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Up Front: Federal wolf delisting settlement splits enviro pack Scope: Mordecai takes its award-winning sound to the showers Ochenski: Legislature on verge of going from bad to worse

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nside Cover Story Jim Jenner is something like the Ken Burns of pigeon racing. His small, Philipsburg-based production company has released 11 documentaries on the topic. In all of his stories, Jenner always seems to come back to a certain theme: the inextricable connection between a pigeon racer and his flock. To Photo courtesy DusanSmetana.com understand this strange sport and its vast history, Jenner says you have to first start with the bond between man and bird ...............14

News Letters The messengers of misguided stewardship ..................................................4 The Week in Review Pots, wolves, tennis, fire and gays...........................................6 Briefs “Humanure,” parking meter miscreants and the economics of death ...........6 Etc. Riding along with pothole-pluggers....................................................................7 Up Front Ronan organic egg farm’s sales sizzle ........................................................8 Up Front Wolf delisting settlement splits enviro pack...............................................9 Ochenski The Legislature’s about to go from bad to worse...................................10 Writers on the Range The perils of GPS dependency............................................11 Agenda On Mennonites’ role in the civil rights movement.....................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Hunger good for business; not vice-versa ...................................18 Happiest Hour Charlie B’s ......................................................................................19 8 Days a Week Fancier than thou............................................................................21 Mountain High The Whitefish Pole, Pedal and Paddle Triathlon............................29 Scope Mordecai takes its award-winning sound to the showers.............................30 Noise Pygmy Lush, O’Death, RYAT and The Staxx Brothers ...................................31 Books McLaughlin’s tale lifts hope from the ashes..................................................32 Film Snyder puts the “suck” in Sucker Punch..........................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34

Exclusives Street Talk ..................................................................................................................4 In Other News..........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ...............................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ..............................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology ................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World..............................................................................................C-11

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked Tuesday afternoon on Railroad Street near Missoula’s Northside Pedestrian Bridge.

Q:

This week the Independent covers the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project’s efforts to attain a conditional use permit for a composting toilet, saying they’ll use the end product to fertilize native landscaping. Should the city grant the permit?

Follow-up: Where’s your preferred place to make a deposit?

Bill Parish: Yep, they should—as long as it works. Besides, it’s better than people defecating in the streets. Throne room: In a bathroom. It’s that simple. Although, back when I used to lay floors, I worked in the bathroom of this guy who had a toilet seat made out of jade in the shape of a lion’s head. I didn’t use it.

Anthony Cruz: I guess it could be a good thing, using waste as a fertilizer. But I’d be worried that there’s too much bad stuff in it, stuff we don’t want to put in the ground.

Cleanliness, godliness: Well, I sleep right out here, by the bridge, so I have to say my favorite bathroom would be at Missoula 3:16, because it’s clean.

Dylan Saunders: Hell yeah. I bet that would save a lot of water and energy. Even if there was some smell it’d be worth the energy and water they could save. Thanks, Dad: Not at work. I’d say the toilet at my dad’s house. He has this real cushiony, soft seat.

Aaron Davis: Uh, isn’t that why we have our city water and city sewer? But if it works, and it’s a demonstration, and it’s educational, and it’s not used to fertilize food, and it really is clean, well, I think it’s probably okay. Dump truckin’: On a Greyhound bus.

You know, you’re just rolling along, everything beneath you is moving and you can hear it all sloshing around down there.

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Unfortunate metaphor I agree with David Stalling that the increase in exotic plants on Montana’s rangelands is distressing (see “War on weeds,” March 24, 2011). However, calling grassland conservation efforts the “war on weeds” and referring to exotic plants as “botanical barbarians” is naïve at best and may actually be fooling us into thinking we’re doing the right thing.

In many cases the alarming increase in exotic plants is due to disturbance and unenlightened management, not evildoer plants. Thirty years ago, Richard Mack at Washington State University studied cheat grass and was one of the first to point out that grasslands west of the Great Plains did not evolve with herds of large herbivores and would be quickly converted to cheat grass under spring and summer grazing by domestic livestock. Tamarisk is replacing native cottonwoods across the semi-arid West not because it is so nasty and aggressive (it grows more slowly than cottonwood), but because man-made dams have decreased or eliminated the flood conditions required for cottonwood regeneration. In many cases exotic plants are not the big, bad villains; rather they are the messengers bringing the unfortunate news about our misguided stewardship.

We all agree that conserving native grasslands that provide a home for a diversity of wildflowers, birds, insects and animals is a laudable goal.

Eradication of exotic plants through herbicide application and biological control is an important component of 21st Century grassland stewardship, but it is not the only or even the most important activity. Many articles in the scientific literature report that eliminating one exotic species via herbicide or biocontrol just results in domination by another exotic.

Killing weeds and conservation are not the same thing. Our goal should be conservation. It’s always easier to have a well-defined enemy to vilify. The “war on weeds” gives us this enemy to focus on, and allows us to blame something other than ourselves for our problems. We do need to control exotic plants, but more importantly we need to pay more attention to how our own behavior contributes to our problems. Going to war is not the answer.

Peter Lesica Missoula

Who’s the obstructionist?

It is unfortunate that Rick Hill decided to use the tragedy in Japan to push another form of dirty energy (see “An occasion for coal,” March 24, 2011). As someone who lives and works in eastern Montana under the stacks of a coal-fired power plant, I take issue with several of Hill’s statements about America’s deadliest source of electricity: coal.

Hill was right about one thing. If we continue the push toward developing

more coal, things are about to heat up in a big way. It’s not politics I’m talking about, however; it’s our climate. When not organizing for the Sierra Club, I run a small ranch. There are a few things you learn quickly when raising livestock. You need clean air, clean water and predictable weather patterns to be successful. Montana faces huge challenges as our climate changes. We cannot afford to lose our water and our agricultural lands to more coalmines, nor can we afford to let an industry continue to change the earth’s climate in order to fatten their bottom line. It’s simply robbing Peter to

In many cases “exotic plants are not the big, bad villains; rather they are the messengers bringing the unfortunate news about our misguided

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stewardship.

pay Paul. Arch Coal, a notorious unionbusting coal company that owns the rights to mine the Otter Creek coal tracts in southeastern Montana, saw its 2009 profits triple to $159 million in 2010.

Coal not only threatens Montana’s agricultural economy, it’s also downright dangerous. According to a recent study conducted by the Clean Air Task Force, particulate matter from coal plants like Colstrip and J.E Corrette in Billings kills approximately 24,000 Americans annually. Add to that the 2,000 miners who die annually from black lung disease and the tremendous effects of coal on America’s health becomes clear. It’s no wonder the Environmental Protection Agency is implementing common-sense emission standards to protect public health with the support of the American Lung Association.

Montana’s coal-producing counties have yet to see the endless prosperity that Hill and other snake oil salesmen have promised. In fact, all of Montana’s coal-producing counties have poverty

rates above the state average, according to the most recent census data.

Hucksters like Hill have long preyed on rural, poverty-stricken areas to benefit corporate powers like Arch Coal, leaving behind polluted water, moon-like landscapes and even more poverty. Otter Creek would be no different.

Real progress and prosperity for Montana lies in the clean energy potential of our state and a diversified economy that includes stable industries like agriculture, hunting and angling and manufacturing. A recent poll indicated that 62 percent of Montanans support state incentives for renewable energy and conservation. Basing our economy on extracting our raw natural resources will turn Montana into a commodity colony. It’s time to take a stand. We must not allow obstructionists like Hill to deny Montanans our place in the economy of tomorrow.

Mike Scott Sierra Club Billings

Contempt for the poor A former pastor and member of the Faith Chapel Church in Billings, Tom McGillvray, is once again demonstrating what true Christian charity means to some people. McGillvray, the Republican majority leader of the Montana House of Representatives, has again introduced legislation specifically targeting the very poorest among us at a time when many are unemployed and forming long lines at local food banks throughout the state.

In the beginning of the 2011 session, this good Christian led a proposal designed to block implementation of 2010’s federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Montana—even though he enjoys taxpayer-funded health care.

Now once again the good Christian has decided the poor have it much too good. He has introduced House Bill 596, which would abolish income tax in the state for those who actually have taxable income, and replace it with the most regressive tax there is on those who do not: the unemployed and the poor.

Although McGillvray freely admits this switch would not significantly improve the state’s fiscal situation; it would, however, certainly benefit McGillvray. As a partner in the Billings financial planning firm McGillvray, Kallem and Hackmann, McGillvray believes it only fair that the state of Montana not continue to require him to pay state income taxes, and under his leadership, the state can make up for this loss of revenue by placing a new tax on food, clothing, gasoline and all the other basic necessities of life.

Watching McGillvray do his work in the House really does make one wonder what it is they teach there at the Faith Chapel Church in Billings.

Jim Lockwood Whitefish

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• Wednesday, March 23

News Quirks

by Anne Medley

Sen. Jeff Essman, R-Billings, introduces a medical marijuana reform bill he hopes will reduce the number of patients in Montana from 28,000 to about 2,000. Senate Bill 423 would, among other things, require that physicians only recommend medical marijuana to patients after at least four visits over at least six months.

• Thursday, March 24 Dozens of anti-wolf activists gather outside the federal courthouse in Missoula at noon, using a hearing on the high-profile wolf settlement as a platform for protest. The event falls far short of expectations; Lobo Watch blogger Tony Bridges had predicted a turnout of hundreds just one week earlier.

• Friday, March 25 The Montana House of Representatives passes a bill authorizing construction of several new state buildings with a total price tag of $97.8 million. The bill— cleared by a vote of 72-25—includes $29 million for the much-needed addition of new facilities at the University of Montana’s College of Technology in Missoula.

• Saturday, March 26 Hellgate High School seniors Sam Angel and Katie Martins continue a three-day game of tennis at the Peak Health and Wellness Center in an attempt to break the world record for longest singles match. The event, a fundraiser for the Watson Children’s Center, eventually ends after 60 hours, 59 minutes and 58 seconds.

Missoula’s two Hellgate Rollergirls teams brought serious girl power to the Adams Center Friday night during their first major Missoula bout. The Dirt Road Dolls beat the Brawlin’ Mollies 116 to 79 before a packed house. To see more of photojournalist Anne Medley’s images from the night, visit the Indy Blog at www.missoulanews.com.

Nonprofits Death a hard sell

• Sunday, March 27 An early morning fire breaks out at the Park Place Apartments in Missoula. Residents are evacuated and emergency responders find the source to be a trash receptacle in the first floor-lobby. Smoke damage is later reported on the first two floors of the building and at a bridal shop connected to the apartment complex.

• Monday, March 28 A Republican effort to amend the state’s constitutionally guaranteed right to a “clean and healthy environment” fails to make the 2012 ballot by eleven votes. A two-thirds majority is required for constitutional changes, and only 89 of the 150 legislators vote to add “economically productive” to the language.

• Tuesday, March 29 The Montana Legislature fails in its attempt to remove the state’s deviate sexual conduct law from the books, despite the fact that Montana’s Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional in 1997. Senate Bill 276, introduced by Sen. Tom Facey, D-Missoula, would have purged language that calls for imprisoning and fining homosexuals.

A shared look of concern crept across the sea of aging faces at the annual meeting of the Five Valleys Memorial Society (FVMS) last Saturday as members discussed a motion to dissolve the decades-old nonprofit. But even the generous spread of brownies and cheddar biscuits at the University Congregational Church did little to alleviate fears over what dissolution might mean for those seeking streamlined, discounted funeral services in Missoula.

“We live in a different time than when the group was formed,” FVMS Vice President Don Simmons explained to those gathered. “We need to look at the financial situation, which is the most critical thing and has no easy solution.”

Since its establishment in 1973, the FVMS has offered members a list of discounted or free services through local funeral homes for a lifetime fee of $35. Treasurer Hal Braun described the society’s inception as part of “a nationwide pushback against the funeral industry.” He added that the founders had hoped to free families of society members from

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memorial arrangements and clerical necessities in the midst of the “emotional storm” that follows death.

But the society has become increasingly strapped for cash over the past five years. In 2005, the FVMS accumulated $2,553 in donations and new member fees to cover its annual operating costs. That total fell to just $655 in 2010, requiring the board of directors to tap reserve assets.

Simmons attributes the revenue drop to a shift in focus among nonprofit donors toward povertyand homeless-based needs in the community. Also, as a 501(c)(4), donations to FVMS are not taxdeductible.

“Participation in this society, while it’s important and valued, doesn’t rise to the level of, say, the food bank,” Simmons said.

And the society isn’t alone in reconsidering its role. According to the national Funeral Consumers Alliance, similar nonprofits from California to New Jersey are dissolving or calling for volunteer support. Even funeral providers are closing with increasing frequency as the market for cheaper services becomes more competitive.

“It’s a time when the small funeral homes across the country are dissolving,” said local funeral home owner Rick Evans. “The small, independent funeral homes are closing at a rate of about 30 or 40 a year.”

Members loudly refused the motion to dissolve, however, instead recommending the board bring a dormancy proposal to the table at next year’s meeting.

Alex Sakariassen

Downtown Parking miscreants beware Since at least 1971 Missoula has levied a $2 fine on parking meter violators, but city officials claim the amount is no longer enough to deter offenders—of which there are many. Now local lawmakers find themselves considering a proposal to increase the stakes.

“There should be some kind of stick,” says Missoula Parking Commissioner Anne Guest.

Last week City Councilman Bob Jaffe floated a proposal that would create a tiered parking fine sys-

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tem. The first meter violation ticket would start low, at perhaps $2. From there, fines would increase for each subsequent violation within a one-year period, going to $4 for the second offense and so on.

The ordinance’s primary goal is to discourage those who work downtown from parking in spots that Jaffe and Guest believe should be saved for people who spend money downtown.

“The street spots in front of the stores really are for shoppers,” Jaffe says. “When downtown workers are using those spots, they shouldn’t be.”

Jaffe argues that downtown workers should park in outlying areas—in metered 10-hour spots on Railroad Street and in the Central Park parking garage on Main Street, for example.

Jaffe and Guest hope that freeing up additional parking in Missoula’s urban core will further encourage locals to patronize downtown retailers and restaurants.

City leaders thus far are voicing broad support for the tiered fine proposal, saying it’s been a long time coming. However, discord exists over where the fine scale should start. That debate centers on whether the first violation should be free or begin somewhere between $2 and $5. “That’s kind of the point of controversy,” Jaffe says.

Guest is pushing for $5. That’s reasonable, she says, in light of the fact that meter violations in other Montana communities average $15.

The city’s Public Works Committee will again take up the issue on April 13.

Jessica Mayrer

Environment MUD pitches “humanure” Hundreds of thousands of gallons of potable water are used daily to flush local toilets. Missoula’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, meanwhile, which treats human waste once it’s washed down the drain, is the largest local producer of greenhouse gasses.

“We really don’t have to do this anymore,” says Tim Skufca of the nonprofit Missoula Urban Demonstration (MUD), which aims to demonstrate environmentally sustainable living practices.

Skufca says he’s got a more prudent way to manage poop: composting toilets.

When MUD moves its tool library from the Northside to a central Missoula location sometime next year, Skufca wants the bathroom in the new

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digs to be equipped with a German-made composting toilet. The commode would be installed with a mechanical ventilation system capable of drying refuse—thereby expediting breakdown of waste— and pumping odors outside. Peat moss or sawdust would further dry the “humanure,” thereby hasten-

ing biodegradation. Skufca points to an example most Missoulians can appreciate: “If you see dog poop, once it’s dry, there’s nothing there.”

MUD envisions taking the end product and using it as fertilizer on native plants surrounding the new tool library. But there’s a problem. City health code and state building code ban composting toilets. That leaves MUD asking the Missoula City Council to issue a demonstration permit so the nonprofit can legally install an off-sewer restroom at its new location.

The proposal has its critics. Perhaps most vocal among them is Jim Carlson of the Missoula CityCounty Health Department. Carlson argues that composting toilets in an urban environments are simply too risky. Bugs thrive in human waste and insects carry disease, as does excrement itself.

“It’s important to remember that human solid waste is about one third bacteria by volume,” Carlson says.

Carlson also envisions complaints cropping up between neighbors about odor generated from the composting process. “Just because it’s ventilated doesn’t mean it won’t be a private nuisance,” he says. Moreover, Carlson argues that a significant portion of the wastewater plant’s greenhouse gas emissions are generated by the natural decomposition process, so regardless of where poop breaks down, a certain amount of carbon dioxide is produced.

Jessica Mayrer

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BY THE NUMBERS Estimated retail value of the promotional firearm vouchers Hamilton’s Radio Shack outlet is giving away to new Dish Network customers. Store owner Steven Strand says the store started giving out the vouchers—good for a free pistol or shotgun from Frontier Guns and Ammo—back in October, tripling business.

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When Martin NoRunner studied ecotourism at the University of Montana, he probably envisioned zip-lining through Central American rainforests, not touring Missoula neighborhoods in his in-laws’ old van picking up discarded plastic and glass. But alas, that’s what the 27-year-old finds himself doing as part of his budding recycling business.

Last November NoRunner started Intergenerational Equity Recycling, a one-man recycling venture intended to capitalize on Missoulians’ desire to recycle despite the state’s spotty track record.

“People are used to recycling in bigger cities,” he says. “They come here from out of state to go to school, and it’s a whole different way of life…They’re used to recycling. They grew up recycling. And now they’re just throwing everything away.”

Business started slow last fall, but then NoRunner began going door-to-door in the university district offering to pick up residents’ recyclables— including glass, which, in Montana, largely lands in landfills—for the promotional price of $30 for an entire year. People bit, giving NoRunner a foothold.

Since then, he says he’s signed up some 75 individual residences and an apartment complex. He’s now courting the managers of various condo and apartment complexes around town.

The Great Falls native tosses recyclables in the trailer attached to his green ’99 Dodge Caravan, sorts them and drops some off at either Allied Waste or Pacific Steel and Recycling. The glass goes to another new company GreenCrete, which will soon begin making concrete using glass and fly ash.

Owner Gary Linton says NoRunner has provided him with some three tons of glass so far, “crucial” to Linton’s business getting off the ground.

I.E. Recycling raised its price to a still-cheap $5 a month for the university, Rose Park and riverfront areas. Pickups elsewhere in Missoula cost between $8 and $10.

NoRunner acknowledges that he’s not making a living yet, but he’s convinced if he expands his client base enough, his business plan will pencil out—in Missoula and beyond.

“Once I get a good established route here and hire a couple people I’m going to try to leapfrog to other Montana cities,” he says, “because Montana’s pretty much open for recycling.”

Matthew Frank

In Missoula Street Superintendent Brian Hensel’s 10year tenure, he’s come across plenty of potholes, but this year’s epidemic is unlike anything he’s ever seen.

“We’re just getting hammered,” he says.

On a recent sunny day, the 41-year-old explains the chemistry and the politics behind potholes as two city employees plug craters on Arthur Avenue. The men in orange tamp down a still-steaming pile of black asphalt with a Makita plate compacter that, like a jackhammer, sends a visceral throb through the ground. Passersby crane their necks to take in the scene. A white-haired man in a beige sedan stops to tell the crew they missed a spot up the road.

“You can’t please some people,” says Hensel between pulls on his Camel Light cigarette and Diet Pepsi.

Hensel and the city of Missoula have taken a significant amount of heat this year from citizens expressing frustration about navigating around—and slamming into—potholes, seemingly more ubiquitous than the Subarus dodging them. Letters from irked community members dot editorial pages and reach the desks of municipal administrators who are fending off a flurry of claims filed by locals who want the city to pay for damages incurred by the pits.

Potholes form when water seeps through road surfaces via pores and cracks. As temperatures dip, that water freezes and expands leaving holes that resemble everything from a pockmark to a crater. This season, a wet winter converged with an unusually high number of Arctic air masses, or extreme cold snaps, creating an opportune environment for ruts to form in the road.

“Arctics average less than two per year,” says National Weather Service Meteorologist Trent Smith. “We’ve had that happen seven times this winter.”

Hensel’s crew of 22 full-time employees worked round the clock through the winter, alternating between running snowplows and filling potholes. They used up to 19 tons of asphalt per day plugging holes on Russell and South streets alone.

“My overtime budget is trashed,” Hensel says.

Patches and asphalt used to fill ruts are susceptible to moisture, meaning that during the winter and spring Hensel’s crew often returns several times to re-patch.

With the arrival of drier conditions, they’re beginning to get the upper hand. Even so, Hensel remains on call just about all of the time. Maybe it’s the soda and steady stream of cigarettes talking, but he actually thrives on the pace. “I love my job,” he says.

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At the end of a barn swarming with remains tiny, but “organic” doesn’t tell the and whites into his dad’s hands.

“What we like about a fresh egg—why some 1,500 squawking chickens, 12-year-old whole story. A number of non-certified Autumn Walkup turns a makeshift crank, a organic pastured poultry operations have you can tell a fresh egg from an egg that’s conveyer belt running beneath nests lurches popped up in recent years that still adhere not so fresh—is a really fresh egg, when you drop it in a skillet…it will just stand there,” forward, and out wobble a couple of big, to organic principles.

Mission Mountain Organic Egg’s Walkup says, with an orange yolk perched brown eggs. These are the “stragglers,” afternoon latecomers. Most of the day’s eggs growth can partly be attributed to Missoula’s in his palm. “A non-fresh egg…you drop it rolled out in the morning, when Autumn or appetite for local, healthy food. Walkup calls in a skillet and it goes to the edges. The denone of her older teenage brothers, Chase the Good Food Store his business’ “back- sity breaks down over time.”

These eggs are now being dropped and Nathan, or her parents, John and bone,” and he says every week it buys Crystal—who together make up the work- between 10 and 20 cases (with 24 dozen in into skillets throughout the western half of force at Mission Mountain Organic Eggs a case) of their eggs, laid by hens that eat a the country. With the Montana market pretty well saturated, the farm looked to Azure near Ronan—collected eggs four times soy-free diet including alfalfa and fishmeal.

