Missoula Independent

DECADES OF ABUSE BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH RESULTED IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS AND THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, BUT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN MONEY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR SURVIVORS.

by Jimmy Tobias

INSIDE

HOMESTEADER 2014: YOUR GUIDE TO RENTING, BUYING AND LIVING GREEN IN THE GARDEN CITY

GREAT FALLS HOSPITAL CASSETTE TAPES MAKE AN RACE MIRED IN NEWS NEWS SHERIFF’S MUSIC MERGER HOLDS LESSONS UNEXPECTED COMEBACK MESSY OFFICE POLITICS

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DECADES OF ABUSE BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH RESULTED IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS AND THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA, BUT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN MONEY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR SURVIVORS.

by Jimmy Tobias

INSIDE

HOMESTEADER 2014: YOUR GUIDE TO RENTING, BUYING AND LIVING GREEN IN THE GARDEN CITY

GREAT FALLS HOSPITAL CASSETTE TAPES MAKE AN RACE MIRED IN NEWS NEWS SHERIFF’S MUSIC MERGER HOLDS LESSONS UNEXPECTED COMEBACK MESSY OFFICE POLITICS

[2] Missoula Independent • March 27–April 3, 2014

News Voices/Letters Trapping, energy and comix..............................................................4 The Week in Review Curling, health care and the Foresters’ Ball..............................6 Briefs Superfund cleanup, trees and coffee ...................................................................6 Etc. We’re number one! ..................................................................................................7 News How hospital mergers historically impact patients ..............................................8 News Inter-office upheaval colors Missoula County sheriff ’s race.................................9 Opinion Let’s not bring Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon.............................................10 Feature Catholic Church abuse victims look for more than just money .....................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts The return of the cassette tape..............................................................................18 Music Tacos, Warning! Danger, Total Combined Weight, Juveniles and the Dexter Payne Quartet .......................................................................19 Books Janisse Ray’s Seed Underground digs deep ......................................................20 Arts Murder mystery makes for different type of exhibit .............................................21 Film Falcon Song soars on 1980s-style wings...............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................23 Flash in the Pan The mayo of record ..........................................................................24 Happiest Hour Lenten fish fry at Walking Moustache.................................................26 8 Days a Week Deep in prayer.....................................................................................27 Mountain High Dummy Derby....................................................................................33 Agenda Brain Injury Alliance........................................................................................34

Exclusives

Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover .................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-11

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missoulanews.com • March 27–April 3, 2014 [3]

[voices]

Charged up

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, March 25, near the corner of Higgins and Spruce.

When was the last time you made a mixtape and who was it for?

Follow-up:If you are making the ultimate mixtape, what’s the first song?

Bob Anderson: I made a lot for girlfriends back in the day … but the last one was probably for my brother. It was always music I didn’t think he would know but would like. Country mix: It would have to be “Freeborn Man” by Junior Brown. Not because it’s my favorite song but because it’s a good opener in a mix. Have you seen High Fidelity lately?

Saara Snow: I think it was back in 2004 and I was recording pop and indie music from the radio for my friend Celena for her birthday. Dance mix: It would have to be “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads. Every time I hear that song it makes me wanna dance and puts me in a good mood.

Jaymi White Newman: Probably for my sister back in ’94. The Grateful Dead, Phish, Van Morrison … just my favorite songs to share with her. Driving mix: M. Ward’s “Post-War.” It’s like the sexiest song you’ve ever heard. I play it for people in my car.

Avril Stevenson: Last time I made a mixtape was for my friend Jonsie about 10 years ago. We even used to make cover art for the cases. The last one I made was a photo of recycled pop cans.

Krazy mix: It would be the Pixies song “Where Is My Mind?”

Ty Nuno: I made one for my buddy Pete Barberio. It was old R&B and ’60s soul and blues music and some Cajun. I made it about a month ago. Love mix: “Rhymes” by Al Green. It’s super funky and Al Green is the man.

[4] Missoula Independent • March 27–April 3, 2014

This month Montana lawmakers will continue working on an important study about the future of renewable energy in Montana. The Legislature’s Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee has spent the last year analyzing the impact that our renewable energy standard has had on Montana’s economy, electricity bills and environment. As long as they play by the rules, they will discover what we already know to be true—renewable energy has been a good deal for Montana ratepayers.

Montana enacted a renewable energy standard in 2005, requiring public utilities to add new renewable energy sources into their electricity portfolio. Today, the utilities are on track to meet those benchmarks while acquiring energy that is actually cheaper than traditional fossil fuel sources.

The renewable energy standard is good policy because it reduces risk to ratepayers and lowers our electricity costs.

In fact, new wind energy sources are one of the best deals for utilities. According to the Public Service Commission, wind energy from Judith Gap was significantly cheaper than sources from coal and even hydroelectric dams from 2009-11.

To the legislators studying the standard—help protect us from increasing electricity prices by developing more of Montana’s renewable resources, such as wind and solar. We all know that renewable energy has proven to be a good deal for Montana by diversifying our energy supply, creating new jobs across the state, cleaning up our air and boosting our tax base. Let’s do more in the coming years.

Ed Gulick Billings

Fuzzy headed John Bohlinger has given us yet another reason not to support him in his bid for the U.S. Senate, and that is his fuzzy headed thinking. It is indeed fuzzy headed to say that we have lost the right to choose our senator. I can’t help but wonder if Gov. Bullock had appointed him he would feel that our right to vote had been

taken away. The original Constitution provided that U.S. Senators were selected by our state Senate. In some cases, those seats were “bought.” Talk about taking away our right to vote for senators.

John Walsh has not yet been elected, and may not be elected. If Bohlinger were as interested in keeping a Democrat in the Senate as he is in being that Democrat, he would not be whining. He would be campaigning on substantive issues. I don’t know where Bohlinger gets the idea that Walsh’s appointment “is a blatant attack on the very foundation of our freedom—the democratic right to choose who shall represent us in our republic.” Perfectly ridiculous.

“John Walsh has not yet been elected, and may not be elected. If Bohlinger were as interested in keeping a Democrat in the Senate as he is in being that Democrat, he would not be whining.”

If you think John Bohlinger is the best candidate, by all means vote for him.

However, don’t be hoodwinked into thinking Walsh’s appointment has deprived you of that option.

For my part, I want to encourage voters to pay attention to what the candidates say, their ability to think clearly, their position on important issues, and then make an informed decision about who to vote for. Bullock had every right to appoint

whomever he wanted, and apparently did so. Nowhere is there any requirement that he solicit input from anyone. He even suggested that Sen. Reid “butt-out” when he asked for Walsh’s appointment. And, Bullock certainly didn’t take away our right to vote for a senator.

Jean Bowman Missoula

Callous comments In response to the trapping of yet another companion animal in Montana, this time an old pet, this is what a trapper in Montana posted on Trap Free Montana Public Land’s Facebook page: “im an avid trapper and all I can say is suck it up,why would u be so irresponsible to take your dog with you during an open season.....the only thing immoral here is your stupidity!!~!!”

A photo of the many trapped pets and the tragic reminder of the trapping death of beloved Cupcake in Missoula resulted in another Montana trapper posting, “Wonder what the fur price on Cupcake was.”

Less than 1 percent of Montanans are licensed trappers. They’re holding our public lands, one-third of Montana, hostage from the other 99 percent for safe, enjoyable recreational use—and they blame us, often callously.

Note trapping is legal year round in Montana, there is no “open season.” Love your pet? Trappers don’t think they should accompany you while you recreate on our public lands. Instead, leave those bird dogs, hound dogs, family pets, search and rescue dogs home. Best you leave your kids home then, too, and watch your step.

Traps don’t discriminate.

Support I-169 Trap Free Montana Public Lands for people, pets, wildlife and for Montana. Visit trapfreemt.org to signup to gather signatures and learn other ways to help get this on the ballot for all Montanans to decide.

KC York Chairman Trap Free Montana Public Lands Hamilton

[Comments from MissoulaNews.com] Backtalk from “Have a seat,” March 20

More tolerant

City Hall example

Scary situation

“If anyone lived downtown, they would see that it’s the same people (for the most part) that are ‘encroaching’ on these businesses. I’ve noticed the police seem to do their very best in keeping these people ‘moving on’—as much as they can … I don’t know what ‘law’ can be more enforced and I don’t think there’s really more that can be done. I think we all just have to learn to be a little more accepting, less judgmental and a lot more tolerant.”

Posted March 21 at 9:06 a.m.

“I ask anyone to look at the entrance to City Hall. There is a sign there that reads, ‘No smoking within 15 feet of building.’ Inevitably, whenever I have to go to City Hall, someone is there smoking a cigarette right in front of that sign. I ask this: Can you really expect a place that can’t even keep people from smoking at City Hall to be able to enforce this ridiculous ‘no sleeping’ rule?”

Posted March 24 at 12:07 p.m.

“I now carry a knife although it makes you want to buy a gun ... I have something to live for. I have a wife and two small children that frequent downtown MisSOULa. It gets SCARY! Right now as we speak I have empty syringes outside our back door, caught 2 people stealing and called the police twice in the last week alone.”

Posted March 24 at 4:50 p.m.

missoulanews.com • March 27–April 3, 2014 [5]

[news]

WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, March 19 Federal prosecutors recommend a life sentence for Jordan Graham, the newlywed who pleaded guilty to pushing her husband off of a cliff in Glacier National Park last year. Graham will be sentenced on March 27 in Missoula.

Thursday, March 20 School officials at Frenchtown Junior High evacuate 600 students after discovering a written bomb threat in a boys’ bathroom.

The student who allegedly authored the note is apprehended a few days later after making a second threat.

Friday, March 21 UM’s annual Foresters’ Ball sees a drop in ticket sales for the second year in a row as stricter alcohol policies at the famously raucous event deter some students from attending. Friday’s dance attracts 300 students, while 600 arrive on Saturday. In the past, as many as 1,700 people came each night.

Saturday, March 22 The Missoula Curling Club’s fourth annual tournament—the Zootown Bonspiel—wraps up at Glacier Ice Rink after a full night and day of sweeping, stone-throwing and beer-drinking. The Cactus Curlers of Phoenix, Ariz., claim first place among the eight competing teams.

Sunday, March 23 The University Center hosts the 23rd International Culture and Food Festival, where roughly 3,000 people sample a smattering of student-crafted cuisines from around the world like Japanese mochi and African ginger juice.

Monday, March 24 The Montana Public Service Commission announces a listening tour as it prepares to decide whether to let NorthWestern Energy spend $900 million to purchase 11 hydroelectric dams in the state. The PSC will be in Missoula on May 8 to hear from consumers, who could see their electricity rates increase by as much as 4 percent as a result of the deal.

Tuesday, March 25 The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, a nonprofit that promotes health care quality, issues a national report card that gives Montana an “F” when it comes to monitoring and promoting transparency in health provider pricing.

Ecologist Seth Pogue of the Wolf & Wildlife Action Group talks with supporters at a March 24 protest in Caras Park. The group called on Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to withdraw the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposal to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List.

Superfund

Community rallies for cleanup During impassioned deliberations this week about how best to decontaminate the Northside’s long-languishing White Pine and Sash Superfund site, the only advocate of a recently unveiled state-sanctioned remediation plan was a representative for the company responsible for the cleanup bill.

“The commercial cleanup standards that have been developed by (state regulators) will be protective of human health and the environment,” said Bryan Douglass, a local consulting engineer who represents Huttig Building Products, which is legally responsible for remediating the 43-acre property.

This week’s discussion before the Missoula City Council came in response to a long-awaited cleanup plan released by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in February. It also marked the latest chapter in a saga that dates back to 1920, when a company called White Pine and Sash launched a manufacturing operation on the property that used potentially carcinogenic chemicals to treat wood products.

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In 1994, the state found chemical compounds in the soil and groundwater and declared White Pine and Sash a Superfund site. Two years later, Huttig shuttered. It later sold pieces of the property to Zip Beverage and the Scott Street Partners investment group. The city of Missoula purchased 15.5 acres from Scott Street.

Since then, Northsiders have urged the DEQ to require the privately owned land be remediated to a residential standard, one more stringent than the agency’s commercial/industrial standard. Residents argued this week that branding the property as industrial will stunt the area’s ongoing revitalization.

“The Northside as a community is really galvanized right now about this,” said Grace Decker, who lives in the area.

Despite ongoing neighborhood advocacy, the DEQ in February recommended a commercial-grade decontamination. The agency estimates such a remediation will cost Huttig $7.9 million, contrasting the $21 million associated with a residential cleanup.

Douglass argued this week that, based on the parcel’s history, the DEQ’s recommendation to keep the property in commercial use makes sense. He said further that Hut-

[6] Missoula Independent • March 27–April 3, 2014

Coffee

Higher Ground closes Motorists heading north on Orange Street toward I90 have probably noticed the absence of the brown-andwhite coffee hut once located near the highway on-ramp.

Higher Ground Coffee Shop, where caffeine drinkers could buy “coffee for a cause,” closed earlier this month.

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tig has already removed contaminated soil, performed groundwater treatments and extracted potentially carcinogenic underground vapors. The company remains committed to working with DEQ to protect “human health and the environment,” he said.

Despite such assurances, the Missoula Water Quality Advisory Council and the Missoula City-County Board of Health oppose the DEQ’s preferred alternative. Similarly, the Missoula City Council voted unanimously after this week’s deliberations to adopt a formal resolution calling upon DEQ to reconsider its proposal.

DEQ is accepting public comment on the cleanup until April 14.

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[news] Its owner, Teen Challenge, a faith-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation program for women, decided to sell the shop to Florence Coffee on March 1. Jan Henderson, executive director of Teen Challenge in Montana, says the funds will go toward expanding services to more women and growing the size of the organization’s other business, the Teen Challenge Thrift Store.

“The last couple years we have just basically broke even and haven’t really been making any money off of it, so we decided that the best thing we could do would be to put our resources into the thrift store,” Henderson says. “It was a difficult decision because we all loved the coffee shop and it was pretty instrumental in vocational training.”

Teen Challenge used Higher Ground as a training opportunity for women recovering from addiction. Those who were preparing to graduate from rehab went to the shop to learn social skills and prepare for the workforce.

Amanda DeLong, 20, entered Teen Challenge as a 19-yearold with drug problems. She worked as a barista at Higher Ground for five months and says the experience helped her regain her confidence.

“All of us, before we go to Teen Challenge, we do drugs and so we don’t really know how to deal with regular people in society and we don’t trust people,” she says. “Working there helped me to learn that I can trust other people, and I can talk to them and I can be confident around them and no one is going to hate me for being who I am. It was a really good experience for me.”

DeLong, who now serves as an intern at Teen Challenge, says she will miss the coffee shop but trusts “God to open bigger doors if He’s closing this one.”

Jimmy Tobias

Jocko

Smells like tree spirit About a year ago, residents along the Jocko Canyon Road east of Arlee noticed red Xs on roughly 100 roadside ponderosa pines. Most of the trees were old—60 years to a century, give or take. When locals pressed the Lake County Commission for answers, they were told the trees would be removed.

What followed, says artist Leslie Millar, who has lived in the Jocko off and on since the early ’70s, was an evershifting list of reasons why. First the commission cited problems with snowplow operations. Then it was issues with degrading road quality. After a group of citizens pushed for a public meeting and a site tour with commissioners, it seemed the opposition had won.

“The understanding was that the issue was closed, and that in the improbable future when maybe they’re going to pave all the way from Arlee to Seeley Lake and put in shoulders and all this stuff … we would revisit it,” Millar says.

When new markers popped up on as many as 150 trees last week, the same residents balked. They sent emails and made phone calls, fearing the loss of the aesthetic appeal of their rural neighborhood without input, environmental review or justification. Commissioners made it clear that another meeting would not happen.

“We don’t intend to call and meet with all of them again,” says Commissioner Ann Brower. “The concerns that we have been emailed and called [about] are the same as they were before, so we are fully aware of their concerns.”

According to Brower, the reason for removing the trees “boils down to maintenance and safety issues” within the county right-of-way. The project was costly and not entirely urgent, she says, until last year’s Jocko Canyon Fire swept through the area. Had the county kept up with rightof-way maintenance in years past, she adds, “we could potentially have avoided the fire jumping the road.”

Residents aren’t sold on the latest reason, and ten-

sions nearly came to a head this week when logging equipment was spotted on the Jocko Canyon Road. Brower says the county reached an agreement with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ forestry department to include the trees in an ongoing salvage operation nearby.

CSKT Communications Director Robert McDonald confirms the agreement did initially exist. But when tribal officials were approached by residents on the road Monday and finally made aware of the “level of emotion” surrounding the trees, they promptly backed off. McDonald says the department has no intention to remove the roadside trees at this time.

Alex Sakariassen

Justice

Jailers sued again Colton Wilson doesn’t like to talk about the time he spent in prison. Too much of it was spent in “the hole,” as inmates call it, alone in a cell for 22-hour stretches.

Even among the general prison population, he says, “it

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was like a war zone.”

Wilson, 23, alleges in a lawsuit served to the Montana Department of Corrections this week that he should never have been sent to prison at all. In 2005, doctors diagnosed Wilson with bipolar and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Between 2005 and 2007, court records indicate that erratic and fearful behavior prompted Wilson’s family to hospitalize him repeatedly.

In 2007, Wilson, then 16, stabbed a man in the neck.

In exchange for pleading guilty to the crime, Wilson received a deferred sentence, contingent upon his completion of a 90-day DOC boot camp.

Prior to Wilson’s arrival at the Treasure State Correctional Training Center boot camp, he says doctors finally found a pharmaceutical combination that helped control his irrational behavior. The problem, as the lawsuit alleges, is guards did not provide Wilson with any of his medications for days after his arrival. “(It was) nothing short of a mental catastrophe disaster within my head,” he says.

Wilson’s worsening behavior prompted the boot camp to terminate him. He was then sent to prison to serve out a five-year term. According to the lawsuit, given Wilson’s “longstanding mental disorders,” Treasure State’s actions “constituted gross medical dereliction (and) reckless disregard for the well-being of the Plaintiff ...”

Wilson seeks damages and says he wants the DOC to change how it treats mentally ill inmates. “You can’t get away with doing this to people,” he says.

Wilson’s story is strikingly similar to that of several others collected by Disability Rights Montana during a year-long investigation into the state’s prison system. According to the investigatory findings released last month, DOC engages in “a pattern of deliberately withholding medication from prisoners with mental illness,” and refuses to diagnose prisoners as suffering from mental illness “despite clear evidence.”

If jailers don’t remedy what Disability Rights alleges are widespread constitutional violations, it is threatening to file suit to compel the DOC to fulfill legal mandates against employing cruel and unusual punishment.

As for Wilson, he was discharged from prison in June. He’s relieved to be out of jail, back on his medications and looking for work. “I made it,” he says.

Jessica Mayrer

ETC. We’re number one! We’re number one!

That’s pretty much what the Montana social media universe was chanting on loop last week.

The burst of online enthusiasm had nothing to do with collegiate sports, or our outdoor recreation opportunities, or the level of drinking on St. Paddy’s Day in Butte (well, maybe tangentially on that last one). No, Montana had simply been ranked the best state in the country for craft beer lovers by the financial services website The Motley Fool. But here in Big Sky Country, them’s the kind of props we cherish most.

That widely shared bit of news hinged on Montana scoring high in four categories: annual consumption per capita (41 gallons), breweries per 100,000 people (4.63), bars per 100,000 people (59.3), and beer excise taxes (a mere 14 cents per gallon). “You don’t have to move to Montana if you love beer,” The Motley Fool wrote. “But it might be worth your while to make a pilgrimage there sometime soon.”

