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Voices/Letters Daines, water and circus animals............................................................4 The Week in Review Snowbowl, bottled water and professional wrestling..................6 Briefs Water bank, trapping and zoning..........................................................................6 Etc. The coal bill that doesn’t mention coal....................................................................7 News After 27 years with the ACLU, Scott Crichton gets ready to retire.........................8 News Montana’s Indian caucus wrestles with lack of progress ......................................9 Opinion Compromise arrives in Helena thanks to a common enemy.........................10 Opinion Cloud seeding is a work in progress with thin results...................................11 Feature Public lands belong to everyone, but are often hard to access .......................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts William Munoz explores the mind and motion of Ellie Weinman.........................18 Music Charlie Parr, The Awful Truth and Circa Survive ................................................19 Arts Bobby Lee Springfield answers the big questions .................................................20 Film It Follows takes horror to a new—and better—level .............................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 Munchies Out to sea .....................................................................................................24 Happiest Hour Vodka Soda Lambic..............................................................................26 8 Days a Week Singing Woody Guthrie ........................................................................27 Mountain High “Journey Through the Himalayas”......................................................33 Agenda Nursing in Public First Friday exhibit ..............................................................34

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Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 In Other News ..............................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12

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Step down, Steve

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, March 31, near the corner of Higgins and Broadway. What’s the most exciting thing you’re doing during spring break? Follow-up: Describe, in one or two sentences, your best spring break ever.

Julia Ohman: I’m going to the Grand Canyon to hike with a friend who works for the Grand Canyon Trust. Red rocked: I went backpacking in Utah at Grand Gulch through the Anasazi ruins and slept below the cliff dwellings.

Eliza Oh: I’ll be training my dog how to walk on his two back legs. It’s a pipe dream at this point. I do what I want: I’m not a college person so back in high school it was nice not to adhere to a schedule and just pick up and do my own thing.

Jesse Sindler: I don’t really have a spring break because I’m working, but I’ll probably go mountain biking on the revamped Fenceline Trail in the Rattlesnake. Best of both worlds: My buddies and I went on a road trip and visited the Smithsonian Museum in D.C.

Kevin Hoffman: I just got off the Grand Canyon. I spent 28 days on the river there. Now I’m playing in my kayak and heading down to Boise to teach a friend to kayak. We’ll all float on: This past Grand Canyon trip was pretty epic—it changes your whole outlook on life. If we all just ran whitewater rivers we’d probably create world peace. Whitewater kayaking is like dancing, flying and making love to someone.

Katherine Raker: I’m going to St. Petersburg, Fla., to see my friends from college. We’ll probably hang out on the beach and pretend like we’re the people from the movie Spring Breakers that was filmed there. Bikinis and banana hammocks: I hung out with my friend in St. Petersburg and we both made out with a boy for the week.

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Thanks to the Independent for the article by Alex Sakariassen on Steve Daines (see “Fortunate son,” Feb. 26). What emerged was a picture of a multimillionaire wedded to so right-wing an ideology that political scientists dubbed him the most conservative Montana congressman ever, as exemplified by his denial of human-caused climate change and his acceptance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, which stated that corporations are people. In reading Alex’s article, it’s not easy to define the real Steve Daines because he’s a master of obfuscation. Public lands transfer to the state? A good idea, but too expensive. Conservation of land and water? All for it, but waffles on reauthorization of the specific Land and Water Conservation Act due to expire soon. Attending a fundraiser at a Creationist museum in Kentucky? It never happened, he stated. The article provided a new and detailed look at Steve Daines as a man of faith. This included a quote from the Senator: “The most important thing I think about faith is probably coming down to the golden rule… it really comes down to, it’s not about us, it’s about other people.” Most would consider the “others” as those less fortunate or disadvantaged. But his voting records imply the “others” consist of the corporate barons and the ultrarich in general—the Koch brothers, for example, who reward Daines with their largesse and with invitations to their annual strategy retreats in Palm Beach. New evidence of Daines’ malfeasance has appeared post-publication of the article. This involved a letter to Tehran from 47 U.S. senators warning Iran not to take the U.S. seriously in negotiations on acquisition of nuclear weapons since a new (presumably GOP) president will take over in 2016! The letter included Steve Daines’ signature. So, Daines has much to answer for, in addition to his infamous photo-shopped campaign flyer which showed him meeting with Marine veterans, a “meeting” that never happened. He should take a page from John Walsh’s book, when he stepped down from office after a case of plagiarism was revealed. Step down, Steve, step down! Meyer “Mike” Chessin Missoula

For city ownership In his latest column, Dan Brooks writes about the city’s eminent domain suit against the owners of Mountain Water (see “Case by case,” March 26), which will decide who controls the right to tap and sell the water of the Missoula aquifer—distant corporate interests or the people of Missoula? The case is complex, but my argument is simple: City ownership will

save Missoulians money and protect a vital public interest. Continued private ownership by either Carlyle Group or aspiring buyer Algonquin Power and Utilities will do the opposite. Private interests will charge more for our water and put it to any use they can. In investor communications, Algonquin promises 7.5 percent annual growth in cash flow from Mountain Water’s parent company. Captive ratepayers are just the easiest monetization opportunity. In a water-constrained world, the aquifer that state law says belongs to the people of Montana will be treated as nothing more than another revenue center for the foreign corporation angling to control it. People with the wherewithal to purchase water companies won’t blink at the cost of electing people who will let them profit to the fullest from those assets.

“It’s not easy to define the real Steve Daines because he’s a master of obfuscation.” During testimony, the Clark Fork Coalition’s director testified Carlyle already asked her about removing restrictions on exporting water that were a condition on the 2011 sale. Governance of utilities under city ownership has a simple trade-off: rates versus investment given debt service set by the purchase price. The long-term wellbeing of the system and the residents of Missoula will be the only priorities. City council will strike that balance in full public view and with mandatory notice to every ratepayer. Algonquin’s governance involves many more trade-offs—rates, capital investment, debt service, overhead charges and dividends/distributions to ownership among them—and the calculations will be done in a boardroom closed to anyone but Algonquin’s most powerful stockholders. While public ownership is beneficial, it is not priceless, and Brooks is not alone wanting certainty about price. Because the trial proceeds in phases, first whether city acquisition is warranted and then what compensation the current owner is entitled to, these answers haven’t been part of the current trial; further, the judge has admonished both parties to not discuss specific valuations. You can test your limits though. Ask yourself how much per month you would pay to escape a future in which the water system cycles through distant corporate owners while being

squeezed for every bit of cash flow that can be extracted. Look at your water bill and combine that with what you pay now. When valuation becomes the subject, compare that with the implied impact on system revenue requirements and you’ll know where you stand on whether the purchase is worth it. Your willingness to pay will differ from others’, and decades from now none of our numbers are likely to be the one that historians judge optimal, in the unlikely event they can even agree with hindsight. Even with all the facts, value isn’t set by price alone, uncertainties are incommensurable and doing nothing isn’t free. Jason Wiener Alderman, Ward One Missoula City Council

Save circus animals As a University of Montana student and member of our student group called Students Against Circus Torture Of Animals, or SACTA, I wish to protest, through the pages of your esteemed newspaper, against the cruelty to animals in circuses. Recently I had the misfortune of knowing that our university is the one hosting the circus coming to Missoula! Circuses have been known for their torture of animals using such instruments as blow torches, bull hooks, chains, whips, isolation, deprivation, etc., as a means of “training” the animals to perform for amusement while caging them for exhibition. This has been recorded by videos, photos and eye witnesses. I would like to point out how wrong we are to support this cruelty and inhumane treatment to animals. We should look for effective ways and means to rectify our folly in supporting such blights as a means of profiting the university! There are many non-animal attractions such as Cirque De Soleil that are truly amazing and that we could support with a clear conscience. Even if each one of us pledges to perform an act of kindness toward animals every day, our attitude toward all those animals in our lives every day will be bound to change for the better. A king is quoted as saying, “If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.” “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West,” said Thorin Oakenshield. May we as children of the kindly West live up to our reputation and put a stop to the torture and abuse of all animals everywhere! Melissa Barnes Missoula Publisher’s note: Due to a printing snafu, not all copies of last week’s Indy included our Homesteader 2015 special insert. If yours was missing, don’t sweat it—the insert is in this week’s issue, too, so you can check it out.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, March 25 A boat carrying three fishermen down the Bitterroot River hits a submerged log, spilling its occupants into the fast-moving water. While two of the men are able to get safely back into the boat, Jeffrey Benjamin, 74, of Conner, drowns.

Thursday, March 26 Justin Griffith, 23, appears in Missoula County Justice Court to face a felony charge of sexual intercourse without consent. Griffith allegedly raped a 13-year-old client of Western Montana Addiction Services, where Griffith worked as a clinical care worker.

Friday, March 27 During the city of Missoula’s ongoing condemnation trial against the Carlyle Group, Clark Fork Coalition Director Karen Knudsen testifies that, in 2014, a representative for the multinational corporation expressed a desire to allow for the bottling and selling of local water.

Saturday, March 28 Missoula police respond to an early morning report of shots fired on Fairview Avenue, near Russell Street. Though no suspects are located, officers recover spent shell casings at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

Sunday, March 29 Montana Snowbowl closes its chairlifts for the season after an unusually warm spring. Typically, the resort tries to stay open until the second weekend in April but snow conditions were too poor this year.

Monday, March 30 The Missoula Osprey and Big Time Wrestling announce Bret “The Hitman” Hart, Scotty 2 Hotty and Gangrel, among others, will throw down during a wrestling show at Ogren-Allegiance Park on June 12. Ringside seats will go for $45.

Tuesday, March 31 Ten Republicans join all 41 Democrats in the Montana House of Representatives to narrowly kill Senate Bill 143, which would have allowed individuals the right to carry concealed firearms onto college campuses across the state.

Preston Burkholder, right, and his wife regularly organize fun activities for their high-school-aged children and their friends to teach them that they don’t have to be drunk to have fun. On March 27, the group dressed in coveralls stuffed with bubble wrap and fought with styrofoam weapons along Ryman Street.

Growth

With their spurs on On March 9, the Hamilton City Council held a public workshop on a seemingly bland subject: the statutorily required review and update of the city’s 2009 growth policy. But what might have been a formality of city business quickly turned into a crowded and contentious affair, with some “50 or 100 people there just angry—instantly angry,” according to Councilman Ken Bell. The strong attendance—and strong response— had to do with the rumors that Hamilton might use the policy update as an opportunity to implement zoning regulations in a “doughnut” area outside the city’s limits. “So I think people came in with their spurs on,” says Ravalli County Commissioner Jeff Burrows, who also attended the meeting. Burrows says he and other concerned citizens oppose zoning “on a couple different levels. One, zoning in general. But I think the bigger issue is the fact that, essentially, this ‘doughnut’ zoning—this extra-territorial zoning—is regulation without representation.”

Ravalli County residents expressed their general dislike of zoning in 2008, when they passed a referendum to repeal the county’s growth policy, thereby eliminating zoning outside incorporated towns such as Hamilton. But that action also opened the door to extra-territorial zoning, because state law allows municipalities to plan outside their limits when the county lacks zoning and a growth policy of its own. Bell and Council President Jenny West draw a distinction between zoning and planning. They say the city doesn’t intend to zone beyond its limits—in fact, a 2009 city resolution expressly forbids the city from doing so—but West says an updated growth policy will explore other ways for the city to prepare “in case we need to grow.” The city’s planning area extends about two miles, give or take, into the county. Within that area, West says the city could partner with the county to make infrastructure improvements to increase “connectivity and public safety.” “For us to govern well and to look in the future for our city, we have to have a plan in place,” West says. But due to the public outcry on March 9, West is pessimistic about the city’s ability to productively

work with the county and residents of the planning area “doughnut” to make much progress. “After that meeting, there’s no way,” West says. “Unless there’s something that we [the city and county] could come together on, like fixing some roads or looking at maybe a big-box ordinance.” Such an ordinance, she says, might help citizens have a say in the Wal-Mart rumored to be coming to the intersection of Highway 93 and Blood Lane, just outside Hamilton and within its planning area. “Big boxes want to come in, that’s okay,” West says. “But I don’t want a freaking huge, multimillionsquare-foot thing coming into a beautiful cow field because we have no standards, nothing.” While West hopes to pursue a way for the city to have some input about such a store—perhaps by creating a “a brief little corridor” that would allow for some planning regulations to be implemented along the highway— Burrows says any attempt to zone outside city limits “will be met with quite a bit of resistance” from the county. Hamilton plans to hold two more public meetings on the growth policy in the coming months and is currently soliciting public comment via the city’s website. Ted McDermott

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[news] Trapping

Initiative will test new law Push is going to have to come to shove before people find out whether a new law really protects trapping as a constitutional right in Montana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In response to questions about whether it will do what the sponsor wants it to do, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? says Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks attorney Rebecca Jakes-Dokter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The real way to solve this is through the courts. But right now, there is no case because there is no controversyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;trapping is legal.â&#x20AC;? House Bill 212 became law on March 12 after passing the Montana Legislature on mostly partyline votes. The bill generalizes the FWP term â&#x20AC;&#x153;harvest,â&#x20AC;? inserting it into the definitions of all sportsmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, including fishing and trapping. Montana Trappers Association President Toby Walrath says HB 212 clarifies what is protected under the Preservation of Harvest Act, a 2004 voter-approved amendment to the Montana Constitution. Gov. Steve Bullock doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely agree, although he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t veto the bill. But he did refuse to sign it, an action he justified in a March 23 letter to the Secretary of State. Bullock said it is the role of the courts to decide the meaning of â&#x20AC;&#x153;harvestâ&#x20AC;? as it applies to the constitution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;HB 212 legislatively grafts into (the amendment) an after-the-fact intent to include trapping. I withhold my signature from this bill because I do not believe that this legislation resolves this controversy,â&#x20AC;? Bullock wrote. Some, including anti-trapping groups, insist voters wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have supported the initial constitutional amendment if it clearly included trapping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the referendum that asked the legislature to put the amendment on the (2004) ballot, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no documentation to include trapping,â&#x20AC;? says Trap Free Montana Public Lands Chair KC York. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking at the intent of the voters, we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told in the voter handbook that it included trapping.â&#x20AC;? Walrath says the words in the amendment were intentionally written to be vague to allow the state some flexibility. Trap Free Montana Public Lands pushed to get a citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; initiative on the 2014 ballot to ban trapping on public land. It failed to gather enough signatures but did better than the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first attempt in 2010. If trapping is protected under the constitution, a constitutional initiative to ban trapping would require double the 25,000 signatures needed for a citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

initiative. That could be the controversy that sends the question to the courts. The Montana Trappers Association intended to challenge the previous ban initiatives on those grounds. Walrath says his group would do so in the future if the legislature doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t during its review of proposed initiatives.

Conversely, if required to meet the higher bar of a constitutional amendment, Trap Free Montana Public Lands may choose to become a plaintiff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If and when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re told we have to do things differently, we will,â&#x20AC;? York says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But right now, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a question.â&#x20AC;? Laura Lundquist

Clark Fork

Water for sale Nearly five years ago, the Missoula-based Grass Valley French Ditch Company began exploring options to market its water shares to interested parties for use in water mitigation. The company finally received approval for the water rights change from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation last December, and last month announced publicly that what it bills as Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;first private water bankâ&#x20AC;? is open for business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, seeing the changing landscape and being a water user in the area for quite some time, they saw an opportunity to add a new use to their water right for mitigation for new development,â&#x20AC;? says Chris Corbin, water rights marketing consultant for Grass Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They thought, to still be a viable ditch company down the road, we need to be more forward thinking than just agriculture.â&#x20AC;?

BY THE NUMBERS Number of grizzlies Bigforkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dan Calvert Wallen killed last year. He was found guilty this week of three counts of unlawfully killing an animal protected by the Endangered Species Act and will be sentenced in federal court on May 12.

Grass Valley is the first water user in the state to secure marketing approval from the DNRC since the Montana Legislature passed a law legalizing such a change in 2011. The new ability essentially allows Grass Valley to sell or lease portions of its sizable water right directly to entities on the lower Clark Fork needing to mitigate water use relating to businesses, subdivisions or agriculture projects. Mitigation is meant to address any adverse affects of water use on other water rights holders in a particular basin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking out water that will deplete the system or adversely affect other water users,â&#x20AC;? Corbin explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;then you have to mitigate or basically replace that water that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using.â&#x20AC;? For example, Avista Utilities maintains water rights in the lower Clark Fork related to its hydroelectric dam near Noxon. Amy Groen, water resource specialist with the DNRC in Missoula, says marketing changes like that made by Grass Valley will allow new water users to mitigate their use â&#x20AC;&#x153;so the Avista water rights can remain whole.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we start getting more of these marketing mitigation changes in,â&#x20AC;? she adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll allow people to have a little bit of flexibility with what they want to do with their water rights.â&#x20AC;? According to Grass Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s change application, the company is now able to retire 3,304 acres from irrigation and convert those water shares for marketed mitigation. Vice President Carl Saunders stated in a release that the move puts Grass Valley â&#x20AC;&#x153;in the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat as the Missoula Valley grows and changes,â&#x20AC;? though Corbin doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see much changing for the company at an operational level. Those purchasing or leasing shares from Grass Valley for mitigation wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be voting shareholdersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a move Corbin says was designed to protect existing ag usersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and any water successfully marketed will simply be subtracted from what Grass Valley diverts from the river at its headgate downstream of Kelly Island. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If anything, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just going to provide a potential extra revenue source for the company for operation and maintenance,â&#x20AC;? he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to have a different user class in the company than what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had previously.â&#x20AC;? Alex Sakariassen

ETC. As debates over water rights, Medicaid expansion and campaign finance reform have continued to dominate the Montana Legislature, a one-page appropriations bill with broad implications is cruising through with relative ease. House Bill 244, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Essmann, R-Billings, would grant $1 million to the Montana Department of Justice for any litigation protecting access to out-of-state markets. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the seemingly innocuous language fool you. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about coal. In introducing HB 244 back in January, Essmann spoke of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;growing threat to the economy of my hometown, my region of the state and our state as a wholeâ&#x20AC;? in the form of barriers to shipping Montana products to international markets. Anyone up to date on the coal development issue could see exactly where the discussion was headed: Mounting criticism over the expansion of West Coast coal ports on the part of tribes, environmental groups, local governments and citizens throughout the Pacific Northwest. The bill itself doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually include the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;coal,â&#x20AC;? but those testifying in favor of HB 244 hailed almost exclusively from within the coal industry. That fact didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go unnoticed by opponents of the measure. The Montana Environmental Information Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anne Hedges promptly called the hearing for what it truly was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All we heard about today was coal,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding HB 244 appears, at its core, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;force economic development through litigation.â&#x20AC;? This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first time a Western legislature has set aside funding for coal-related litigation. Wyoming approved a similar $500,000 appropriation in 2014, and just last month passed a bill that would issue $1 billion in bonds to finance West Coast coal ports. When the Oregon Department of State Lands refused to permit a coal transport terminal at the Port of Morrow due to concerns for local fisheries, Wyoming attempted to join the administrative appeal. The first petition was denied in October, but Wyomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second petition was approved in Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the same month Montana successfully joined the case. All of this goes to show the coal-based motivations behind HB 244 are in no way hypothetical. The bill appears destined to at least reach the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk, and if Essmann and others continue to follow Wyomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead, it probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be their last thinly veiled, pro-coal push.

