’ve somehow escaped self-delusion. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest shows at the MCT Center for Performing Arts Fri., March 11–Sun., March 13, and Wed. March 16–Sun. March 20 at 8 PM nightly, except Sun. when it shows at 6:30 PM with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 2 PM. Go to www.mctinc.org or call 728-7529 for ticket prices. Bad Habits continues at the Crystal Theatre Thu., March 10–Sat., March 12, and Tue., March 15–Sat., March 19, at 7:30 PM nightly. $15 Fri.–Sat./$10 Tue.–Thu./$5 students. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Girl Talk’s latest is more accessible than a wheelchair ramp at the Special Olympics. An amazing feat considering the album boasts 373 samples from artists as varied as Fugazi and Rihanna to Missy Elliot and Cream. That many samples gives us audiophiles a chance to demonstrate that all the hours spent alone in bedrooms on Friday nights listening to General Public records were well worth it as we pontificate on Girl Talk’s re-imagining, re-contextualizing and re-hashing of the last 50 years of popular music. Throughout the album’s 71 minutes there are breathtaking moments of unexpected musical synthesis, especially on the front end. Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” vocal on top of the pulsing bass of Fugazi’s “Waiting

Drive-By Truckers Go-Go Boots ATO Records

Drive-by Truckers write songs grittier than the rust spots on an old pickup truck. On Go-Go Boots, DBT eschews its trademark distorted guitars and bombastic Southern-rock sound in favor of a rootsier, stripped-down flavor proving those rust spots have little to do with decibels. This ain’t your “She-Thinks-My-Tractor’s-Sexy” country; this is the real deal. The Truckers have always transcended the genres

Handful of Luvin’ Life In Between self-released

Roots-rock band Handful of Luvin’s website states that at first listen, they could be mistaken for “ex-college jam band rockers in the Dave Matthew’s Band tradition.” That’s an unfortunate description on two levels. First, the band’s latest album Life In Between is a hell of a lot more polished than most ex-college jam bands. Second, it grants a whole slew of DMB haters license to ignore a fairly worthy album. Similarities between the two groups aren’t entirely nonexistent. But Handful of Luvin’ is far more focused on violin-driven alt-country rock. Take a solid base of American folk, add in Celtic flavoring, mix with some sharp syncopation and you have the right idea. The music is very hooky—maybe a tad too

Bright Eyes The People’s Key Saddle Creek

Most people either love or hate Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst. Strangely, I’ve always fallen somewhere in the middle. His lyrics range from incisive and heartfelt to over-emotive and obnoxious, his tremulous vocals from expressive to grating. But the guy can write the hell out of a pop song, and while Bright Eyes’ back catalog contains some stunning mediocrity, it also displays glimmers of brilliance. Those glimmers are polished up to a pleasant luster on The People’s Key. Oberst and crew have dialed

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Room” will play forever in my mind movie. Ooh, Pitbull and Depeche Mode? Happy day! But things sound lackadaisical at times. The Radiohead sample of “Creep” paired with ODB’s “Shimmy, Shimmy, Yaw” looks good on paper. However, it’s reminiscent of sitting at a stop light during the 1990s with two variant carloads of teenagers bumping jams. Also, nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to hear the “Single Ladies” chorus ever again. All that aside, this album exudes danceabilty and fun. What more can a gal ask for? (Jason McMackin) Girl Talk plays the Wilma Theatre Monday, March 14, at 8 PM. $30/$25 advance.

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affixed to them, however, and this album is no exception. “Used to Be a Cop” puts the band comfortably in ’80s era Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers territory. “Everybody Needs Love” takes its fair share of cues from the soul ballads of the ’60s, still mixing in enough dobro lines to remind you who you’re listening to. Thematically, the album lives in a world of misfits, where trailer parks and addictions are more common than fair-weather stories of NASCAR and barbecues. “I got scars on my back from the way my daddy raised me,” Patterson Hood sings in one song, while confronting unfaithful preachers and the ugliness of age in others. It’s not pretty, but when you’ve got Justin Bieber ruling the airwaves, it’s refreshingly believable. (Jed Nussbaum) Drive-By Truckers plays the Wilma Tuesday, March 15, at 8:30 PM with Heartless Bastards. $24. hooky—and sometimes overly slick, but it leaves a solid first impression. If the band has a secret weapon, it’s violinist Andrew Joslyn. A fiddler on the rise among many Seattle-based acts including excellent hip-hop artist Macklemore, his violin arrangements are the backbone of Life In Between. Altogether, the musicians have enough interesting ideas that they shouldn’t need to worry about preconceived notions. Their only concern should be the smattering of passably clever masturbation jokes their name will inevitably spawn. (Cameron Rasmusson) Handful of Luvin’ plays the Top Hat Friday, March 11, at 10 PM with Dodg y Mountain Men. $5. back the country and folk influences that characterized previous albums, turning here to synthy, syrupy, thick, guitar-barbed melodies that are instantly catchy and lastingly effective. The People’s Key makes an immediate impression with its spooky Mulder-esque opening monologue espousing bizarre conspiracy theories. But it sets a reverberating tone for the album-proper, a collection of Oberst material at its most restrained. Oberst’s heart has always been on his sleeve in his writing, but here it’s obscured just enough to avoid being unsightly. For every clunky Nazi reference or lame couplet there’s a brace of searingly effective metaphors or one-liners. Bright Eyes fans won’t need convincing. But for the haters, this is the first album that merits serious reconsideration. (Cameron Rasmusson)

