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Voices/Letters Smith River, TPP and Montana Community Foundation........................4 The Week in Review Buddy DeFranco, St. Paddy’s and international culture..............6 Briefs Refugees, criminal mediation and search and rescue ..........................................6 Etc. Remembering Carolyn Squires.................................................................................7 News Public Service Commission draws three-way Dem primary..................................8 News Battle lines drawn as commission scrutinizes Merc demolition ...........................9 Opinion How does the GOP presidential front-runner affect Montana races?. ...........10 Opinion Here’s how to develop clean energy on tribal land .......................................11 Feature The boom and bust, the promise and peril, of the Bakken ............................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Tell Us Something offers a little bit of everything..................................................18 Music Ovando, Partygoers and So Pitted ......................................................................19 Books Poet Rachel Mindell on finding literary bliss .....................................................20 Books Re-seeing the world with Annie Dillard .............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 BrokeAss Gourmet Beyond the usual brown bag lunch.............................................24 Happiest Hour Cabinet Mountain Brewing .................................................................26 8 Days a Week Like oil and water.................................................................................27 Agenda Nicole Ichtertz of Conscious Impact................................................................33 Mountain High Five Valleys Audobon ..........................................................................34

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Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-8 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12

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STREET TALK

[voices] by Skylar Browning

Asked Tuesday afternoon in the PAR/TV green room on the University of Montana campus This week the Indy catches up with Tell Us Something founder Marc Moss. The event’s next theme is “Why didn’t anyone tell me?” If you had to tell a story with that topic, what would it be about? Followup: Public speaking—terrifying or no big deal?

Jourdan Nokleby: In middle school I got my period during class and ended up with a blood spot on my pants and nobody bothered to tell me. It was awful. Nobody knew how to talk about our periods at age 13. Preparation is key: If you already have it written down, that’s okay. But on the fly? That’s much, much harder, even for an actor.

Keara Robert: One time they changed our rehearsal time from 3 to 4 and I was running around the whole building, frantically looking for our rehearsal for almost an hour. Then, at 3:50, someone’s like, “You know we’re rehearsing at 4 today?” Easy does it: It’s not that bad at all.

Taylor Caprara: That people want you to succeed; they don’t want you to fail. No way, no how: Nope. That’s my answer. Just “nope.” I’m not into [public speaking] at all.

Heaven Hewett: No one ever told me I’d be such a horrible auditioner. That’s how we get a job and I’m terrible at it. My nerves get built up so much and I just can’t relax. The experience is a lot more nerve-wracking than I ever expected. Well, duh: Terrifying, obviously.

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Learn from history The Smith River is an important river for many reasons: its designation as a blueribbon trout stream, its popular recreation sites and its beauty as a state park are all reason enough to love it and want to see it protected. Unfortunately, not everyone shares these values. Tintina Resources, an international mining company, wants to risk the prosperity of the trout stream, disrupt the recreation sites and potentially affect the quality of our state park. The copper mine they are proposing will be set up at the Smith River’s headwaters. The proposed mine will have a high risk of developing multiple toxins that will affect trout and other wildlife and, by extension, affect us. Montanans have seen failed mining efforts time and time again, through the Berkeley Pit in Butte through the asbestos breakout in Libby and cyanide leach mining that poisoned the water that was pumped into northern central Montanans’ homes. We must learn from our history or we are doomed to repeat it. Say no to Tintina Resources Inc. or risk saying goodbye to one of the most beautiful and resource-rich rivers in this state we all call home. Ashley Balsom Missoula

While the details of the TPP are complex, the overarching truth is ridiculously simple: The TPP is a terrible idea. Will Rep. Zinke really support something that takes away what he claims to stand for? Tell him to stand up against the TPP! Darrell Garoutte Wolf Point

Generous Montanans The incredible generosity of Montanans during 2015 was a clear testament to the commitment our friends and neighbors have to the future of our state. Because hundreds of donors continued to pursue their high-reaching philanthropic goals, Montana nonprofits, worthy projects and promising students all over the state

“We must learn from our history or we are doomed to repeat it.”

Wake up, America The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an attack on American sovereignty and must be stopped. Of all the TPP’s attacks on Americans’ prosperity and independence, perhaps the worst is its termination of American sovereignty and property rights. The TPP gives foreign investors special rights to buy American land, businesses, natural resources, ports, and investments but doesn’t require they follow American laws. Even worse, if we ask them to follow our laws, the TPP lets these foreigners actually sue the U.S. for prohibiting them from making money on their “investment.” If foreign companies want to take our land to access their new resources, for example, as landowners we will have no recourse to stop them. Our Constitution no longer matters with the TPP, nor do our courts. The World Trade Organization decides what foreign companies can do on U.S. soil. Wake up, America. Not only will we lose our sovereignty and property rights, but we will lose markets for our ag products. I don’t care what the commodity groups say, just look at the numbers. Since NAFTA, Canada and Mexico have exported more than $40 billion worth of ag products to the U.S. than we have sent to them.

received nearly $4.9 million from the Montana Community Foundation in calendar year 2015, a 21 percent increase over the previous year. The bar has certainly been raised this year for philanthropic giving. Donations in 2015 saw a 20 percent increase over 2014 totaling more than $5.6 million, including over $1.28 million in planned gifts. Throughout the past year there were more than 450 new donors whose charitable giving totaled over $1.2 million. At MCF, we are dedicated to cultivating a culture of giving so Montana communities can flourish. These funds will help support nonprofit organizations and worthy causes in our state for years to come. We are humbled by this generosity and thankful for the partnership and trust so many have placed in us. The large donations made this past year were varied and their stories unique. We are proud of the numerous types of funds people have established with us at MCF. Camp Mak-A-Dream, an organization that helps child cancer patients and their families through summer camps and re-

treats, received a surprise anonymous donation in August of $200,000 to finish funding its recently opened Wellness Center. Camp Mak-A-Dream Executive Director Laura Bianco Hanna was expecting a $100,000 donation, but after the donors found out there would still be outstanding costs for the Wellness Center, they doubled their donation, paying the remaining building costs and leaving money to spare. In 2015, $365,000 in scholarships were awarded to worthy Montana students. These MCF scholarships generally ranged between $500 and $5,000, and some were renewable for multiple years. Qualifications varied widely resulting in scholarships given to a diverse range of students. In Great Falls, an anonymous donor gave $150,000 to St. Ann’s Cathedral for their roof replacement project. The cathedral had gone through $2.1 million in restorations in 2004, and the last step was to replace the roof to protect all the renovations that had been completed. This donation was received in June and enabled them to begin roof repairs immediately. Big grants are always the ones to make the news, but in the grand scheme of things, large grants are few and far between and no more important or impactful than the hundreds of smaller grants we and our local community foundation partners make each year. From needs like the new freezer for the Carter County Food Bank and the new printer at the William K. Kohrs Memorial Library in Deer Lodge, to yoga mats for the Healthy Mind and Body program at Morrison Elementary School in Troy, the generosity of donors is having a powerful and positive effect on the lives of Montanans. Philanthropic giving to permanently endowed funds is especially important right now and will be for the next few decades. There is an enormous transfer of wealth occurring in our state each and every day. In a study commissioned by MCF in 2006 and updated in 2012, an estimated $123 billion will pass from generation to generation in Montana in the coming five decades. The critical question to ask is how much of this inheritance will remain in the communities and for the communities that helped build it? If just 5 percent—approximately $6 billion—of this transfer of wealth was captured in permanently endowed funds, a potential $307 million a year would be available for grants to support charitable causes, nonprofits, and ultimately Montana’s future. Mary K. Rutherford Montana Community Foundation Helena

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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by Robin Carleton

Wednesday, March 16

Missoula’s Darian Stevens wins the Park and Pipe Open Series Virtual Competition in the women’s slopestyle category. The victory earns Stevens $1,500 and a year’s worth of Clif Bars.

Thursday, March 17 The Missoula Historic Preservation Commission hosts a special meeting to discuss a Bozeman developer’s application to demolish the Missoula Mercantile building and replace it with a five-story hotel. (Read more on page 8.)

Friday, March 18 The 36th annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival kicks off at the University of Montana. The two-day event features saxophonist Erica Von Kleist and drummer Gary Hobbs, among others.

Saturday, March 19 Montana Democrats host the 38th annual Mansfield-Metcalf dinner in Helena, featuring keynote speaker Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. Baldwin made history in 2012 by becoming Wisconsin’s first woman senator as well as the first openly gay member of the U.S. Senate.

Sunday, March 20 The University of Montana hosts the 25th annual International Culture and Food Festival in the University Center. The event includes traditional performances, such as a Japanese fishermen dance, as well as cuisine from around the world.

Monday, March 21 The Missoula City Council strikes down an outdated and unconstitutional ordinance that allowed law enforcement and members of the public to check hotel registries. The decision to eliminate the ordinance passes unanimously.

Tuesday, March 22 Mount Jumbo’s South Zone reopens for recreational use, though dog owners are reminded that the Jumbo elk herd might still wander into lower elevations. North Mount Jumbo, above the Saddle Road, remains closed.

A remote camera captures a wolverine in the Bitterroot Mountains near Bear Creek earlier this month.

Crime

County tests mediation Around midnight on New Year’s Day 2015, Missoula County sheriff ’s deputies responded to a report of domestic violence at a home near Evaro. Deputies say the suspect, Eugene Statelen, resisted arrest and tried to mow down a deputy with his vehicle. The deputy fired shots at Statelen, resulting in nonfatal gunshot wounds. After being treated at the hospital, Statelen was charged with felonies, including assault on a peace officer and partner/family member assault. Statelen initially pleaded not guilty, and the officer was cleared of wrongdoing. Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst says typically the case would result in a trial that “would have been expensive and difficult and traumatic for all the people involved.” Instead, the defendant and the county reached a settlement within a few hours on March 14, in the county’s test run of a

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process called criminal mediation. “We reached a settlement. We anticipate a change of plea and sentencing in the near future,” Pabst says. “I would say it was extremely successful.” It’s the first time Missoula County has taken advantage of the criminal mediation initiative approved by the Montana State Legislature in 2007. Pabst is optimistic that mediating more cases can prevent lengthy court proceedings and thereby save money, since felony trials can cost upwards of $100,000. She adds that her predecessor, Fred Van Valkenburg, was hesitant to use mediation. “He didn’t like to engage in too many situations where there was control relinquished,” Pabst says. “I think a lot of prosecutors don’t like the idea of mediation for that reason, they’re giving up a certain amount of control over the process.” If both parties in a criminal proceeding agree to a mediation then the judge presiding over the

case will select a mediator, who’s typically a retired judge or experienced attorney. Over the course of a few hours or a day, the mediator will listen to the plaintiff and the defendant before suggesting a resolution or plea agreement. Pabst says it’s appropriate for such cases as nonviolent drug offenses, property crimes or embezzlement. Lance Jasper, a Missoula attorney in private practice, says he’s met prosecutors who are resistant to using mediation, but he’s found it valuable when defending both criminal and civil proceedings around the region. “It gives people a chance to let their guard down, see people for who they really are,” he says. Missoula County Deputy Attorney Shaun Donovan says mediation has been useful in Mineral County, where he served as county attorney from 1979 to 2010. “As prosecutors we’re always looking at what’s commonly given in similar cases,” Donovan says. “And

[news] so if the average sentence in, for example, a theft case is three years deferred and the victim is upset because it’s a vintage automobile they had stolen, well, that may not happen. And a mediator might be a good sounding board to have that come up.” Kate Whittle

Search and Rescue

Strange night on Edith Peak Foggy. That’s how Missoula County Search and Rescue Lt. David Howe describes the conditions below Edith Peak around midnight March 18. Not literally, he says, but in the sense that every time sheriff ’s deputies and SAR volunteers felt they knew what was going on, the facts changed. “Operating in a fog is not unusual for us because we rarely have all the information we need,” Howe says. “But this particular one, we really could not nail down anything.” What Howe did know was that around 11:30 p.m., SAR got paged on a 911 call involving a snowmobiler partially buried in an avalanche somewhere on Edith, which lies several miles north of Frenchtown. The seven volunteers who responded had just completed a separate rescue of a hypothermic hiker up Kendall Creek two hours before. The avalanche component of the second call added “a different dynamic to the whole situation,” Howe says. SAR repacked its trailer, drove up Six-Mile Road as far as possible and proceeded to link up with the Missoula County Sheriff ’s Department by snowmobile. There they paused for about 45 minutes, trying to get a handle on what was happening. “There was a lot of conflicting information about the condition of the snow machiners, where they were at, what they had,” Howe says. “That’s where the avalanche went out the window.” Turns out there was no avalanche on Edith Peak, nor was there a partially buried snowmobiler. The sheriff ’s department, SAR, Frenchtown Rural Fire Department and a helicopter from Two Bear Air had responded to a call from a man whose friend had phoned him with the avalanche story. After alerting authorities, the man struck out on his own to aid in the rescue. Sheriff ’s department spokesperson Brenda Bassett says deputies tried to dissuade him from doing so. The man wound up crashing his snowmobile into a closed gate and was hoisted to a nearby ambulance by Two Bear. Those details were still hazy as Howe, along with three other SAR members and a U.S. Forest Service law

enforcement officer, snowmobiled up the intermittently bare dirt road. They eventually met up with the injured man’s friends—two snowmobilers as well as two passengers—in a scene Howe describes as “kind of anticlimactic.” Howe understands the word “hoax” has since been bandied about in relation to the incident. However, his focus in the moment wasn’t on practical jokes gone awry. “You drive a snow machine at 3 o’clock in the morning down a logging road, all kinds of things can happen,” he says. Bassett says while the snowmobilers didn’t outright admit they’d pulled a prank, “they said that they do joke around with each other.” Because they weren’t the ones who made the 911 call, she adds, they won’t face any charges. “We understand people give their buddies a hard time and whatnot,” she says, “but things like this always need to be taken seriously.” Alex Sakariassen

Refugee resettlement

Candidates say little Montana’s next governor probably won’t interfere with the plans to bring refugees to Missoula, even if Syrians are among them, statements from the front-runners’ campaigns indicate. But it’s hard to know for sure, as neither Gov. Steve Bullock nor Republican challenger Greg Gianforte would comment directly on a nonprofit’s plan to reactivate the state’s long-dormant refugee program. The International Rescue Committee announced March 18 that it had received permission from the U.S. Department of State to reopen a resettlement office in Missoula later this year, several months after a group of residents invited them in. The organization intends to set up an office this spring, with the first refugees anticipated to arrive later in 2016, senior adviser to the project Bob Johnson says. He expects around 25 families will be resettled within the first year. Montana hasn’t had such an office since 2008, and the idea put forward by Soft Landing Missoula quickly drew support from city and county leaders. But the humanitarian issue is also politically fraught now that it has become entangled with questions of Islamic terrorism.

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Sarah Palin’s years of legal experience. Missoula-based Warm Springs Productions recently signed the former vice presidential candidate to star in a new “Judge Judy”-type reality courtroom television show.

In 2009, Carol Williams served alongside fellow Missoula Democrat Carolyn Squires in the state Senate. Squires was battling colon cancer at the time and, despite her illness, didn’t want to miss out on any important votes—not even in the weeks after she underwent a major surgery. “I was a minority leader in that session,” Williams says, “and so when I’d come home on the weekends I’d go see her. And she wasn’t, I didn’t think, in any condition to come back to work.” Williams helped convince the Senate leaders to set up a system so Squires could remotely watch the session and call in her votes. She says the House sometimes allowed legislators to vote remotely, but it was an unprecedented move for the Senate. “And only for Carolyn Squires I think they would have done that, because they had so much admiration for her,” Williams says. “And that’s kind of a part of Montana history in a way, certainly the legacy of Carolyn and how respected she was by colleagues on both sides of the aisle.” Squires died on March 21 at the age of 75. With her passing, friends say the state lost a singularly devoted politician and activist. “She was a stalwart of our delegation for decades, and in that time she accomplished so much,” wrote Rep. Bryce Bennett, D-Missoula, in a Facebook post. “She was a lovable curmudgeon that gave all of us a solid ribbing and didn’t let anyone tell her what to do.” Squires served as a state representative from 1997 to 2000 and as a senator from 2002 to 2010. Throughout her career, she was well-known for her dedication to women’s rights, access to health care and workers’ rights. Former state Sen. Jim Shockley, R-Victor, says despite he and Squires’ opposing viewpoints, they got along well personally and sometimes grabbed lunch or breakfast together to hash things out. “Carolyn was a very partisan woman, a fervent Democrat,” Shockley recalls. “But she really did her job and Carolyn and I were good friends.” It’s that camaraderie and respect that most resonates with former colleagues. “In addition to being a great public servant, she was a great friend to people,” Williams says. “Once you’re one of Carolyn’s special people, you’re special forever for her.”