Karen Kelly

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Making room After 27 years with the ACLU, Scott Crichton plans to retire by Ted McDermott

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When Scott Crichton joined the is highly demanding—and increasingly people’s rights. That’s why the founders American Civil Liberties Union of Mon- managerial—Crichton says he’s found it wrote the Bill of Rights. They understood the nature of government and the nature tana in August 1988, he didn’t just be- “immensely” rewarding. “You get to improve people’s lives— of power is to get more power, more come the organization’s executive director. He also became its first full- generally, people who are getting control.” As Crichton prepares to step away, time employee. Money was tight and the screwed,” Crichton says. “So what’s not to the job of finding his successor has been only resource at Crichton’s disposal was like about that?” According to Geri Rozanski, the na- turned over to a search committee chaired some office space in Billings. Even so, he was grateful for the opportunity after tional ACLU’s director of affiliate sup- by former Missoula Chief Administrative a dispiriting experience as a welfare- port and advocacy, the work Crichton Officer Dennis Taylor. Taylor says the comrights advocate and a low-income-rights has done has been felt “nationwide, well mittee hopes to have a replacement in beyond the borders of the state.” His in- place by July, in order to allow “a month organizer. “I thought I was going from a very fluence is in part organizational—the or so” of overlap with Crichton. Citing the health of the organization controversial job to a less controversial ACLU of Montana was the first small job—to show how naive I was about how state affiliate to hire an in-house attor- Crichton is leaving behind, Taylor believes visceral people’s responses sometimes are ney—and in part an outcome of Crich- there are “many people in Montana and to the four scary letters of the ACLU,” ton’s groundbreaking interest in across the country who would like to have Crichton says. After 27 years at the helm of the ACLU of Montana and in the bullseye of critics, that naivety is long gone— but Crichton’s belief in the organization’s power to effect change has only strengthened. “I think we are an organization that makes a difference,” Crichton says. “A lot of groups talk about getting things done, and I think we deliver on what it is we take on, whether it’s in the legislature or in the courts. So, I feel real photo by Cathrine L. Walters good about the work.” Scott Crichton is preparing to retire in August after 27 years as the executive director of the Yet, at age 67, ACLU of Montana. “You get to improve people’s lives—generally, people who are getting he’s ready to hand screwed,” Crichton says. “So what’s not to like about that?” that work over to someone else. Crichton plans to retire criminal justice law reform. Though it’s the opportunity to fill Scott’s shoes—or, this August. When he does, he will leave an increasingly popular cause now, more likely, stand on his shoulders.” As for Crichton, he’s still hard at work the ACLU of Montana in far different— Rozanski says Crichton “was one of the and, observers say, better—shape than he first people to start that conversation” in his final months, pushing for reform in found it. Today, the statewide affiliate of- about how to improve access to legal Montana’s jails, working to improve confice operates on an annual budget of ap- counsel for the indigent and how to pro- ditions for pregnant prisoners and lobbying in Helena for myriad causes. While he proximately $1 million and employs six tect the rights of the incarcerated. While much of his work has involved insists he isn’t “burned out,” he’s ready to full-time staffers, plus one part-timer, who work at offices in Helena, Billings those on society’s “fringes,” Crichton be- move on. “It’s just that I’ve been doing it a long and Missoula, where Crichton spends lieves governmental overreach into the private lives of citizens has become perva- time, so I’m very much looking forward most of his time. Sitting at his cluttered desk on a re- sive since 9/11 and the subsequent prolif- to a time when I can read the books that cent Friday morning, Crichton wears a eration of secretive surveillance programs. my partner tells me I should read, when I “Close Guantanamo” T-shirt and rattles For this reason, among others, Crichton can take out an instrument and play it for off a long, detailed account of all the ACLU believes the need to fight to protect civil a while without feeling like I should be doing something else,” Crichton says. “It’s of Montana has accomplished during his rights will never end. “That work, it’s always going to be a time when you just need to make room tenure, from increasing voting rights on Indian reservations to preserving privacy ongoing,” Crichton says. “The nature of for the next generation.” protections for women to expanding civil liberties is that people with power rights for same-sex couples. While the job are always going to look to reduce other tmcdermott@missoulanews.com

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Uphill battle Indian Caucus wrestles with lack of progress on bills by Alex Sakariassen

Several Democrats in the Montana House of Representatives attempted March 28 to blast a trio of bills to the floor that had stalled in committee. Each of the proposals aimed at improving conditions in Indian Country—from setting up youth suicide prevention pilot programs to requesting the National Parks Service offer preferential hiring for local workers through its concessionaires. Rep. George Kipp III, D-Heart Butte, introduced the latter as a common-sense jobs resolution, one that could increase employment opportunities for college students and other youth in impoverished reservation communities. “Let this get on the floor,” Kipp pleaded. “Listen to it before you make a decision. Support your kids. We have many of them, we all do. Grandchildren and children.” Despite passionate defenses from Native and non-Native lawmakers alike, the motions failed one-by-one on predominantly party-line votes. The failure of those March 28 blast motions speaks to a greater frustration voiced by members of the Montana Legislature’s Indian Caucus during the 2015 session. Kipp and others in the caucus contend they’ve watched proposal after proposal tabled in committee with little or no explanation—and often without any shred of oppositional testimony. By Sen. Sharon Stewart-Peregoy’s count, the total allocations tied to those measures are modest in the grand scheme. “When we look at the entire package … we’re at about $10.5 million,” says Stewart-Peregoy, D-Crow Agency. “That’s less than half a percent of the entire budget of the state of Montana in what we’re asking for.” The lack of progress on many bills benefiting Indian Country has both confused and infuriated Native legislators. Rep. Susan Webber, a freshman Democrat from Browning, sought early on to resolve a disparity in tribal college funding by requesting an increase in state reimbursements for non-Native students enrolled at such institutions. The bill, while still alive, was sent to the Senate Finance and Claims Committee from the Senate floor last week. Others haven’t been so lucky. Rep. Rae Peppers’ effort to secure $500,000 for a Native American Gap Financing Revolving Loan Program, which would help tribal members gain collateral for bank loans for business start-ups, is considered dead after the blast motion failure. Same goes for House Bill 509, the

suicide prevention measure sponsored by Rep. Casey Schreiner, D-Great Falls, at Stewart-Peregoy’s request. “No one has come up and openly said, ‘We’re not going to help you guys’ or ‘We don’t care what kind of bill you pass, you’re not going to get it through,’” Kipp says. “But the actions have been representative. We’ve got good bills, and they’re stuck there in committee.” Members of the caucus attribute the hang-ups partly to the contentious and high-profile debate over the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water

it brought Native people. Most of the racial insensitivity this session has been comparatively subtle, she says. Kipp, Webber and Rep. Carolyn Pease-Lopez, DBillings, agree. But even the inability to pass good bills out of committee leaves them feeling like their voices are “diluted” or “canceled out”—an ironic situation, Stewart-Peregoy adds, when you look at some of the caucus members’ resumes. “We bring a breadth and a depth of experience and education to this body that is not valued,” she says, “and it’s devalued because of our Indian-ness.”

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A pair of bills from Montana’s Indian Caucus aimed at bolstering tribal language preservation have recently gained traction in the legislature. The lack of progress on other bills, however, continues to frustrate caucus members and fuel complaints of race-based devaluation.

What brings you to the Iron Horse today? Compact, which has not only divided Republican lawmakers but has prompted several racially charged correspondences. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, received one such email from a Flathead resident calling tribal members “reservation-ghetto dwellers” and suggesting they “join the rest of us, and ‘be taxed.’” For some in the caucus, those sorts of comments bear a striking resemblance to the overtly offensive moments that dominated previous sessions. Stewart-Peregoy, by way of example, mentions the 2013 bill that would have declared the Winchester Model 1873 rifle the “gun that won the West,” with no regard for the devastation

Frustration aside, there are still shreds of hope for the caucus. Shortly before his preferential hiring resolution failed to make it to the House floor, Kipp’s request for $1.5 million over the next biennium to fund tribal language preservation in Montana passed through committee and to the House floor. Windy Boy’s measure to encourage the creation of Indian language immersion schools is also alive in the House. “It’s hard,” Stewart-Peregoy says. “There are days you’d rather not get up and talk. But if we don’t speak, who’s going to speak for our people?” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Art appreciation Compromise arrives in Helena thanks to a common enemy by Dan Brooks

The 2015 session has been good for hard-right conservatives in the Montana legislature, by which I mean it’s been bad for Montanans. But last week the House and Senate woke up, passed campaign finance reform, narrowly defeated a bogus “religious freedom” bill and took a big step toward complying with federal Medicaid expansion. We have Rep. Art Wittich, R–Belgrade, to thank. That might seem counterintuitive, given his fierce opposition to most of what our legislators have achieved. But Wittich’s doctrinaire conservatism forced moderate Republicans into a coalition with Democrats last week, and their cooperation might make the 2015 session productive after all. It started with the so-called “dark money” bill. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Duane Ankney, SB 289 would require nonprofit organizations that spend heavily on elections—currently allowed to accept unlimited corporate political contributions under Citizens United v. FEC— to disclose their donors. Conservative Republicans fought SB 289 tooth and nail. When it first reached the House, it occasioned six parliamentary maneuvers in seven minutes—motions to table the bill, to postpone a vote, to refer it to an unfriendly committee and to adjourn the entire House. Then it was subjected to 15 poison-pill amendments. They failed, and SB 289 passed the House 51-48. All 40 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted to send the bill back to the Senate, where it will almost certainly be approved. Wittich was displeased. “I think what this bill is about is…hurt feelings and elections,” he told reporters. “This bill is about increasing regulations and targeting a few by the governor and a few Republicans. The worm will turn.” Wittich should know, since he is currently under indictment for his own campaign finance violations. Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl has connected Wittich to the notorious dark money group Western Traditions Partnership. During his 2010 campaign, Wittich allegedly accepted and failed

to report in-kind donations from a direct mail company in Bozeman, which Motl traced to WTP using evidence from a box of documents found in a Colorado meth house. His trial is set for January 2016. Maybe it was the spectacle of this alleged violator of campaign finance laws decrying a campaign finance law most Montanans support. Maybe it was Wittich’s vow to “purge” his own party of moderates. Maybe it was his likable per-

“Wittich has been gleefully crossing Republicans off his friends list for so long that he seems to have forgotten where they go once they leave his good graces.” sonality. But in joining Democrats to pass a popular bill, moderate Republicans in Helena got a taste of compromise, and they liked it. That same Friday, the House rejected Rep. Carl Glimm’s proposed “religious freedom” ballot initiative on a narrow 50-50 vote. At one point remarking that the “U.S. Constitution is the word of God,” Glimm, R–Kila, urged his fellow representatives to allow pharmacists to refuse prescriptions for birth control and state employees to deny services to homosexuals based on their “sincere religious beliefs.” Moderate Republicans joined Democrats to stop a bill that Rep. Bryce Bennett, D–Missoula, called “legalized discrimination.” Meanwhile, in the Senate, seven Republicans joined all 21 Democrats in sup-

porting Sen. Ed Buttrey’s compromise bill to accept Medicaid expansion. The future of that plan is uncertain, but its progress in the Senate constitutes another sighting of that rarest of all species in Helena, bipartisan cooperation. Could all this have happened without Rep. Wittich railing against it? Probably. But it’s no secret that he has bullied his fellow Republicans in the House. Until last week, he enjoyed an influence over his caucus few freshmen have. But the worm, to borrow a popular phrase, has turned. As a political columnist, I love Wittich. His Twitter feed is golden. Called “unbending” by the governor, he tweeted that “all or nothing Bullock doesn’t know compromise.” The next day, he tweeted of Buttrey’s Medicaid bill, “compromise? Try capitulation/surrender.” It’s that kind of omnidirectional disdain that has made Wittich the most valuable member of the House—to Democrats. His insistence that every Republican in Helena be either with him or against him has fostered the kind of bipartisan cooperation that conventional bargaining couldn’t. It turns out that all our representatives needed was a common enemy. Wittich has been gleefully crossing Republicans off his friends list for so long that he seems to have forgotten where they go once they leave his good graces. It turns out that there is another party in Montana, and they care less about ideological purity than about getting things done. I hope that last week’s turnabout is not the end of Wittich’s political career, because I like him. I like his mustache. I like his ill-concealed maneuvers against members of his own party, his similarly inept gaming of campaign finance law and his crowing confidence in his own machine even as it flies apart around him. This column needs Art Wittich, even if the rest of Montana may not. I wish him the best of luck at his trial. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and nematode rotation at combatblog.net.

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Blue sky dreams Cloud seeding is a work in progress with thin results by Allen Best

Wyoming just spent $14 million and the better part of 10 years on a rigorous scientific experiment to evaluate whether it’s possible to get extra snow from winter storm clouds through cloud seeding. The conclusion? The final results were thin: There was a 3 percent increase in precipitation, but a 28 percent probability that the cloud seeding had nothing to do with it. Given the results of this and other winter weather-modification studies, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation remains unimpressed. “As such,” said the agency in a draft analysis released in February, “the ‘proof ’ the scientific community has been seeking for many decades is still not in hand.” Proof in science requires a 95 percent probability of causality. But this standard is extremely difficult to achieve in complex atmospheric processes. Climate scientists, for example, mostly resort to asterisk-laden words such as “likely” to indicate lower levels of probability. Cloud seeders, in turn, have labored under clouds of suspicion. Some of this is from decades of over-reaching claims made by commercial operators. Yet some meteorologists have also grumbled that cloud seeding is expected to deliver levels of probability that are not required when it comes to the science of climate change. In Wyoming, in the realm of public policy, this lack of definitiveness has worked in ironic ways. Elected officials there have been moving to expand cloud seeding even though they lack convincing proof that it works. At the same time, many elected officials refuse to accept the existence of global warming, claiming lingering uncertainty in the science. From the start, Wyoming’s cloudseeding experiment was designed to ensure scientific rigor. Parallel mountain ranges southwest of Laramie, just north of the Colorado border, constituted the Wyoming laboratory. Propane was burned to loft silver iodide from ground-based generators into the clouds passing over

the Sierra Nevada and Medicine Bow ranges. In the experiment, 154 storms during six winters had the temperatures needed for effective seeding, but only 118 developed adequate moisture content. And of those, 18 were tossed out because of contamination problems. Dan Breed, project scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which designed and oversaw the Wyoming experiment, said that failing to achieve a 95 percent confidence level in results is not unusual in cloud seeding

“Though cloud seeding can be a fairly straightforward, quick and inexpensive way to produce more water, its gains are marginal.” studies. The fundamental problem, he says, involves the difficulty of measuring atmospheric processes. The challenge inherent in the complexity of the data has prevented most climate scientists from directly linking specific weather events, such as the September 2013 floods in Colorado, to rising global temperatures, or even to the 3 to 5 percent observed moisture in the global atmosphere. “When it comes to the atmosphere, there are just too many variables, and that variability just keeps rearing its ugly head when it comes to cloud seeding,” says Breed. “Even in this case, where we tried

to make things as homogeneous as possible to reduce that variability, variability still kind of hurt us.” Breed thinks research might better be invested in understanding the interaction in the atmosphere of wind, temperature and precipitation. For example, how likely is it that silver iodide or other seeding agents released from the ground will get into the clouds? True understanding of atmospheric processes, says Breed, has mostly come from observations instead of experiments—because of that same variability. This lack of certainty does not necessarily kill the prospects of cloud seeding, as is demonstrated by the continued interest of Wyoming legislators in funding projects. In the Colorado River Basin, cities and water districts seized upon the modeled projections of 5 to 15 percent snowpack augmentation as justification for continued or even expanded operations. Already, metropolitan Los Angeles, the Central Arizona Project and the Southern Nevada Water Authority, among others, pay for seeding clouds in Colorado, the source of half the water in the Colorado River, and last year they also paid to seed clouds in Wyoming, in the Green River drainage. The Colorado River is notoriously strapped in its capacity to meet all of the wants and maybe even the needs of the millions of people who depend on it. River flows have declined 20 percent in the 21st century as compared to the last century. Though Breed won’t say that cloud seeding doesn’t necessarily work, he doesn’t see it as a game-changer for the Colorado River. Though cloud seeding can be a fairly straightforward, quick and inexpensive way to produce more water, its gains are marginal. It is not, he adds, a magic bullet: “It won’t solve the problem.” Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes in the Denver area of Colorado.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Brian J. Byers crashed his car while driving drunk and then poured water on the road so it would look like black ice caused the crash, according to police in Sparta, N.J. Byers drove the car home and had a friend drive him back to the scene, where an officer spotted Byers carrying two 5-gallon buckets back to his friend’s car after emptying them. It’s not clear how many trips back and forth Byers made with the buckets, but the town’s public works department needed to apply half a ton of salt to make the road safe for driving. The officer charged the friend, Alexander Zambenedetti, 20, with drunken driving, too. (NJ.com) David Fanuelsen, 39, and Dean Brown, 22, stole construction equipment worth $8,000 from their employer, according to police in Key West, Fla. The boss, Stace Valenzuela, identified the workers as the thieves because he had overheard them planning the theft after Fanuelsen unintentionally butt-dialed him. “Talk about bumbling idiots,” Valenzuela said. (Reuters)