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With fewer glaciers in Glacier National Park and cap on carbon emissions, better known as cap and un-cold-killed pine beetles eating our forests, we trade. In the cap-and-trade scheme, a limit on access to Montanans suffer the negative effects of global warm- a resource (the cap) is defined and then allocated ing everyday. Yet this purportedly most-advanced coun- among users in the form of permits, and compliance is try in the world cannot enact desperately needed, vast- established by comparing actual emissions with permits surrendered including any permits traded within the ly improved clean air standards. Why not? Eric Pooley’s must-read chronicle of the battle cap. The battle then moved to the Senate, and the against global warming takes you from its birth and Lieberman-Warner bill centered on cap and trade. Pooley prefaces his book with an oft-forgotten fact infancy through adolescence and adulthood. There are good guys who’ve won Nobel Prizes in this sort of about our Congress: that it’s designed not to have legthing, and bad guys who pay vast amounts of money to islation passed or, as the Wall Street Journal noted, that spread knowingly false information, as the Earth’s the system makes it difficult “for colossal tax and reguatmosphere moves toward a tipping point of no return. latory burdens to foxtrot into law without scrutiny.” Of course, Al Gore’s efforts for the past two The GOP, having morphed into the Grand decades are more than mentioned, as are those of envi- Obstructionist Party, most visibly in the Senate where nary a Republican senator ronmental groups like Sierra would vote for virtually anyClub, Natural Resources thing Obama supported, Defense Council and required the Senate to get a Greenpeace. Yet Pooley consuper-majority—60 out of 100 centrates on Fred Krupp, head senators—to negate the threat of the Environmental Defense to filibuster. Searching for kinks Fund, and his successful efforts in the environmentalist armor, to broker a deal with the main the Chamber of Commerce opponents—the U. S. Chamber traveled across the county to of Commerce and National demonstrate how the bill Association of Manufacturers— would hurt folks, making a stop whose living is made on the in the Last Best Place. fossil fuels that create the In Billings, the group greenhouse effect leading to used a much-discredited climate change. ExxonMobile-funded conservaPooley details how tive think tank “study” claiming ExxonMobile and its ilk hired that 52,000 jobs will be lost in groups of global climate Montana if the Liebermanchange deniers to disseminate Warner bill passed and that it blatantly false information and would cost the average create phony grassroots organi- The Climate War: True Believers, Power zations to support oil and coal Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Planet Montana family $5,400 per year. It also projected that interests. One such group, the Eric Pooley Montana families would have to C e n t e r f o r E n e r g y a n d hardcover, Hyperion “cut out things like piano lesE c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t 496 pages, $27.99 sons, dance lessons, or Little (CEED), rubbed Pooley the wrong way when he interviewed its president, Stephen League or summer camp” and that “the idea of saving L. Miller, after talking with Vice President of for college for your kids—that’s gone.” Unwilling to be Communications Joe Lucas. Miller told Pooley that the drawn into the Chamber’s apocalyptic parallel uniraising of energy prices that cleaner coal would require verse, Mike Lambert, the regulatory affairs manager at the local power company PPL Montana, announced troubled people. “There are a lot of people out there who struggle,” that cap and trade was “a solution that needs to be Miller told him. “My grandmother, who died many implemented on a national scale.” Alas, the bill died. years ago, lived on a railroad pension. If you went to Pooley cites three main reasons for the bill not passvisit it was 99 degrees in her kitchen. She would turn on an air conditioner while you were there, turn it off ing. First, when the issue called out for Obama to lead his troops in the Senate, he balked, saving his political as soon as you left.” capital to pass health care reform. Next, he cites journalPooley had heard this before. “The story rang a bell,” he writes, “but it took a ists who were trained that there are always two sides to moment to place it. A month before, Joe Lucas had said a story and both must be reported, no matter how the very same thing about his aunt Ethel. Except it was insignificant one side might be. Finally, he points the finger at we the people who talk a lot about stopping 120 degrees in her kitchen.” As a legislative issue, confronting climate change global warming but will not pay even a little more really did heat up after President Obama took office in money to prevent it. So the glaciers continue to melt, 2009, following the Bush Administration, which had and the pine beetles eat our trees. Much more damage been bought and paid for by fossil fuel funds. Pooley will follow. The only question is how soon. details how Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rammed through a comprehensive bill placing a market-based arts@missoulanews.com

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Beyond belief Bureau’s convoluted storyline baffles by Dave Loos

Does anyone play the lost and/or tortured soul in search of meaning as often or as well as Matt Damon? We have essentially watched a 15-year-long existential crisis unfold on screen in the form of over a half dozen characters, nearly all of them played with an un-ironic earnestness that is oddly endearing and effective. The list of his characters that have searched in angst for the answers to very important life questions is, on its own, enough to give anyone stress-induced ulcers: Will Hunting, Private Ryan, three turns as the deeply troubled Jason Bourne, followed by last year’s role as a psychic who can connect with the afterlife in Hereafter. Damon even played a fallen angel in the vastly underrated Dogma.

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And now we have The Adjustment Bureau, in which Damon’s cinematic existential crisis returns with heavy questions about free will and our place in a universe as decided by a god-like figure called “the chairman.” The chairman employs helpers known as adjusters who are there to make sure no one deviates from the plan. The adjusters wear nice suits and magical hats that allow them to open mysterious portals, and carry books that display a real-time roadmap of every human’s life. If need be, they can freeze time, a trick that allows them to do some brainwashing on mortals who are not sticking to the plan. Much like Inception, The Adjustment Bureau is a hard film to explain with any semblance of clarity or logic, because there is little of either to be found. Describing how and why things are as they are requires a level of expository dialogue that, paradoxically, tends to create more questions than it answers. That doesn’t mean they can’t still be moving stories and visually entertaining movies, as both Inception and The Adjustment Bureau are, but it does prevent them from being great films. Our well-groomed adjusters in this film have a close eye on Congressman David Norris (Damon), whom we meet as he blows a big lead in his race for the Senate when a late-breaking scandal derails his campaign. Somehow the all-knowing “chairman” failed to see this scandal coming, and in order to ease the stunning defeat and to recalibrate Norris’ promising future,