Standard, an organic food distribubetween 7:30 and noon, prime tion company based in Dufur, Ore., egg-laying time. to help expand its reach. Azure Compared to large-scale Standard began buying Mission industrial egg operations, the Mountain Organic Eggs in fall Walkups’ daily egg gathering rou2009, and it distributes them to tine seems decidedly low-tech. It every state west of the Mississippi gets even more so: In the farm’s River. other two barns, which house “They’ve grown in popularity about 1,300 and 2,000 chickens a lot in the last year or so,” says respectively, the family plucks Azure Standard CEO David Stelzer. eggs from nests by hand. The “It seems to me like we were buy“candling”—the meticulous work ing small pallets and now we’re of detecting blood spots and buying very big ones, probably cracks in shells—is usually done stretching [Walkup’s] production.” in a darkened room by Chase, Stelzer says Mission Mountain 17, between college classes and Organic Eggs are particularly popother farm chores. And when the ular in California, which accounts, eggs roll out of the antiquated he estimates, for as much as 25 washing and sorting machine, percent of the brand’s sales the Walkups take turns placing through the company. the eggs into cartons.

“We’ve got people calling from Still, of Montana’s handful places like Arizona saying, “Oh, we of organic egg operations, just love your eggs,’” Walkup says.

Mission Mountain Organic Eggs Demand spiked last summer stands out as the largest certified when a nationwide salmonella outby the state’s Department of Photo by Chad Harder break led to a recall of more than a Agriculture. Today, the Walkups collected about 150 dozen. Since Nathan and Autumn Walkup sort eggs at the family- half billion eggs, exposing the the farm’s inception in 2007, it’s run Mission Mountain Organic Eggs farm near inherent risks of industrial egg Ronan. With its 5,000 hens, the farm stands out as grown from raising 1,200 hens to the largest certified organic egg operation in operations—which, according to United Egg Producers, lay about 95 5,000, and now has farm-fresh Montana. percent of the country’s eggs. The eggs in stores as far afield as San “The Good Food Store was the only boost in business allowed the Walkups to Francisco and Minneapolis. “We were burning up more in fuel than the eggs were thing that kept us with grocery money,” build their third barn.

“This is going to be a good year, I think, bringing in and we thought, ‘We are going Walkup says. “They were our best customer, God willing,” Walkup says, encouraged by to fall on our face’” John Walkup says of the and they still are.”

Other Montana sellers include gro- the farm’s expanded capacity. “If we can early days when he and Crystal toured the state searching for buyers. “And then, by the ceries and co-ops around northwestern keep ’em moved, it ought to be a real viable grace of God, things turned around. It was Montana and in Bozeman, Helena and operation. No more hand-to-mouth.”

They’re moving hens, too. The one of those things where markets started Billings. Walkup says Montana buyers can getting interested and we started selling be assured his eggs are no more than a Walkups sell the birds—for $2 each—when week old. “We try to keep a reputation for their egg-laying productivity begins to more eggs.” wane, making Mission Mountain Organic The farm’s success reflects national very fresh eggs,” he says.

Between the barns, off a secluded grav- Eggs the source of an untold number of trends. Between 1997 and 2007, organic egg sales grew at an annual rate of 19 per- el road between Ronan and Polson, in view backyard flocks across western Montana. cent, according to the U.S. Department of of the snow-covered Mission Mountains But you’ll have to get in line: There’s a waitAgriculture, and the number of organic lay- across Highway 93 to the east, Chase cracks ing list. ing hens grew at an annual rate of 22 per- open an egg, laid by a Bovans Brown hen cent. Montana’s organic egg industry earlier in the day, and out drops the yolk mfrank@missoulanews.com

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The ongoing courtroom saga of the gray wolf took a rather unexpected turn two weeks ago with the announcement of a settlement between the federal government and 10 of the 14 conservation groups who sued to have the animals relisted under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2008. The agreement created a divide between those 10 groups and their non-settling peers, raising questions as to why— after years of tense litigation—some environmentalists sought compromise.

“It’s certainly something that required a lot of care and thought on our part, and is a result of a long series of conversations we had both internally with our partners and of course with the Department of the Interior,” says Andrew Wetzler, land and wildlife director for the Natural Resources

around the country to even think about removing wolves from the Endangered Species Act through legislation.”

But the agreement didn’t stem solely from the current political climate.

Conservation groups claim that settlement negotiations have been ongoing since before U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy’s August 2010 ruling to restore ESA protections for wolves, and that they’ve been holding out for adequate protections from both state and federal agencies. While the settlement would restore state management plans in Montana and Idaho through March 2016, it would also give the FWS a supervisory role over wolf monitoring—a critical stipulation that helps address concerns about giving states full control.

Earlier this month, 10 conservation groups announced intentions to settle their ongoing legal battle over wolf protections in Montana and Idaho. They cite both political and environmental motivations in their collective effort to protect wolves.

Defense Council (NRDC). “If we didn’t act and act quickly, wolves would very likely have ended up in a much worse place.”

It’s no coincidence the settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) came as Congress considers legislation to delist wolves. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester introduced a delisting bill for populations in Montana and Idaho; Rep. Denny Rehberg proposes removing ESA protections for wolves nationwide.

Fearing the passage of such a bill would create a Pandora’s box not just for wolves but for other endangered species, settling groups moved to preempt that worst-case scenario.

“Hopefully this will avoid very bad precedent of politically removing species from the list,” says Michael Leahy of Defenders of Wildlife. “Now there’s a lot less incentive for members of Congress from

“The settlement gives states a test drive for state management,” Wetzler says. “A test drive is what’s appropriate now, as opposed to just handing over the keys to the car and walking away.”

The settlement also emphasizes independent monitoring and scientific assessment and requires FWS to publish an annual evaluation of the delisted populations.

Plaintiffs established a number of “escape hatches,” Leahy says, measures that either allow the groups to bow out of the agreement or prohibit courts from using the settlement as a precedent. The settlement maintains ESA protections for wolves in Wyoming, Oregon, Washington and Utah.

“We’d prefer to see a higher level of tolerance in the Rockies, and I’m hoping over time this agreement will give us a framework through which lots of people can step back from the controversy, try this out for

five years and see if it works,” says Greater Yellowstone Coalition Director Mike Clark.

“If it doesn’t work, I think after five years we can make another move.”

Yet three of the four groups who refused to settle, including the Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR), have decried the agreement as selling-out. AWR Director Michael Garrity says those who agreed to the deal agreed to exactly what they’d filed suit against in 2008. In Garrity’s eyes, fears over congressional delisting do nothing to justify the 10 plaintiffs’ actions.

“Instead they’re politically delisting wolves,” Garrity says. “I don’t see any difference. They’re setting the precedent that if Congress threatens to do it, they’ll do it for them.”

AWR and its fellow non-settlers held their ground in Molloy’s courtroom on March 24 during a settlement hearing.

Their attorney, James Tutchton of WildEarth Guardians, called the agreement a “dramatic flip-flop” on the part of the groups asking Molloy to issue a stay of his 2010 ruling to relist. Tutchton argued that ESA protections for wolves should remain until the five-state population reaches a total of between 2,000 and 5,000 wolves.

Though Molloy’s ruling on the settlement could come any day, those behind the agreement strongly believe they’re on the right path for wolf conservation. Leahy says as tempting as it might be to hold out in court, continued litigation will inevitably lead to “a worse deal” for wolves. Wetzler agrees, and adds that failing to preempt Congress’ delisting proposals would only have hurt the wolves and, more broadly, the ESA. “The groups that settled are groups that are in Washington, D.C., on the Hill every single day,” Wetzler says. “You’re talking about some of the largest, toughest conservation groups…and we wouldn’t have agreed to this if we didn’t think it provides some real, meaningful protections.”

However, the settlement isn’t just under attack by environmentalists like Garrity. Even the political right has publicly panned the deal—proving once again that when it comes to wolves, compromise is a relative term.

“Here we go again,” Rehberg wrote in response to the settlement. “Fool us once, shame on you—fool us twice shame on us.

But I’m not going to sit around and wait for them to fool us a third time with another lawsuit that once again removes Montana’s right to manage our own wildlife.”

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The 2011 Montana Legislature is moving into its final weeks. If you thought there were already enough bad ideas, arrogant attacks on citizen-passed initiatives and idiotic quotes that make our state a national laughingstock, wait till you see what’s coming. Now’s the time when things get downright crazy as desperate legislators try to rewrite bills in conference committees, the budget gets thrown around among the House, Senate and governor’s office, and the rhetoric about working for the citizens gives way to blatant kowtowing to the awesome power of corporate lobbyists.

Think back to 1997 when, in the very last weeks of the session, a monster bill, hundreds of pages long and calling for the deregulation of Montana’s utility industry, suddenly appeared. Anyone who truly cared about Montana and its citizens would naturally say such a measure, with enormous potential consequences, should have been introduced early in the session to allow in-depth analysis not only by those who would vote on it, but by the affected citizenry.

But that didn’t happen. Instead, the sheer power of the former Montana Power Company’s cadre of lobbyists combined with a more-than-willing Gov. Marc Racicot rolled out the bill to a Republican-dominated Legislature and stuffed it through the Senate and House in weeks instead of months.

The regrettable result, which we will be living with for some time to come, was the disintegration of Montana Power Company and the sale of its generation capacity—including the hydroelectric dams that had been paid for by Montana utility customers—to Pennsylvania Power and Light. Under the false promise that “competition” would bring lower rates, Montanans went from having the cheapest electrical rates in the northwest to the highest. In short, we got hosed coming and going.

Now, once again, a Republican-dominated legislature is poised to blast out ill-conceived laws with little debate and even less public review. And the unintended consequences, while perhaps not approaching the catastrophe of deregulation, will surely follow.

The ridiculous rewrite of the medical marijuana law approved by 62 percent of Montana’s voters in 2004 is a classic example of late-session madness. Spurred by what we’re told is their great concern for citizens, Sen. Jeff Essmann, R-Billings, and his clueless compatriots have turned the initiative into an unrecognizable system of hypocritical hurdles and unrealistic

requirements. Apparently plucking a number from thin air, Essmann says 28,000 Montanans with medical marijuana cards is too high, and he thinks the right number is about 2,000. Did he provide the reasoning behind that number?

No, he did not. Once again, we have Republican ideology trumping any semblance of logic or reason.

again, “aOnce Republicandominated legislature is poised to blast out ill-conceived laws with little debate and even less

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public review.

As for the hypocrisy, well, that’s an easy one. Remember the Republican campaign slogans to “get government off your backs”? Essmann must have forgotten. Now he wants to put government in your doctor’s office, demanding not only how often you see a doctor, but how many doctors you must see.

Or how about being “business friendly,” a continuous Republican mantra along with “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Essmann’s rewrite will require existing Montana businesses that grow cannabis for medical use to suddenly become nonprofits and sell their product at cost, likely eliminating entire commercial operations and hundreds of jobs. In the meantime, the predatory pharmaceutical industry not only continues to rip off Montanans with sky-high prescription drug prices, they won’t even tell citizens what the cost of production is—a figure protected by federal legislation as “trade secrets.” But I guess Essmann’s great concern for the

health of Montanans only extends to saving them from reefer madness.

Then there are the classic “bait and switch” bills on coal. Remember when Secretary of State Linda McCulloch proclaimed over and over that leasing Otter Creek coal was “for the kids”? Well, the latest legislative offerings to King Coal will allow coal companies to evade the requirement that the state get “fair market value” for its minerals. Instead, under House Bill 533, sponsored by Rep. Tom Berry, R-Roundup, a “competitive bid”–in which perhaps only one company participates–will set the new floor for the value of our coal instead of an appraisal. It’s great news for Arch Coal, but just another bummer for “the kids.”

Likewise, it’s easy to recall the fanfare with which Gov. Schweitzer announced the opening of the Signal Peak coal mine near Roundup. We were told rivers of money would flow to local governments for schools, infrastructure and public services. Ha! Comes now Sen. Alan Olsen, R-Roundup, with Senate Bill 266 that would allow vast reductions for up to 10 years in local taxes for underground coal mines. And wouldn’t you know it, Montana’s only underground coal mine just happens to be Signal Peak—in Olsen’s district. Sorry about that, local taxpayers, but you know, those out-of-state mine owners need the break more than you and your communities do.

Last, but certainly not least, there’s the budget. Does anyone actually believe the citizens were well served by having the Senate debate the budget bill until almost midnight on Monday, only to pass it on a party-line vote? If you think a bunch of tired and burned-out legislators displayed compromised judgment, just watch what happens next. Now it goes back to the House and then to a conference committee where the differences will be “ironed out.” If the rumors are true, the Legislature will send the bill to Schweitzer and adjourn—saving ten days to come back and deal with whatever Schweitzer does with his veto branding iron. A special session may well be the outcome.

At this point in the legislative game, citizens will have virtually no input in what happens. With March Madness behind us, that means April’s Fools lie directly ahead.

Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.

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by Sharon O’Toole

As a career country gal, I take pride in finding the most efficient—or at least the shortest—route between two points. In our mountain country of Wyoming, that is not always a straight line or even the distance the proverbial crow can fly. And whoever thought that following crows was a good idea anyway?

In an effort to enhance our marriage, however, I gave my husband a GPS navigator for Christmas. For some reason, he has not always appreciated my efforts to guide us in the right direction. And the truth is, though I hate to admit it, I have been wrong on the rare occasion. As our 6-yearold granddaughter noted, we sometimes find ourselves “struggling around.”

We were thrilled to learn that our global positioning navigator, whom we dubbed “Sheila” for her Australian accent, could guide us flawlessly through the streets of Denver. While Sheila does not always—in my opinion—take the most efficient route, she does get us to where we are going without entering suburban cul-de-sacs or going the wrong way on one-way streets.

Originally, our navigator had a woman’s voice with an American accent, but I think my husband thought it sounded too much like me.

Luckily, in our country travels, which encompasses most of the traveling we do, we actually know where we are going. We have the advantage of lots of mountains and other landmarks, and though this sometimes leads us on obscure two-track roads, at least we know that if we are going in the general direction of, say, Battle Mountain, we are on the right track.

The exception to this is when we are moving our sheep camp between summer and winter grazing grounds. Much of this trail crosses the oil patch, where a spaghetti of new roads abounds. On many occasions, we have taken a really good-looking road in what is clearly the right direction

only to dead-end at a well site. Why, you may ask, didn’t we know that? Because of all the brand-new roads that turn last week’s first left into this week’s third left.

Presto: The GPS is lost.

We’ve also learned that the GPS is of zero help when one is crossing, say, the

When a “ shortcut takes you from a paved highway to a dirt road, that may be your first clue it’s not the right way

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to go.

—Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson Red Desert. Last week, we took a familiar shortcut in Wyoming from Wamsutter to Jeffrey City. This is a good county road that we’ve traveled many times. It isn’t paved, but it not only passes our sheep camps, it also passes a lot of oil and gas wells and a uranium processing mill. Compared to many roads we travel, it is practically a super-highway, only without the people.

I was experimenting with Sheila’s smarts, so I set Baggs as our starting point and Thermopolis, Wyo., where we were receiving cattle, as the destination.

Sheila was pretty happy until we turned west instead of east on Interstate 80. She kept directing us to turn off at every exit,

so that we might actually travel in the right direction.

Sheila seemed to become increasingly anxious and irritable as we ignored call after call to “turn left” or “turn right” on the upcoming “Red Desset Road.” It seems odd, but in Sheila’s view, all the roads off Sweetwater County Road 23 have the same, incorrectly spelled name. But we happened to know that following Sheila’s directions in this instance would lead to us getting stuck in a snowdrift somewhere on Cyclone Rim. This, as it turns out, was the exact fate of travelers in no less than three separate vehicles during New Year’s week. One traveler from Orlando, Fla., ended up stuck somewhere northeast of Rawlins when his GPS directed him to a shorter route, reported the Rawlins Daily Times. He was rescued by a sheriff ’s deputy and had to have his car towed.

One of the other travelers had to be retrieved by Carbon County Search and Rescue while following an alternative route after I-80 was closed due to high winds, blowing snow and no visibility. Earth to GPS trekker: If the interstate is closed because of bad weather, the alternate unpaved road is probably not the best choice.

As Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson put it, “When a shortcut takes you from a paved highway to a dirt road, that may be your first clue it’s not the right way to go.”

We may “struggle around” while traveling in the city, but we are pretty adept at finding our way around in the rural landscape. Now if we could just get Sheila to calm down without having to be unplugged.

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Sharon O’Toole is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She is a sheep and cattle rancher in Savery, Wyoming.

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Contrary to what most of us might think, the civil rights movement didn’t just play out on the streets and in other public places.

In fact, according to a new book by University of Montana assistant professor Tobin Miller Shearer, titled Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries, the peaceful fight for racial equality also flourished among white and AfricanAmerican Mennonites—a religious group well known for their dedication to equality. In the preface to his book, Shearer notes: “By shifting attention to less public but no less significant environs, I show how racial

THURSDAY MARCH 31 Have a green lunch when the UM Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Forum presents Collapse, Collective Action, Conundrum: Pursuing Sustainable Communities in the Age of Ideology, a talk with William Shutkin that begins at noon in the Castles Center of UM’s School of Law. Free. Call 207-9071.

Seek out some future volunteer adventure during a Peace Corps Information Session, which features info and tips from representative Tenly Snow and begins at 4 PM in Room 327 of the University Center. Free. Call 243-2839.

Have a brew and raise some funds for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation during Drink Beer for the Bob, which runs from 4–10 PM at the Great Northern Brewery, 2 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $1 from every pint sold will be donated to the foundation. Visit bmwf.org or call Keagan at 387-3847.

FRIDAY APRIL 1 Put on your diversity socks and head to Iraq: Rich Civilization and Diverse Population, a talk with UM grad student Mushtaq Al Rashidany that begins at noon in Room 330 of UM’s University Center.

Free. Call 243-2288.

The Mayor’s Office of the City of Missoula announces that it seeks applicants for positions on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board and Parks and Recreation Board, with applications due today at 5 PM. The City Board of Adjustment and Police Commission are also looking for applicants, and applications are due a t 5 P M o n A p r i l 5 . Vi s i t c i . m i s s o u l a . m t . u s / index.aspx?nid=426 to apply or visit the Mayor’s Office at City Hall, 435 Ryman St.

TUESDAY APRIL 5 YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Tuesday Night Support Groups, which includes The Living Peace Support Group for women who want to continue to heal through mindfulness, connection with others and explorations of topics includ-

change unfolded as co-believers took communion, sat down to dinner, and discussed marriages.”

Shearer, coordinator of UM’s African-American Studies Program, utilized a variety of sources to make his case, including interviews, photographs, letters and journals. Dig into this fascinating facet of America’s past when Shearer hosts a reading and book signing this week.

–Ira Sather-Olson Tobin Miller Shearer reads and signs copies of his new book Fri., April 1, from 5–8 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.

ing new tools for living, plus a domestic violence talking circle and a Native American women’s group, which all meet for dinner and fellowship every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. Free. Call 543-6691.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 6 Express peace through writing by participating in the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Search for Peace Project. The project is open to all students in Missoula in elementary school, middle school, high school, secondary school and college, and entrants are requested to answer the question “What Does Peace Mean to You?” on an 8”x8” square flat piece of paper using any medium. Submissions are due by 5 PM on April 20. Free. Call the Peace Center at 543-3955 or visit jrpc.org.

Women who are curious about the amount of mercury in their bodies are hereby invited to a mercury hair-testing event, which occurs from noon–2 PM at Boom Swagger Salon, 204 S. Third St. W. Free, but the tests are first come, first served. Call 549-1142.

Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week.

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THURSDAY APRIL 7 Dig for info when the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts a free archaeology talk with Rebecca Timmons titled “Sophie Morigeau: Trader, Liquor Runner & Cattle Baroness–A Metis Woman Crossing Boundaries,” which begins at 7 PM. Free.

Celebrate the environment and the human spirit with several outdoors films when the SelwayBitteroot Frank Church Foundation presents a screening of the best films from the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, which begins with doors opening and drinks at 6 PM, followed by the movies at 7, at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$10 students. Visit selwaybitterroot.org to purchase tickets.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - A man buying a box of bullets at a gun store in Kansas City, Mo., handed $40 to the owner, who was ringing up the sale when the man pointed a gun at him and demanded money. The owner said he noticed the gun wasn’t loaded and pulled his own gun, chasing off the robber, who left behind the bullets and his $40. (Kansas City’s KMBC-TV) Two men entered a convenience store in La Mirada, Calif., picked up an 18-pack of beer and assorted snack items and ran out the door without paying. Four uniformed sheriff’s deputies standing inside the store drinking coffee chased after them and arrested Jacob Wallace, 29, and Robert Martin, 19. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Capt. Patrick Maxwell noted that the suspects also failed to notice the deputies’ two marked patrol cars parked outside the store before they entered. (San Gabriel Valley’s SGV Tribune) SCARE CARE - Police arrested ex-veterinarian Stephen Mahnken for dressing like a doctor and entering patients’ rooms at a hospital in South Charleston, W.Va., while the patients slept. One male patient awoke to find a bandaged stuffed monkey hanging from the ceiling, a bandaged teddy bear, notes around the room about castration and cotton balls placed on his private parts. “The guy (Mahnken) had a big bag of ketchup with him. I don’t know if he was going to play a joke, you know, put ketchup down there and make him think that something had happened,” Assistant Police Chief Robert Houck said, adding that patients “were just freaked out about it.” (West Virginia’s WSAZ-TV) TRIAL SEPARATION - British authorities reported that when a woman visited family in Pakistan, her husband, an immigration officer with access to security databases, added her name to a list of terrorist suspects banned from boarding flights into Britain. As a result, the woman was stranded in Pakistan for three years without being told why. The husband’s action went undetected until he applied for a promotion with the U.K. Border Agency. During the vetting process, his wife’s name was discovered on the suspects list. When questioned, the officer admitted what he’d done and was fired for gross misconduct. (Britain’s Daily Mail) POWER OUTAGE - When German Defense Minister Theodor zu Guttenberg, 39, resigned after being accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation, he got to choose the music for the transferof-power ceremony. He asked the military band to play something by rockers AC/DC. The band’s head conductor declared that such a request “just totally breaks the mold of our music styles” and substituted Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” (The New York Times) ANIMATED APPEAL - Sex offender John Jacques, 60, appealed his conviction, arguing that the arresting officer, posing as a 13-year-old girl during Internet chats, used animated emoticons that constituted entrapment. Jacques said that prosecutors at his trial in La Crosse, Wis., showed the jury transcripts of the conversations but inserted static blushing smiley-face emoticons to represent the actual animated ones, which Jacques insisted would have provided “clear evidence of enticement.”

