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2011 OFFICIAL BALLOT

Arts & Entertainment Best Art Gallery _____________________________________ Best Local Band _____________________________________ Best Local Photographer _____________________________ Best Local Writer ___________________________________ Best Movie Theater __________________________________

Fashion & Beauty Best Cosmetics _____________________________________ Best Day Spa ________________________________________ Best Jewelry ________________________________________ Best Kids' Clothing __________________________________ Best Lingerie ________________________________________ Best Men’s Clothing __________________________________ Best Place for a Hair Cut _____________________________ Best Shoe Store _____________________________________ Best Tattoo Parlor ___________________________________ Best Thrift Store _____________________________________ Best Women’s Clothing _______________________________

Food & Drink Best Asian Food _____________________________________ Best Bakery _________________________________________ Best Bar Food _______________________________________ Best Breakfast _______________________________________ Best Budget Lunch ___________________________________ Best Coffee _________________________________________ Best Convenience Store ______________________________ Best Delicatessen ____________________________________ Best Desserts _______________________________________ Best Family-Friendly Restaurant _______________________ Best French Fries ____________________________________ Best Fresh Produce __________________________________ Best Hamburger _____________________________________ Best Ice Cream ______________________________________ Best Liquor Store ____________________________________ Best Mexican Food __________________________________ Best Milk Shake _____________________________________ Best New Restaurant ________________________________ Best Outdoor Dining ________________________________ Best Pizza ___________________________________________ Best Pizza Delivery __________________________________ Best Place to Eat Alone ______________________________ Best Restaurant _____________________________________ Best Restaurant Service ______________________________ Best Restaurant Wine List ____________________________ Best Retail Beer Selection ____________________________ Best Retail Wine Selection ____________________________ Best Romantic Dining ________________________________ Best Salad __________________________________________ Best Sandwich Shop _________________________________ Best Seafood ________________________________________ Best Steak __________________________________________ Best Supermarket ___________________________________ Best Vegetarian Food _________________________________

Goods & Services Best Auto Repair ____________________________________ Best Big Box Store __________________________________ Best Bookstore _____________________________________ Best Car Wash ______________________________________ Best CDs and Music _________________________________

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It’s that time again, dear reader. Take a deep breath because you are about to embark on a critical couple of minutes. You’re looking at an official Best of Missoula ballot, the starting point to the Independent’s annual celebration of everything and everyone that make Missoula so special. By answering the following vital questions—Best Local Band, Best Vegetarian Food, Best Happy Hour, and nearly 100 others—you’ll help anoint our next great discovery or re-crown one of the city’s established stalwarts. It’s all up to you. Your part in this process is pretty important, but, luckily, it doesn’t require much work.You can vote in hard copy by using this ballot, or visit www.missoulanews.com and vote online, where you’ll find more than 50 onlineonly categories. The rules are also pretty straightforward: We require ballots to include your full name, e-mail address and phone number in the spaces provided. Ballots missing any of this information, or ballots with fewer than 30 categories filled in, will be mocked, ridiculed and not counted. Same goes for photocopied ballots and ballots with unclear markings. Hard-copy ballots may be mailed or hand-delivered to the Indy office at 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or dropped at any of the ballot locations listed below. Ballots must be received by no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11. Rest assured, your deep thought, diligent answering and exceptional penmanship will pay off in the form of an invite to the Independent’s annual Best of Missoula Party at Caras Park on Thursday, July 7. Now, get to it. Missoula is counting on you.