certain adjustments must be made. That adjustment comes in the form of a ballet dancer named Elise (Emily Blunt), who Norris is supposed to meet only once. But the adjusters, in what seems like a very arbitrary rule, can’t prevent chance encounters, and of course it’s not long before the smitten Norris and Elise have met again. This causes enough chaos in the grand plan that Norris soon finds himself behind the curtain and face-to-face with his unhappy adjusters, a group led by Richardson (John Slattery of “Mad Men” fame). These scenes, where the frantic bureau employees try to make quick corrections, are the movie’s best. Their failure to tidy things up sets off an elongated 90-minute chase scene wrapped around a pretty good love story. Norris must find creative ways of escaping his determined adjusters while keeping the secret from Elise. We hear lots about the ripple effect as Norris makes it harder and harder for his adjusters to keep things on track. There is great fun to be had in the Bureau’s exasperation, and both Damon and Blunt are excellent as they pursue their will against a large, looming force. Damon is a stubborn man who refuses to accept that he is not in control of his own destiny. Sounds like a lot of politicians, but Damon is endearing and believable in his role. Despite the solid performances all around, it’s the über-convoluted storyline that cannot escape itself. For every interesting explanation (true free will, we learn, has been granted to humans at various times throughout history and the result was the Dark Ages and both World Wars), we get complex rules on top of more rules and explaining. We eventually hear rules about magic hat-wearing and which way to turn special doorknobs that must have been hard to deliver with a straight face. At the same time the film bogs down while trying hard to avoid religious connections while concurrently bombarding us with references to this allknowing entity that is pulling the strings from above. The Adjustment Bureau fails where fantasy movie masterpieces like Field of Dreams succeed. Not once did the filmmakers in Field of Dreams dare to try and explain why or how dead baseball players were emerging from an Iowa cornfield. Some things—whether it be baseball ghosts or men in suits who can alter free will— are probably best left as just fact. Explaining them is a fruitless endeavor. Not all is lost in The Adjustment Bureau. The story is a good one. Just don’t try too hard to understand it. The Adjustment Bureau continues at the Carmike 10.

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HALL PASS Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are buddies who get the thumbs up from their respective wives— Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate—to 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. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20 and 7:20, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

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.

I AM NUMBER FOUR Stephen Spielberg co-produces this sci-fi thriller, based on a novel of the same name, which fol-

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 Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, 3, 4, 6:10, 7:10, 9 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 12:15, and an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15.

MARS NEEDS MOMS Disney brings us this 3D animated flick about a 9 year-old boy, voiced by Seth Green, who has to navigate the wacky world of Mars after aliens abduct his mom Joan Cusack— because Martians apparently need real mothers to raise their offspring. Carmike 10: 4:35, 7:15 and 9:25, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 2. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:15, 4:30, 7 and 9:10, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:45, 7 and 9:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Fri.–Sun. at 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:30 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 2, 4:10, 7:30 and 9:45. RED RIDING HOOD When a forest-dwelling werewolf kills Amanda Seyfried’s sister, Gary Oldman is called in to find the blood-thirsty bastard. Trouble is, the beast just might be Seyfried’s cuddle buddy. This movie is sort of like the ancient fairytale, but with a fantasy and horror-laden twist. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:35, with Fri.–Sun. Nobody makes a pass at grandma. Red Riding Hood opens Friday at the Carmike 10. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 BLACK SWAN lows a teen alien—disguised as a human—who and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) deliv- seeks refuge from an otherworldly species out to Fri.–Sun. at 12:40, 3:40, 6:50 and 9:35, with an ers yet another psychological head trip with a story kill him by hiding in a small town. Village 6: 4 and additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and that pits two ballet dancers, Natalie Portman and 7:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:45, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 3:50, 6:50 and 9:35. Mila Kunis, against each other as they fight for stage Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and prominence during a production of Swan Lake. Fri.–Sun. at 9:40 and Mon.–Thu. at 9:45. 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Portman’s acting skills in this flick garnered her an Entertainer Cinema in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9:15. award for the best “Actress in a Leading Role” at the JUST GO WITH IT Oscars. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9 only on Fri., Sun. Adam Sandler shows his classy side as a single NOW PLAYING and Thu., with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. plastic surgeon who lies about being unhappily married in order to get into the pants of ladies. THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU DRIVE ANGRY 3D Things go well until he asks his co-worker Jennifer Matt Damon’s a gung ho politico aiming for a sen- Nicolas Cage is a felon who breaks out of hell to Aniston to join in on a fib by pretending to be his ate seat who gets heartstruck by Emily Blunt, but avenge the death of his daughter and save her kid- wife. Village 6: 4:15 and 7, with an additional soon finds out that some guys from The napped baby—all while trying to avoid Satan’s Fri.–Sat. show at 9:45, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at Adjustment Bureau—a group of men who decide assistant, William Fichtner, who’s trying to bring 1:10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, peoples’ destinies—want to destroy his chances at Cage back to the inferno. Amber Heard co-stars. with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show scoring love. The film is based on a short story by Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 9:20. on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 3:45 and 9:25. late sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. Carmike 10: 4:15, GNOMEO AND JULIET 7:15 and 9:45, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:15. JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Shakespeare’s tale of unrequited love gets adapt- You’ll either cry out in irritated agony or pure joy Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on ed for the 3-D CGI generation. This time, the story while watching this 3-D biopic about the teenage Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 3:55, 7:05 and revolves around two garden gnomes—a red hat YouTube sensation turned teeny bopper musician. 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. gnome and a blue hat gnome—who try to forge a Features live footage plus appearances by Usher Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and relationship amid a fight between their respective and, well, lots of admiring teens. Carmike 10: 4, gnome peoples. Carmike 10: 4:30, 7:10 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. 9:30, with a Fri.–Sun. matinee at 1:45. with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:50. Stadium 14 in BALLET IN CINEMA: DON QUIXOTE Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:30, 4:45 and 6:45, THE KING’S SPEECH Moscow, Russia’s Bolshei Ballet offers up its rendi- with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and After English aristocrat Colin Firth gets crowned tion of this famous ballet based on Miguel de Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 4 and 6:45. King George VI of England, he tries to rid himself