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BOWLING FOR HOLLERS – Two people in east Ukraine were injured while bowling after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball. The blast occurred at a restaurant that also offers duckpin bowling, which uses a small ball without holes. Emergency services official Sergei Ivanushkin cited the incident as the latest in a rash of accidents in the rebelcontrolled area caused by careless use of explosives. (Associated Press) SMARTPHONES, DUMB PEOPLE – Ontario researchers announced they’ve found a link between heavy smartphone use and lowered intelligence. The reason, their survey suggests, is that the devices encourage lazy thinking by allowing users to solve problems with computers rather than exercise their brains. “Decades of research has revealed that humans are eager to avoid expending effort when problem-solving, and it seems likely that people will increasingly use their smartphones as an extended mind,” said study co-author Nathaniel Barr of the University of Waterloo. (United Press International) Sheena Keynna Miller, 27, was injured after she walked in front of a freight train while texting on her cellphone. Miller told police in Lakeland, Fla., that she didn’t hear the train horn or see the crossing arms down when she stepped onto the tracks. Police Sgt. Gary Gross said the locomotive tossed Miller into the air, fracturing her arm. (Orlando Sentinel) HOMELAND INSECURITY – A traveler was allowed to use expedited airport security lines, even after a security officer at the airport recognized the person as a convicted felon and former member of a domestic terrorist group, according to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office. The official report said the security officer alerted his supervisor but was told to “take no action” and let the passenger through. (NBC News) An investigation of a Federal Air Marshal program specialist uncovered evidence that she was rearranging the flight schedules of air marshals to coordinate sexual trysts. The Center for Investigative Reporting said it found that Michelle D’Antonio, 48, had apparently been using access to sensitive government databases to change flight schedules of air marshals she was interested in dating. Federal air marshals are assigned to commercial flights deemed “high risk” because they carry heavy fuel loads or important passengers. More than 60 government workers face scrutiny. (MSNBC) IRONY OF THE WEEK – A fire extinguisher factory in Chicago burned down, even after 156 firefighters with 26 pieces of equipment responded to the three-alarm blaze, because they had nothing to put it out with. Noting that firefighters couldn’t reach the flames with water, First Deputy Fire Commissioner Charles Stewart III explained that firefighters finally “had one engine feed another engine to another engine until we got water on the fire.” (United Press International) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED – Police charged three suspects with assaulting and robbing a 30-year-old man in Winston-Salem, N.C., by threatening him with a hypodermic needle. (Winston-Salem Journal) DEGREES OF GUILT – Police who spotted a pickup truck matching the description of a stolen vehicle in Destin, Fla., reported that the only occupant, Debra Jean Mason, 58, denied stealing the vehicle. She did admit knowing it was stolen but said, “I didn’t think it was that stolen.” (Northwest Florida Daily News) When a woman pointed a gun at a bartender in La Crosse, Wis., and demanded money, customer Jeff Steele stopped her with his Taser. The suspect, Heidi Thompson, 24, ran away but was quickly arrested. Police also charged Steele because he didn’t have a concealed carry permit for the Taser. “When I bought it off the Internet, it said basically that it’s legal to have in the state of Wisconsin but didn’t go into any depth on it,” Steele explained, “so I assumed it was legal to carry around, otherwise why would you buy one to leave it at home?” (La Crosse’s WKBT-TV) POST-POSTING – Facebook announced that U.S. users can designate a “legacy contact,” who is authorized to continue posting on their page after they die, respond to new friend requests, and update their profile picture and cover photo. Users can also ask to have their accounts deleted after their death, a previously unavailable option. (Associated Press) INJUDICIOUS BEHAVIOR – When reporters spotted Flavio Roberto de Souza, the judge presiding over criminal proceedings against Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, driving Batista’s confiscated Porsche, Souza insisted, “I did not take it to use, just to look after.” He explained the police didn’t have a safe place to protect it from exposure to sun, rain and possible damage, so he took it to a covered parking space in the building where he lives in Rio de Janeiro. “I want the car to be preserved in good condition,” he said. (Reuters) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE – Canada’s House of Commons approved a policy change allowing military veterans who’ve lost limbs to verify their condition every three years, rather than annually. (The Canadian Press) HOW TIMES CHANGE – Mark Rothwell was awarded the Civilian Medal for Heroism for disarming a would-be bank robber in Portland, Ore., in 2010. “We make decisions every day,” he said at the presentation ceremony by the Portland Police Bureau. “If you want to see change in the world, you be that change.” This February, police took Rothwell, 49, into custody for pointing a gun at bank tellers and demanding “all your cash.” Tracking dogs led officers to an address, where Rothwell appeared and announced, “It’s me you want. I just robbed the bank.” (Portland’s The Oregonian)

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PUBLIC LANDS BELONG TO EVERYONE, BUT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS CAN STILL MAKE IT HARD TO ACCESS BY MARSHALL SWEARINGEN

limpsed through the windshield of Kyle Newmiller’s pickup, the peaks of the Crazy Mountains razor through the parting clouds. We’re bumping along a dirt road in southwest Montana, cruising through miles of tan foothills, occasionally dropping down along Sweet Grass Creek amid stands of blazing yellow cottonwoods. Earlier today, it was raining, but now the clearing sky reveals a crisp snow line at 7,000 feet. “Isn’t that beautiful,” says Newmiller, grinning. A construction contractor and avid hunter, he’s driven an hour and a half from Billings, along with his 7-year-old daughter, Jordan, and his dad, Doug, a 40-year veteran at the local coal-fired power plant. In the coming weeks, they’re hoping to pack some horses into these mountains, maybe bag an elk. If, that is, they can get access. “There’s a lot of elk at the top of Sweet Grass,” Newmiller says. “But there’s only one way in there”—this road, which threads through miles of private land (and multiple gates), before it enters the national forest. A half-mile shy of the forest boundary, there’s a sign, installed by the owner of Sweet Grass Ranch, that reads: “This is not a trailhead. Private land, private road. ... Stop in at the main house to discuss access, parking, boundaries, any restrictions and to sign in.” For access between midSeptember and May, it adds: “Please call first.” Newmiller is edgy, thinking about last summer, when he came out to talk to ranch owner Tony Carroccia. He says Carroccia told him he’d need written permission from the three other landowners along the road

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to get access during hunting season. Newmiller countered that he didn’t need their permission because this road is a public access—a claim he backs up with old Forest Service maps showing a public trailhead here, as well as evidence that the road once served a school. That’s when Carroccia “told me to get off his property,” Newmiller recalls. Carroccia denies that the incident took place. As we rattle around a bend, we encounter the first gate, slung shut with a chain and padlocks. It reignites Newmiller’s irritation: “I’m just trying to access public lands,” he says. “You know—national forest. … They’ve got their own mountain land—they don’t need our public land on top of that.” The scuffle over Sweet Grass Creek is part of a much larger struggle in the West. In Montana alone, more than a dozen access conflicts have flared up in recent years, as landowners gate off traditional access routes and effectively put hundreds of square miles of public land out of reach for people like Newmiller. Some conflicts, including the one here at Sweet Grass Creek, have smoldered for years or even decades. In many cases, landowners profit from the exclusive access to adjacent public land. In an ideal world, anyone would be able to easily access the half-billion acres managed by the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies in the West. But I’m struck by how tenuous, even fragile, our connection to that land is—including the land in this particular corner of Montana: just thin threads of roads, where access often hangs more on the will of a landowner than on whether a road is truly public or private. Who gets to enjoy the benefits of public

land, and at what cost, is more complicated than the crisply mapped property lines. And opening public access is always more difficult than closing it off.

The roots of the problem reach back to the 1800s and early 1900s, when homesteaders carved out millions of acres from federal holdings in the West, forming rings of private land around islands of public land. And in what was probably the biggest giveaway of public resources in history, the federal government spurred westward settlement—and set the stage for innumerable future disputes—by dispensing sections (640acre squares) to railroad companies, creating checkerboards of private land within those public-land islands. For decades afterward, the public generally accessed public land on roads scraped in to serve homesteaders, miners and loggers. In those less-populous times, landowners were more tolerant of people crossing their property under informal, usually undocumented, arrangements. Today’s camo-garbed hunters and pole-toting hikers still rely to a surprising extent on those roads. And the need for more legally binding rights to use them has grown, as a rising tide of public-land users collides with a new generation of landowners. I’d read about access fights farther afield in Montana (the Indy last covered this issue in a 2012 feature, “It’s every Montanan’s land”), but

Lea says the federal agencies often lack the reas I scanned maps of the lands closer to Bozeman, he said. A similar land deal in the ’90s, in which Den- survey records, handwritten letters exchanged by the nearby Crazy Mountains looked ripe for conflict. nee also played a major role, brought 39,000 acres of ranchers and county clerks, homestead patents and sources or the will to pursue cases so aggressively. Shooting skyward from the surrounding plains, the private checkerboard land in the northern Crazies other obscure legal documents—all evidence he gath- And he’s skeptical about other approaches, like the Crazies are ringed by private land. An additional 100 under Forest Service ownership. He mentioned more ered for the first access case he pursued for the Forest unsuccessful attempts by Tester and then-Rep. Steve square miles of private land are checkerboarded success stories, including some that relied on produc- Service. It proved that a road—which had long given Daines to tap the federal Land and Water Conservathroughout the range’s 270 square miles of public tive partnerships with Montana Fish, Wildlife and the public national forest access—had originally been tion Fund to purchase more access from landowners. land. Trailheads dot the western front, but along the Parks, the state’s wildlife management agency, as well approved and paid for by a local county government (The 2014 Farm Bill did allocate $20 million of similar entire 25-mile eastern front, there’s only one estab- as with national nonprofits, including the Rocky at the request of homesteaders in 1910. Therefore, a funding.) Lea, who works as a real estate appraiser, says most landowners just aren’t interested in selling lished public trailhead, which the Forest Service se- Mountain Elk Foundation and The Trust for Public landowner’s attempt to close it was illegal. Now, Lea trains other PLWA volunteers to do this access: Private land near public land “has become so cured in the 1950s after decades of landowner Land, and local access advocacy groups. “People do resistance. In at least four other drainages on that side rally around access issues, and set aside their differ- work. In courthouse basements, they dust off thick damned valuable,” he says. “You can buy 1,000 acres tomes and read thousands of pages of county records, that borders national forest” where there’s no public of the Crazies, agency roads or trails dangle at the for- ences,” Dennee observed. But the bad news is that partnerships are becom- often having to decipher inscrutable cursive script. access, and basically you’re getting that portion of the est boundary, with no apparent public access. I focus on the biggest, Sweet Grass Creek, and soon learn ing more necessary as the Forest Service is hit with “You just about have to read it word for word,” Lea public land as part of the deal. “That’s what a lot of from the Forest Service that more than 80 percent of tighter budgets and staff reductions. Dennee can re- says, because the key details that could decide a case out-of-state people are looking for, limited deeded the Crazies lacked “reasonable” public access as remember a time, as recently as a decade ago, when “come out of the blue.” Sometimes, the volunteers acres that they’re taxed on, and then they can (concently as the 1980s. Some in the agency even have each of Montana’s eight national forests had a lands searching old archives come up empty-handed and trol) the access to the national forest.” their own nickname for the Crazies: “the final frontier.” Bob Dennee knows this ground well. He exudes a weathered ease from his 39 years as a Forest Service land specialist and in other roles. His tenure began around the time the National Forest Management Act and other bedrock laws gave the Forest Service and BLM a broad directive to secure recreational public access. Though the agencies made some progress in the 1980s, Dennee points to a 1992 report by the General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office) that concluded that more than 50 million acres of Forest Service and BLM lands—about 14 percent of their holdings in the contiguous U.S., mostly in the West—had “inadequate” access. The report noted a growing problem: “Private landowners’ unwillingness to grant public access across their land” had increased over the previous decade, and sportsmen felt that landowners were “‘privatizing’ federal land for their own photo by Cathrine L. Walters personal gain.” Dennee is an optimist, though. More than a dozen conflicts involving private landowners gating off traditional access routes to public lands have flared up in recent years, including “We’re making some gains,” he told high-profile disputes in the Crazy Mountains in southwest Montana. me at the federal building in downPLWA picks its battles carefully, with most of its town Bozeman last June, shortly before he retired. specialist dedicated to improving and safeguarding resort to other tactics, merely documenting that the He pointed to the Gallatin Forest’s 1987 Forest Plan, public access. Now only three staffers oversee access public has previously used now-contested routes, a $40,000 annual budget going toward legal fees. “The which identified 46 roads and trails, including Sweet issues for the national forests and grasslands extend- basis for securing “prescriptive” access rights under agencies are doing what the politics will let them do,” says Lea. “We do what we can.” Grass Creek, as the highest priority for securing ac- ing over the greater part of Montana and into North Montana law. That’s not enough, according to some conservaThe work is tedious and sometimes takes decades cess. Since then, Dennee and others have secured ac- and South Dakota. Meanwhile, younger staffers comcess at 23 of those. “But at the same time, land ing up through the ranks lack the necessary expertise, to pay off, as it did in a struggle that began in 1997, tionists. “Even when (PLWA) wins, they lose, because when new landowners gated a road that historically pro- huge swaths of public land are off-limits for years” while ownership changes,” Dennee said. “New landowners he says. “We have (many) willing landowners who want vided public access to more than 25 square miles of na- a case is jammed in court, says Nick Gevock, conservacome in and say: ‘I don’t recognize that historic trail, to work with us to resolve access needs,” Dennee tional forest in the Absaroka Mountains, southeast of tion director for the Montana Wildlife Federation, which I’m closing it.’ So we lose some ground.” the Crazies. Backed by locals, PLWA and the Forest Serv- partnered with PLWA in an effort to change some key Nationwide, it’s hard to calculate how much said, “but we can’t keep up with the demand.” ice negotiated temporary easements that reopened the state laws. One proposal would have required landownprogress has been made since 1992, because the road until 2009, a period during which they hoped to ers to prove that roads are private before closing them; agencies don’t track the amount of land that is not secure permanent access. But their efforts failed, and in another would have increased the fine for illegal road adequately accessible. One Forest Service official in In Montana, the agencies have a tenacious ally 2009, Dennee and other Forest Service officials initiated closure from $10 to $500 per day; both bills were tabled. Washington, D.C., estimates that as much as 20 million acres of the agency’s lands still lack adequate ac- that other Western states lack: the Public Land/Water the process of seizing ownership of the road’s right-of- Gevock is careful to emphasize that hunters and other cess today. A 2013 report by the Center for Western Access Association, or PLWA. Founded in 1986 by a way under federal eminent domain laws—a long and public-land users must respect private property, but Priorities, a Denver-based think tank, identified 4 mil- retired Forest Service staffer, the all-volunteer group costly procedure that must climb through every level of adds: “There need to be some repercussions for people lion acres of Forest Service, BLM, state and other pub- has a website that boasts of its “pit bull mentality” and the agency to Washington, D.C., and then be approved who try and privatize public lands.” lic lands, in six Western states, that were completely lists dozens of battles it has waged against uncooper- by the secretary of agriculture as well as by both houses of Congress. At the urging of Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester inaccessible. Montana had the largest share—nearly 2 ative landowners. “The guys shutting off access to the public and agency higher-ups, the landowners and the Forest million acres—of this “landlocked” public domain. On the other side, private landowners often have In Bozeman, Dennee spread a map across the lands—it just didn’t sit good with me,” says Bernard Service agreed to construct a new road through both table and described his biggest success: a massive land Lea, who joined PLWA in the 1980s, while he was public and private land—another lengthy process, re- good intentions, too. Until 2012, for instance, Paul swap in the 1990s, when a cooperative Congress working as a Forest Service lands specialist. His home quiring environmental review. Now, more than 17 years Hansen allowed access through his Montana ranch to passed a bill consolidating tens of thousands of acres is surrounded by big cottonwoods, just off a commer- after the original road was closed, the new one is nearly federal lands roughly 140 miles southwest of the Craof old railroad checkerboard strewn across several cial strip in Billings, and he jokes that his open-heart ready. The landowners, who paid for the portion of it zies. The ranch, which has been in his family for four mountain ranges in the Gallatin National Forest. “That surgery the week before has “kind of backed up” a across their property, “should be commended for work- generations, stretches 25 miles along a county road in a narrow valley bracketed by sagebrush foothills resolved access across more than 150 miles of trail,” couple of access cases. He hands me a binder full of ing with us,” says Dennee.

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Hunters have been locked out of some favorite spots by landowners blocking access to public land beyond their property. “I’m just trying to access public lands,” says Kyle Newmiller of a spot in the Crazies. “You know—national forest. ... They’ve got their own mountain land—they don’t need our public land on top of that.”

Back in the Crazies, Carroccia also talks about the In 2012, the Hansens dropped out of the state’s and timbered mountains. Several of its roads branch from the county road and climb into BLM land, block management program and closed their private darker side of public access. He sees his family’s control with Forest Service land not far above. It’s prime elk- roads, cutting off access to the adjacent public land. of the trailhead, going back to when they bought the hunting territory, and during hunting season, Angry hunters complained to the BLM and the Mon- ranch in 1965, as a stewardship role, needed “to preHansen allowed people to use his roads, which were tana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency. Some were espe- serve the place.” He spends much of his days patrolling never gated, and even hunt portions of his land; the cially riled to learn that Hansen had leased exclusive and spraying for weeds, something he says the Forest rest of the year, he paid little attention to the issue. But hunting rights on his land to a neighbor, James Lincoln, Service doesn’t have the manpower for. “I don’t know the number of hunters grew each year until they a wealthy newcomer who owns a network of nursing what anybody gains with a (public) trailhead,” he says. “All we get is more vehicle traffic, more weeds, less homes in Missouri. became a problem. The BLM asked Hansen to reopen his roads, but beauty—less enjoyment for everybody.” Montana has a “block management” program that But like many landowners controlling public accompensates landowners for providing public hunting he refused, so the agency moved ahead with a plan to access on their property. But when I meet Hansen on open public access by re-routing sections of the county cess, Carroccia also has a financial interest: He runs a one of the few mornings when he’s not haying or mov- road through BLM land. Hansen realized that the access guest ranch in addition to his family’s cattle business. ing cattle, he tells me how, in 2011, hundreds of route would be restored, even if it cost the agencies, The Sweet Grass Ranch website advertises several guest cabins and rooms, available for upwards of hunters came through, maxing out the $1,750 per person per week, offering opportu$12,000 he gets from the program. Their nities for horseback riding, hiking and fishing, ATVs became a nuisance, spreading invaand inviting guests to “trek into our backcountry sive knapweed. And the increase in traffic to enjoy unspoiled high alpine lakes and jagged along the narrow gravel county road, peaks,” some of which lie on his land, and some which his kids drive every day to town, of which are in the national forest. was especially troubling. “You’d think Although Carroccia says he allows access this was the interstate out here,” he says. during hunting season if hunters have permis“It was like driving the gauntlet.” sion from the other landowners along the road, One November afternoon in 2010, it’s not easy to get that permission. One of the when the county road was slick with new landowners, Chuck Rein, who boasts about his snow, Hansen’s daughter, Jody, was drivranch’s fourth-generation roots on his outfitting ing home in a bulky Chevy Suburban business website, charges up to $6,000 for SUV. A jacked-up Dodge pickup, obvimulti-day hunts pursuing elk, deer and mounously speeding—one hunter driving and tain goats, mostly on his land but also on the naanother in the passenger seat—fishtailed tional forest, including up Sweet Grass Creek. and collided head-on with the Suburban, When I phone Rein, he complains about being plowing onto the hood within inches of inundated with calls from hunters; over the windshield. Pinned inside with brophoto courtesy of Marshall Swearingen lunchtime, he’d already turned down three reken ankles and a broken arm, Jody quests. He grants access to some hunters during drifted in and out of consciousness for Paul Hansen allowed access to public lands through his Montana two hours as emergency responders cut ranch until the costs became too high. He eventually sold public the final days of the big-game hunting season, to her from the vehicle. A similar problem easements to his ranch roads to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. hunt cow elk, and even sometimes hauls out their kills for them, he says. But Kyle Newmiller occurred the following year, during hunting season: A speeding pickup, presumably driven so he agreed to sell public easements on his roads. Fish, says Rein never returned his calls, and the locked gate by a hunter, crested Wildlife and Parks paid Hansen $33,000 for the ease- we hit in October is on Rein’s land. Tony Carroccia says, “We’re working hard to allow a hill and skidded sideways past Jody as she ments, securing much of the funding from the Rocky veered into the ditch. The driver didn’t stop. “It Mountain Elk Foundation and local sportsmen’s access, but keep a little bit of control.” The Forest Servgot to be too much,” Hansen says. “We said: ‘We’re groups. The BLM opened the new, year-round access ice maintains that it still has rights of public access here, because of previous public use and the history of the in time for the 2014 hunting season. done with this.’ ”

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road, but the lack of a recorded public easement means the landowners hold the cards for now. Carroccia’s policy, which requires hikers and horsepackers to sign in at his ranch house, makes it more difficult for the agency or PLWA to assert prescriptive access rights, because the signatures indicate that visitors are asking permission rather than freely using the route. It’s the kind of case that might be resolved only with a lawsuit, or by an irate hunter cutting the locks. The district ranger here, Alex Sienkiewicz, who earned a law degree before going to work for the Forest Service, is doing the best he can. “The reality is we have to triage,” he says. For now, the agency is focused on more promising cases, like a potential land swap that would resolve an access dispute on the Crazies’ west side. As for Sweet Grass Creek, where the lines between public and private blur, “some of these cases sit in limbo for a long time,” he says.