Sooner seems better than later, given the bevy of new breweries slated to open in the Missoula area alone by midsummer. But a deeper read of The Motley Fool’s rankings shows that, while Montana does rank number one overall, there’s still ground to be gained.

The state only truly bested its 49 competitors in one column: bars per 100,000 people.

Wyoming, Wisconsin and Oregon still have us beat on excise taxes. North Dakota—perhaps thanks to a boost from the “Deadwood”-esque Bakken boom—topped the charts for annual consumption. And probably the most sensitive nerve of all, Vermont stole our thunder once again with the most breweries per capita.

Seriously, Vermont. Focus on maple syrup and leave the beer to us, please.

Thankfully, as great as those fleeting feelgood moments are, not everyone fell for Motley Fool’s ranking scheme. Growler Fills blogger Alan McCormick was quick to point out the bugs still floating in our beer, from the Montana Tavern Association’s push to quell the craft brewery boom to the fact that, last spring, the state legislature couldn’t pull together enough support to establish an interim committee to examine the issues still holding the industry back.

McCormick’s post was a much-needed reality check for those cheering perhaps a little too loudly. Yes, the beer is good and the brewfests many. But there are battles still being waged, and more Montana can do to make its new title really mean something.

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Costly care Great Falls hospital merger holds lessons for Missoula

by Jimmy Tobias

Community Medical Center, one of Missoula’s two nonprofit hospitals, is expected to announce soon a new partnership with a larger regional health care organization.

While officials cannot speak publicly about ongoing negotiations due to nondisclosure agreements, other health care providers have advocated strongly for a partnership with Providence Health & Services, owner of Missoula’s St. Patrick Hospital. Experts warn that a merger with St. Pat’s could result in major changes for Missoula patients.

“Mergers and acquisitions of hospitals nationwide, where they have been approved by the anti-trust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, have resulted in price increases in the United States in those markets,” says Larry White, a professor at the University of Montana and the former CEO of St. Patrick Hospital.

Bryce Ward, the associate director of UM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, puts it another way. “The big drawback is that when you create a monopolist, you’ve created a monopolist,” he says. “And monopolists have market power and they exercise that market power to raise prices.”

One of the most prominent Montana hospital mergers in recent years took place in 1996 in Great Falls when Montana Deaconess Medical Center and Columbus Hospital joined forces to become the nonprofit Benefis Healthcare, which later became Benefis Health System. The merger, which created a de facto health care monopoly in Great Falls, offers some insight into the possible future of medical service in Missoula should Community Medical Center and St. Pat’s combine.

During the first decade after the Benefis merger, the Montana Department of Justice tightly regulated the new hospital using a legal agreement known as a Certificate of Public Advantage, or COPA. The COPA allowed the Montana DOJ to “severely restrict the new entity, Benefis, from revenue increases that were outside of a fairly narrow window,” according to White.

White calls the state’s use of the COPA a “very unique” and “highly creative” solution to regulate the new hospital. He notes that the Federal Trade Commission, rather than state government, often provides oversight in such deals.

“The COPA was the first one I knew of in America,” he says. “... Benefis actually had some of the very lowest unit costs in the sate of Montana for various kinds of medical services.”

In 2007, however, the Montana Legislature, at Benefis’ urging, passed a law that effectively rescinded the hospital’s COPA agreement despite then-Attorney General Mike McGrath’s desire to keep the agreement in place. McGrath had argued in a 2006 Montana DOJ ruling that, though Benefis faced some competition from smaller health care providers like Central Montana Hospital and the Great Falls Clinic, “there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that increases in competition have eliminated the need for regulation over inhospital services.” The legislature’s action released Benefis from strict state oversight in 2009, and that’s when trouble began, according to the hospital’s critics.

Eric Schindler, CEO of the Montana School Services Foundation, a trust that provides health-benefit plans to 136 school districts in the state, appeared before the 2011 Montana Legislature to denounce a wave of cost increases initiated by Benefis after COPA was revoked.

“Since the COPA was rescinded the Great Falls Clinic is a shadow of its former self and there is no effective hospital competition to Benefis in the Great Falls market,” he said in his testimony. Schindler went on to argue that Benefis had increased costs for his organization’s members by 38 percent in the three years since the COPA bit the dust, calling the increase “monopolistic, predatory price behavior.”

There are other indications of how Benefis’ monopoly affected customers.

The annual Montana attorney general reports on state hospitals show prices rapidly rising at Benefis over the years. For example, in 2008 Benefis boasted the lowest unit costs among major hospitals in four of nine common medical services. Two years later, Benefis dropped to the middle of the pack and didn’t offer the most affordable service in any of the nine listed categories.

Specifically, the reports show that from 2008 to 2010 average prices at Benefis for esophagitis treatment increased from $6,564 to $9,230. A simple pneumonia procedure

jumped from $7,722 to $13,076. The average price of a vaginal birth rose from $3,475 to $4,832.

Karen Ogden, a spokeswoman for Benefis, confirms that prices have risen at the state’s second-largest hospital with 2,800 employees.

“Our prices have, of course, increased at Benefis since the COPA was revoked almost eight years ago. There was a price spike in 2008 because some of our charges were too low and were adjusted to be more in line with our peer hospitals,” she wrote in an email. “... However, on average, Benefis’ charges are 16 percent lower than our Montana peers for inpatient and outpatient care combined, according to the most recent data from the Montana Hospital Association.”

Ward, with UM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, says hospital mergers do offer some potential benefits, including a reduction of duplicated services and the efficiencies that come from economies of scale. These can lead to lower prices and higher quality, he says, but without regulation the benefits do not always trickle down to patients.

“Frequently what happens is you may find some cost savings [from mergers], but those cost savings basically go to the provider, they do not end up lowering the price,” he says. “... It is fine to create monopolies, but if you are going to create monopolies just in general, the standard advice would be they need to be monitored and/or regulated.”

In the case of the potential Missoula merger, White offers this outlook.

“I think the pattern around the United States is the only thing you can look at to try to come up with a prediction of what would happen in Missoula,” he says. “And I think it seems to indicate that the prices would go up.”

A decision about Community Medical Center’s future could be made as early as March 27, when the hospital’s board of directors next meets. In a letter to the community, Board Chair Scott Stearns and CEO Steve Carlson assured that their decision “must be made in the best interest of those that we serve, you.” jtobias@missoulanews.com

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“This has been super difficult,” McDermott says. “It has been very uncomfortable to work at the sheriff ’s office. Unfortunately, when it became known that I was going to

he is willing to confront any lingering problems afterwards if need be.

“Some of us might have had our differences, but we’re moving forward,” Clark says. “This is what you can expect from me, this is what I expect from you, and just move forward that way. I would address it and remind people we’re all on the same team, we’re all on the same page. We don’t always have to agree, but when we disagree, we’ll do it respectfully.”

For Parcell and McDermott, however, the healing process poses one of the most significant challenges for whoever steps in to fill Ibsen’s shoes. A third human rights complaint was filed against Ibsen, Clark and other officials last month by a female deputy in the department, and based on conversations with deputies, detention officers and civilian staff, McDermott says morale in the department “is low.” Both he and Parcell boast about being best suited to pull things back together.

Between Clark and McDermott at least, local support appears to be starkly divided. Clark comes endorsed by numerous senior officials from the department, including Ibsen and former photo by Cathrine L. Walters Undersheriff Mike Dominick. McDerThree current Missoula County Sheriff’s Office employees are vying to replace mott has the bipartisan backing of a host Carl Ibsen in the Democratic primary this June. Inter-office turmoil has become of politicians including Democratic state a prominent part of the campaign.

Rep. Ellie Hill and former Republican Carl Ibsen on the Democratic primary ticket run for sheriff, I immediately began suffering County Commissioner Barbara Evans. in June—a vote that, for lack of a Republican adverse employment actions which led to Mayor John Engen and county commission challenger, will effectively decide the next the filing of a human rights complaint. ... I Chairwoman Jean Curtiss serve as McDersheriff. And while his position away from the am limited on the things that I can say, but mott’s campaign co-chairs.

“I hold Detective McDermott in the county’s main population center may nor- it’s important for people to know that nummally seem like a hindrance, this year’s race ber one, the reason this human rights com- highest regard,” Engen wrote in endorsing is anything but normal. plaint was filed was because I simply wanted McDermott. “T.J. has the respect of both City and County law enforcement officers “Everything’s off kilter, and I hate the discrimination and retaliation to stop.” that,” Parcell says. “I’ve been in this outfit Undersheriff Josh Clark, who also and the experience, over his 18-year career, for 32 years and I want it to succeed and I threw his hat in the ring for sheriff at this to be a top law enforcement leader. Our citwant it to do the best it can for the citizens. month’s filing deadline, acknowledges that izens can’t ask for a better person to beRight now, we’re kind of off on tangents the department has hit some turbulence. come sheriff—I fully support his candidacy.”

Parcell, meanwhile, hasn’t garnered with these two factions, and I want to cor- People within the office choose sides, he rect that.” says, as is their right. But he chalks up the much in the way of local support. He lost Those inter-office “factions,” as Parcell temporary disruption to typical political his last Democratic primary bid in 2010 to Sheriff ’s Capt. Brad Giffin by fewer than calls them, formed over the past year in the gamesmanship. wake of a human rights complaint filed “I believe the turmoil is part of a cam- 1,000 votes, but isn’t necessarily concerned against Ibsen by Detective Sgt. T.J. McDer- paign strategy,” Clark says. “It’s a strong with a lack of recognition. “It’s not like I’m mott, another sheriff ’s race contender. Mc- campaign strategy to stir some of this stuff up in Siberia,” he says. Rather, he’s making Dermott says he’d been frozen out of up, but it’s also part of the everyday world political hay out of his detachment from the troubles in Missoula proper. promotions and transfers in response to his of politics. I understand that.”

“I think what you need is somebody intent to run in the 2014 election. Detective Clark feels the election itself will go a Jason Johnson, whom McDermott had long way in calming existing tensions. A outside of those factions coming in and sayidentified as his prospective undersheriff, majority of the staff are “hardworking, ing, ‘I’ve got this. Let’s get this worked out,’” also filed a complaint after he was removed honorable people,” he says. While there Parcell says. “They both can work for me. from his position as the department’s public are some challenges during campaigns, I’m not sure that they could work for each information officer. Johnson’s political dis- Clark believes the office will “go back to other. It’d be really tough.” crimination charge was affirmed by the just more of a normal working environasakariassen@missoulanews.com Montana Human Rights Bureau following ment once the election is over”—though For the past few weeks, Bob Parcell, Missoula County’s resident deputy in the Seeley-Swan, has been talking up the physical distance between his current jurisdiction and the office he’s hoping to lead.

Parcell is one of three current sheriff ’s office employees vying to replace the outgoing

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Last June I was lucky enough to join a raft trip through the Grand Canyon. The experience was extraordinary.

The river was a cold, clear green, the result of Glen Canyon Dam holding back its silt. A couple of days and 62 miles into our float, we arrived at a magical place known as the Confluence, where the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers meet, a place that’s been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

There, a sweep of layered, multi-colored stone steps away in mesas toward the canyon rim, 4,000 feet above us and less than a mile away. It is a view comparable to a cathedral’s brilliant red and blue windows.

But there are plans to “improve” it. We knew that up on the rim over our heads, a $120 million resort, Grand Canyon Escalade, is slated for construction by Confluence Partners LLC. The plans are ambitious, starting with a tramway to haul tourists down to the river. Once there, visitors would be able to stroll a third of a mile on an elevated riverwalk to a restaurant, amphitheater and seating area, directly overlooking the Little Colorado River.

Though the development group is not Navajo, the tribe controls the decision to allow this project. The land in question borders Grand Canyon National Park but is within the Bodaway/Gap Chapter of the Navajo Reservation. Bodaway/Gap chapter members initially opposed the development, but a vote count taken at a later, more contentious meeting reversed that decision. Meanwhile, all of the surrounding chapters, such as Coal Mine, Kaibeto, Tuba City and Cameron, have passed resolutions opposing the tramway and its associated tourist attractions.

What would this development seem like from inside the Grand Canyon? At Mile 62, several days into a river trip, it would be like

encountering Las Vegas-style entertainment and crowds of people. Developers say visitors need this choice because so many are unable to hike or ride a mule down to the river. They also argue that tourists these days are in a hurry and need the convenience and speed of flying to the reservation, and then riding a tram down to the river and back.

Developers have not spelled out the tribe’s share of the profits if the deal goes through. It has been reported, however, that

“I looked up at the towering walls above the Confluence and hoped that what I experienced— unspoiled beauty, silence—would remain forever.” the Navajo Nation will be required to contribute $60 million upfront to build a road and the infrastructure needed to bring electricity and water to the rim.

Who opposes this scheme? Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent David Uberuaga has gone on record as an opponent, citing resource degradation from the

construction and tourist traffic afterward.

Yet, there is nothing the Park Service can do to prevent it; the casino and theme park would be built outside park borders.

Opponents within the reservation may have some clout, however. The Navajo families known as “the Fams,” who own grazing rights on the rim overlooking the confluence, are opposed to the tramway development. The Fams have formed Save the Confluence, an organization that warns that a “fragile ecosystem is at stake as well as the traditional lifestyle of current residents.”

Additional opposition has emerged from the Navajos’ closest neighbor, the Hopi Tribe. In a unanimous council resolution, the Hopis stated that they will sue the Navajo Nation for desecration of a sacred site if the proposal moves forward.

Many environmental groups are opposed as well. Tom Martin, co-director of River Runners for Wilderness, says, “This is sacred ground to all of us on this planet, and we are following the lead of those Native Americans who seek a tramway-free canyon as a way to earn a living in this region based on preserving the sacredness of the land.”

Last summer, as we got back on our boats and headed downriver, I looked up at the towering walls above the Confluence and hoped that what I experienced—unspoiled beauty, silence—would remain forever, untarnished by anybody’s notion of a Vegas-style theme park. Theodore Roosevelt expressed it best 111 years ago: “Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is.

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Carolyn Hopper is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She is a freelance photographer and writer in Bozeman.

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SCIENCE SCHMIENCE - Christian minister Ken Ham’s goal of building a replica of Noah’s Ark in the Kentucky hills stalled for lack of money until Ham (no relation to Noah’s son) engaged in a debate on evolution with PBS “Science Guy” Bill Nye. Ham’s Answers in Genesis ministry and the Creation Museum received widespread media attention during the debate, which pitted science against the Bible’s explanation of the origins of the universe. Ham said that a flood of donations would allow construction of the Ark Encounter to begin in May and open to the public in summer 2016. (Associated Press) COMMERCIALIZED AIRSPACE - A car dealership in Houston, Texas, hired a drone to film its latest commercial. “It’s a good technique for getting shots that you normally wouldn’t be able to get for advertising purposes, because you get a different perspective,” Don Ruguleiski, Internet-digital marketing director for Mac Haik Chevrolet, said. “It’s tough to get a boom out here with a camera on it.” The lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle with six propellers is operated by JAM Aviation. “You know, people used to be scared of it,” owner Don Hirsch explained. “Now they’re saying, ‘Hey, that looks like a UFO. Hey, that looks like a really cool piece of equipment.” (Houston’s KHOU-TV) After a federal judge ruled that the Federal Aviation Administration has no jurisdiction over small drones, a Michigan florist resumed using unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver flowers. The FAA ordered Wesley Berry Flowers in Commerce Township to stop testing drone delivery, but federal administrative law judge Patrick Geraghty declared that according to the FAA’s argument for regulating drones, “a flight in the air of a paper airplane or a toy balsa wood glider could subject the operator” to FAA penalties. “The next step for us,” Berry said, “is more testing.” (Detroit’s WWJ-TV)

SKULDUGGERY - Authorities accused David Charles, 21, of breaking into the Indiana Medical History Museum numerous times last year and stealing human brain tissue, then selling it on eBay. A San Diego man who bought six jars of the brain tissue for $600, plus $70 shipping, called the museum after noticing labels on the containers. After Indianapolis police investigators set up a sting to nab Charles, the museum’s executive director, Mary Ellen Hennessey Nottage, said the stolen material had been returned and that she had spoken to the San Diego man. “He just said he liked to collect odd things,” she explained. (The Indianapolis Star)

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HIDEY-HOLE - Sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of a shooting in Jefferson Parish, La., found Akili Bailey, 20, with gunshot wounds to his buttock, leg and foot. When paramedics tried to help Bailey, he refused to get up and appeared to be “clenching his buttocks together,” according to the police report. Authorities attributed his behavior to his injury, but a doctor who treated Bailey at the hospital retrieved a small bag containing 2.5 grams of cocaine from his buttocks. (New Orleans’s The Times-Picayune) EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG - A textbook used by more than 50,000 students in India’s Gujarat state contains more than 120 factual, spelling and grammatical mistakes, including that “Japan dropped a nuclear bomb on the U.S. during World War II.” The Gujarat government hasn’t withdrawn the books but did “set up a two-member committee to look into these errors and make changes immediately,” according to State Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama. (BBC News)

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n a wall in the St. Ignatius Mission, amid periwinkle panels and gold-colored trim, a large mural depicts a pit of fire packed to the brim with agonized faces paying for their sins. Many of those faces are Native American, their brown complexion framed by black braids, surrounded by fire and brimstone.

“When we were bad, the nuns would bring us to that picture and say, ‘This is where you are going to go.’ And for me, I would just have nightmares. I believed it,” says SuSan Lefthand Dowdall, a member of the Kootenai tribe who attended boarding school at the St. Ignatius Mission for a year and a half as a small child. “So when the incident happened at the powwow grounds, I knew that—I hurt so bad that— you know, my starting to be in hell was starting that day.”

Dowdall’s hell began one early summer morning in 1963 when school was out and Arlee’s annual Fourth of July powwow was about to begin. She was a petite 5-year-old with chubby cheeks and a wide smile. Her parents left her and a little sister at their grandparent’s home while they partied at the powwow’s beer garden. The next morning, realizing that her mom and dad had not returned, Dowdall and her sister headed to the gathering.

“Sure enough we saw our car parked right there near the beer garden, and

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there were a few people passed out on the ground,” Dowdall says. “When we got closer, we saw our mom was passed out on this side, and my dad was on that side, and Father Robinson was on the left side of him.”

Dowdall says she rustled around in her mother’s purse until she found the car keys. She gave her sister some money and sent her toward the concession stands to get a snack and play stick games with the other kids. In the meantime, she says Father Edmund Robinson, a priest at St. Ignatius Mission, woke up and walked toward the beer garden to use the bathroom.

“When he got through he kind of turned and started walking and he called me. So I ran over there. I wasn’t afraid of him,” Dowdall says. “And he just patted my hair, told me what a nice little girl I was, a pretty girl. The next thing, he picked me up and pulled my pants and panties down, and, um, he started inserting me from behind with his fingers—like this.”

Dowdall makes a rough thrusting motion with her fingers. “And the next thing, um, he just unbuttoned his pants, unzipped them, and kept me like that, and he raped me.”

Dowdall’s eyes turn glassy as she speaks. She is sitting in the Kwataqnuk Casino in Polson as she tells her story,

pausing for the loud groups of tourists who occasionally pass through the hallway. She is whispering.

“I kept trying to get away, and I was trying to holler, and he just kept shushing me, and finally when he was done he just set me down and he told me ‘pull your pants back up,’” Dowdall says, her hands stacked on top of each other, her feet crossed. “And I was running towards my mom and dad and I was pulling them up and I was so scared.”