(La Crosse Tribune) KOOL-AID’S OFF THE MENU - A restaurant chain in South Bend, Ind., pulled its billboard ads that made reference to People’s Temple leader Jim Jones and to the mass suicide he orchestrated in 1978. After coming up with the theme “You belong,” leaders at Hacienda brainstormed ways to show how clubs, teams and restaurants can develop cult followings of like-minded people. Using Jones’s cult “went the wrong direction,” admitted Jeff Leslie, Hacienda’s vice president of sales and marketing. “We lose the core message.” (South Bend Tribune) WISE GUY, HUH? - When computer scientist David N. Cox and some of his neighbors in Raleigh, N.C., lobbied city and state officials to add traffic signals at two intersections, the city hired an engineering consultant, who said the signals weren’t needed. Cox and the North Raleigh Coalition of Homeowners’ Associations responded with their own eight-page analysis. After seeing the maps, diagrams and traffic projections, Kevin Lacy, chief traffic engineer for the state Department of Transportation, declared the report “appears to be engineering-level work” and accused Cox of practicing engineering without a license. “When you start applying the principles for trip generation and route assignment, applying judgments from engineering documents and national standards and making recommendations,” that’s technical work a licensed engineer would do, Lacy said after he called on the N.C. Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors to investigate Cox, who never claimed to be an engineer but now faces misdemeanor charges. (Raleigh’s The News & Observer) LAUNCHINGS OF THE WEEK - Timothy Lee Walker, 48, was riding on top of a mattress to keep it from falling off the roof of a sport utility vehicle in Burlington, N.C., when the SUV rounded a corner, causing the mattress to slide off the roof. Walker was thrown from the mattress into the street and had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter. (Burlington’s The Times-News) Nine-year-old Alissa Baray was seriously injured after being tossed 110 feet into the air in Marana, Ariz., when the bouncing castle she was playing in got caught in a gust of wind. The castle was tied down, but the force of the wind sent it skyward. The girl was thrown out onto a neighbor’s roof.

According to a company that rents the inflatable castles for parties, they’re designed to handle winds of up to 25 mph, not the 160-mph one Baray experienced during what observers described as a “microburst.” (Britain’s Daily Mail) REASONABLE EXPLANATIONS - The lawyer for former art dealer Kurt Lidtke, 44, who pleaded guilty to masterminding the theft of 13 paintings and a sculpture from a Seattle home, blamed the burglary on his client’s addiction to cough syrup. “His brand of choice was Robitussin,” attorney Ralph Hurvitz said. “By the time of his arrest, his consumption level was between three and four bottles per day.” (Seattle Weekly) FREAKY ACCIDENT OF THE WEEK - When Helen Foster, 36, of Carthage, Ohio, asked Clifton Hoover, 30, use his pickup to tow her 18-year-old Dodge Caravan to the junkyard, they tied a rope from the truck to the van and headed out, with Hoover driving the pickup, Foster riding in the van’s passenger seat and her friend, Melinda Adamski, 28, behind the wheel. Suddenly, the rope snapped, and the recoil severed Foster’s arm below the elbow. “It was like whoosh,” Adamski said. “It was the blink of an eye, and it was gone.” Doctors were able to reattach the arm. (Cincinnati Enquirer)

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LORD

OF THE

WINGS

Pigeon racing is more than just a sport—or a cheap punch line.

For a Montana fancier, it’s a way of life.

by Skylar Browning

J

im Jenner prefaces the introduction with a disclaimer. “They’re not exactly ready for prime time,” he says on a windy March afternoon, adding something about the cold weather factoring in.

He’s being modest. Think of Jenner as a master chef who serves up an immaculate meal and adds, “I hope it tastes all right,” or “If you don’t like it, I can make something different.” It’s an unnecessary—but telling—qualifier, an excuse just in case his guest isn’t sufficiently impressed.

Jenner takes such pride in what he’s about to reveal that he feels anything short of perfection would be a letdown. He’s spent the afternoon—and, for that matter, a lifetime—championing an animal largely dismissed in contemporary culture: the pigeon. And while his birds may be elite specimens, bred from generation to generation to compete in

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aerial marathons that span as many as 700 miles, they’re still, in the eyes of many, just pigeons.

“Does that look like a feathered rat to you?” asks Jenner after he opens the door to his Philipsburg coop and holds one of his two dozen racing pigeons to his chest.

He spreads out the bird’s right wing, which looks much bigger, smoother and stronger than something pecking at breadcrumbs in an urban park. The bird’s color also pops, a crisp, rich pewter with flecks of white. Jenner explains that this bird, known simply as “32” based on the unique alphanumeric tag on its ankle, eats only high-end safflower seeds. With a heart roughly twice the size of a common pigeon, he can fly, when properly conditioned, up to 60 miles per hour. You could drop 32 at a WalMart parking lot in Nevada or a pasture in Utah and, through some unexplained miracle of mother

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nature, the bird would book it directly back to its coop in Jenner’s backyard. No one would dare call 32 a rat with wings.

“You can’t breed from the ones that don’t make it back,” says Jenner. “You’re looking at the product of generations of birds that knew how to make it home, and knew how to make it home fast.”

Pigeon racing takes advantage of the innate capabilities of homing pigeons, which for centuries have been used to deliver messages over hundreds of miles and through the harshest conditions. The sport originated in Belgium in the 18th century, and continues to count an eclectic group of celebrities, royalty, average Joes, inner city males, gamblers, animal lovers—you name it—among its devotees. Just last month, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, a lifelong pigeon guy, debuted a new show on Animal Planet that pits his birds against

those raised by some of the East Coast’s most decorated fanciers (that being the term for someone who raises and races the birds).

Jenner may not be a celebrity, but he is a big name in the relatively small sport. Over the last 20 years, he’s become an authority on pigeons, a source for national magazines like Sports Illustrated and an invited speaker on the topic at England’s House of Commons. Stacks of pigeon books surround his office—The Pigeon in History, Basics of Breeding Racing Pigeons, etc.—as well as a few titles covering the pigeon’s much more respected relative, the dove (A Dovecote Heritage, Superdove, etc.). Memorabilia is stashed in the corners of the room, including an old Sunkist sign for “Homer Brand” oranges with a pigeon crossing the horizon. Even Jenner’s credit card has been personalized with a picture of one of his birds.

Indeed, his passion has become his livelihood.

The former state representative and civic leader is something like the Ken Burns of pigeon racing. His small, Philipsburg-based production company has released 11 documentaries on the topic, including the five-part Secrets of Champions series, the threedisc Share the Blue Sky: Stories of the Birds of Peace, and what he calls his “great American novel on pigeon racing,” Marathon in the Sky, a 60minute film narrated by Michael Landon.

“The real money is in selling the birds,” says Jenner. “That doesn’t do it for me. I’m a storyteller.”

And in all of his stories, Jenner always seems to come back to a certain theme: the inextricable connection between a pigeon racer and his flock. To understand this strange sport, its vast history, its quirky characters—including the few dedicated fanciers in Montana—Jenner says you have to first start with the bond between man and bird.

“It’s like a family,” he says. “They become a part of you. I’ve dealt with teasing all of my life, heard every statue joke in 50 years, and you certainly take that…But you’ll find pigeons are worth it.”

Pigeon racing is unlike any sport you’ve ever seen, partly because you can’t actually see it. To compete, each fancier transports his pigeons to a central spot anywhere from 100 to 600 miles away from his coop. The birds are tagged, then all released at the same time. The winner doesn’t depend on the first bird to return home—some coops, of course, are closer than others—but which bird records the fastest average speed. An electronic clock that reads the tag on each pigeon’s ankle takes care of all the calculations.

“It’s the race with a single starting gate and a thousand different finish lines,” explains Jenner.

Jenner volunteers his free time at the Philipsburg school introducing students to pigeons. photo courtesy of Jim Jenner

The size of the playing field puts fanciers in the uncomfortable position of setting their most prized possessions loose and hoping for the best. It also makes for a few nervous hours as they wait for their birds to return. The ending may sound a bit anticlimactic, or maybe lonely, but racers universally swear by the high of seeing a tiny dot in the sky and knowing it’s their bird returning home.

“There’s nothing like it. Absolutely nothing.

Everything that’s important to him in the world is right here,” says Jenner, pointing to 32’s small cubby inside the loft. “He knows exactly where that is and he will fight to the death to get back here. And it was only because you created this right environment that

he comes back. That’s an incredible bond.”

One of the more ornate—and odd—symbols of the bond between bird and man used to reside right in Missoula. Ed Sharp, the former owner of the historic Wilma Theatre, created the infamous Chapel of the Dove, which, over time, became a basement shrine to a common pigeon.

Sharp and his wife, Edna Wilma Simmons, originally built the chapel as an homage to the New York church where they were married. But when Simmons died in 1954, Sharp added to the basement rooms, most notably with an actual pigeon-in-residence.

He reportedly rescued an injured bird after it fell from its perch under the Higgins Avenue

bridge, and took it under his wing. He named it Karo Hatto, and gave his new domesticated pigeon the run of the 105-seat chapel/ theater. Moviegoers told stories of the bird, perched on Sharp’s shoulder, collecting their ticket money. Others remember the bird leaving droppings on the concession stand.

Sharp decorated the chapel with life-sized posters of Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable, old costumes, dozens of portraits of Karo Hatto and, after the bird died, the stuffed pigeon itself. The kitschy shrine was removed when Tracey Blakeslee bought the building in the mid-’90s, but remnants of it are still on display at Rockin Rudy’s.

Karo Hatto wasn’t a racing homer, but its relationship with Sharp represented a time before pigeons were labeled pests. In Jenner’s stacks of reference books, he’s kept old national magazine articles that describe the birds in reverential terms and show them as accepted pets. A 1926 National Geographic article on messenger pigeons includes an image of a woman happily engulfed by birds; only her hat and wide smile are visible. Another page shows First Lady Grace Coolidge releasing a homer next to her house.

Jenner hasn’t let go of that golden era when the birds were venerated. As he shows off the pigeons in his backyard loft, dozens of them fluttering about in a swarm of feathers and flying straw, he talks about the individual personality of each bird.

He knows which ones will cower and which ones will spread their wings. He picks out two that are together—pigeons mate for life—and can read their body language well enough to foretell a quick kiss.

“They’ll show off for you,” he says. “The thing with these birds, they’re remarkably intelligent. You can see the wheels turning. Recent studies have shown they’re basically as smart as a third-grader.”

Jenner’s just getting started. He goes on to explain how pigeons can also hear ultra-low fre-

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, a lifelong fancier, launched a new reality television show last month about pigeon racing. His mentor on the series, renowned breeder Vinnie Torre, right, agreed to do the show to help attract new fans to the sport. “Today, there’s too much,” Torre says. “The kids, they don’t go outphoto courtesy courtesy of of Animal Animal Planet Planet side. They don’t do things. They don’t care about some birds.” photo

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quencies—“a pigeon in Kansas can hear the wind going over the Rockies,” he says. They see infrared light as well as natural light. Their sense of smell is also unnaturally keen; the University of Pisa in England released a study in 2006 that suggests the birds “read the landscape as a patchwork of odours” in order to navigate hundreds of miles home. If it’s not smell that leads them back, then most scientists believe it’s the birds’ ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic fields, as well as their “solar compass” that tracks the movement of the sun. All of which is to say that the birds are special, clever and personable, and give back in a relationship in much the same way as man’s best friend. In fact, pigeons were domesticated around the same time as dogs.

“Certain people are attracted to competition of any kind. But there are also people who just get that emotional connection,” says Jenner. “We understand the emotional satisfaction of having birds that you’re close to. People are very evangelical about that.”

Jenner found religion at age 10 in a story strikingly similar to how other fanciers fell in love with the sport. He was the new kid who had just moved from the sticks to a Seattle neighborhood, and he befriended a boy who brought some street pigeons to school one day. Curious, Jenner started to read up on the birds and was amazed at what he found. For example, he read about a homing pigeon named Cher Ami (Dear Friend) who served during World War I. In 1918, the bird successfully carried its 12th and final message roughly 25 miles to American troops in Verdun, France—despite having its leg shot off and taking a bullet to its breast during the flight. The note alerted U.S. forces of the location of the 77th Infantry’s “Lost Battalion,” and led to the rescue of more than 200 men. Cher Ami’s preserved body—the bird died a year after its famous delivery— is now on display in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

“That was a creature that had no concept of bravery, but had a love of home that was so profound that it kept on going,” says Jenner. “I wanted to learn more.”

A year later, when he was 11, Jenner and his friend, David Lee, bought their first racing pigeons and started the J&L Loft. They’re still in touch today.

“You’re at an age where you want to explore, you want to have your own things to do,” Jenner says.

“Here’s this hobby that allows you to do that, teaches you responsibility, and connects you with nature.”

Bozeman-based wildlife photographer Dusan Smetana traces all his personal and professional accomplishments back to pigeon racing. He grew up racing birds in a small village of what was then Czechoslovakia, saying it was one of only three activities—soccer and hunting being the others—that

’em or you hate ’em. If you like ’em, they are really a big part of your life. Every day, you are thinking about the pigeons.”

Brian Perin, who started the Bridger Mountain club in 1994, has been thinking about pigeons for the better part of 37 years. His connection to the birds started at age 13 when old-school pigeon guys took him under their wing. He now breeds the “mountain birds” he inherited from a World War IIera fancier with birds Smetana had shipped from his home village. He’s already looking forward to this year’s racing season, which starts in a few weeks with the club’s training runs.

“The thing with these birds, they’re remarkably intelligent. You can see the wheels turning.

Recent studies have shown they’re basically as smart as a third-grader.”

—Jim Jenner

what I do. If I’m lucky enough to die an old man, I’m going to have birds.”

In fact, Tyson started fighting in part because of his love of pigeons. He purchased his first birds— more than $700 worth—at age 10 with money from a robbery. When neighborhood bullies learned of his new hobby, they attempted to pillage his coop.

Tyson recalls screaming for his mother as one of the older boys literally ripped the head off of one of Tyson’s pigeons and wiped the blood on Tyson’s face.

“Some guy said, ‘Fight him back.’ So I started fighting,” Tyson told The New Yorker, recalling the first punches he ever tossed. “I couldn’t fight, but I was flailing away. I hit him more than he hit me.

So I guess I won.”

Tyson now runs lofts in New York, New Jersey and Nevada, and is considered the sport’s biggest celebrity.

“Mike Tyson’s experience was just like any of my friends’,” says Jenner. “It’s a moment a lot of young people understand—when you’re looking for something to do, to explore…

“Well, at least with boomers, people my age,” he adds. “Today, it’s another story.”

There’s another common thread among fanciers besides the intense connection between “It’s kept me out of trouble a little bit,” says kept kids out of trouble. When he was given his own them and their birds: The inability to impress that birds at age 10, it taught him discipline and, in his Perin. “There’s something about taking care of these bond upon a new generation. Kids these days, for a words, “how to read animals.” Smetana managed to birds—you bathe them, feed them, train them, breed multitude of reasons, don’t seem to care about leave his communist homeland and travel to the them, race them—that grounds you.” pigeons.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson takes United States, initially working as a garbage man and “They’re just not interested,” says Perin, who has maintaining the same work ethic he says raising the connection to pigeons even further. One of the conducted outreach programs with local 4-H groups pigeons first instilled in him. He eventually landed most feared boxers in history grew up in Brooklyn through the Bridger Mountain club. “We try, but nothin Montana, where he has been able to transfer his without a father. His mother died when he was 16. ing seems to last. It’s sad, really.” connection with animals into an award-winning When he wasn’t involved in neighborhood crime, Jenner dedicated his latest film, Young Wings, to photography career. He now owns more than 130 Tyson says he turned to birds. the issue. He attaches the disinterest in pigeon racing “The first thing I ever loved in my life was a racing pigeons and is the top-scoring fancier among to the overall problem of children spending an alarmthe small but dedicated members of Montana’s pigeon,” he said in a press conference announcing ing amount of time inside, a phenomenon known as his new show. “I don’t know why...I feel ridiculous Bridger Mountain Pigeon Racing Club.

Nature Deficit Disorder. It’s why he volunteers his free “It makes you keep your shit together!” Smetana trying to explain it. Pigeons are a part of my life. It’s time at the Philipsburg Elementary School, introducsays bluntly. “With pigeons, I think, you either like a constant with my sanity in a weird way; this is just ing pigeon racing to third, fourth and fifth graders.

Over two years he says he’s kept at least a dozen students engaged in the activity.

“What I’m trying to do, just a little bit, is to keep people aware that this species, these birds, it’s a fascinating way to have nature in your life,” he says.

But Jenner is the first to admit it’s an uphill climb, especially in the United States. The American Racing Pigeon Union counts more than 10,000 registered members today, but the number of racers was up around 50,000 after World War II. A Belgium auction house set a new world record in January by selling 218 pigeons for $1.9 million during one auction, but the vast majority of buyers were from China–not the United States. Plus, it’s telling that a cable reality show starring an aging boxer best known to younger generations for eating another man’s ear (Evander Holyfield’s) and singing a Phil Collins song (in The Hangover) signifies a monumental breakthrough for the sport.

“Let me tell you something; I get it. There’s a lot at stake,” says Vinnie Torre, the longtime New Jersey-based fancier responsible for mentoring Tyson on the new show. “The whole reason I got involved, the reason I agreed to this, it’s because we were going to do it right, and respect the sport, and because we wanted more people to learn about what we’re doing. Listen, pigeons are my life—my life—but not enough people do it anymore. I know Bozeman-based wildlife photographer Dusan Smetana first raised racing pigeons while growing up in what was then Czechoslovakia. Today he owns more than 130 birds at his handmade loft, pictured above, and is the winningest fancier in Montana’s Bridger Mountain Pigeon that.”

Racing Club.

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photo courtesy of Jim Jenner

Even though Torre would appear to come from an entirely different pigeon racing culture—the East Coast clubs are notoriously cutthroat—he echoes the same talking points as fanciers in Montana. He learned the sport in the ’50s under the tutelage of old-school pigeon guys, back when Hoboken boasted hundreds of rooftop lofts.

“I was known as ‘Vinnie The Kid,’” he says in a phone interview, sounding exactly like a Vinnie Torre from Hoboken should sound. “I fetched coffee, I ran errands, I did whatever they needed. What I did most—I listened.”

Torre loved the camaraderie, the attention to detail, the connection to the birds and the competition. He says the pigeons became family—“not like family, they are family.” He adds that birthdays, anniversaries and vacations are all planned around the racing season schedule.

But as new development caused those rooftop lofts to disappear, and cities started to exterminate the overpopulated birds, Torre saw interest in the sport decline. Even his hometown Hudson County Pigeon Club closed in the mid-’90s.

“When I was a kid, I didn’t have a television. I didn’t have video games. I didn’t have a computer, none of that stuff,” he says. “Today, there’s too much. The kids, they don’t go outside. They don’t do things. They don’t care about some birds.”

Despite the challenges, Torre sees reason for optimism. He spearheaded the reopening of the Hudson County Pigeon Club in 2008. Since “Taking on Tyson” debuted, he’s received calls from around the world—the show has a strong European following, he says—from people either looking to recon-

nect or get introduced to the sport. He also thinks Tyson is in it for the long haul, and his celebrity will continue to bring new fans to the sport.

“Let me tell you something, Mike is the real thing,” he says. “That guy is a pigeon guy. He loves his birds. When people see him they think differently about what we do. I don’t know, maybe he’s what we need to make this work.”

Driving into historic Philipsburg, it’s not unusual to see Jenner’s birds darting through the sky. His house is located near downtown and he likes to let

the birds out while he works in his office. There’s not much to worry about—hawks are the only real threat—and it’s not like his pigeons won’t find their way home.

“They’re part of the landscape,” he says.

For the next hour or so, the flock circles the property, disappearing behind neighboring houses and over the horizon before circling back toward the loft. The birds aren’t the smoothest fliers—there’s a fitful motion as their oversized breast muscles pro-

pel their wings and jerk their bottom-heavy frame through the air—but they generate immense speed for such a little animal. Jenner explains they’re so fast because of a hollow bone structure and highly oxygenated blood. Plus, they’re tireless. Jenner’s pigeons have been cooped up most of the winter and are out of racing shape, but you’d never know it from their early March blitzes.

“Look,” he says, pointing to one bird perched on his house while the others

continue zipping along. “That one there is out of breath. Can you see?

He’s laboring. Guy needs a rest, doesn’t he? See that?”

No, actually. To the untrained eye it just looks like a pigeon on a roof. But that’s the point—it takes time to appreciate these birds the same way as Jenner and his fellow fanciers do. Most people would prefer the damn things to simply disappear, while he’s spent his entire life studying their subtle features and special skills. Jenner admits he’s still learning new things from his flock every day, and

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he’d love the opportunity to pass those things along.

“When you’re a child, it’s like you’re the mayor of your own town. You’re in charge, in many ways, of what they do every day. You can be demanding and make them fly and get them into shape…It’s fascinating to learn and observe behavior in another creature, and then use that to affect that behavior.

That aspect never really goes away.”

The thought launches Jenner into yet another story. A man named Elwin F. Anderson won last year’s Puget Sound Futurity, a race featuring more than 230 birds from 28 different lofts. His winning pigeon flew 347 miles and averaged 1,621 yards per minute, or 55 miles per hour. Anderson, who served with the Signal Pigeon company during World War II, was 91 years old. He died five months later.

“It’s a hobby that stays with you a lifetime,” says Jenner. “You’re always calculating, breeding, figuring things out. You’re always hoping that you may have the next Secretariat, the next great champion.”