Anti-refugee activists staged a series of rallies across western Montana opposing the IRC’s application. Many of the activists called for concerned citizens to make their voice heard at the ballot box. Across the country, conservative leaders in particular have sought to bar entry to refugees from various countries in the Middle East, including Syria, over fears the two-year federal vetting process might not catch wouldbe terrorists. More than 30 governors have joined the call against refugees from the Middle East, with some even attempting to intervene to prevent Syrian refugees from entering their state. Gianforte has expressed similar opposition on the campaign trail in Montana, but when asked how he would approach the Missoula program, the candidate’s campaign stopped short of promising to block any particular refugees from entering the state. His campaign instead acknowledged the question as “primarily a federal issue” and said Gianforte would consult with neighboring governors and Montana’s congressional delegation, naming Rep. Ryan Zinke in particular. Bullock hasn’t made refugees part of his reelection bid and has been cautious in his public statements on the matter. His office responded to a request for comment with a single sentence that said Bullock “is following this issue with the concerns of all Montanans in mind.” State officials play only a small administrative role in refugee resettlement, and unless a governor acted aggressively to obstruct the process, it’s unlikely the program planned for Missoula could be derailed. Regardless, the IRC’s Johnson says there’s only a small chance the much-contested Syrian refugees would be among those placed here. He points out that Syrians currently make up only 4 percent of refugee admissions nationwide. Derek Brouwer

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Crowded field Public Service Commission draws three-way Dem primary by Alex Sakariassen

Talk to any candidate in the threeway Democratic primary for northwestern Montana’s seat on the Public Service Commission about what’s driving voter interest in their race and you’ll hear the same two words: Mountain Water. Missoula’s quest to obtain ownership of the water utility has dominated local headlines, and the latest twists have brought the often overlooked regulatory agency into the spotlight. As candidate Gail Gutsche says, it’s “a huge issue” for many voters and “will be in their minds when they come out to vote on the PSC.” The PSC’s conduct in the Mountain Water proceedings is already fueling attacks against Bob Lake, the incumbent commissioner and eventual Republican opponent of the Democratic winner. Gutsche, who lost her PSC seat to Lake in 2012, and fellow challenger Mark Sweeney both accuse Lake of standing in the way of the utility passing into public hands. “Bob Lake actively spoke out against Missoula trying to acquire that using eminent domain,” says Sweeney, a former Anaconda-Deer Lodge County commissioner. “Once you’re in [the PSC], you need to be neutral on that.” Lake vehemently denies the accusation, claiming he’s “absolutely neutral.” Even so, he fully expects to field more Mountain Water attacks as the race progresses. But the agency’s future involvement could be rendered moot before primary voters hit the polls June 7. The Montana Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing in April over the appeal of Missoula’s ability to purchase Mountain Water. Depending on how quickly the court issues a ruling, Gutsche says, the fate of the utility could be decided “before the next PSC is seated.” Beyond Mountain Water, all three Democratic candidates—Gutsche, Sweeney and Lee Tavenner, cofounder of the Missoula-based Solar Plexus—agree there are plenty of other pressing issues up for debate during the PSC race, including renewable resources and the future of Montana’s energy sector.

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Candidates in the three-way Democratic primary for Public Service Commission District 4 all agree Montana’s transition to more renewable energy sources like wind and solar is one of the key issues in the campaign ahead.

“There is big change and it’s here now and it’s happening now,” says Sweeney, who previously ran for PSC District 3 in 2012 and has already received endorsements from state Sen. Jon Sesso and former Gov. Brian Schweitzer. “I want to be a voice for the consumers to make sure that that transition’s done in a way that our rates remain low and reflective of the diverse energy we have in Montana. I don’t want to see our prices go up because of decisions being made in Washington and Oregon.” Lawmakers in Washington and Oregon have recently introduced legislation to phase out use of coal-fired power, a move that would accelerate shutdowns at Montana’s Colstrip plant. Gutsche, who spent four years on the PSC, believes these developments, as well as the potential impacts to Colstrip from the currently stalled Clean Power Plan, make the discussion of a transition away from “legacy resources” and toward renewable options central in the PSC race. The state already has 225 megawatts of wind generation online, Gutsche says, with another 2,000 megawatts actively being developed. Not all of them will be ratebased or owned by NorthWestern Energy, she adds, but “clearly Montana is a huge producer of energy and we want to maintain that.” Tavenner intends to be in the driver’s seat when it comes to the topic of

renewable energy in the primary. He got his start in the industry establishing the 500 kilowatt Boulder Hydro facility in the Philipsburg Valley back in 1988, and today he sees solar as “one of the least expensive resources we can turn to” in the long term. That means lots of pricing consideration by the PSC, Tavenner says, as well as continued work in the legislature on net metering, or the process by which private solar network owners sell excess electricity to power companies. “What I would hope to bring is the vision of being experienced in renewable energy,” Tavenner says, “and be able to bring that to bear in trying to analyze and develop the pricing structures that are part and parcel of what the PSC does.” In fact, while the primary contenders each boast a distinct background and body of experience, all three appear to have been drawn to the race by the same set of issues. And until a Democratic winner is declared in June, Lake isn’t counting any of his potential opponents out. Just paying the $1,000 filing fee shows each of them is serious, he says. “It’s like sitting at a table in Las Vegas,” he says. “If you don’t think you’ve got the cards, do you really want to call the bet?” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Building trust Battle lines drawn as commission scrutinizes Merc demolition by Derek Brouwer

Every city official but Mayor John Engen One commissioner, Nikki Manning, even ers adjourned eight minutes later, an attorney seems to be walking on eggshells with regard quit after feeling frustrated with HPC’s lim- for the developers pointed out a procedural oversight that voided their action. Since the to the Missoula Mercantile, having been in- ited authority. “It’s sad to say that I felt like I had to re- meeting had already adjourned, the error structed to avoid any appearance of bias as they consider HomeBase Montana’s applica- sign from the HPC in order to advocate for couldn’t be undone. Blackman describes the HPC’s work as tion to replace the historic building with a preservation, considering the charge in the ordinance is to advocate for preservation,” a “desperate, well-intentioned effort to get custom Marriott hotel. While Engen has no formal say in the she says, “but our hands were being tied more information so they can make a good process, his decision to publicly endorse the and we weren’t being allowed to actually do decision,” but her advocacy group is also directing its campaign toward the Missoula City project has put Merc advocates on the de- our job.” fensive—or, for resident Stephen E. Ludwig, Commissioners are volunteers who typ- Council, which will likely hear an appeal of the offensive. ically meet only once a month before rows the HPC’s decision, whatever it may be. Save “I think there’s malfeasance at work and of empty chairs, but now they are scrambling the Merc has already garnered 1,300 signait ought to be brought out into the public,” to address the most contentious and signifi- tures for its petition opposing demolition, and its leaders are pegging Ludwig told members blame on city officials and of the Historic PreserHomeBase for forcing vation Commission at them into a more adversarits March 17 meeting. ial stance. “I see you guys having to play by the book, “Now we’re starting but there’s another to back into our corners, playbook out there because if you’re not willand someone needs ing to come to the table to take action. I think and talk to us, then it the mayor should be makes it difficult to have a photo by Kate Whittle investigated, what he dialogue,” Blackman says. knew, how closely “And private property or he’s followed this so After being surprised by plans to deconstruct the Missoula Mercan- not, [the Merc] is a huge that he’s sponsoring tile building earlier this month, members of the city’s volunteer His- part of the public downtoric Preservation Commission are preparing to take a critical look it ...” town. So I think Missouat the developer’s application—and perhaps Mayor John Engen. Commissioners lians deserve a voice and didn’t just entertain Ludwig’s suspicions. cant question of historic preservation the city Save the Merc is that platform.” They seemed to advance them, requesting has faced in memory. A March 22 announcement by one of all correspondence between Engen and the “They’ve really been put under the the Merc’s former developers promises to Bozeman-based developers as part of a pack- gun,” says Kayla Blackman, who is heading further foment distrust. The Nevadaage of materials the HPC is assembling to re- the Save the Merc preservation campaign based developer SGRE Acquisitions, view HomeBase’s demolition permit alongside Manning. whose plans to renovate the Merc fell application. The move signaled what will The pressure was evident at the HPC’s through last year, issued a press release likely be a deeply skeptical look at the appli- March 17 meeting, as Commissioner Steve objecting to how its project was characcation by commissioners, some of whom see Adler, who was filling in as the board’s chair, terized in the current developers’ applitheir role as already being circumvented by admitted to a packed audience that he cation and arguing that its earlier city staff and the developers. needed advice on how to run the proceed- proposal remains economically viable. “There’s kind of an end-run around ings. Commissioners then scanned through “I think it says a lot that we have a firm what the actual process should be,” Com- HomeBase’s application page by page as who had and still has the vision required missioner Solomon Martin said at a re- some questioned the developer’s assessment to revitalize … that corner and for some of the Merc’s physical condition and its argu- reason they seem to have been turned cent meeting. Martin declined to elaborate in an in- ment that rehabilitation in any form is not away, as opposed to walked away, multiple times,” Manning says. “It just once again terview, but commissioners have repeatedly economically feasible. After nearly three hours of discussion raises questions as to what exactly is going questioned how city officials have set the socalled “shot clock” they face to approve or and public comment, the HPC voted to cre- on here.” deny HomeBase’s request, which gives ate a subcommittee to continue the review them 90 days to act upon the application. on a weekly basis. But once the commissiondbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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Trump card How does the GOP presidential front-runner affect Montana races? by Dan Brooks

If you want to ruin your reputation as a political columnist, start predicting things. Pretty much every pundit in the country has embarrassed himself at some point in the last nine months, mostly by predicting the wreck of Donald Trump. Only I have kept my name intact. I did it by sticking to my rule of only expressing opinions on things that have already happened, plus lowering reader expectations. It’s been a good system so far and I’d be a fool to deviate from it. But now is a boom time for fools. Despite his evident personality disorder and willingness to say anything but the truth, Trump seems poised to either secure a majority of delegates and clinch the Republican nomination or roll into June with a plurality and face a brokered convention. Either of those outcomes could significantly influence the fortunes of U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke and Montana gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte, so we must prognosticate. The problem is that we know very little—either about Trump’s chances or Montanans’ opinions. No less a soothsayer than Nate Silver has thrown up his hands on the question of whether Trump will clinch the nomination. Silver’s Five-Thirty-Eight statistical analysis website predicts Trump will fall just short of the necessary delegates, but it’s within the margin of error either way. And the impact of either outcome on Montana voters is difficult to assess, since the last reputable statewide poll of Republican preferences was conducted in December. We’ll start with a gimme: I predict Trump will either win the 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the Republican nomination on the first ballot, or he won’t. If he doesn’t, delegates will become unbound. That means after the first vote, they can throw their support behind whatever candidate they please— not necessarily the ones assigned to them by their respective state primaries. Trump will almost certainly lose delegates in this scenario. It would probably cost him the nomination. The kind of

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people who become delegates to the Republican National Convention love their party and they do not want to see it run a crazed reality TV star in the general. Trump has predicted “riots” if he doesn’t leave the convention with the nomination. That’s the kind of remark that makes the old guard of the GOP hate him. In a brokered convention, Trump will almost certainly be denied. That would probably be good for the country, but it would be a disaster for the party. He is the most popular candidate in their field, although he is

“That last outcome would be a catastrophe for both Gianforte and Commander Zinke.”

also the most unpopular. And he has yet to demonstrate any particular loyalty to the GOP. If Trump is denied the nomination, he might run as an independent. Or his supporters—as many as 40 percent of registered Republicans nationwide—might simply stay home on election night. That last outcome—Trump does not win the Republican nomination and does not appear on the ballot in November—would be a catastrophe for both Gianforte and Commander Zinke. Each faces a viable Democratic opponent. As the incumbent, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock is strong. Zinke’s opponent, Superintendent of Public Education Denise Juneau, is much less threaten-

ing—unless something crazy happens, like 40 percent of Republican voters staying home. So a Trump-free ticket bodes ill for every name further down. But a ticket with Trump at the top is nearly as bad. As the GOP candidate for president, he is likely to reduce turnout among moderate, business-friendly Republicans— exactly the voters to whom Gianforte has pitched his appeal. And while his anti-regulation, pro-growth agenda might appeal to the same frustrated, working-class whites who make up Trump’s base, Trump’s main issue—immigration—consistently polls as least important to Montana voters. Gianforte stands to lose more from a Trump ticket than he has to gain. Commander Zinke’s chances on the same ballot as Trump look somewhat better. In the contest between a Navy SEAL and an out lesbian, Trump voters will probably see an easy choice. But the question of how many longtime Republican voters will choose not to vote still looms. If Montana proves similar to Wyoming, where Trump got only 7 percent of the vote in the primary, his name will have a dampening effect. So little is certain about the next seven months of Republican politics. Yet the outcomes tend to converge on disaster for candidates further down the ticket. Whether he wins the nomination or not, Trump has damaged the Republican Party in a way that looks irreparable during this election cycle. The clear front-runner for the GOP nomination has a 61 percent disapproval rating nationwide. That is not the foundation on which party success is built. Incidentally, Hillary Clinton polls at 53 percent unfavorable nationwide. So maybe this election is bad for everybody. Whatever happens between now and November, most of us will have to choose between options we don’t like. Dan Brooks writes about people, politics, culture and holding his nose at combatblog.net.

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Historical perspective Here’s how to develop clean energy on tribal land by Jade Begay

Across North America, fossil fuel extraction and production has long been robbing tribal communities of clean water, clean air and a secure future. The Navajo of the Southwest, the Houma of the Gulf of Mexico and the Dene of Alberta, Canada, are some of the tribes sacrificing ancestral homes to oil and gas fracking projects, coal production, tar sands development and oil refineries. Along with poisoning our land and water, these industries also poison our people with a high incidence of pollution-related diseases. The industrial culture also harms women, who experience an increase in sexual violence as “man camps” move into tribal communities for extraction projects. None of this is news; it is just the bitter truth. This is why I so deeply support tribes developing renewable energy, such as wind and solar. It is an approach that can help to ensure our survival. But the question is: How do we do it right? Seeking answers, I attended a conference in February called Renewable Energy Development on Tribal Lands, which was held in Anaheim, Calif. The aim of the event, sponsored by Electric Utility Consultants, was to better understand the dynamics between the renewable energy industry and indigenous communities, where there are vast opportunities for wind, solar and other clean energy projects. It was both encouraging and cautionary. Not surprisingly, the majority of the conference focused on the business aspects of energy development, such as obtaining financing and understanding the legal considerations for developers. For indigenous folks, however, the most important topic was building relationships. Tribal communities have learned through experience that they need to create partnerships that don’t continue the cycle of exploitation of Native lands and Native people. The conference seemed a good start, but pitfalls remain for energy developers. Here are some of my suggestions for how they might build trusting and respectful relationships:

First, take a look at who is at the table. For instance, although this conference was about tribal lands and working with tribal governments and communities, a majority of the tribal representatives were non-Native, and among the 50 or so conference attendees you could count actual tribal community members on one hand. As an indigenous person, it was disconcerting to see so many non-Native people

“These leaders have sold out— sacrificed our culture for dollars that are usually far below the value of what is being given away.”

telling other non-Native people how to relate to indigenous communities. Second, developers need to spend time learning the history of a tribe and its current political and social justice climate. Each tribe has experienced centuries of colonial oppression that have resulted in the mistrust of non-Native businesses and organizations. In addition, every tribe faces its own situation and has its own set of solutions that aligns with its cultural values. It is strategic and honorable—especially if you are the dominant culture (white, educated, well-funded)—to step back, listen and en-

gage in deeper conversations about a tribe’s history. Third, it would be smart for clean energy developers to engage with young indigenous leaders and community organizers. These are the people who may end up trying to kill your project if it is not in the best interest of tribal sovereignty and self-determination. Across North America, young indigenous leaders are introducing decolonization movements to reclaim our identity and our ancestral homes. We’ve been in relationship with the lands we call home since time immemorial. The land is the foundation of our identity. Unfortunately, what many young indigenous people see is that our elected tribal leaders fail us by allowing the fossil fuel industry to continue to exploit our land and people. These leaders have sold out—sacrificed our culture for dollars that are usually far below the value of what is being given away. Because our leaders are in some cases suspect, it would be prudent of renewable energy developers to look beyond the walls of tribal government to the people. The more connections to our communities, the better. There is lots of hope and optimism when it comes to clean energy development. This is especially true for places like the Navajo Nation, where, inexplicably, some 15,000 homes still have no electricity, despite three massive coalburning power plants located on or directly next to tribal land. Now we have an opportunity to divest from oil and coal, develop new energy projects and, most importantly build healthier relationships between non-Native and Native peoples. Oppressive patterns can be broken if we encourage and fight for business models that favor fairness and justice. Jade Begay is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org). She is Diné and Tesuque Pueblo and is participating in a year-long sustainability and justice fellowship at Resource Media in Boulder, Colo.

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hree years ago, as Forrest Smith walked around an old oil field on the Fort Peck Reservation, in the remote northeastern corner of Montana, he spoke optimistically about the potential for the Bakken oil boom to reach the reservation and pull the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes out of poverty. Smith, the tribes’ minerals director, called the Bakken — a geologic, economic and cultural phenomenon exploding on the Northern Plains — “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Since then, oil prices have nose-dived from around $100 per barrel to, for a time, less than $30. I phoned Smith last week. “There was no light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. The tribes have three wells in production today. They’re not the kind of horizontally drilled and fracked wells that unlocked the Bakken boom, mostly around Williston, N.D., about an hour’s drive east from Poplar, the seat of the Assiniboine and Sioux. Such wells have eluded the tribes, and with today’s oil prices, there’s no incentive for exploratory drilling that might yield one. Rather, these wells are decades old and the tribes are likely losing money each time the few pump jacks churn, penetrate the earth and draw crude that Shell eventually hauls away.