It’s a hot day and I’m dodging cowpies on a faint trail that skirts the sharp front of Montana’s Madison Range, a string of 11,000-foot-plus peaks and alpine lakes towering above a river valley, southwest of the Crazies. I’m hiking toward Wolf Creek, a major drainage where a Forest Service trail climbs into the heart of this range. But already, as the sun starts to dip, I know I won’t make the 20 miles to Wolf Creek and back. Getting to the trail at Wolf Creek would actually have been easy, if I’d been willing to trespass: A road from the highway leads directly to the trail, crossing the sprawling Sun Ranch, which borders 14 miles of the BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest. As I piece together the Forest Service’s decades-long fight for access here, I uncover some incremental victories. But I also see more clearly how, once the public loses ground, it may be gone forever. A 1964 map shows Forest Service roads crossing the Sun Ranch, leading not just to Wolf Creek but to two other drainages to the south. Jack Atcheson Jr., who grew up hunting this area with his dad, remembers the access at Wolf Creek as being “as good as a trailhead” into the 1960s. “I’d leave my camper trailer there for three weeks,” he says.

But by the 1970s, the Sun Ranch owners were tightening access — perhaps at first by more strictly requiring permission, as happened at Sweet Grass Creek. Like Sweet Grass Creek, these roads had apparently never been formalized as public-access routes. By the late ’70s, there was no secured access along this 20-mile section of the Madison front. Atcheson, who was by that time guiding clients into Wolf Creek as an outfitter, using a less direct access road on a neighboring ranch with the landowner’s permission, urged then-District Ranger Vergil Lindsey to help turn the tide. “I could see (the access) drying up for everyone,” he says. Lindsey took a collaborative approach, rather than asserting prescriptive rights based on prior access. But progress was slow, and complicated by the transfer of the Sun Ranch into new hands. In 1978, it sold to Southern California banker and real estate developer Ted Gildred and his partner, Bill Poole, the first in a string of wealthy owners who would come to include a major mining company CEO, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and action-movie star Steven Seagal. Lindsey increased his efforts and by the early ’80s made a breakthrough: Gildred and Poole agreed to a trailhead access at Papoose Creek—about 10 miles from Wolf Creek, across the ranch’s southern corner. That significantly improved access along the Madison front, but Lindsey was disappointed that he couldn’t do more. What killed a more ambitious deal? Lindsey says the forest supervisor, shying from confrontation, “just ran backwards.” The Papoose Creek agreement included a Forest Service promise to back off its pursuit of Wolf Creek for 10 years. But when the 10 years had passed, then-District Ranger Mark Petroni resumed Lindsey’s fight, despite the landowner’s opposition. The agency worked with PLWA to dig deeper into the legal history of the road, but “there was nothing,” says Petroni. “There really wasn’t any option other than condemnation, and the political stars wouldn’t align.”

The hold-up is this: No matter how frustrated Determined hunters still trekked to Wolf Creek on a have access to the national forest. All the lots sold. Several of those properties are again for sale today, Newmiller is, this road—like all others—is private until faint and unofficial trail, which scrambled over difficult terrain to avoid trespassing on the Sun Ranch. After 2008, even as the fight for access at Wolf Creek fades from pub- proven or made public. And the hold-up can last for when Sun Ranch owner Roger Lang donated an ease- lic memory. The listings advertise “exclusive hunting decades: For 30 years, a road 120 miles west of here was ment, the Forest Service constructed a more moderate rights in the area with common access to the forest land,” gated, blocking access to nearly 20 square miles of trail between Papoose Creek and Moose Creek, the mid- and go even further: “A locked gate at the entrance pro- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest that are otherdle of the three drainages. As I hike that trail today, it still tects that exclusivity. … No public access into this part wise hard to reach. Only in recent years did the county uncover clear evidence that the road was public, fights the foothills topography, diving and climbing over of the Wilderness for miles in either direction. prompting county commissioners to personally cut the several other drainages. In some places, it’s nearly illegilocks on that gate in 2012. The landowners took the case ble from disuse. to court, and the judge upheld the public right of way. Ironically, even agency staffers have welcomed this Newmiller turns the pickup around, and we drive Kyle Newmiller sits in his idling truck, staring at the outcome. Jonathan Klein, who served as the district’s wilderness manager until he retired in 2012, believes, as locked gate on the road up Sweet Grass Creek. “Some- back through the cottonwoods along the creek. In the do some local hunters, that this area is better off now be- one should come up here and say: ‘If we catch you lock- nearest town, Big Timber, we pull into a gravel lot where cause the wildlife get a break and those humans who do ing this gate, we’re going to write you a ticket.’ … What state wildlife officials are checking hunters’ kills. A game visit have a chance for solitude. “You’re not going to go is the hold-up?” he says. He’s already talked to District warden, bundled up against the cold wind, comes up to talk to Newmiller. It’s a continuation of the there unless you’re really into it,” he talk they had earlier this morning, when says. “You don’t have to have a trailNewmiller asked about access at Sweet Grass head at the mouth of every drainage.” Creek; now, he tells the warden about the It’s a good point. And it’s the main gate. The warden clearly also believes the justification that the Forest Service now public should have access there, but his gives for apparently abandoning the words are carefully vague. If anything, I fight for access to Wolf Creek. But it think, he’s egging on Newmiller. He says, grates against another chapter in the “Somebody’s gotta do it. … Somebody’s Sun Ranch’s history, one that undergotta go in there and say ‘(Is this a public acscores how, in the end, the struggle cess), yes or no?’” isn’t just about whether there’s access—it’s about who has access, and Newmiller knows he could be that whether that access is in the spirit of “somebody,” blazing his own path and public ownership. personally shouldering the costs, which photo courtesy Public Land/Water Access Association In 1978, as Gildred was preparing are unknown but daunting. “That’s what’s to buy the Sun Ranch, Florida attorney Montana-style humor marks a private property boundary. so frustrating,” he tells me. “Everyone sits Hamilton Kenner swooped in to buy back like it’s no big deal. When does somethe ranch himself. Kenner then flipped the ranch to Ranger Sienkiewicz and PLWA. Now he considers his body do something about it?” Gildred, but not before piecing off sections on its north more immediate options: Return to Rein’s house and hasend, adjacent to the national forest near Wolf Creek. He sle him for permission; go back into town and report to This article originally appeared in High Country subdivided that land, branded the development as Rising the county, where Tony Carroccia’s brother-in-law is the News (hcn.org ). Sun Mountain Estates, and marketed it with bylaws and county attorney; or maybe get out of the truck and cut covenants specifying that anyone who bought in would the locks himself. editor@missoulanews.com

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Out of her head Photographer William Munoz explores the mind and motion of dancer Ellie Weinman by Erika Fredrickson

hen the recession took root in 2009, William Munoz realized he needed to reinvent himself. The photographer was working with Missoula writer Dorothy Hinshaw Patent creating books for kids, but as the publishing industry waned, opportunities became increasingly scarce. He needed to find a new niche. “I approached the fine arts department [at the University of Montana] and they gave me names to contact,” Munoz says. “One was in the dance department. I told them I could come in and photograph and they said, ‘Yes.’ No one else was doing it.” It took some time for Munoz to acclimate—but when he did, what started as a way to stay afloat became a passion. “I was totally naïve,” he says. “I’m going to all these classes and seeing all this wonderful stuff and photographing it, and then I go to the first concert and I’m going, ‘I’ve never seen this before. What’s this about?’ I had no idea that the classes and the choreography were two separate things. But I learned fairly quickly how it all worked. For me, as a photographer, I have always been interested in motion.” Munoz’s upcoming First Friday show, Elements of Motion, is part of a collaboration with UM dancer Ellie Weinman. His 15 photographs, like “Out of Her Head” and “Back Bend,” provide a glimpse into Weinman’s choreography and dance process as she pre-

pares for her senior project, titled The Cocoon Project. On Friday, Weinman and a few other dancers will cram into a room at 4 Ravens Gallery—where Munoz’s photos will be on display—and offer excerpts from the concert. It will be a challenge in such a small space: “One of the pieces involves running and lifts,” Weinman says, laughing. Munoz has seen Weinman grow as a dancer over the last four years, but she caught his eye the first time he saw her dance. At 5-foot-2, she’s tiny, but when she’s in motion, the way she occupies the space creates an illusion. “Some dancers dance really big because they are big and can use their bodies in that way,” Munoz says. “But Ellie can project much bigger than she is, and that makes it just as easy for me to photograph her.” One of the main things Munoz has learned in his five years working with the dance department is how to anticipate the next best shot. When he’s already seen the choreography, it’s easier for him to know exactly where to stand. But if he’s going into a performance or rehearsal blind, it’s good to know the dancer. “Everybody moves differently, that much I know,” Munoz says. “But the more I see a person perform, the more I can pick up on their movements. And within the broad world of dancers, there are very few that take it to that next level, which as a photog-

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rapher is really, really precious. It’s that stage presence. And this girl can do it big time.” The Cocoon Project, which will show in its entirety in May, features five dancers, including Weinman, performing pieces she has created. Most of the work incorporates elements of nature as a way to explore how humans relate to the natural world. In one, Emily Curtiss dances with sand as it comes raining down on her from above. In another, Jaime Curtin performs with Chinese water sleeves made of silk. The nature aspect of the show isn’t meant to be a romanticized, glossy interpretation. “Traditionally, especially in dance and visual art, we show water in the form of beauty—flowing and free,” Weinman says. “And so I was curious how can we show this other side of it. The darker side of it. A few years ago, some friends of mine drowned. So those images and thoughts come to my mind. But I also think about how with the depth of the water there are these things we don’t see. There’s the unknown.” Elements of Motion includes action photos taken during rehearsals for The Cocoon Project. Some of them are experimental shots Munoz and Weinman came up with together. For one of them, Munoz shook baby powder (made from cornstarch rather than the more toxic talc) in Weinman’s long hair, and as she flung her head back he captured the way the powder dramatically—and gracefully—exploded

around her head. In addition to the photographs and dance performance, a videotaped interview with Weinman, taken by Munoz, will be on display so First Friday audiences can learn more about her work. Weinman says that working with Munoz over the years, and on this project in particular, has made her more aware of herself as a dancer. “I think it helps me in my choreography,” she says. “The more I can see his take on it and what the camera is showing, I get a sense of what the audience sees me doing.” For his part, Munoz continues to work on children’s books—the publishing industry has bounced back, at least a little. But his reinvention as a dance photographer has hooked him in permanently. He’s come to respect the art in ways he never anticipated. “Something that has impressed me about dancers is how they are able to move within a space with other dancers—how focused they are and how committed they are to the whole process,” he says. “If I were a business hiring people and I knew they were a dancer, I’d stop right there and hire them. Because you know they’ll show up.” Elements of Motion opens at 4 Ravens Gallery with a reception and performance Fri., April 3, from 5 to 8 PM. Free. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Pickin’ and grinnin’ Charlie Parr sings songs for the proletariat Charlie Parr seems like that kooky hermit uncle who rarely visits; the one who sneaks you sips of hooch when your mom isn’t looking and tells weird folk tales with a dry humor you don’t fully appreciate until you’re older. The Minnesota musician writes Facebook posts like letters to old friends and cooks his tour meals by the heat of his van manifold, but his real charm is how he weaves the earthy qualities of his lifestyle directly into the fabric of his songs. While typically armed with little more than his resonator guitar, banjo and disheveled Midwestern howl, Parr assembled a cast of fellow folk musicians to make his latest album, Stumpjumper, a particularly lively batch of workingman’s blues. None of the songs on this album sound like they were conceived in the last century, even though Parr wrote all but one of the tunes. The highlight is the title track, an anthem of the proletariat weekend where “grown-up kids of the working class” can grab a bottle and go fishing. At times the minimalist production is unfavorable to the additional musicians in the mix, but most ingredients, like the barroom piano on “Evil Companion” or his wife Emily’s baleful harmony on “Resurrection,” add texture to the

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simplicity. The casual, back-porch jam aesthetic suits the material perfectly. Parr’s colorful character is enjoyable even at his most morose moments, but it’s a treat to hear him pickin’ and grinnin’ like this. ( Jed Nussbaum) Charlie Parr plays the Top Hat Sat., April 4, at 10 PM along with Betse Ellis of The Wilders. $14/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com.

The Awful Truth, Lakewater Lakewater, the new release from Minneapolis-based The Awful Truth embodies a little bit of the dark-folk that makes Magnolia Electric Co. so magnetic (RIP Jason Molina), combined with the sedate, stripped-down storytelling of Owen Ashworth in Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Frontman/songwriter Brent Colbert has created a quiet album that also feels restless in an unsettling and beautiful way. On “Welchs” he sings, “I watched you play black metal on the floor/ A thousand shapes and landscapes pass before my eyes/ pass before my eyes./ And you shoulda died/ you coulda died.” His meaning is so obscured, it’s startling. The other band members balance that disconcert-

ing aspect with bright reverb, retro garage-rock chords and sweet, though yearning, strings. Lakewater doesn’t try too hard to grab attention. In the opening track, “Any Other Way,” there’s a whole section of surfy riffage that feels so casual it’s kind of vanilla. The next song, “Equal,” begins in a similar fashion. Fortunately, Colbert’s vocals have an emotional depth that corrals the drifting sound back to shore. By the third track, it’s easy to get caught up in the slowly unfolding drama of the album. It’s like a trap, but one you’re happy to be in. (Erika Fredrickson) The Awful Truth play the VFW Fri., April 3, at 9 PM along with Mendelssohn and No Fancy. Free.

Circa Survive, Descensus Circa Survive, for me, belong to a handful of post-rock and emo bands that I was really into during the summer after high school graduation, when I used to drive around with a skinny emo friend I was desperately in love with. Those were the days when I had a bottomless well of angst to pull from and when I thought Hot Topic was just the coolest place to buy T-shirts. So it was a prime time to really get into albums like Circa Survive’s On Letting Go, which is slow-building post-rock with proggy frills layered under high-pitched, wailed choruses like “Do you ever wish you were somebody else?” Several years later, I still have a soft spot for skinny emo boys and their music, although it’s relegated to

more of an occasional guilty pleasure. Circa Survive’s latest album, 2014’s Descensus, doesn’t expand too much on their established formula. Lead singer Anthony Green is still hitting the high notes in soaring choruses about feelings, but with some additional effects pedals. What seemed edgy and experimental to me back then now comes off as more of a cut-rate Coheed and Cambria. On closer inspection, it’s unbearably tame, just like buying spiked wristbands at Hot Topic. (Kate Whittle) Circa Survive play the Wilma Mon., April 6, along with Balance & Composure and Chon. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22.

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World Affairs Luncheons “Geo-politics, Geo-economics and Globalization” with

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We are excited to announce the first of our new bi-monthly luncheon program, held on the first Thursday of every other month. This month we welcome Richard Erb to the Council!

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Bobby Lee Springfield serves as the unofficial in-house entertainer at Al’s and Vic’s.

When I met Bobby Lee Springfield at Al’s and Vic’s last week, I didn’t come prepared for an interview. To be honest, I didn’t know what to ask. Sure, there are things I knew about Springfield beforehand, like that he wrote at least 28 top 100 country songs between 1975 and ’94, including Roy Clark’s “If I Had to Do It All Over Again” and Johnny Duncan’s “A Song in the Night.” I know people in hiked-up Wranglers skidded across sawdusted dance floors to his original lyrics for the better part of the 1980s, and that he once shared a stage with Wynonna Judd. I know he’s from Texas, hates to be called Buddy and wears three pairs of pants at the same time. More recently, he might have written some songs that became hits overseas. He might have come to Missoula in 2000, where he installed himself as Al’s and Vic’s’ in-house entertainer. Springfield’s timeline gets a little hazy, and I wasn’t interested in clearing it up. Bobby Lee—or “Boy Veteran,” or “Boy King,” or the self-proclaimed “best two-string guitarist this side of the Volga”— doesn’t really care about the past. He has new material, and he’s teaming up with local artist Jack Metcalf for a “First Thursday” performance at Real Good Art Space. In keeping with what Missoula has come to expect from Metcalf ’s projects, Springfield’s performance will be interactive, colorful and sufficiently weird. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to talk with Springfield, and Springfield will likely respond in song. In addition, Metcalf will be pressing screenprints of Boy King’s face on shirts and posters. Bring some cash, a question for Springfield and you could leave clothed and satisfied after hearing such recent tracks as “You and Your Mother” or “Pin the Blame on the Honkey.” Springfield’s repertoire spans topics from babies to politics to marijuana, but always leans to the humorous. Like most discerning listeners, he thinks

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contemporary country music has lost its footing, and he’s trying to get it back. “These are songs that have stood the test of time,” Springfield says. “It don’t matter if the guitar’s out of whack or what, I’ll be playin’ that thing like a snare drum.” Whatever that means, Springfield’s ready to play, and Metcalf ’s ready to emcee. Saying Springfield is odd is a vast understatement, but he’s odd in a way that’s inviting, warm even. Metcalf has formed Real Good as a kind of laboratory for his own strange, artistic fantasies, and so it’s no surprise that these two found each other. Sometimes art means letting things unfold as they may, and that’s just what Springfield’s good at. To gauge the extent of Springfield’s impromptu musical prowess, I conjured up a few arbitrary questions of my own. I gave him the option to pass, answer and, if he had one, name the song he would play come Thursday. I rattled off the ridiculous inquiries, such as: How fast can a cow run? (Not fast enough.) Was Jesus left-handed? ( Yes.) Does Obama like peanut butter? (No.) How many ants are there? (Too damn many.) I got deeper: What do dreams smell like? How does green sound? Springfield answered them all, with confidence, and had a song for most. He sat up straight in his leather jacket, hummed a few bars, then moved to the next, unflinchingly. Springfield’s a performer, a world-class talker and listener, but to get the full experience, you’ll have to ask him yourself. Jack Metcalf hosts An Evening with “Boy King” Bobby Lee Springfield at Real Good Art Space, 1205 Defoe St #1, Thu., April 2, at 9 PM. Doors open at 8:30. arts@missoulanews.com

These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 DUDE• Dude is a 7-year-old male Pit Bull mix. Dude needs a very special home where he can be the main focus and concern with no other dogs or small children. He recently had to have a leg amputated due to a dog fight and is learning to adjust to life as a tripod. He is a very sweet older boy and would make an amazing therapy dog. He is good with cats, but not all dogs. BARLEY•Barley is a 1-year-old male Pit Bull. This young and rambunctious guy loves all other dogs and wants to play from sun up to sun down. Barley is always wearing an excited smile, and his tail never stops wagging. The perfect family for Barley would be willing to put some time in teaching him manners and boundaries, as well as lots of time playing outdoors.