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Bar ___________________________________________ Bar for a Stiff Pour _____________________________ Beer Selection _________________________________ Bloody Mary __________________________________ Casino ________________________________________ Happy Hour ___________________________________ Karaoke Bar ___________________________________ Martini ________________________________________ Microbrewery _________________________________ Place to Dance ________________________________ Place to Hear Live Music ________________________ Pool Table _____________________________________ Sports Bar ____________________________________

People & Media Best Activist ________________________________________ Best Journalist ______________________________________ Best Local Politician _________________________________ Best Local Sports Figure _____________________________ Best Meteorologist _________________________________ Best Radio Personality ______________________________ Best Radio Station __________________________________ Best TV Newscast __________________________________ Best TV Personality _________________________________

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Bike Shop _____________________________________ Bowling Alley __________________________________ Flyfishing Shop _________________________________ Golf Course ___________________________________ Health Club ___________________________________ Place for Paddle Sports Gear ____________________ Place to Get a Snowboard ______________________ Sporting Goods ________________________________ Store for Guns ________________________________ Store for Mountaineering Gear __________________ Store for Skis __________________________________

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Bernice's Bakery, Break Espresso, Bridge Pizza, Butterfly Herbs, Caffè Dolce (Brooks & Beckwith), El Diablo, Food for Thought, Good Food Store, Grizzly Grocery, Hastings, Hob Nob, Iron Horse, Iza Asian Restaurant, Kettlehouse, Orange Street Food Farm, Press Box, Missoula Public Library (upstairs lobby), Rockin Rudy's, Rosauers Reserve Street Bistro, Sushi Hana, Taco del Sol (all 4 locations), UC Center Market, Uptown Diner, Westside Lanes,Wheat Montana,Worden's Market Missoula Independent

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nside Cover Story At 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Erik Hanson got an urgent call from the state of Idaho: A sailboat was on its way to Montana, destined to hit Dayton Harbor, on Flathead Lake, at 10 a.m. Saturday—and it might have dangerous cargo. Hanson took off from Missoula the next morning. Within minutes of the sailboat’s arrival at Dayton, he spotted the cargo. It was clinging Cover illustration by Kou Moua to the worn, blue keel of the 33-foot sailboat: a pea-sized quagga mussel .............14

News Letters The plight of circus elephants, and a plea for quit-smoking funds............ 4 The Week in Review Schweitzer’s brand flames, Walter Breuning bows out ..........6 Briefs A spelunker’s wish, an indoor shooting range, and burger wars ...................6 Etc. And now, the positive side of hosting underage drinking..................................7 Up Front The Upper Lochsa Land Exchange faces mounting opposition ................8 Up Front Dave Strohmaier has a plan to keep you safe............................................9 Ochenski A fiscal rating downgrade could reverberate from D.C. to Helena ........10 Writers on the Range Earth Day arrives amid assaults on the Clean Air Act .........11 Agenda Courtney E. Martin helps activists start it up..............................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan That tough old bird had it coming, with wine ............................19 Happiest Hour Mullan Station ................................................................................20 8 Days a Week How to dodge the hail as you tan ..................................................22 Mountain High Showing the big mother some love for Earth Day........................33 Scope Missoula’s Mike Avery heads south for rock ’n’ roll honors.........................34 Noise Signal Path, The Bridge, Patrick Sweany—and Amon Amarth! ......................35 Theater Two Rooms production has a heavy hand..................................................36 Film The Conspirator hits you over the head ..........................................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................38

Exclusives Street Talk ..................................................................................................................4 In Other News..........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ...............................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ..............................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology ................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World..............................................................................................C-11 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Robert Meyerowitz PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matthew Frank PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Ira Sather-Olson STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Alex Sakariassen CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Skylar Browning COPY EDITORS Samantha Dwyer, David Merrill ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jenn Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Chris Melton, Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff, Rhonda Urbanski, Steven Kirst SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Teal Kenny FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold EDITORIAL INTERN Jed Nussbaum CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, George Ochenski, Nick Davis, Andy Smetanka, Jay Stevens, Dave Loos, Ednor Therriault, Ali Gadbow, Azita Osanloo, Cathrine L. Walters, Anne Medley, Jesse Froehling

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked at lunchtime Tuesday along North Higgins Ave.

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Turns out there’s a restaurant in Stevensville called the Munchwagon. What would you guess they serve there? Follow-up: What would you like to see Missoula serve in a drive-up style?

Jon Baker: With a name like that, I’d say bar food, at 2 a.m. That’s a guess though, because it’s usually about the time I get the munchies. Meals on wheels: Hot sandwiches. I mean, every city I go to has these food wagons, with food all day long, with things like sandwiches, tacos, and burritos. That’d be really good.