That was the case over fiscal year 2015, Smith says, when the tribes’ wells operated at a loss, compared to the roughly $2 million that flowed to their general fund between the fiscal years of 2010 and 2014. “Fortunately — or unfortunately, however you want to look at it—what we lacked in oil and gas operations,” Smith says, “we made up for in the gambling department.” Susie Perry, the tribes’ deputy finance manager, says the portion of the $75 million settlement reached in 2012 with the U.S. government allocated to individual tribal members “contributed to the upswing in our gambling.” Gaming revenues from the reservation’s three casinos are up about 25 percent, she estimates. The Bakken oil boom many tribal leaders and members had been hoping for

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never materialized, despite them having leased more than a quarter of the 2-million-acre reservation to oil companies. And a boom won’t arrive any time soon, if ever. Smith describes the mood as “doom and gloom.” On a reservation with a tribal unemployment rate of 57 percent, as Chairman Rusty Stafne reported last year, that mood tends to prevail regardless. Missing the boom, though, largely insulated the tribes from the bust—one that arrived much more quickly than most economists had predicted. Today there isn’t a single drilling rig in all of Montana. The growing pains that accompanied the boom around towns such as Sidney and Williston, as well as on the Fort Berthold Reservation at the center of the Bakken in North Dakota, have been replaced by the vacuum of economic contraction.

aniel Farr is the superintendent of schools in Sidney, less than 10 miles from North Dakota. He paid for college

working as a roustabout in the oil fields of Gillette, Wy., and later as a roughneck on a drilling rig in eastern Montana. “The work is crushing,” he says. Which is why he calls laboring in the oil patch a “young person’s game.” And why the school district’s hike in enrollment, resulting from the Bakken, has largely been among the children of those young workers, kindergartners through eighth-graders. The elementary student count jumped from 711 during the 2007-08 school year to 945 during 2014-15, a one-third increase. The 2013 Montana Legislature passed a bill adding a new concept to school-district funding called “concentric circles,” designed to share oil and gas revenues among districts heavily impacted by development. In Sidney, Farr says, that meant oil money flowing to the elementary school jumped from $1.6 million for the 2012-13 school year to $7.1 million a year later and $6.2 million a year after that. During the boom, the building in which Farr works, where classes hadn’t

been held, was taken “out of mothballs, so to speak,” and currently holds 330 students. The district doled out what it called “impact stipends” of $3,000 to about 100 certified staff to help with the increasing day-to-day costs of living in Sidney. As rents spiked, the district leased affordable mobile housing to some staffers. And then the global chess game that determines oil prices sent Sidney and its school district spiraling. “Now that we’re in this boom and bust cycle,” Farr says, “the total amount of oil and gas money my elementary school district has received through three quarters this year is a little more than $637,000.” Rental rates have dropped to the point where the cost of employee housing is now higher than rentals around town, and Farr says he “can’t compete with people who couldn’t compete with me a year ago.” He’s grateful the leases expire in August. But enrollment, at least for now, has remained steady, Farr says. Staffing needs

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are the same. Students’ needs are the same. The money, though, has evaporated. While the district did much to upgrade facilities and assist staff during the boom, it didn’t increase salary schedules, instead choosing to keep them in line with modest increases across the state. “Had we been foolish and built salary schedules on the assumption that oil and gas was going to be here forever,” Farr says, “we would be filing for bankruptcy today.” Instead, what’s happening now is something of an orderly restructuring. Farr says 50 percent of the district’s current staff is “on hold,” nontenured, waiting in limbo to see how much enrollment drops and whether they’ll be leaving

most it’s ever asked of taxpayers. Farr expects to reduce that amount by cutting budgets where he can. “It’s just understanding the economy out there for a lot of people,” he says. Meanwhile, Mayor Rick Norby is doing his best to convey that “Sidney, Montana, hasn’t dried up and blown away … It hasn’t completely disappeared as most people on the western side of the state believe it has.” Norby considers Sidney a bedroom community, rather than the sort of popup town with man camps that you see closer to the center of the Bakken in North Dakota and that, now with the bust, have been all but deserted. Still, Sidney’s population nearly doubled, from roughly

to catch up. As long as that oil’s under my feet and still in the ground, it’s going to someday be sold. So it’s going to come back. That’s how I look at it as a mayor.” He continues: “It’s not been fun and it hasn’t been pretty. So now we’re seeing both sides of it.”

n April 2014, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook with production and pricing projections to 2040. Its oil predictions, based on the Brent crude oil price, the global benchmark, ranged widely. Depending on various factors, the “High Oil Price” scenario suggested a climb from $100 per barrel to more than $200 (in

Francis O’Sullivan, director of research and analysis for the MIT Energy Initiative, recently told SNL Financial that viable drilling in the Bakken has narrowed to “the core of the core.” “In oil, we’ll have to see how some of the bigger puppeteers that are moving the market globally play out,” he said. “But you have to imagine we’ll see some kind of rebound. What we have now is a very different type of resource from the rest of the world, one that is much more responsive, one that has a better kind of capital quanta. … If we see some recovery in the oil price, maybe $20 a barrel over where we sit today, I think you’re going to see a strong rebound from some of our plays here in North America.”

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The largest saltwater spill poured 70,000 barrels—nearly 3 million gallons— of saltwater, along with 90 barrels of oil, from a pipeline into and around Blacktail Creek.

the district, too. The school recently surveyed parents of children in first, second and third grades. Farr says about half of them indicated they’ll be leaving Sidney by the beginning of the next school year. The other half were undecided. The surveys are ongoing. Needless to say, how the numbers shake out has led to “a lot of anxiousness” among teachers. “We’re hoping by April we’ll be able to make some solid decisions on how things are probably going to play out and have all of our demographic work done,” Farr says. “It’s a matter of being fair to your employees who have served you through a difficult time. I know they’re on pins and needles waiting to see where things are going to go.” The district’s considering a mill levy request of $400,000, which would be the

5,000 to close to 10,000, in a matter of three years during the boom, Norby says. He guesses the count’s back down to around 8,000. “We still have the families living here who chose to be out of the craziness of the Bakken,” he says. “They’re still here.” But the town’s budget swings are telling. The budget climbed to more than $21 million during the peak of the oil boom, about $9 million more than “under normal circumstances,” according to Norby. The city cut $700,000 from last year’s budget and will likely cut $400,000 more this year as it continues to rightsize. Normal, though, becomes more difficult to define in communities prone to boom and bust cycles. “A downturn for us is not the end of the world,” Norby says. “It gives us a chance

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The Bakken oil boom tribal leaders and many members of the Fort Peck Reservation had been hoping for never materialized, despite them having leased more than a quarter of the 2-million-acre reservation to oil companies.

2012 dollars) by 2040. The “Low Oil Price” scenario suggested a sudden drop to roughly $70 per barrel this year and then a slow and steady rise to about $75 by 2040. As we know now, even the EIA’s “Low Oil Price” scenario, at least in the short term, is turning out to be overly optimistic—about double current prices. The global benchmark dropped to as low as $26 per barrel in January. The price stood at $39 as of March 7. The domestic benchmark, the West Texas Intermediate, or WTI, hovered around $34 the week of Feb. 29 before rising to about $38 by March 7. Where it goes next is virtually anyone’s guess. As Forrest Smith from the Fort Peck Reservation told me, “Thirty bucks a barrel just isn’t going to cut it.”

The EIA’s certainly not alone in failing to predict the dramatic drop in oil prices. Rob Grunewald is an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and studies the Bakken. He says that in 2012 and 2013 there were many energy economists arguing that oil prices wouldn’t drop below $70 per barrel. Myriad global, volatile factors affect oil prices, but it comes down to supply and demand— even in a world with a well-honed oil cartel, OPEC—and today there’s simply too much supply. According to a Feb. 17 report by Lynn Helms, director of North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources, the state’s sweet crude was selling for $16.50 per barrel, the lowest price since February 2002, and an 88 percent plunge from the all-time high of $136 in July 2008.

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Former NARP Vice President Lynn Becker said three years ago that the country’s 55 million acres of tribal lands are “either under-explored or highly unexploited.” He has since left Montana.

“As in any good fairy tale, an unexpected villain soon appeared to threaten the tribe’s newfound oil wealth and status.”

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The 20,600-barrel Tesoro oil spill cleanup.

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The price Bakken oil fetches is typically lower than the domestic benchmark, largely due to transportation constraints. But the differential fluctuates, and at times Bakken oil has sold at a premium based on the mode of transportation (rail or pipeline) and to which region of the country it’s headed. Helms also reported that North Dakota’s statewide drilling rig count had dropped to 41, compared to the peak of 218 in May 2012. The count is down 81 percent in the five most active counties. Helms wrote: “The drop in oil price associated with anticipation of lifting sanctions on Iran and a weaker economy in China is expected to lead to further cuts in the drilling rig count.” Across the entire U.S., Baker Hughes, an oilfield technology firm that tracks drilling activity, counted 386 rigs as of March 11, compared to the all-time high of more than 1,600 in October 2014. But even as the incentive to drill has vanished, established wells continue to pump crude. Helms’ report shows that between December 2014 and December 2015, Bakken oil production fell from 1,227,483 barrels per day, the state’s alltime high, to 1,152,280 barrels—a reduction of only 6 percent. “Production is decreasing,” Grunewald says, “but not as sharply as the drop in drilling. That’s because once wells are drilled, they continue to produce.” That helps keep supply high and prices low. Even if a company operates at a loss overall, it’ll likely keep producing to generate cash-to-service debt and maintain short-term financial viability. As Grunewald reported in a recent article, the Bakken region lost almost 15,000 jobs across all sectors between the fourth quarter of 2014, the peak, and the second quarter of 2015. That data, the most recent available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is about a year old, when oil sold at nearly double current prices. “Almost half of these job losses were in the oil and gas extraction sector,” Grunewald wrote, “while 20 percent were in trade, transportation and utilities, most of which likely supported oil and gas production. Falling construction employment accounted for another 12 percent of the downturn.” In Montana’s three Bakken counties— Richland (where Sidney is the county seat), Roosevelt and Sheridan—Grunewald’s data reveals, between the fourth quarter of 2014 and the second quarter of 2015, a 17 percent drop in oil industry employment, a 29 percent drop in construction employment and a nearly 10 percent dip in total average weekly wages. Meanwhile, oil companies operating in the Bakken flounder. Continental Re-

sources, among the top leaseholders and producers in the region, reported on Feb. 24 a net loss of $353.7 million in 2015. The company’s down to four drilling rigs in North Dakota and has “no stimulation crews deployed in the Bakken.” In other words, it’s stopped fracking altogether. So has Whiting Petroleum, another of the Bakken’s largest players. It announced in February an 80 percent capital budget cut this year. Last week the company announced it expects its credit line to be cut by $1 billion in May. Last year, two smaller Bakken producers, Samson Resources and American Eagle Energy, filed for bankruptcy protection. As smaller companies struggle, bigger ones better equipped to weather the storm will likely buy up assets. As Wood Mackenzie analyst Jonathan Garrett recently told The Bakken magazine, “It’s our view that you’ll continue to see some consolidations and you might even see some bankruptcies.”

he Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, home of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, hit the jackpot. It sits atop some of the deepest Bakken pools, oil that has turned the nation into one of the wealthiest in Indian Country. As has been widely reported, the tribes’ newfound fabulous wealth led to corruption in government and a spike in drug abuse and crime. Just a few weeks ago, a business partner of former three-term tribal Chairman Tex Hall was found guilty of two murder-for-hire killings. Hall was a government witness in the trial. Hall’s mantra was “sovereignty by the barrel,” the idea that oil wealth can foster self-determination and remedy the wrongs foisted on the tribes by the federal government, such as building the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in the 1950s. The dam flooded the heart of the reservation and forced communities to move from river bottoms to less productive high plains. The tribes’ wells account for roughly 17 percent of North Dakota’s total oil production. As of Feb. 17, the 1,426 active wells on the 980,000-acre reservation were yielding 192,304 barrels of oil per day, about 35,000 barrels shy of Wyoming’s current per-day volume. Beginning July 1, 2008, tribal oil tax revenues have amounted to more than $760 million, according to North Dakota’s tax commissioner. That’s not including millions of dollars in royalties paid to the tribes and its members. Ray Cross is a member of the MHA Nation and a professor emeritus at the University of Montana School of Law. Last November he authored an article in which he wrote: “Every tribal ambition in the early days of the oil bonanza on Fort Berthold, no matter how fanciful, seemed

“It’s definitely a challenge,” he says. He is only able to send two people into the field each week.

within reach. However, as in any good fairy tale, an unexpected villain soon appeared to threaten the tribe’s newfound oil wealth and status.” There were several bad actors who swindled the tribes, but the villain Cross refers to is OPEC, which has oversupplied the global oil market and “precipitated a worldwide collapse of oil prices,” leaving the MHA’s new tribal government in a “crisis planning mode.” “Given that the financial circumstances of the MHA Nation have changed dramatically, due to the sharp drop in oil prices, the new administration must demonstrate a calm and steady hand so as to reassure the tribal people that essential tribal services and social programs will continue as usual,” Cross wrote. He considers this a significant challenge, because the mentality of the tribes and its members, in his view, is one that fails to recognize the costs that have accompanied the oil boom’s benefits. He says the tribes generally perceive oil wealth as free money, even when tax revenues and royalties drop along with price of oil. But the costs are significant, Cross says, and include damage to the tribes’ last remaining patch of aboriginal lands and an oil-tax arrangement with North Dakota that he believes compromises sovereignty, instead of advancing it. “I think there’s been a real tragedy in that the Indian people—both the tribe and the individual members—are now basically being, I wouldn’t say defrauded, but denuded of their major resource, their oil, for basically a net cost of zero, or even a negative cost,” Cross says. “So if the tribe was smart it might … put an oil tax on the reservation so high that it makes the cost of production prohibitive, and that way they would save that oil in the ground for future times.”

Between Jan. 1, 2008, and March 11, 2016, companies operating in North Dakota’s portion of the Bakken reported 9,837 spills of some kind. Of those, 5,017 breached the well pad and contaminated the surrounding landscape. The MHA Nation saw 767 incidents on the reservation during that time. The spills range widely, from oil blown into vegetation to, in the worst oil spill case, 20,600 barrels leaking from a pipeline. That occurred at a Tesoro

Floyd Azure, former Fort Peck tribal chairman, has watched oil prices drop from around $100 per barrel to, for a time, less than $30. “There was no light at the end of the tunnel,” he says.

n the Fort Peck Reservation, the Fort Peck Energy Company folded last November. It was co-owned by the tribes and Native American Resource Partners, a private investment firm based in Utah. In 2013, NARP Vice President Lynn Becker, who lived

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n March 6, a bad valve connection on a pipeline near Williston led to 2,733 barrels—more than 114,000 gallons—of saltwater breaching a well pad to leach into a dry creek bed. It was the 12th largest saltwater spill since the Bakken boom began. “It looks like it hit that sandy soil and just soaked right in,” said Bill Suess, the spill investigation program manager in the state’s Department of Health. Only 215 barrels were recovered, according to the incident report. The company responsible, Zavanna LLC, has reportedly had 55 oil field spills since 2012. A downtick in oil and wastewater spills has accompanied the slowdown in drilling, but the numbers remain staggering. Suess reports that in 2015 alone there were 901 spills that included oil among the contaminants and 631 that included saltwater.

Petroleum Corp. well on Sept. 29, 2013, and Suess says the cleanup still looks like “an open-pit mining operation.” The largest saltwater spill poured 70,000 barrels—nearly 3 million gallons— of saltwater, along with 90 barrels of oil, from a pipeline into and around Blacktail Creek, north of Williston, on Jan. 7, 2015. The ancient brine in deep aquifers pumped to the surface with oil is at least 10 times saltier than ocean water, similar to the salt concentration of the Dead Sea. High salinity in soil can render it sterile. More than 10,000 wells dot the North Dakota Bakken. Suess has five full-time and three half-time staffers, along with occasional volunteers from other departments, to oversee spills and remediation.

for a time in Wolf Point, the reservation’s largest town, told me that NARP’s business model is based on the belief that the country’s 55 million acres of tribal lands are “either under-explored or highly unexploited.” He pointed to a map of the reservation on the wall in his office, a map he saw as essentially blank, because there were no oil wells. “Here on the reservation, we just need a great discovery — you know, someone to see that, ‘Yeah, the Bakken oil is here for sure, and this is how we’re going to get to it,’” Becker said. Becker had led the Fort Peck Energy Company’s efforts to acquire leases and piece together a 45,000-acre block in the southeast corner of the reservation, closest to Montana’s productive wells. The

company paid most landholders $50 per acre. Forrest Smith says about half of those leases will be expiring this year and the other half next year. Becker left Montana altogether in August 2013. On the reservation, it’s been the promise of the Bakken that’s busted. Tribal leaders, though, never considered the Bakken a panacea. When oil prices were high and oilmen like Becker rounded up leases, the tribal chairman at the time, Floyd Azure, called the prospect of a boom a “double-edged sword.” The manager of the Fort Peck Office of Environmental Protection, originally from Williston, said the landscape there “is just getting torn to smithereens, and it’s hard to look at.” The director of the Fort Peck Tribal Employment Rights Office acknowledged very few tribal members have the necessary training to work on oil rigs and the benefit would largely come not from jobs, but from lease payments and royalties. And the tribes are still dealing with the devastating effects of oil drilling in the ’50s that poisoned groundwater. Drilling began northeast of Poplar in 1952. Back then—as was the case in 2012 and 2013 when the tribes drilled horizontal Bakken wells in that southeastern corner of the reservation—the oil companies pumped to the surface more water than oil. Those companies disposed of the saltwater, contaminated with carcinogenic benzene and other compounds, in unlined pits. Holding tanks, pipelines and plugged oil wells leaked. Over the course of five decades, billions of gallons of brine seeped into Poplar’s drinking water aquifer. Between 1999 and 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency issued five emergency orders to three oil companies, forcing them to, among other things, build a drinking water pipeline to certain residences and deliver bottled water to others. More than 10 years before the EPA’s first emergency order, the tribes, having already detected high levels of chloride in wells, began planning a pipeline to draw clean water from the Missouri River. Congress authorized funding in 2000. In 2012, water began flowing from a new treatment plant on the Missouri River to Poplar, and eventually to other communities on the reservation, via 3,200 miles of pipeline. Former Chairman Azure said an oil boom would “probably do just as much harm as good.” When asked why the tribes were unwavering in pursuit of it, he replied, evoking the tribes’ economic plight, “We don’t have a choice.” For the time being, it’s moot, for better or for worse. This story was produced by Mountain West News (@mtwestnews), and supported by the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and the University of Montana School of Journalism.