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BLUE•Blue is a 7-year-old female Australian Shepherd/Queensland Heeler mix. She is a very loving lady. Blue is good with 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 cats and older kids. She needs to be in an Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) only dog home as she has decided in her 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 older age that she needs to be the focus. Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat)

A.K.•A.K. is a 4-6 year-old female Tortie. She needs a home that understands cats with sassy personalities. A.K. loves affection, but will let you know when she's done. Most of the time, her vocal habits are all just a front. She's sassy, but not mean. A.K. doesn't mind other cats, will probably put most dogs in their place, and is definitely not a cat for little kids.

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BUTLER•Butler is a 3-5-year old male Tuxedo DSH. Butler can be cranky from time to time, but when he finds a person he likes, he willingly gives head-butts and kisses. He gets along fairly well with most cats, but is not interested in cuddling with them. Butler likes his space, especially in your arms or on you lap. He could easily be a cat who only has eyes for his owner.

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BENNETT• Bennett is a 3-5 year-old male Orange Tabby patch cat. He is a very loving kitty. Bennett loves to be held, and will rub his head underneath your chin. He can be a tad bashful, but would likely come out of his shell in a home environment. For a young male cat, Bennett is actually very loving and would prefer to run away from other cats than get in a scuffle.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 LACY• Lacy can't wait to meet her knew family. She is an active, friendly and smart gal who would love to enjoy a Montana Spring going on hikes and car rides, swimming, playing fetch and playing with other dogs. Visit the Humane Society to learn more about Lacy and the 18th Annual Ken Shughart Humanitarian Award Dinner honoring Dr. David Bostwick!

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MOMMA• Momma would like to invite you to the 18th Annual Ken Shughart Humanitarian Award Dinner honoring Dr. Bostwick, DVM on Saturday April 11th. She would also like to invite you to come and meet her! Momma has been declawed and is looking for a family who will keep her inside and help her to slowly adjust to her new home.

JUNIOR•Junior is friendly fellow who love car rides and playing with his brother, Tucker, with whom he hopes to be adopted. These 7-year-old Doxie mixes get along great with other dogs, are crate-trained and know words like "sit," "kennel," and "off." Come meet this sweet pair today!

REX• Rex is a friendly kitty cat who likes to chat it up with meows and purrs. He really enjoys being held and he likes giving and receiving rubs. He is a sweetheart looking for his forever home. Come meet this playful, comedic and loving snuggle bug today.

TWILA•Twila is a spunky lady looking for her furrever home. She loves human attention and going on walks and car rides. Active, friendly and responsive, Twila makes great a jogging partner. She has nice leash manners and stays right by your side when on a walk. Visit myhswm.org to learn more about the life-saving work done at the Humane Society of Western Montana.

MAJOR• Meet Major! This handsome, laid-back boy would love to meet you. He enjoys lounging on tall scratching posts and soaking up the sun in front of a window. Recently diagnosed with diabetes, Major is spending time in a temporary foster home while he adjusts to his very treatable condition. Call 406-549-3934 if you would like to learn more about adopting Major.

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Modern nightmare It Follows takes horror to a new—and better—level by Molly Laich

“No wonder this chair was on sale.”

People are stoked about this movie, and for good reason. It Follows achieves what few horror films these days can, which is to actually horrify its audience. More than once I found myself doing that girlin-a-movie-theater-cliché of grabbing my friend and burrowing my head in his shoulder during the scary parts. (Hopefully that wasn’t weird for him, since we’re not dating.) Even if you don’t like horror, if nothing else, It Follows makes for a great date movie. Hot Young Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell wrote and directed the picture. His first feature, 2010’s The Myth of the American Sleepover, tells a non-horror story about a bunch of kids coming of age in suburban Detroit. His latest effort features the same setting and a few of the same actors. I go out of my way to learn as little as I can about a movie before watching it, so I was unaware that so many of the scenes were shot in neighborhoods near where I grew up. I realize this isn’t as interesting for Montanans, but imagine if all of a sudden you’re at a commercial film and you see a hysterical woman running panicked in high heels across the Higgins Avenue bridge. Michigan has a lot to offer a budding young filmmaker on a low budget—besides the generous tax breaks in an effort to stimulate a dying economy. It’s a state where affluence comes right up against miles of deserted houses enveloped by tall, dead grass. The city’s streets were designed 60 years ago for five lanes of traffic and today there’s nobody coming in either direction. If you call the police in Detroit late at night, there’s a pretty good chance they won’t come. Mitchell’s story follows a group of young adults born north of 8 Mile, where the suburbs are still dying but more slowly. All of them are somewhere between 18 and 22 or so, in college or not. They live in houses across the street from one another with parents who never seem to be home. Maika Monroe stars as Jay Height, a beautiful young girl with her

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whole life ahead of her, until she meets the wrong boy and everything goes south. From the title you can intuit that something sinister is following these teens, but I hesitate to reveal much else because the way that following unfolds is a surprise that I don’t want to deprive you of. Mitchell has said that he got the idea for It Follows from a series of recurring childhood nightmares, and it’s just the kind of visceral terror we all reflexively respond to. Anybody can get you once or twice with a few jump scares, but to build a compelling story around a fleeting idea—that’s the real accomplishment here. The movie has something to say about beautiful girls, both their power and their doom. In her very first scene, we see Jay sunbathing in one of those aboveground pools in the backyard. She swats an ant off her arm into the water, and we see that a couple of neighbor kids have been spying on her through the fence. Could it be that every terrible thing that happens to her thereafter is punishment for drowning that ant? Just kidding. It’s her sexuality that’s getting her into trouble. The thing that follows these kids functions like an STD. Someone gave it to her, so presumably, she can give it to someone else. Sleeping with Jay is practically a death sentence and still the men in her life are willing to take that chance. They want her that badly. It Follows pays homage to the horror films of the 1980s, with its put-upon women and the synth-driven soundtrack. More than that, it plays with vintage ideas of what makes a victim. Is she even being punished, or was this all just a random accident? It Follows embodies the dreamlike, sensual hum of a foreign film and a concrete narrative indicative of American cinema—in my opinion, all the best things. It’s barely April, but I’m doubtful we’ll see a better horror film this year. It Follows continues at the Carmike 12. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM PT. 1 Filmmaker Ric Burns uses rare archival footage and interviews in his tribute to the art icon. Screening at the Roxy Wed., April 1, at 7 PM. FURIOUS 7 Let us all commemorate Paul Walker (RIP) in this, the seventh film about cars that are fast and men who are furious. Also starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. THE HUNTING GROUND Documentary exposing the widespread phenomenon of rape on U.S. college campuses and institutional cover-ups. Screening at the Roxy Fri., April 3–Mon., April 6 at 7 PM and Tue., April 7 at 6 PM. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Arthur Miller’s classic play exploring the American dream is brought to life by Ivo van Hove. Screening at the Roxy Tue., April 7, at 7 PM. Visit mtlive.org. SALESMAN Filmmakers Albert and David Maysles’ 1968 documentary follows four salesman tasked with selling expensive bibles door-to-door to poor Catholic families. Rated G. Screening at the Roxy Thu., April 2, at 7 PM. THE WRECKING CREW Celebrate the hard-working musicians behind legendary records from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and the Beach Boys. Rated PG. Screening at the Roxy Fri., April 3– Thu., April 9, at 8 PM. (See Spotlight.)

NOW PLAYING THE BREAKFAST CLUB 30TH ANNIVERSARY Five kids from different cliques discover how much they actually have in common during a Saturday detention. Starring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald.

Can you smell what The Rock is torching? Furious 7 opens Friday at Carmike 12, Pharaophlex and Showboat.

Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Tue., April 7, at 7 PM. CINDERELLA I don’t care how boring or silly this particular adaptation of the fairytale is, because if it has poufy ballgowns, prancing horses and Robb Stark being handsome, take my money. Update: I totally cried when Cinderella’s dad died. Starring Lily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

can racial attitudes no doubt ensues. Starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart and Alison Brie. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaophlex.

tirement spot—in India. Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy. Rated PG. Pharaohplex

HOME A clumsy alien lands on earth and befriends a cheerful young girl. Be advised, the trailer features a Biggie reference that will make you feel delighted/old. Featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna and Steve Martin. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle.

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT Shailene Woodley is back as the heroine who must get her group of rebels to band together to fight the Man, or something. Also starring Ansel Elgort and Theo James. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

IT FOLLOWS After a teenage girl has a sexual encounter, she’s haunted by the sense that something is following her. (And it’s not supposed to be a giant pregnancy test, I think.) Starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist and Olivia Luccardi. Rated R. Carmike 12. (See Film.)

GET HARD A millionaire who’s convicted of fraud turns to a black friend to prepare him for life behind bars. Sensitive contemplation of Ameri-

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Older British gals lust after Richard Gere in their little colonial enclave—er, excuse me, re-

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

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photo courtesy of Mike McCune

Out to sea by SOUStown CHEF Spring’s here. I know because my wife’s been in the garden, the kids have been rolling in dirt and I’ve been napping in the hammock. Also, the calendar— and my expired ski pass—tells me so. Round this time of year, I tend to eat a little healthier and a little lighter. That means seafood, seared on the grill, infused with bold spices or otherwise prepared in a way that still make me feel like I’m having a meal and not some Weight Watchers dish. Here are three of my favorites that, as always, put a premium on time saved, simplicity and wow factor. It’s probably not an accident that each one also allows for a few cocktails during the prep work.

Wasabi salmon What you need: 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 teaspoon wasabi powder, 1 teaspoon bottled minced ginger, ¼ teaspoon dark sesame oil, 4 skinless salmon fillets and cooking spray. (Serves four.) How to make it: Combine soy sauce, wasabi, ginger and sesame oil in a large zip-top plastic bag, and add the fish. Seal and marinate at room temperature for at least five minutes, turning bag over to coat. (I usually drink a beer and let it sit in there for about 15 or 20.) Remove fish. While the fish marinates, put down the beer long enough to heat a large non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add fish, cook 3 minutes. Turn over, reduce heat to medium and cook an additional 8 minutes or until done. Why to make it: Because you’re sick of making bland salmon and want something with a little more kick. Serve with white rice and garlic green beans— or, if you want to get into the spirit of things, pickled ginger. Grilled fish tacos What you need: 2 cups chopped white onion, ¾ cup chopped fresh cilantro, ¼ cup olive oil, 5 tablespoons fresh lime juice, 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, 2 garlic cloves (minced), 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 pound tilapia, 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon milk, 8 corn tortillas, 2 avocados (peeled, pitted, sliced), ½ small head of cabbage (thinly sliced),

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and kosher salt, pepper, salsa verde and lime wedges to taste. (Serves four.) How to make it: Stir 1 cup onion, ¼ cup cilantro, oil, 3 tablespoons lime juice, orange juice, garlic and oregano in medium bowl. Sprinkle fish with coarse salt and pepper. Spread half of onion mixture over bottom of glass baking dish. Arrange fish atop onion mixture. Spoon remaining mixture over fish. Cover and chill 30 minutes. Turn fish, recover and chill another 30 minutes. Whisk mayonnaise, milk and remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice in a small bowl. Prepare your grill with medium-high heat. Grill fish, about 5 minutes per side. Grill tortillas until you see grill marks. Chop fish and place on serving platter. Serve with lime mayo, tortillas, remaining 1 cup chopped onion, remaining ½ cup cilantro, avocados, cabbage, salsa verde and lime wedges. Why to make it: Because it’s fun to let your guests assemble the final dish however they’d like; your extra time spent in prep gets rewarded on the back end. Rosemary shrimp scampi skewers What you need: 1 tablespoon dry white wine, 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1⁄8 teaspoon salt, 1⁄8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 1 garlic clove (minced), 18 large shrimp (peeled and deveined), 6 rosemary sprigs and cooking spray. (Serves two.) How to make it: Combine first six ingredients in a zip-top bag. Add shrimp, seal and shake. Marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Have a drink. Strip leaves off rosemary twigs, leaving 1⁄2 -inch of leaves attached to leafy end of sprig. Thread three shrimp onto each sprig. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat both sides of skewers with cooking spray. Arrange skewers on pan and cook 2 minutes on each side or until shrimp are done. Why to make it: Because you’re cooking shrimp on a rosemary sprig, which makes you look like a goddamn culinary master when, in reality, it’s a pretty simple way to impart flavor.

[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Easter brings bright colors to Bernice's palate. Fill your loved one's Easter basket with handmade coconut eggs, macaroons, frosted eggs & bunnies, baby chick cupcakes, or full size for the bigger kid in all of us. Mom likes Easter gifts too. Try showing up with a chocolate cream pie, box of hot cross buns, a cup of freshly brewed Bernice's coffee or a few 6 packs of dinner rolls for after-brunch ham sandwiches. YUM! She'll be telling you how much she loves you all day long. Happy Easter. Xoxo bernice. Bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s historic westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious, affordable food and over-the-top fun and friendly service does not. Mon-Fri 7 AM – 2 PM. Sat and Sun Brunch 9 AM – 2 PM. Reservations for Prix Fixe dinners on Fri and Sat nights. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 42 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $

Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays.

Mon-Fri 7am - 4pm

Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

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531 S. Higgins

541-4622

Eagles Lodge #32 Missoula 2420 South Avenue 543-6346 Tailgate with us before each Griz home game, and get a FREE ride to the game on our shuttle. Soup, salad and burgers served for lunch Monday thru Friday 11:00am to 2:30pm. Don’t forget to stop in for our Thursday Night Matadors & Friday Night Burgers, 6:00 to 8:00pm both nights. Live music EVERY Friday and Saturday night and admission is always FREE!

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El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 FREE DELIVERY DOWNTOWN. Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$

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Vodka Soda Lambic HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: A refreshing way to enjoy lambic beer that dilutes its intensely sweet flavor and adds a little extra alcoholic kick.

Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pmclose. $-$$

Why you’re drinking it: With spring weather at full tilt, and summer right around the corner, we’re putting away our heavy lagers and red wines for lighter choices. A vodka soda lambic is the perfect go-to for an evening spent sipping with friends on a patio and lazy days floating Montana’s rivers. It’s like a less sweet— and boozier—Italian soda for grownups. What’s a lambic? Lambic beer is only brewed in the Senne River Valley near Brussels, where a perfect mix of agriculture and climate have created special strains of microflora. The beer is spontaneously fermented, meaning there is no yeast added; rather it is top-fermented from wild, airborne yeast strains. Fruit is often added after the fermentation process, creating a more dessertflavored brew. Where to get it: You can order a vodka soda lambic anywhere as long as the bar stocks lambic. This writer chose to belly up at Tamarack Brewery, where they have Lindeman’s raspberry lambic on tap. Tamarack also

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. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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offers a drink called the “Grizz Fizz” which is lambic, orange Stoli, St. Germaine liqueur, fresh lime juice and a splash of soda for $6. The bartender informed me the Grizz Fizz is one of the more popular options on their drink menu. The vodka soda choice, meanwhile, runs just $4 for a single shot. Where to find it: Tamarack Brewing Company is located at 231 W. Front Street in downtown Missoula. —Kellen Beck Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $3? (Missoula County residents over 60: $3, only $6 if younger and just stopping by) Anyone is welcome to join us from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food and great conversation. For a full menu, visit our website. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ 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. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Ruby’s Cafe 2101 Regent St. at Brooks 728-9890 True American Diner! Come join us at the counter, grab a booth or find a table. Breakfast all day, Lunch & Dinner. Homemade Pies. Homemade Soups. Mon-Sat 6am - 9pm and Sun 8am - 3pm. “You keep us cookin!” $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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You’ll be a pro in no time after the Country Two-Step classes with Cathy Clark on Thursdays at the Sunrise Saloon. Beginners at 7 PM, intermediate at 7:30. $5, payable in cash, with live country bands to follow where you can show what a quick learner you are. UK duo Ultimate Painting plays ‘60s-ish rock ‘n stuff at Stage 112, along with local weirdsters Ancient Forest. 8 PM. $8.

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Denver’s dramatic The Raven and The Writing Desk helps kick off KBGA’s April residency at the VFW, along with Seattle’s HeartWarmer and our own Sunraiser and Catamount. Doors at 8 PM. $5. Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406396-5934 to sign up early. Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight. The one and only Bobby Lee Springfield performs music and an “intimate interview” while wearing several pairs of pants at the Real Good Art Space, 1205 Defoe St., No. 1., “across from Clay Studio behind the creepy yellow van.” Doors at 8:30 PM, performance at 9. Bring a shirt for the cylinder press. Snacks ‘n bevvies available. Local smart alecs are doing it for the lulz at John Howard’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform; things usually start around 10. Free. Boogie all nite when Cash For Junkers plays western swing and honky tonk at the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. No cover. Georgia outfit Futurebirds lay down some psych rock at the Palace, along with the intriguing “piano slam-rock duo” Pocket Vinyl and Boston Tea Party. 9:30 PM. $8/$5 in advance.

String theory. Wild Rabbit plays the Palace Fri., April 3, along with Gerygone and Twig and Of Course, Of Course. 10 PM. $5.