He takes a second and looks at his pigeons as they bolt away toward town. Jenner shows no signs of slowing down. In many ways, he’s as determined and singleminded as his birds when it comes to promoting the sport he loves. Who knows, maybe the next great champion is flying in Philipsburg.

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The world’s population will probably hit nine billion by 2050. That’s about the only thing agreed upon by partisans in a long-waged debate over how best to feed all those bellies.

On March 8, Dr. Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, released a report arguing that the use of small-scale, diverse farming methods, which he calls “agroecology,” can double agricultural production in povertystricken areas, increase the economic prospects of the inhabitants, and improve their local environment.

This argument refutes a common dismissal of sustainable agriculture: that it could never feed the world.

That’s the contention of those who believe in agriculture methods that involve the intensive use of energy, water, machinery and chemicals to grow cash crop monocultures. I recently discussed these competing paradigms with De Schutter, in the context of what it might look like if industrial agriculture were, in fact, to feed the world.

“I’m surprised at the simplistic diagnosis that appears to be dominant in public discourse,” De Schutter said. “The official mantra is we need a 70 percent increase in agricultural production to feed the world. But this completely oversimplifies the debate. It only pays attention at the supply side of the equation, when we must also work on demand—for instance, the overconsumption of meat in industrialized countries. By 2050, if the current curves continue, 50 percent of global cereal production will go either to feeding cattle or to the irresponsible push towards biofuels production and consumption through fiscal stimuli and subsidies.”

Corn and soy, two of the world’s most common crops, are both typically grown with industrial farming methods. Growing corn and soy for cattle feed is a terribly inefficient way to produce food calories, and using corn to produce ethanol is an inefficient way to produce fuel. Clearly, the easiest way to increase the food supply is to grow food for people, not cows and cars.

Another problem with a myopic focus on the supply-side, according to De Schutter, is “it neglects the urgent need to combat waste. We lose 30 to 35 percent of crops post-harvest because of poor storage facilities and communication infrastructures in developing countries.”

Despite the many holes in the supply-side solution to world hunger, for the sake of argument let’s

suppose industrial agriculture becomes the path that humanity chooses, and consider how that might look.

If recent history is any guide, it may play out with farmers in wealthy countries producing surpluses that are shipped to poor countries. These surpluses are only possible with agriculture subsidies and cheap oil, neither of which are reliable in the long-term.

Elsewhere in the world we can find examples of another possible future scenario, in which industrial agriculture methods are exported to the third world.

This happened 40 years ago in Punjab, India, which in the 1970s became a poster child for industrial agriculture. Huge gains were recorded, especially in

wheat production. But according to a 2007 report put out by the Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, “Over intensification of agriculture over the years has led to water depletion, reduced soil fertility and micronutrient deficiency, non-judicious use of farm chemicals and problems of pesticide residue, reduced genetic diversity, soil erosion, atmospheric and water pollution and overall degradation of the rather fragile agro ecosystem of the state.”

Says De Schutter: “Climate change and environmental destruction are the most important factors behind recent spikes in food prices. Pushing agriculture methods that accelerate this is a recipe for disaster.”

Here at home, the experience of American farmers demonstrates the effectiveness with which industrial agriculture can destroy the social and economic fabric of rural communities. Across the heartland, a few farms have prospered and consolidated the land from the many farms that have failed. Onceautonomous farmers became workers on factory

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farms, or left home for the city. In the third world this pattern would likely be repeated. Small farmers would become day laborers, or move to the already swollen urban slums.

Third world farmers who hang onto their small pieces of land could face the constant threat of financial ruin if they follow the path of industrial farming.

India is experiencing an epidemic of farmer suicides resulting from farmers borrowing money for pesticides, fertilizers, high-yield seeds, and the digging of wells. If a crop fails, or spoils, or the price of that crop takes a sudden dive, or the well runs dry—any of these all-too-common occurrences can initiate a debt spiral that many farmers can’t find their way out of. Since 1997, over 200,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide.

Many proponents of high-tech farming methods like to claim theirs is the scientific approach, a notion that makes De Schutter bristle. “Agroecology is science—it’s the combination of agronomics and ecological science, and it’s the kind of science that is best suited to the needs of the 21st century, where resource efficiency should be the prime objective.

The priority should be to save water, preserve the soils, and de-link agriculture from fossil energies.

“Agroecology is knowledge-intensive and thus requires that we invest in training of farmers, in farmer field-schools, and in horizontal exchanges of best agricultural practices that are most suitable to specific agro-ecological environments. Agroecology is not a return to some traditional past, it is the cutting edge of farming. It mimics nature in the field, and uses resource-saving techniques that can be of greatest benefit to cash-strapped farmers and to women, for whom access to credit is most difficult, and who cannot afford to run high levels of debt.”

Given an infinite amount of oil, water, and aid money, it’s probably true that industrial agriculture could feed our growing population. But it’s difficult to imagine how that might look good. De Schutter’s report gives scientific support to the idea that farming in a way that strengthens communities and local economies, spares resources, and models diverse ecosystems can also feed the world. Unless you own stock in oil, chemical, or agribusiness companies, it’s hard to see how agroecology methods don’t make a lot more sense.

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Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espres-

so and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Spring weather brings patio seating! Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas.

Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - close. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers.

Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche.

Several more baked options and the finest espresso available.

Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula.

Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $

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HAPPIESTHOUR Charlie B’s Who you’re drinking with: A regular crowd of full-time drinkers converges just about every morning before 10. On a recent morning, the regulars are all men. Most of them are over 40. They wear baseball caps and are missing teeth. A more mainstream crowd piles in for lunch, enjoying great bar food served up by the Dinosaur Café, nestled in the rear of the establishment. As afternoon wears into evening, artists, writers, college students and pool sharks pile in. Politicians love the place, too. It’s not unusual to spot Missoula County Democratic Party leaders talking strategy over whiskey as the sun goes down and Charlie’s regulars, after a full day of drinking, sink further into their barstools.

Ambiance: Photographer Lee Nye’s gritty portraits of Charlie’s patrons add an artsy vibe to the joint’s distinctly blue-collar feel. Positioned at “the corner of space and time,” Indy readers year after year vote Charlie’s among the best places for a stiff pour. The dive bar also boasts a national following, with Esquire magazine last year naming it a favorite haunt. According to Esquire, Charlie’s is “Without question the best place in the country to find a beautiful woman who can gut her own trout.”

Photo by Chad Harder

What you’re eating: Cajun cuisine, including such delicacies as etouffee, po’ boy sandwiches, jambalaya and gumbo. Nearly all menu items run less than $10.

What you’re drinking: Select from a full bar stocked with local brews and hard booze.

Blackfoot IPA pints, PBR and whiskey are favorites.

How to find it: 428 N. Higgins Avenue at Spruce Street.

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

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Sushi Bar & Japanese Bistro

Spring is Upon Us! Enjoy our Refreshing Lunch Specials Daily from $7!

When we say Not just Sushi! we mean it.

403 North Higgins Ave • 406.549.7979 www.sushihanamissoula.com

The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our all-new bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$

Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring international & Irish pub fare as well as locally produced specials.

FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS. $-$$

Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall • 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.

The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon!

Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m.

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$

NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$

Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$.

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.

Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$

Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) • pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver!

Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries.

Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavorsno MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$

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www.thinkfft.com Mon-Thurs 7am - 8pm • Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm • 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe.

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

BITTERROOT Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St., Hamilton 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections.

Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Wed - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.

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Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun - Wed 83pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$

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Arts & Entertainment listings March 31–April 7, 2011

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THURSDAY March

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Ski the slopes in order to raise money for Whitefish Review—a literary journal that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, photography and interviews—during the Whitefish Review Fundraiser at Turner Mountain, which runs from 9:30 AM–4:30 PM at the mountain, located 22 miles north of Libby. The event includes a lift ticket, ski company demos, a bonfire and mid-day snacks. $40. Get tickets online at whitefishreview.org. Call 261-6190.

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

Keep your options open during Change Your World: Intern Abroad, a presentation that begins at noon in Room 330 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call 243-2288.

Have a green lunch when the UM Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Forum presents Collapse, Collective Action, Conundrum: Pursuing Sustainable Communities in the Age of Ideology, a talk with William Shutkin that begins at noon in the Castles Center of UM’s School of Law. Free. Call 207-9071.

The Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts a free workshop for small businesses hosted by ACT! software coach Chris Pumphrey on the benefits of e-marketing, including tips on how to make email templates, newsletters and other info, starting at noon. Free. Call Lily at 626-3016.

Absorb songs presented through sign language and dance when students from the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind host the concert Expressions of Silence, starting at 2 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 771-6143.

I’m back on Silhouette City. The Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Higgins Ave., presents Andy Smetanka: City in Shadows, an exhibit featuring screenings of Smetanka’s stopmotion silhouette films during a First Friday opening reception on Fri., April 1, from 5–8 PM. A gallery talk and screening of a new stop-motion film by Smetanka occurs at 7 PM. Free. Call 728-0447.

Seek out some future volunteer adventure during a Peace Corps Information Session, which features info and tips from representative Tenly Snow and begins at 4 PM in Room 327 of the University Center.

Free. Call 243-2839.

end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., April 1, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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The King's Speech (PG-13 - FYI: new rating) Nightly at 7 & 9:10 • 7 ONLY on Tue 4/5 & Thur 4/7 • Sun at 1 & 3:10 OPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 2

I Love You Phillip Morris (R) Nightly at 7 & 9 • 9:10 ONLY on Tue 4/5 & Thur 4/7 • Sun at 1 & 3

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Have a brew and raise some funds for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation during Drink Beer for the Bob, which runs from 4–10 PM at the Great Northern Brewery, 2 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $1 from every pint sold will be donated to the foundation. Visit bmwf.org or call Keagan at 387-3847.

nightlife Hang with some expert string pluckers when Him & Her (a duo featuring Travis Yost and Caroline Keys) plays tunes featuring upright bass, acoustic guitar and banjo during the Top Hat’s monthly artistin-residence series from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

Eugene, Ore.’s Tyler Fortier would rather drink a pint of glass than the remnants of your sponge bath when the musician plays Americana at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Spend a few hours examining the U.S.’s involvement in the Vietnam War when the Peace & Justice Film Series continues with a screening of Hearts and Minds, starting at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free.

Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org.

Trip out on the other side—of our state that is—when author Ruth McLaughlin reads and signs copies of her book Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High Plains, starting at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.

(See Books in this issue.)

Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly thereafter at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. Free.

E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com.

Check out a story about a playboy who just wants to dance when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of the musical Crazy for You, starting at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Call 243-4581 for tickets or visit umtheatredance.org.

Laugh it up while watching a story about a drama critic and his killhappy family when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic & Old Lace, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 for student rush tickets at the box office only.

Visit mtactors.com.

Cure your jittery mind with something mellow when The Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 424 N. Higgins Ave., presents Reggae with Supa J, starting at 7:30 PM. Free. Call 542-3847.

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Put your horns up when saxophonist Augustus Azure and horn player Meghan Peck perform a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.

Bat those eyelashes and get rid of those hot flashes with some hip hop when Wapikiya Records artists RegMachine, Pallas Athena, Frodie, OverTime and Dice play the Palace at 9 PM. $5.

Decontaminate your unsightly friend with some tuneage when Ugly Pony plays The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave., at 9 PM. Free.

Call 728-1559.

Hang with your brothers from another DNA strand when Seattle’s The Staxx Brothers plays hip hop, soul and rock at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5. (See Noise in this issue.)

FRIDAY April

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Put on your diversity socks and head to Iraq: Rich Civilization and Diverse Population, a talk with UM grad student Mushtaq Al Rashidany that begins at noon in Room 330 of UM’s University Center. Free. Call 243-2288.

New York artist Laurie Fendrich paints your intellect when she presents a lecture at 3 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-2019.

Boot up your artistic operating system with paintings, drawings and sculptural works when the Montana Museum of Art and Culture (MMAC) presents a First Friday opening reception for the exhibits Sense and Sensation: Laurie Fendrich, Paintings and Drawings 1990–2010, along with Flow by Barry Hood—a collection of sculptural glassworks— from 4–6 PM in the lobby of UM’s PARTV Center. Also includes food and live music. Free. Call 2432019.

nightlife Infiltrate your senses with art that uses transparent and opaque mediums to interpret natural landscapes after the infiltration of technology and other concepts, when Beth Martin presents a First Friday opening for her work at The Artsiehorse Studio & Gallery, 137 E. Main St., starting at 5 PM. Free.

Moisturize your mind with oil and pastel paintings by Teresa Garland Warner and Elene Weeege, along with new prints by

Russel Chatham and Walter Hook, when Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St., hosts a First Friday opening reception from 5–9 PM. Free. Call 541-7100.

It’s the best of both aesthetic worlds when local artist Stella Latwinski presents her “sweet and unsettling” works, created with ink and colored pencil on wooden panels, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave. Free, with wine and cookies.

Tip your trucker hat to the Rocky Mountain Photography Club when it presents Celebrating Montana Landscapes, an exhibit of its most recent photographic adventures featuring work by Pamela DunnParrish, Ken Masterson and others, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–7:30 PM at Computer Central, 136 E. Broadway St. Free.

Nature meets urban settings when the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, 216 N. Higgins Ave., presents a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM for Cityscapes and Landscapes, a collection of photos by the Fine Grain Group of Missoula. Free.

Paintings that feature abstraction as a form of play and disassociated narratives are yours to explore when A&E Architects, 222 N. Higgins Ave., presents a First Friday opening reception for work by Brandon Reintjes and Nate White, from 5–8 PM. Free.

Art made from egg shells and dryer lint, plus photos of the four seasons, are just some of the many reasons to check out sow, mend, an exhibit of work by Nici Holt Cline featured during a First Friday opening reception at The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., from 5–8 PM. Free.

Take a bite from an artistic salmagundi when Zootown Arts Community Center founder Hanna Hannan presents her work, which includes printmaking and paintings in a variety of mediums, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Free.

Just say hot damn during Holy Hell!, a multimedia spectacle/ installation featuring woodcuts by Jack Metcalf with colorist Brett Hargesheimer, sound art by Burke Jam, sculptures by Louis Habeck, video by Will Hutchinson and ceramic pieces

by Ron Geibel, during a First Friday opening reception from 5–9 PM in the basement of the Top Hat. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

It’s all about Mennonite religious history and the history of the civil rights movement when UM assistant prof Tobin Miller Shearer presents a reading and signing of his book Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and

Sanctuaries, from 5–7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free.

Call 721-2881. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Peruse artistic earrings, bracelets and necklaces when Miranda Orante presents the Wrapped and Woven Exhibit, which is featured during a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM at The Tides Gallery at Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins Ave. Free.

Dolack’s exhibit The Art of Trees, a Forest Gallery, which was held at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland in February.

Free. Call 549-3248.

Whet your aesthetic whistle with watercolors by Kendahl Jan Jubb and music by Stan Anglen and friends when Murphy-Jubb Fine Art, 210 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 300, presents a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM. Free.

Call 728-7050.

Let your brain dance when The Artists’ Shop, 304 N. Higgins Ave.,

its University of Montana Art Faculty Show, which features work by James Bailey, Kevin Bell, Mary Ann Bonjorni and others and runs from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 721-3154.

Gnaw on a California roll while taking in art by Aric Williams when the artist makes his Missoula debut with a reception at Sushi Hana, 403 N. Higgins Ave., at 5 PM. Free.

Mix it up with mixed photography when The Darkroom, 135 N. Higgins Ave., presents work by students in UM’s School of Journalism dur-

SPOTLIGHT hell bound Like a branding iron stamping a bovine’s tuchus, actors James Earl Jones and Patrick Swayze have burnt themselves—for better or worse—into our collective psyche with their respective roles as a villainous father in the Star Wars trilogy, and a ghost in the film Ghost.

This one-night installation based on likenesses of Jones and Swayze could leave one hell of an indelible impression on your mind. It begins as you descend into the depths of the Top Hat basement, where you’ll be greeted by edited video clips of Jones and Swayze spliced together by William Hutchinson, a local artist who also helps run the gallery FrontierSpace. Once downstairs, you’ll cast your gaze on three collaborative pieces by printmaker Jack Metcalf and drawer/colorist Brett Hargesheimer. Their pieces, like the one pictured, were initially created from three of Metcalf’s woodcuts.

Those were then cut up, and collaged on top of Hargesheimer’s colorful backgrounds. According to Metcalf, these pieces—which depict the actors wearing monster costumes and riding tricycles—touch on the idea of the Holy Trinity, with Jones as the Holy Father and Swayze as the Holy Spirit.

While you check out that work, you’ll be serenaded by a sound art piece by Burke Jam (aka Churchmouse). It consists of a loop of the Righteous

WHAT: Holy Hell! art installation WHEN: Fri., April 1, from 5–9 PM WHERE: Basement of the Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. HOW MUCH: Free, with door prizes

Brothers tune “Unchained Melody”—made popular in Ghost—with Jones’ voice layered in the mix. I’m sure it’ll sound pretty trippy. After that, you can scoot around on a tricycle while donning an art helmet made by Louis Habeck, and check out ceramic tricycles created by ceramicist Ron Geibel.

Metcalf didn’t want to elaborate on the conceptual side of things, but he says he intends for this to be a “fearless spectacle” of sorts. And, holy hell, I think it should be.

—Ira Sather-Olson

Take a leave from your binary buddies when the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattte St., presents Andy Smetanka: City in Shadows, a collection of various stop-motion films created by Smetanka, plus a new animated film he made that commemorates living in Missoula for the past 20 years, featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. A gallery talk and screening of his new film occurs at 7 PM. Free. Call 728-0447.

Celebrate those things that help us breathe when the Monte Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St., hosts a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM featuring a re-creation of

presents a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM featuring William Munoz’s exhibit of photos of dancers titled Dance in Concert, Exploring the Creative Process. UM dancers will also perform throughout the evening. Free. Call 543-6393.

Keep it fashionable when Smooch Boutique, 125 E. Main St., hosts a First Friday opening reception for local photographer Alicia Watkinson—whose work captures color and fashion—from 5–8 PM. Free.

See spicy works by seasoned art teachers when the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., presents a First Friday opening reception for

ing a First Friday opening reception starting at 5 PM. Free.

Keep your scrubs at home when the Institute of Medicine and Humanities at St. Patrick Hospital, 500 W. Broadway St., hosts a First Friday opening reception with live music, art and refreshments starting at 5 PM. Free.

Stare longingly at those breathing walls when Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave., presents landscape paintings by John Ryan in the tradition of surrealists, with a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM. Free.

Party down in celebration of the new digs of Wildlands CPR and the Community Food and Agriculture

Coalition, 117 W. Broadway St., during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM featuring photos by Marcel Huijser, plus libations and snacks. Free.

Escape from the petroleum jelly apocalypse and enjoy hand drawn works by artist Pete Davies when Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St., hosts a First Friday reception for his work from 5–8 PM. Free.

See the artistic wares of 6-year-old artist Phoenix Marshall when the Blackbird Kid Shop, 525 S. Higgins Ave., presents a First Friday opening for her work—which features animals and people—from 5–8 PM. Free, with snacks and drinks.

Call 543-2899.

The Sandpiper Gallery, 306 Main St. in Polson, presents its annual members show with an opening reception from 5–7 PM. Free. Call 883-5956.

Funk up your First Friday by checking out funky recycled clothing, including upcycled prom dresses, when Redress Clothing, 223 Railroad Ave., hosts a First Friday open studio reception from 5–8 PM. Free.

Expect to be awed, but not shocked, when the Missoula AIDS Council, 500 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, presents a First Friday opening reception for work by Gretel Stoudt, from 5–7 PM. Free, with wine and appetizers.

The Rhino, 158 Ryman St., hosts a First Friday event featuring food and cask conditioned beer, also

known as “live beer,” starting around 5 PM. Cost for beer TBA. Point and shoot yourself over to 129 W. Front St., formerly Pipestone Mountaineering, for a business launch party for Montana Photobooth that runs from 5–8 PM. Free.

Bind it when the Western Montana Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Avenue, Ste. 202, presents a First Friday opening reception for the The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery, starting at 5 PM. Free.

Don’t be such a sketchball and head over to The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A, to catch a First Friday opening reception from 5:30–9 PM for its Potsketch 2011 preview exhibition, which features drawings and ceramic pieces by artists including Julia Galloway and Beth Lo. Free. Call 543-0509.

Soothe your aching heart with some art when the Montana Art Therapy Association presents its work during a First Friday opening reception from 6–8 PM at The Frame Shop & Gallery in Hamilton, 325 Main St. Free. Call 363-6684.

Check out some monsters and misfits on a range of 2-D and 3-D media when local artist Patricia Thornton presents New Works during a First Friday opening reception from 6–8 PM at House Design Studio, 133 N. Higgins Ave. The Missoula Symphony will also perform from 6–7:30 PM. Free.

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Lend your support to Spirit at Play, a nonprofit early childhood program, through refreshments, art, live music and a silent auction, when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., hosts an art celebration for the organization from 6–8 PM. Free. Call 728-7001.

Scope out watercolor, gouache and acrylic paintings that feature scenes of the Mission and Bitterroot Mountains, plus old buildings and churches, when artist Joy Peterson-Snodgrass presents her work during a First Friday opening reception from 6–9 PM at Red Willow Antiques, 213 Main St. in Stevensville. Free.

George Carlton wants you to quit running with razors when he plays solo guitar at 6 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703.

It’s all about oil, and drawings and prints, when artist Bob Phinney presents his work during a First Friday opening reception from 6–9 PM at Stevensville’s River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art, 317 Main St. Art

by Kraig Bullard is also featured.

Free. Call 777-0520.

See the folksiness drip from Ron Dunbar’s phalanges when he plays folk during the Top Hat’s Family-Friendly Friday concert series, from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

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SPRING BREAK CAMPS When school is out, spectrUM is in! Check out our line up of Spring Break Camps. April 4th-8th, 9am-4pm. Ages 8-11. www.spectrum.umt.edu SCIENCE SATURDAY, 4/2: Junior Wizard Magic and optical illusions!