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Tale of a city Marc Moss and Tell Us Something offer a little bit of everthing by Erika Fredrickson

n a December evening in 2015, Marc Moss stood in front of a packed house at the Wilma and told a story about the end of his first marriage. He hadn’t planned on doing it. Over the past few years, the executive director of Missoula’s storytelling series Tell Us Something had been predominantly hosting the event in the much more intimate space of the Top Hat. But for this particular night, Nick Checota, who owns the Top Hat and had just recently acquired the Wilma, needed Moss to switch it to the bigger venue for logistical reasons. Moss balked. He had 10 nervous storytellers who were under the impression they’d be speaking to a much smaller room. Now they’d have to do it from the grand stage of the Wilma? “I was like, ‘Okay, this is going to be crazy,’” Moss says. “But I decided that I’m not going to ask people to do something I won’t do. I have to tell a story and I have to go first. And so I told a story that I was not the hero of—about how I left my first wife.” Moss has had a few years under his belt to learn the art of storytelling, and that night his talent for it showed. The theme of the evening was “Illumination Revelation,” and for his story, titled “Set the Night to Music,” he began at the end: Walking back from work one night, he rounds the corner and sees candles flickering in the windows of his house. He enters through the back door and smells the aroma of vanilla and cinnamon from candles his wife would load up on at Costco. From that point, Moss backtracks to how he met her. He was 17 and she was a sophomore in college. He was “a good Catholic boy.” She was sick. He was in love with someone else, but he showed up to their wedding and married her anyway. And then Moss returns to the scene with his wife sitting in the middle of the floor in her wedding dress, illuminated by candles, listening to their wedding song. ( You can hear the full 10-minute story— including the fateful ending—on the Tell Us Something podcast.) “The whole time everyone in the audience is going, ‘What a dick,’” Moss says. “But [the other storytellers] were saying, ‘Marc just got up there and did it. I’m going to get up there, too.’” Tell Us Something is based on the famous New York City storytelling event and podcast, The Moth. And in fact, in its infancy, Tell Us Something was called The Missoula Moth (before infringement on the Moth brand became an issue). In the beginning, it was a much looser deal: Anybody could show up and tell a story from memory about anything they wanted and take as much time as they needed. It was originally founded by Patrick Duganz, who was then a blogger for the now-defunct 4&20 Blackbirds. Moss heard

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Marc Moss told his first live non-fiction story at the Badlander in 2011. Now he serves as the executive director of Missoula-based storytelling series Tell Us Something.

Duganz was recruiting storytellers and he signed up. The first event was held at the Badlander in 2011 and Moss came with a story about how his parents first met at the public library in Akron, Ohio, and his mother gave his father a fake name: “Cleo Patra.” Moss had never done any public speaking, save for teaching some grade school English classes. He told the story from his father’s point-of-view. He felt totally out of his comfort zone—but elated. “When I walked off that stage I felt listened to for the first time,” Moss says. “I felt valued and confident and like my story counts. It was incredible. I was 40 years old and it was life-changing for me. I wanted to do it again.” Duganz moved four months after Missoula Moth started, and Moss ended up taking over the event, with the help of Matt LaPalm and Amanda Peterson,

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who deal with logistics and sponsorships. Moss tightened up the rules—the stories have to be about 10 minutes and he vets them beforehand. He started running a required workshop last year so storytellers had a chance to practice and get feedback and Moss could organize the lineup. “I didn’t want to have five really funny stories at the beginning followed by two really sad stories and then the night is over,” he says. “Like, ‘And then my dad killed himself, and that’s all we’ve got. See you later!’” He laughs.

n a recent Saturday night, Moss and his wife, Joyce Gibbs, host eight storytellers in their living room for the upcoming Tell Us Something, with the theme “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me?”. The West-

side home is a book- and art-filled space, plants entwined across the ceiling trim and furniture gathered around to create a cozy atmosphere. Almost everyone is a stranger to each other—even to Moss and Gibbs. But everyone’s brought a dish to share for dinner and the beer is flowing. Moss likes to keep the stories and the identity of his storytellers a surprise up until the event. “The reason is,” he says, “I don’t want anybody to say, ‘I’m not going because I don’t want to hear John Engen tell a story’ or ‘I’m only going because Pat Williams is going to be there.’ I want people to come and listen to their community, and if it turns out Jeff Ament is up there—awesome.” He catches himself before adding, “No, I don’t even know him.” But you can see the wheels turning in his head. At the workshop, everyone gets a chance to tell their story and receive feedback. There are certain guidelines Moss lays out for everyone, including that it should be a nonjudgemental atmosphere. Even as a leader, Moss doesn’t dominate the room. He lets the other storytellers give their notes first before he chimes in. When Moss does weigh in, it’s with an honest but kind sensibility. He explains how to tell a story like this: When you give directions to someone, you don’t include every detail. You give landmarks. You tell them to turn right at the hospital, then left at the blinking yellow light. Likewise, a teller doesn’t need to memorize the story they’re telling if they use landmarks to jump from one part of it to the next. Tell Us Something now has over 200 stories in the bank—many of which are available on its website. The stories are often raw and surprising, and they come from politicians, policemen, local actors, high schoolers, bartenders and standup comedians. One young girl tells the story of coming out. A woman talks about meeting her birth mom for the first time. There are stories of sheep shearings gone wrong and con artists uncovered. Moss clearly loves telling stories—even in an interview he unveils things with an animated and confessional air. But it’s obvious his greatest passion is in providing a space for the community to be bold and vulnerable and discover its own voice. “Everyone has a story,” he says. “Everyone’s story matters. I only want to be the conduit that allows people to get their stories heard.” Tell Us Something presents “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me?” at the Wilma Tue., March 29, at 7 PM. $5 at the door. Visit tellussomething.org for more information. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Pensive prairies Ovando’s country-folk captures the West With his side project, Ovando, Nate Hegyi of Missoula’s Wartime Blues uses his unvarnished voice the way a painter approaches a canvas, making delicate but sure strokes to create a sense of place. That approach fits, since three of these four song titles can be found on a map. “Saskatchewan” conjures the broad, melancholic environs of Canada’s heartland with its mournful cello and soft harmony singing of “a prairie of dead deer and a sliver of light.” Likewise with “Dupuyer,” a poignant memory of the tiny, central Montana ranching town, where he sings, “Highs were never really high enough, lows were never really that low.” Gently finger-picked acoustic guitar supports the imagery nicely, without

being show-offy or strident. “Vigilante Cabin” starts off with the acoustic figure from Simon & Garfunkle’s “The Boxer” and unfolds into the off-the-grid manifesto of a person whose heart has been captured by the grandeur of nature and the freedom of living “out here in the wind … like a giant flag in a Perkins parking lot.” You might want to hit a yard sale and snag a cheap tape player, as Cattle Ranching in the Americas, Vol. I is being released on orange cassettes as well as digital download. (Ednor Therriault) Ovando play the VFW Fri., March 25, at 9 PM, along with Sneaky Bones, Ancient Forest and Color Wheel. 9 PM. No cover.

Partygoers, King of the Blue There’s background music and there’s foreground music. Good aural wallpaper lacks rough edges and earworms, while active-listening music tends to bristle with elements that demand your attention, making it impossible to ignore. Partygoers’ new release, King of the Blue, occupies a space somewhere in between. These five instrumentals (save for the occasional sampled vocal phrases) share a trance-like feel, but they’re distinctive compositions, rich with detail. Repeat listenings allow the layers of sound to peel back like an onion, revealing little rhythmic touches and stuttering low-fi elements. What makes it all work is that these songs have an arc. They’re not

just droning textures but carefully arranged rhythmic journeys that use dynamics and slow builds to add drama and anticipation. Through it all, a real drum kit keeps everything grounded. It’s a seriously evocative soundtrack to an alternate world that draws on ’70s soul, ’90s electronica, a little postindustrial dinginess and an overall vibe that’s laid back but insistent. That’s a narrow line, and the Missoula duo pimp walks along that line just fine. My only complaint is that it ends too soon. (Ednor Therriault) Partygoers play a release party at the Palace Fri., March 25, at 9 PM, along with Nintendeaux, Louie Meisner, Twosday and aceslowman. No cover.

So Pitted, neo So Pitted’s new album on Sub Pop Records harkens back to the sounds of so many early 1990s bands that were on that label. But the Seattle trio’s press release talks about how the members first bonded over a love of Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins, and I guess that made me worry that neo would be some backwashed combination of those groups. Fortunately, So Pitted is much more raw and undefined than that, though it’s easy to hear industrial elements of NIN here and there. I like opening track “Cat Scratch” for singer/guitarist Nathan Rodriguez’s sneering and haunting vocals and “The Sickness,” which sounds like a blend of Pixies and The Humpers. A few songs, like “Rot in Hell,” seem to bog down in a repetitive stagger so stilted it kills the flow.

On their Bandcamp page, So Pitted admit their name comes from a viral YouTube video where, during a particularly stormy day, a stoked surfer talks to a local camera crew in bro-speak about getting barreled—or “pitted”—in a wave. The band apparently liked the idea of “pitted” as a larger philosophy about perseverance—though the surfer in the video seems totally unaware of any deeper meaning to his words. I don’t really care about a band’s philosophy on being tenacious, but I do like that neo actually does feel like being pitted in a monstrous wave—and, sometimes, getting dragged into the merciless undertow. (Erika Fredrickson) So Pitted play the Palace Sat., March 26, at 8 PM, along with Diarrhea Planet and Music Band. $12/$10 advance. 18-plus.

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Eyes wide open Re-seeing the world with Annie Dillard by Brad Tyer

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This review isn’t about me—I promise!—and I’ll tools,” she writes, “grammar and lexicon: a decorated be ditching the first-person posthaste, but it might sand bucket and a matching shovel. With these we help contextualize the enthusiasm that follows to bluster around the continents and do all the world’s admit right now that I have somehow managed to get work. With these we try to save our very lives.” If that sounds a bit heavy—and Dillard’s concerns deep into middle age without, until now, reading much of anything by Annie Dillard. I am thus, in the as a writer and as a human are unabashedly and metaapt phrasing of The Abundance forewordist Geoff physically heavy—there’s always her earthy, almost Dyer, “encountering it—waking to its astonishments— giddy flip side to provide perspective. The mind may greedily demand “to know all the world, and all eterfor the first time.” You could make a case that this makes me an un- nity, even God,” but “The dear, stupid body,” meanwhile, “is as easily satisfied as a derqualified reviewer of this new spaniel.” collection of mostly old essays. Or One of Dillard’s defining it might make me very well qualiwriterly traits is her ready engagefied indeed, since one of Dillard’s ment with the readerly desire for repeated themes (displayed most meaning and beauty both. There prominently in the essay “Waking is genuine wisdom, for instance, Up,” from the 1987 memoir An in Dillard’s unsentimental considAmerican Childhood) is precisely erations of suffering and cruelty, that: Waking up. Seeing anew. as in “The Deer at Providentia” Discovering afresh. (also from Teaching a Stone to Dillard, of course, is hardly Talk). And if “Paganism” (from hidden treasure. She announced The Holy Firm) is rarely compreherself in 1974 with the Pulitzer hensible as anything other than Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker poetry, it nonetheless conveys a Creek, a sort of neo-Thoreauvian resonant sense of mystery, almost meditation on solitude, natural as if by magic. science and place that charted It’s all fair game, mystery and her subsequent four-decade mundanity, for a writer who course through what Dyer here The Abundance: Narrative states her motivating mission in labels “genre-resistant nonficEssays Old and New the opening sentence of “Waking tion.” (Dyer, who knows a thing Annie Dillard Up Wild” (from An American or two about genre-resistant nonhardcover, Ecco Childhood): “What does it feel fiction, was an inspired choice to 304 pages; $25.99 like to be alive?” The challenge in write this book’s foreword, which honors its subject insightfully and incisively in the ad- answering is understanding the question, and resistmirably concise space of 12 pages.) Just last year, Dil- ing the urge to sleep on it. “Some unwonted, taught lard, now 70, was awarded the National Medal for the pride diverts us from our original intent, which is to Arts and Humanities, the sort of laurel that tends to explore the neighborhood, view the landscape, to discover at least where it is that we have been so starcap careers that have run their course. Even so, this new book, having been selected, tlingly set down, if we can’t learn why,” she writes in reedited and reordered by Dillard herself (The Abun- “On Foot in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley” (from Pilgrim dance draws from seven Dillard books and includes at Tinker Creek). And here again is another facet of a few previously uncollected essays spanning the Dillard’s driving theme: discovery. It’s an approach to the world that Dillard’s work quarter century from 1974 to 1999), seems designed specifically and well to encourage rediscovery by a simultaneously advocates, models and delivers. Reading her restores that “original intent,” the urge to new generation of readers. Fitting enough, then, that the collection opens know the neighborhood, however expansively dewith “Total Eclipse” (from 1982’s Teaching a Stone to fined. And not having read her before, I’m free, with Talk), a tour de force of exploratory essaying about The Abundance, to discover Annie Dillard for the first viewing the world in a rare and literally new light. time. And let me tell you: waking up to such a deeply Among the many mirrored notes that Dillard strikes explorable body of work, coming into awareness of in that essay, some ringing with the clarity of bone, such a distinctively compelling voice, however tardily, others exuding an almost hallucinatory hum, is one is a palpable, invigorating and life-affirming thrill. of amazement (if not despair) at the very project of language. “The mind—the culture—has two little arts@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Time bandit Poet Rachel Mindell on finding literary bliss by Sarah Aswell

“I think it’s great to Rachel Mindell is no have a sense of humor Emily Dickinson—at about literary events,” least when it comes to Mindell says. “To make it how the Missoula poet fun and inclusive. I think approaches her everyday people find that poetry life. Quash all images of readings can be dry, indreary women in white, accessible and pretenbarricaded in their bedtious. And they really rooms and stuffing don’t have to be.” poems under the matMindell has also tress. Instead, picture a helped organize Bindersmiling, busy and enthuCon Live Missoula, a siastic 30-something, branch of the national squeezing in a quick conference for women slice of pizza and an inand gender nonconterview in between a forming writers. In addicouple of literary events tion, she hosts TextCraft, (that she also happened a monthly group that to help organize). meets to engage in Far from the isobook, text and word-related and introverted lated art building. Even poet, Mindell spends her part-time day job is her days (and weekends with Submittable, a comand nights) nurturing pany that got its start by the city’s community of writers, including organ- Rachel Mindell helped reboot the Montana helping literary journals izing Missoula’s biggest Book Festival last year and hosts TextCraft, a handle online writer monthly group that engages in book, text and submissions. literary event of the year. word-related art building. On top of all of this, Mindell entered Missoula’s literary scene like so many others in the of course, Mindell is busy writing whenever she can community: She moved here to attend the University find time in her patchwork schedule. She has a chapof Montana’s MFA program. An unfunded student, book, Like a Teardrop and a Bullet, forthcoming Mindell patched together odd jobs and involved her- from Dancing Girl Press this spring. And she will be self in the school’s literary magazine, CutBank. By reading from a new set of poems at Shakespeare & the time she graduated last spring, she had already Co. Sat., March 26. Her work, like the events she puts established herself as a fixture in the scene, from on, has an overarching mood of playfulness, strangeteaching creative writing to kids through the Missoula ness and humor—her latest poems have a paranormal Writers Collaborative to directing the revamped Mon- theme, in part inspired by “The X-Files” and “The Twilight Zone.” tana Book Festival. For Mindell, the key to literary happiness is in “I feel so lucky,” Mindell says. “I didn’t know that it was possible to create a work life for myself that is striking the right balance between participating in genuinely structured around things I am passionate community and finding a quiet place to create work. “I think about poetry as a career in advocacy—a about. It’s really remarkable for a community of this size to have such a vibrant scene, and I’ve had so literary career that is not about just me,” she says. “You can dedicate yourself full-time to writing and much help and guidance and enthusiasm.” In 2014, Mindell was asked to help reboot the submitting, but that’s not me. I find that I can’t just Montana Book Festival when Humanities Montana be in a room. I need stuff to write about. I like to be ended its leadership role after 15 years of organiz- busy and write. Which isn’t always easy, but that’s ing the event. In just months, she and a core group why I like it.” Rachel Mindell reads selected poems at Shakeof others in town had saved the event from disappearing—and injected fresh life into the popular speare & Co. on Sat., March 26, at 5 PM, along with festival. Under her leadership, the festival not only poets Philip Schaefer and Jeff Whitney, who read survived, but also added events like a rejection let- from their new chapbook, Radio Silence. ter open mic session and a Nancy Drew erotic fan fiction reading. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT After the revelations of Insurgent, Tris and Four must find out what’s beyond the wall that encircles Chicago. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

OPENING THIS WEEK ANOMALISA Full-length stop-motion animated feature about a man who has trouble connecting with other people. Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Rated R. Showing at the Roxy.

THE LADY IN THE VAN True story of the relationship between a London man and the lady who lives in a van not down by the river but in his driveway for 15 years. Stars Maggie Smith. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy.

BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Forget the inferior 2014 Lego version. This movie should solve once and for all the argument that’s been going on between 9-year-old nerds for 60 years. Starring Ben Affleck, Amy Adams and Jesse Eisenberg as a hirsute Lex Luthor. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN A young girl suffering from a rare disorder finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a horrible accident. Starring Jennifer Garner. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: HANGMEN With her father, the Duke, banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin, Celia, leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. Showing at the Roxy Tue., Mar. 29, 6:30 PM.