She tells how her stomach swelled up from inflammation after the rape, how bad it hurt. She says she’s never been able to carry a full term pregnancy and she’s had multiple miscarriages in the years since Father Robinson violated her.

After the rape, she locked herself in her parents’ car. She says the priest stood outside, in plain view.

“I looked over the there and he was licking his fingers and smelling his fingers,” she says. “And I just laid down, and I just kept thinking, you know, am I going to get a spanking for this? What did I do?

And I just knew that I was going to go to hell.”

Dowdall, now 56 and married with an adopted son, was raped more than half a century ago. Silence was her go-to strategy for many years. She thought no one would believe her because the rapist was a priest.

She suffered through abusive relation-

ships and says she attempted suicide on more than one occasion.

But in 2011, Dowdall finally found the courage to come forward. With the support of her sister, who was also preyed upon by Catholic clergy, SuSan joined a class-action lawsuit against the Diocese of Helena. Earlier that year sex abuse survivors had won a massive lawsuit against the Oregon Province of Jesuits and plaintiffs attorneys were preparing to file suit against the Ursuline Sisters of the Western Province as well.

These three organizations—an order of nuns, an order of priests and the local Catholic governing body—are responsible for the searing history of child rape, molestation, beating and verbal abuse that took place at the St. Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation for much of the 20th century.

What happened at St. Ignatius was no anomaly. It was one stop on a twisted circuit of Catholic churches and schools across the Northwest that harbored pedophiles and enabled systematic sexual abuse of Native American children. In churches off the reservations, non-Native children were raped as well.

“We’ve tracked these pedophile priests and they were at St. Mary’s, at Sacred Heart, at St. Paul’s, at St. Ignatius and more,” says Ken Bear Chief, a paralegal who helps organize Native American sur-

vivors of clergy sex abuse. “Priests like Father Ferretti, Father Duffy, Father Brown, Father Balfe, and I could name more, they were circulated around and so whenever they went to these various reservation mission schools they abused children where they were. Then they would send them to the next place and they would do the same thing again.”

Bear Chief, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe, sees the network of reservation mission schools as a not-so-secret dumping ground for problem priests and child predators. The schools were rural and isolated. The Native American children were voiceless and their parents were powerless in the face of the almighty Church. He says the priests and nuns liked to target kids who came from big, broken families.

“What we see is that church officials tend to put predators into situations where they are less likely to be caught and prosecuted, where children have fewer resources, less access to law enforcement, fewer people watching,” says Barbara Dorris, outreach director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. “So we do see a pattern. … Ultimately it is a great situation for a predator.”

No one knows how many Kootenai and Salish children were raped at St. Ignatius. By the time the survivors of clergy sex abuse in these cases came forward, the criminal statute of limitations had long passed and many of the perpetrators were already dead. None of the Catholic clergy have been charged with a criminal offense, but all credibly accused Jesuit priests have been publicly named on the order’s website. The Dioces of Helena has agreed to post a similar list and Bishop George Leo Thomas stated, “I give the benefit of the doubt to the accuser.”

Though hundreds of survivors across the Northwest have come forward to take part in the lawsuits against the Jesuits, the Ursulines and the Diocese of Helena, there are many more who stay silent. The men and women who have spoken out say they only do so after a long internal struggle.

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utside Ronan, a bright white FEMA trailer blends into the thick snow that came down the previous evening. Inside, Garry “Bear” Salois and Francis “Franny” Burke Sr. sit together reminiscing, reflecting and comforting each other as they’ve done for decades. In slow speech, interrupted by sobs, laughs and angry outbursts, they describe their own private hell. In the 1950s and ’60s they were both students at the Ursuline Academy, the boarding school at the St. Ignatius Mission.

The shame and anger, the bad dreams and lost innocence are difficult to handle, says Salois, a member of the Salish tribe.

Coping mechanisms are crucial. “If you can’t kind of make some sick humor to yourself you would go nuts,” he says, and then he turns with a big grin to Burke.

“Hello you old nun muncher!” For a moment, everyone laughs.

Salois is a big man with a long white beard who at 62 years old relies on a walker to get around. He says the abuse started two weeks after he arrived at school as a “cute, skinny, redheaded” 5-year-old in 1956. His tormentors were many, but Mother Loyola, a large and violent German nun who ran the boys’ dorm, was one of the worst. The kids thought she was a Nazi war criminal on the lam. At night, she would come into the boys’ sleeping quarters and, like a monster out of a horror flick, pluck children from their beds.

“When she would come out of her room at night, I would say this prayer: ‘Oh please God, don’t let it be me. Please don’t let it be me.’ And sure enough God never answered me one goddamn time,” Salois says, his eyes closed and his lips contorted in an angry grimace.

As Salois describes what Mother Loyola made him do to her with his hands, Burke weeps quietly from the adjacent couch. “Guys got little hands, boy ...,” Salois says, holding up a hand now tattooed across the knuckles with the word “LOVE.” “And I’d go back to bed and pee my bed and hope to God … You’d pray to God every time she’d open your door, ‘please don’t let it be me.’”

Salois’ other hand is inked with the word “HATE.” Burke has a harder time describing what happened at the mission school.

Though he has been one of the most outspoken plaintiffs in the lawsuits against the Catholic Church, he struggles to discuss the details of the two years he spent at the school in the late 1950s.

“It started, for me, it started with the priests over at the church. We’d have to get up at six o’clock in the morning to serve mass, you know, and we would have to go over to the big church every Sunday and it happened over there,” Burke says. “People want to know the details now and that is really hard to talk about. You know, it’s, I just don’t feel …”

Burke says the boys were forced to strip down naked before donning their altar boy attire, and the priest, with his pants down and an erection in plain view, would watch.

Salois describes the actions of a particularly notorious perpetrator.

“Brother Charlie was a sneaky son of a bitch. He would call you over there and he would tell you ghost stories, and he would start smoking a cigar and give you a smoke. And then that old cassock would come up and your pants would go down and old Brother Charlie would sit there ...” Salois says, making a repeated thrusting motion with his pelvis.

Burke lights a cigarette and looks at the floor.

“They were raping us and using us for their sexual, like, their playthings…,” Burke says. “When you got raped, you’d think to yourself: ‘Oh Jesus, this is so embarrassing, humiliating, man. It was just, I dunno, man. Suicide would come into your head and everything else, just to get out of there, you know? What could you do, you know? There was nothing you could do.’”

SuSan Lefthand Dowdall displays a piece of her Ursuline Academy uniform as evidence of how small she was when she was raped by a priest in 1963.

Garry “Bear” Salois, Ken Bear Chief and Francis “Franny” Burke Sr., left to right, are old friends and for decades have helped each other survive the impacts of sexual abuse.

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When Salois and Burke first opened up about their experiences with other people in the 1980s, they learned they were hardly alone. Generations of Native Americans say they were molested at St. Ignatius, and there were often multiple victims within the same family. Salois says his younger brother was raped by priests and nuns there.

Burke’s older sister says she was molested at the mission. Both Dowdall and her younger sister were raped. Many of Salois and Burke’s closest friends and even some older relatives say they were abused. Perpetrators like Mother Loyola and Brother Rene “Charlie” Gallant served at the school for decades. It was multi-generational abuse and it went beyond sex.

Beatings, bullying and exotic punishments were standard fare. Upon arrival at the school, the first thing the nuns would do is cut off the traditional long hair of Native children. Dowdall describes being put into a tub and scrubbed down.

“When you got done, they got you out, they dried you up a little bit …and they threw this white powder and it burnt, it burnt your skin when it touched you,” she says. “It was lye.”

Burke likens St. Ignatius to a concentration camp.

“They just nicked up your hair, man,” he says, using his fingers to imitate a haphazard haircut. “You looked like one of those Holocaust victims you see in old movies.”

If the kids spoke their native languages they were called horrible names or took a brutal beating.

“Once you stepped out of line or you tried to talk your language and stuff they would just tell you that you’re, they’d call you names …” says Burke. “You guys are pigs, they’d say to us.”

Salois offers another example: “Oh you dirty little savages, let us put God into you!”

Dowdall describes being stripped down naked at 5 years old and forced to stand in the rain until she was curled up shivering in a ball. She remembers being told to stand on her tiptoes with her nose against a chalkboard until she collapsed. The nuns told her she was ugly again and again and again.

Salois recalls being slapped so hard

by Sister Henrietta that he fell off his chair, broke his eardrum and started bleeding.

Burke says he was whipped with the thick black beads of Mother Loyola’s rosary on a regular basis.

If a child wet his bed, he was forced to stand with his arms straight out to the side like Christ on the cross while the urine-drenched sheets were draped on his shoulders to air dry.

“You got beat and then you got raped,” Salois says.

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en Bear Chief, the paralegal who has helped organize Native American abuse victims across the West, says he sees terrible intentions in the systematic abuse that happened at St. Ignatius.

“With pedophiles, it’s not about sex or satisfaction,” he says. “It’s about power and control.”

Clarissa Nichols, a member of the Kootenai tribe, went to years of counseling to try to overcome her experience with sexual, physical and verbal abuse at the St. Ignatius Mission.

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“When she would come out of her room at night, I would say this prayer: ‘Oh please God, don’t let it be me. Please don’t let it be me.’

And sure enough God never answered me one goddamn time.”

—Garry “Bear” Salois

That desire for control meshed well with the broader role of the Catholic mission schools in Indian Country. Bear Chief believes the Church was part and parcel of the national effort to eradicate the heritage of western tribes that began with forced relocation and the killing of the bison in the 19th century. He says the sexual, physical and spiritual violence at St. Ignatius and other reservation schools was part of a genocide.

“Any time that you deprive any society, any race of people of their language, of their religion, of their culture and traditions, that is genocide,” says Bear Chief.

“The policy of the day was ‘kill the Indian and save the man.’ And these mission schools, they embraced this philosophy.”

In his deep-voiced, deliberate speech, Burke makes a poignant remark that perfectly captures Bear Chief ’s point: “They used us for their playthings and stole our culture and everything, you know,” he says. “I don’t even consider myself an Indian or a white man. I have to live in this world now because … I don’t know my heritage.”

The role of the Catholic mission schools in assimilating Native American children to the dominant EuropeanAmerican culture is well known. The U.S. government, in its zeal to conquer the West, often relied on the infrastructure of the Catholic missions to accomplish its goals. “[The Catholic missions] are tacitly part of this broader government policy,” says Aaron Hyams, a doctoral student in history at Marquette University who studies the Flathead Indian Reservation. “The government had to tolerate their presence because Catholics got out to the tribes so quickly and had such a vast infrastructure in the 19th century, especially in the case of a reservation like the Flathead.”

The Catholics were in western Montana early. Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and Father Adrian Hoecken established the St. Ignatius mission at its current location in

1854. De Smet came to Montana after the Salish tribe sent envoys to St. Louis in the 1830s to request the presence of “black robes” in the Bitterroot Valley.

The first school at St. Ignatius opened in 1856 and eventually evolved into the Ursuline Academy, the on-site boarding school for Salish and Kootenai boys and girls that was the site of many of the worst abuses.

In the beginning, the federal government financed the national network of mission schools, says Hyams. By the turn of the 20th century, however, federal funds dried up and mission schools like St. Ignatius turned to private donations and tribal funds in order to continue to operate.

In the end, tribes were using federal annuities to pay for the eradication of their own culture and the sexual abuse of their children at Catholic mission schools.

But they didn’t really have a choice.

When Burke, Dowdall and Salois were at school in St. Ignatius, a new wave of assimilationist fervor had gripped the nation. The federal government’s “termination” policy sought to break up the tribes as sovereign legal entities during the 1950s and ’60s.

“How [this policy] manifested itself in the schools, especially in the government schools, was a return to some of the older pushes for assimilation that took place in the early 20th century and the late 19th century,” Hyams says.

One particularly prominent outcome of the termination policy was the passage of Public Law 280 in many of the states that contained Indian tribes. The law placed Indian reservations under the jurisdiction of state law and forced tribes to adhere to the mandatory schooling policies of state governments. Local Catholic mission schools were often the only, if not the best, choice for financially strained Native American families.

“The United States was virtually requiring Indian families to send their children to these schools. It was a mandatory

education process,” says Blaine Tamaki, one of the lead attorneys in the case against the Ursulines and the Diocese of Helena. “These residential schools were created to ‘tame the wild beasts’ as the racists used to say.”

Burke and Salois both recall a Kootenai-speaking truancy officer who roamed the Flathead reservation picking up kids who ran away from St. Ignatius. If parents refused to send their kids back, they faced jail time and other penalties.

“I would run away, and drag my brother along with me, and we would walk home and sit around with my grandpa and uncle and try to tell them what happened to us,” Salois says. “They either didn’t believe or they didn’t care. I would try to tell them but it didn’t work and I’d get sent back.”

Salois’ grandfather finally believed him and broke him out of school for good in 1958.

“When the cops and parole officers came he told them to get the hell off our property,” he says. “We weren’t going back.”

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or the survivors, the violence at St. Ignatius has had ripple effects that are impossible to quantify. Clarissa Nichols, Burke’s older sister, attended the Ursuline Academy from 1957 to 1962. She says the abuse made her mean. She spent her youth fending off priests in the school’s dark halls and her adulthood fending off the world with drink and distrust.

“I was afraid of people behind me. I was always watching my back, always afraid,” she says. “It’s like post traumatic stress disorder … it never leaves you.”

When she finally got sober in 1990, she says she cried for months as all the memories came pouring out.

Both Burke and Salois struggled with drug addiction. It started with glue and gas huffing and ended with intravenous drug use and booze.

“By 8 or 9 years old I was a little morphine addict,” Salois says. “If you take

drugs then you don’t think about the stuff that you don’t want to. Even though it is bad for you, it gives you some kind of inner happiness.”

Dowdall battled low self-esteem and spent years in violently dysfunctional relationships. In 1985, she says she tried to kill herself by drinking Pine-Sol, taking pills and drinking beer. She spent weeks in the ICU at St. Patrick Hospital, but survived.

And then there’s the nightmares.

“I am a big guy now, but in my nightmares Mother Loyola still owns me,” Salois says.

And then there’s the anger.

“I would probably be locked up right now if I ever got a hold of one of those people,” says Burke. “I wouldn’t hold nothing back. I would probably try to kill them.”

Salois leans back in his chair and offers his own scenario.

“As long as they leave me alone I won’t do anything to them,” he says. “But a priest could come into my house today, and the first thing I’d do is smash his head through the wall. Same with a nun.”

Dowdall dreams of revenge too.

“If Father Robinson came up to me today and asked me for forgiveness, I would probably kick him in the balls.”

The pain, they say, carries no price.

“There’s not enough money in this world,” Burke says, “to pay for what they done to us.”

Still, the Catholic Church has tried to pay its way out of the problem. Most of the perpetrators are dead, and the statute of limitations has long passed, but sex abuse survivors have brought numerous successful high-profile civil lawsuits against the Church in recent years. On Jan. 21, the Diocese of Helena filed for bankruptcy as it prepared to reach a $15 million settlement with more than 360 survivors of sex abuse. It has pledged to set aside another $2.5 million for sur-

vivors who come forward in the future.

In 2011, the Oregon Province of Jesuits reached a $166 million settlement with more than 500 sex abuse victims across the Pacific Northwest. Of the three Catholic entities responsible for the abuses at St. Ignatius, only the Ursuline Sisters of the Western Province have refused to settle with the plaintiffs. A court date is set for July in the case, though the Ursulines are trying to postpone proceedings.

Burke and Salois were both part of the Jesuit settlement and they are plaintiffs in the cases against the Diocese of Helena and the Ursulines. Though settlement amounts are confidential, Ken Bear Chief says those who suffered the most intense abuses settled with the Church “in the $400,000 range.”

SuSan Dowdall, on the other hand, did not come forward early enough to take part in the Jesuit suit, though she is currently seeking damages from a $4 million fund the Jesuits set aside for future claimants. She is also participating in the suit against the diocese.

Despite the bankruptcies and the settlements, or perhaps because of them, Bear Chief believes the Church as a whole has acted callously in the course of the lawsuits.

“When you look at the way they are dealing with the survivors, there is no compassion, there is no pastoral viewpoint from the bishop and the others,” he says.

“It is all about dollars and cents, it is all about protecting their assets and their asses, so to speak. To me, that is merciless.”

As an example, Bear Chief says that when a representative of the Jesuit order offered an apology to victims after the 2011 settlement, he traveled to Missoula rather than Polson, where many of the survivors live.

Burke and Salois both say they never received the apology letters they were promised by the Jesuit order. Burke’s sis-

In this mural, Michael the Archangel pins down and prepares to spear a demon as the condemned look on from hell. Ken Bear Chief says the Jesuits added Native American faces to this picture to convince the tribes that they needed Christ’s salvation.

ter Clarissa did receive a letter, but it made her so angry she threw it away.

“After all these years and everything, after we are all damaged, after our lives are all ruined, then they send a letter?” she asks.

Bear Chief says he would like to see the Catholic Church fund third-party counseling and behavioral health services on reservations affected by widespread abuse. He sees an obvious connection between decades-long sex abuse and the

rampant addiction, alcoholism and sexual violence on reservations today.

“These are the multi-generational cycles of abuse that have been going on since these missions were established,” he says. “I can tell you quite honestly that this was not who we were as Indian people before these contacts, before these conditions existed.”

Dan Bartleson, a spokesman for the Diocese of Helena, could not say whether the Church would finance counseling

services in the future. Nor could he confirm whether George Thomas, the bishop of the Helena Diocese, had plans to visit with sex abuse survivors on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

“As far as the settlement, if somebody wanted to seek that in the settlement, although I am unaware of that [happening], they could pursue it,” he says.

Solace has come in other forms, however.

Traditional practices like sweat lodges, dances and prayer have helped Burke, Dowdall and Salois overcome some of their pain. They use their heritage to heal. Not one of them remains a Catholic.

As for the St. Ignatius Mission, that old brick building with a placard advertising its listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the survivors want to see it disappear. They say promoting the St. Ignatius Mission as a historical hotspot without mentioning the sex abuse is like flaunting Auschwitz as a tourist destination without mentioning the Holocaust. They say its presence is an offense to those who survived the twisted clergy predators who lurked there.

Salois says if someone wanted to tear down the mission he’d volunteer his help for a week. Burke, who has to drive by the building nearly every day on his way to work as a supervisor in the tribal maintenance department, says he’d “buy a box of dynamite for ’em and help them blow it up.”

But even if the mission disappeared, even if the bishop begged on his knees for forgiveness, even if the Catholic Church hightailed it out of town, the search for healing would not stop.

“I just can’t get past it, you know …”

Burke says. “They ruined our lives, man.”

Like the memory of that violent, fireand-brimstone mural on the mission’s wall, the impact of abuse is not so easily erased. jtobias@missoulanews.com

The St. Ignatius Mission is set against the dramatic backdrop of the Mission Mountains. Some survivors of the Catholic Church’s abuse want to see the historic building torn down.

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[arts]

Rewind the times In the face of all logic, the cassette tape gets its well-deserved comeback

by Erika Fredrickson

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have a mixtape from a former boyfriend that begins with The Misfits’ “American Nightmare” followed by Wanda Jackson’s “Savin’ My Love.”

It was a meaningful compilation of songs at the time, because I was moving away to go to college and our parting of ways was dramatic (or, probably, melodramatic). The final song, The Animals’ cover of “Bring it On Home,” where Eric Burdon sings “If you ever/ change your mind / about leavin’ / leavin’ me behind,” was straight to the point. But all the other songs—The Country Teasers’ “Only My Savior” and The Insect Surfers’ “Mr. Yunioshi”—didn’t offer much subtext about heartbreak. They were just really great songs that, because they were part of the same collection, became inextricably linked to the feelings I had at the time. That’s the effect of a good mix.