11am-2pm • Grades 2-3 $15/members • $20/non-members

Screw silver and go with the gold when FrontierSpace, one block west of Higgins Avenue in the alley between Spruce and Pine Streets, presents Baby its Gold Outside, an exhibit by Laura Alich that includes print, sculpture and installation work, featured during a First Friday opening reception from 6–9 PM. Free. Visit frontierspace.wordpress.com.

Check out hip threads created by local fashion designers participating in Selvedge Studio’s Project Selvedge competition during a First Friday fashion show, which begins at 6:30 PM at the store, 509 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit selvedgestudio.com for more info or call 541-7171.

Check out some young acrobats performing in a movement arts showcase featuring dance, comedy and acrobatic pieces when Bitterroot Gymnastics presents ACROtainment: A Performing Arts Showcase, which also features special guest aerialst Holly Rollins and begins at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $14/$12 for children, with advance tickets at Bitterroot Gymnastics. Call 7284258 or visit bittgym.com.

Have a stellar night with some grand folk musicians when indie folk band Stellarondo plays a CD release party at 7 PM at The Boiler Room in Kalispell, 525 Eighth St. E. Amy Martin opens. $12/$10 advance.

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Check out a story about a playboy who just wants to dance when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of the musical Crazy for You, starting at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Call 243-4581 for tickets or visit umtheatredance.org.

UM student Alyssa Baty lets her reed walk the line when the clarinetist plays a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free.

Call 243-6880.

Laugh it up while watching a story about a drama critic and his killhappy family when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic & Old Lace, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15/$7.50 for student rush tickets at the box office only.

Visit mtactors.com.

Get a black belt in aural awesomeness when Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St., presents a night of rock, indie rock and other styles from Javier Ryan, The Magpies and Vera, from 8–11 PM. $3 suggested donation, all ages.

Bang thine head to the beat of some Scandinavian shredders when Copenhagen, Denmark’s Volbeat plays a mix of metal, punk, rockabilly, and rock with special guests The Damned Things and Hourcast at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $20, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com.

Oxygenate your dead limbs by busting a move to The Fabulous Country Kings when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free.

I pity the fools who miss KBGA’s Fools Night Out Party fund raiser, which hits the Badlander/ Palace complex at 9 PM with sets of various styles of music upstairs from Japan’s Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O, Brooklyn’s Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Philadelphia’s Ryat and locals Victory Smokes.

Then, downstairs, you can check tunes from New York City’s O’Death, Austin, Texas’ Strange Boys, and Nashville’s Natural Child. $8/$10 for those aged 18–20. (See Noise and Spotlight in this issue.)

Unhinge the drainage pipe from your personality when the Wild Coyotes play country and classic rock at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559.

Pasteurize your precious bodily fluids but leave them at home when Zeppo MT plays R&B at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free.

One out of every 10 doctors recommend letting the funk ooze out of your toes when Reverend

Slanky plays funk at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2.

Disinfect your dirty mind with some tunes when Fixin 2 plays at 9:30 PM at the High Spirits Club & Casino in Florence, 5341 Hwy. 93 N. Free.

He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s.

Free. Call 728-8799.

Cash for Junkers won’t make you holler for a dollar when it plays Americana with a swing influence at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cost TBA.

SATURDAY April

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Dig in during the Missoula Home & Garden Show, which features more than 160 exhibits on products and services for the home and garden, and runs from 10 AM–5 PM today, and 10 AM–4 PM tomorrow. Free.

Check out some young acrobats performing in a movement arts showcase featuring dance, comedy and acrobatic pieces when Bitterroot Gymnastics presents ACROtainment: A Performing Arts Showcase, which also features special guest aerialst Holly Rollins and begins at 3 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $14/$12 for children, with advance tickets at Bitterroot Gymnastics. Call 7284258 or visit bittgym.com.

nightlife Joan Zen gives you a spiritual nightcap with a mix of soul, reggae and jazz at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Check out some young acrobats performing in a movement arts showcase featuring dance, comedy and acrobatic pieces when Bitterroot Gymnastics presents ACROtainment: A Performing Arts Showcase, which also features special guest aerialst Holly Rollins and begins at 6:30 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. $14/$12 for children, with advance tickets at Bitterroot Gymnastics. Call 7284258 or visit bittgym.com.

Tap into that old timey feelin’ when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton, presents a concert featuring old time and country music with Bitter Root Range, Celtic Knots, Turner Family Singers and Ken Watson with his daughter, from 7–9 PM. Free. Call Clem at 9614949 for more info.

Expect nothing more than pure unadulterated secular entertainment from your favorite brother when Brother Sam Singleton, the “Traveling Atheist Evangelist,”

stops by town to present If the Ocean was Whiskey and God was a Duck, which begins at 7 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. This event doubles as a fundraiser for the Missoula Area Secular Society. $15/$10 advance at samsingleton.com, with a $5 discount for students.

Boredom is not an option during the Valley Vaudeville Variety show, which features performances from the F.Y.V. Group, Christian Ackerman, the Josh Farmer Band, Grandfather Glen, and others, starting at 7 PM at the MSR Performing Arts Center in Victor, 425 Fourth St. $15/$10 advance by calling 2400216 or by visiting River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art and Red Willow Antiques in Stevensville, Chapter One Books in Hamilton and Rockin Rudy’s.

Check out a story about a playboy who just wants to dance when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of the musical Crazy for You, start-

ing at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 children age 12 and under. Call 243-4581 for tickets or visit umtheatredance.org.

Laugh it up while watching a story about a drama critic and his killhappy family when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic & Old Lace, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15/$7.50 for student rush tickets at the box office only.

Visit mtactors.com.

Oxygenate your dead limbs by busting a move to The Fabulous Country Kings when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free.

Stop crying me a river and get ready to chill when Virginia’s Pygmy Lush plays experimental/psychedelic folk with Philadelphia’s Des Ark at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Locals The Lion The Tamer and Mordecai open. $5, all ages.

(See Scope and Noise in this issue.)

Learn the facts of folk life on the dancefloor when the Missoula

Folklore Society presents a contra dance, which features music from the Sleeping Child String Band and calling with Bev Young, and starts with a beginners workshop at 7:30 PM, followed by dancing from 8–11 PM at the Union Hall, upstairs at 208 E. Main St. $8/$6 members. Visit missoulafolk.org.

DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R. Swig drinks while listening to old school rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland.

Free.

Go on shame patrol with your favorite troll when No Shame plays rock at 9 PM at The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St. Free.

Call 728-1559.

SPOTLIGHT acid trip If you hear the name Acid Mothers Temple and imagine a dangerous, drug-addled, Manson-esque cult, you’re not alone. In 1996, Japanese authorities raided the communal living space of the psychedelic rock band after neighbors mistook the group for the terrorist cult Aum Shinrikyo, which committed a gas attack on a subway in Tokyo the previous year. While there’s no evidence of violent radicalism associated with the group, there’s also no shortage of oddities involved with the self-described “soul collective”—a tribe of social outcasts including musicians, artists, farmers, channelers, mermaid researchers and professional vagrants, according to the band’s MySpace page.

The driving force behind AMT is Kawabata Makoto, an avant-garde guitarist with an affinity for psychedelia and putting images of naked women on his band’s album covers. Makoto views himself as a conduit for the empyreal sounds of the universe, and judging by his discography, the cosmos has a lot to say. Since beginning his music career in the late ‘70s, he has contributed to hundreds of col-

WHAT: KBGA Fool’s Night Out WHO: Acid Mother’s Temple & the Melting Pariaso UFO WHEN: Friday, April 1, at 9 PM WHERE: Badlander, 208 Ryman St. HOW MUCH: $8/$10 for those 18-20

laborations and releases, including countless albums since the mid ‘90s with various projects under the Acid Mothers Temple brand. Sometimes, AMT releases as many as six albums a year with tracks stretching well past the 30-minute mark—and that’s just the Melting Pariaso UFO incarnation of the group.

Makoto calls the sounds of AMT “trip music,” and the title is an apt description for the group’s kaleidescope of spaced-out improvisation and classic rock influences. The song “Chinese Flying Saucer,” for instance, is a 12minute psychedelic freakout bookended by Led Zeppelin-size guitar riffs and a voice in the background that sounds like Robert Plant trying to howl his way through a peyote binge. The group touches down in Missoula Friday to perform a set at KBGA’s Fool’s Night Out (with bands at both the Badlander and Palace) so don’t miss your chance to board the mothership.

—Jed Nussbaum

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I don’t really want to see your version of the shrapnel boogie when Traff The Wiz & The Traffic Jam, The Josh Clinger Trio, Linkletter, Mite Aswel and DJ Brand One play hip hop and other styles at the Palace at 9 PM. $5.

Escape your nightmarish existence with a scoot of the boot when the Whiskey Rebellion plays outlaw country at 9:15 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free.

Dance in a trance with someone else’s turnips when the Country Boogie Boys play at The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559.

Strange Brew just might try your cobra blood elixir when it plays at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

That curdled milk turns a nice shade of indigo when the Kenny James Miller Band plays blues at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2.

Cure that craving for something meaty when The Lil’ Smokies serve up a batch of smokin’ bluegrass licks at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.

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Laugh it up while watching a story about a drama critic and his killhappy family when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents a performance of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic & Old Lace, at 2 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$6 for student rush tickets at the box office only. Visit mtactors.com.

Storytime and history hits the stage during Montana Tales, a storytelling program featuring Pat Williams, Hal Stearns and Jeff Wiltse that begins at 2 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. Proceeds benefit A Carousel for Missoula and the Dragon Hollow Play area. $15. Call 728-7529 for tickets or visit mctinc.org.

nightlife Get moving with a moving picture when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., hosts its Winter Cinema Film Series, which continues this week with the program “Environment Night” and runs from 6–9 PM. Free. Call 549-7555 and visit zootownarts.org.

Hips will sway and instruments will be plucked when the Hypsy Gypsies host a family friendly hafla titled Gypsy Soup, which starts with a show at 7 PM and open dancing afterwards, at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St. W. Musicians are welcome and can get in free if they bring their

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instrument. $3/free children under age 12.

Get a smokin’ buzz when Denver’s Mad Dog and the Smokin’ J’s play rockabilly at 7 PM at the American Legion in Paradise, 450 Railroad St. Free. E-mail Markus at the15centbass@hotmail.com.

Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with $4 martinis, plus jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 8 PM. Free. This week: jazz from Josh Farmer, The Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid.

Turn that poker face into a perma grin when Grammy Award-winning artist Raúl Malo plays Americana at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. All ages. $25/$20 advance at the winery, Rockin Rudy’s, and Ear Candy Music. Call 830-3296.

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

MONDAY April nightlife

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Step out of the oxygen tent an into the arms of your favorite Larry when Larry Hirshberg plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free.

See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free.

Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up.

Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. This week: Missoula Area Dubstep with DJs Tygerlily, Phacephuck, ir8prim8, and The Milkcrate Mechanic.

TUESDAY April

05

UM hosts the University Council Meeting, a talk that aims to communicate campus wide issues and university initiatives, with the meeting starting at 2 PM in Room 333 of UM’s University Center. Free.

Call 243-2311.

nightlife Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted

by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S.

pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Put the shank down and opt for something less sharp when The Box Cutters play a mix of alt, blues and punk during the Badlander’s Live and Local night starting at 9 PM. Airstream Safari opens. Free.

Get porked up with some sick rhymes when underground faves The Chicharones (aka MCs Sleep and Josh Martinez) plays hip hop with Colorado’s Los Guys at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Locals Tonsofun, Linkletter and Mite Aswel open. $10.

WEDNESDAY April

Solve the jigsaw puzzle in your mind during a First Friday opening reception for the Montana Museum of Art and Culture’s exhibits Sense and Sensation: Laurie Fendrich, Paintings and Drawings 1990–2010 and Barry Hood: Flow, on Fri., April 1, from 4–6 PM in the lobby of UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-2019.

Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com.

See through the smoke during a special screening of the 1952 film Red Skies of Montana, which is about smokejumpers in Montana trying to put out a blaze, and begins at 7:30 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $5, with proceeds to be donated to the International Fire Relief Mission and the Museum of Mountain Flying. Call Mikel at 531-8264.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience

while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? In the realm of Greek mythology, who was the mother of Oedipus? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

Slice and dice your fried rice with a night of punk rock when Minneapolis’ Off With Their Heads plays with Massachusetts’ The Fake Boys, locals The Skurfs and Helena’s Tonight We Ride, at 8 PM at The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St. $8/$6 advance at Ear Candy Music.

All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free

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Get a tour and learn more about an important DIY art institution and when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., hosts a tour of the ZACC from noon–1 PM. Free. Call 549-7555.

nightlife You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The mother of Oedipus was Jocasta.

Hang with your favorite dawg named Nate when DJ Nate (aka Nate Hegyi of Wartime Blues) plays tunes at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Dip your ears into a lyrical fondue of epic proportions when SoCal underground hip hop heavyweights Abstract Rude, Awol One and 2Mex play with DJ Tramlife at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Locals Tonsofun, Traff the Whiz, Mite Aswel and DJ Brand One open. $10.

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THURSDAY April nightlife

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Celebrate the environment and the human spirit with several outdoors films when the Selway-Bitteroot Frank Church Foundation presents a screening of the best films from the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, which begins with doors opening and drinks at 6 PM, followed by the movies at 7, at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $12/$10 students. Visit selwaybitterroot.org to purchase tickets.

Give granny a reason to rock out with her frock when Ello plays

rock during the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in April from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

Dig for info when the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts a free archaeology talk with Rebecca Tmmons titled “Sophie Morigeau: Trader, Liquor Runner & Cattle B a r o n e s s – A M e t i s Wo m a n Crossing Boundaries,” which beings at 7 PM. Free.

Love and bad manners collide uproariously when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents a sneak preview performance of Noël Coward’s Private Lives, starting at 7:30 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $8, with tickets at the door only. Call 862-5371 and visit whitefishtheatreco.org.

BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Stella Latwinski is a self-taught artist and illustrator who comes to Montana from a tiny lake town in northeastern Pennsylvania. Stella has been drawing since she could pick up a pencil, but it was not until 2007 that she decided to share her work with the public. Primarily working with ink and colored pencil on wooden panels, her illustrations have been described as both sweet and unsettling. Stella strives to create a fairytale land that is inspired by nature, dreams, and daily life—sometimes dark, other times full of whimsy. Vino and cookies for art lookers. 5-8pm.

BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Join us at Butterfly Herbs for our First Friday celebration where we will feature an art wall through the month of April with new paintings in the surrealist tradition by John Ryan. From 5–8 PM at Butterfly Herbs.

CLAY STUDIO 1106 Hawthorne Unit A, 543-0509 Potsketch features drawings and ceramic artworks from local, national, and international artists

Eyepatches aren’t a must when the Montana Actors Theatre presents The Seafaring Swashbucklers: A Hilarious Cabaret of the Finest CalibARRR!, which begins at 8 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10/$5 students.

Visit mtactors.com.

Shine that light where I can see it when the Northern Lights play The Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559.

Ignore that strange rumbling in your guts so you can hop yourself to the Strange Noize Tour 2011, which hits the Top Hat with sets of rap and hip hop from Krizz Kaliko, Johnny Richter, Kutt Calhoun, Saigon, Potluck and J Hornay, starting at 9 PM. $18, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s.

Get your strings pulled by some crazy mother pluckers when Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band plays progressive bluegrass during the first night of a two night run at 9 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $25/$20 advance at Rockin Rudy’sand ticketfly.com.

Hydroplane through the muck in order to get gritty with roots music from a stringband when the Twin Cities’ Pert Near Sandstone plays at 10 PM at the Palace. $5/$10 for those aged 18–20.

Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit of karaoke during ladies’ night and live karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend.

Call 830-3277.

Timeliness is key folks. So keep it coming by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., April 1 to calendar@missoulanews.com.

Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff to me online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

on display at the Clay Studio of Missoula gallery April 1-April 22. All artwork will be part of a silent, online, and live auction to raise funds to be used for the expansion and development of the Clay Studio facilities and programs. Bidding on silent auction artwork begins April 1, and continues through the Live Auction Gala on April 23, 2011. For more information, visit our website at www.theclaystudioofmissoula.org or contact us at events@theclaystudioofmissoula.org MONTANA MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURE 243-2019 Join MMAC in welcoming painter, critic and Hofstra University Professor Laurie Fendrich on Friday, April 1, 2011 in celebrating Sense and Sensation: Laurie Fendrich, Paintings and Drawings 1990-2010 on view now through May 21. 3pm: Artist's Lecture - Masquer Theatre.

4-6pm: First Friday Artist's Reception. MONTANA MUSEUM OF ART & CULTURE, Meloy and Paxson Galleries at the UM PARTV Center, 406-243-2019, www.umt.edu/montanamuseum.

NOTEWORTHY PAPER & PRESS 101 S. Higgins Ave., 541-6683 Noteworthy* Paper & Press welcomes Missoula artist Kyle Ferris and his show Selected Works, Spring 2011. Thrown house paint collides with canvas medium and the simplicity of black and

Join in welcoming painter, critic and Hofstra University Professor

white. Cubist works and pottery alongside multi-media branch art and sunset paintings. Snacks and wine will be served from 5 to 8 p.m. at 101 S. Higgins, next to the Wilma.

ONE ELEVEN 111 N. Higgins, 541-7376 Please join us at One Eleven for our April First Friday event featuring landscape and portrait oil paintings from the Mountain West & Mexico by Jerry McGahan. Reception 5-8 pm.

SUSHI HANA 403 N. Higgins, 549-7979 April's First Friday at Sushi Hana features Aric Williams, who studied Art at Oregon State University, where he received a BA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design. Aric is currently working at The University of Montana, where he is an Assistant Football Coach under Head Coach Robin Pflugrad. Display running April 1st-May 5th. Artist's Reception 5-8pm, this Friday, April 1st.

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Laurie Fendrich on Friday, April 1, 2011 in celebrating

Sense and Sensation: Laurie Fendrich, Paintings and Drawings 1990 - 2010 on view now through May 21 3pm Artist’s Lecture - Masquer Theatre 4-6pm First Friday Artist’s Reception GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday: 12-3pm Thursday and Friday: 12- 6pm

Come check us out for a First Friday event, where you become the art.

A happening from 5-8 p.m.

129 W. Front St. (formerly pipestone Mountaineering).

To rent our old-school photobooth, and give your guests an excuse to get crazy (just picture the Facebook fun), call Sepp at 396-0988 or interweb us @ Meloy and Paxson Galleries at the UM PARTV Center 406.243.2019 | www.umt.edu/montanamuseum

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MOUNTAIN HIGH T his weekend, I want you to master the three P’s. No, I don’t mean puking, peeing and pinochle. Here’s what I’m getting at: On Sat., April 2, you can become a triathlon queen or king during the Whitefish Pole, Pedal and Paddle Triathlon. It’s a three-leg, 14-mile relay race that ought to make you sweat bullets and help you burn off some of that winter fat you have been storing up.

It begins at 10 AM with 2.5 miles of paddling, from Baker Avenue Park to the mouth of Whitefish Lake. Then, you’ll cycle hard during a biking section that’s 8.25 miles long, and takes you from Kiddie Park to the Base Lodge of Whitefish Mountain Resort.

From there, you’ll transition to the skiing portion of the race, which is 3.4 miles and takes you from the Base Lodge to the Summit, and then back down to the lodge.

After you’re done, stick around for the awards ceremony, which kicks off around 1 or 2 PM. Now get out there and sweat it up, ya hear?

The Whitefish Pole, Pedal and Paddle Triathlon is Sat., April 2, with registration from 7:30–9 AM at Baker Avenue Park, with the race beginning at 10 AM. $50 per team/$25 per person. Visit skiwhitefish.com/triathlon.

275 W. Main St • 728-0343 • www.tanglesmt.com

Photo by Chad Harder

FRIDAY APRIL 1 Cast one off by signing up today for the UM Outdoor Program’s Fly Fishing Class, an intro to the sport taught by fly fishing expert George Kesel that meets April 12, 14, 19 and 21 in Room 202 of UM’s Jeannette Rankin Hall. The course also includes two days on the river. $52. Call 243-5172 to RSVP and visit life.umt.edu/CREC/Outdoor/default.php for info on other upcoming courses.

Hang with some hardcore runners and pick their sweaty brains when Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave., presents a Q&A with Missoula runners fresh from the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, which starts at 7 PM and features stories and comments from Kiefer Hahn, Dean McGovern, Kevin Twidwell and Rick Wishcamper. Free. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

SATURDAY APRIL 2

eco-tourism organization located in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in India—during the Nature-Link Institute’s Gear for the Garhwal drive, which runs through April 30 with drop off locations at Pipestone Mountaineering, The Trail Head, Aerie Wilderness Medicine, UM’s Outdoor Program and REI Missoula.

Call 370-2294 and visit nature-link.org for details.

Leave your camo and ammo at home and get wild when the Hellgate Hunters & Anglers present “Wild Night for Wildlife,” an event that features beverages and wild game appetizers, a silent auction, plus special guest Sen. Jon Tester, and begins at 6 PM at Montana Harley Davidson, 5106 E. Harrier. $20/free children ages 15 and under. Get tickets at the National Wildlife Federation office, 240 N. Higgins Ave., or call Mackenzie at 241-5009.

SUNDAY APRIL 3

Chew on some bark and hug a tree after you finish Missoula’s Run for the Trees, a 5k fun run/walk that celebrates Arbor Day and occurs at McCormick Park starting with a fun run at 9 AM, followed by the race at 10 AM. Registration required by March 31. $25/$20 youth. Register at Currents Aquatics Center or online at runforthetrees.org.

Stop fumbling with your spokes and just cruise when Missoulians on Bicycles hosts the Bitterroot Bumble ride, a 55-mile jaunt that begins at Trader Brothers near Lolo 16490 Old Hwy. 93 S., and takes you south to Bell Crossing, and east to Willoughby, Sunset and Pine Hollow, with a trip back to Stevensville for refreshments. Those wanting to carpool can meet at Kmart at 8:30 AM. Free. Visit missoulabike.org.