THE BOY AND THE WORLD (O MENINO E O MUNDO) This Oscar-nominated feature is a stylishly animated story about a boy who journeys to the city to find his absent father and reunite his family. Rated PG. Showing at the Roxy. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE) 2016 Oscar nominee for best foreign language film, this is the story of an Amazonian shaman and his relationship with two scientists. Showing at the Roxy. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF Each week the Movie Cult wheel gets a spin, and this week’s choice is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the classic teen comedy featuring Matthew Broderick’s eventful day of playing hooky from school. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy Sat., March 26, 8 PM.

THE REVENANT After being brutally mauled by a bear, a fur trader struggles to survive in the 1820s wilderness with only his wits and less than one bar of cell service. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Rated R, showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. “What do you mean, I have a bat in the bat cave?” Batman v Superman opens Fri., March 25, at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 The Portokalos family is back, with writer/star Nia Vardalos in an even bigger and Greeker wedding. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

GANDHI This week’s Mindful Movie is Gandhi, Richard Atenborough’s 1992 biopic of India’s famous resistance leader, featuring an Oscar-winning portrayal by Ben Kingsley. Rated PG. Showing at the Roxy Sun., March 27, 3 PM.

SEPPUKU CINEMA Seppuku Cinema is where art house meets grind house in 1970s Japan. This double feature starts with Lady Snowblood, a gory revenge flick that inspired Kill Bill. Next up is Tokyo Drifter, a jazzy gangster film about a killer trying to go straight. Showing at the Roxy Fri., March 25, 7 PM.

MOVIE MOCKERS: ANACONDA Movie Mockers is back to tear a new one in Anaconda, the campy ‘90s horror film starring JLo, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz and Jon Voight rocking the worst Latin accent since Scarface. Rated PG-13. At the Roxy Sat., March 26, 8 PM.

WE WERE HERE Out at the Roxy features films celebrating the LGBT culture. This week’s film is We Were Here, a look at the impact of AIDS in San Francisco and the early response to the crisis. Showing at the Roxy Wed., March 30, 7 PM.

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Tina Fey plays Kim Barker, a journalist who recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike.

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE A woman discovers the horrifying truth about the outside world while living in an underground shelter with two men. Stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex.

ZOOTOPIA In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy in Disney’s new animated feature. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike.

THE CLEAN BIN PROJECT The International Wildlife Film Festival presents The Bin Project, a documentary about a couple who competes to see who can generate the least waste in a year. Showing at the Roxy Thu., March 24, 7 PM. DEADPOOL Ryan Reynolds stars as possibly the most smartassed superhero in the history of Marvel Comics. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike.

Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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Lunch specials by Gabi Moskowitz This week we feature two brown paper bag lunch options that break free from the standard fare. This first one is my new favorite. It features the fresh healthiness of a salad, the portability of a sandwich and the satisfying umami flavor of sushi. The second one is surprisingly easy to make—and I liked it more than I thought I would.

Nori chicken rolls If you’re packing these for a take-along lunch for work, school or a picnic, whisk the lemon juice and olive oil together and put them in a small airtight container. Roll up the wraps without dressing the salad and serve it on the side, for dipping, when you’re ready to eat them. Ingredients 3 cups mixed greens 1 carrot, shredded 1/8 cup sliced, toasted almonds 1/8 cup dried cranberries 1 tablespoon lemon juice (about ¼ lemon) 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper to taste 6 sheets toasted nori 1 8-oz boneless, skinless chicken breast, cooked and sliced (Recipe serves 2; makes 6 rolls) Directions In a salad bowl, toss together the mixed greens, carrot, almonds and cranberries. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil. Toss well and season with salt and pepper. On a clean, dry surface, lay a sheet of nori, glossyside-down. Place about ½ cup salad mixture in an even line across the middle of the sheet. Top with 2 slices of chicken. Roll up tightly and lightly wet the edges with water. Press to seal. Set roll aside and repeat with remaining ingredients. Once all rolls are made, slice in half (or into smaller slices) and serve.

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BROKEASS GOURMET Italian tuna salad I’ve always hated regular canned tuna. My mother would stir it into a salad with mayonnaise, chopped celery and onions, with buttery crackers for scooping it up. Many children (and adults) would have loved such a snack. I thought it tasted like cat food—not that I knew what cat food tasted like. Then a friend whose taste in food I trust suggested I try Italian-style tuna packed in olive oil. He claimed it was much more delicious than the waterpacked albacore of my youth. I still wasn’t sure, but I must say—I’m glad I did. The oil-packed tuna does taste better. The fresh, non-creamy additions to the salad made for a light but very filling, protein-packed lunch. Feel free to experiment with different herbs and vegetables. Ingredients 1 5-oz. can albacore tuna packed in olive oil (do not drain) ¼ medium red onion, sliced very thinly 1 tablespoon capers, drained about 10 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved 1 small handful fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste (Recipe serves 2) Directions Place the tuna and all of its oil in a mixing bowl. Use a fork to gently flake the tuna. Combine with all other ingredients, toss gently and serve immediately. BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor-in-chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough:100 Delicious, Unexpected Recipes.

[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Easter brings bright colors to Bernice's palate. Fill your loved one's Easter basket with handmade coconut eggs, macaroons, frosted eggs & bunnies, baby chick cupcakes, or full size for the bigger kid in all of us. Moms like Easter gifts too. Try showing up with a chocolate cream pie, box of hot cross buns, a cup of freshly brewed Bernice's coffee or a few 6 packs of dinner rolls for after-brunch ham sandwiches. YUM! She’ll be telling you how much she loves you all day long. Happy Easter. xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:305:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am -

2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 43 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

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El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$

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Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 36pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$

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Where you’re drinking: Tucked away in a solitary brick building along a sleepy main drag in northwest Montana is a craft beer joint known colloquially as “Libby’s living room.” The proper name is Cabinet Mountain Brewing, a nearly two-year-old venture started by Kristin Smith and Sarah Dinning, but a few moments inside this heavy wooden door are all you need to understand how it earned its nickname. The vibe here is part brewery, part coffee shop, part community center—right down to the dancing kids and running tally of trivia scores. If there’s a party going on, this place is anything but sleepy. What you’re drinking: Cabinet offers the wide variety of brew styles Montanans have come to expect from local breweries, and the Bullbucker ESB is a great place to start. Don’t let the Extra Special Bitter label fool you. Bullbucker has all the smooth, flavorful sessionability of an American pale ale without being all that bitter. From there we suggest the Yaak Attack IPA and Ross Creek Red, both of which earned medals in Sip

Northwest Magazine’s “Best of the Northwest” awards competition last fall. Why you’re here: Maybe you’re in the neighborhood for some late-season turns at nearby Turner Mountain Ski Area. Or perhaps some pre-melt fly fishing has brought you to this neck of the woods. Heck, you could just be taking the long and scenic route to Spokane. Whatever the reason, let’s face it: Passing up a brewery in Montana is borderline criminal. And while Libby may be a remote community, there are plenty of reasons to add it to the weekend road trip list. Cabinet should be one of those reasons. Where to find it: Cabinet Mountain Brewing is located at 206 Mineral Ave. in downtown Libby. FYI, they also serve soup, sandwiches and appetizers. —Alex Sakariassen Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

ate Cherry Sauce, Angus Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 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! $-$$

Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $

The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery 3020 S. Reserve St., Ste A 541-7472 missoulastarvingartist.com Local, high quality pastries and desserts from Missoula bakeries. Top of the line coffee blends from Hunter Bay Coffee, and specialty, hand crafted beverages. Monthly events, featured artists, and open mic night every Wednesday. The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery is sure to please your palette! $

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$

Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. 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-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Alaskan King Crab, Duckling with Pomegran-

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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March 24–March 31, 2016

THURSDAYMARCH24 The Big Gig features several student musicians, including winners of the University Center’s open mic nights. The showcase is produced by students from the UM’s entertainment management program. The Palace, 9:30 PM. No cover. The 14th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference runs March 23–25 at UM. Panel discussions address timely issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, women’s rights in the Middle East and more. All events are in the UC Theater. Free and open to the public. For schedule and events visit mso.umt.edu. Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training hosts a brown bag lunch, Need-toKnow Website Basics for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, 274 Old Corvallis Rd., Hamilton. Noon–1:30 PM. Free. Life is tough, people—get a helmet! Get one cheap at St. Patrick Hospital’s helmet sale. Bike, skateboard, skiing/snowboarding, even equestrian lids available as low as $8. Also bike lights for $5. Garden City Medical Building, 601 W. Spruce. Noon–3 PM. Students of the Montana Code School present their projects at the Loft of Missoula. 3– 5 PM. Free. Visit womenfortheweb.org.

nightlife The Missoula Piano Trio perform their awardwinning repertoire at UM’s Recital Hall. 5 PM. Free, but donations welcome.

The future’s so bright... Lyrics Born hits the Top Hat with Mac Marler Wed., March 30. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com..

Divided We Fall: What Are the Legal and Political Implications of the Supreme Court’s Current Vacancy and Nomination? is the title of a panel discussion at UM’s law building, room 101. 5 PM. Free and open to the public.

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[calendar] Visit the studio of ceramic master and UM associate professor of art Trey Hill and get a sneak peek of the large-scale sculpture he’s been c r e a t i n g . To j o i n t h i s g r o u p contact Theodore Hughes, at 406728-0447, ext. 222 or ted@missoula artmuseum.org.

Ticket Sauce’s Leif Christian wields his guitar to magical and soothing effect for a solo show at Lolo Peak Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free.

The Sentinel High School Drama Dept. presents The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow. Think spy novel as performed by Monty Python. Margaret Johnson Theatre at Sentinel High School. Doors at 7 PM, show at 7:30. $6.

Howl it up with Wolf and the Moons at Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free.

FRIDAYMARCH25 Montana stompgrass experimenters Dodgy Mountain Men bring their hyped-up bluegrass to the Top Hat, with Moonshine Mountain. 10 PM. Free. The 14th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference runs March 23–25 at UM. Panel discussions address timely issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, women’s rights in the Middle East and more. All events are in the UC Theater. Free

for a massage, a makeover, a manicure or a new hairstyle while sampling the winery’s delicious offerings. It’s a Mexican-style fiesta with music by Chris Kemp. 5 PM. $15. Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie to some live music while parental units kick back at the Top Hat. 6 PM. No cover. Get your Gaelic on at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover. Brassknot, a brass ensemble, play a diverse selection of music from Bach

Dance in Concert features new pieces created by guest artist in residence Marcus White and several other choreographers, as performed by UM dance students. Montana Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 12 and under. Visit griztix.com. The Sentinel High School Drama Dept. presents The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow. Think spy novel as performed by Monty Python. Margaret Johnson Theatre at Sentinel High School.

“So when do the deer and the antelope start playing?” Songwriter Chuck Ragan performs a solo show at the Top Hat Thu., March 31. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com.

Country up-and-comer Melissa Forrette brings her down-home acoustic originals to Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. A Night at the Museum is an evening of fun and educational entertainment the fourth Thursday of every month at the Miracle of America Museum in Polson. This month the museum celebrates Easter with a screening of The Robe, starring Jean Simmons. 6:30 PM, donations accepted.

Stomp the Catbox play some rubberneckin’ blues at Sunrise Saloon. 8 PM. No cover. It’s a great night for a rock show. KBGA presents Naytronix, Sasha Bell Band, Eminent Curse and New Old Future at the VFW. 8 PM. 18 and over. Portland country-folk dude Kory Quinn brings his contemporary hobo intellectual take to the Top Hat, with Jay Cobb Anderson of Fruition. 10 PM. Free.

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and open to the public. For schedule and events visit mso.umt.edu. ACROtainment is a dynamic program of family-oriented fun featuring dance, acrobatics, tumbling and theater. Two shows at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 4 PM and 7 PM. $12–$16. For tickets call 728-4258. (See Spotlight.)

nightlife It’s Ladies’ Night at the Missoula Winery. Check out the pop-up booths

to Bowie. Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. Tasting room opens at 4 PM, music starts at 6. Free. Renowned Portland poet and National Book Award recipient Mary Szybist reads from her works at the Turner Hall Dell Brown Room at UM. 7 PM. Free, open to the public. Mamma Mia, the popular musical featuring a ton of Abba songs is at the Adams Center. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8. $46.80–$62.00 at griztix.com.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 7:30. $6. Band In Motion are back at Cowboy Troy’s, filling the dance floor and putting smiles on all those shiny faces. 8 PM–midnight. You don’t even have to drink to enjoy Dusk at the Eagles Lodge. But there are two bars if you do. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover. Ovando celebrate the release of their new EP at the VFW, with Sneaky Bones, Ancient Forest and Color Wheel. 9 PM. (See Music.)

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tumblepalooza Imagine you’re at the museum and it’s long after closing time. It’s dark. It’s quiet. Spooky quiet. Suddenly there’s movement in your peripheral. Is that... an Egyptian? What’s he doing? Dancing? Wait ... now he’s building a pyramid. Out of other Egyptians. The museum bursts into action as its inhabitants come to life, tumbling, whirling and dancing across the floor. That’s the scene onstage at ACROtainment, Roots Acro Sports Center’s annual show. Kids of all skill levels put on a performance that incorporates tumbling, gymnastics, acrobatics, dance and theater performance.

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Roots Acro is an offshoot of Bitterroot Gymnastics, with an aproach that focuses on per-formance rather than competition. David Stark

WHAT: ACROtainment WHO: Roots Acro Sports Center WHEN: Fri., March 25, 4 PM and 7 PM, Sat., March 26, 3 PM and 6:30 PM WHERE: MCT Center for Performing Arts HOW MUCH: $12–$16 “It’s pretty amazing what these kids and coaches do,” says Tara Mudd of Bitterroot Gymnastics. “We teach kids acrobatics and dance, and they fuse it together with costumes and a story line.”

Missoula’s own Partygoers celebrate the release of their Last Best Records debut EP, King of the Blue. They’re joined by Nintendeaux, Louie Meisner, Twosday and aceslowman. The Palace, 9 PM. Free. (See Music.) Stomp the Catbox play some rubberneckin’ blues at Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. No cover. Joan Zen and band bring some killer R&B and soulful rock, Bitterrootstyle, to the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Bring your techno/house/danceloving friends out for Foxy Friday, featuring a rotating cast of DJs. Every fourth Thursday at the Badlander. 10 PM, no cover.

devised the program as a way for students ranging in age from 6 to 18 to learn the skills and offer a diverse, entertaining show. As many as 100 kids appear onstage during the performance.

SATURDAYMARCH26 From Arizona, Merit bring their emo/indy/punk noise to the Real Lounge. Opening bands TBA. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $3 at ticketfly.com. 18 and over. Missoula’s first Civic Hackathon is a two-day event where developers, designers, artists, students, researchers and others come together to share ideas and seek solutions to the problems faced by our community. Phyllis J. Washington Education Center at UM. For schedule and info visit missoulahackathon.org. Tommy V of Fake Four returns to Missoula for a hip-hop show at the VFW. With Brandon Bakus, Lowborn

Stark has been wrapped up in gymnastics since childhood. When his family lacked the resources to send him to a camp or a school, he showed up at Bitterroot Gymnastics in the late ‘80s with a handful of crumpled dollar bills and asked the gym’s founder, Terry Hamilton, how long he could practice gymnastics for that amount of money. Hamilton told him to stay as long as he wanted. Now Stark owns the place. ACROtainment features a different theme each year. This year’s theme, “When Night Falls at the Museum,” promises to be a memorable experience. “It’s very Cirque du Soleil-esque,” says Mudd. “It’s spectacular.” —Ednor Therriault

Forces, Codependents and more. 9 PM. No cover. The Diploma Dash 5K runs through the UM campus, which is appropriate since the proceeds benefit the Staff Senate Scholarship Fund. 9 AM, start at the Van Buren St. footbridge. $30, register at umt.edu. Save the worms and preserve your soil health as Rod Daniel discusses the benefits of the minimum till garden. The O’Hara Commons & Sustainability Center, 111 S. 4th St., Hamilton. 10–11:30 AM. Get your groove thing on as DJ Mike Steinberg spins some classic soul platters at the Dram Shop’s first anniversary party. 229 E. Front St. Music starts at 8 PM.

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[calendar] UM’s Oval transforms into a colored egg wonderland as the 16th annual Easter Eggstravaganza, featuring an egg hunt, bounce house and more. 1 PM. Free. Join International dance instructor Sharmila Bhartari for an introduction to Odissi, the mother of all the classical dances of India. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Two classes, 1 PM and 2 PM. $10 per class. A benefit art auction for the PEAK Foundation (Promoting Excellence of Alberton-Area Kids) is preceded by a spaghetti dinner at the River Edge in Alberton. Local artists donate works valued at $50–$8,000. 1–3:30 PM. $4. The O’Hara Commons & Sustainability Center hosts a membership drive and spring open house. Enjoy refreshments, tours of the building and grounds and information tables. 111 S. 4th St., Hamilton. 2–5 PM. Local author Marty Essen signs copies of his latest book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades and Puerto Rico at Barnes and Noble. 3 PM. ACROtainment is a family-oriented program featuring dance, acrobatics, tumbling, and theatre. At the MCT Center for the Performing Arts 3 PM and 6:30 PM. $12–$16. For tickets call 728-4258. (See Spotlight.)

nightlife Philip Schaefer and Jeff Whitney read from their new chapbook Radio Silence, joined by Rachel Mindell, reading new works of poetry. Shakespeare & Co., 5 PM. Free. (See Books.) The Mini Benefit Show is the ZACC’s annual fundraiser, featuring an art auction and a musical performance from ZACC’s rock camp kids. At the Wilma, 5:30 PM. Dinner tickets are sold out, but bidders still welcome. Visit zootownarts.org. The River City Players play New Orleans-style jazz at Missoula Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. Andre Floyd plays some groovy blues at Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. John Floridis shows off his expansive guitar wizardry. And it sounds even better when you’re drinking vodka. Montana Distillery, 6–8 PM. Free.