Since our culture moved from cassette tapes to compact discs to iTunes, Soundcloud and Bandcamp, we haven’t really lost what makes a good mix, per se.

When you create a mix—even as a digital playlist—you still probably put some thought into which song to open with and which to end on, what to title the playlist and how the subtext might come across for the listener. In that sense, it’s still kind of an art form. But cassette tapes did have a certain aesthetic and satisfying tactile quality that even a CD, with its flat surface, can’t touch. Getting a real mixtape is like receiving a letter: You open the little hatch and inside is a message made of songs often accompanied by scrawled secret messages and handmade liner notes decorated with collage.

The cassette has had a resurgence over the last few years.

The trend, though, isn’t just homemade mixtapes but with new releases. Burger Records, one of the most prominent cassette tape outlets, list more than 500 new tapes on its website.

Lost Sound Tapes also boasts a huge catalog that includes compilations and splits. Pitchfork wrote a piece last year touting nine underground cassette tape labels, and other independent media outlets have written stories reflecting the little pockets of cassette culture springing up around the nation. Another piece of evidence: Along with Record Store Day, an April 19 celebration of independent record stores, we now have Cassette Store Day, which debuted in early September last year. (No date has been set for this year.) That’s just the underground scene, which is where you’d expect the rise of anything retro and—ahem—hipster. More well known musicians,

including The Flaming Lips, At the Drive-In and Skrillex, have also dipped their feet into tapeland.

In Missoula, there has also been a rise in cassette tape culture. John Fleming at Ear Candy Music says that he’s seen more cassette tapes show up in catalogs as well as from local bands. On a shelf in his Higgins Avenue store there’s a small collection of tapes from Missoula bands like Scriptures, 10yoGirlfriend and Rooster Sauce. “I don’t like cassette tapes,” Fleming admits, “but I’ll order them if people ask for them.”

Still, he says he gets why bands are using the medium.

It’s cheaper to make them and, unlike a lot of LP and CD companies, cassette tape producers don’t require

brings up the fact that tapes are more economical to release. But unlike Fleming, he finds vinyl—also enjoying a comeback—annoying because it’s not as portable as tape.

In fact, Ballew suggest that instead of doing a Kickstarter campaign to put out an expensive LP like so many bands are doing these days, artists should save their money, put out tapes and use Kickstarter as a means to hire a PR person to get their music to radio stations and performance venues. It’s probably not the most enticing Kickstarter campaign, but it might be practical. “It’s the most unpunk thing to say,” Ballew says, laughing.

Problem is, of course, few people have the means to listen to a tape anymore. The Walkman has been

At the VFW, a new event called Secret Mixtape Society provides a way to share music. It’s set up to be a monthly meeting of musicphiles open to the public where people make mixes based on a theme— this month it’s “Spring Fever”—and then swap their mixes with each other. Despite the name of the event, some people will bring CDs and USB drives, but cassette tapes will undoubtedly be part of the affair.

As cynical as it sounds, the return of tapes is a fad in a time when we have less cumbersome options.

Some of us recall how we cursed our tapes for unraveling and, over time, warping. Still, the digital playlists I’ve made show worse side effects: They seem easily

photo illustration by Jonathan Marquis

a minimum order, which is a godsend for broke musicians trying to save up every penny for touring.

Musician and promoter Tyson Ballew, a longtime Missoula fixture who moved to Bellingham, Wash., last year, never gave up on the cassette tape. His label, Tummy Rock Records, has put out several over the years: The Flightless Bird Trilogy is his own collection of solo work and he’s also worked on tapes for local bands, including experimental group Poor School’s Live at the Raven Cafe and the upcoming release of punk band Buddy Jackson’s The Murry Wilson Sessions. Like Fleming, Ballew also

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out of production for years in the U.S. ( Japan, a holdout, just recently stopped making them.) Ballew and other cassette tape promoters understand the challenge. That’s why you can listen to the Buddy Jackson album on Bandcamp, and most of Ballew’s cassette releases provide a download code so you can have a digital copy along with the tape. The digital access is necessary for the way we consume music now, Ballew says. So why even do the cassette tape at all? “It’s cool to have an artifact from a band that’s not a T-shirt,” he says.

erased and repurposed or forgotten in the Cloud. With tapes, there’s more permanence. Fast-forwarding is a nuisance, so you listen to them the whole way through.

Tracks you might have skipped grow on you. You come to know the order of the songs. If it’s a mixtape, it unfolds into a story—a nice emotional landmark in a fastpaced music world.

The first Secret Mixtape Society meets at the VFW Mon., March 31, at 7 PM. No cover. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Danger! Tacos!

Theme bands just want to have fun Every band has a theme. For vast swaths of rock and roll, that theme is partying, drinking and relationships.

But sometimes, bands manage to break out of that mold, in ways both serious and goofy. Missoula has the funny happenstance of hosting two Seattle-based theme bands in one week. On March 28, there’s Tacos, a metal band that advocates for tacos, and on April 3, Warning! Danger dresses up in construction outfits and plays punk rock.

If you’re tempted to view these bands’ artistic merit with suspicion, Warning! Danger let’s pause and consider how many other rock bands have already made their name on pleased to find that I would totally want to headunlikely themes. The Aquabats started out playing bang to this at a show.

In the case of Warning! Danger, the construction ska in superhero costumes. Masked Intruder wore balaclavas, pretending to be robbers. Now they’re theme only goes as far as the album titles; the songs signed to Fat Wreck Chords and a roadie runs are all snotty, irreverent pop punk. I can’t help but around dressed as a cop during their stage show. like “Pluto is a Planet God Dammit” and “Captured!

There’s GWAR, whatever you want to call that theme By Robots.” ( Yes, that song is about the band Cap(RIP Dave Brockie). The Spits’ aesthetic and vocal tured! By Robots.) “Raves Are Dumb” is probably my delivery is inspired by robots. And there’s Fartbarf, favorite track on Warning! Danger’s Keep Out album, a trio that plays electronica while wearing Nean- with an Oi! kind of vibe to the chorus: “We really think that raves are dumb/ You’re better off at a rock club.” derthal masks.

Warning! Danger’s songs don’t break any musical These days, bands have to be pretty clever to get attention. (The band named Jawbreaker Re- ground, sure, but critiquing the musicianship is missunion did a hell of a job at this.) Sometimes a band’s ing the point. These dudes are definitely having fun. theme is more of a loose veneer. This appears to be That’s the point of a gimmick. And sometimes, gimthe case with Tacos, a two-piece that plays satisfy- micks have surprising staying power. (Kate Whittle) Tacos plays the VFW Fri., March 28 at 10 PM, ingly chunky, short metal songs with bellowing vocals and a sense of humor, like “Sexy Nap” and along with Mordecai, Buddy Jackson and Shahs.

“Cobra.” I couldn’t hear nary a reference to salsa or $5. Warning! Danger plays the VFW Thu., April 3, tortillas on Tacos’ eponymous album, but I was at 10 PM. Cover TBA.

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Each band claims a side of the album and seeds it with dual compositions of speedy rock. These are

punk-based tunes that come in fast, hit hard and leave. There are more similarities in the bands than differences, and those are subtle. TCW might be just a little meaner sounding, but if you’re into the Black Flags and DRIs of the world this record will suit you fine, either side. There’s no “this is what you should do” pretension in the lyrics either, which punk often careens into. It’s just a pack of musicians who have been around the block a time or two, like to play loud and yell and realized that just because you know more than three chords, it doesn’t mean you have to play them. (Chris La Tray)

The Dexter Payne Quartet, Pra Voce While metal aligns itself nicely with Missoula’s winters, Brazilian roots music is the best means of escape. On Pra Voce, the Dexter Payne Quartet serves up nine songs from dance-party-style forró to samba.

“Alma Brasileria” feels like a brisker, lighter version of Charles Trenet’s “Boum.” Payne’s clarinet propels the song forward like the current of a river while drummer Raoul Rossiter punctuates the fluid melody with swift, ticking rhythms.

“Chorinho Pra Voce” would be a good song for an outdoor dance club under a summer night’s sky.

You could lose yourself in it, especially with just enough fresh fruit cocktails. “Doce de Coco,” with the

romantic purr of Dave Willey’s accordion, Payne’s willful trilling and the warm plucking of Bill Kopper’s guitar strings, is perfect for a final stroll alongside a lantern-lit river. Maybe you take off your shoes and let your feet feel the grass. See? It’s like a fever when you start listening to this album—the way summer gets in the brain. By the time you get to the final song, “Lembrei do Ceara,” you’ll be contemplating a plane ticket to the Southern hemisphere. (Erika Fredrickson) Dexter Payne plays with Canta Brasil for Jazzoula Thu., March 27, at St. Anthony’s Parish. Doors open at 6 PM, show at 6:30. $12/$9 students and seniors. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and at the door.

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[books]

Radish revolution Janisse Ray’s Seed Underground digs deep

by Kate Whittle

If you’re the kind of person who gets excited we have to be openhanded,” she says. “Seeds have a about the purple, yellow and crimson carrots at the built-in requirement for generosity.”

If all this talk about saving seeds sounds earnest, farmers market, then Janisse Ray’s The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food is to- that’s because it is. Ray has been doing the organic, tally the book for you. (And if you can’t take joy in sustainable agriculture thing since way before it was pretty carrots, I’m truly sorry for you.) The Seed Un- cool. She details teen years in the ’70s spent buried derground details the University of Montana alumna in a love of growing things. “In place of boyfriends, I nature writer’s life as a “radical peasant” gardener had honeysuckle from the vine, radishes from the and the urgent need for society to preserve the as- ground, asters from the ditch.”

Most of what I personally know of gardening tounding diversity of edible plant life. You don’t have to be a seed saver or even a gardener to appre- is heartbreak. My mom won’t do it anymore because the drought and ciate this book; I come grasshoppers are so bad to it from the selfish in eastern Montana. My standpoint of a food feeble attempt at grownerd who wants to eat ing tomatoes here in all of the things.

Missoula last year ended We live in one of the when the damn urban best times for year-round deer ate them. Ray access to all kinds of seems impervious to food, if you have the these kinds of frustramoney. Even when Mistions. She concedes that soula is sunk under a “cultivating is full-time, late-winter blizzard, I can year-round, joint-popstill trek to the grocery ping work.” But gardenstore for blueberries and ing is a total labor of brussels sprouts. But, as love for her, and she imRay makes the case, we parts the meditative joy actually live in a time of of the work. “I am grabever-decreasing diversity, bing sweet potatoes, and we’re in danger of pulling radishes, striplosing even more. She ping basil leaves,” she cites a study of seed catsays of one afternoon. “I alogs that found 94 peram squeezing the pulp cent of crop varieties of marble-sized Matt’s available in 1903 had disSweet Wild Cherry appeared by 2004, tomatoes one by one thanks to industrial ag The Seed Underground into a canning jar.” and monoculture. Not to Janisse Ray Seed Underground is mention that, despite Chelsea Green Publishing 217 pages, $17.95 a call to action, and a the multicolored array of powerful one if you’d like the produce aisle, most of our diet (and our livestock’s diet) is wheat, corn to start growing more of your own food. Ray realizes she must appeal to younger generations, saying, “tatand soy.

Ray takes plenty of time to explain the damage tooed arms and studs do not scare me.” (I wonder done by conventional—or as she calls it, chemical— what proper ol’ Wendell Berry would think of that.)

This book is not an introduction to gardening, agriculture, from the Irish potato famine to the modern problem of genetic drift contaminating all crops but offers up samples of Ray’s wealth of knowledge. with engineered, patented genes. She’s not averse to “How many people still know that huckleberries have science, she says, but finds it “worrisome when it seeds, and that they have glands at the base of their serves the interests of mercenaries,” meaning Mon- leaves—and that blueberries do not?” Ray asks. Guilty santo and corporations like it. We can tally the loss as charged, in my case.

I’ve found that useful, accurate gardening tips can when a crop is devastated by a blight, like the one affecting Florida oranges, but it’s harder to tally the loss still be pretty hard to come by with a basic Google to culture when a variety of bean or pea cultivated by search. Seed Underground does list helpful organizations and resources in the back. As spring slowly ara community disappears.

This is all depressing, but Ray’s commonsense rives, I’m inspired to head to the hardware store for voice and optimism shine through. Seed Under- some seeds and potting soil, and to the library to check ground takes us on a trip to meet many of the activists out some books on planting. How old-fashioned is and agrarians working to stem the tide of loss, from that? I bet Ray would be pleased to hear it.

Janisse Ray reads from The Seed UnderAmerican Public Media’s “The Splendid Table” host Lynne Rossetto Kasper to Montana farmer Bob ground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food at Quinn, who revived khorasan wheat and sells it as Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave, Thu., March Kamut. Along the way, Ray swaps seeds and stories. 27. 7 PM. “How interesting that the agrarian within us understands that to survive, to keep our food crops viable, kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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[art]

Art as evidence Murder, suspicion and doubt in Lauren Tyler Norby’s manufactured criminal investigation

by Ted McDermott

There’s a curious new storefront at 111 W. Front Street, where The Brink Gallery used to be. In the window, cheap slat blinds are drawn but turned open so you can peek through. On the glass, in an elegant font, is the new occupant’s name: Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations. From the sidewalk, it looks anonymous enough, as plain and innocuous as the law offices down the street. But go inside, and you’ll find that Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations isn’t some service for finding out if your wife’s sleeping with her secretary or if your potential business partner has a criminal history.

Go inside, and you’ll find yourself in a strange space—a room that has the clean white walls of an art gallery, the little black-and-white TV set and long cabinet record player from your grandmother’s house, the chalkboard from your elementary school class and the solid wooden desk your teacher sat behind.

This is the office of Crumley & Vaughn—and it’s the physical site of an expansive and complex new conceptual art piece that Lauren Tyler Norby has arranged around Missoula through the month of March.

The piece, which is also called Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations, exists here, at 111 W. Front Street, and online, at crumleyandvaughan.com. It also exists as a surreal comic book called Adventures of Electra and Agamemnon, the yellow notebook-paper pages of which are affixed to the back wall of the Front Street space. It exists as a series of profile sketches— some cartoonish, others realistic—that are spread out on the office desk, alongside a pipe, a cigar box, a Roman bust, an old-fashioned camera and a hardcover copy of Dick Tracy. It exists as a series of audio clips that play in the office and are available online. It exists as a series of emails from Pat Stuart, who, we discover, is the office manager of Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations. It exists as a series of screenprints and as blownup black-and-white photos. It exists as a map of downtown Missoula with string connecting pins to sticky notes. It existed, on the night of March 21, as a five-act puppet show that entailed heavy audience participation.

And this is just a sample of the overwhelmingly disparate objects, ephemera, performances and allusions that compose Norby’s beguiling piece. It’s a lot to keep track of, but it helps if you begin at the beginning, with a seemingly simple question: Who killed Lauren Hawks?

This was the question that was scrawled at the top of the office chalkboard when I went to visit The Brink Gallery last week. The question was written over the ghosts of erased words—and it has probably been erased, too, by now.

It’s a compelling question, but it immediately leads to others. Who is Lauren Hawks? for one. The answer, according to Norby, mastermind of her imagined death, is that Lauren Hawks is a fictional girl whose father supposedly died in a drunkendriving accident a few months ago and who, herself, was murdered in downtown Missoula in early March. As Norby—writing as office manager Pat Stuart—wrote in an email sent to subscribers to a listserv: “Lauren Hawks’ death was both sad and shocking to everyone in our community, but as a former client of Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations, her passing is particularly distressing. Although Ms. Hawks’ father’s death was ruled accidental by the police, our office does not believe that the evidence is conclusive. To have a second violent death within the same family in less than six months is highly suspicious, and lends credence to Ms. Hawks’ concerns about a conspiracy surrounding her father Jim Hawks’ death.”

On behalf of Crumley & Vaughn, Pat Stuart asks her readers to “keep your mind sharp and help us bring this young woman’s killer to justice.” And this is what Norby asks of visi-

tors to his show. He asks for participation—that we come into Crumley & Vaughn, immerse ourselves in the suspicious nature of Lauren Hawks’ death and contribute to providing a solution to the mystery of her murder. In so doing, Norby transforms the traditionally passive experience of going to an art show into the more immersive and active experience of, say, going to see a crime film.

He gives the viewer not just objects or performances but also a narrative that binds his art together, into a story. And he asks his viewers to help move the narrative along to its ending, to solve this manufactured mystery. On First Friday, participants were fingerprinted as “persons of interest” to the crime. And in the closing reception on March 28, those participants can take home screen prints that Norby made of their fingerprints.

The participatory element is an effort by Norby and gallery owner Jennifer Leutzinger to engage Missoula art-goers and push them beyond their rootedness in First Fridays. “When I first talked to Jennifer at the Brink about doing the show, we had discussed some of the interests we both had in some boundaries we wanted to push and different things we like and didn’t like about arts shows and about Missoula’s art scene,” Norby says. “One of the things is that everything hinges on First Friday, and then these galleries are so quiet for every other night of the month—every other day of the month. And that’s such a shame, because they’re these beautiful spaces and there’s great work and they’re a great space for things to happen in.”

While the procedural nature of a crime investigation has given visitors a reason to return to the Brink—and the makeshift office of Crumley & Vaughn—the mystery those visitors are trying to solve is so obscure that it’s difficult to find out what the clues might be, much less where they might be or how they might be pieced together. The question of who killed Lauren Hawks is hard to answer when you aren’t even sure who she is—and it’s hard to care much about her death when you don’t know anything about her life.

But while the coherence that’s crucial to a good mystery is missing from Crumley & Vaughn, the show is rich with suspicion, doubt and possibilities. What’s being interrogated doesn’t have as much to do with Lauren Hawks as it does with all the objects, recordings and spaces—real and virtual—that her imagined death engendered.

“I do have all of these interests, and merging them— and presenting them cohesively—is something I’ve struggled with for a long time,” Norby says. “I consider it less of a struggle now. It’s a process and it’s an evolution.”

Norby, in other words, isn’t as interested in the crime as he is in the evidence. And with Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations, the evidence—the art— Norby has assembled is impressive in its scope and ambition. It makes you want to see more, even as you wonder what you’re looking at.

Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations In Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations at The Brink Gallery, artist Lauren ends with a closing reception at The Brink Gallery Tyler Norby has pieced together evidence for a fictional murder mystery.

Fri., March 28, from 5 to 8 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

photos by Cathrine L. Walters

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[22] Missoula Independent • March 27–April 3, 2014

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Let’s say that if you saw Karate Kid today, you’d argue against reason it holds up. Let’s also say you love/hate Andie McDowell so much, you’re vaguely interested in her daughter, the Miss Golden Globe of 2012. Maybe you also found parts of Black Swan funny. Like giggling-in-church funny. Like, better leave and laugh all the way to the loo because you’re starting to call attention to yourself. I mean, that movie was so hilarious. With the feathers and whatnot.

Maybe that last one’s just me. If the other two are kind of true and you also just love you some familiar landscapes, a movie like Falcon Song doesn’t come around all that often and you better make plans.

The official description for the film calls it a “1980s-style contemporary western in which a guitarplaying drifter helps a rancher’s granddaughter find her true calling.” But I gotta be honest. A more accurate one might be, “Footloose ‘X-Files’ set in Montana.”