Let the wind whisk you away on your skis during the Montana Snowkite Rodeo, a freestyle and racing competition at the Jackson Hot Springs in Jackson (located just south of Wisdom) where participants use a kite to help them glide across snow. Catch more info at montanakitesports.com or e-mail info@montanakitesports.com.

Slap on your boots and hit the trail with your mountaineering friends when the Rocky Mountaineers host a hike up Sawmill Gulch, across from Fort Fizzle. E-mail Julia at jawkal@hotmail.com to finalize plans on when and where to meet. Visit rockymountaineers.com.

Carve it up and get shred-tastic when Montana Snowbowl stays open this weekend, and continues to be open until April 17. Lifts open at 10 AM and the hill is closed on Tuesdays. $40 full-day/$35 halfday. Visit montanasnowbowl.com or call 549-9777.

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Get rid of some of your old but still good sleeping bags, backpacks and other outdoors gear in order to help out the Mountain Shepherds—a community run,

Wear your snazziest biking shorts when Missoulians on Bicycles present a Wednesday Weekly ride that begins at 6 PM at McCormick Park, and takes you to Bonner and then up to Marshall Canyon. Free. Visit missoulabike.org. calendar@missoulanews.com

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by Jason McMackin

How does a band know it has arrived on the Montana music scene? For most, simply getting paid to play tends to legitimize the hours spent frittering away in a practice space. For others, the first record-release party constitutes a coronation of sorts. But for local no wave, garage rock trio Mordecai, the moment emerged last year when the Boston Phoenix chose the group as Best New Montana Band of 2010 for the paper’s annual “50 bands, 50 states” issue.

Early praise for a band that’s comprised of two college freshman—drummer Gavin Swietnicki and bassist Elijah Bodish—could have led to infinite ego trips. But Mordecai’s modest attitude and insular approach to playing music doesn’t lend itself to getting caught up in scenester silliness. The band doesn’t play out often. The musicians aren’t spamming up your MySpace page with new song announcements or tour info. In fact, they seem more bemused by the Boston paper’s acknowledgement of their musical abilities than anything. They aren’t even certain how they came to the Phoenix’s attention.

“We are not the best band in Montana,” says Elijah sheepishly.

Of course, even if the band doesn’t gloat, family does.

“My aunt was pretty impressed and posted it on Facebook,” he says.

And according to Elijah and his brother, guitarist Holt Bodish, a Facebook post from their aunt—which is surely

the ultimate 21st century compliment—carries more cool points than any accolades from an East Coast newspaper.

Still, it’s noteworthy that pillars of the Missoula music scene have taken notice of Mordecai. For instance, Josh Vanek, the founder of the annual independent music festival Total Fest, is a big fan of the band’s sound. He and his festival committee chose the band out of hundreds of applicants nationwide to play last year’s festival with 40 other bands.

“They achieve tones that most people their age can’t capture,” he says.

Furthermore, the band is set to release an eponymous LP later this spring on Killertree Records, an independent label run by members of Ex-Cocaine and Poor School— longtime institutions in the local music scene—known for selecting experimental, lo-fi, underground and vintagesounding albums.

It’s a fitting partnership. Mordecai recorded that album in the men’s shower of the epic YMCA building in Butte—hometown of the Bodish brothers. Holt says access to the space enabled them to learn a lot more about recording. It allowed the band to capture a live sound reminiscent of one of their favorite recordings.

“We recorded some of the worst sounding crap,” Holt says in his typical self-effacing style. “We’re big fans of the Rolling Stones bootlegged Altamont concert. Jagger’s

vocals sound so hilariously awful.”

Hilariously awful is not unfamiliar territory for the band. It started playing while the Bodish brothers still lived in Butte, and, according to them, the sound wasn’t pretty.

“Initially, I sucked at playing the bass,” says Elijah.

“Holt kind of sucked at playing the guitar. And our drummer was way off.”

None of that deterred the band from writing more songs and releasing its debut 22-song LP including covers of The Stooges’ Fun House.

The musicians’ causual attitude toward “making it” is in direct contrast to Mordecai’s musical style, which is aggressive, noisy and raw. While it’s not unusual for young men in bands to play loud, aggro rock, there is something different about their sound. It’s partially a product of their equipment. Small practice amps cranked up to 11 create a dirty, torn-up soundscape that swells and swirls with feedback and booming drums. And the boys aren’t good to their gear. Elijah has broken two amps in six months— though he insists it’s because of pre-existing “wiring problems” rather than the aural abuse he perpetrates through his instrument.

Elijah finds inspiration in bands whose music genesis is all in the bass, like, for instance, Flipper and The Jesus Lizard.

“The possibilities seem limited, so you’re forced into making sound with a small amount of choices,” he says.

That the crushing simplicity of the basslines drives Mordecai’s music will come as no surprise to even the most inattentive listener. Due to a broken nut, however, Elijah’s bass is missing the E string—a string most bassists consider to be the foundation of their playing. It makes bass-based music all the more challenging.

“If we ever get an E string we could write a hundred more songs,” says Holt.

Each and every Friday night, the musicians gather together for workman-like practices in order to squeeze every iota of auditory possibility from their instruments.

“We play the same riff for 10 minutes straight,” says Holt.

The regimen of repetition seems at odds with the band’s cacophonous haphazard-sounding live shows; instead, it gives them the ability to instinctively communicate within a loud and loose form. The disciplined approach allows Elijah and Holt’s familial bond to flourish in a way that gives the band chemistry on stage.

“Since he’s my brother, I’ve gotten so used to where he’s gonna go before he goes there,” Holt says.

Whether or not the ambitiously unambitious Mordecai is Montana’s best new band is a moot point.

They’re no longer a new band but plodding practitioners of stentorian symphonies. The fact is, the group seems to play music not for the materialistic, “Korny,” I-need-tobuy-another-house reason, but for all the right reasons.

“The reason we started playing music was for something to do,” Holt says. “We had a guitar and a bass, and it’s a lot more fun than going out beering all the time.”

No doubt his aunt would agree.

Mordecai plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Saturday, April 2, at 8 PM with Pygmy Lush, Des Ark and The Lion The Tamer. $5.

Local no wave garage rockers, Mordecai, won Best New Montana Band of 2010 in the Boston Phoenix last year, but the trio, who is about to release a new LP on Killertree Records isn’t fazed. “We are not the best band in Montana,” insists bassist Elijah Bodish sheepishly.

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Pygmy Lush Old Friends Lovitt Records

Pygmy Lush’s new album is what you play when you’re leaving for good, backing out of the driveway, letting the wipers clear the rain from the windshield of your beat-up truck. It has to be a truck because, despite its dream pop qualities, this album has a country sensibility—like Whiskeytown without the steel guitar.

It’s old cowboy boots and small, dilapidated farmhouses. It’s gauzy fabric, muddied by weather. It has moments evoking the pensive theme song from “Friday Night Lights” by the band Explosions in the Sky. And it’s a surprisingly quiet album, coming from a band made up of previous punk rockers. In that sense it’s hardened, with an unflinching, unapologetic undertone that weaves itself through otherwise delicate melodies.

O’Death Outside Ernest Jenning Records

The album art for folkrock outfit O’Death’s upcoming release Outside is the most complementary selection I’ve seen in months. A painting portraying a saddled horse ambling through an ominous, fog-shrouded Western town, the image is a better summation of the album’s content than anything I could write. This is music heavy with coming storms and a vague sense of impending doom.

O’Death uses a blend of banjo-heavy folk and high energy similar to the style that won Mumford and Sons so much popularity. But if Mumford and Sons is the

RYAT Avant Gold Obvious Bandits

There is a lot to like about RYAT’s Avant Gold, and it would be easier to like if it were arranged into, um, songs. But like many electronic artists, Christina RYAT prefers to work in tracks. This combination-of-elements approach achieves bursts of electro-pop ecstasy for a few bars at a time, but it ultimately thwarts the forward momentum of her voice. It’s like being promised a painting and handed a jigsaw puzzle.

Christina RYAT sounds like a brassier, less affected Bjork—someone who came to the club to have fun rather than mumble weird remarks about animals. It’s a voice made for choruses, but its pop horsepower is hobbled here by frantic instrumentals and relentlessly similar drum tracks. Sometimes the parts fire as one

The Staxx Brothers We Are the Blaxtones Soul United Records

The swaggering, greased up sound of this Seattle outfit hits like an uppercut from a 300-pound bar bouncer with “SOUL” tattooed across his knuckles. The Staxx Brothers uses an afro pick to comb through retro funk and rock influences, gathering ingredients to add to a groovalicious stew already boiling over with intermittent hip-hop vocals and ripping harmonica breaks.

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“Yellow Hall” combines a chilling lullaby with pounding drums knocking like crashing waves on a stormy night.

“Chance” evokes the ghostly aftermath of a flatlined relationship. The dreaminess of this album can go overboard to its detriment. In “Night at the Johnstown Flood,” the floating sameness makes the mind drift. But it’s worth it when you get to the clever lyrics of “Admit” or “Penny on My Deathbed,” where the gravity of deep piano chords keeps the composition of the album buoyed. (Erika Fredrickson) Pygmy Lush plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Saturday, April 2, at 8 PM with Des Ark, Mordecai and The Lion The Tamer. $5. high school extrovert showboating on a cafeteria table, then O’Death is the quiet kid in the corner with a perpetually grim expression and an affinity for the color black. Sure, Outside contains moments of levity and loveliness—album-opener “Bugs,” for example, builds on brisk guitar picking for a sensibly poppy single. But once the gothic Americana aesthetic kicks in, it quickly defines the record.

Those ingredients build an album that usually broods and sometimes snarls. While Outside could stand to lighten up the aesthetics a bit more often, it still contains moments of evocative power. It’s effective enough to position O’Death as the shadowy alternative in an often sunshiny genre. (Cameron Rasmusson) O’Death plays the Palace Friday, April 1, for KBGA Fools Night Out at 9 PM with Strange Boys and Natural Child. $8 includes bands playing the Badlander. machine, as on the danceable “Bells,” but mostly they languish as soundscapes, moving what should be a pop album into jungle territory.

Everyone claims to like jungle, but you can’t really dance to it. Christina RYAT is capable of better songwriting, and this album proves she has the strong voice and crisp production to back it up. Now we just need a little less avant and a little more gold.

(Dan Brooks) RYAT plays the Badlander Friday, April 1, for KBGA Fools Night Out at 9 PM with Acid Mother’s Temple & Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers and Victory Smokes. $8 includes bands playing the Palace. the self-explanatory “G-Spot” is classic soul material.

Add the salacious female voices of back-up singers “the Staquelettes” and you’ve got an album that would definitely make Marvin Gaye blush. Throughout the album, powerhouse frontman Davin Stedman howls like a whiskey-drunk Mick Jagger, unafraid to explore the full extent of his range in order to get his Motown influences out.

The emphasis here is on providing a high-energy good time, and that’s clearly the band’s strong point. In fact, the only weak link is “Oh Carolina,” a slow, countrified tune that’s simply not fun enough to be as immature as it is. That track aside, We Are the Blaxtones delivers a groove thicker than Isaac Hayes’ gold chains. (Jed Nussbaum) The Staxx Brothers plays the Top Hat Thursday, March 31, at 10 PM. $5.

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Montana bound McLaughlin’s tale lifts hope from the ashes

by Azita Osanloo

Returning home is a notion inherent to almost any grandparents (who began farming the land not long childhood memoir. It might be the return to a physical after the turn of the century). Her grandparents’ homehome, a family dwelling. It might be an emotional steads were, for the most part, financial failures and it return, a revisiting of the people and events that was the author’s parents who first began to make shaped one’s life during formative years (for better and money—however little—through farming. The memoir for worse). Home, in this sense, becomes the point of is refreshingly distinct in other ways: McLaughlin doesemotional origin, one that might—in the hands of a n’t romanticize rural life. Certainly there is joy, as when good writer—smolder with narrative energy and revela- the family enjoys her mother’s inventive desserts, but tory insight. Ruth McLaughlin is one such good writer. there are reasons she escaped her family’s “destiny” at a young age. However many misIn her haunting new memoir, givings she might have about her Bound Like Grass, she revisits parents and their choices, both kinds of homes—sort of.

McLaughlin doesn’t stoop to In the spring of 2001, criminalizing them, as many McLaughlin made the six-hour childhood memoirs do. When trip from Great Falls to her famishe tries to imagine why neither ly’s old farm near Culbertson, one of her parents accompanied Mont., a hamlet of just over 700 Rosemary on her long, solitary residents near the North Dakota train ride to Minnesota, never to state line. When she arrived, her return home, McLaughlin family home—abandoned for probes—she does not accuse. some years—was no longer there.

Had she been more accusaThe new owner, who lived miles tory, perhaps we would have lost away, burned the house to the the moments when she turns the ground, presumably to keep out probe inward. It’s hard not to be squatters. She knew of the struck by her fearlessness when house’s burning (indeed, it was she describes how, as a child, she her reason for the trip), nevertheslapped her sister Ginny, who sufless McLaughlin is reasonably fered from Down syndrome, for “shocked at how complete the fire Bound Like Grass pronouncing ‘milk’ as ‘yum.’ [had] been.” As she makes her way Ruth McLaughlin Even more forthcoming is when through the field with which her hardcover, University of Oklahoma she describes recovering Ginny’s family “had a ninety-seven-year Press death certificate as an adult. fling” she comes to the spot where 200 pages, $24.95 When the clerk at the Custer the small white house once stood; now “an irregular small field is outlined by the founda- County Courthouse remarked on how young her sister had been at her death (Ginny died at 27), the adult tion’s concrete scar, and I revisit rooms in memory.”

Throughout ensuing chapters, McLaughlin McLaughlin remarked, “Oh, it’s okay, it’s fine…She describes her childhood on the farm with a gentle fear- was Down syndrome,” before collapsing on the steps lessness. Gradually, she reveals a frustration at her fam- outside and weeping.

There are few nits to pick with Grass. Among them ily’s isolation, not simply due to the remoteness of the family’s homestead, but because her parents stressed an are the opening two sections of the book, where the isolated existence. Born to the homesteading life during prose is sometimes awkward in its attempt to be evocathe Depression era, McLaughlin’s parents were woe to tive. This is a small price to pay though. Once anchored waste a dime. It is with affection that Ruth Ann (as her securely to her narrative, McLaughlin’s prose is effortfamily called her) describes her mother’s “thin yet deli- less and lyrical; her storytelling, near perfect.

The scope of Bound Like Grass—a 1950s childcious” pancakes (Mom cut the Bisquick mix with plain flour to make it last longer); it is with anger she hood in rural Montana—may seem narrow, but its describes how her parents were reluctant to do more insights are universal. In some way or another, we all for her two sisters, one with severe emotional handicaps return home and though houses may burn to the and the other with Down syndrome. When Rosemary, ground, the spirit of home—with all its lingering quesRuth Ann’s older sister who suffered from explosive out- tions and lasting memories—remain.

“I return on trips,” she writes, “and in my dreams bursts and a crippling inability to interact with much of the rest of the world, was sent to a mental institution in to a lonely corner of Montana because it is a source. It’s Minnesota the family never sent her gifts (“considered an origin of my tendency toward isolation…but I am frivolous, like praise”); nor did they visit, even once. also entangled with the hope of this place.”

McLaughlin entangles, or rather draws us in, to the McLaughlin writes, “Now I imagine other patients’ families did. Right under Rosemary’s nose other inmates lonely corner she and her forebears once called home. received packages in the mail. Other families made the And there we find hope, too.

Ruth McLaughlin reads from Bound Like effort to visit. Our family managed to make Rosemary Grass at Fact & Fiction Thursday, March 31, at 7 second-class even in an institution.”

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Snyder puts the “suck” in Sucker Punch

by Dave Loos

Let’s start with a list of films that opened across the country last Friday, but which the Carmike Village 6, the Carmike 10 and The Wilma—for one reason or another—didn’t see fit to include on their schedule of screenings. Just for fun let’s include the Rotten Tomatoes score for each movie: Win Win: 93 percent The Fifth Quarter: 85 percent White Irish Drinkers: 52 percent Peep World: 24 percent

“Take this CGI blast from my CGI laser.”

The point is that they all have a better Rotten Tomatoes score than Sucker Punch, which as of today is 21 percent (a score that drops to 10 percent from the fancy pants “top critics”). The only other new release to open in Missoula last week was Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. My editor half jokingly suggested I review that one, but let’s be serious; I would have been totally confused since I never saw the original.

The larger point is that, while early spring may be a down time for quality films, the problem is exacerbated here in Missoula because Mr. Carmike, or whoever runs that company, seems to pick movies from the bottom of the barrel. The Wilma is obviously the exception, but at the moment they seem intent on making sure every last person in Missoula County sees The King’s Speech before pulling it out of their rotation. The Carmike, with its 16 screens, doesn’t have that excuse.

And I hate to turn this review into a referendum on the cultural IQ of Missoulians, but they wouldn’t choose to screen the worst films unless their complex moviegoer algorithms assured them they would do good business.

Or maybe the bad movies just cost less.

And now that I’ve stalled long enough, I suppose we can discuss Sucker Punch, which is the worst film I’ve seen in several years. That’s not hyperbole. If we did letter grades here at the Indy, recent atrocities like Just Go With It and Country Strong would have scored in the D/D-minus range. Sucker Punch would get an “incomplete,” because an “F” would still feel like I was awarding it something. And this movie deserves noth-

ing—not your attention, not your money and certainly not your time.

But there are certain segments of the population who unfortunately will enjoy this film. Those people are horny 14-year-old boys, perverts who play video games, and quite possibly Charlie Sheen. Sucker Punch is essentially a two-hour video game starring a quintet of committed 20-year-old orphans dressed in hooker costumes prancing around—often in slow motion—like a warped version of the Spice Girls in some sort of dream-within-a-fantasy-world-within-an-insane-asylum setting that not only badly attempts to rip off Inception and Annie, but also manages to incorporate some of the silliest CGI effects of all time. If this is all some inside joke by director and writer Zack Snyder, then I don’t get it. And I don’t think most audiences will either.

This is too bad, because as he proved with Dawn of the Dead— and to a lesser extent with 300 and Watchmen—Snyder is a competent director. But there is nothing in Sucker Punch that even approaches mediocrity. The acting is atrocious, as one might expect with a cast of characters that go by the names Baby Doll, Sweet Pea, Rocket, Blondie and Amber. Baby Doll (Emily Browning) is the leader of the pack. She is locked up in a mental hospital (or, as seen through her fantasies, a night club), but through the power of “dance” is able to whisk off to a second layer of dreamscape, where along with her lingerie-attired pals, she fights World War II-era zombie German soldiers and kills baby dragons. All this happens to the beat of really bad Top 40 pop songs.

The goal, ostensibly, is to escape from wherever it is they are locked up. They are aided by a mystical monkish old white man (Scott Glenn), who spews spiritual clichés like a fountain and gives them the world’s vaguest scavenger hunt list of the things they need to escape. (In order, they are: map, fire, knife, key and something that you’ll know when you find it). He also gives advice, as in, “Don’t write a check with your mouth that you can’t cash with your ass.” I think the Dalai Lama said something similar once.

The most insulting part of all is that Snyder, who may have seen this train wreck coming when he got a look at the final product, has now tried to pawn off the film as some sort of new-age feminist exploration, as he did last week in an Entertainment Weekly interview.

Nice try, Zack. That’s why the gals get all of their marching orders from an old man, right? Sucker Punch is a cheap, trashy film without a single redeemable quality to make it worth seeing. I take that back. I did see a preview for Captain America. It looks awesome.

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the loathsome task of re-living the last minutes of the man’s life in order to get to the bottom of a gruesome train bombing in Chicago. Fans of Inception and The Adjustment Bureau might dig this sci-fi thriller. Carmike 10: 1:45, 4:20, 7:15 and 9:40. Pharoahplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 2:40, 5, 7:20 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 3:50, 7:20 and 9:40.

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matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:10, 4:05, 7:15 and 9:40. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sun. matinee at 1:45. Entertainer Cinema in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9.

HALL PASS Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are buddies who get the thumbs up from their respective wives— Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate—to be bachelors for a week without any consequences.

Drunken revelry and flirting, consumption of pot brownies and trips to Applebee’s ensue. Carmike 10: 9:35.

THE KING’S SPEECH After English aristocrat Colin Firth gets crowned

a living off of defending slimy dudes, but his workload takes a killer turn when he takes an offer to defend shady richboy Ryan Phillippe, who’s accused of rape and attempted murder. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 9:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 1:25, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:40, 6:50 and 9:40.

MARS NEEDS MOMS Disney brings us this 3-D animated flick about a 9 year-old boy, voiced by Seth Green, who has to navigate the wacky world of Mars after aliens abduct his mom Joan Cusack—because Martians apparently need real mothers to raise their offspring. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 2:20 and Mon.–Thu. at 3:55. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25.

PAUL Seth Rogen aims for guffaws by lending his talents as the voice of a hitchhiking alien picked up

by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost—two buddies heading to Area 51 for sci-fi kicks. From that point, the duo tries to help Rogan get back to his clan of extra terrestrials. Sigourney Weaver and Jason Bateman co-star. Village 6: 4:30, 7:20 and 9:55, with Sat.–Thu. matinees at 1:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20, 4:15, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

RANGO Johnny Depp lends his voice as an animated pet chameleon who decides he’s going to be the sheriff of an old western town populated by various hardened critters. Some might call this a spaghetti Western for kids. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10. Village 6: 4, 7 and 9:35, with Sat.–Thu. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:45.

This is what happens when that TLC song about no scrubs becomes law. I Love You Phillip Morris opens Saturday at the Wilma Theatre.

in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 1:05, 2:30, 3:30, 4:55, 6, 7:10, 8:30 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 2:05, 3:30, 4:20, 6, 7:10, 8:30 and 9:30.

Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15.