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TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT It’s the summer of 1988, and aimless MIT graduate Topher Grace tries to figure out where to point his career compass by doing things like taking a job at a video store and attending a totally tubular party. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:50, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Stadium 14: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:30, 3:55, 7:15 and 9:40. 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: 7 and 9:35. 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, and no 7:30 and 10 shows on Wed. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10 and 7:10, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., March 11. 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–752-7800. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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INGRATE EXPECTATIONS I fear my husband has some disability in regard to apologizing. Monday was his birthday. I had a terrible cold, but put myself on enough meds to cook him a wonderful meal and dessert. I felt too sick for sex, so I offered up a, um, very personal massage, but he refused. Later, when I asked for a hug as we got into bed, he said, “I don’t think so.” The next day, he was grumpy and distant. When I finally called him on it, he said he was sexually frustrated (despite the fact that we usually have sex three times a week). The following day, he acted like everything was normal, but I still wanted an apology. I said, “It’d be nice if you’d give me a hug and say, ‘I really appreciate everything you did and I’m sorry for being grumpy.’” He got mad and stormed out, which is typical. The closest he ever comes to apologizing is angrily blurting out that he’s sorry. —Still Waiting Oh, boohoo, his sex vending machine was broken. He shook and shook it and all that tumbled out was a three-course meal and dessert. Pledging to be there for your spouse “in sickness” is supposed to mean being there feeling their forehead for a temperature, not feeling under the blanket to see if they’re wearing panties. Likewise, appropriate remarks are “Can I bring you another box of tissues?” or “I’ll refill your vaporizer,” not “Rack up some sex, Sniffles!” This has to leave you wondering what happens if you get seriously ill. Do you wake up to him tapping your chemo tubing, “Ahem, Missy...we haven’t had sex since you had hair”? Humans seem to have an evolutionary adaptation to help us guard against being chumped, a sort of inner police dog to see that we aren’t all give and give to people who are all take and take. When our sense of fairness is violated, we need a sign from the violator that we aren’t idiots to trust them in the future. An apology can’t undo a wrong that’s been done, but because it has ego costs for the apologizer (in admitting wrongdoing), it’s an offering that suggests that their future actions will be more partnerlike than selfishjerklike. It takes a strong person to admit weakness. A person who’s immature, selfish, and insecure clings to the idea that love is never having to say you’re sorry, but occasionally needing to snarl it. A sincere apology involves admitting wrongdoing, expressing remorse, pledging that it won’t happen again, and making amends. Feeling remorse is an especially important

element. A person who doesn’t feel bad about making you feel bad has no reason to feel bad about doing it again. You can hope he’ll change, you can encourage him to change (I suggest enlisting a therapist trained by marriage researcher John Gottman, gottman.com). But, because criticizing a man with such a flimsy ego is like “putting out fire with gasoline,” right now, probably your most uncrazymaking approach to his little tantrums is laughing to yourself at what a big baby he is. From the “probably nice in theory” files, you could explain why an apology means so much to you and suggest making a pact to try to always behave like people who haven’t forgotten they love each other. But, consider whether you want to stay married to a man who dispenses affection on the barter system. Your husband’s having sex with you three times a week—unlike all the husbands who write me, longing to go from zero to three times a year. Yet, one night, you find yourself more in the mood for NyQuil, and there’s your man, standing his ground: “No humping? No hugging. The hug store is closed!”

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SKILLED LABOR NEW WELDING GRADS WELCOME. MIG/TIG Stainless Welder. Must be personable, team player and willing to take initiative. Pay DOE email barb@lcstaffing.com with your resume #9951062 Missoula Job Service 728-7060 TIRE TRUCK OPERATOR needed at Grain Growers Oil Co. in Scobey, MT. Call 406-4872741. Ask for Tanner TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs and refresher courses, rent equipment for CDL. Job Placement Assistance. Financial assistance for qualified students. SAGE Technical Services, Billings/Missoula, 1800-545-4546 WALTER TRUCKING & HARVESTING. We are currently looking for Farm Help to join our 2011 Harvest Crew (March to October). Experience with combine, grain buggy, air seeder and tractors very helpful. Room & Board supplied. Also need Class 1/CDL Drivers for the Harvest Crew and Grain, Livestock & Equipment Haulers for our Trucking Division. Must be able to cross Border into the Canada and/or USA. Phone 1800-268-6935. Fax resume to 403-327-0267 or email rob.k@waltertrucking.com