“Note to self: install ventilation system in time machine.” Diarrhea Planet play a show with So Pitted and Music Band at the Palace Sat., March 26. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12/$10 advance.

The Fabulous Frederico Brothers (adjective mine) play Americana with soul at Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevi. 6–8 PM. Free. Dance in Concert features new pieces created by guest artist in residence Marcus White and several other choreographers, as performed by UM Dance students. Montana Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 12 and under. Visit griztix.com. The Missoula Piano Trio perform their award-winning repertoire at UM’s Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. Free, but donations welcome.

Go Go Motion play upbeat rock at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free.

Does it stand for Brewery? Bitterroot? Buhzinga? Find out when the Letter B play at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.

You don’t even have to drink to enjoy Dusk at the Eagles Lodge. But there are two bars if you do. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

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Argentine Tango is featured on the fourth Saturday of every month by Tango Missoula. Start the night with a beginning dance lesson and enjoy locally made wines for purchase by the glass. No experience or partner necessary. Missoula Winery. Lesson at 8 PM, Milonga (social dance) at 9. It just don’t get much more Montana than this. Russ Nasset and the Revelators bang out the honky tonk and rockabilly at the Jack Saloon, 7000 Graves Cr. Rd. 8:30 PM–12:30 AM. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo completely disrespect the adverb with their Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. No cover. 406 scratches your country music itch at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. No cover. Josh Farmer Band bring high energy, good time rock ‘n roll to the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Diarrhea Planet is nowhere as loose as their name would have you believe. Check out their garage punk

with So Pitted and Music Band at the Palace. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12/$10 advance. (See Music.) Bluegrass and groovegrass coexist like a couple of buds when Denver’s Magic Beans and Bozeman’s Kitchen Dwellers dish out the tunes at the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

SUNDAYMARCH27 Mark Kersting provides the musical eulogy for the weekend at Draught Works Brewery. 5–7 PM. Free. Missoula’s first Civic Hackathon is a two-day event where developers, designers, artists, students, researchers and others come together to share ideas and seek solutions to the problems faced by our community. Phyllis J. Washington Education Center at UM. For schedule and info visit missoulahackathon.org. Can I get an amen? Dance Church is in session on Sunday mornings.

Dancers of all abilities are welcome at this mellow, guided class that lets you move like nobody is watching at the Downtown Dance Collective, 11 AM– noon, $5.

nightlife Whether the weekend’s winding down or just getting started, enjoy the No Pads, No Blazers Comedy Hour every fourth Sunday of the month at the VFW, at 8 PM sharpish and lasting just one hour. Includes half-off drink specials. $3 sugg. donation. Here’s your one-way ticket out of Squaresville. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

MONDAYMARCH28 EDM innovator Mr. Bill is joined by drum alchemist K.J. Sawka, with Hornz Cru and Wr!lly Gross at Stage 112. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15/$10 advance at stage112.com or Rockin Rudy’s.

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nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and Co. 5–7 PM. Free, all ages. Joanna Reed Shelton reads from her memoir A Christian in the Land of Gods: Journey of Faith. Shakespeare & Co., 7 PM. Archeologist Donald Ryan speaks about his recent trip to Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. PAR/TV Center, 7 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAYMARCH30 Jitro, meaning “daybreak” in Czech, is an award-winning youth choir from Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic. Catch one of the world’s finest children’s choirs at the Polson High School auditorium. 7–9 PM.

nightlife A Phish Happy Hour? Sounds more like a Trey

This open mic is truly open. Jazz, classic rock, poetry, spoken word, dance, shadow puppets— share your creative spark at The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St. Every Wed., 6–8 PM. Free.

THURSDAYMARCH31 Remember how Ed used to pronounce “Northern Exposure” on the TV show? No? Just me? See how Julie Bug and Northern Exposure say it at the Sunrise Saloon. 8 PM. No cover.

Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 6–8 PM. Free.

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Pinegrass work that bluegrass side of the fence at Blacksmith Brewing in Stevi. 6–8 PM. Free.

Geoffrey Lake plays it pretty for you at Draught Works Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.

Russ Nasset plays folk and country at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7–10 PM. Free. The UM Chamber Chorale performs as part of the Student Ensemble Series. UM Recital Hall, 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students. Top of the Mic, Missoula’s own battle of the bands, continues. Solo acts, duos and bands compete for $1,000 cash. Prelims every Monday, semi-finals every other Friday. The Badlander, 9 PM. No cover.

TUESDAYMARCH29 Joey’s Free For All Open Mic Night welcomes all genres at Stage 112. Sign-ups at 8 PM, music at 8:30. 18 and over. Hellgate’s Finest Fine Art 2016 is focused on the creative outpouring of Hellgate High School’s art students, from all grade levels. Missoula Art Museum, on display through May. Missoula Cultural Council’s Arts and Culture Awards honor those who have made significant contributions to the arts community. Doubletree Hotel, 11:30 AM. For tickets and info, contact MCC at 541-0860. UM professor Doug Emlen presents a lecture titled Extravagent Weapons: The Story Behind Arms Races in Animals and People. North ballroom of the UC, 4 PM, reception follows at 5. Free and open to the public.

nightlife The Craicers and Friends shake their musical shillelagh with traditional Irish tunes in the taproom at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 1151 W. Broadway, 6–8 PM. Tell Us Something, Missoula’s storytelling celebration, features ten storytellers expounding on the theme, “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me?” The Wilma, 7 PM. $5. Learn more at tellus something.org. (See Arts.) Two-step the midweek blues away at Country Dance Lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7–8:30 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info. You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: What vertical lift bridge lies within the Bakken oil field? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

Dude. Let me borrow your comb. Breathe Carolina play house music at Monk’s Fri., Mar. 4. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:30. $12/$10 advance at 1111presents.com or Rockin Rudy’s.

Anastasio solo. Enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. Cribbage enthusiasts finally have a place to share their affliction at Cribbage Night. Enjoy a few cocktails as you look for nibs and nobs. Boards and cards provided. Rattlesnake Creek Distillers, 128 W. Alder St., Suite B. 6–8 PM. Rediscover “the magic which makes you legendary in your own mind” when “Poncho” Dobson hosts the Live and Loco open mic at the Symes Hotel, Wednesdays from 6–9:30 PM. Call 741-2361 to book a slot, or just come hang out and party. Free.

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West Coast jazz? Continental jazz? Bebop? Avant-garde? It’s all free jazz, as in no charge, Dad, when the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Quintet takes the stage for Jazz Night at the Top Hat. 7 PM, no cover, all ages. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Producer, rapper and “serial collaborator” Lyrics Born hits the Top Hat with Mac Marler. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com. (Trivia answer: Snowden Bridge near Fairview.)

Bob Wire stomps and shouts with some acoustic mayhem at Bitter Root Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free. Singer-songwriter Chuck Ragan plays songs from his latest release, Till Midnight. At the Top Hat, doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com. Mr. Calendar Guy wants to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Or snail mail to Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online at Missoulanews.com

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[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY MARCH 24 More than 8,000 people died in the earthquakes and aftershocks that struck Nepal last year. The 7.8-magnitude quake in April and the 7.3 aftershock that hit less than three weeks later destroyed millions of homes and devastated one of the world’s poorest countries. Massive aftershocks continued to wreak havoc, including the deaths of 19 climbers at Mt. Everest’s base camp who were buried in an avalanche. Everest actually was moved more than an inch from the force of the earthquakes. The Everest-sized challenge of getting resources and help to the region has been shouldered by dozens of countries, including China, the United Kingdom and the U.S. And several charitable organizations, including UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders, have provided humanitarian aid on the ground. As with previous natural disasters, though, international relief efforts have hit some snags and gotten hung up in organizational snafus. Meanwhile, nearly a year later, families continue to live in the open and try to restore the livelihoods that supported them before so much of their homeland was destroyed.

Nicole Ichtertz of Consciousness Impact presents Details of Nepal, a discussion of the recent earthquake in Nepal and how it affected the people and families there. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins. 6 PM. (See Agenda.)

SATURDAY MARCH 26 Buy local, eat local at the Missoula Winter Public Market. Enjoy fresh produce, frozen meat, eggs, honey and other locally sourced food. Snag a hot cup of locally roasted coffee and check out the handmade crafts too. 10 AM, 800 S. 3rd St. W.

MONDAY MARCH 28 Conscious Impact has been working since right after the April earthquake to provide relief materials to rural communities in Nepal and to work directly with the quake survivors and witness their stories. Creating community is their goal, and through cultural collaboration they continue to help the region heal. —Ednor Therriault Nicole Ichtertz of Conscious Impact discusses the impact of last year’s earthquakes in Nepal and what relief work is being done. Discussion follows a potluck. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins. 6 PM. Visit jrpc.org.

Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a cause each week. Family friendly, noon–8 PM.

TUESDAY MARCH 29 Celebrate March for Meals at Community Spirit Night. Rattlesnake Creek Distillers donates 20% of the

evening’s proceeds to Meals on Wheels at Missoula Aging Services. 128 W. Alder, 4–8 PM. Join Downtown on Tap to learn about the Open Aid Alliance, an organization committed to reducing health disparities and creating opportunities for greater self-sufficiency. 1500 W. Broadway, 5–7 PM. Free. Get into financial shape with HomeWord’s free financial fitness class. Child care provided, $20 gift card awarded for completing the class. Register at homeword.org.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 30 Every Wednesday is Community UNite, wherein 50 cents of each pint of tasty KettleHouse brew goes to a deserving organization. Tonight you’re supporting Volunteer Missoula. KettleHouse Northside Taproom, 5–8 PM. It’s Charity Pint Night at Great Burn Brewing. A portion of every beverage sold goes to Give Local Missoula County Share Fund, which splits up the dough among several local nonprofits. 2230 McDonald, behind Jaker’s, 5–8 PM.

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

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MOUNTAIN HIGH

he Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge is home to more than 60 species of birds, from American tree sparrows to Sandhill cranes. One bird you’ll probably hear but may never see is the Virginia rail, a marsh-dwelling, long-billed critter that works the shallows of the pond, eating insects and small aquatic critters like crayfish and snails. They’ve been known to eat seeds, but mostly during baseball season. The rail’s cry is distinctive and loud. It’s a “ticket ticket ticket” that sounds like it’s coming from a robot cricket on Red Bull. It’s one of those ever-present marsh noises that joins in with the bullfrog croaks and blackbird trills to create that singular cacophony that

makes you feel like you should be wearing hip boots. Although Virginia rail populations are dwindling due to loss of habitat, they can still be found in most areas of the U.S. Maybe you’ll see one at Lee Metcalf this Saturday. They’ll let you know where to look. —Ednor Therriault Five Valleys Audubon leads a field trip to Lee Metcalf NWR Sat., March 26. Bring a lunch and meet at the Adams Center parking lot at 8 AM or at the Refuge at 9. Free, open to the public.

photo by Joe Weston

THURSDAY MARCH 24 Life is tough, people—get a helmet! Get one cheap at St. Patrick Hospital’s helmet sale. Bike, skateboard, skiing/snowboarding, even equestrian lids available as low as $8. Also bike lights for $5. Garden City Medical Building, 601 W. Spruce. Noon–3 PM.

FRIDAY MARCH 25 Join other peddlers for a weekly ride to Free Cycles Missoula and back to UM. Meet at the Grizzly statue. 12:30–2 PM. Free.

SATURDAY MARCH 26 Walkers, get ready for the Missoula Marathon at a walking training class. Coaching, training plans and encouragement from veteran marathon walkers. Meet at Run Wild Missoula every Sat., 8 AM. Check out the migrating birds returning to our area. Join Five Valleys Audubon for a full-day field trip to Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge. Meet at Adams Center parking lot at 8 AM or at the Refuge at 9. Bring lunch and binoculars. Free and open to the public. (See Mountain High.) The Diploma Dash 5K runs through the UM campus, which is appropriate since the proceeds benefit the Staff Senate Scholarship Fund. 9 AM, start at the Van Buren St. footbridge. $30, register at umt.edu. Part of the Trekker Kids Program, Sounds of Nature helps kids learn how to explore the great

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outdoors using their ears. Travelers’ Rest State Park, 11 AM. $2 for kids, adult chaperones free. If it’s as dangerous as it sounds, it’s worth every nickel. A bicycle jousting match will crown one winner while the losers nurse their bruises. Free Cycles Missoula, 732 S. First St. W. Noon, $5. It’s all the rage in Missoula. Discover why. SUP Strong is a stand-up paddleboard class available at the Women’s Club Health and Fitness Center, 215 Bow St. Class is every Saturday through April 9, noon–1:30 PM. $125/$100 for members.

SUNDAY MARCH 27 The Missoula Marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Every Sunday morning at 8 AM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.

TUESDAY MARCH 29 Ever wonder what it’s like out there for a fish and game warden? Capt. Joe Jaquith of the FWP shares stories and insights at the annual Hellgate Hunters and Anglers membership meeting. Missoula Public Library, meeting starts at 5:30 PM, presentation at 6. Free, public welcome. Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an allwomen hike or bike somewhere in the area. You can find the upcoming trip posted at facebook.com/ MontanaDirtGirls. Various locations, 6 PM.

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HAVING THE TIME OF SOMEONE ELSE’S WIFE

I’m a 39-year-old guy, and I just met the most amazing woman, but she’s going through a divorce. My best friend said to never date somebody while they’re divorcing, because they’re crazy and emotionally unavailable. He says you need to wait for two years afterward. Well, I really like this woman, and she likes me. If I dated her now, would I just be a rebound? —Bad Waiter here are clues to where on the divorce spectrum someone falls, like whether she makes offhand remarks along the lines of “I wish him well, but we weren’t a good match” or “I wish I could leave him tied up in a clearing so something would eat him.” There is something to be said for waiting periods, whether you’re mentally ill and shopping for an Uzi or hoping to live happily ever after with someone who might not be entirely recovered from her previous attempt. But the blanket “wait two years!” advice is silly and probably comes out of a misconstruing of some research finding. (Also, as an epidemiologist friend frequently points out to me, these findings tell us how something seems to affect most people; however, there are important individual differences that get lost ... like that tiny line about potential side effects: “Oh, by the way, 1 percent of the subjects ended up wearing all their teeth on a necklace.”) Still, unless this woman and her not-quiteex-husband got married a few months ago because they were super-drunk and standing near each other in Vegas, there’s a chance she’ll believe she’s ready to get involved before she actually is. Whether it makes sense to date her now becomes a question of risk analysis. Plug in the variables you know, like the ugliness level of her divorce, whether she starts every other sentence with “my ex ...”, and whether she seems to understand where she went wrong (and take responsibility for her part in it). Factor in her fabulousness and your level of risk tolerance—how willing and able you are to deal if, a year in, she apologizes after realizing that she just needed a nice man to put Band-Aids on her ouchies. Even if it seems unwise to date her right now, you can keep a foot in the game by seeing her regularly—like once a month— while keeping the temperature on low. Stick to daytime dates—short, bright light, no alcohol—and use abstinence-only measures that have been found to be highly effective, such as wearing Green Lantern Underoos.

(As a bonus, these would double as incentive to avoid texting while driving and ending up the talk of the ambulance bay for two weeks.)

THE FRENZY ZONE I’m a woman just out of a 13-year relationship, and dating isn’t going so well. My roommate says I need to stop blatantly pursuing men—texting first, initiating plans, etc.—and instead flirt, hang back, and “seem busy.” That just seems so archaic—starting a relationship on the manipulative premise of feminine game-playing. It’s 2016. Why isn’t authenticity appreciated? —Forgive Me, I’m Real Ideally, you’ll make a guy ache with longing—but more along the lines of “I wish she’d text me back” than “I wish she’d put down those binoculars and get out of my bushes.” In other words, you might rethink “authenticity”—letting the true you (or rather, the truly impatient you) shine through. Consider acting like the more effective you, as you surely would for a job interview—rather than showing up in sweats and bragging that your character reference is actually your pot dealer and that “Mr. Bradley,” your “former employer,” is the neighbor’s Labradoodle. Chances are you’ve been “blatantly pursuing” because, like many women, you confuse “equal” with “the same.” However, there’s substantial evidence from evolutionary psychology research that women evolved to be the choosier sex and that men co-evolved to expect this—and see female aloofness as a sign of value. So a more productive strategy for you would be what social psychologist Robert Cialdini calls “the scarcity principle.” Cialdini explains that the less available something is, the more we value and want it. Not because it’s better. Because FOMO (fear of missing out) and the regret we’d feel if we let that happen jack us into a motivational state—a panic to get whatever’s in short supply. But don’t take my word for it. For three weeks, try something new: flirting and waiting instead of chasing and pouncing. Ultimately, it’s best to start a relationship on the premise that actually allows it to start—coming off more like the appointment-only store with a single avant-garde dress than the kind with a big yellow sign in the window: “Everything in the store, $15, including the dog.”

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Bag Lecture Series is free and open to the public. 12-1 pm, Wednesdays March 4 -April 29. (You are welcome to bring your lunch.) Lectures will be held at The Bitterroot College - 103 South 9th St, Hamilton in the Art room 116.