Rainey Qualley, who spent her early years up the Ninemile with parents McDowell and former model Paul Qualley, stars as the granddaughter. Her true calling? Well, I don’t want to spoil it much, but it involves dancing in a crushed-velvet cape and push-up bodysuit and it’s where the “X-Files” stuff comes in.

So there’s that.

Her true calling comes out later, after the guitarplaying drifter (Gabriel Sunday) gets in a fight over his amp, gets a job in the oil fields, gets fired from the job in the oil fields and then gets a somewhat-implausible offer to couch-surf at a mansion in town.

This all happens within the first 10 minutes.

“Town” looks strangely like Big Timber, which it is. This is where the sparkly Free Masons enter the picture, preceded by some ’80s-style synth. Oh, not really the Masons. Here it’s the “Preservation Society,” where old ranchers meet in the dark, dressing fancy, to talk about how the kids are giving antacids to bluebirds to make them blow up. And, also, developers are wiping out whole counties and flushing the old ways down the toilet.

Chief bad-guy developer Caspian—his frenemies call him Cap—will be familiar to the Karate Kid defenders. He was Martin Kove, the evil sensei from

those movies, and almost reprises his role here, only with better shirts.

His is the mansion where the drifter is staying.

His son is the one engaged to the hot ranch girl. Her granddad won’t sell to the evil sensei/developer. And, thus, you have a plot.

The plot, though, is not what’s driving this movie.

Style is. The director and co-writer, Jason Brown, is going for not just a look of an era, but the feeling of the movies that came out of it—what film-y types like himself call the ’80s dream factory. Footloose is one.

Gremlins, which Brown mentions as an inspiration, is another. Mannequin comes to mind, too.

Evoking and updating that style of movie is done here with a lot of respect and complexity. No leg warmers. Not a Rubik’s Cube in sight. It’s less hot pink, more magical realism. Also, the lighting is incredible. It’s lit the way ’80s movies were lit. Subtle, for sure, but noticeable. Almost optimistic.

Unfortunately, what’s lost in all that attention to lighting and look and feeling is the connective tissue between the scenes. The other writer on the movie, Michelle Poteet Lisanti, has a background writing soap-opera scripts. That’s not something you need to know because you can tell. Each scene plays out like an enclosed space without windows or doors to the next one. Character behaviors are accepted without ever being established. At one point, Qualley’s granddaughter character says to Sunday’s drifter character, “Everybody knows you’re a weirdo.” Well, no, not really. He’s a drifter, remember? Everybody just met him.

Suspension of belief, an appreciation for camp (not the kind with cowboy coffee) and some passing knowledge of ’80s movies beyond the John Hughes hits—they’re all necessary to really get Falcon Song.

But even if you don’t really get it, guess what? Montana south of Billings is just as pretty as you think it should be on the big screen.

Falcon Song screens at the Roxy Fri., March 28, through Sun., March 30, at 7 and 9 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK THE 400 BLOWS A misunderstood French youth gets drawn into a life of crime in director François Truffaut’s 1959 French New Wave classic. Not rated. Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy and Claire Maurier. Screening at the Roxy March 28-30 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. BAD WORDS A man scarred from a childhood of losing spelling bees finds a loophole and decides to compete as an adult. Starring Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn and Allison Janney. Rated R. Carmike 12.

ENEMY A professor sees his doppelgänger in a film and goes searching for him. Described as “artsy garbage” by IMDB reviewers, so sign me up.

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon. Rated R. Wilma.

FALCON SONG A rancher’s granddaughter seeks her true calling in a magic-filled version of eastern Montana.

Starring Rainey Qualley, Gabriel Sunday and Martin Kove. Rated PG. Screening at the Roxy Theater March 28-30 at 7 and 9 PM. (See Film.)

Double the beards, double the fun. Enemy opens Friday at the Wilma.

brutish Persian forces and that jerk Xerxes. Rated R. Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green and Lena Headey. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS A singer-songwriter dude in 1961 Greenwich Village wears neck scarves and tries to make it big.

I think I saw this before on the Your Dad, the Original Hipster blog. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. Rated R. Wilma.

MUPPETS MOST WANTED Everyone’s favorite green frog gets confused for a smooth-talking con frog. Dude, everybody’s got a doppelgänger. Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NEED FOR SPEED Jesse Pinkman—oops, I mean, Tobey Marshall is a street racer seeking revenge after he was framed by a rich businessman. Starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper and Scott Mescudi. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

NOAH God proves how much he loves earth by wiping a ton of life off it. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

DIVERGENT A teen living in a weirdo dystopia discovers she’s “divergent” and must save her own kind.

Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

SABOTAGE Listen all of y’all, it’s a sabotage when members of a DEA task force are targeted by a drug cartel.

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

GLORIA A free-wheeling older gal in Santiago goes clubbing and meets a hot naval officer. Starring Paulina García, Sergio Hernández and Diego Fontecilla. Rated R. Wilma.

THE LEGO MOVIE The toys you grew up stepping on now star in an action-packed animated adventure to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the world together.

(P.S., I dunno how kids feel about it, but it earns an A-plus from inebriated 20-somethings.)

Brought to you by the “Clone High” writers, and starring the voices of Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Berry. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

GOD’S NOT DEAD A college student defends his faith to an atheist philosophy professor in this Christian film.

Quoth the IMDB message board, “For the Love of God, STOP Misappropriating Nietzsche.” Starring Willie Robertson, David A.R. White and Shane Harper. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN The “Rocky and Bullwinkle” bit players get the 21st century highfalutin feature-length computer animated treatment; in some suspicious genetics, Mr. Peabody is Sherman’s dad. Starring the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles and Stephen Colbert.

Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

NOW PLAYING 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Gen. Leonidas is no more, so now it’s up to Themistokles to lead the charge against the

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

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[24] Missoula Independent • March 27–April 3, 2014

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Mayonnaise is the top-selling condiment in the nation, and is on a trajectory to overtake soy sauce on the world stage. The reasons behind this popularity are the subject of much speculation—by me, anyway.

While the goodness of mayo largely boils down to the fats and flavors it delivers, there’s a lot of nuance in mayo’s special kind of appeal.

No mayonnaise has more appeal than Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise. Known as Best Foods in the western U.S., Hellmann’s offers the world’s most popular brand of mayo. A pioneer among mayonnaises, Hellmann’s is a creamy, tangy conqueror of bellies, hearts and nations. For many of the world’s mayo lovers, Hellmann’s provides something like a home: Consumers may experiment, making their own or buying boutique brands, but they’ll always come back to Hellmann’s in their hours of need.

So it stands to reason that if one really wants to understand why mayo is so popular, one should understand Hellmann’s. Having just celebrated its 100th birthday last year, Hellmann’s is the nation’s—and the world’s—oldest commercially produced mayo, just edging out Duke’s, which was established in 1917. It remains a favorite in the South, but its distribution elsewhere is scarce.

Part of Hellmann’s popularity can be attributed to its sheer market dominance, explains Dr. Debra Zellner, a food psychologist at Montclair State University.

“People tend to be a bit neophobic (are afraid of new foods) and like the familiar (the more familiar the better),” she wrote via email.

Advertisers are all too aware of this. They know that if they hook someone on a product early on, they might keep them for a lifetime, and even pass along their preferences.

While this is most certainly true in the case of Hellmann’s, it didn’t become the world’s favorite mayo by accident.

Joanne Seltsam is a professional taster with Sensory Spectrum, Inc., a consulting firm. She considers Hellmann’s a rare, high-quality product, a member of an exclusive group of products that are so refined and sophisticated that it’s hard for the average palate to break them down into their component flavors.

“The tribute to Hellmann’s is that it is so difficult for even a trained person to break down, to find the line between where one attribute stops and the other starts,” Seltsam said. “Hellmann’s is just so interwoven that tasters have a very difficult time saying anything other than ‘it tastes like mayonnaise.’”

“Hellmann’s is the perfect gateway mayonnaise,” said Scott Jones, chef de cuisine at No. 9 Park in Boston. A mayo-loving chef, Jones dresses up many of his dishes with customized versions of the special crème.

FLASH IN THE PAN

“When I make mayonnaise at work, when it comes out looking like Hellmann’s, I know I’ve done it correctly,” he said.

Using a Hellmann’s-like base as a point of departure, Jones proceeds to dress it up. It may end up as sherry aioli, plankton saffron mayo or some other whimsical, delectable flavor. I asked him what it is about Hellmann’s that makes it so special in the hearts of so many mayo lovers. “[Its] perfection is largely derived from its consistency, texture and sweetness,” Jones said. “Always the same, the texture is similar to pudding, and it is always a touch sweeter than I expect it to be. All of which makes it immeasurably approachable.”

This approachability, as he calls it, is key. Because for all of the seemingly boundless love we have for mayo, a significant portion of the population despises it with a passion. Thus, the extent to which it’s possible to make mayo less offensive is as important, from a sales perspective, as making it delicious.

In the case of Hellmann’s, there is no taste of oxidized oil. It’s not too sweet or sour, but neither is it bland. It has personality, zing and the inscrutable quality known as “amplitude.” In a 2010 New Yorker piece on ketchup, Malcolm Gladwell wrote that amplitude is “the word sensory experts use to describe flavors that are well blended and balanced, that ‘bloom’ in the mouth. ... When something is high in amplitude, all its constituent elements converge into a single gestalt.”

Seltsam compares Hellmann’s amplitude to that of Coca-Cola: Both are flavors that many can identify but few can describe.

I wondered if Hellmann’s, like Coke, is made according to some special, closely guarded secret that is crucial to its success. I reached out to Unilever, which owns Hellmann’s/Best Foods, in hopes they would divulge or at least acknowledge such a secret.

No dice.

“Hellmann’s is simply a recipe that people want to eat,” wrote Hellmann’s senior marketing director Brian Orlando in an email. “ ...After a century, we’re pretty proud to say that slight recipe tweaks have been made throughout the years, but eggs, oil and vinegar have always been three primary ingredients in Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise.”

I’m sure some food industry executives would be curious as to what those “slight tweaks” were. Whatever it is they’re doing behind closed doors at Unilever, they’re hitting the spot, while others are missing by a mile.

“Once I really needed mayonnaise in a pinch, and was at Whole Foods,” Jones recounted. “[I] got their, whatever they have there, canola-based … I don’t know what it is, but it was the only kind that they have there and it was terrible. It was disgusting.”

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Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Have you checked out Bernice's website: bernicesbakerymt.com: Are you a fan of Bernice's on Facebook? Did you catch that silly Christmas video on YouTube? Viewed the Montana Home Shopping Showcase? Bernice's not only has awesome breakfast pastries, elegant cakes, signature wedding cakes, cookies & treats galore, lunch, and excellent coffee. Bernice's has great employees who rock the social media! 35 years of solid goodness! Check out our social media and then stop by to celebrate a job well done! xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns...3/28 Steve Kalling 6 pm-9 pm. Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or fam-

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We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious!

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Lenten fish fry HANGRIEST HOUR Mike Goulah, owner of The Walking Moustache, hustles into the kitchen and comes back with a plate full of tradition. One half of the dish boasts a large slab of beer-battered and deepfried tilapia, while the other half is covered with a mound of french fries and a bowl of coleslaw. It’s Lent—the six weeks before Easter when Christians make sacrifices to prepare for the holiest of holy days—and the time-honored Roman Catholic practice of forgoing meat and sticking to fish dinner on Friday night has found a home at this 24-hour restaurant on the corner of Ryman and Main.

“It has always been a Lenten thing and so I decided to offer something that I grew up with when I was a kid: an old-fashioned fish fry,” says Goulah, who grew up Catholic and attends St. Francis Xavier Church. “It’s a special.

The price is less, and the response is good.”

He is selling the fish dinner for $10 and a fish sandwich during lunch for $8.

The fish is salty, mild and not too heavy on the home-made batter. It goes down easy with a forkful of coleslaw, and patrons get to choose between tilapia or walleye pike.

Goulah says it’s not just churchgoers and pious pescetarians who come in for the fry. The Walking Moustache, which opened just nine

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months ago, has become a reliable source of sustenance for the downtown bar crowd.

“We have a pretty good late night [crowd], and a lot of them eat the fish fry,” says Goulah, smiling. “They aren’t the traditional Lent crowd.”

Where to get the fish: To try the Lenten fish fry, head to The Walking Moustache at 206 W. Main St. It’s open 24 hours a day, six days a week, and closed on Mondays.

—Jimmy Tobias Hangriest Hour serves up fresh details on western Montana eats. To recommend a restaurant, dish or chef for Hangriest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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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.

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Offering over 125 different Burgers. Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers!

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on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadwa • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an allencompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.

Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches.

We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. Now serving omelettes and mimosas on Sunday, 11-4. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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Wicks at the Buttercup Market, 1221 Helen Ave. 5-6 PM. $25/$12 for SBC members and UM students.

Tackle a new-to-you skill with the Coptic Bookbinding Class, where you’ll make a neat journal or sketchbook at The Vespiary Book Restoration and Bindery. 1221 Helen Ave. 5:30 PM. $45. Call 396-1911 or email info@thevespiary.com to learn more.

March 27–April 3, 2014

The Missoula Marathon Eat & Run Series features sports nutrition expert Carla Cox chatting about pre-workout nutrition. Run/walk at 5:45 PM, class at 6:30. Visit runwildmissoula.org for location and registration info.

Burns St. Events Center hosts a dinner benefit for Pattie Fialcowitz, a Clark Fork Market seller who’s recovering from a brain aneurism.

Includes music, live and silent auction and numnums provided by the Bistro chefs. Cash bar.

1500 Burns St. $15/$5 for kids.

The 45-plus Singles of Missoula party down with a birthday dinner at the New Hong Chef, 2009 Brooks St. 6 PM. Call Nancy at 251-3330 with any questions.

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

Be high, fly and too wet to dry after an evening out with tunes from Kristi Neumann at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. No cover.

Bluesy singer-songwriters Jake Ilika and Mike Munson play tunes to drink by at Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Supersize busking. Bassist Clipper Anderson plays as part of the University of Montana’s Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, at the Dennison Theatre Fri., March 28 and Sat., March 29, at 7:30 PM nightly. $18 per night/$30 both nights. $10 students and seniors per night/$15 students and seniors both nights.

THURSDAYMAR27 Shut up and get rad at Martyfest 2014, featuring Long Island’s Iron Chic, along with Providence’s Atlantic Thrills, Bozeman’s Battlestations and a slew of local troublemakers, including Buddy Jackson, Mountain Shark, The Hounds and Jacob Osborne. ZACC. 6 PM. $8/$6 in advance at Ear Candy. All ages.

Heads up, creative peace-lovers, tomorrow is the deadline to submit for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Search For Peace art contest, open to anyone, including students from kindergarten to college. Visit jrpc.org to learn more and find submission form.

Forest ecology experts chat about “The Future of Forests and Forest Management: Change, Uncertainty and Adaption” as part of the 2014 Plum Creek Lectures. University Center Theater. 9 AM.

The Thursday Young Artists After School Program meets at the ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555.

Seattle’s own Barefoot Band (aka one-manAmericana-outfit Micah Wyatt) plays an in-store show at Ear Candy. 4 PM. Things might even move outside if’n it’s nice out. Free.

nightlife The Sustainable Business Council hosts a Beautiful Business Reception with author Judy

Nationally recognized sustainable business advocate Judy Wicks chats about “Beautiful Business: New Models for Local Living Economies” as part of the Sustainable Business Council’s annual lecture. Book signing to follow.

UM Gallagher Business Building, room 106, 6:15-8 PM. Free.

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

Check out some very special dollies when Alan Scott Pate discusses and presents some of the 1927 Friendship Dolls sent to American chil-

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Masquer Theatre in the PARTV center.

7 PM. Avalanche expert Steve Karkanen presents a timely Avalanche Awareness and Safety discussion at Seeley Lake Elementary School. 7 PM. Refreshments provided.

Let your food-nerd activism sprout after Janisse Ray reads from The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. (See Books.)

Watch some Trampy antics at the screening of classic silent films, including Charlie Chaplin’s The Cure and Buster Keaton’s Balloonatic at the Roxy. 7 PM. Live accompaniment provided by Chutzpah.

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

Operatic shenanigans are on tap for Lend Me A Tenor, the classic screwball comedy presented by Missoula Community Theatre at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. March 21-23 and 26-30. Wed.-Sat. shows are at 7:30, Sun. nights at 6:30, and Sat. and Sun. matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21.

Advance tickets at MCTinc.org or 728-7529.

Tear the roof off the sucker at the Cyril Neville Funk Fest, featuring Andrew Gromiller & the Organically Grown, at the Wilma. 8 PM. $22. Tickets at andrewgromiller.com.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free.

Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Get the 411 when Nashville 406 plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., at 9 PM. No cover.

Nevada rockers The Kanes get elevated at the Palace, along with Boston Tea Party, Crooked Cops and Confidence Man. 9 PM. No cover.

Cut loose and fracture your toupee at the Chuckles and Knuckles evening featuring such classy, sassy folks as Micah Wyatt, P.D Lear, The Barefoot Band, Spencer Can O Beans, Matt Kettlehake, and Kyle Kulseth.

Palace. 9 PM. No cover.

Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bump and grind—just be cool and ask first, lovelies. The Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10.

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The Lil Smokies play the Top Hat in celebration of their live New Year's Eve CD recording. 9:30 PM. Free.

FRIDAYMAR28 It’s time for a hoedown, you hoes down? Stage 112 hosts a Spring Break Throwdown with Hunter and the Gatherers and Taste.

9 PM. Check out Stage 112’s page on Facebook for more info.

Calling all cool cats, the 34th Annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival brings snazzy tunes to the Dennison Theatre and UM Music Building for two nights. $18/$30 for two nights/$10 or $15 for two nights for seniors and students. Check umt.edu/music/umbuddydefrancofestival for schedule and info.

Local business owners join guest Judy Wicks at the Good Morning Forum on New Business Models hosted by the Sustainable Business Council. Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St. 8-9:30 AM. $25/$15 for SBC members and UM students. Bernice’s is providing treats. Visit sustainablebusinesscouncil.org to learn more.

Forest ecology experts chat about “The Future of Forests and Forest Management: Change, Uncertainty and Adaption” as part of the 2014 Plum Creek Lectures. University Center Theater. 9 AM.

nightlife If you like your dames hard and your art hard-boiled, check out Lauren Tyler Norby’s Crumley & Vaughn Private Investigations exhibit, an ongoing interactive multimedia mystery at the Brink. Closing reception on March 28.

(See Arts.)

Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM. No cover. March 28 features Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails.

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

Operatic shenanigans are on tap for Lend Me A Tenor, the classic screwball comedy presented by Missoula Community Theatre at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. March 21-23 and 26-30. Wed.-Sat. shows are at 7:30, Sun. nights at 6:30, and Sat. and Sun. matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Advance tickets at MCTinc.org or 728-7529.

Bring a light, because it’ll be a dark knight during the Hellgate Track Knight River Run 5K, a fundraiser to resurface the dirt track that Hellgate athletes currently use. Starts and ends at Toole park, AKA Riverbowl fields off the Kim Williams trail. 8 PM. $25. Register at Hellgate or the Runners Edge, 304 N. Higgins.

Crack some suds and dig the mellow kicks at Thunderground, a dance night with Kris Moon and guests on Fridays in the basement of Stage 112, on the corner of Front and Pattee (aka the old Jolly Corks.) 9 PM. No cover, 21-plus.

It’s Friday, Friday, we’re gettin’ down on Friday, and Soul City Cowboys are kickin’ it at at the Union Club.