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Mr. Astrologer: Like the god Prometheus, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to people who sometimes make awful use of it. As punishment, the gods chained me to a rock on the beach, and arranged for an eagle to come daily to eat my liver. Luckily, the liver grows back every night. Unluckily, the eagle always returns to devour it again. I’m used to it by now; it doesn’t hurt as much as it once did. But I’m still eager to get out of my predicament. Any suggestions? Aries in Limbo.” Dear Aries: Your rescue is scheduled for no later than your birthday, possibly before. In the meantime, the best thing you can do to prepare for your release is to feel gratitude for all you’ve learned during your ordeal. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your meditation for this week comes from writer H. P. Lovecraft. “What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything!” While that’s always good counsel, I think it’s especially apt for you right now. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’d be smart to evaluate your own worth based less on what job you do and more on who you are. Practice thinking this healing idea: The soulfulness you embody and express from moment to moment is the single greatest measure of your success as a human being. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of my favorite peculiarities about the English language is the idiosyncratic words it uses to characterize groups of specific animals. For example, the correct term for many owls gathered together is not “flock” but “parliament”: a “parliament of owls.” Likewise, we say a “rabble of butterflies,” a “prickle of hedgehogs,” a “shrewdness of apes,” and a “murder of crows.” If I had to come up with a comparable term for the human members of your tribe, it might be something like a “zeal of Geminis” or a “charm of Geminis” or a “romp of Geminis” or an “exaltation of Geminis.” All those words capture part of the glory that will be you, especially for the next few weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The roots of the lotus are anchored in muck at the pond’s bottom. Its leaves float on the water and its dramatic flower rises above on a thick stem. It’s an evocative plant that is featured in many ancient myths. For Buddhists, it was an emblem of enlightenment: beauty ascending from the mud. In India, a thousand-petaled golden lotus symbolized the miracle of creation. To the Egyptians, it represented rebirth. Even modern science has contributed to building the mystique of the lotus, having determined that its seeds can remain viable for many centuries. It’s not a fragile marvel! In the 16th-century Chinese folk tale “Monkey,” a teacher instructed the hero on how to achieve a long life. “Even amidst fierce flames,” he said, “the Golden Lotus can be planted.” For the foreseeable future, Cancerian, the lotus is your power object.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Picture a very complicated combination lock, one that requires dialing up eight different numbers to open,” writes Arianna Huffington. “You have seven of the numbers, but the lock still won’t open until you hit upon that final number. One-eighth may not seem as ‘big’ as seven-eighths, but without the final click of the combination, the tumblers won’t fall into place.” Sound familiar, Leo? In my astrological opinion, you have dialed up the first seven numbers but you don’t know what the eighth is yet; until you discover it, the lock will stay closed. Where should you look for the missing info? It’s now within your reach, and it wasn’t before.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming week, it’s very important that you stay out of other people’s hells—even if they invite you in with a big welcome, and even if you’re tempted to join them there in their infernos as a misguided way of proving your love. Be compassionate, Virgo, but don’t be manipulated or foolish. The best thing you can do to help others is to cultivate your own mental health with ingenuity, trusting in its radiant power to heal by example.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Two paradoxes are better than one,” said physicist Edward Teller. “They may even suggest a solution.” I hope this gives you a glimmer of appreciation for the sparkling contradictions you’re surrounded by, Libra. It would be understandable if up until today you felt they were crazy-making stressors that served no good purpose. But now maybe you will be motivated to stand on your head, cross your eyes, and try to see how the tangy riddles might actually be used to untangle each other.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Despite the wealth and renown he has accumulated during his influential career, musician Brian Eno is a big fan of raw simplicity. Speaking about R&B, soul music, and psychedelia, he said, “These earlier eras of pop music were characterized not by the search for perfection but by bizarre enthusiasms, small budgets, erratic technique, crummy equipment, and wild abandon.” Would you consider playing with that approach in the coming weeks, Scorpio? It’s not necessarily something you should do all the time, but right now I suspect it’s a formula for the most interesting kind of success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Research Digest Blog asked eminent psychologists to write about the theme “one nagging thing you still don’t understand about yourself.” One expert wondered why he always overestimates how much work he can get done. Another pondered the fact that he falls prey to his own irrational biases even though he’s well aware he has them. A third said he can’t fathom why it’s so easy for him to learn some things and so hard to learn others. What would your answer be, Sagittarius? This is an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to see if you can get to the bottom of a truth about yourself that has always eluded you. (To read the story, go here: http://tinyurl.com/DontKnowYet.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I suspect that you will either be spectacularly right or breathtakingly wrong in the coming days. Which way it goes will all depend on whether you’re observing and responding to the actual events unfolding in front of you or else are more focused on the images dancing around in your imagination. Of course it’s always a good idea to get your biases and projections out of the way so you can see life as it really is, but it’s especially crucial now. So much is contingent upon your ability to be acutely perceptive and crisply objective.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the old fairy tale, the character known as Rumpelstiltskin had the power to spin straw into gold. That skill has a metaphorical resemblance to the wizardry you could pull off in the coming weeks: transforming seemingly ordinary or worthless stuff into a valuable asset. Although your work might seem a bit miraculous and make some people wonder if you’ve used hocus-pocus, the fact is that it may at times feel tedious or extremely demanding to you. Be gutsy in your mastery of the intricate details, Aquarius. I’ll be thinking of you as the Gritty Magician.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Good things may come to those who wait—but they’re mostly just the things left behind by those who hustle and bustle.” That message was in the fortune cookie I got with my Chinese take-out food tonight. It happens to be a perfect fit for your current astrological omens, so I’m handing it over to you. In the coming week, I don’t recommend that you sit around patiently and watch how the trends ripen. I don’t think you should bide your time or be cautious in making a commitment. Be proactive, Pisces—maybe even gung ho. Carpe the freaking diem.