THURSDAYAPR02 The friendly folks of Missoula Community Radio invite you to get involved with putting this nonprofit low-power station on the air. Meet at the Union Club at 7 PM on March 26 and April 2. Check out the “Missoula Community Radio” Facebook page for more deets.

Chase those Wheaties with a dose of creativity at Art Start, a morning DIY series with projects laid out for you and your child ages 2 and up to work on. Meets at the ZACC the first Thursday of every month from 11 AM-1 PM. $6/$5 for members. Visit zootownarts.org/artstart.

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ternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. Free. Musician John Schiever peddles his wares at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 6-8:30 PM. No cover. Singer-songwriter Kristi Neumann sings for her supper while you sip yours at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

FRIDAYAPR03 The 2015 edition of the Rap Round Robin tour works like this: three touring acts, three locals, everybody passing the mic in nonstop action. Um, cool. Performers include Height Keech, Passalacqua, Eze Jackson, Codependents, Farch and Rude Max. Stage 112. 9 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20. Art aficionados and downtown revelers alike can enjoy First Friday in Missoula, wherein

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[calendar] shops, cafes, bars and galleries host free art viewings for all to enjoy. Sometimes there’s totally excellent free wine and snax, too. Runs about 5-8 PM every first Friday of the month. Check out missoula cultural.org/gallery-guide and our special listings. Today is the last day for teens to get their immunizations updated at the city-county health department and be entered into an April 6 drawing for prizes; need not be present to win. 301 W. Alder St. Call 258-4745 to learn more. Meadowsweet Herbs hosts an information demo on the use of essential oils for health and spicing up your cooking. 180 S. Third St., 4-7 PM. Free. Check out the chill vibes when Way Cool Music plays acoustic covers at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4 PM, tunes from 6-8:30. No cover.

nightlife Transport yourself to the heavens in an evening journeying through the Himalayas with presentations from mountaineer John Roskelley and the Nature Link Institute, a nonprofit founded to reconnect people with the environment. Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway St. 5:30-9 PM. $30, includes curry dinner from Masala. Proceeds help Himalayan women develop traditional handicrafts as a livelihood. Tickets must be purchased at Zootown Brew in advance. (See Mountain High.) All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:30-9:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings. Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 728-0908 to sign up. Sip a Guinness and be whisked away to the Emerald Isle with the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover. Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes. No cover. Stevi’s North Valley Public Library hosts Austrian pianist Arthur Kostuk and his magic fingers from 6:30-8 PM. Free. The Soul City Cowboys get up ‘n holler with tunes at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave., starting at 8 PM on Friday and Saturday. No cover. Fishbowl Friday with the Bassface Krew up ‘n moved on over to Monk’s Bar, where Deadline, Cadence, KDub and Kortex get their

worb on. 9 PM. No cover, plus $5 fishbowl special. Minneapolis outfit The Awful Truth presents the unvarnished cello-infused rock and harmonized vocals at the VFW, along with local guests Mendelssohn and No Fancy. 9 PM. No cover. Turn that dial up to 11 when Tom Catmull’s Radio Static plays tunes to dance by at the Union Club, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Bellingham folk ‘n stringband outfit Wild Rabbit scampers into the Palace, along with indie-folk thingy Gerygone and Twig and Of Course, Of Course. 10 PM. $5.

‘n blues at the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. No cover.

Nashville 406 serves up all the right dance numbers at the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 9:30 PM. No cover.

The Easter Bunny hops around the UM Oval today for the Easter Eggstravaganza, and little ones ages 9 and under are invited to come hunt for the more than 20,000 eggs filled with treats and prizes. 1 PM.

Gimmie some lovin’ when Zeppo Blues serves up horn-driven rhythm

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The Community Nonprofit Day celebrates local groups ranging from Animal Wonders to Girl Scouts with exhibits and activities at Southgate Mall, 10 AM-6 PM. Free to attend. The new Missoula Winter Public Market features all manner of produce, meats, eggs, honey and treats, plus coffee and craft vendors. 800 S. Third St. W. Now open every Saturday, Jan. 10-April 25. 10 AM-2

FIRST FRIDAY Santos Fuatos is back in town and lights up the First Friday proceedings with Landscape Fire Photography, at Montana Natural History Center, 120 N. Hickory St. 4:30-6:30 PM. C.S. Porter eighth grader Lily DeLorenzo presents her mixed media works drawn from from people and wildlife. Reception at Frame of Mind, 1706 Brooks St., from 4:30-8 PM. Artists are all about the #selfie in Atelier III, where artists including Julie Chaffee, Stephanie J. Frostad and Kevin Gordon present works including selfportraits. Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan Street, reception from 5-9 PM. Call 541-7100 for more information.

presents Monsters Are Awesome! Evil will always Triumph because Good is Dumb at Gecko Designs, 523 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM with tunes, beer, sandwiches (!) and perhaps some critters afoot.

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Space out with Dance Photography is featured Montana-raised at the First Friday reception at artist Burke Jam’s Le Petit Outre, 5-9 PM. installation, Constellate: Borealis, a “sine wave installation for 3-dimensional space in 12 channels, triggered Take the road less traveled by when the by audience movement,” and whatever the Bike Doctor hosts Off The Beaten Path, featurheck that is, it will probably be cool. Frontier- ing bike art made out of scrap materials by B. Space, in the alley by Thomas Meagher Bar. 5- MartiNez and live music from Jeff Carroll. 1101 Toole Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. 9 PM. Jennifer Rogers wields oil paint in her se- Hang out with bird brains when the Artists’ ries of portraits of influential characters and Shop hosts Birdfest 2015, featuring multimedia people. Reception at Betty’s Divine, 5-8 PM, avian art with several artists and a live presentation from Raptors of the Rockies, where you with wine and treats. can meet the great horned owl Jillian. ‘Sup JilIllustrator and artist Theo Ellsworth’s in- lian. 127 N. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM. tricate works are highlighted at Missoula Art Museum’s First Friday goings-on, with reception Send artist Nathan McTague off on his artistic journey with the opening reception from 5–8 PM and artist gallery talk at 7 PM. at the Brink, 111 Front St., from 5-8 PM, which Laura Blaker says hello to the Garden kicks off his monthlong literal residency in the City in Missoula Neighborhoods, a new 30gallery. piece series on display at A&E Architects, 222 Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Photographer William Munoz showcases Camera-wielder Marcel Huijser shows off the creative process and choreography of his latest photography adventures with recep- dancer Ellie Weinman with photos and video tion at Freshwater Studio and Gallery, 101 E. at 4 Ravens Gallery, with reception and dance Broadway, Ste. A, with refreshments from 5-8 performances from 5-8 PM. PM. Mallory of Darkstar Handmade showcases Discover what creepy crawlies and beast- her recycled fabric pieces and clothing at Upies lurk when RPG illustrator D.L. Johnson cycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave. Reception 5-8 PM.

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Hop on in to E3 Convergence Gallery for a group reception with fresh local artwork and poetry at 229 W. Main St. Reception from 5-9 PM, with tunes from Ryan Bundy. Jen DeLong of Buffalo James Photography struts her stuff in a black-and-white series of contemporary dance photography. Reception at Le Petit, 5-9 PM. The Monte Dolack Gallery marks the release of the nifty new print “Saint Mary Meadow,” and hosts a party for the Watershed Education Network’s 2015 Water Art Contest. Reception from 5-9 PM with tunes from guitarist James Wallace. The Nursing In Public photography show celebrates breastfeeding with several black and white prints at Break Espresso. First Friday reception from 5-10 PM. (See Agenda.) The Clay Studio of Missoula hosts its preview for the Potsketch fundraiser, which features drawings and ceramics from local and international artists. Silent auction bidding starts as part of the First Friday reception at 1106 A Hawthorne St., 5:30-9 PM. Potsketch Gala is slated for April 18. Drop in for a jazzy interlude when The Owen Ross Jazz Trio sets up shop and gets to work at Bhavana, 101 E. Broadway, with tunes from 5:30-7:30 PM. Contemplate Rachel Gehman’s abstract-ish work, which is inspired by cornerstones of African American literature, like Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, and Alex Haley, at Downtown Dance Collective. Reception 6-8 PM. If First Friday exhibits inspire you to take a paintbrush into your own hands, check out the Art on Tap classes, a guided, sociable painting class where you’ll sip bevvies and create your own masterpiece. ZooPop, 109 W. Main St., from 6:30-9:30 PM. $32. Visit artontap missoula.com.

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hired guns The Wrecking Crew is a documentary about the rise and fall of the pool of ’60s-era Los Angeles session musicians, studio-hired guns responsible for playing a huge percentage of the music behind the hit records in the earliest days of rock ’n’ roll. So you think The Beach Boys played their own instruments on those classic early records? Think again. Still on the fence as to whether or not The Monkees were a real band? They weren’t. The list is long and impressive; artists from Frank Sinatra and Nat “King” Cole to bands like The Byrds all benefited from the deft artistry of the players who comprised the Wrecking Crew. The Wrecking Crew wasn’t just one small group, either. Their ranks could have numbered as high as 30 players—guitarists, bassists, drummers, horn players, et al—whose names were at the top of every hit-hungry record producer’s Rolodex. WHAT: The Wrecking Crew WHERE: Roxy Theater WHEN: Fri., April 3–Thu., April 9, at 8 PM nightly HOW MUCH: $5–$8

Director Denny Tedesco conceived the project as a continuation of a 30-minute documentary he’d already done while in college about his father, legendary Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco. When the elder Tedesco was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1995, his son decided to expand the

PM. Visit facebook.com/mslawinterpublicmarket. The Missoula Eagles host a family easter egg hunt for kids 12 and under out at the fast pitch softball field on Spurgin Road; no need to be a member to join in. 11 AM. Free. The Killdeer Artisans’ Guild springs into action with a show featuring several local artists at the Hangin’ Art Gallery and Cafe, on Highway 93 in Arlee. Reception from noon-2 PM with refreshments. The ongoing Edward de Vere lecture series explores Shakespearean plays in light of the book Shakespear By Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the man who was Shakespeare. Led by scholar Stephen Ludwig at Missoula Public Library on Saturdays at 3 PM through April 25. Register at tinyurl.com/shakespeareseminar. Larry Hirshberg brings his gee-tar and his dry wit to your evening of wine tasting at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4 PM, tunes from 6-8:30. No cover.

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story to include the entire body of musicians who comprised the Wrecking Crew. Over the years he tracked down living members of the group and completed the documentary. It premiered in 2008 at South by Southwest Film Festival, but was shelved due to music licensing issues—until now. The documentary shows that this was a case of a group of eager musicians being in the right place at the perfect time. Of particular interest is bassist Carol Kaye, the lone woman in the group. “In those days,” Kaye says, “it was more important to have a ‘Mrs.’ in front of your name than a career.” She shrugged that attitude off and ultimately played on thousands of recordings over 55 years. The Wrecking Crew is a must-see for fans of the history of a very American form of music. I wonder how interesting it is for younger musicians, but for an older guy like me, who grew up at the tail-end of this era, but still heard so many of these songs when they were fresh and new, it is compelling viewing. —Chris La Tray

with refreshments, silent auction, live tunes from Three Cats and a Fiddle and a keynote talk from state Sen. Diane Sands on the World War II detention center. Heritage Hall at Fort Missoula, 6-9 PM. Donations appreciated. Triple Sec serves up a jazzy smorgasbord while you debate the merits of Cascadian hops at Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. Music from 6-8:30 PM. No cover. Local poets Philip Schaefer, Jeff Whitney and Melissa Mylchreest get together to read from their latest works at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St., at 7 PM. A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley GoodTime Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. $3 donation encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949. The Missoula Folklore Society Dance invites one and all to cut loose at the Union Hall, with tunes from Prince Phil and Princess Di. (Topical!) Julie Kahl has the call. 7:30 PM. $9/$6 for members and stu-

dents/free for volunteers and kids. The Soul City Cowboys get up ‘n holler with tunes at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave., starting at 8 PM on Friday and Saturday. No cover. Make like Sting and keep the love flowing all night, baby, when rock band Tantric plays Stage 112. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $10. 18-plus. Hold on to your boyshorts, hunty, ‘cuz the Caravan of Glam brings two fan-tabulous genderbending burlesque and drag performances to the Badlander. This will be filmed for a TV show, so wear your sparkliest. First show at 8 PM, second show at 11 PM. $15/$12 in advance. Visit caravanofglam.com. (See Spotlight.) Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturday nite party at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. Two-fer-one Absolut vodka drinks until midnight. No cover. Put a smile on it when London trio Happyness plays breezy indie rock at the Real Lounge, along with our own Iron Eyes and Carson Luther. 9 PM. $6-$8. 18-plus.

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Pour some syrup on me when Mudslide Charley plays the blues and soulful stuff to sweeten the deal at Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover.

info; or just swing into the library to find out how it works and vote in the Peeple’s Choice contest. Winners are announced April 27.

Watch out, ‘cuz baby’s got her blue jeans on and Tom Catmull and the Clerics are cracking the whip at the Sunrise Saloon, with tunes starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

The Young Artist After-School Program imparts art fundamentals, history and techniques while playing with a variety of mediums. Meets at the ZACC on Mondays, 3:305:30 PM, through June 8. $12/$10 for members a day. Visit zoo townarts.org/youngartists.

Rootsy dude Charlie Parr does what he do so well at the Top Hat, along with Betse Ellis of the Wilders. 10 PM. $14/$12 in advance at the Top Hat, Rockin Rudy’s and online. 18-plus. (See Music.)

SUNDAYAPR05 Good morning, and may the Easter Bunny bless your house this day, for ‘tis Easter Sunday. Calapatra gave up sugar for Lent, so if you need her, she’ll be bathing in a tub of Peeps milk and Cadbury eggs. Also, Missoula Public Library is closed. The Contact Improv Class & Jam invites you to groove on a Sunday afternoon and get hip to the ways of improvised dance and community spirit. Meets at the Downtown Dance Collective on every other Sunday from 2:30-4:30 PM, until the end of May. $1-$7 sliding fee scale.

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The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels, Mondays through Thursdays from 47 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 2108792 to set up a time and routine that’s best for you, or just drop in any day to observe a class. $60 for four classes. Meditation newbies can discover techniques like compassionate meditation and loving-kindness with the Meditation for Beginners series at Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Mondays from April 6–27 at 4:30 PM and May 25–June 10 at 4:30 PM. $40 for four-week series. Visit redwillow learning.org.

nightlife Rocky Mountain Rising Tide gets together to work on grassroots solution to the climate crisis, every other Monday at The Hive, 5:30-7:30 PM.

Dancer-types and anyone seeking to get into touch with their body can check out the Authentic Movement Group, where a facilitator will help you find and follow your own movement. The Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Mondays from 6-8 PM through May. $30. Call 5292322 to register. Circa Survive plays the rock! with the feelings! at the Wilma, along with Balance & Composure and Chon. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22. Transition Missoula hosts the Tea Time book meeting, where you can get together to chat about anything you’ve recently read about climate change and global trends; bring the book or article to show it off, too. Missoula Public Library, 7-8:30 PM. Free. Dan Dubuque displays his considerable talents on slide guitar and charango at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7-10 PM. No cover. Shake, rattle ‘n roll at the Beginner/Intermediate Jazz Dance class, led by Jennifer Meyer-Vaughan on Mondays at Downtown Dance Collective, 7:30-8:55 PM. Regular rates apply. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes or shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander, including picture and music rounds. 9

PM. Free. To get those neurons sparking, here’s a question: As of March 2015, who has the most Twitter followers? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife

TUESDAYAPR07 The North Mississippi Allstars and Anders Osborne pour a cocktail of bluesy rock and soul with N.M.O. at the Top Hat. 8 PM. $24/$20 in advance at the Top Hat, Rockin Rudy’s and tophatlounge.com. 18-plus. Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters takes the “eek out of public speaking” with weekly meetings at the Florence Building, noon-1 PM, on the second floor. Free to attend. Check out shootinthebull.info to learn more.

nightlife As part of the Biggest Tour Ever, comedians Jason Stewart and Morgan Preston drop by Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton for kicks ‘n giggles. 6-8:30 PM. No cover. The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels wel-

Sip your supper and cut loose while Wild Rabbit plays folk-stomp ‘Mericana at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover.

Spice up your footwork with the all-levels Salsa I course, focusing on partnered dancing and following along with salsa and merengue rhythms. Downtown Dance Collective, Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 PM, through May 5. Registration is required, and sign-up ends after the second week of class. $60/$48 for members. Visit ddcmontana.com. Nobel Prize winning-biologist David Baltimore presents “Genes As Therapies” as part of the President’s Lecture Series at UM. Dennison Theatre, 8 PM. Free. The Quick & Easy Boys bring the “Beach Boys meets BeeGees meets Flaming Lips” vibe (and hopefully similarly inspired outfits) to Stage 112, along with the Brothers Gow. 9 PM. $5-$7. (Trivia answer: Katy Perry, with over 66 million followers. Justin Bieber and Barack Obama are in second and third place.) Dig out the jorts and chug that beer like it’s August, ‘cuz Total Fest alumni He Whose Ox Is Gored are back to crush the Palace, along with Dogdayz. 9PM. No cover. Mike Avery hosts the SingerSongwriter Showcase, now on Tuesdays at the Badlander at 9 PM. No cover. Email michael.avery@live.com ahead of time to sign up.

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Celebrate your Sunday Funday with Newtflix, the new curated film screening and drunken banter session hosted by Newton Wise, the first Sunday of the month at the VFW. 6 PM. No cover, plus dranks are half-off all day. April 5 features The Goonies and Monster Squad.

Find a like-minded community of goofs at Improv Anonymous, which meets every second Wednesday of the month in the small meeting room of Missoula Public Library. 5:30-6:30 PM. Free. No experience necessary. Email Ted at teofellman@yahoo.com to learn more.

Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 PM. Free.

The Reflective Morning Movement series continues, meeting every Wednesday morning in April at the Downtown Dance Collective for a contemplative exploration of dance and motion. Doors at 7 AM. $5 donation suggested. Visit the “Reflective Morning Movement” page on Facebook to learn more.

Just don’t ask Aussie rock outfit Twerps about Fosters when they play Stage 112, along with our own No Fancy and Wrinkles. Doors at 8 PM. $6-$8. 18-plus.

The Missoula Businesswomen’s Network gets together for a general meeting that highlights the skillz of business networking, with a presentation from Jenifer Anhalt on “Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone.” Doubletree Hotel, noon-1 PM. Free, with lunch buffet available for purchase.

MONDAYAPR06 Today’s Moscow Monday benefits the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, where you can sip cocktails while helping fold peace cranes to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima. Montgomery Distillery, noon-8 PM. Today is the first day to bring in your literary-themed Peep Show Diorama for Missoula Public Library’s annual all-ages spring contest. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org for rules and

come. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.