I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS Jim Carey’s a gay con man who gets caught for his dirty money deeds and sent to prison. While in the slammer, his heart gets all fluttery after he falls for fellow inmate Ewan McGregor. Critics seem to like this flick, which is based on a true story. Wilma Theatre: nightly starting Sat. at 7 and 9, with 9:10 only shows Tue. and Thu., and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

INSIDIOUS When a family’s young son falls into a comatoselike state, an evil spirit starts to screw things up around their abode. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne co-star. Village 6: 4, 7 and 10, with Sat.–Thu. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:50, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:30, 4, 7:30 and 9:45.

SOURCE CODE Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up in the body of another man, and finds out the government assigned him

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peoples’ destinies—want to destroy his chances at scoring love. The film is based on a short story by late sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. Carmike 10: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:45. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:30 and 6:40.

BATTLE: LOS ANGELES There isn’t any smoke on the water, but there’s plenty of fire in the sky in this film. That’s because aliens have invaded, and Aaron Eckhart and his platoon of arse-kicking marines have to fight ‘em off. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:15, 7:25 and 10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

BEASTLY This teen drama follows a vain high schooler who seeks to change his shallow ways after a fellow classmate casts a spell that turns him into an unsightly dude. Village 6: 4:15, 7:30 and 9:35, with Sat.–Thu. matinees at 1:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 4:05 and 9:25, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES This adaptation of Jeff Kinney’s fiction/comic-book of the same name follows Zachary Gordon as he tries to navigate middle school, impress a crush, and keep mum about a house party that his brother hosted. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 9:35.

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun.

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King George VI of England, he tries to rid himself of a nasty stammer so he can give good speeches to his fellow Brits, who are on the brink of World War II. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, the film received “Best Picture” at the Oscars, among other accolades. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9:10, with 7 only shows on Tue. and Thu., and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:45, 3:50, 6:35 and 9:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:50, 6:35 and 9:15.

LIMITLESS Bradley Cooper’s a writer with a case of creative blockage who finds his muse after he takes an experimental pharmaceutical called NZT—which seems like a cross between meth and coffee. Of course, Cooper soon realizes he’s gotta keep dipping into his stash in order to do things like help Robert De Niro run a company. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 9:55. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:45. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9.

THE LINCOLN LAWYER Defense attorney Matthew McConaughey makes

RED RIDING HOOD When a forest-dwelling werewolf kills Amanda Seyfried’s sister, Gary Oldman is called in to find the blood-thirsty bastard. Trouble is, the beast just might be Seyfried’s cuddle buddy. This movie is sort of like the ancient fairytale, but with a fantasy and horror-laden twist. Carmike 10: 1, 4 and 7. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 7 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 4:30, and an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

SUCKER PUNCH Emily Browning and a cast of other ladies including Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung are locked up in an asylum, and must use their tripped out imaginations to escape their crappy existence. Guns blaze and battles with samurais arise in this fantasy film from the director of Watchmen and 300. Village 6: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:55, with Sat.–Thu. matinees at 1:15.

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 6:45 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30.

Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson.

Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., April 1. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm.

Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7800. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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CAN YOU HERE ME NOW? I have an online dating issue. When a man and I are going to have our first phone chat, I set up a specific day and time so we don’t have to play phone tag. This allows me to schedule around it and be prepared and at my computer viewing his profile when we talk. I take the man’s number and call him, because I’m not comfortable giving out mine right away. During my several years of online dating, the percentage of guys who aren’t there at the planned time has been about 90. Many never contact me again, even to explain or apologize.

—Feeling Very Stood Up A woman can be a little premature in setting up who wears the ball gag in the relationship. Telling somebody they need to talk to you at a specific time might work fine in business, but because men tend to be wary of controlling women, it’s a risky tactic when you’re vying to maybe become a guy’s girlfriend, not his supervisor. But, here you are, not only setting the call time but informing a guy that he’ll be doing the waiting and you’ll be doing the calling. Very possibly, there’s more in your e-mails that suggests you’re bossy and controlling. If so, for a guy, this can foreshadow a lot of being ordered around by you: “Sit. Stay. Repeat after me, ‘I’d love nothing more than to turn off the playoffs and join you in watching Valerie Bertinelli kill her abusive husband with a shovel in the Lifetime Movie Of The Week.’”

The dynamic of Internet dating probably plays a part in your 90 percent no-show rate. Instead of connecting human to human in some chance meeting, it’s the dating equivalent of clicking a box on drugstore.com to add Q-tips to your “basket.” You’re not so much a person as you are a picture of a person, and whether you’ll actually resemble the person pictured remains to be seen. No, you swear, you really are 5’8” and 127 pounds...on Mars.

(Here on Earth you’re 317—if you weigh yourself first thing and don’t put on socks.)

Now, maybe you have a peculiar attraction to rude men, but more than likely, you just need to try something new: Relax a little. Give out your number. Not your home number, connected to your address, but the number to your cell or one of those pay-as-you-go phones that isn’t traceable to you. Should you start getting unwanted calls, put the thing on silent or give it to some wino and tell him to answer it by breathing heavy and asking, “Are you wearing crotchless panties?”

Instead of trying to wring every bit of uncertainty out of your life, accept that there might be a little phone tag.

When you do get on the phone with a guy, step away from the computer and your spreadsheet of questions. Your goal shouldn’t be vacuuming him for data; it should be having fun getting to know him. If you’re having fun, you’ll be more likely to sound like fun—like the sort of woman who keeps the spark in a relationship (and not by tasing the guy whenever he’s a little slow to take out the trash).

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—Two-Dog Night A guy can respect that your dogs are important to you and still feel that the ideal bedmate isn’t something that spent the evening licking a dead squirrel and then going around sniffing all its friends’ butts. If your priorities are such that you’d kick a great guy out of bed before you’d roust a Great Dane, you’d better understand and accept that you’re narrowing your choice of men. You might consider whether you have some ulterior motive for putting your dogs between you and these guys. It is easier to have a “relationship” when conversation is “Woof,” “Sit,” and “Treat?” instead of “So why do you think you have issues with intimacy?” It’s possible you’re just one of those intense dog people, like the woman who had her French poodle’s headstone inscribed “Disappointed by humans, never by my dog.” Well, okay.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Like Bob Dylan in his 1962 song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” you’ve done a lot of rough and tumble living lately. You’ve “stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains.” You’ve “stepped in the middle of seven sad forests.” You’ve “been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.” Maybe most wrenching of all, you’ve “seen a highway of diamonds with nobody on it.” The good news is that the hard rain will end soon. In these last days of the downpour, I suggest you trigger a catharsis for yourself. Consider doing something like what Dylan did: “I’ll think it and speak it and breathe it / And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Mythologist Michael Meade says that the essential nature of every human soul is gifted, noble, and wounded. I agree. Cynics who exaggerate how messed-up we all are, ignoring our beauty, are just as unrealistic as naive optimists. But because the cynics have a disproportionately potent influence on the zeitgeist, they make it harder for us to evaluate our problems with a wise and balanced perspective. Many of us feel cursed by the apparent incurability of our wounds, while others, rebelling against the curse, underestimate how wounded they are. Mead says: “Those who think they are not wounded in ways that need conscious attention and careful healing are usually the most wounded of all.” Your task in the next few weeks, Taurus, is to make a realistic appraisal of your wounds.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Metallica’s frontman James Hetfield brashly bragged to Revolver magazine that he was proud his music was used to torture prisoners at the U.S. military’s detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. I urge you to make a more careful and measured assessment of the influences that you personally put out into the world. It’s time to find out how closely your intentions match your actual impact—and to correct any discrepancies. How are people affected by the vibes you exude and the products you offer and the words you utter and the actions you undertake?

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “In the absence of clearly-defined goals,” said Cancerian writer Robert Heinlein, “we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” If this description is even a partial match for the life you’re living, now is an excellent time to address the problem. You have far more power than usual to identify and define worthy goals— both the short-term and long-term variety. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will find a better use for the energy that’s currently locked up in your enslavement to daily trivia.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As I was mulling over your astrological omens, I came across a short poem that aptly embodies the meaning of this moment for you. It’s by Richard Wright, and goes like this: “Coming from the woods / A bull has a lilac sprig / Dangling from a horn.” Here’s one way to interpret this symbolic scene: Primal power is emerging into a clearing from out of the deep darkness. It is bringing with it a touch of lithe and blithe beauty—a happy accident.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As I see it, you have one potential enemy in the coming weeks: a manic longing for perfection. It’s OK to feel that longing as a mild ache. But if you allow it to grow into a burning obsession, you will probably undo yourself at every turn. You may even sabotage some of the good work you’ve done. My recommendation, then, is to give yourself the luxury of welcoming partial success, limited results, and useful mistakes. Paradoxically, cultivating that approach will give you the best chance at getting lots of things done. Here’s your motto for the week, courtesy of Theodore Roosevelt: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

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Environmental Effects on Preconception and Pregnancy From preconception through delivery, an expecting couple may modify every nutritional, behavioral and lifestyle factor possible to ensure a healthy child. Dr. Teresita Martinez of the Golgi Clinic discusses the impact the environment has on our health and what we can do about it.

Tuesday May 24, 7-9pm. Cost: Free. Advanced Soap Making

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When I was nine years old, one of my favorite jokes went like this: “What’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm? Give up? Biting into an apple and finding half a worm.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Libra, that’s a good piece of information for you to keep in mind right now. If and when a serpent offers you an apple, I hope you will sink your teeth into it with cautious nibbles. I’m not saying you shouldn’t bite, just that you should proceed warily.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Normally we think of a garbage dump as a spot where we go to get rid of trash and outworn stuff we no longer need. It emits a stench that wafts a great distance, and it’s a not a place where you wear your finery. But there is a dump in northern Idaho that diverges slightly from that description. It has the usual acres of rubbish, but also features a bonus area that the locals call “The Mall.” This is where people dispose of junk that might not actually be junk. It has no use for them any more, but they recognize that others might find value in it. It was at The Mall where my friend Peter found a perfectly good chainsaw that had a minor glitch he easily fixed. I suspect that life may be like that dump for you in the coming week: a wasteland with perks.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, time “is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” I believe he meant for that statement to be true for all of us. Luckily for you, though, you’ll soon be getting a temporary exemption. For a while, you’ll be more like the tiger than the one the tiger devours; you will have more in common with the fire than with the one consumed by the fire. In other words, Sagittarius, you will have more power than usual to outwit the tyrannies of time. Are you ready to take advantage?

You’re primed to claim more slack, more wiggle room, more permission.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): San Francisco band Smash-Up Derby approaches their music-making with a spirit that might be useful for you to emulate in the coming week, Capricorn. Each of their songs is a blend of two famous tunes. Typically, the instrumentalists play a rock song while the singers do a pop hit with a similar chord progression. Imagine hearing the guitars, bass, and drums play Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” while the lead vocalist croons Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” The crucial part of their ongoing experiment is that it works. The sound coming from the stage isn’t a confusing assault. You could pull off a challenge like that: combining disparate elements with raucous grace.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Last August I wrote you a horoscope that spoke of opportunities you’d have to upgrade your close relationships. I said you’d be tested in ways that would push you to get more ingenious and tenacious about collaborating with people you cared about.

Hoping to inspire you, I cited two people I know who have successfully re-imagined and reinvented their marriage for many years. In response, one reader complained. “Yuck!” his email began. “I thought I was getting a horoscope but instead I got a sentimental self-help blurb in the style of Reader’s Digest.” I took his words to heart. As you Aquarians enter a new phase when you could do a lot to build your intimacy skills, I’ll try something more poetic: Succulent discipline and luminous persistence equals incandescent kismet.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If I had to come up with a title for the next phase of your astrological cycle, it might be “Gathering Up.” The way I see it, you should focus on collecting any resources that are missing from your reserves. You should hone skills that are still too weak to get you where you want to go, and you should attract the committed support of allies who can help you carry out your dreams and schemes. Don’t be shy about assembling the necessities, Pisces. Experiment with being slightly voracious.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: Curb and Sidewalk Improvements University Area Ph. III – McLeod to Beckwith City of Missoula Project 06-047 This project consists of removing and replacing approximately 28,000 square feet of residential city sidewalk, 1,000 linear feet of curb repairs, asphalt repair and other associated improvements.

Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Project 06-047 University Area Ph. III – McLeod to Beckwith curb and sidewalk improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number.

Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project.

All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. Prospective bidders are highly encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference, which will be conducted by the owner at the City Hall Mayor Conference Room, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT. at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 4, 2011. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on April 12, 2011. The City of Missoula provides accommodations

for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)552-6080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the 5th \ 6th \ Arthur \ Maurice Intersection, Safety, and Circulation Improvement Project. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work includes removal of existing guardrail, signs, sidewalk, curb and gutter and associated excavation; new storm drain piping to include manholes, curb intakes, sumps, and adjusting of existing storm drain structures to grade; installation of all concrete curb and gutter, medians, sidewalks, and precast concrete crosswalks (if selected) and includes all associated foundation and base gravels required; signing to include a large overhead cantilever sign structure; temporary and final pavement markings; electrical construction to include new traffic signals and radar vehicle detection; guardrail installation, topsoil and seeding; traffic control; maintenance of all intersections and disturbed roadways until such time the City of Missoula has mobilized and began overall pavement removals; and all associated work.

PROJECT FINANCING – The project is funded by the City of Missoula through a Special Improvement District (SID), and is subject to all applicable federal/state regulations, as indicated within the specifications.

SITE OF WORK: The project is located between 5th Street, 6th Street, Arthur Avenue and Maurice Avenue in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana.

COMPLETION OF WORK: Due to existing time restraints, portions of the work shall be complete prior to July 28th, 2011, and the remainder of the work shall be complete prior to August 28th, 2011. Additional information regarding completion dates is available within the project manual. OPENING OF BIDS: Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the time and place stated above. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual may be examined or obtained from WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802. Copies of a half-size set of the drawings and contract manual may be obtained upon paying a non-refundable fee of $50.00. Full-size drawings are not available for bidding. An additional charge of $10.00 will be applied for shipping and handling, if requested.

BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security made payable to the City of Missoula in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the bidder’s maximum bid price and in the form of cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of Montana; or a bid bond (on form attached if a form is prescribed) issued by a surety authorized to do business in Montana meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the general conditions. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. The bid bond shall act as a guarantee that the bidder, if his bid is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure pay-ment of worker’s compensation insurance, and furnish a satis-factory faithful performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price and a payment bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price. CONTRACTOR’S REGISTRATION: Montana law requires all contractors to register with the Department of Labor. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Ave., Helena,

Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications. BIDS TO REMAIN OPEN: The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening.

Proposals must be sealed and marked “5th \ 6th \ Arthur \ Maurice Intersection, Safety, and Circulation Improvement Project, opening “April 5th, 2011,” and marked “Sealed Bid” with the contractor’s name and address, and be addressed to: City of Missoula Clerk’s Office 435 Ryman Street Missoula, MT 59802 Facsimile bids will not be accepted. WAGE RATES: The Contractor shall not pay less than the latest Federal Davis Bacon Wage rates as included within the project manual, Section 00910. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Prospective bidders are strongly encouraged to attend a prebid conference, which will be conducted jointly by the owner and engineer at WGM Group, Inc., 1111 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 at 2:00 p.m. on March 29, 2011. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the engineer. It shall be understood, however, that no specification interpretation will be made by telephone, nor will any “or equal” products be considered for approval prior to award of contract.

The engineer for this project is: WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, with questions addressed to Mark Bancale, P.E. (406) 728-4611. OWNER’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The City of Missoula reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, or to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid and bidder, and to make awards in the interest of the city. The low bid shall be determined on the basis of the lowest base bid, or lowest combination of base bid and accepted alternative bids if alternatives are included. The city may accept in any order; any, all, or none of the alternative bids. AWARD CONTINGENT: Without limiting the foregoing, it is

expressly stated that final award of the Contract is contingent upon securing appropriate financing. Publication Notice Dates: March 17, 2011 March 31, 2011 Owner: City of Missoula By: Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance amending Missoula Municipal Code Chapter 13.04.010, entitled “Connections with Public Sanitary Sewers Required” and Section 13.04.020 entitled “Connection to Public Sanitary Sewer upon Property Transfer-Required” pertaining to gray water discharge and providing exceptions to public sanitary sewer connections upon property transfer. For further information, contact Steve King, Public Works Director at 552-6353. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS & PROPOSALS (RFQ/P) FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MILWAUKEE TRAIL LIGHTING – ORANGE TO

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 2011, a mail ballot election for the election of two trustees for the Seeley Lake Rural Fire District will be held. Drop off locations will open at 7:00 a.m. and will continue to be open until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Dated this 22nd day of March, 2011. Vickie M. Zeier, Election Administrator, Missoula County

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 2011, a mail ballot election for the election of two trustees for the Clinton Rural Fire District w i l l b e h e l d . D r o p o ff locations will open at 7:00 a.m. and will continue to be open until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Dated this 22nd day of March, 2011.

Vickie M. Zeier, Election Administrator, Missoula County

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on May 3, 2011, a mail ballot election for the election of two trustees for the Frenchtown Rural Fire District will be held. Drop off locations will open at 7:00 a.m. and will continue to be open until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Dated this 22nd day of March, 2011. Vickie M. Zeier, Election Administrator Missoula County

GARFIELD PROJECT City of Missoula, Montana City Project No. PR 11-04 MTL NOTICE TO ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRMS: Notice is hereby given by the City of Missoula, Montana (City), an Equal Opportunity government, that it will receive written statements of qualifications and professional proposals (RFQ/P) for the preliminary design, final design and construction management of the Milwaukee Trail Lighting – Orange to Garfield Project (Project).

Request for proposal and submission requirements may be obtained from the City Website: www.ci.missoula.mt.us/Bids or from the Parks & Recreation Offices, 600 Cregg Lane, Missoula, Montana 59801, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, or by calling (406) 721PARK. Professional proposals shall be submitted to Parks & Recreation before 5:00 p.m., local time the 7th day of April, 2011. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with State statutes governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, the City of Missoula reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatis-

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items: 1. A request by Teen Challenge International for a Public Quasi-Public Use, a Special Exception in zoning at 3815 S. 7th St. W, legally described as Lot 2 Seventh Street Acreage Tracts, Sec 25, T13N, R20W. The property is zoned C-RR2, Residential. SEE MAP E.

COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 101, 134, 143. 144, 201, 252, 268, 274, 335, J101, K129, and K133. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, vehicles & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, April 11th, 2011 at 9:00 AM by appt only by calling (406) 728-7867. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All Sales final.

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2. A request by Knife River for a variance from Missoula County Zoning Resolution 98-078 Section 6.09 C. 5., Hours of Operation in the “JTL Special District ” on N1/2, Sec 6, T13N, R19W, Missoula County, Montana, known as the Wheeler Site, 4800 Wilkie St. SEE MAP X

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning and Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding these requests, you may call the same number or email opg@co.missoula.mt.us

factory or inappropriate. The City of Missoula is an EEO/AA, M/F, V/H Employer. Qualified women, veterans, minority and handicapped individuals are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

CITY OF MISSOULA SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City of Missoula at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, 59802, until 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, for the construction of the “Lower Miller Creek

Road Curb and Sidewalk Improvements”, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s conference room. The project consisting of new curb/gutter, sidewalk; new storm drainage, inlets, manholes, sumps, and tie-ins to existing culverts; asphalt removal and installation, topsoil and turf establishment and associated improvements. The project is funded in part or in whole with funding from the Federal Highway Administration - Western Federal Lands Highway Division and is subject to all applicable Federal/State regulations, as indicated within the specifications. The Project is located on Lower

PUBLIC NOTICE

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION APPLICATIONS Missoula County is currently accepting applications from governmental or health and human service nonprofit organizations that provide basic/critical needs assistance to at-risk populations in the Missoula area.

Priority will be given to programs that provide food, transportation, shelter and medical services to at-risk populations. For more information or to receive a Community-Based Organization (CBO) application form, please call 258-3712. Applications may be picked up at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman S t r e e t , M i s s o u l a , M T, o r o n t h e web, http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb/Grants/. The deadline for submittal is Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

PUBLIC NOTICE Knife River – Missoula, 4800 Wilkie Road, Missoula, MT 59808 has submitted an Application for Opencut Mining Permit for the Heikes – Petty Creek Site, located at 3355 Petty Creek Road. The purpose of this permit is to provide crushed base course gravels and plant mix bituminous surfacing for the planned Petty Creek Road project to be constructed thru the Federal Highway Administration and to comply with 82-4-431 MCA of the Opencut Mining Act. The legal description for access roads and pit area is: Portion SE4 NE4, N2 NE4 SE4, Section 2, T14N, R23W, MPM as located between the Petty Creek Road R/W and Petty Creek. The mining area consists of approximately 12.1 acres with an estimated quantity of mined material to be removed of 90,000 cubic yards. The facility area consists of approximately 9.5 acres. Work includes removal and replacement of approximately 20,000 cubic yards of topsoil and overburden to reclaim the disturbed areas to irrigated hayland.

Please send e-mails to jay.garrick@kniferiver.com or call Jay at 532-5202.

You can also contact our office at 532-5250.