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to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. Prospective bidders are highly encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference, which will be conducted by the owner at the City Council Chambers/MRA Office – Jack Reidy Conference Room, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT. at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2011. 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 the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on March 29, 2011. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)5526080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION FOR BIDS MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY MOBILE BRANCH Missoula Public Library is currently seeking a request for proposals for the remodel of a 2001 Thomas Built 32’ bus from a bookmobile to a mobile computer lab. A mandatory walk through of the bus will be held on March 18, 2011, at 11:00 AM at the Missoula Public Library 301 E. Main Street. Full system specifications and proposal instructions will be available at the walk through. Interested parties may contact Jim Semmelroth, Network Administrator at 406-2583849 or email at jims@missoula.lib.mt.us for additional information. Proposals will be due on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 12:00 PM. CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: Curb and Sidewalk Improvements Slant Streets Area Ph. III City of Missoula Project 09-057 This project consists of removing and replacing approximately 20,000 square feet of residential sidewalk, 1,000 lineal feet of curb, associated asphalt repairs and other improvements. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed

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envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Project 09-057 Slant Streets Area Ph. III curb and sidewalk improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, 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. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required

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

PUBLIC NOTICES 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) 7215643 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

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The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the following item at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway. This is a postponement of the original hearing scheduled for March 16, 2011. 1. Subdivision Request – Glacier Creek Meadows A request from John Keller, represented by Dale McCormick of Professional Consultants, Inc., to subdivide a 98.36 acre parcel into 20 lots, located adjacent to Styler Drive and Remicks Road, west of Highway 83, in Condon. See Map E.

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: 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.

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 2584657. 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.

about project 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 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 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 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ANNEXATION TO SEELEY LAKE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held on the 23rd day of March, 2011 beginning at 1:30 P.M. in Room 201, Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, on a petition for annexation into the Seeley Lake Rural Fire District for the following area: Section 12, Township 16 N, Range 16 W. COS 5957 Tract A-1 2779 Cahoon Ranch Rd Seeley Lake MT 59868 SUID 4295508 South East 1/4, Section 12, Township 16 N, Range 16 W, COS 5741 Tract B 2233 Cahoon Ranch Rd Seeley Lake MT 59868 SUID 269904 East 1/2 of North East 1/4, Section 12, Township 16 N, Range 16 W 3139 Cahoon Ranch Rd Seeley Lake MT 59868 SUID 3142209 Section 12, Township 16 N, Range 16 W, COS 5957 Tract A-2 2320 Cahoon Ranch Rd Seeley Lake MT 59868 SUID 3142401 (For complete legal descriptions, see map on file in the Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 200 West Broadway, 2nd Floor, Missoula, MT) AND THAT all interested persons should appear at the above mentioned time and place to be heard for or against said petition. Written protest will be accepted by the Commissioner’s Office, Room 204, Missoula County Courthouse Annex, Missoula, Montana 59802, prior to the hearing day. BY ORDER of the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer By Kim Cox Assistant Chief Deputy 200 W. Broadway St. Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 258-3241 Date: February 17, 2011

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.

MISSOULA COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Missoula County Department of Public Works until 10:00 A.M., Thursday March 24, 2011, at which time bids will be opened and read for the purpose of evaluating proposals for an On-Site Vehicle and Equipment Parts Operation. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Department of Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 Telephone Number (406) 258-4816. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for On-Site Parts Operation” and addressed to: Missoula County Department of Public Works ATTN: On-Site Parts Operation 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808 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, visit www.co.missoula.mt.us/ EnvHealth or call 258-4755. 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 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 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 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. 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 JIVIDEN (a/k/a KATIE ELIZABETH JIVIDEN,) 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 abovenamed 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, 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 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 onehalf 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 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 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 thereafter. 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

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 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 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

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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 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 Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/22/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200632901 BK 789, Pg 782, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which James F. Curlin 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 5 in Block 6 of El Mar Estates Phase 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/29/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 14,

2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $193,736.02. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $184,346.95, 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 27, 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# 7777.14771) 1002.184001-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/13/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200717888, Bk. 801, Pg. 737, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John D. Dugan 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: Tract 11 of Certificate of Survey No. 49 located in the West One-Half of Section 17, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, P.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200910414, Bk. 838, Pg. 1051, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 21, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $213,940.21. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $203,975.02, 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 June 1, 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 foreclo-

sure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.74012) 1002.184508-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/23/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200411500, Bk 731, Pg 361, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kraig A. Michels and Marie L. Michels, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, 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: Lots 6, 7, 8, and the East One-Half of Lot 9 in Block 58 of Daly’s Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 662 of Micro Records at Page 560 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 10/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 19, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $247,782.76. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $241,305.77, 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 31, 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# 7023.92066) 1002.184338-FEI 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