Needs more Wrangler butts. Micky and the Motorcars play Stage 112 Wed., April 8, along with Tom Catmull. 9 PM. $15/$10 in advance. 18-plus.

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Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing.

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fabulous, baby If you’ve ever watched the Logo TV reality contest “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” you might be aware of the wealth of fantastic LGBT performers and the underground world of queer performance, which tends to thrive best in big cities. Portland’s queer cabaret WHAT: Caravan of Glam WHERE: Badlander WHEN: Sat., April 4, at 8 and 11 PM HOW MUCH: $15/$12 in advance MORE INFO: caravanofglam.com

troupe, the Caravan of Glam, highlights a handful of diverse performers who dance, sing and twerk like crazy. The Caravan originated when Portland event host Justin Buckles realized that smaller communities in Oregon would benefit from a touring queer cabaret, and in 2013, the show went on the road in cities like Newport and Bend. In just a couple years, the Caravan of Glam has made a big name for itself, landing a spot on this year’s season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” which

Dr. Liz Rantz leads the four-week course Live Like There is no Tomorrow: an exploration of how to live without knowing the future, particularly as one gets older. Meets Wednesdays at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center from 3-4:30 PM. Free.

nightlife Practice empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a peaceful communication weekly practice group, where you’ll role-play stressful situations and practice responding calmly. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Wednesdays at noon. Free. The Glass-Fusing Orientation Class will impart basic glass-fusing wisdom upon you and a friend (or a date, heyo) at the ZACC. 6 PM. Every second Wednesday of the month. $20, plus about $5-$20 for the cost of glass.

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airs in summer. You’ll have to wait until then to find out how the Caravan did, but you don’t have to wait to see them live and in person. The Caravan stops by Missoula for two performances on Saturday night, which will be filmed for TV—so get all dolled up and enjoy the show. —Kate Whittle

most comedy shows in a year. No cover. Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials and the chance to win $50 big ones if you enter the drawing when you sing. 8:30-10:30 PM. No cover; must stick around for the prize drawing to be eligible to win. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. I’ll bring the peanut butter, y’all bring that sweet jaaaaam to the Soul Kitch’n Blues Boogie sesh at the Dark Horse, starting at 9 PM. $50 prize for best act each week. No cover.

Austin outfit Micky and the Motorcars rolls into Stage 112 for rockin’ tunes and tuneful rock along with Tom Catmull. 9 PM. $15/$10 in advance. 18-plus. Check out stage112.com.

THURSDAYAPR09 Ceramicist Crista Ann Ames counts her sheep in her pastoralinspired MFA exhibit, along with minimalist sculptor Tyler Nansen. Reception at the Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences Building, 5-6:30 PM.

nightlife The Gov. Steve Bullock birthday party gets underway at the Top Hat from 5-6:30 PM, suggested contributions $50-$650. Proceeds benefit the

The Montana Innocence Project presents a screening of After Innocence, followed by a panel discussion with experts about wrongful convictions in Montana. Roxy, 6-8 PM. Free. The weekly Dinner and a Movie series brings top-notch indie flix and good eats under one roof. Screening at the Crystal Theater at 7 PM, $7. Dinner menu from Silk Road available (not included in admission price). April 8 features Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Comedians Jason Stewart and Morgan Preston show Paul McCartney who’s boss with the Biggest Tour Ever, coming to the Sunrise Saloon at 8 PM, as part of their attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for

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Road Radio Show take you up the yellow brick road with tunes from Lushush, Peanut Butter, Sean Rudolf and Bustello. VFW. 8 PM. $2/$5 for ages 18-20.

Bullock 2016 election fund. Call 370.8816 to learn more. Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. Free.

Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406396-5934 to sign up early.

The Djebe Community Drum and Dance class offers interactive instruction in performance traditions from nations including Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 6-7:30 PM. $5 donation requested.

Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

Have a pint and let your branches down while Hardwood Heart plays homey tunes at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover.

The bluegrassy Old Salt Union gets to work at the Top Hat, with tunes starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

The new Minimalist Meet-Up Group gets together to chat about a clutter-free lifestyle as inspired by the Minimalist author dudes. Break Espresso, second Thursday of the month at 7 PM. Email Cindy for more info at cindyart5@yahoo.com.

Copper Mountain Band delivers the pure country gold at the Sunrise Saloon for your boot-scootin’ pleasure, starting at 9:30 PM, on Friday and Saturday. No cover.

The Whitefish Theatre Company presents the Tony-winning sultry drama, Venus in Fur, about an actress’ audition turned strange and intriguing, at the O’Shaughnessy Center. Performances April 8–11 and 16–18 at 7:30 PM. $20. Call 862-5371. Just don’t call it metal when LA heavy psychrock outfit Wand plays Stage 112, along with local radsters FUULS, Holy Lands and Razor Whip. 9 PM. $6-$8. KBGA College Radio and The Rainbow

Meow-sicians. Quick & Easy Boys play Stage 112 Tue., April 7, along with Brothers Gow. 9 PM. $5-$7.

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Just don’t let Peppermint Patty near your eggs. Submit events at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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ransport yourself to the Himalayas for an evening when the Nature Link Institute hosts presentations about Himalayan culture, a curry dinner and a discussion from John Roskelley, one of the greatest mountaineers in U.S. history. The Missoula-based nonprofit NLI strives for a healthier environment by integrating people with the natural world around them, and has been working with the University of Montana's study abroad program since 2005 to educate students on the impacts of rapid economic development in India’s Garhwal Region. Seating is limited for the curry dinner, but for those who miss the boat on buying tickets, there is still a $10 option of attending Roskelley's presentation of his 1976 summit of Nanda Devi, the highest peak in the Indian Garhwal Himalayan region. Roskelley was the first to summit Nanda Devi

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through the Northwestern ridge route, which to this day is considered one of the most difficult climbs in the Himalayas. He is also one of just a few people to ever summit the mountain since Nanda Devi and its inner sanctuary has been closed since 1983, due to environmental degradation. All proceeds from this benefit will go towards assisting women in the Himalayas as they develop traditional handicrafts as a livelihood. —Kellen Beck The Nature Link Institute hosts “Journey through the Himalaya: An Evening of Indian Food, Culture and Crafts” Fri., April 3, at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway. 5:30 PM for dinner, Roskelley’s presentation at 8 PM. $30 includes dinner/$10 for just the Roskelley talk.

Paul’s Pick LAST MINUTE LODGING SPECIAL EAT- SKI- SLEEP- REPEAT FOR $ 75!* Includes lift ticket, lodging, a hot breakfast & hot tub access at the Hibernation House. *Valid ALL DAY EVERYDAY from March 21 - April 11, 2015. Price is per person, per day/night. Full details and restrictions online.

DUMMY DERBY & BREWFEST - APRIL 4 Don’t miss all the dummy demolition and cold beer!

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THURSDAY APRIL 2 The What’s That Bird workshop helps you bone up on our feathery friends with classes on Thursday evenings, April 2–23, from 7–9:30 PM in the FWP Regional Office, 3201 Spurgin Road. $35. Sign up in advance by calling Larry at 549-5632 or emailing him at bwsgenea@gmail.com.

The Montana Fishing Film Festival is by Montana anglers, for Montana anglers, with short films celebrating Treasure State waterways at the Roxy. Doors at 6 PM, films at 7. $12/$10 in advance at theroxytheater.org.

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The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation hosts a presentation of the sounds of nature along the explorers’ path, as performed by Ritchie Doyle. Lolo Community Center, 12345 Highway 93, at 7 PM. Free.

Hop on the bunny trail for MOBI’s Easter Tour of the Town, a 50-mile pavement tour up the Rattlesnake, Grant Creek, Miller Creek and Pattee Creek Canyon drainages. Meet at Eastgate Center at 11 AM. Contact Chris Jauquet for info at 593-0032, or chrjau@gmail.com.

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See what all the hubbub is about at the Jocko Valley’s 16th Annual Buttercup run, which raises money for Arlee high school senior scholarships. Includes 1-mile fun run to a half marathon. Races begin at Arlee High, 9 AM-noon. $15-30 for registration. Visit buttercuprun.org or contact Joe Weydt at arl3335@blackfoot.net or 276-3335.

A group of retired smokejumpers have organized Missoula’s first trail work day of the season. Volunteer with the Montana Trail Crew, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering trails around Montana, to work on Mt. Sentinel’s Woodworth Trailhead from 8 AM-5 PM. Tools provided, just RSVP with Dave at dave_dayton@aol.com ahead of time.

Ride to Ninemile for a picnic on the porch at the historic Ninemile Ranger Station with the MOBI folks. This 55-mile ride involves one short stretch of graded gravel (with a shorter option if you just go to Frenchtown and back.) Bring your own food and snacks. Meet at Mullan Station, corner of Mullan and N. Reserve, for 11 AM departure. Contact Eleanor at morris5@earthlink.net for more info.

Montana Native Plant Society Clark Fork Chapter photographers show slides of Western Montana’s grassland wildflowers to help you prepare for all the incoming spring blossoms. Gallagher Business Building, room L09. 7:30-9:30 PM. calendar@missoulanews.com

$7.00 admission • Kids 12 and under free. For $1.00, first 1000 attendees 21 and over will receive a commemorative mug from Firefly and one beer.

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In a culture that is all too judgmental of what other women do with their bodies and parenting decisions, breastfeeding is a particularly sensitive subject, especially since American culture so often reduces breasts to mere sexual objects. But as mammals, our breasts are designed for feeding babies, and it’s only in recent history that they’ve been deemed obscene. Additionally, a wealth of scientific evidence indicates that breastfeeding is beneficial for a baby’s health, and mother-child bonding, as well as lowering the risk of postpartum depression and more. The Nursing In Public photography exhibit is a culmination of a nearly two-year project by photographer Romy McGahan Daniel, a local mother of three. She writes in the project description that she was inspired to take action after receiving a snide comment for breastfeeding in Target, and says, “Through this project, I want to start a conversation about the crazy way we view feeding our babies in

this culture, and take a small step to making it more accepted, supported, celebrated, and ultimately more mainstream.” —Kate Whittle The Nursing In Public photography show celebrates breastfeeding with black and white prints of local women and babies. First Friday reception at Break Espresso on April 3 from 5-10 PM.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] SATURDAY APRIL 4 The Community Nonprofit Day celebrates local groups ranging from Animal Wonders to Girl Scouts with exhibits and activities at Southgate Mall, 10 AM6 PM. Free to attend.

SUNDAY APRIL 5 The Missoula Area Secular Society presents the M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet. Take note the group is now meeting on the first and third Sunday of every month for brunch at 10 AM at the Stone of Accord, 4951 N. Reserve St. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.

MONDAY APRIL 6 Today’s Moscow Monday benefits the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, where you can sip cocktails while helping fold peace cranes to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima. Montgomery Distillery, noon8 PM. Former military members are invited to the Veterans For Peace Western Montana Chapter meeting, which will work to inform and advocate about peace issues. Meets at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., on the first Monday of every month at 4 PM. Visit veteransforpeace.org to learn more. Rocky Mountain Rising Tide gets together to work on grassroots solution to the climate crisis, every other Monday at The Hive, 5:30-7:30 PM.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 8 Practice empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a peaceful communication weekly practice group, where you’ll role-play stressful situations and practice responding calmly. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Wednesdays at noon. Free. The Missoula Businesswomen’s Network gets together for a general meeting that highlights the skillz

of business networking, with a presentation from Jenifer Anhalt on “Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone.” Doubletree Hotel, noon-1 PM. Free, with lunch buffet available for purchase. People suffering from Lyme disease, as well as their family and friends, are invited to the Lyme Disease Support Group at St. Francis Community Hall, 411 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. Meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 PM. Call 360-1415 or 360-0170 for more info. Today is the deadline for the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s annual Search for Peace Art Challenge, inviting students from kindergarten through college for entries of any medium on the theme “Work for Peace.” Cash awards available, yo. Visit jrpc.org for more info. The Montana Innocence Project presents a screening of After Innocence, followed by a panel discussion with experts about wrongful convictions in Montana. Roxy, 6-8 PM. Free.

THURSDAY APRIL 9 The Creative Self course discusses how our own values, beliefs and experiences influence our thinking, and how to heal from trauma. Meets at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Thursdays from noon-1 PM through May 7. $100 for five-week course. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org to learn more. The Gov. Steve Bullock birthday party gets underway at the Top Hat from 5-6:30 PM, suggested contributions $50-$650. Proceeds benefit the Bullock 2016 election fund. Call 370.8816 to learn more. The new Minimalist Meet-Up Group gets together to chat about a clutter-free lifestyle as inspired by the Minimalist author dudes. Break Espresso, second Thursday of the month at 7 PM. Email Cindy for more info at cindyart5@yahoo.com.

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

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THE SOCIOPATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE My girlfriend has been hurt, cheated on, and even ripped off in past relationships, and I'm paying the price. If I don't text back immediately, she is convinced I'm dumping her and flips out. If I'm busy, she thinks I'm with another girl or abandoning her. When I do something sweet, she thinks I'm trying to play her. All I want is to have a nice relationship with her. Am I fighting a losing battle, or can a little good from a caring, ethical guy allow a woman to let go of a lot of bad? —Optimist A woman like your girlfriend, with a history of dating shady guys, can find the most inconsequential things suspicious, down to the way you drip creamer into your coffee— surely Morse code telling that pretty woman across the cafe that you want to have sex with her. You: "Uh … you mean the woman canoodling with her girlfriend in the 'Keep Calm and Kiss Lesbians' Tshirt?" There are a few world-class deceivers out there, and it can be hard to see who they really are until you're looking at a small pile of cracker crumbs where the money in your bank account used to be. But, typically, a woman who's frequently chumped by bad guys is not just their victim; she's her own. Repeat suckerization often comes out of low self-worth. But it almost always comes out of refusing to do the necessary homework—observing a potential partner's behavior over time and seeing whether it matches up with the person they claim to be. Your girlfriend appears to favor a popular shortcut—cannonballing into a relationship and hoping things turn out okay. Until … whoops! He was just helping her best friend fix her sheets, and then the most amazing thing happened—all of his clothes fell off. Considering that your girlfriend probably feels cruelly abandoned whenever you stop talking long enough to sneeze, lead with the reassurance that you love her and want to be with her. Then tell her it hurts your feelings that she doesn't give you credit for who you've shown yourself to be—a loving boyfriend who's given her no reason to believe he'd ever run some scam on her. Explain that for your relationship to make it, you need to see her working on her issues—in a therapist's office and/or with a great reason-based self-help book, Dr. Albert Ellis' "A Guide

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DEAR IN THE HEADLIGHTS When I talked on the phone to a woman I met on a dating site, I told her I really like hiking, and she said she did, too, so I made our first date a hike. It was a really easy hike, but she complained the whole time, wore the wrong shoes, and lagged behind. She finally admitted that she never hikes. It isn't the first time this has happened. Why do women say they like hiking when they hate it and never do it? —Just Be Honest

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Delivery Driver For linen service in Missoula and surrounding area. Two overnights required. Delivery experience and extensive knowledge of the Missoula area. Able to lift #75 pounds on a regular basis. Clean driving record required. Wage DOE $13-15. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #24715 General Labor Workers Work Force Inc. is currently offering opportunities for both shortterm and long-term labor work. Available work depends on weather, economy, and your timing. We currently have the following positions open: demo work, work site clean-up, paint prep work, heavy lifting- garage

DSP 1:1 (2) positions providing 1:1 supports to an individual with disabilities in a vocational/community setting. (1) PT - M: 12p-8p, Tu: 11p-4p, W: 12:30p-5:30p. Closes:4/3/15, 5p. (2) FT - M, W & F: 8:30a- 3:15p, Tu& Th: 8:30a-5:30p. Closes: 4/7/15, 5p. $9.45-$9.70/hr. FT position providing support to staff that provide services to Adults w/disabilities. Supervisory exp preferred. Monday- Thursday: 10p-8a. $10.50- $10.75/hr. Closes: 4/7/15, 5p.

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Janitor/Swamper Local bar and restaurant is seeking a part-time Janitor/Swamper to sweep and mop floors, empty trash, clean restrooms, wash counters, and complete other basic janitorial duties as needed after the bar closes. May include stocking coolers. Basic knowledge of how to clean is expected by employer and previous experience is preferred. Schedule starts on Mondays at 3:00am, Fridays at 4:00am, Saturdays and Sundays at 1:00 am and ending around 10:00am. Wage will start at $8.50/hr. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10117223

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ON-CALL OVERNIGHT Okay, so this woman's idea of an invigorating nature trek is cutting across a grassy median to get to a shoe sale. Hiking is so easy to like in the abstract, on the phone—especially when you like hiking and the woman wants you to like her. She may even picture herself hiking—up a fake rock in Chanel shorts at a Vogue photo shoot—and believe that she could be into it. And then, when she feels a twinge of guilt for telling a fibby, she probably tells herself that once you fall for her, you'll realize it's a small price to pay that her feet don't take kindly to parting company with pavement. The bottom line for you? Assume that anyone you meet—especially on the Internet—is lying about absolutely everything until proven otherwise. (Yeah, of course she enjoys seeing birds in formation—in valu-paks at the grocery store.)

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): People are paying attention to you in new ways. That's what you wanted, right? You've been emanating subliminal signals that convey messages like "Gaze into my eternal eyes" and "Bask in the cozy glow of my crafty empathy." So now what? Here's one possibility: Go to the next level. Show the even-more-interesting beauty that you're hiding below the surface. You may not think you're ready to offer the gifts you have been "saving for later." But you always think that. I dare you to reveal more of your deep secret power.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be as close as you have ever gotten to finding the longlost Holy Grail—or Captain Kidd's pirate treasure, for that matter, or Marie Antoinette's jewels, or Tinkerbell's magical fairy dust, or the smoking-gun evidence that Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon. At the very least, I suspect you are ever-so-near to your personal equivalent of those precious goods. Is there anything you can do to increase your chances of actually getting it? Here's one tip: Visualize in detail how acquiring the prize would inspire you to become even more generous and magnanimous than you already are.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The American snack cake known as a Twinkie contains 68 percent air. Among its 37 other mostly worthless ingredients are sugar, water, cornstarch, the emulsifier polysorbate 60, the filler sodium stearoyl lactylate, and food coloring. You can't get a lot of nutritious value by eating it. Now let's consider the fruit known as the watermelon. It's 91 percent water and six percent sugar. And yet it also contains a good amount of Vitamin C, lycopene, and antioxidants, all of which are healthy for you. So if you are going to eat a whole lot of nothing, watermelon is a far better nothing than a Twinkie. Let that serve as an apt metaphor for you in the coming week.