9 PM or so. No cover.

Rock your finest ostrich feathers when Great Falls’ Dust Alive parties down at the Dark Horse. 9 PM to close. No cover.

Watch JPod the Beatchef whip up a tasty party at Monk’s Bar, along with Paravoid, Enzymes and Logisticalone. 9 PM. $10, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Check out brownpaper tickets.com/event/555006.

You have the right to remain sexy, sugar, at Foxy Friday with hot trax from local DJs. Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

Tune in and turn on when Tom Catmull’s Radio Static plays Sean Kelly’s, along with Ryan Bundy. 9 PM. No cover.

Pour some salsa on me, baby, when Tacos (a taco-themed metal band from Seattle) plays the VFW, along with Mordecai, Buddy “Butty” Jackson and Shahs. 10 PM. $5. (See Music.)

Lolo Hot Springs Resort hosts the weekly TomBourine Show, plus you can get your soak on and rent a cabin.

9:30 PM. No cover.

A little party never killed nobody, so dance ‘til you drop when 406 Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 to close.

Feel the beat when the high-energy and unusually rigged-up Mike Dillon Band plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

SATURDAYMAR29 Everyone knows the after-party is the funnest part, so check out the Jazzoula After-Hours Sessions with the Buddy DeFranco Festival AllStars at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free/$7 for under 21. All ages.

Calling all cool cats, the 34th Annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival brings snazzy tunes to the Dennison Theatre and UM Music Building for two nights. $18/$30 for two nights/$10 or $15 for two nights for seniors and students. Check umt.edu/music/umbuddydefrancofestival for schedule and info.

Five Valleys Audubon hosts a 10-20 mile birding by bicycle adventure around the Kim Williams Trail, Canyon River Golf Course and Rattlesnake. Meet at the Adams Center parking lot to depart at 7:30 AM. Call Terry to learn more at 214-1194.

[calendar] You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

All girls in grades two through eight are invited to grab a hardhat and head to the Engineer That, Girl! workshop hosted by groups including the Girl Scouts, Forest Service and SepctrUM. Missoula Senior Center.

9:30 AM. $5 per girl/free for accompanying adults. Call Sarah at 1-800736-5243 to register.

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

10 AM-2 PM on Saturdays.

If you’re looking for a cuddly new friend to bring home, the kitties will be decked out in their “spring-time best” for the Spring Adopt-a-Thon at AniMeals, 1700 Rankin St. 10 AM-4 PM. Check out animeals.com.

Quit letting branches whap you in the face and check out the MUD Backyard Sustainability Workshop on Tree Pruning with instructor Mark Vander Meer. Orchard Gardens Community Center. Noon. Free, but sign up in advance at mudproject.org/event/ tree-pruning-workshop.

Unleash the artist within you at the latest Art on Tap social painting class. Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. 12:30 PM. $32. Call 241-2208 or email artontapmissoula@gmail.com to learn more.

The planners of the 2014 ZooTown Fringe Festival host a town hall meeting for anyone interesting in performing. Last year’s inaugural festival was held over several venues in downtown Missoula in August, and included music, art, dance and poetry. Mach Central, 127 E. Main St., ste. 314. 1 PM. Call 909518-7194 or email shoutitoutpromo@gmail.com to learn more.

Getting amped. Singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell plays the Top Hat Wed, April 2. 8 PM. $10. 18-plus.

Get a helping hand navigating Affordable Care Act paperwork with drop-in assistance at the Missoula Public Library, on March 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 from 1-5 PM.

nightlife Sip it, don’t spit it while Tom Catmull plays tunes at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4, tunes from 6-9 PM. Snacks available for purchase, or bring your own.

Operatic shenanigans are on tap for Lend Me A Tenor, the classic screwball comedy presented by Missoula Community Theatre at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. March 21-23 and 26-30. Wed.-Sat. shows are at 7:30, Sun. nights at 6:30, and Sat. and Sun. matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Advance tickets at MCTinc.org or 728-7529.

Mind your step when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails play sharp tunes at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Pipe up and show off your pipes with the Lambkins Lounge and Casino’s annual Karaoke Contest, Saturdays through April 19. Highway 200 in Lincoln. 8 PM. First place wins $300, second gets $125 and third is $75. Call 362-4481 for info.

The Frederico Brothers foster fraternity at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

You can be positively sure that Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo will juice up the joint at the Bad-

lander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. Now free.

This Saturday, we’re gonna do it up bigger than we ever have before when Cash For Junkers play the Union Club tonight. No cover.

Get a slice of that Wisconsin cheddar when midwestern bluesy fellas Mike Munson and Jake Ilika play tunes at the Palace. 9 PM. Free.

Answer all your probing questions when Mat the Alien performs in the underground of Stage 112, along with Dubsfeld to Skillbilliez.

Doors at 9:30 PM. $8/$5 in advance.

A little party never killed nobody, so dance ‘til you drop when 406 Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 to close.

SUNDAYMAR30 Knock back some ethanol alcohol for a scientific buzz with the The Missoula Area Secular Society’s viewing party of “Cosmos” with Neil deGrasse Tyson. 501 Lounge in the upstairs of the Iron Horse. Get there and order your dranks at 6 PM and hush up at 7 PM showtime.

Paul Horton presents a one-day sustainability workshop with the Natural Step Framework. University Center room 332. $450; email paul@paulhortongroup.net or call 360-918-1079 to learn more.

Dance the cabin fever blues away when the Golden Age Club hosts

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You lookin’ at me? LA’s Crash Kings, along with King Washington, play the Top Hat Sun., March 30. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $16/$13 in advance. Check out tophatlounge.com.

dances on the first, third and fifth Sunday afternoons through March, an alcohol-free event with potluck snacks during breaks. 727 Fifth St. in Hamilton. 1-4 PM. $3.

Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire

Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk and old standards. Feel free to just sit a spell and listen, too. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free.

nightlife Fred Boner and the Walk of Shame—who had damn well better be printing T-shirts—play Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5-7 PM. No cover.

Operatic shenanigans are on tap for Lend Me A Tenor, the classic screwball comedy presented by Missoula Community Theatre at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. March 21-23 and 26-30. Wed.-Sat. shows are at 7:30, Sun. nights at 6:30, and Sat. and Sun. matinees at 2 PM. $15$21. Advance tickets at MCTinc.org or 728-7529.

Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz.

Free.

Rock out most royally when LA’s Crash Kings, along with King Washington, play the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $16/$13 in advance.

Check out tophatlounge.com.

MONDAYMAR31 Go out like a lion when Caroline Keys plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. No cover.

Kids on holiday are invited to set out on an artistic quest when the ZACC’s Spring Break Camp kicks off

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today. Kids will become Creative Cartographers with “autobiographical map-making”. Meets Mon. March 31- Fr i . , A p r i l 4 f r o m 9 A M 4 PM. $165/$150 for members. Advance registration required at zootownarts.org/spring.

Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit or good cause each week. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. Rasa O’Neill presents Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness and Healing, with gentle stretches, breath work and guided meditation. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent St. Mondays from noon to 1 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. Ongoing class. Call 721-0033 to learn more.

Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25.

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. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages.

Aspiring stargazers should zoom over to the Introduction to the Library Telescope class with Nick Wethington, president of the Western Montana Astronomical Association, where he’ll show how to use the Orion Starblast telescope now available for check-out. Missoula Public Library.

6:30 PM.

[calendar] The Secret Mixtape Society meets at the VFW to swap mixes made on CD, cassette or USB drive, no weird handshakes or hooded cloaks necessary. 7 PM. Free. (See Arts.)

Oi, see the nice-ish and the gnarly side of the Sex Pistols when the Top Hat screens The Filth and the Fury for the Monday Night Movie. 7:30 PM. Free.

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

Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

TUESDAYAPR01 The National Theatre Live’s performance of the WWI drama War Horse, which features life-size puppets, screens at the Roxy Theater.

7:30 PM. $11-$16. Visit mtlive.org.

filthy lucre If there’s a band that represents all the crappiest parts of punk rock, from the substance abuse to the sexism to the knee-jerk reactionary behavior, it’s probably the Sex Pistols. John Lydon, aka frontman Johnny Rotten, continues to prove that you can be a jackass well into your golden years. Last spring he told a female Australian TV host, “When a man is talking, do not interrupt.”

Charming.

But I cannot deny that the Sex Pistols’ legacy is inextricable from punk, both visually and philosophically. (Assholes are always going to be a part of punk rock.) The Sex Pistols, as created by manager WHAT: The Filth and the Fury WHEN: Mon., March 31 at 7:30 PM WHERE: Top Hat HOW MUCH: Free

Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:15-8:15 AM Tuesdays.

Who knows what will be in store for the April Fool’s Day surprise trip with Five Valleys Audubon, where you’ll meet up at the Adams Center at 9 AM and find out from Terry Toppins where the field trip is going. Returns at 1 PM. Call 214-1194 to learn more.

Pop-rock legend John Mayer is slated to give a lecture on editions of Merriam Webster containing the word “gullible,” followed by a solo performance of U2 covers at the Dennison Theatre. Noon.

Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best.

All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

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

Malcolm McLaren, were among the first to turn rebellion into a consumer product; feel free to blame them for Hot Topic. We can also trace the line of ripped-up shirts and mohawks and Anglophile-loving fashion back to the Pistols (and the Sex boutique started by McLaren and Vivienne Westwood).

The 2000 documentary The Filth and the Fury lays out the Pistol’s saga in a blend of TV commercials, interviews, old news clips and concert footage, Veterans and their families and caregivers are invited to the Yoga Warriors class, sponsored by the Learning Center at Red Willow and hosted at The Peak Health and Wellness Center, 150 E. Spruce Street.

Free, but limited to 20 participants, so sign up at 721-0033.

nightlife Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center.

The shindig steps off at 6 PM with a

No foolin’, Yabba Griffith plays reggae at the Symes Hotel. 8-10 PM. Pass-the-hat donation.

Nashville’s own Howlin’ Brothers play old-school blues and folky stuff at the Missoula Winery, with special guests, at 8 PM. $10. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com.

appropriate for the collage-heavy Pistols aesthetic. It shows the gnarly side of the band’s two-year span, but the incongruously nice side, too, like appearances at kids’ fundraisers. Filth is the result of director Julien Temple trying to present a more balanced take than his 1980 The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, which many critics believe was too heavy on McLaren’s point of view.

The snotty attitude that the Pistols embodied lives on, though I prefer bands that harness it to subvert classism and sexism, rather than the ones using it merely to prey on teenager’s wallets (and bodies, in the case of accused sexual predators like The Casualties). Punk rock continues to evolve, but it’s still sometimes worth remembering where it came from.

There’s a visceral thrill to watching Lydon spit “God Save the Queen.” Particularly when we can watch from a safe distance.

—Kate Whittle

line dance, followed by 7 PM twostep and 8 PM country cha-cha.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages.

Writers of all stripes can meet somewhere besides a bar for once with the Writer’s Group facilitated by John Robinson at Bitterroot Public Library. 6:30-8 PM every other Tuesday.

Develop some handy skillz with the Compassionate Communication Class hosted by the Living Art Studio,

725 W. Alder St. Tuesdays in April from 7-8:30 PM. $50/$90 for two.

Register by calling Patrick Marsolek at 406-443-3439 or emailing info@patrickmarsolek.com.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What is the earliest recorded literary reference to April Fool’s Day? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Fall hopelessly in love when Seattle’s indie-pop Jacob Cummings plays tunes at the Badlander, along with local fella Paul Monk. Badlander. 9 PM. No cover, plus $3 Montgomery drink special.

WEDNESDAYAPR02 Leap into the Northwest Regional Conference of the American College Dance Festival Association’s opening concert at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV center. Faculty from around the region perform accompanied by Missoula musicians. 7:30 PM. $8.

Ken Silvestro presents Narcissism, Sexuality, and Trauma, a class explaining these traits and how they influence our lives. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Wednesdays through April 9 from noon-1 PM. $100 for the five-week series. Call 721-0033 for registration and info.

nightlife Toast some tough ladies at the Community Unite Pint Night for Missoula Betterside Women’s Rugby.

Northside Kettlehouse. 5-8 PM. “Queen of the Minor Key” singersongwriter Eilen Jewell plays a gem of a seated show at the Top Hat. 8 PM. $10. 18-plus.

If you think your Prince falsetto is good, that’s what matters, dear. Now go forth and rule the school at the

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For more info, call Shawna at 275-2877

Shell corporation. Cyril Neville Funk Fest, featuring Andrew Gromiller & the Organically Grown, plays the Wilma Thu., March 27. 8 PM. $22. Tickets at andrewgromiller.com.

Badlander’s Kraptastic Karaoke, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free.

I was gonna make a dubstep joke, but I’ll just drop it and say Milkcrate Mechanic presents a dub night with local DJs at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus free pool and cheap pitchers.

(Trivia answer: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.)

THURSDAYAPR03 Boogie to the deep cuts when The B-Side Players bust out with Latin-global-funk at the Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

The Adjudicated Concerts I-IV, part of the Northwest Regional Conference festivities of the American College Dance Festival Association, runs April 3 and 4 at 12:30 and 8:30 PM daily.

Montana Theatre. Free.

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

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A river of pale ale shall run through it while Ten Skip Stone plays folk and bluegrass at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Party like it’s spring break at the Paradiso Journey: NW College Tour, featuring #selfie fans The Chainsmokers and Brillz with Darrius, Just One, Christian Jackson and Como Se Va. Wilma. Doors at 7 PM. $30/$25 in advance at wantickets.com/Venues/5832.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums.

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

Prepare for daring DJs when Boy Burns Bridge, Brass Tacks and Cryptochrome party down at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover.

Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. 9:30 PM to perform. Free.

Pogo with caution when Seattle comedy punk band Warning: Danger! plays the VFW, 245 W. Main St, along with No Fancy. 10 PM. Cover TBA. (See Music.)t Springing into action. Submit events to Calapatra the Calendar Mistress at calendar@ missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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f you’re going to send out the winter season, you might as well do it with a bang. Like, say, Whitefish Mountain Resort’s annual Dummy Derby. Teams of up to four people can enter to strap a dummy to skis or snowboards and send the contraption hurtling off a jump. Feel free to gussy up your dummy as creatively as you’d like to win points; it just has to be mounted on skis or boards, weigh less than 300 pounds, be made of safe materials and, as the instructions say, “cannot be (or ever have been) live or breathing.”) The rules advise weighting it on the bottom so it doesn’t spin out before hitting the jump.

Award categories include best beer-themed dummy, crowd favorite and sexiest dummy (“subject to harsh

censorship”).

Also, there’s the Whitefish Winter Brewfest that same day, from noon to 5 PM. So fuel up on some ales to get in the proper spirit of things first. Oh, and the Dummy Derby winner gets $500 cash. May the most brainless competitor win.

—Kate Whittle The annual Dummy Derby takes place at Whitefish Mountain Resort’s Upper Village Sat., March 29. Mandatory registration from 11 AM to noon, dummy launch at 4:30 PM. Free to enter. Winter Brewfest from 1 to 5 PM, $25. Check out skiwhitefish.com or call 862-2910 to learn more.

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THURSDAY MARCH 27 Forest ecology experts chat about “The Future of Forests and Forest Management: Change, Uncertainty and Adaption” as part of the 2014 Plum Creek Lectures. University Center Theater. 9 AM. The Missoula Marathon Eat & Run Series features sports nutrition expert Carla Cox chatting about pre-workout nutrition. Run/walk at 5:45 PM, class at 6:30. Visit runwildmissoula.org for location and registration info.

Avalanche expert Steve Karkanen presents a timely Avalanche Awareness and Safety discussion at Seeley Lake Elementary School. 7 PM. Refreshments provided.

FRIDAY MARCH 28 Forest ecology experts chat about “The Future of Forests and Forest Management: Change, Uncertainty and Adaption” as part of the 2014 Plum Creek Lectures. University Center Theater. 9 AM. Make sure your first time is special by attending First Timer Friday at the Freestone Climbing Center, 935 Toole Ave. in Missoula, at 7 PM. Free if it’s your first visit.

Bring a light, because it’ll be a dark knight during the Hellgate Track Knight River Run 5K, a fundraiser to resurface the dirt track that Hellgate athletes currently use. Starts and ends at Toole park, AKA Riverbowl fields off the Kim Williams trail. 8 PM. $25. Register at Hellgate or the Runners Edge, 304 N. Higgins.

SATURDAY MARCH 29 Five Valleys Audubon hosts a 10-20 mile birding by bicycle adventure around the Kim Williams Trail, Canyon River Golf Course and Rattlesnake. Meet at the Adams Center parking lot to depart at 7:30 AM. Call Terry to learn more at 214-1194.

You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward.

Free to run.

Visit runwildmissoula.org.

I bet you can stomach the Missoulians on Bicycles’ 29th annual Potomac Awful Burger 55-mile ride, which departs the Eastgate Center and takes Highway 200 out to get lunch at Cully’s Bar and Grill in Potomac. The venerated Awful Burger is no longer on the menu, but the name remains. 11 AM4 PM. Call John Crull at 543-3230 to learn more or visit missoulabike.org.

SUNDAY MARCH 30 If the awful burger leaves you hungry for more, Missoulians on Bicycles host the 52-mile Rock Creek Ramble, which departs from the Eastgate Center at 11 AM and takes frontage roads to Clinton and Rock Creek. Pack a sandwich or try some of the restaurant’s cinnamon rolls. Call Sally and Alden with questions at 542-1966 or email biking@fastmail.fm.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 Live the dream or just watch the hotdogging at the Subaru Freeride Series, where skiers and snowboarders can compete to earn Freeride World Tour points toward becoming a touring athlete next year. Runs April 2-6 at Big Sky Resort, with divisions for adults and juniors. Check out bigskyresort.com/events.

Those free-wheeling Missoulians on Bicycles get together for their monthly meeting at Adventure Cycling, 150 E. Pine St. 7 PM. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Your brain is a marvelous thing for processing power, adaptability and ability to store information. Scientists have found that even single brain cells can show responses to memories, like the study that showed neurons firing in response to photos of Bill Clinton and Jennifer Aniston. My brain probably has a lot of cells devoted to specific hobbits and elves.

But your brain is also delicate, and getting a serious knock to the head can change your life forever. Even minor concussions that don’t cause loss of consciousness can still lead to things like headaches, short-term memory loss, depression and irritability.

The only cure for brain injury is prevention; and ways to do that include wearing a helmet during biking and motorcycling, staying in good cardiovascular health and getting help if you’ve possibly gotten a concussion.

Brain Injury Alliance Montana, which hosts a

fundraiser on March 30 at Westside Lanes, supports the 40,000 people in the state who deal with damage ranging from moderate to severe. The alliance, part of the national network, offers support groups throughout the state and the free Brain Injury Help Line, which helps patients and their families figure out how they’ll need to modify their lives and how to apply for financial and medical help. As a motto on the BIAMT site says, “It’s not about what you lost—it’s about how you use what you have left.”

—Kate Whittle The Brain Injury Alliance Montana Fundraiser invites you to bowl, bid in a silent auction and chow down at Westside Lanes Sun., March 30, from noon to 5 PM. Free to attend, lunch is $10.

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Heads up, creative peace-lovers, tomorrow is the deadline to submit for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Search For Peace art contest, open to anyone, including students from kindergarten to college.

Visit jrpc.org to learn more and find submission form.

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

Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:15-8:15 AM Tuesdays.