PUBLIC NOTICES $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 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 $1,630.24, 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 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 ABOVE-DESCRIBED 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 TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 29, 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: Tract 8B of Certificate of Survey No. 5413, located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 17, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Pamela E Lensman, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 16, 2005 and recorded on May 20, 2005 in Book 752, Page 1183, under document No 200511882. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Services. 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 $1,017.18, beginning September 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 $106,959.92 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $1,966.95, late charges in the amount of $102.54, escrow advances of $626.32, and other fees and expenses advanced of $47.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $17.22 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 20, 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 20, 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 Lensman 41392.718 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 2, 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: TRACT 16 C OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1825, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Timothy J Trudell and Stephanie D Trudell, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services, as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated March 31, 2006 and recorded April 5, 2006 in Book 771 Page 815 under Document No. 200607566. 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 $1,689.16, beginning June 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 2, 2010 is $266,993.87 principal, interest at the rate of 6.12500% now totaling $24,642.04, late charges in the amount of $675.52, escrow advances of $3.589.21, and other fees and expenses advanced of $358.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $44.80 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 23, 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 23, 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: 02/23/2013 PHH V. Trudell 41392.723 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 6, 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: TRACT FIFTEEN (15) OF CANYON VILLAGE NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. R. Steven Nuckols and Joanna M. Nuckols, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community BankMissoula, Inc., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED APRIL 27, 2005 AND RECORDED ON APRIL 29, 2005 IN BOOK 751, PAGE 799, UNDER DOCUMENT NO 200509868. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, 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 $1,950.57, beginning May 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 13, 2010 is $252,974.68 principal, interest at the rate of 5.625% now totaling $24,184.23, late charges in the amount of $2,005.38, escrow advances of $7,083.77, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,024.68, plus accruing interest at the rate of $29.99 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 27, 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 27, 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. Nuckols 41926.469 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 ATTORNEYIN-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.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 ATTORNEYIN-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. TX2-984-0407, 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 06/29/2011, 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 ROSALEE J MURPHY 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 Trust Indenture Dated 09/23/2005 and recorded 09/28/2005, in document No. 200525526 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 761 at Page Number 296 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE NORTH 78 FEET OF THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 8, THE NORTH 78 FEET OF LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 86 OF SCHOOL ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1735 SHERWOOD STREET, Missoula, MT 59802. 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 05/01/2010, 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 $93,087.95 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.625% per annum from 04/01/2010 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: 02/11/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100121850 FEI NO. 1006.112780 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 06/21/2011, 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 ARMEDA HOOVER AND GERALD HOOVER as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to MARK E. NOENNIG as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/05/2005 and recorded 04/06/2005, in document No. 200507784 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 750 at Page Number 417 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 88 OF DALY’S ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2101 SOUTH 14TH STREET, 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 PARTNER, 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 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 $131,949.74 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 8.001% 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: 02/07/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110009283 FEI NO. 1006.128818 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 06/27/2011, 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 SANDRA A. DEAL 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 Trust Indenture Dated 12/13/2006 and recorded 12/19/2006, in document No. 200632433 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 789 at Page Number 314 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT B19 OF CANYON CREEK VILLAGE PHASES 5, 6, 7 AND 8, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 4711 ADALAIDE LANE, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 06/01/2010, 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 $107,937.31 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.375% per annum from 05/01/2010 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: 02/09/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100124750 FEI NO. 1006.113581 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 obliga-

tions 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. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100108972 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 15-18212, 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 redemp-

tion 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 OPERATE RESTAURANT/LIQUOR/ GAMBLING 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 406-728-4381. 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. 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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Housing in a "Spring" State of Mind By Diane Beck, 2011 MOR President While the first day of spring isn’t until March 20, 2011, I think most Missoulians are ready to put away their winter jackets and enjoy a bit of spring weather right away. But as we continue to watch the snow fall, many people are looking toward other spring activities to fill the void – activities such as searching for a home. Often as gardens bloom and lawns turn from white to green it creates a little spring in our step and that translates into increased interest in the housing market. It seems many members of our community have decided not to wait around for shorts weather to begin their search for their next home. At our February Board of Director’s Forum, we discussed an excitement and energy in the housing market. What we have seen in terms of market statistics speaks toward a healthy and, most importantly, stable housing market in the first two months of 2011.

In the Missoula Urban Area—January through February: • 82 sales, down 5 from 87 in 2010 • Median price $213,500, up from $195,000 during the same time in 2010 In Missoula County—January through February: • 105 sales, up 4 from 101 sales in 2010 • Median price is $197,000 up from $196,100 in 2010 What is especially interesting about these numbers is their stability. Even without the tax credit offered last year, 2011 housing sales have remained steady, and median prices are moving upward. You may have heard before that the real estate market is local. This isn’t just a slogan, but a fundamental truth of buying property: location, location, location! Six years ago, the Missoula Organization of REALORS®

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began publishing the Missoula Housing Report in an effort to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information on anything affecting housing in our local community. On March 31st at 2pm in the DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Missoula, we will be holding a press conference for the release of that data. This is an opportunity to hear about the report, and ask questions on specific findings. The 2011 consumer version of the report will be included in the Missoula Independent’s April 14 Homesteader publication; the full version, along with archives of previous reports, will be available online at www.missoularealestate.com. It is our goal to be a resource on all things housing in this community and we look forward to continuing to serve the citizens that live and work here.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 & 2 Bedroom FURNISHED, partially furnished or unfurnished apartments. UTILITIES PAID. Close to U & downtown. 549-7711. Check our website! www.alpharealestate.com 104 Jefferson: downtown 1-bedroom, near U, LF, storage, cat OK, $665, GCPM, 5496106. gcpm-mt.com 118 West Alder- Historic Park Place Hotel at the heart of downtown –Secured entry, Studio and 1 bedroom units now offering newly remodeled loft style living with great views, coin-ops and flat rate for gas heat. Rent $525-$595. Contact PPM for rent specials. 721-8990

1301 Montana: newer studios, wood floors, dishwasher, *free cable*, laundry facilities, $595&$625, GCPM, 5496106 gcpm-mt.com 1502 Ernest Ave #5 1bd/1ba $545 hook-ups, off-street parking, new paint $950. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 1506-1510 Ernest. Close to fairgrounds, Splash MT, and Playfair Park. 2bed/1bath $695/month with heat included. Single garage, DW, A/C, coinops. Contact PPM for availability 721-8990. 2 bed 1 bath apartment in Victor. Pets OK, W/S/G paid, $575/mo, Offered by Greener

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2201 W. Railroad #106 $850/$850 deposit. Move in Special-2 weeks free rent. 2 Bed/1.5 bath, G/S paid, D/W, microwave, washer/dryer & microwave. Carport & storage. NO PETS. GATEWEST 7287333

2 bdrm—Rattlesnake Home $1100, fenced, garage, washer/dryer, new carpets. One dog permitted with references and pet deposit. (307)-699-0554.