PUBLIC NOTICES Miller Creek Road, approximately 500’ west of the Miller Creek Road roundabout to Linda Vista Boulevard, in Missoula, Montana. All base bid work must be substantially complete within 45 calendar days after the commencement date stated in the Notice to Proceed. Additional contract time will be allowed for accepted bid alternatives. The contract documents consisting of Drawings and Project Manual may be examined or obtained at the Engineering Division, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana 59802. Copies of Drawings and Project Manual will be furnished to Contractors upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). Each Bid shall be accompanied by bid security made payable to owner in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bidder’s maximum bid price and in the form of cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of Montana; or a bid bond (on form attached if a form is prescribed) issued by a surety authorized to do business in Montana meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the General Conditions. The bid bond shall act as a guarantee that the bidder, if the bid is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure payment of worker’s compensation insurance, and furnish a satisfactory faithful performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price and a payment bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors bidding or doing work on this project will be required to be registered with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by Federal Law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. Proposal must be sealed and marked “Lower Miller Creek Road Curb and Sidewalk Improvements” and marked “Sealed Bid” with the contractor’s name, address, and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number, and be addressed to: City of Missoula Clerks Office, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802. This project is funded with Federal Funds; therefore, the contractor shall not pay less than the latest Federal Davis Bacon minimum wage as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of the wage rates are attached as part of the specifications in Section 00910. Domestic Materials (“Buy America”): All iron or steel materials to be permanently incorporated into the project shall be produced in the United States, and certified as indicated within the specifications in Section 00900. Bidder is subject to 18-2-401 et. Seg., Montana Code Annotated and amendments thereto and regulations issued there under, relating to prevailing wages, benefits, and other requirements. No claim for additional compensation will be allowed based upon a lack of knowledge or a misunderstanding of any such requirements by bidder or failure to include in bid adequate increases in such wages over the term of the contract. Prospective bidders are highly encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference, which will be conducted jointly by the owner and engineer at the City Hall Mayor Conference Room, 435 Ryman St., Missoula Montana 59802 at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 4, 2011. All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the engineer. It shall be understood, however, that no specification interpretation will be made by telephone, nor will any “or equal” products be considered for approval prior to award of contract. The engineer for

this project is: DJ&A, P.C., 3203 Russell Street, Missoula, Montana 59801, with questions addressed to Chris Anderson at (406) 721-4320. The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, or to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid and bidder, and to make awards in the interest of the owner. The low bid shall be determined on the basis of the lowest Base Bid, or lowest combination of Base Bid and accepted Alternative Bids if alternatives are included. The owner may accept in any order; any, all or none of the Alternative Bids. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodations, please contact the City of Missoula Office of City Clerk at (406) 552-6080. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein C.M.C, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 10:00 o’clock a.m. Friday, April 8 2011 at which time the bids will be opened and read in the conference room, Missoula County Public Works, for the purpose of purchasing of Ten Thousand (10,000) Tons of 3/4” Asphaltic Plant Mix. Specifications and bid procedures for this purchase can be obtained at the Public Works Division, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana.

THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. The Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana, reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for Asphaltic Plant Mix – 2011” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works 2011 Asphaltic Plant Mix Bid 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 10:00 o’clock a.m. Friday, April 8 2011 at which time the bids will be opened and read in the conference room, Missoula County Public Works, for the purpose of applying Magnesium Chloride Dust Palliative to approximately 88 miles of gravel roads throughout various geographic areas within Missoula County. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Office of the Public Works Department and shall be performed under the supervision of the County Engineer or his designated representative.

Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Office of Public Works at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to

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THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposals for 2011 Missoula County Road Dust Abatement” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works 2011 Dust Abatement Bid 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGULAR VOTER REGISTRATION AND OPTION FOR LATE REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Special District Elections to be held on May 3, 2011, will close at 5:00 p.m., on April 4, 2011. *NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the county fairground’s election center up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can complete and submit a voter registration card, but you will need to return to the local election center on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot. All active and inactive**electors of the Special Districts are entitled to vote at said election. Ballots will be automatically mailed to Active Electors only. If you are a registered voter and do not receive a ballot, contact the county election office to update your information as necessary and receive a ballot.

Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. If you have moved, please have your registration transferred to your present address.

DATED this 24th day of February 2011. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Missoula County Election Administrator MISSOULA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE JACK MEYER, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF EARL PRUYN, MINOTT PRUYN, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BERTHA PRUYN, JUDY M. GRUNOW AND JANICE N. MCKINNEY, AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF NORMAN E. THYFAULT, Plaintiffs, vs. GRIZZLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY and GEORGE R. BAILEY IV, Defendants.

To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks On the 14th day of April A.D., 2011, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Tract 4 of Certificate of Survey No. 2876, located in the S_SW_ of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana LESS that portion conveyed to Montana Department of Transportation in Book 504 of Micro at Page 906, records of Missoula County, Montana. AND Tract 1-A of Certificate of Survey No. 2002, located in the SW_ of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 24th day of March A.D., 2011. /s/ CARL C. IBSEN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By /s/ Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept No. 3 Cause No. DV 11-244 REQUEST FOR HEARING AND ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ANNE P. GRAHAM ON BEHALF OF SCOTT JAMES MYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing is set for April 21, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. to enter a decree of name change. Claims against this name change must be either mailed to Anne P. Graham, return receipt requested, in care of Law Offices of Alex Beal, PLLC, 217 N. 3rd Street, Suite J, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above court. Dated this 9th day of March, 2011. /s/ Alex Beal MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept No. 3 Cause No. DV 11-246 REQUEST FOR

HEARING AND ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ANNE P. GRAHAM ON BEHALF OF HARRISON STEVEN MYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing is set for April 21, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. to enter a decree of name change.

Claims against this name change must be either mailed to Anne P. Graham, return receipt requested, in care of Law Offices of Alex Beal, PLLC, 217 N. 3rd Street, Suite J, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above court. Dated this 9th day of March, 2011. /s/ Alex Beal MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF MISSOULA Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-07-112 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN L. SWAN, 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 Nina Swan, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o SOL & WOLFE Law Firm, PLLP at 101 East Broadway, #300, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. DATED January 13th, 2011. /s/ Nina Swan, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF MISSOULA Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-11-39 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL D. KINNEY, 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 Karen Koefelda, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o SOL & WOLFE Law Firm, PLLP at 101 East Broadway, #300, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802.

DATED February 3, 2011. /s/ Karen Koefelda, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-55 Dept. No. 1 Judge Ed McLean NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE LOUISE BURTON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sharon K. Batt 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 Sharon K. Batt, 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 21st day of March, 2011.

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. DV-11-330 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Heather Winters-Jones, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Heather Ann WintersJones to Heather Ann Winters. The hearing will be on April 20, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Richard Goodwin, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-11-33 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD F. FOWLER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Julie E. Gibson, PO Box 17931, Missoula, Montana 59808, return receipt requested, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 21st day of March, 2011. /s/ Julie E. Gibson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Edward F. Fowler MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-11-252 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. MISSOULA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, v.

MARK ALAN CHAPMAN, a/k/a MARK A. CHAPMAN, JUDITH F. CHAPMAN, NEW ERA BICYCLES, INC., CITY OF MISSOULA, and MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO DEFENDANT NEW ERA BICYCLES, INC., GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the

Complaint in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this SUMMONS, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of foreclosing the followingdescribed real properties located in Missoula County, Montana: Lots 17 and 18, Block 29, Park Addition, according to the official plat thereof as filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Missoula County, Montana, TOGETHER WITH vacated 16 foot alley lying immediately east of, adjoining and contiguous to said Lots 17 and 18 AND The South 125.76 feet of Lot 36 of U.S. Government Tract Survey located in Section 30, Township 13 North, Range 19 West. P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM the Southerly 30.030 feet and the Easterly 60.060 feet of said land as conveyed to the County of Missoula for roadway purposes July 30, 1984, in Book 209 of Micro Records at Page 590 records of Missoula County, Montana. FURTHER LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of said premises conveyed to the State of Montana Department of Transportation, in May 2, 1991, in Book 328 of Micro Records at Page 1810, records of Missoula County, Montana. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 634 of Micro at page 667. Dated this 15th day of March, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Diane Overholtzer, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-11-319 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF: ALISSA RICHELE RAHN, MICHELLE MARIE TURNER, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Michelle Marie Turner, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Alissa Richele Rahn to Alissa Richele Rahn Turner, and the petition for name change will be heard by District Court Judge John W. Larson on the 21st day of April, 2011, at 9:00 a.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 10th day of March, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Maria A. Cassidy, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson Case No. DP-1144 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ROGER D. CLARK, also known as ROGER DUANE CLARK, 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, Kennesha Harmon the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 8th day of March, 2011. /s/ Kennesha Harmon, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/26/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200733230, Bk 811, Pg 102, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael L. Padrotti and Traci L. Padrotti, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 6 of 44 Ranch, Phases 1 and 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 1, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $357,433.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $311,224.72, 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

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"Not What You Think"–be prepared for some criticism.

by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Little mischief maker 4 Science magazine that folded in the 1990s 8 Make a haze around 13 Like one theory that Shakespeare didn't write all his works 15 Eddie Bunker, in "Reservoir Dogs" 16 It's harvested to make syrup 17 Fill full of bubbles 18 What lexicographers do most of the time?

20 Social conclusion?

23 What some people are slow on 24 Fair-hiring abbr.

25 They get worn on tires 28 Collection of Hindu writings 30 Laser pointer used by that jerk in the audience?

35 Yours, in French 36 ___-Man Chan ("Survivor: Fiji" participant) 37 Godsmack lead vocalist Sully ___ 38 Turn a digit into a zero with your bare hands?

42 Orlando Magic coach Van Gundy 43 DA's undergrad coursework 44 Quad bike, in the States 47 Sex ed hygiene subject 50 "Hold On Tight" prog-rock band 51 Friends that share in your tacky guilty pleasures?

55 Capital of Canada 56 Get there in no time?

60 2010 solo album from Nick Jonas Last week’s solution

61 Some desertscapes 62 Singer Furtado 63 Little bugs 64 Friend's opposite

DOWN 1 Watson's creator 2 Baby goat sound 3 Angel dust 4 R.E.M.'s "The ___ Love" 5 Pageant owned by Donald Trump 6 Spingarn Medal awarders 7 Brainstorming session ideas, e.g.

8 Made some suds 9 River in Spain 10 Boater's emergency kit item 11 Top 12 Honkers at a pond 14 Falling apart 15 Cover-up artist?

19 Enjoy, in England 20 "___ be my pleasure!"

21 Threesome 22 Estonia, in Estonian (hidden in BEE STING) 26 Determined by ___ of the coin 27 Falls fast asleep 29 Eagle's nest 31 Baby swan 32 Sorority letter 33 One may be obtuse 34 Taj ___ 39 2001 movie with Sean Penn and Dakota Fanning 40 Military shoulder decoration 41 Low card 44 Rock group System of ___ 45 Give a percentage 46 Acronym for aircraft that can depart from short runways (anagram of VOLTS) 48 Board (a bus) 49 Thabo ___ (South African president, 1999-2008) 52 It gets wagged 53 Rick on the radio 54 Letters on a sunscreen bottle 57 Not quite right 58 ___ Speedwagon 59 Mao ___-tung ©2011 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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PUBLIC NOTICES Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on June 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.72393) 1002.150878-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/10/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200514158, Bk-754 Pg-463, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Anirban Mitra, a married man was Grantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 10 of Canyon View Two, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200808559, B:817, P:0336, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/07 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 31, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $216,305.19. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $165,696.52, 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 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7037.74055) 1002.185641-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/04/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200807549, Bk 816, Pg 0725, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Betsy T. Hawkins, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 126 of Grantland-Rankin, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and

the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 10, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $382,356.40. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $373,404.33, 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 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.92443) 1002.186207-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/27/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200607077, Bk 771, Pg 326, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Patrick T. Beers was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. d/b/a Mann Mortgage was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The South one-half of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 in Block 20 of Car Line Addition a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200911125 Bk 866, Pg 471, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSMC 2006-6. 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 03/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 11, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $165,157.05. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $148,683.65, 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 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed

at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7777.13715) 1002.172506-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on July 25, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5162, located in the W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH an easement for the purpose of ingress and egress as disclosed in Book 107 of Micro at Page 69. Lyle L. Brown and Anita Brown, as Grantors, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Citizen Bank of East Missoula, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture recorded August 3, 2005, in Book 757 of Micro at page 753, records of the Missoula Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded November 15, 2010, in Book 869, Page 343, Document 201022450, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made , is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $54,954.30, plus interest at a rate of 8.5% totaling $11,684.14, and late fees of $42.48, for a total amount due of $66,680.92 as of March 10, 2011, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 11th day of March, 2011. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss. County of Missoula). On this 11th day of March, 2011 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires: 5-7-2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 16, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 2 OF NEW MEADOWS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS AT PAGE 16 Christopher S Hewitt and Stephanie M Hewitt, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 28, 2005 and recorded on January 31, 2005 at 3:29 o’clock P.M., in Book 747, Page 571, under Document No 200502523. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $884.26, beginning July 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of December 10, 2010 is $170,581.62 principal, interest at the rate of 2.00% now totaling $1,505.62, escrow advances of $721.79 and other fees and expenses advanced of $290.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $9.35 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 5, 2011 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 5, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 CitiMortgage v Hewitt 41926.640 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 16, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 in Block 9 of High Park #5, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Keith Larkin and Janet J Larkin, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 30, 2005 and Recorded on December 1, 2005 at 4:30 o’clock P.M., under Document No 200531932. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon formerly known as The Bank of New York as successor Trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2006-AR1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR1. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $713.64, beginning November 1, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 31, 2010 is $213,031.72 principal, interest at the rate of 6.125% now totaling $21,338.49, late charges in the amount of $316.14, escrow advances of $9,457.55 and other fees and expenses advanced of $447.55, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.75 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 asis, 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

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Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 5, 2011 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss.

County of Stark) On January 5, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Emc/larkin NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 16, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 7 OF HIDDEN HILLS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Troy Gaswint, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 17, 2002 and recorded July 11, 2002 at 1:00 o’clock P.M., in Book 684, Page 1765, under Document No. 200219624. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association FKA The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee, Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-RP1. Charles J. Peterson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,491.86, beginning December 1, 2007, 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 28, 2011 is $103,246.31 principal, interest at the rate of 12.625% now totaling $33,397.58, late charges in the amount of $1,323.86, escrow advances of $7,782.95 and other fees and expenses advanced of $5,619.42, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.71 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 5, 2011 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 5, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Litton V Gaswint 41462.199

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 31, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 23 in Tract 19 of North Half School Addition also known as School Five Acre Addition in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 3 of Plats at Page 35 Joseph E Troutman, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 8, 2005 and recorded on August 8, 2005 in Book 757, Page 1213 under Document No. 200520333. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Jason J. Henderson, 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 $1,383.46, beginning June 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 15, 2011 is $156,511.35 principal, interest at the rate of 5.625% now totaling $6,940.53, late charges in the amount of $393.90, escrow advances of $1,619.80, suspense balance of $-55.93 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,349.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.12 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 19, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 19, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Gmac V Troutman 41965.429 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 31, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 6 of Block 1 of the Ben Hughes Addition Subdivision to the County of Missoula, City of Missoula, State of Montana REBA CHLARSON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2007 and recorded December 4, 2007 in Book 809, Page 1193 under Document No. 200731292. The beneficial interest is currently held by Fannie Mae (“Federal National Mortgage Association”).

Jason J. Henderson, 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 $1,735.82, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 28, 2011 is $234,236.25 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $18,273.44, escrow advances of $4,590.12, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2426.18, plus accruing interest at the rate of $50.53 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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 19, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 19, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Lbps V Chlarson 42008.068 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale Number: 10-12739-6. Loan Number: 0218165983 TSG: 100803404-MT-GSI TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on 07/21/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM (11:00 AM), recognized local time, on the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, towit: LOT 13 AND A STRIP OF GROUND 5 FEET WIDE AND 60 FEET LONG OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 12 WHICH SAID STRIP OF GROUND SHALL HAVE A FRONTAGE OF 5 FEET ON NORTH FOURTH STREET OF MISSOULA, MONTANA AND SHALL LAY PARALLEL WITH AND ADJOINING ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOT 13 ALL IN BLOCK 69 OF URLIN’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOLA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO TUE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. More commonly known as: 626 N 4TH STREET W, MISSOULA, MT 59802. MARY C. WEBER, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MERS AS NOMINEE FOR GOLF SAVINGS BANK, A WASHINGTON STOCK SAVINGS BANK, whose address is 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC X7801-01X, Fort Mill, SC 29715 as Beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated November 24, 2009, and recorded on November 30, 2009 under Document No. 200928278, in the records of Missoula County, MT. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated 1/31/201 land recorded concurrently with in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Trust Indenture, by failure to pay monthly installments due on the obligation secured by said Trust Indenture for the months beginning September 1, 2010, said monthly installments being in the amount of $1,498.17 per month, and which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and to a reserve account (if any) for payment of taxes, insurance and other charges against the property or loan. There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of

PUBLIC NOTICES $216,712.51 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 5.25000% per annum from August 1, 2010 , 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.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 DATED: 3/8/11 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY By: Mario Selva, Authorized Signature State of California County of Orange On March 8, 2011, before me, Lorena Enriquez, a Notary Public in and for said county, personally appeared Mario Selva, who proved to me

on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature^) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument, I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Lorena Enriquez # 1807200 My Commission Expires July 21, 2012 ASAP# 3952585 03/31/2011, 04/07/2011, 04/14/2011 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/05/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which THOMAS SKOOG, A SINGLE PERSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-

TEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/08/2010 and recorded 04/08/2010, in document No. 201006639 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 857 at Page Number 1324 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3A OF PERRY ADDITION, LOT 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2413 39TH ST, Missoula, MT 59803-1122. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 11/01/2010 and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $162,056.97 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.25% per annum from 11/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the

beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 02/15/2011 ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0011175 FEI NO. 1006.128934

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Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/05/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which BILL J GODWIN as

Grantors, conveyed said real property to INSURED TITLES LLC as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/01/2007 and recorded 03/02/2007, in document No. 200704983 in Book/Reel/Volume Number N/A at Page Number N/A in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LOT 8 IN BLOCK 15 OF ROSELAND ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 4002 MOUNT AVENUE, MISSOULA, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held

by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $203,975.64 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.00% per annum from

11/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 02/16/2011 ReconTrust Company, N.A. Successor Trustee Wendi Abed-Rabboh, Authorized Signer 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0120049 FEI NO. 1006.112584

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MISSOULA IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT 2009. Cash receipts, fiscal year 2009: $130,034.61. Less cash disbursements/expenses: $119,960.92. Balance at end of year 2009: $14,145.29. NOTE: The above represents the accounting made by MID from its internal records. MID receives monies from its annual assessments collected

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Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900. MLS#10007447.

Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-

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Montana Preferred Properties.

Beautiful wooded 3.69 acres with 550 feet of Twin Creeks frontage.

Easy access from Hwy 200 on well maintained county road. Modulars or manufactured homes on a permanent foundation are allowed.

Seller will carry contract with $50,000 down at 7 % interest. $219,900. MLS#10005586. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

RICE TEAM

riceteam@bigsky.net Robin Rice Janet Rice missoularealestate4sale.com 240-6503 240-3932 • 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage • 2 main floor masters • Heated tile floor & jacuzzi in master bath • Large shed for extra storage • $359,900 • MLS # 20110410

• Bonner area 5 Bed / 2 Bath on 2 acres • Large kitchen w/ island • Chain link fence in front yard • Private deck in back, mature trees • $209,900 • MLS#906641

• 3 bdrm/2 bath/10 Acres • Covered deck / fenced acreage • 28 x32 garage / 40x49 Quonset shop • RV hookups behind garage • $259,900 • MLS#10002960

• 3 Bed/2 Bath, single level living • A/C, concrete patio out back door • Chain link fence (back yard), UG sprinklers • One block to Hellgate Elementary School • $209,000 • MLS#20111250

Open House Sunday 3/27 2:30-4:30pm

GREAT NORTHSIDE LOCATION. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, fenced yard, hardwood floors, fireplace, lots of natural light, washer/dryer, off-street parking, walk to community gardens, parks, brew pub and downtown .

Prudential Montana. $169,900. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-desac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 3278787 porticorealestate.com IMMACULATE HOME ON A 20,000 SQ FT LOT. Beautifully updated and maintained 4 Bdr/3 Bath Lolo area home.

Great yard and deck, spacious living room and family room, great kitchen with breakfast bar & dining area, master bedroom

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Pride of ownership w/ many updates, end unit! Brand new carpet, newer paint throughout w/ very attractive colors, new bath and kitchen fixtures, upgraded light fixtures.

Lower level features large living room, with pergo flooring through out. Single attached garage and small backyard. www.1729ethel.com. May have downpayment/closing cost Asst for those who qualify. MLS#20111473

1729 Ethel Lane • $163,000 For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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

REAL ESTATE

BIG BEAUTIFUL AZ LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l. Parks. 1 Hour from Tucson Int’l. Airport.

Guaranteed financing, no credit

checks. Pre-recorded msg. (800) 631-8164 Code 4057 www.sunsiteslandrush.com NEW LISTING! Great building

site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.46 Acres. $196,900. MLS#20111016.

10882 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

Secluded 20 Acres 15 Minutes to Missoula, property boasts nice choices for building site, a healthy and beautiful forest setting, and easy commute. 3278787 porticorealestate.com

COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins for sale.

Many updates to this grand ole downtown building.

THE UPTOWN FLATS

$875,000. MLS 10003350.

Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate

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Diversity Day 2011 April 16, 3:00pm Non-motorized parade followed by music, speakers and a good ol' celebration.

Parade begins at the Higgins XXXX's and ends outside the Boone and Crockett Club on the river.

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Celebrate National Library Week With Missoula Public Library!

April 10 - 16 Get your library passport, complete the activities and win prizes! Participate in the Treasure Hunt for the Treasure State online contest. Special book and window displays, plus giveaways, balloons and plenty of fun events!

Special activities include: Monday, 4 / 1 1 – Pick up your passport at the library.

Tuesday, 4 / 1 2 – Debut of “Russian for Everyone” class; MPL Book Group; Tiny Tales Wednesday, 4 / 1 3 – National Bookmobile Day! The MPL Bookmobile will be out and about. Let us know if you want us to come visit your business. Also, Pint Night at the Kettle House, benefitting the library.

Thursday, April 14 – Librarians participating in KUFM’s pledge drive “The Write Version” Friday, April 15 – Teddy Bear Sleepover at 4:30 p.m.

More info: missoulapubliclibrary.org or 721.BOOK

Special Olympics Montana And the UM Athletic Department present

The 2nd Annual

Montana Sports Legends Dinner & Auction Saturday, April 9, 6:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Dinner * Silent Auction * Live Auction All proceeds support Special Olympics Montana training and competition opportunities for more than 2000 athletes statewide.

More info: somt.org or 406-242-6876