Develop some handy skillz with the Compassionate Communication Class hosted by the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder St. Tuesdays in April from 7-8:30 PM. $50/$90 for two. Register by calling Patrick Marsolek at 406-443-3439 or emailing info@patrickmarsolek.com.

FRIDAY MARCH 28 Find out if there’s anchovy archetypes when Dr. David Kowalewski presents “Shamanic Soul-Retrieval: Getting Our Psychic Pizza Slices Back,” about the healing method to address personal trauma and illness.

Hosted by the Missoula Friends of Jung at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., from 7-9 PM. Donation requested.

SATURDAY MARCH 29 If you’re looking for a cuddly new friend to bring home, the kitties will be decked out in their “springtime best” for the Spring Adopt-a-Thon at AniMeals, 1700 Rankin St. 10 AM-4 PM. Check out animeals.com.

Get a helping hand navigating Affordable Care Act paperwork with drop-in assistance at the Missoula Public Library, on March 29, 30 and 31 from 1-5 PM.

MONDAY MARCH 31 Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit or good cause each week. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 The Blackfoot Irrigation Scheduling and Efficiency Workshop gets hog-wild (or not) at the Lubrecht Conference Center from noon-4 PM, lunch included. RSVP to jennifer@blackfootchallenge.org.

Toast some tough ladies at the Community Unite Pint Night for Missoula Betterside Women’s Rugby. Northside Kettlehouse. 5-8 PM.

THURSDAY APRIL 3 The Vestibular Dysfunction Local Support Group meets every third Thursday of the month to share experiences and increase awareness at Element Physical Therapy, 2455 Dixon Ave. Noon-1 PM. Visit elementpt.com.

Bring a lunch and stretch carefully before the Better Joint Health: Making it Happen informational meeting with the Arthritis Foundation and Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins Ave. Noon. Free, but register or learn more by calling Carrie at 406203-3020 or cstrike@arthritis.org.

Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

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

These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 ZEUS• Yes, Zeus is definitely a Pitbull, but he is also definitely one of the nicest dogs at the shelter. He has wonderful kennel manners, is very quiet and gentle, and you can see that he's really handsome. He needs to learn not to pull on the leash during walks, and he needs a home without cats, but we can't find anything else that's a problem.

GALILEO•This is Black Cat Appreciation Month at Animal Control, because we know these cats are often overlooked by adopters, especially when there are a lot of them.

Since over half of our cats are black or blackand-white, all of them -- including handsome Galileo -- can be adopted for only $25.00 during the month of March.

MYSTIC•Mystic wishes that he were

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the only black cat at Animal Control because perhaps then he would stand out in our crowded cat room. Well, we can't make the other cats go away, but we can offer a reduced adoption rate of just $25.00 for black and black-and-white cats during the month of March.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 CODY• Cody, aka the Gentle Giant, is a big 8-year-old Lab mix looking for love.

He's quite the goofball and loves to say "Hi" to everyone he meets! He will be sure to worm his way into your heart.

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LITTLE GIRL• How can anyone resist that face? Little Girl’s engaging gaze and spunky demeanor have quickly earned her a spot as a volunteer favorite, but she would love to find her forever home. Visit the Humane Society to learn more about our volunteer program and to meet Little Girl.

dog, shelter volunteers describe Cindy as young at heart. She loves to play with a tennis ball or squeaky toy. She wants you to know that March 25th is Cup of Kindness day at all Loose Caboose locations.

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PILATES•Pilates is a bouncy and fun girl who was transferred to Montana from an overcrowded shelter in California. She is full of zest, personality, and love. This sweet girl can't wait to find her forever home in Montana!

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PET OF THE WEEK Abby has been at the shelter for more than a year. She is a lovely black-and-white girl with a cute half-mustache! Because she’s seven years old, she qualifies for the Seniors for Seniors program - but don’t tell her that: She says “Senior? I’m barely middle-aged!”

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FOOL DISCLOSURE On a business trip, I drank WAY too much with some work friends and ended up kissing a random girl I met at a bar, despite my having a girlfriend I love very much. I feel horrible. Until now, I'd never cheated on a woman. Is it crazy to want to tell my girlfriend? It was kissing only, and I never saw the girl again. Plus, I barely remember it. I am planning on proposing soon and don't want us to have any secrets.

—Ashamed Honesty is not the best policy. Judicious honesty is. That's the kind of honesty that keeps you from telling your girlfriend that her mom is a shrill harpy, her best friend has amazing boobs, and you actually haven't stopped peeing in the shower.

Getting away with something might feel good in the moment, but in time, it goes over like itchy underwear. Ruining the drunken make-out fun is one of the evolutionary underpinnings of human society, our evolved fairness-monitoring system that made it possible for us to live cooperatively in groups. This system is basically an internal accounting department, tracking who owes what to whom and using our emotions as the enforcer. When somebody's chumping us, say, by not putting in their fair share of work, we're goaded into getting mad (and then getting things even). Conversely, we feel guilty and long to right the balance when we're the one breaking some agreement (like by treating monogamy as if it comes with days off for national holidays and photocopier sales expos).

But is letting your girlfriend in on your lips' browser history the right thing to do?

Maybe; maybe not. Chances are, you tell yourself that you'd be confessing for your girlfriend's benefit, that she deserves to know. Well, maybe she deserves to not know. Maybe what's really driving your desire to confess is the weight on your conscience and how telling will lessen your load.

Sorry—you did the making out; maybe you should be hauling around the unsettling feeling about it. (Think of it as your pet anvil.)

What should determine whether you tell your girlfriend is why you kissed the girl and whether the past is a harbinger of what's to come. If you're a bad bet for remaining faithful, disclose this so your girlfriend can decide whether it's worth it to her to put herself in harm's way. If, however, this was a drunken one-time thing, why cause her unnecessary worry and pain? Keep your big wandering yap shut and lighten your guiltload by doing what

you would've if you had told her—making amends. Do kind acts for people in need and basically be a fantastic boyfriend to her.

(Be careful not to go noticeably overboard.

A dozen roses on some random Tuesday is "Oh, you shouldn't have"; 100 is "Wait...what the hell did you do?")

And finally, to ensure that this remains a one-time event, come up with some standards of bar-time engagement for yourself, like maybe that you need to switch to Shirley Temples after two beers.

This way, you'll be prepared to act like somebody's boyfriend when temptation sidles up to you at the bar. (There's a reason they call it "sloppy drunk" and not "making wise relationship decisions" drunk.)

BAMBI MEETS WAITERZILLA I just started dating a sweet guy who loves taking me to nice restaurants. (He knows I can't afford restaurants, because I'm in grad school.)

Well, he's not rich, either, but when the waiter pushes sparkling water, he always says yes, and the same goes for cappuccinos, desserts, side dishes -- all the extras. It's lovely enough that he treats me to dinner; I don't want him to go broke doing it.

—Frugal A guy on a date is in a tough position when the waiter comes over and essentially asks, "Can I offer you some sparkling water this evening, or will you be drinking out of the faucet like a dog?" Sometimes a guy will say yes to all the extras because he is a foodie and likes to have the deluxe experience. But the average guy is just afraid of coming off cheap, making him easy prey for every waiter upsell in the book. The woman he's with can counter this by being the one to lead with the frugalities, like "Tap water works fine for me!" and "I actually don't eat that much...I'll just have the entree," when the waiter pushes the caviardotted baby vegetables watered with the tears of Tibetan monks. If you do this, you'll reassure the guy that he's the big draw for you and not the free dinners—perhaps allowing him to devote his attention to you instead of checking his phone to see whether the bank has cleared the security deposit for your desserts.aving them on his pillow.

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Job# 10036911 COOK A Cook is needed for a restaurant and casino. Individuals must have 6 months of experience as a line cook as well as the ability to use an egg pan.

This is an evening job that will start out part-time but may move to full time by covering other shifts. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10037310 Coordinator P/T Provide support and activities for high school exchange students. Volunteer hosts also needed. Apply online: www.aspectfoundation.org

Deli Cleaner GOOD FOOD STORE is a large grocery retail store and deli specializing in natural and organic foods. If you enjoy working for a local business with strong roots in the community and a friendly staff, we invite you to apply as a deli cleaner. Duties include cleaning and maintaining the deli seating area, deli retail floor and other areas of the deli. We have one part-time schedule available. Pay starts at $8.12 per hour and increases to $8.44 per hour after six months. Benefits include paid vacation time, paid holidays, 20% employee discount on store purchases, 401K and employee assistance program. Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance are also available. Position closes 03/30/14. EOE. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037320 Diesel Engine Mechanic Diesel engine mechanic with a minimum of 5 years working experience on CAT, CUMMINS & DETROIT engines. Must have own tools. Pay depends on experience. No phone calls!! Resume’ only. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10037170 DISHWASHERS CRACKER BARREL is seeking full-time DISHWASHERS for a busy restaurant/gift shop operation. Prior experience is not needed. Employer conducts background checks. You will be washing dishes, silverware, glasses, cups and cooking utensils. Work days and hours will vary, so MUST be

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Job# 10037140 Food Preparation Worker The Living Center in Stevensville is seeking a Full Time Dietary Aid/Server. MUST be available to work any day of the week, including weekends and holidays. No experience necessary, employer will train. Duties include assisting with food preparation, setting and clearing tables, washing dishes, serving beverages and snacks and other duties as assigned. $8.25 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037346 HOST/HOSTESS CRACKER BARREL is seeking a full-time HOST/HOSTESS for restaurant/gift shop. Looking for outgoing personalities that provide great customer service and make the dining experience enjoyable.

Will seat customers, set-up chairs, ensure that servers promptly take care of customers and that bussers clean-up tables after diners leave. Work days will vary, so must be able to work weekends. Rate of pay is $8.00 and employer does background checks. Open until filled. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10037218 HOTEL NIGHT AUDITOR Hiring a Night Owl ASAP! Local

hotel seeking NIGHT AUDITOR. Must be able to accurately handle cash and credit card transactions and have basic computer skills. Front desk or night auditing experience within the hospitality industry preferred. Successful candidate will reconcile and audit daily books, check in guests, handle reservations and cancellations and set up continental breakfast buffet. Shift is 11:00PM to 7:00AM; approximately 24 to 32 hrs/wk; must be able to stay awake entire shift. $8.00/hr or more depending on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037094 HOUSEKEEPER Motel 6. NO experience required - will train.

DUTIES: Making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.

HOURS/DAYS: 9 AM - TBD (until done - approximately 2 PM) - . WAGE: 8.00 per hour.

Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037337 Housekeeper Part Time Providence Health & Services s calling a Part-time Housekeeper to Hospital in Missoula, MT.** We’re seeking a detail-oriented individual to perform a variety of cleaning duties in support of maintaining a sanitary, safe and attractive health care environment. *Position Details: Part-time position (20 hours/week), day shift (7am to 3:30pm) with benefits.* **In this position you will:** * Clean,

EMPLOYMENT polish and disinfect assigned areas, furnishings and fixtures in patient/resident rooms and common areas. * Periodically clean windows, walls, ceilings and doors. * Use dry mop, wet mop, broom or vacuum to clean floors, routinely and when incidents occur. * Clean, sanitize and stock in bathrooms in patient/resident and public areas. * Discard trash, medical waste and recycling. * Mix, properly use and dispose of cleaning chemicals. * Move furniture, equipment and supplies as necessary. **Required**** qualifications for this position include:** * Ability to read, write and verbally communicate in English * Must be willing to perform routine, repetitive tasks on a continual basis * Must be able to work in a fast paced environment * Detail oriented **Preferred**** qualifications for this position include:** * High School diploma or equivalent * Previous housekeeping or custodial experience * Previous customer service experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10036932

PROFESSIONAL CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED FOR LOCAL HAULS • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-493-7876 Environmental Technician Abatement Contractors of Montana, LLC offers great pay and excellent benefits after completion of an orientation period.

If you are interested in a challenging job, positive work environment, and great pay and benefits, this may be the place for you! We are currently seeking a Full Time Experienced Environmental Technician and up to two Part Time Seasonal Environmental Technicians. Perform asbestos, lead, mold, methamphetamine, biological contaminants, and other hazardous materials remediation and abatement. Work is strenuous but offers new challenges every day. PPE must be worn during abatement activities including but not limited to suits and respirators. Must have the ability to use hand and power tools to build containment and complete removal activities.

ACM is a federal contractor and often works under tight security clearances. Applicants must be able to pass a background

screening. Must be available to travel - work is primarily in Montana. Preference will be given to applicants with a 40 hour Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor certification. Prior abatement, construction, or labor experience is preferred. Qualifications â¿¢ Must be able to pass a Criminal Background Check, drug test, and job specific physical. â¿¢ Must be able to lift up to 100 lbs. â¿¢ Must have a valid driverâ¿¿s license with a clean driving record. â¿¢ ACM is a tobaccofree company. To learn more about our company, please visit our website at www.acm-contracting.com. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037092 Flatbed Drivers needed from the Missoula area. Home weekly to Bi-weekly • Top pay • Full benefits • New equipment • 2 years experience required • Clean driving record • Must be present to apply. 406-493-7876 Call 9am-5pm M-F only.

Forester-Missoula Unit Fire Supervisor The Missoula Unit of the Southwestern Land Office represents the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation within its specified geographic area, which includes all of Mineral and portions of Granite, Missoula and Ravalli Counties. Fire protection responsibilities are located exclusively in Missoula, Granite and Ravalli Counties. The Missoula Unit is responsible for providing direct wildland fire protection for 670,000 acres of private, state and federal lands.

The Missoula Unit Fire Supervisor has geographic program responsibility for the County Cooperative Fire Management (Mineral and Missoula Counties) and direct wildland fire protection programs. In carrying out these responsibilities the incumbent performs professional level administrative, educational training and resource management duties.2 The Missoula Unit Fire Supervisor works for the Unit Manager, Missoula Unit. Functional responsibilities entail working within the Fire amp; Aviation Management Program of the Forestry Division. The position supervises, and directs the Missoula direct protection fire program, which includes hiring, training, and supervision of 1 full time Fire Forester and 16 seasonal positions. In addition, the duties of this position include

planning, coordinating, and implementing a comprehensive wildland fire prevention program within the Missoula Unit direct protection boundaries. $37,687.00 - $41,875.00 Yearly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10036981 Progressive church with deep commitment to justice and human rights seeks full time Church Administrator. Duties included management of accounting services, working with volunteers, administering church communications, business technology, and daily administration of the church. Compensation, including benefits, is $31,00035,000 per year DOE. To apply send resume and cover letter describing your interest in the position and two references to: University Congregational, UCC • 405 University Avenue • Missoula, MT 59801. Or via Email to amycarter@uccmsla.org. For a more complete job description go to uccmsla.org

SKILLED LABOR FORESTRY WORKER 1 (NURSERY) Employer is seeking FORESTRY WORKER to work at the state nursery. No direct experience required, but 3 months experience in nursery, horticulture, farm, ranch or other outdoor work preferred. A high level of fitness is required with the proven ability to repeatedly lift 60 pounds and perform strenuous and repetitive tasks. DUTIES include lifting and grading bareroot seedlings, thinning containerized seedlings, packing seedling orders, weeding seedling beds, making cuttings for propagation, cone processing, moving irrigation pipe, inventory of nursery stock, collecting seed and fruit for seedling propagation, sowing containerized seedlings, performing shelterbelt maintenance, and other duties as assigned.

This is a seasonal, short-term position (90 days). Mon-Fri, Hours to be determined. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10037100 GROUNDSKEEPER Seeking an energetic and sharp individual to join our Maintenance team in grounds keeping. This person will be responsible for maintain-

ing an overall plan for multiple properties including single family homes, apartment complexes and commercial properties. Our newest team member will enjoy the stability of an established Missoula organization with the potential of performing general maintenance during the winter months. Applicants should have 3-5 years of experience in grounds keeping. Applicants MUST have a valid MT Driver’s License and acceptable driving record and pass criminal background check. Preferred applicants will have a good knowledge of plants, lawn mowing, trimming, and basic sprinkler operation with an understanding of equipment maintenance/repair, Maintaining lawns, outdoor plants, and beds. Essential functions of the job; Tree & shrub trimming, turf fertilizing, maintaining all landscape areas free from weeds, records keeping and reporting and maintaining all equipment used in landscaping. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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Certified Nursing Assistant Providence Health & Services is calling a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to Hospital and Health Sciences Center in Missoula, MT.** We are seeking a compassionate and caring individual to provide safe and reliable routine daily care to patients admitted to the hospital. *This is a .9 FTE dayshift position, 36 hours per week.* **In this position you will:** * Act as an advocate for patients in maintaining choice, independence, privacy, dignity and security. * Provide appropriate patient care as directed by the licensed nurse. * Assist in providing care and implementing delegated activities of the nursing plan. **Required qualifications for this position include:** * High School diploma or GED * Current Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) licensure * Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification **Preferred qualifications for this position include:** * Prior work experience in a hospital. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Tata Massage is a salon in San Francisco that provides an unusual beauty treatment: face-slapping. The Thai masseuse named Tata claims to be improving your complexion as she smacks your cheeks and forehead with her hands. She also does "massage boxing," in which she administers health-giving punches to your body with her fists. Is there a comparable service available where you live? I highly recommend it. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Here's the truth: You should be absolutely firm that you won't tolerate whacks and wallops—including the psychological kind—even if they are supposedly good for you.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now would be an excellent time to launch a new tradition or instigate a fresh trend or make a beautiful thing that will last for a thousand years. I'm talking about an amazing marvel or useful innovation or unique creation that will improve the lives of countless humans all over the planet for the next 40 generations. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating a bit. Producing something that will last a thousand years is too ambitious. How about if you simply launch a new tradition or instigate a fresh trend or create a beautiful thing that will last for the rest of your long life—an amazing marvel or useful innovation or unique creation that will continue to teach and amuse you all along the way?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your patron saint for the next three months is surrealistic artist Salvador Dali. Regard him as your muse and role model. In fact, you might want to spout some of his famous declarations as if they were your own. Start with these: 1. "The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad." 2. "I do not take drugs; I am drugs." 3. "Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature." 4. "Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it." APRIL FOOL! I lied. Salvador Dali is your patron saint, role model, and muse for only the next 14 days, not three months.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You know how Jesus could supposedly turn water into wine? Well, St. Brigit, a sixth-century Irish nun, was legendary for an even greater miracle. When visitors came to her monastery in Kildare, she changed her old bathwater into beer for them to drink. I think there's a good chance you will develop that precise talent sometime soon. APRIL FOOL! I kind of lied. You won't really possess St. Brigit's supernatural power. However, you will have an uncanny ability to make transmutations that are almost as dramatic as changing bathwater to beer.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The band Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last May. Guitarist Alex Lifeson delivered an unusual acceptance speech. For the two minutes he spoke, he repeated one word endlessly: "blah." "Blah-blah-blah," he began. "Blah-blah-blah blah-blah blah-blah."

Many hand gestures and shifting vocal inflections accompanied his rap, always in support of variations on "blahblah." This is the spirit you should bring to all of your important conversations in the coming week. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the opposite is true. It's crucial for you to speak very precisely and articulately in the coming week. Say exactly what you mean. Don't rely on meaningless bullshit like "blah-blah."