329 E. Front #B5 - $510/$510 deposit. W/S/G paid. Coinop laundry, off street parking & close to the U. NO PETS. GATEWEST 728-7333 444 Washington 1bd/1ba $650 w/ Heat paid! Coin-ops, downtown, off-street parking. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

2426 Ernest - $1050/$1050 deposit. NEW 3 bed/1.5 bath with D/W, Washer/dryer, Microwave & garage. NO PETS GATEWEST 728-7333

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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, greenbuilt development may be cheaper than rent. 1400 Burns, 3278787 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 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. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

Five bedroom 4+ bath townhome on golfcourse with excellent views and gracious space. $445,000. MLS 10007754. Call Anne 5465816 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 @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME IN 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-

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Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-de-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

NEW LISTING! 3 Bed/2 Bath, includes kitchen appliances, single level living, A/C, concrete patio out back door, chain link fence (back yard), UG sprinklers, vinyl siding, one block to Hellgate Elementary School. Excellent condition. $209,000. MLS#20111250. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

IMMACULATE HOME ON A 20,000 SQ FT LOT. Beautifully updated and maintained 4 Bdr/3 Bath Lolo area home. Great yard and deck, spacious living room and family room, great kitchen with breakfast bar & dining area, master bedroom and more. $269,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Just Listed: 3 bed, 1.5 bath centrally located condo w/ 1 car garage. 1 bedroom has deck, gas fireplace, tall ceilings in living room. New trim, interior pain and vinyl. $139,900 • MLS # 20110908 Jeremy & Betsy

NEW LISTING! Landscaped corner lot. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 story, top of line Frigidaire stainless steel appliances, fenced yard, 8 person BullFrog Spa, UG sprinklers, 10 x 12 storage shed, 12 x 20 Trex deck in back, covered front Trex deck, 3 blocks from Hellgate Elementary School, $20/mo HOA dues. $239,000. MLS#20111249. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

New! To be built! 3 Bed, 2 bed home on 1 acre. Buyer can pick colors & finishing touches. $2000 appliance allowance & $1300 landscaping allowance. $199,900 • MLS #1000716! Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 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, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com PRICE REDUCED! 4 bed, 2 bath home on large fenced lot, deck, fire pit, close to schools, walking paths and shopping. Newer furnace, water heater, gas fireplace. $239,900. MLS# 20110384. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2406503. riceteam@ bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

US Government Real Estate for Sale

428 N. 1st St. W. OPEN HOUSE

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

Missoula Fireweather Site, 2.7 Acres

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Deck Overlooks Clarkfork River for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr condo, attached 2 car garage, like new, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #22 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

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Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, Development potential. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

W. Broadway St., Missoula, MT 59808

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$234,900 MLS#10006707

This completely renovated 3 bed/2 bath home has all of the beauty and charm of an old, historic home with none of the headaches. 1485 sf of living space includes original fir floors, 2 clawfoot bathtubs, marmoleum in kitchen a n d b a t h , E c oT i m b e r woven bamboo upstairs, on-demand water heater and reclaimed wood in the staircase. You will fall in love with this home! Walk to downtown and enjoy the most neighborly neighborhood in Missoula!

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370-7689 1331 Bulwer St #B 2 bed 1 bath $139,900 www.bulwercondo.isnowforsale.com

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PRICE REDUCED 2511 Sunridge Court • 5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills • Central air, vaulted ceilings, • Yard w/ underground sprinklers & privacy fence. • $240,000 • MLS # 10007275 9745 Glacier Lily, Frenchtown • 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Master bed w/ closet/office area • Large storage shed, new deck & underground sprinklers • $220,000 • MLS # 10007009

Robin Rice • 240-6503

3811 Stephens #35, Missoula • 3 bed, 1.5 bath centrally located condo • 1bedroom has deck • Gas fireplace, tall ceilings in living room • New trim, interior paint and vinyl • $139,900 • MLS # 20110908 JUST LISTED: 117 Dallas, in LOLO. $189,900 • 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. • Spacious living room, large backyard & deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. • Perfect home for RD financing.

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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 Rare Wilma Building Condo – unique loft style condo offers a carefree, fun lifestyle with an amazing view on top of the historic Wilma, $219,900 3278787 porticorealestate.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 327-8787 porticorealestate.com 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 @ 2396696, 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

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 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. 3344B Connery Way. Modern three level townhome. Easy maintenance yard, 2 bed 3 bath double car garage. $192,000. MLS 10006082. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate Hey college student parents- why spend 4 years of rent when you can own your kids place,receive tax benefits and recapture their rent money....check out 3811 Stephens #34 $128,900. Call Jeannette Williams Real Estate Broker 239-2049 Uptown Flats Unit #213 1 bed 1 bath and all the amenities includ-

ed in this Quality Downtown Condo. $149,900. MLS 20110263. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate

LAND FOR SALE 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 ARIZONA LAND LIQUIDATION, $99/mo., 1 & 2 1/2-Acre ranch lots. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport. NO CREDIT CHECK! Guaranteed Financing, Money Back Guarantee. (800) 631-

8164 Code 4054 www.sunsiteslandrush.com NEW LISTING! Beautiful building site with a 40x72 Agricutural Building. 20.78 Acres. $349,900. MLS#20111015. 10900 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. NEW LISTING! Great building site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.46 Acres. $199,900. MLS#20111016. 10882 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Own 20 Acres. Only $129/mo. $13,900 near growing El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Low down, no credit checks, owner financing. Free map/pictures 866-257-4555 www.sunsetranches.com

Secluded 20 Acres 15 Minutes to Missoula, property boasts nice choices for building site, a healthy and beautiful forest setting, and easy commute. 327-8787 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

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