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NEED A JOB? Let NELSON PERSONNEL help in your job search! Fill out an application and schedule an interview. Call Us at 543-6033 NEED EXTRA CASH? PART-TIME RECEPTION NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill a Reception position in Missoula. $10/hr. 20 hrs./wk. Call Us at 543-6033 NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill a PRODUCTION SUPPORT position for a manufacturing company. $10.50/hr. Full-Time. Call Us at 543-6033 Night Auditor Missoula hotel is seeking a part-time Night Auditor to check guests in and out, set up breakfast buffet, close and balance deposits, and provide excellent customer service. Requires a high school diploma or equivalent, customer service skills, basic math skills, and ability to lift 30lbs. Pay starts at $9.00/hr. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10187679 WORK OUTSIDE! NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill a Maintenance position for a property management company. $10/hr. Full-time. Call Us at 543-6033

Human Resource Specialist Company: Consumer Direct Management Solutions Position: Human Resource Business Partner-Benefit Specialist Schedule: Full-time Location: Missoula, MT POSITION OVERVIEW Provide project, research and analytical support in developing, designing, implementing, operating and evaluating health and welfare benefit plans, vendors and systems in alignment with the business strategy. Responsible for assuring health and welfare benefit plans are in compliance with government regulations (ERISA, PPACA, DOL, IRS, COBRA, etc.). Responsible for ensuring compliance with large employer mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Serve as a resource to vendors, internal departments and human resources staff for benefit plan guidance and interpretation. In the Consumer Direct Care

Network employees are committed, dependable, professional and accountable. We value integrity, honesty and respect for others. We have high standards for how our employees conduct themselves at work and in the communities we support. Come join our team and be a part of a rewarding career helping others! For more information visit careers.consumerdirectcare.com Senior IT Consultant Provides end user support, monitoring and troubleshooting for workstations, servers, and customer networks. This is advanced technical position for an individual with experience resolving tier two, and three issues remotely, handling customer escalations, and an interest with coaching team members to expand the technical knowledge of the IT Service Desk. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10187601 Preschool Teacher Local daycare needs a PRESCHOOL TEACHER. Previous teaching experience preferred. Applicants MUST love working with children. Will supervise and direct daycare activities for children. Monday-Friday, hours to be discussed; shifts will vary. Pay starts at $8.05/hour, with raises upon proven ability. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10187482

SKILLED LABOR CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED from the Missoula area. • Must be present to apply • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-4937876 9am-5pm M-F. Heavy Equipment Operator Knife River Missoula is looking for experienced heavy equipment operators for our construction services. Motor graders, rollers, excavators, scrapers and dozers. Ability to establish and maintain positive & effective working relationships with all other personnel and to perform all duties safely and productively to ensure quality work. Ability to safely and productively operate

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EMPLOYMENT heavy equipment in various construction operations, including finish motor grader operators, hydraulic excavators and scraper operators. Ability to conduct daily equipment inspections to identify any safety and maintenance issues. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10188386 HOME RESOURCE IS HIRING! Home ReSource seeks experienced construction/demolition laborers to join our DECONSTRUCTION CREW. We offer competitive wages. For more information or to apply visit: www.homeresource.org. Noxious Weed Control Tech Assist in noxious weed and forest pest management. Work performed outdoors takes place in a wide variety of terrain and settings including rugged back country locations and some water travel. Work involves frequently lifting up to 75 pounds, and walking in all types of terrain. Work is performed in an environment which involves everyday risks or discomforts and sometimes adverse weather

conditions requiring safety precautions. A considerable amount of driving is required. Individuals should be capable of working alone, or with other people, during early morning hours and during the day. Work will mostly be within 100 miles of Greenough, MT, but travel is necessary to other parts of Montana. Ability to safely work with and around pesticides and operate spraying equipment. Valid drivers license and ability to safely operate UTVs and trucks. . Experience operating GPS units, downloading data, and knowledge of ArcGIS software also highly preferred. Base wage $10-$15 is DOE Overtime is common. This job is subject to DB Wage compensation of $18.34/hr. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10187500

ing position that requires strength and ability to work hard during entire shift. Requires excellent customer service skills and plant knowledge. Must have some retail experience and be available to work weekends. Requires dependability, trustworthiness and a strong work ethic. Nursery and/or horticulture knowledge is a plus. Will work 25 or more hours/week. Seasonal position. $9.00 per hour. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10187285

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As a young man, the poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) left his home in France and settled in Abyssinia, which these days is known as Ethiopia. “I sought voyages,” he wrote, “to disperse the enchantments that had colonized my mind.” You might want to consider a similar strategy in the coming weeks, Leo. From an astrological perspective, it’s going to be an excellent time both to wander free of your usual haunts and to disperse the enchantments that have colonized your mind. Why not find ways to synergize these two opportunities?

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When the young director Richard Lester got his big break, he took full advantage. It happened in 1964, when the early Beatles asked him to do their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. Lester’s innovative approach to the project propelled his career to a higher level that brought him many further opportunities. Writing of Lester’s readiness, critic Alexander Walker said, “No filmmaker ... appeared more punctually when his hour struck.” That’s what I hope you will soon be doing in your own chosen field, Cancerian. Do you understand how important it will be to have impeccable timing? No procrastination or hemming and hawing, please. Be crisply proactive.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The good news is that if you eat enormous amounts of chocolate, you will boost your memory. Science has proved it. The bad news is that in order to get the full effect of the memory enhancement, you would have to consume so much chocolate that you would get sick. I propose that we consider this scenario as a metaphor for what may be going on in your life. Is it possible you’re doing things that are healthy for you in one way but that diminish you in another? Or are you perhaps getting or doing too much of a good thing—going to unbalanced extremes as you pursue a worthy goal? Now is a favorable time to figure out if you’re engaged in such behavior, and to change it if you are.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly,” said Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Whether or not you’re a writer, Taurus, that is also your special task in the coming weeks. The riddle that has begun to captivate your imagination is not yet ripe enough for you to work on in earnest. It has not been defined with sufficient clarity. Luckily, you have the resources you need to research all the contingencies, and you have the acuity to come up with a set of empowering questions.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): When Orville and Wilbur Wright were kids, their father gave them a toy helicopter powered by a rubber band. The year was 1878. Twenty-five years later, the brothers became the first humans to sail above the earth in a flying machine. They testified that the toy helicopter had been a key inspiration as they worked to develop their pioneering invention. In the spirit of the Wright Brothers’ magic seed, Aries, I invite you to revive your connection to a seminal influence from your past. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to feed a dream that was foreshadowed in you a long time ago.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At one point in his life, author C. S. Lewis had a rude awakening as he took stock of the progress he thought he had been making. “I am appalled to see how much of the change I thought I had undergone lately was only imaginary,” he wrote. I want to make sure that something similar doesn’t happen to you, Virgo. You’re in the midst of what should be a Golden Age of Self-Transformation. Make sure you’re actually doing the work that you imagine you’re doing—and not just talking about it and thinking about it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are enmeshed in a jumble that makes you squirm or if you are caught in a tangle that stifles your self-love, you have three choices. Here’s how Eckhart Tolle defines them: 1. Get out of the situation. 2. Transform the situation. 3. Completely accept the situation. Does that sound reasonable, Scorpio? I hope so, because the time has come to act. Don’t wait to make your decision. Do it soon. After that, there will be no whining allowed. You can no longer indulge in excuses. You must accept the consequences. On the bright side, imagine the new freedom and power you will have at your disposal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here’s a proposed experiment. Sidle up to a creature you’d love to be closer to, and softly sing the following lyrics: “Come with me, go with me. Burn with me, glow with me. Sleep with me, wake with me.” At this point, run three circles around the creature as you flap your arms like a birds’ wings. Then continue your singing: “Rise with me, fall with me. Work with me, play with me. Pray with me, sin with me.” At this point, leap up into the air three times, unleashing a burst of laughter each time you hit the ground. Continue singing: “Let me get high with you. Laugh with you, cry with you. Make me your partner in crime.” At this point blow three kisses toward the creature, then run away. (P.S. The lyrics I’m quoting here were composed by songwriter Fran Landesman.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In getting energy from food, we humans have at our disposal over 50,000 edible plants. And yet we choose to concentrate on just a few. Wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes make up two-thirds of our diet, and 11 other staples comprise most of the rest. Let’s use this as a metaphor for the kind of behavior you should avoid in the coming weeks. I think it will be crucial for you to draw physical, emotional, and spiritual sustenance from a relatively wide variety of sources. There’s nothing wrong with your usual providers, but for now you need to expand your approach to getting the nurturing you need.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We teach each other how to live.” Poet Anne Michaels said that, and now I’m passing it on to you—just in time for the phase of your cycle when acting like a curious student is your sacred duty and your best gift to yourself. I don’t necessarily mean that you should take a workshop or enroll in a school. Your task is to presume that everyone you meet and every encounter you have may bring you rich learning experiences. If you’re willing to go as far as I hope you will, even your dreams at night will be opportunities to get further educated. Even your vigils in front of the TV. Even your trips to the convenience store to buy ice cream.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her poem “Time,” Piscean poet Lia Purpura wonders about

“not picking up a penny because it’s only a little luck.” Presumably she is referring to a moment when you’re walking down a street and you spy an almost-but-not-quite-worthless coin lying on the concrete. She theorizes that you may just leave it there. It adds next to nothing to your wealth, right? Which suggests that it also doesn’t have much value as a symbol of good fortune. But I urge you to reject this line of thought in the coming weeks, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to capitalize on the smallest opportunities. There will be plenty of them, and they will add up. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.

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Offices, P.C., 523 South Orange Street, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 10th day of March, 2016. /s/ Karalee A. Slaght, Personal Representative THOMAS C. ORR LAW OFFICE, P.C. 523 South Orange Street Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Thomas C. Orr, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNT Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Cause No. DV-16-137 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Alexander Phillip Clause: Petitioner. This is Notice that the Petitioner has asked the District Court for name change from Alexander Phillip Clause to Alexander Phillip Truzzolino. The hearing will be on Tuesday, the 5th day of April, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. DATED this 23rd day of February, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By: Kersten Seilstad, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-16-165 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Savannah Becker, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Savannah Becker, has petitioned the District Court for the 4th Judicial District for a change of name from Savannah Monique Becker to Savannah Monique Dorvall, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 6th day of April, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 1st day of March, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-16-217 Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Tanya Leigh Vidrine, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Tanya Leigh Vidrine, has petitioned the District Court for the 4th Judicial District for a change of name from Tanya Leigh Vidrine to Tani Saoirse Ní Conaill and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 19th day of April, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, in courtroom number 5. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 14th day of March, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Ruth Windrum, Deputy Clerk of Court

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16-8 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY PETER ANTON, 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 claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to SHYANNE ANTON, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o REEP, BELL, LAIRD, SIMPSON & JASPER, P.C., P.O. Box 16960, Missoula, Montana 59808-6960, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 24th day of February, 2016. REEP, BELL, LAIRD, SIMPSON & JASPER, P.C.. By: /s/ Richard A. Reep, Attorneys for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-16-54 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR BUTLER LOWDER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed return receipt requested to Thomas J. Lowder, the Personal Representative, c/o Darla J. Keck, at 201 W. Main, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 14th day of March, 2016. /s/ Thomas J. Lowder, Personal Representative DATSOPOULOS, MacDONALD & LIND, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Darla J. Keck

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-16-141 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Austin Brady Gould, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Austin Brady Gould to Austin Bradley Relic. The hearing will be on 04/05/2016 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: February 23, 2016 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Kersten Seilstad, Deputy Clerk of Court

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DR-15-747 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF JENAE M. FLOYD, Petitioner, and KINGSLEY A. ONUOGU, a/k/a JOHN A. IBE, Respondent. SUMMONS THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVENAMED RESPONDENT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served on you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Petitioner’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of the Summons, exclusive of the day of service and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. This action is brought to dissolve the parties marriage.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-16-200 Dept. No. 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Payden James Trueax, Jamie Nicole King, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-16-201 Dept. No. 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Brenden Andrew Trueax, Jamie Nicole King, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Brendan Andrew Trueax to Brenden Andrew King. The hearing will be on 04/27/2016 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3/14/16 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court

MNAXLP TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO PETITIONER AND RESPONDENT: Pursuant to Mont. Code Ann § 40-4121(3), Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring, encumbering, hypothecating (pledging property as security or collateral for a debt), concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether jointly or separately held, without either the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party must notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days before incurring the expenditures and shall account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the service of this summons. This restraining order does not preclude either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. Petitioner and Respondent are further restrained from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, disability coverage held for the benefit of a party or a child of a party for whom support may be ordered. This Temporary Restraining Order shall continue until another order of the court is issued amending or vacating this Temporary Restraining Order. Either party or both parties may request the court vacate or amend this Temporary Restraining Order by filing a motion to amend or vacate the Temporary Restraining Order. VIOLATION OF THE ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER SECTION 45-5-626 OF THE MONTANA CODE. WITNESS my hand this 15th day of March, 2016, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 3 John W. Larson PROBATE NO. DP-16-53 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY C. LARSON, 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 claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Doug MacDonald c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 7th day of March, 2016. /s/ Doug MacDonald, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Amy M. Scott Smith MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-16-45 NOTICE

TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRUCE NEWELL WHEELER, 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 claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Dann G. Wheeler, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 7th day of March, 2016. /s/ Dann G. Wheeler, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Ross P. Keogh for Patrick Dougherty

No. DP-16-41 Department 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of AMANDA SCHWINN BAILEY CORETTE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Deborah S. Bailey has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Deborah S. Bailey, Personal Representative to the estate of Amanda Schwinn Bailey Corette, return receipt requested, at c/o Katherine Holliday, Esq., Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC, PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED March 18th 2016. /s/ Katherine C. Holliday, Counsel to Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 4 PROBATE NO. DP-16-43 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNA MARIE PLASTER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claim 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 RAYMOND C. HAGEN, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29th day of February, 2016. /s/ Raymond C Hagen c/o Worden Thane P.C. PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-15-226 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF AVA LEE COOK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Jonathan L. Kinzle, Personal Representative, c/o SOL & WOLFE LAW FIRM, PLLP at 101 East Broadway, Ste. 300, Missoula, Montana 59802, return receipt requested or filed with the clerk of the above Court at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. DATED this 11th day of March, 2016. /s/ Jonathan L. Kinzle, Personal Representative /s/ Michael Sol, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 2 Case No.: DP-16-46 AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CAROLYN L. DEMIN, 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 (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 SHAWN E. ROSSCUP, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at P.O. Box 2762, Missoula, Montana 59806-2762, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated: March 8, 2016. /s/ Michelle Surratt, Personal Representative /s/ Shawn E. Rosscup, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate Case

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-16-44 Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK ZAVARELLI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigneds have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 LINDA DIANE BESEL and/or JULIE ANN ROUILLIER, CoPersonal Representatives, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 598077937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 16th day of March, 2016. /s/ Douglas D. Harris, Attorney for Linda Diane Besel /s/ Douglas D. Harris, Attorney for Julie Ann Rouillier CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-16-47 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS J. JOHNSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Gregg M. Johnson, Personal Representative, c/o SOL & WOLFE LAW FIRM, PLLP at 101 East Broadway, Ste. 300, Missoula, Montana 59802, return receipt requested or filed with the clerk of the above Court at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. DATED this 11th day of March, 2016. /s/ Gregg M. Johnson, Personal Representative /s/ Michael Sol, Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE Pursuant to §71-1-301, et seq., of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned hereby gives notice of a Trustee Sale to be held on the 24th day of June 2016 at 11:00 a.m., at the west entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse, Missoula, MT, the following described property located in Missoula County, Montana: Parcel 1: A tract of land located in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 20, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 4 of Certificate of Survey No. 1927. Parcel 2: Together with a private access easement over and across Tracts 5 and 6 of Certificate of Survey No. 1927, located in the Southeast 1/4

of Section 20, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Tyler J. Ames, Grantor, conveyed the above described property, and improvements situated thereon, if any, to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Country Cross Ranch, LLC, who was designated as beneficiary in an Assignment of Montana Trust Indenture dated November 19, 2012 and recorded under in Book No. 904 at Page No. 1036 of Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana. The obligations secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture are now in default and the required payments on the Promissory Note and modifications thereto, and secured by the Trust Indenture have not been made as required. As of February 23, 2016, the sum of $95,767.39 was past due. The principal balance as of that date was the sum of $88,442.54, with related late fees and interest accruing thereon at a rate of 2% per annum, with a daily interest accrual of $4.85. In addition, Grantor is in default for failing to pay taxes before becoming delinquent which are in the amount of up to $2,242.98, together with accrued penalties. In accordance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the beneficiary has elected to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Trust Indenture and note and elected to sell the interest of Tyler J. Ames, the original Grantor, his successors and assigns, in and to the afore described property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances, or covenants existing of record or evident on the property at the time of sale to satisfy the remaining obligation owed. Beneficiary has directed Timothy D. Geiszler, a licensed Montana attorney, as successor Trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The sale noticed

MNAXLP herein may be terminated and the Trust Indenture and note obligation be reinstated by the tender to the successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears to the date of payment, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred. Trustee is unaware of any party in possession of claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. DATED this 23 day of February, 2016. /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA County of MIssoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 23rd day of February, 2016, by Timothy D. Geiszler. /s/ Cheryl A. Spinks, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires February 28, 2020 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/22/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200926051 B: 849 P:1299 and Modified by Agreement recorded on 07/28/2014 under Auditor’s File No. 201411063 B: 931, P: 1186, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Stephan P. Ward, 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: Lots 24,25 and 26 in Block 17 of car line addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of

the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 4, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $116,229.26. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $112,492.92, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on June 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire

amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Ward, Stephan P. (TS# 7023.115270) 1002.285511-File No. 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 Successor Trustee will, on May 27, 2016 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 Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which SARA

LERBACK, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and ANTHONY LERBACK, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship as Grantor, conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A., Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated July 7, 2008 and was recorded on July 7, 2008 as Instrument No. 200815878 Book 822 of Micro Records at Page 658 and re-recorded July 11, 2008 in Book 822 of Micro Records at Page 984, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 2045 CHICKADEE DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59808 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 9, BLOCK 4, EL MAR ESTATES PHASE 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $59,636.46 beginning March 1, 2012; plus

recoverable corporate advances of $1,719.00; less a suspense balance of $847.04; plus other fees and costs in the amount of $360.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. 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, to wit: $163,792.95 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.375 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2012; plus escrow balance of $8,599.09; less a suspense balance of $847.04; plus corporate advances of $360.00; plus expense advances of $1,719.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by