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When a human embryo begins to develop in the womb, the very first body part that appears is—can you guess?—the anus. This scientific fact led the witty commentators at QI.com to declare that "Every human being starts out as an asshole." They were making a joke, of course, hinting that every one of us has an unattractive quality or two that make us at least a little bit of a jerk. That's the bad news, Scorpio. The good news is that you now have an unprecedented chance to transform the asshole aspects of your personality. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You're not an asshole, not even a little bit. But it is true that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to try to fix or at least modulate your least attractive qualities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To be in strict compliance with cosmic necessity, you should attend a party every day in the coming week. Dance ecstatically, make love abundantly, and expose yourself to previously unknown pleasures. Feast on a wide variety of food and drink that introduces you to novel tastes. Make sure you experience record levels of sensual enjoyment, nonstop excitement, and dynamic socializing. APRIL FOOL! I'm exaggerating, although just a little. Try doing a 70-percent version of what I advised.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Lifehacker.com has a step-by-step guide to set up your home as a command center where you can pursue your plans for world domination. The article provides advice on how to build a surveillance system, encrypt your computer files, and prepare for blackouts and weather emergencies. Do it, Capricorn! Get the lowdown at http://bit.ly/secretlair. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You don't really need to create a high-tech fortress. But you would be wise to make your home into more of an ultra-comfortable, super-inspiring sanctuary—a place where you feel so safe and strong and smart that you will always have total power over yourself, and never feel driven to fulfill anyone else's standards of success but your own.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The planetary omens suggest that you need to experience all possible flavors of Doritos corn chips. Here's the problem: The place where you live offers only a limited range. That's why I urge you to drop everything and travel to Japan, which is the world leader in Dorito variety. There you can sample coconut curry-flavored Doritos, along with fried chicken, corn soup, smoked bacon, tuna and mayonnaise, and many others. Buy your plane ticket now! APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, you will benefit from communing with a wide variety of sensations and experiences and ideas in many areas of your life, not just Doritos.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Somalia, there's a law that forbids you from putting your used chewing gum on your nose and walking around in public. Fortunately, you don't live there, so it's fine if you want to do that. In fact, I encourage you to go right ahead. To do so would be right in alignment with the cosmic omens. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You should definitely not take yourself too seriously this week; you should look for opportunities to playfully lose your dignity and razz the status quo. But there are craftier ways to do that than by sticking gum on your nose.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I have coined a new word just for your horoscope this week. It's "zex," short for "zen sex." Zex is a kind of sex in which your mind is at rest, empty of all thoughts.

You breathe slowly and calmly, move slowly and calmly, grunt and moan slowly and calmly. You are completely detached from the sensual pleasure you are experiencing. You have no goals other than the intention to be free of all goals. Zex is the ONLY variety of sex I recommend for you right now, Aries. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Zex may be fine to practice at any other time, but not these days. The style of sex you need most is exuberant, unbridled, expansive, and even zany.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to a survey by Public Policy Polling, four percent of the population believes that "shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate our societies." My own research suggests that 62 percent of those believers are Pisceans. Are you one? If so, now is a good time to intensify your fight against the shape-shifting reptilian people. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, I strongly encourage you NOT to feed your paranoid delusions and fearful reveries. This should be a time when you bolster your positive fantasies, constructive visions, and inspiring dreams.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-48 Dept.

No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN LEONARD, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Tana Sue Ostrowski and Scott Alen Leonard, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 17th day of February, 2014, in MIssoula, Montana. /s/ Tana Sue Ostrowski, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Scott Alen Leonard, Co-Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for CoPersonal Representatives MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-49 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF HAROLD G. KNAPP, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Karleen Gail Hickock f/k/a Karleen Gail Knapp has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Karleen Gail Hickock f/k/a Karleen Gail Knapp, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 12th day of March, 2014.

CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Attorneys for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-53 Dept.

No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN F. KURTZ, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Gretchen Murray, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 10th day of March, 2014, in Missoula, Montana. /s/ Gretchen Murray, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-14-46 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUSAN J. SMALLEY, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Karla J. Price, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 7th day of March, 2014. /s/ Karla J. Price, Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

DATED this 7th day of March, 2014. /s/ Karla J. Price, Personal Representative DATED this 7th day of March, 2014 ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Don C. St. Peter MNAXLP

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-14-50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DELMER JACOBSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Burl Jacobson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 598079199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 11th day of March, 2014, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Burl Jacobson BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Burl Jacobson, Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-14-45 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHERYL MARIE MACLAY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to HARRY DAVID MACLAY, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 10th day of March, 2014. /s/ Harry David Maclay, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representatives. /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MNAXLP

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-14-44 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: GUSTAF EDLUND, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Eric Edlund, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 6th day of March, 2014. /s/ Eric Edlund, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By: /s/ David H. Bjornson Attorneys for Eric Edlund, Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-14-39 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID B. KOESLER, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to CHARLOTTE M. CLOSE the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 4th day of March, 2014. /s/ Charlotte M. Close, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representatives. /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-33 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

JANET F. MONSOS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Michael T. Monsos, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o KAREN L. REIFF, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, P.C., P.O. Box 1645, Great Falls, Montana 59403, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 4th day of March, 2014. /s/ Michael T. Monsos, Personal Representative MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA, MONTANA Cause No. DP-14-35 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CHARLES PATRICK GRAHAM, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bonnie Edith Graham or Alta Marina Graham, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 25th day of February, 2014. /s/ Bonnie Edith Graham /s/ Alta Marina Graham STATE OF MONTANA) :ss County of Missoula) I, Bonnie Edith Graham, being duly sworn, upon oath, depose and state that I have read the foregoing and that the facts and matters contained therein are true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. /s/ Bonnie Edith Graham STATE OF MONTANA) :ss County of Missoula) Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this 25th day of February, 2014, by Bonnie Edith Graham /s/ Michelle M. Fontaine, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Bonner, Montana My Commission Expires

February 04, 2017 STATE OF MONTANA) :ss County of Missoula) I, Alta Marina Graham, being duly sworn, upon oath, depose and state that I have read the foregoing and that the facts and matters contained therein are true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. Signed this 25th day of February, 2014. /s/ Alta Marina Graham Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before this this 25th day of February, 2014, by Alta Marina Graham /s/ Michelle M. Fontaine, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Bonner, Montana My Commission Expires February 04, 2017 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/25/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200625650 Book 784, Page 899, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Walter R. Muralt and Nicole A. Muralt was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 6 of Caitlin’s Estates, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 2012010651 B: 895 P: 328, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 200618, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-18. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of January 27, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $1,063,858.56. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $926,710.89, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on June 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred.

Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You

may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 8193.20209) 1002.264415-File No. MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 13, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 1 AND THE NORTH ONEHALF OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 14 OF BUTTE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 705 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 789. Joe Long, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on October 11, 2006 and recorded on October 16, 2006 in Book 785, Page 371 under Document No. 200626757. The beneficial interest is currently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $469.23, beginning June 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 10, 2014 is $153,441.43 principal, interest at the rate of 2.0% now totaling $8,259.37, late charges in the amount of $182.10, escrow advances of $3,399.88, and expenses advanced of $2,877.70, plus accruing interest at the rate of $8.41 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 3, 2014 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )ss. County of Bingham) On this 3rd day of January, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Boa Vs. Long 42019.517 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 9, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 117 of Mansion Heights, Phase III, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Andrea L. Moore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated September 16, 2008 recorded September 22, 2008 in Book 826 Page 973 under Document No 200821789. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc..

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,530.90, beginning May 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 28, 2013 is $312,072.93 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $12,051.25, late charges in the amount of $3,700.90, escrow advances of $3,803.44, and other fees and expenses advanced of $667.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $50.23 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to

the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 18, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 18th day of December, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Citimortgage V Moore 42090.038 MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on May 9, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 67 OF PLEASANT VIEW HOMES NO. 2, PHASE 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA, COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Charles Brian Taylor and Janna M. Taylor, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated December 26, 2007 and recorded December 31, 2007, Book 811, Page 140, as document number 200733268. The beneficial interest is currently held by Ocwen Loan Servicing, 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 $1,333.51, beginning August 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 1, 2014 is $206,242.70 principal, interest at the rate of 6.12500% now totaling $20,001.30, late charges in the amount of $134.14, escrow advances of $6,301.96, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,295.13, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.61 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 16, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 16th day of December, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 MAC Vs. Taylor 41965.761 MNAXLP NOTICE TO CREDITORS: MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, Dept. No. 1, Probate No. DP-13-173 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH OGLE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jan Ogle was appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jan Ogle, return receipt requested, c/o Elison Law Firm, PO Box 5496, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. March 11, 2014. /s/ JAN OGLE, Personal Representative. /s/ Martin Elison, Tel: (406) 541-6665 Attorney for Personal Representative. MNAXLP SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, SPOKANE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JO L. DEVOR, Deceased. No. 14-4-00276-1 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administrator or the Administrator’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty (30) days after the Administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); OR (2) four (4) months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and non-probate assets of the Decedent. Date of First Publication: March 20, 2014 DORETTA PUTMAN, Administrator c/o Brian P.

Knopf, P.C. 221 N. Wall St., Suite 224 Spokane, WA 99201 BRIAN P. KNOPF, P.C. BRIAN KNOPF, WSBA No. 27798 Attorney for Administrator 221 N. Wall St., Suite 224 Spokane, WA 99201-0824 (509) 4444445 MNAXLP Trustee Sale Number: 13-00811-5 Loan Number: 40536708 APN: 2061651 Notice of Trustee’s Sale TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on July 15, 2014 at the hour of 11 :00 AM, recognized local time, ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT the following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, towit: Lot 2 in Block 5 of REHDER HOMESITES, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. More commonly known as:2239 42ND ST,MISSOULA,MT NORMA W. PARMITER AND BARBARA E. PARMITER AS JOINT TENANTS, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to ARTHUR F. LAMEY, JR, ESQ, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE AMERICA, LLC, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of July 26, 2004, and recorded on July 29, 2004 in Film No. 736 at Page 1994 under Document No. 200421416, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). The current beneficiary is: U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-9 (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated February 14, 2014 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of March 6, 2014: Balance due on monthly payments from May 1, 2012 and which payments total: $29,765.25: Late charges: $773.55 Advances: $2,779.21 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $137,744.08 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 7.13000% per annum from April 1, 2012, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s or attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings.

The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-573-1965 DATED: March 6, 2014 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 By: Megan Curtis, Authorized Signature P1087072 3/27, 4/3, 04/10/2014 MNAXLP

Trustee Sale Number: 13-00814-5 Loan Number: 70882980 APN: 3568205 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on 7/15/2014 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized local time, ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit: LOT 55 OF SWEET GRASS ADDITION AT MALONEY RANCH PHASE II, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. More commonly known as: 3700 JACK DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT JOHN E SKOUSEN AND SAESHA M SKOUSEN, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY., as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to NATIONAL LAND TITLE INSURANCE, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., AS NOMINEE FOR DECISION ONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of March 12, 2007, and recorded on March 14, 2007 in Film No. 793 at Page 754 under Document No. 200705939, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). The current beneficiary is: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for the registered holders of MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007HE6 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE6 (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated February 12, 2014 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of March 6, 2014: Balance due on monthly payments from April 1, 2011 and which payments total: $91,054.79: Late charges: $731.71 Advances: $2,733.09 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $308,986.26 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 7.59000% per annum from March 1, 2011, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s and attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT HYPERLINK “http://www.priorityp o s t i n g . c o m ” www.priorityposting.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-5731965 Dated March 6, 2014 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, By: Megan Curtis, Authorized Signature 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 P1087073 3/27, 4/3, 04/10/2014 MNAXLP

"Something Themes Wrong"– restaurants I won't be visiting.

by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1 Item with a pole position?

5 Suffix meaning "followers of" 9 Like cartoonists' hands 13 Candy rack cylinder 14 Big picture?

16 Questionnaire box 17 NYSE newsmakers 18 Nimble 19 Lemon candy 20 Unappealing theme restaurant based on a hit CGI movie?

23 Ancient Mexican pyramid builder 24 Try with the shirt again 25 Hot pants wearer, so to speak?

27 Looking over 30 Total 33 Org. with many conferences 35 "___ Flux" 37 Unappealing theme restaurant devoted to Hans Christian Andersen?

42 Circumstance's partner 43 Opposed to 44 Role for Keanu 45 Chinese cuisine style 49 "Hair" producer Joseph ___ 51 "Mercy me!"

53 Like the wars between Carthage and Rome 57 Unappealing theme restaurant devoted to Irving Berlin?

60 Kudrow who's among "Friends" 61 Barbershop offering 62 "Casablanca" character 63 Rapper/actor who turned 56 in February 64 One-on-one student 65 Insulting remark 66 Have the moxie

67 Keep goal in hockey 68 "Lights out" music

DOWN

1 Painter Kahlo 2 Urban partner on TV? 3 "It's ___ cause" 4 Mahalia Jackson's genre 5 Apple product 6 Leonard or Robinson 7 Erie or Huron 8 ___ Mae (college money provider) 9 Unwilling to face reality 10 Screenwriter Ephron 11 Stomach tightness 12 "Got that right" 15 A little suspicious 21 Bake sale topping 22 Barney's bartender 26 Oft-injured knee part, briefly 28 Kurt denial?

29 Outta here 30 "The Racer's Edge" sloganeer 31 "Whoops!"

32 Inbox item 34 Nabokov novel 36 Doctors Without Borders, e.g.

38 Current 39 Yet to be confirmed 40 Kingston Trio hit 41 Kate Middleton's sister 46 Some degree of success?

47 Praiseful poet 48 Drill sergeant's command 50 Not one to try new ideas 52 Marble type 54 ___ Wafers 55 "___ to you!"

56 Former rulers 57 Typography unit 58 Wi-fi seeker 59 Have to have 60 Box top

Last week’s solution

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GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bath, remodeled, $850, w/d, microwave, flat screen TV in unit, near Southgate Mall, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 7287333.

2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, $725, elevator, 62 and older community, coin-op laundry, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking.

GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, $800, Condo, DW, Microwave, W/D in unit, carport, S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $795. New complex, W/D hookups, open concept, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

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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 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

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www.gatewestrentals.com

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1807 Missoula Avenue. 3 bed, 2 bath cottage-style near Rattlesnake Creek and park. $309,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 1965 Raymond. 4 bed, 2 bath split-level in Upper Rattlesnake. Private lower level for mother-in-law apartment. $339,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com 2225 Missoula. 4 bed, 3 bath on Rattlesnake creek with fireplace, outdoor hot tub & Mt. Jumbo Views. $499,000.

David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana 241-3321. loewenwarter.com 2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $238,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $179,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, remodeled Central Missoula home. $285,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on almost 5 Target Range acres bordering DNRC land. $450,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653, pat@properties2000.com 3501 Paxson.4 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors,

basement, fenced yard & garage. $225,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $190,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4600 Monticello. 3 bed, 2 bath on corner lot in Canyon Creek Village with 2 car garage. $172,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 606 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 2 bath with finished basement & 2 car garage. $255,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 716 South 6th West. Classic 3 bed, 2 bath with fireplace, deck, fenced yard & single garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com Beautiful home on Rattlesnake Creek. 4 bed, 3 bath with gourmet kitchen, fireplace and deck. $865,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355, milyardhomes@yahoo.com I can help you find your new home! Celia Grohmann @ Banana Belt Realty. 406-550-1014 • celiamontana@gmail.com.

Visit my website at www.on93.com Ovando House on 1.14 acres Charming 3 bd, 1 ba house with large log shop in the Blackfoot Valley, only 50 miles from Missoula. Recently remodeled, wood floors, deck, lots of natural light. Productive gardens, aspen groves, outbuildings, even a tree fort! Irrigation off Hoyt Creek, which runs through the

property. Beautiful views of the Bob Marshall and Mission Mountains. $195K OBO. 406793-0028.

RE/MAX All Stars; combining local ownership, experienced agents, and the power of #1 RE/MAX. Complimentary real estate advice. Call 406-5428644 Wonderful Westside 1722 Defoe. 2 bedroom, 1 bonus, 2 bathroom home on the Wonderful Westside with awesome gardens in the fenced yard.

A home with character! KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1861 East Broadway. 3 bed, 2.5 condo with deck & single garage. $215,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 324B North Grant. 3 bed, 2 bath condo with fenced yard & 2 car garage. $174,900. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 5505 Creekstone. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek. $130,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com Northside Condo 1400 Burns Unit #15, 3 bedroom 1 bath, with balcony and tons of light. $156,000. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

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REAL ESTATE Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #307. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit. $158,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate.

546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

downtown and has great North Hills views. $128,500 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com

OUT OF TOWN

NHN Frontage Road, Alberton.

2 building sites with Clark Fork River views. $65,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

COMMERCIAL

109 Church Street, Stevensville.

Historic 3 bed, 1 bath with library, parlor & fantastic front

NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $154,500. David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana 241-3321. loewenwarter.com Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red

4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home.

Zoned commercial. $190,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Philipsburg Storefront. Remodeled historic building in heart of downtown. $185,000. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522. pintlarterritories.com

Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

20 acres, Butler Creek. View of Snowbowl Ski Resort. Utilities in place, septic approved. $200,000. Call Pat Delaney 239-3995 53.5 acres overlooking Missoula. Utilities in place, septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

11901 Lewis & Clark Drive, Lolo.

2 bed, 2 bath with many upgrades including roof & windows. $197,500. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... ww.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

5 Bdr, 4 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

Prudential Montana. For more

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

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

porch. $139,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate, 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

THE UPTOWN FLATS Come check out the condos at The Uptown Flats. 1 bed 1 bath plus high-end amenities.

Starting at $149,900 Call Anne to learn about the great opportunities available in the Upscale Community of The UPTOWN FLATS.

Anne Jablonski

546-5816

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

606 North Ave. W. PORTICO REAL ESTATE

$255,000 • MLS #20136914

annierealtor@gmail.com • movemontana.com

Cooley Street Condo 1545 Cooley St. #C. This upper level 2 bedroom condo provides for easy, sweet living close to

Classic 1950's with refinished hardwood floors,arched doorways and built-ins.

All new windows & new energy-efficient furnace.

Finished basement with family room.

Fenced yard with fruit trees & raised beds.

Double detached garage.

For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

www.rochelleglasgow.com

Rochelle

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

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River Access 17430 SixMile, $285,000. Historic 3 bed-

room, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12.51 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and so much more! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

REAL ESTATE

Real Estate is not always Black & White Call Rita Gray 406-544-4226 ritagray@lambrosera.com

$259,900 716 South 6th West Inviting 3 bed, 2 bath in Central Missoula Arched doorways, cove ceilings & wood floors Fireplace, finished basement & upper level Large fenced yard, deck & single garage

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

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

Properties2000.com

17430 Six Mile, Huson $285,000 • MLS#20140535 Historic 3 bed, 1.5 bath on over 12 acres. Country kitchen, wraparound porch, fruit trees & beautiful views.

1139 Cleveland $249,000 • MLS #20141235 1950’s ranch-style with 3 bedrooms & 2 baths. Hardwood floors, basement workshop & lots of recent improvements.

Homes

Land

1722 Defoe Westside 2 Bed & Bonus $226,500 4600 Monticello Pl. Master On Main 3 Bed, 2 Bath $172,000 1139 Cleveland 3 Bed/2 Bath Mid-Century Mod $249,000 1635 S. 10th W. 2 Bed Classic Home New Roof $239,000 406 Aspen View Polaris MT. $345,000 2607 View Dr. One Level Living PLUS $238,500 1965 Raymond 4 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Garage In Rattlesnake $339,000

East Missoula Building Lot With Trees $55,000

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

Townhomes/Condos 1400 Burns, Cheaper Than Rent, From $79,000 Uptown Flats #307 Upper Level $158,000 Uptown Flats #306 Third Floor Views! $162,000 Uptown Flats #210 Modern 1 Bed $149,000 1545 Cooley #C Rooms With a View! $128,500

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

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