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the tendency, when eating a chocolate Easter Bunny, to bite the head off first. I recommend that you adopt this direct approach in everything you do in the coming weeks. Don't get bogged down with preliminaries. Don't get sidetracked by minor details, trivial distractions, or peripheral concerns. It's your duty to swoop straight into the center of the action. Be clear about what you want and unapologetic about getting it.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Choconiverous" is an English slang word that's defined as having

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Marketing experts say consumers need persistent prodding before they will open their minds to possibilities that are outside their entrenched habits. The average person has to be exposed to a new product at least eight times before it fully registers on his or her awareness. Remember this rule of thumb as you seek attention and support for your brainstorms. Make use of the art of repetition. Not just any old boring, tedious kind of repetition, though. You've got to be as sincere and fresh about presenting your goodies the eighth time as you were the first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Cole Porter's song "I Get a Kick Out of You," he testifies that he gets no kick from champagne. In fact, "Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all," he sings. The same is true about cocaine. "I'm sure that if I took even one sniff that would bore me terrifically, too," Porter declares. With this as your nudge, Scorpio, and in accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to identify the titillations that no longer provide you with the pleasurable jolt they once did. Acknowledge the joys that have grown stale and the adventures whose rewards have waned. It's time for you to go in search of a new array of provocative fun and games.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English writer William Wordsworth (1770-1830) wrote hundreds of poems. Among his most famous was "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," which is also known as "Daffodils." The poem sprung from him after a walk he took with his sister around Lake Ullswater in the English Lake District. There they were delighted to find a long, thick belt of daffodils growing close to the water. In his poem, Wordsworth praises the "ten thousand" flowers that were "Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way." If you are ever going to have your own version of a daffodil explosion that inspires a burst of creativity, Sagittarius, it will come in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your subconscious desires and your conscious desires seem to be at odds. What you say you want is not in precise alignment with what your deep self wants. That's why I'm worried that "Don't! Stop!" might be close to morphing into "Don't stop!"—or vice versa. It's all pretty confusing. Who's in charge here? Your false self or your true self? Your wounded, conditioned, habit-bound personality or your wise, eternal, ever-growing soul? I'd say it's a good time to retreat into your sanctuary and get back in touch with your primal purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes you're cool, but other times you're hot. You veer

from acting aloof and distracted to being friendly and attentive. You careen from bouts of laziness to bursts of disciplined efficiency. It seems that you're always either building bridges or burning them, and on occasion you are building and burning them at the same time. In short, Aquarius, you are a master of vacillation and a slippery lover of the in-between. When you're not completely off-target and out of touch, you've got a knack for wild-guessing the future and seeing through the false appearances that everyone else regards as the gospel truth. I, for one, am thoroughly entertained! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How can you ripen the initiatives you have set in motion in recent weeks? Of the good new trends you have launched, which can you now install as permanent enhancements in your daily rhythm? Is there anything you might do to cash in on the quantum leaps that have occurred, maybe even figure out a way to make money from them? It's time for you to shift from being lyrically dreamy to fiercely practical. You're ready to convert lucky breaks into enduring opportunities.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe unquestioningly in the truth and power of astrology. They imagine it's an exact science that can unfailingly discern character and predict the future. Other people believe all astrology is nonsense. They think that everyone who uses it is deluded or stupid. I say that both of these groups are wrong. Both have a simplistic, uninformed perspective. The more correct view is that some astrology is nonsense and some is a potent psychological tool. Some of it's based on superstition and some is rooted in a robust mythopoetic understanding of archetypes. I encourage you to employ a similar appreciation for paradox as you evaluate a certain influence that is currently making a big splash in your life. In one sense, this influence is like snake oil, and you should be skeptical about it. But in another sense it's good medicine that can truly heal. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to the Biblical stories, Peter was Christ's closest disciple, but acted like a traitor when trouble came. After Christ was arrested, in the hours before the trial, Peter denied knowing his cherished teacher three different times. His fear trumped his love, leading him to violate his sacred commitment. Is there anything remotely comparable to that scenario developing in your own sphere, Virgo? If you recognize any tendencies in yourself to shrink from your devotion or violate your highest principles, I urge you to root them out. Be brave. Stay strong and true in your duty to a person or place or cause that you love.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Personal Representative By: /s/ Patrick Dougherty MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-47 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KELLY K. BULLOCK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ronald D. Bullock has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the 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 Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 9th day of March, 2015. /s/ Ronald D. Bullock, Personal Representative of the Estate of Kelly K. Bullock /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-15-193 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JULIA ANN GOEBEL, a/k/a JULIA ANNE GOEBEL, a/k/a JULIE A. GOEBEL, and a/k/a JULIA A. GOEBEL TO CHANGE HER NAME TO JULIE ANNE GOEBEL Notice is hereby given that Petitioner, Julie Anne Goebel, has filed a Petition with this Court for permission to change her name from the several variations listed in the case caption above, to her one true legal name, JULIE ANNE GOEBEL. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is further hereby given to all persons interested in the matter that a Hearing on the Petition will be held at the Missoula County Courthouse in Missoula, Montana on the 23rd day of April, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., at which time any objections to the Petition will be heard. Any person desiring to object to the granting of the Petition may do so by filing a proper objection in writing with the clerk of said court

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with any such filing completed no later than the time set for hearing. DATED this 10th day of March, 2015. /s/ Michelle Vipperman, Deputy Clerk IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Petitioner’s former aliases of her one time name of Julie Anne Goebel, be forever changed for all purposes under the law to JULIE ANNE GOEBEL. DATED this 10th day of March, 2015. /s/ John W. Larson, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-15-35 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INT E S T A C Y , DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL H. GINNINGS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Chari Lipski has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for adjudication of intestacy, determination of heirs, and the appointment of Chari Lipski as Personal Representative of said estate. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on the 16th day of April, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 o’clock a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Service of this notice is being made in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service. Dated this 12th day of March, 2015. /s/ Chari Lipski APPLICANT’S ATTORNEY: BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Chari Lipski MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-15-50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD L. ANDERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All

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persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to JUDITH ESTA ANDERSON and KENT K. ANDERSON, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State o Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 18th day of March, 2015. /s/ Judith Esta Anderson, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Kent K. Anderson, Co-Personal Representative WORDEN THANE PC Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives By: /s/ William E. McCarthy NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/16/12, recorded as Instrument No. 201220620 BK 902 PG 497, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Frank L. Tetro, III, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A Tract of land located in the SE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M. , Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as Tract 28-B-1B of Certificate of Survey No. 2726. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment pay-

ments due thereafter. As of January 21, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $480,416.58. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $443,823.26, 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 9, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7 0 2 3 . 1 0 8 6 0 5 ) 1002.263717-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated

09/25/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200625650 Book 784, Page 899, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Walter R. Muralt and Nicole A. Muralt was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 6 of Caitlin’s Estates, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 2012010651 B: 895 P: 328, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage PassThrough Trust 2006-18, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 200618. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 28, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $1,141,808.00. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $926,710.89, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County

PUBLIC NOTICES Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on June 9, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 8 1 9 3 . 2 0 2 0 9 ) 1002.264415-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/26/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200702634, Bk. 791, Pg. 655, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark W. Knight and Laura A. Knight, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Home123 Corporation was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 55-B of Snider Addition, a platted subdivi-

sion in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200807848, Bk. 816, Pg. 1024, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-AR3. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 6, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $1,067,353.15. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $599,322.54, 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 15, 2015 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

MNAXLP entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.26264) 1002.97599File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/31/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200928024 Bk: 851 Pg: 474, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Paul E. Morrison, a married man as his sole and separate property was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 17 of Lakewood Estates Phase I, 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 Section 9(a)(ii) The Property ceases to be the principal residence of a Borrower for reasons other than death and the property is not the principal residence of at least one other Borrower. Interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/11/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of Feb-

ruary 3, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $320,989.34. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $278,925.84, 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 15, 2015 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 fore-

closure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7 0 2 3 . 1 0 8 6 3 2 ) 1002.267338-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/24/12, recorded as Instrument No. 201203878 Bk: 890 Pg: 555, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which John Reed, a single man was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., Corporation was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more

particularly described as follows: Lot 17-C of Amended Plat of Cobban and Dinsmores’s Orchard Homes, Lot 17, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201412986 Bk: 933 Pg: 309, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 5, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $199,759.32. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $190,241.76, 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 15, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at

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PUBLIC NOTICES www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7 0 2 3 . 1 1 2 5 5 2 ) 1002.277975-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 1, 2015, 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 13 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 6 OF GLENWOOD PARK ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 793 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 306 Leslie A Largay and John F Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 8, 2007 and recorded March 8, 2007 in Book 793, Page 307 under Document No. 200705492. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,591.03, beginning January 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 25, 2014 is $209,707.47 principal, interest at the rate of 6.250% totaling $53,288.85, late charges in the amount of $261.90, escrow advances of $16,870.57, and other

fees and expenses advanced of $7,973.28, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN

MNAXLP ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INF O R M A T I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 21, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 21st day of January, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Citimortgage V Largay 42011.428 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 1, 2015, 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 13 OF SPRING MEADOWS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Josh Chesnut and Tanya Chesnut, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 12, 2008 and recorded September 19, 2008 in book 826, page 932 under Document No. 200821748. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation. 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 $1,045.04, beginning September 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal

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and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 31, 2015 is $190,387.06 principal, interest at the rate of 4.0% totaling $3,891.60, late charges in the amount of $687.82, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,384.96, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.15 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and

thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INF O R M A T I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 21, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 21st day of January, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Guild Vs. Chesnut 41291.874 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 18, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 29 AND W1/2NW1/4NW1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4367. Jeffrey S. Malek, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 14, 2003 and recorded on August 19, 2003 in Book 715, Page 419 under Document No. 200330670. The ben-

eficial interest is currently held by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CSFB MORTGAGE BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-8. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,486.89, beginning April 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 18, 2014 is $224,518.46 principal, interest at the rate of 6.0% totaling $64,651.96, escrow advances of $30,673.91, and other fees and expenses advanced of $5,044.27, plus accruing interest at the rate of $36.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is

being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INF O R M A T I O N OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 6, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 6th day of January, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Chase Vs. Malek 41916.657

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $625, New Complex, DW, A/C, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $675, newer complex, near Broadway & Russell, DW, A/C, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

paid $640. Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership & $100 gift card.

large closets, patio/balcony, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

1315 E. Broadway #3. 1 bed/1.5 bath, near University, coin-ops, carport, pet? $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

2101 Dearborn: 1 Bedroom condo, Private patio, 2 Carports, Heat paid $795. Garden City Property Management 5496106 1 year Costco membership.

1315 E. Broadway #6. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coinops, pet? $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $525$705. Downtown, coin-op laundry, carport, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

1335 Byron: 2 Bedroom, 1 1/2 Bath, Storage, Laundry, All Paid, $825.Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership

1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $575$625, N. Russell, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

2 bedroom, 1 bath, $750, 62 and older community, third floor unit, elevator, coin-op laundry, free basic cable, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking GATEWEST 728-7333

1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $600$705, quiet cul-de-sac, near Good Food Store, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

2 bedroom, 1 bath, $795, Southside location, remodeled, w/d hookup, storage, carport, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

1024 Stephens #5. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, DW, coinops, cat? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 119 Turner Ct. #4, 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, W/D hookups, storage, pets? $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1213 Cleveland St. “D”. 1 bed/1 bath, HEAT PAID, central location, shared W/D, pet? $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1301 Montana: Open studio, Wood floors, Private deck, Dishwasher, On-site laundry, Heat

2 bedroom, 1 bath, $875-$895, 2 Weeks FREE w/6 Month Lease, Brand New 6-Plex, DW, A/C,

2306 Hillview Ct. #1. 2 bed/1 bath, South Hills, W/D hookups, shared yard, storage. $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2327 Foothills: 2 Bedroom, Southhills, Hook-ups, Pet considered! $675 Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership. 2329 Fairview #1. 2 bed/1 bath, shared yard, close to shopping. $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 720 Turner St. “B” 3 bed/1.5 bath Northside, pet? $900 Grizzly Property Management 5422060 Is your Property Manager a NARPM Member? westernmontana.narpm.org

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NOW LEASING! Mullan Reserve Apartments Rugged yet refined. Secluded yet convenient. Luxurious yet sustainable. Call for a free tour. 543-0060. 4000 Mullan Road. mullanreserveapartments.com Our members are: licensed, educated, professional, bound by a code of ethics, and have a duty to provide the best possible service. westernmontana.narpm.org Owners: looking for a professional to take care of your investment? Relax and leave it to the best in the business: Western Montana Chapter of NARPM westernmontana.narpm.org Rent from the best Property Managers in Western Montana westernmontana.narpm.org River Ridge is a lovely, active community dedicated for seniors only (residents must be 55+ to qualify). This apartment complex has a mix of 1 & 2 bedrooms apartments over 3 floors. Thoughtful floor plans, radiant heat flooring and all utilities paid help make this is comfortable and welcoming place to call home. There is a large community room with a fireplace, a library, card/puzzle room, and a billiards room. 2 elevators serve the building, there is a laundry room on each floor and garages are available for an additional fee. 1 bedrooms $625, security deposit $550 and 2 bedrooms $725, security deposit $650. Please contact Property Manager Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113

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The Palace Apartments, located at 149 W. Broadway, is now leasing studio’s, 1 bedroom & 2 bedroom units! This is an income qualifying property, with rents from $405$707 monthly. H/W/S/G/ all paid, electric is tenant responsibility. Parking must be acquired thru the Missoula Parking Commission. The Palace boasts a central downtown location, with 2 elevators and a secure building. Please call Matty Reed, Property Manager, at 406.549.4113 x130 for details!

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Is your Property Manager a NARPM Member? Our members are: licensed, educated, professional, bound by a code of ethics, and have a duty to provide the best possible service. www.westernmontana.narpm.or g Professional Property Management. Find Yourself at Home in the Missoula Rental Market with PPM. 1511 S Russell • (406) 721-8990 • www.professionalproperty.com

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REAL ESTATE HOMES 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 11864 O’Keefe Creek. 5 bed, 3 bath on 20 acres. Daylight walkout lower level, decks & double garage. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 1307 Phillips. Lovely 3 bed, 2 bath Craftman with great front porch, back deck & double garage. Lots of recent upgrades. $300,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 1511 Van Buren. 3 bed, 1 bath in lower Rattlesnake. Hardwood floors, coved ceilings & basement. Mt. Jumbo views. $229,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-581. annierealtor@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park Home with commercial space. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2101 South 14th West. 4 bed, 2 bath with mother-in-law apartment & double garage. $239,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 2101 South 14th West. Remodeled 4 bed, 2 bath on corner lot. Lower level has separate entrance, kitchen & bath. $239,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 2227 West Kent. 2 bed, 1 bath ranch home with unfinished basement. Priced to sell! $135,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 2304 River Road. Fully remodeled 2 bed, 2 bath 1940’s bungalow with large fenced yard, patio & deck. $209,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $225,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Borders DNRC land. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3010 West Central. Five acres bordering DNRC in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3924 Chelsea Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasant View home. Central heating & A/C, covered front porch & 2 car garage. $235,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambroserarealestate.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $410,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Plex By The River 319/321 1st St. Dream location! 3-plex and alley house (2 efficiencies and 2 one bed units) behind Bernices ‘hood, River views and end of the street. Reduced $365,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com 4114 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasantview home with fenced yard, UG sprinklers & 2 car garage. $238,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 4221 Bordeaux. 3 bed, 2 bath on Windsor Park. Full unfinished basement & double garage. $219,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 5802 Longview Drive. South Hills Split Level. 4 bedroom, 2 bath, double car garage on 9,338 sf fenced lot. $225,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 annierealtor@gmail.com 601 Montana Avenue. 4 bed, 1 bath on 3 lots in East Missoula. Fenced yard, double garage & shop. $260,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com Affordable & Adorable Northside 217 N 2nd St.

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REAL ESTATE W. $189,500. Home with some upgrades including kitchen floor, some newer windows, roof in 2003, water heater in 2008. Private back yard with a wonderful shed, and lovely front yard with a picket fence KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM

Design, Inc. Building net zero energy custom homes using solar thermal and solar PV. 3690940 or 642-6863 www.naturalhousebuilder.net Orange Street Triplex 201 S Orange Street Triplex. $275,000. Location is awesome, near the river and downtown and river trails and bike trails and all sorts of conveniences. Two main floor units, one upper. Some hardwood floors and some upgrades and tons of character! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com

Farviews Home 404 Westview. Three bedroom, 2 bath home in the desirable Farviews neighborhood for $265,000! Solar panels, views, great home. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

South Hills Ranch Style 2615 Arcadia - $250,000. 3 bed/1 bath. Open floor plan, gorgeous updates including kitchen abd bath, backs to open space, large backyard. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM

Sweet & Modern 949 Discovery. $225,000. 3 bed/2 bath energy-efficient home with a trail up Mt. Jumbo right out your door! No maintenance siding; low maintenance yard; super floor plan and kitchen, and lots of light. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers. Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Natural Housebuilders and Terry Davenport

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We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com

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

When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Ese. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com

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WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #312. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $151, 900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, s torage and access to community room and exercise room plus

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1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 2 acre building lot with incredi-

ble views. Mullan Road West. $125,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2101 South 14th West • $239,900

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LAND 1 acre building lot with incredible views. Mullan Road West. $115,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

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LOWER RATTLESNAKE LAND FOR SALE- NHN RAYMOND.62 ACRES. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM

Clark Fork River. $189,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com

Rose Park commercial building with attached rental. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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lis. 3 bed, 2 bath Victorian on over 7 fenced acres with barn & outbuildings. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 17430 Six Mile Road Wow. Stunning setting - picture perfect with a wooded hillside behind and open meadows in front. 12.5 acres with wonderful farm house $250,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com 17730 Wild Goose, Frenchtown. 4 bed, 2 bath on 1/2 acre by King Ranch Golf Course. Fireplace, jetted tub & 2 car garage. $310,000. Anne Jablonski, Por-

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tico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $178,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000.

BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $479,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4221 Bordeaux $219,000 Beautiful home on Windsor Park. Built in 2009, 3 bed, 2 bath, home with 2 car garage. McCormick Unfinished basement Pat Real Estate Broker is plumbed for bath Real Estate With Real Experience and has egress pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653) windows. Properties2000.com

5615 Nightingale, Lolo. 3 bed, 2 bath on quiet cul-de-sac. A/C, UG sprinklers, deck, fenced yard & 2 car garage. $227,500. 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 6850 Faithful Way, Lolo. New 3 bed, 2 bath on 1+ acre in Sapphire Acres. $349,900. 531-3605 vickiehonzel@lam-

NEW CONSTRUCTION! 707 Parkview $395,000 MLS # 20146945 4 bed, 3 bath with great city views. Spacious kitchen with island & wood floors. Daylight level with wet bar. High efficiency Fujistu heating & cooling. 406-728-2621

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