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PUBLIC NOTICES paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: January 11, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 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 Successor Trustee will, on July 22, 2016 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 Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which William J. Janacaro, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J. PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR C O U N T RY W I D E H O M E LOANS, INC, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated August 26, 2005 and was recorded on August 31, 2005 as Instrument No. 200522860, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 12300 Flora Dr, Missoula, MT 59804 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 4 OF SOL ACREAGE TRACTS, SECOND FILING, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ fail-

ure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $79,443.02 beginning August 1, 2011; plus recoverable corporate advances in the amount of $3,527.34; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. 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, to wit: $267,052.89 with interest thereon at the rate of 3.75000 percent per annum beginning July 1, 2011; plus escrow advances of $19,282.87; plus a recoverable balance in the amount of $3,527.34; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: March 2, 2016 /s/ John A “Joe Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 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 Successor Trustee will, on July 20, 2016 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 Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor

MNAXLP Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Julius D. Beccari and Kathleen M. Beccari, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to MARK E. NOENNIG as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP., its successor and assigns, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated October 12, 2004 and was recorded on October 13, 2004 as Instrument No. 200429155 (book) 788 (page) 1143, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 4306 Rainbow Drive, Missoula, MT 59803 and being more fully described as follows: THE SOUTH 20 FEET OF LOT 26 AND THE NORTH 50 FEET OF LOT 27 IN BLOCK A OF RAINBOW RANCH HOMES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2004-WMC1 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2004WMC1. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $15,802.55 beginning February 1, 2014 through March 4, 2016; plus interest due of $7,621.20; plus escrow payment of $8,964.82; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. 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, to wit: $190,438.21 with interest thereon at the rate of 2.0000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2014; plus uncollected late charges of $281.10; plus escrow advances of $7,787.60; plus property inspection fee of $377.03; plus title search for $643.00; plus other foreclosure fees and expenses of $1,912.00; plus other costs of

$21,485.03; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: March 10th, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 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 Successor Trustee will, on July 18, 2016 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 Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Don S. Blank and Kristene K. Blank, husband and wife, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated February 6, 2007 and was recorded on February 7, 2007 as Instrument No. 200703202, book 791 page 1223, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County,

Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 3341 Eldora Ln, Missoula, MT 59803 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 3 OF BLOCK 2 OF LINDA VISTA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS AT PAGE 29. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-5. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $5,270.71 beginning July 1, 2015 through March 8, 2016; plus interest due of $2,812.55; plus escrow payment of $4,467.96; less suspense balance of $1,296.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. 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, to wit: $189,838.39 with interest thereon at the rate of 2.00000 percent per annum beginning June 1, 2015; plus late charges of $538.90; plus escrow advance of $2,988.34; plus property inspection fee of $228.75; plus title search of $642.25; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $1,919.00; plus other costs of $96.58; less suspense credit of $1,296.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the abovedescribed property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obli-

gation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: March 2, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 10, 2016, at 11:00 AM 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 3 OF 44 RANCH, PHASES 1 AND 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. ALYSON M FORNEY, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California corporation, its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on February 23, 2011, and recorded on February 24, 2011 as Book 874 Page 524 Document No. 201103509. The beneficial interest is currently held by CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,012.69, beginning August 1, 2015, 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 9, 2015 is $243,987.12 principal, interest at the rate of 4.75000% totaling $5,794.68, escrow advances of $3,029.32, and other fees and expenses advanced of $199.01, plus accruing interest, 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, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana corporation Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 23 day of December, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana corporation, 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/ Amy Gough Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 6-9-2021 Carrington VS FORNEY 100741-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 17, 2016, at 11:00 AM 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: Land Situated in the City of Lolo in the County of Missoula in the State of MT LOT 21 IN BLOCK 6 OF WEST VIEW ADDITION NO.3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS AT PAGE

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JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s "Completing the Circle"--one letter update at a time.

by Matt Jones

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PUBLIC NOTICES 68, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Kimberlee J. Houghton and Scott R. Houghton, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on November 21, 2013, and recorded on December 2, 2013 as Book 922 Page 1180 Document No. 201323214. The beneficial interest is currently held by Quicken Loans Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,098.62, beginning January 1, 2015, 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 January 1, 2016 is $219,556.96 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25000% totaling $10,108.80, late charges in the amount of $351.52, escrow advances of $4,353.33, and expenses advanced of $1,797.90, plus accruing interest, 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

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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: January 7, 2016 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 7 day of January, 2016 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Quicken vs. Houghton 100557-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 2, 2016, at 11:00 AM 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 6H OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1863, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Verlene Dolly Stewart, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on December 18, 2007, and recorded on December 24, 2007 as Book 810 Page 1112 Document No. 200732784. The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,966.53, beginning August 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 30, 2015 is $291,000.57 principal, interest at the rate of 6.00000% totaling $7,207.24, late charges in

MNAXLP the amount of $393.32, escrow advances of $1,068.45, and other fees and expenses advanced of $149.34, plus accruing interest, 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 18, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 18 day of December, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me

that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Nationstar vs Verlene Dolly STEWART 100682-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 20, 2016, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 3 OF NIGHTINGALE ESTATES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. MICHAEL A KANE and Amy M Kane , as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, Attorney, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as a nominee for Bank of America, N.A., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on August 26, 2009, and recorded on September 14, 2009 as Book 847 Page 413 Document No. 200922367. The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. First American Title Company of Montana Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,500.94, beginning September 1, 2015, 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 8, 2015 is $242,767.08 principal, interest at the rate of 5.37500% totaling $5,437.00, late charges in the amount of $360.24, escrow advances of $1,282.60, and other fees and expenses advanced of $291.01, plus accruing interest, 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: January 7, 2016 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 7 day of January, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana Inc. , Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Nationstar vs KANE 100735-1

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 69, 136, 139, 168, 178, 218, 214, 400, 407, & 613. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, March 28th, 2016 All auction units will only be shown each day at 3:00 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 MAISEY•

Maisey is a 3-year-old female mix-breed dog. She is a young, energetic girl that is eager to please and ready to play. She would love an active family that will give her lots of play time in the yard. She is always so excited to see people and spins in circles when she thinks she's going to get attention. Maisey is extremely smart and wants very much to learn new tricks and commands to keep her active brain busy.

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FRANKIE•Frankie is a 4-year-old male

Dachshund/Terrier mix. Frankie's favorite activities include running full speed and launching himself into your arms, kissing your face, and hanging out in your lap. Frankie is the type of dog that will form a fast and firm bond with his immediate circle of people and then be a pintsized "guard dog" around any newcomers.

BOWSER• Bowser is a 2-year-old male mixed-breed dog. He is very timid around new people, and his immediate reaction when frightened is to lay as flat on the floor as possible or hold tight to the leg of someone he knows and trusts. This poor boy was never given a lot of opportunity to socialize with new people or places as a puppy. Once he knows you, Bowser would prefer nothing else than to stick right by your side.

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MATTEO•Matteo is a 1 1/2-year -old male long-haired Orange Tabby cat. He is a sweet and snuggly young man who is quick to purr and wants nothing more than to be snuggled. His previous home did not provide him with very routine maintenance. Matteo has a very sweet disposition, and would make a great addition to any family. ELEONORA•Eleonora is a 6-year-old female black cat. She acts like a cranky old lady most of the time and doesn't seem too keen on other cats or dogs in her space, but that could also be due to the confinement of a room full of shelter cats. Eleonora pretends to dislike any kind of attention from people, but that facade quickly melts away when you bring out a brush or pet her just the right way. RUDY• Rudy is a 5-year-old male black cat. He is a true heavyweight champion at the shelter, weighing in at 20 lbs. Rudy comes across as a big, lazy couch potato, but all he wants in life is to find the most comfy place to snuggle. Despite his size, he gets around quite well. He's a staff favorite because of the adorable way he cries when he wants attention.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 PENNY• Teeny, tiny Penny is a dainty Miniature Pinscher with a true love of cuddling and friendly people, once she gets to know them. This 9-month-old lady resembles a lilliputian fawn with wounded limb -- that's because she somehow broke her left front leg and is now receiving treatment to improve her stride. If you're looking for a cuddle buddy in your life, please

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TASHI & SCRATCH• Tashi & Scratch go together like Yin and Yang. The members of this bonded pair are on opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of color and gender, but the two share a mutual joy of people, treats and cat naps. If these felines sound like a good match for you, please visit them from 1 to 6 p.m., Tuesday - Friday, or noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

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NALA•Our new friend, Nala, is an adorable bundle of energy in search of a forever parent who will give her the daily exercise and love she hungers for. This 8-month-old Pit Bull pup loves being inside, outside and above all, with people. If this pretty lady sounds like a possible match, visit her today at 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.

BLINKY• Blinky is a handsome, active and independent meow-maker searching for a forever home where he'll be free to cat around. This vocal boy enjoys going outdoors, as well as snoozing on his people's bed. Vaccinated, neutered and Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 microchipped, he's ready to go home today!

ZIPPER•Zipper is a typical Jack Russell Terrier, a cute little guy bursting with energy and intelligence. He is hoping to find a person with a comparable energy level who can provide him with the active lifestyle he needs. Playing with other dogs is a favorite activity for this fur person too! Visit the Humane Society Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 6 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

CHESTER• This gregarious fellow came to us as a stray and is now ready for his home! Chester is friendly, likes to have long conversations, and will do almost anything for a piece of kitty kibble. He has stolen the hearts of staff members already, and is now looking for a family to give him theirs.

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RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $695 Southside, newer 4-Plex, wood laminate flooring, W/D hookups W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

REAL ESTATE 1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $635$750, near Good Food Store, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT PAID. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333 108 W. Broadway #2. Studio/1 bath, completely remodeled, DW, W/D, urban chic design in downtown Missoula. $1100 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1213 Cleveland St. “E”. 1 bed/1 bath, central location, heat paid, shared W/D $650. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 1324 S. 2nd Street West “C”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, W/D, DW, single garage. $1050. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

2 bed, 1 bath, $650, N. Russell, coin-op laundry, storage and offstreet parking, HEAT PAID. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, $825, off W. Railroad, DW, W/D in unit, storage & carport parking. S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2306 Hillview Ct. #3. 2 bed/1 bath, South Hills, W/D hookups, storage. $650. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 425 Crosby: 1 Bedroom, 2nd floor, on-site laundry, central, cat OK $685. Garden City Property Management 549-6106 509 S. 5th Street East #1. 1 bed/1 bath, 3 blocks from University, coin-ops, off-street parking, all utilities included $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Studio-1-2 bed, 1 bath, $550$850, S. Russell area, D/W,

A/C, coin op laundry, balcony, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

MOBILE HOMES

paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $825, Broadway & Russell area, D/W, A/C, coin op laundry, balcony, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $460/month. 406-273-6034

828 Monroe Street. 2 bed/1 bath, Rattlesnake, single garage, fenced yard, W/D, DW, $1075. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

Lolo, nice park. Lot for single wide 16x80. Water, sewer and garbage paid. No dogs. $280/mo. 406-273-6034

Professional Property Management. Find Yourself at Home in the Missoula Rental Market with PPM. 1511 S Russell • (406) 721-8990 • www.professionalproperty.com

DUPLEXES 1914 S. 14th St. West “B”. Studio/1 bath, newer unit, double garage, W/D, A/C $675. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 1920 S. 14th St. West “C”. Studio/1 bath, central location, double garage, W/D, A/C $675. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

RENTALS OUT OF TOWN

6415 Mormon Creek Rd. Studio/1 bath, Lolo, all utilities paid. $500. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOMES FOR SALE

Hilliard, Ink Realty Group, 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

12 Contour. Contemporary Rattlesnake home with mother-inlaw suite, 2 car garage and fantastic views of the Missoula Valley. $740,000. Shannon

2 Bdr, 1 Bath, North Missoula home. $165,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

FIDELITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 7000 Uncle Robert Ln #7

251-4707

3.52ac $259/month Boulder, MT- 2.12ac $391/month Absarokee, MT21.3ac $203/month Red Lodge, MTMore properties online. Justin Joyner Steel Horse RE www.ownerfinancemt.com 406-539-1420

Uncle Robert Lane 2 Bed Apt. $760/month fidelityproperty.com

2 bed, 1 bath, $650, near Southgate Mall, DW, W/D hookups, storage and off-street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 321 W. Spruce St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, recently remodeled upper unit, near downtown with deck overlooking the back yard. $1000. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOUSES 1 bedroom, 1 bath House, $695, near Higgins & South, private yard area/parking in alley. S/G

GardenCity Property Management 422 Madison • 549-6106 For available rentals: www.gcpm-mt.com

No Initial Application Fee Residential Rentals Professional Office & Retail Leasing Since 1971

www.gatewestrentals.com

Grizzly Property Management, Inc. "Let us tend your den" Since 1995, where tenants and landlords call home.

2205 South Avenue West 542-2060• grizzlypm.com

Finalist

MHA Management manages 7 properties throughout Missoula. Earn CE credits through our Continuing Education Courses for Property Management & Real Estate Licensees westernmontana.narpm.org

[C10] Missoula Independent • March 24–March 31, 2016

2523 Rattlesnake Dr $425,000

All properties are part of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. The Missoula Housing Authority complies with the Fair Housing Act and offers Reasonable Accommodations to persons with Disabilities.

1235 34th St. • Missoula (406) 549-4113 missoulahousing.org

Charming 1930’s 2 story bungalow on over 1/2 acre with gardens and park-like setting. 3 beds, 2 baths. Large country kitchen with island & cork flooring. Wood floors, coved ceiling, fireplace & screened-in back porch. MLS #20161256 For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

www.rochelleglasgow.com

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

REAL ESTATE 2 Kasota. 4 bed, 2 bath with updated kitchen, finished basement & single attached garage. $244,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 2 River Road homes on 2.24 acres. $400,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2004 Silver Tips Cluster. 5 bed on 1/2 acre in Circle H Ranch gated community. $675,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com 2523 Rattlesnake. 3 bed, 2 bath 1930’s bungalow with large country kitchen & wood floors. $425,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 3 Bdr, 1 Bath, Downtown Missoula home. $295,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 360 Stone Street. 5 bed, 4 bath ranch style on 3 acres. Additional 2.52 and 6.49 acre parcels also available. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor @gmail.com

Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Fairviews Home 107 Ironwood Place. Beautiful home with delicious views on a quiet cul-desac located in the Fairviews area. Roomy 3 bed 2.5 bath with 2910 sq. ft. of living space and a over-sized garage. $309,500. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Fidelity Management Services, Inc. • 7000 Uncle Robert Lane #7, Missoula • 406-251-4707. Visit our website at fidelityproperty.com. Serving Missoula area residential properties since 1981. Lewis & Clark Neighborhood 631 Pattee Creek, Beautiful Lewis and Clark home close to the University, bike trails and Downtown. Over 3300 sq ft of living space-so much house for the price! $299,500 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

442 Kensington. Very cute, updated 1 bed, 2 bath with single garage. $232.900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group 7288270. glasgow@montana.com

Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Building comfortable energy efficient craftsman homes with radiant floor heat. 406369-0940 OR 406-6426863. Facebook/Natural House builders,inc. Solar Active House. www.faswall.com. www.naturalhousebuilder.net

4Bdr, 4 Bath Wye area home 2.3 acres. $469,000. BHHSMT

We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service

senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com

CONDOS 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park / Slant Streets Condo. $225,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Uptown Flats #301. Large 1 bed, 1 bath plus bonus room with all the amenities. $210,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor @gmail.com

LAND FOR SALE 2003 Lil Diamond Cluster. Beautiful .58 acre lot in Circle H

Ranch gated community. $94,900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon

Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16 Located next to Burns Street Bistro, this is a beautiful space to call home. With over 1200 sq ft this home lets you spread out and relax. $158,000 KD 240-5227 or Sarah 3703995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $154,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

missoulanews.com • March 24–March 31, 2016 [C11]

REAL ESTATE

COMMERCIAL 3106 West Broadway. 20,000 sq.ft. lot with 6568 sq.ft. building with office, retail & warehouse space. Zoned M1-2. $810,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com

OUT OF TOWN

East Missoula 970 Discovery- East Missoula. Bright welldesigned 3 bed home located on the East side of Mt Jumbo close to trails, the University and Downtown. $185,000. KD 406240-5227 porticorealestate.com Six Mile Huson 17430 Six Mile Road, Huson. Stunning property with beautiful land and views. 3 bed, 1.5 bath early 1900’s well maintained farmhouse. Yard features a massive raspberry patch and

many fruit trees! $235,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

312 RIDGEWAY, LOLO $210,000 Just Listed! 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Features include huge yard, spectacular views, lots of updates, master suite with jetted tub, remodeled kitchen, walk-out lower level, and more!

MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL EQUITY LOANS ON NONOWNER OCCUPIED MONTANA REAL ESTATE. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit

1476 Eastside Highway, Corvallis. Lovely 3 bed, 2 bath with barn & greenhouse on 7 fenced acres. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 178 Huckleberry, Florence. High-end 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.59 acres near Bitterroot River. $419,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $200,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown home. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Florence home on 4.85 acres. $285,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath home on 20 acres on Petty Creek. $450,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

[C12] Missoula Independent • March 24–March 31, 2016

FOR SALE • $810,000 Building & Land Only 6568 sf Building / 20,000 sf land Offices and Warehouse

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)

Properties2000.com

Matt Rosbarsky 360-9023 512 E. Broadway