Travis Miller: The Munchwagon? With a name like that, I wonder if it’s parked out in front of one of these new natural caregiver establishments that have popped up. Maybe they sell Southern soul food, or something like that. Curry up! I don’t know that it would really work out as a drive-through, but Missoula really needs some Indian food, and some Ethiopian food.

Dave Fabich: Munchwagon?! Whoa! I’d guess lunch food, like soups and sandwiches. Even with “munch” in it, I wouldn’t assume it’s affiliated with medical marijuana, but it could be. Bring it: Frozen custard, it’s amazing. I’m from Milwaukee and there’s two places there that sell it. I’ve always dreamed about opening up one here, because there’s really no frozen custard places anywhere in the West. This might have been just what I needed to make it happen.

The circus means bondage Run away to join the circus! What a ring of liberation this has, beckoning kids for generations. An escape to freedom from nagging parents, onerous chores, meaningless homework. Even some restless adults still hear that siren song, now merely an escape fantasy where the dreamer imagines leaving the past behind and starting over as someone new. While the human version is all about free will and freedom, for other species— whether captured from the wild or bred into captivity—the circus means bondage. Captured animals are abducted away from everything good and natural—family, home, accustomed diet, comfortable routine. Chained or caged (some once roamed up to 50 miles a day!), they’re transported a world away. Forced to start over as someone new, they are now slaves. Captive-bred animals, never having experienced the life nature intended, know only the exploitation: abuse, crushing boredom, perpetual confinement. One wonders if they aren’t the “luckier” of the two. They face abusive handlers and onerous (sometimes brutal) training regimens, learning to do demeaning, meaningless stunts. Rather than long rambles, leisurely dust baths, and companionship at the watering hole, their day features bullhooks, whips, muzzles, and electric prods. Hurting and confused, little by little, they give over to despair. They learn to do handstands, jump through burning hoops, and ride bicycles for their 10-minute performance. The circus is coming to Missoula. If you choose to go, remember the heavy price paid by animals for your brief moments of amusement. Remember the painful, behind-the-scenes training that had to occur. Visit Other Nations (www.OtherNationsJustice.org), a western Montana animal rights organization, to learn more about circus animal exploitation, and view it for yourself. And remember that the worthy cause of raising money for disabled and injured kids need not rely on animal exploitation and abuse, and never, ever should. Kathleen Stachowski Lolo

Tobacco prevention worth it

Heather Reel: That’s a really awesome question, because Munchwagon is a really funny name, and they should be serving something creative. Beats glue: So I’m going with horse meat, or dragon meat. A killer avocado burger, with mayonnaise and all the good stuff. And it needs to be on horse meat, I just love horse meat!

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As a physician and resident of Montana, I was pleased when, in 2002, 65 percent of voters said they wanted the tobacco settlement funds to be used for tobacco prevention. As you might recall, that was also a time when the legislature was facing a budget deficit, but the majority of our state resi-

dents recognized the greater cost of doing nothing about tobacco abuse. Now members of the legislature find themselves in a second budget deficit and have a similar choice in terms of cutting $15 million from tobacco-prevention spending for the next two years. If this cut is allowed to go forward, Montana will discover the long-term cost is far greater than the shortterm savings. According to numerous credible sources, tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the state. The Montana Medicaid program incurs approximately $67 million in expenses from tobacco-related health problems each year. According to Montana

circus is “ Thecoming to Missoula. If you choose to go, remember the heavy price paid by animals for your brief moments of

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Public Health, a disproportionately high prevalence of smoking and use of other tobacco products occurs among specific populations, such as low-income adults, Native Americans, and young women. Tobacco use is the leading cause of lost productivity in the workplace, costing Montana $305 million, including state employees who smoke. The average cost of a pack of cigarettes in Montana is $5.78. But the cost to the state per pack is $21.24. In fact, for every dollar spent on smoking cessation, the state gained $1.33 in reduced healthcare costs, according to the American Lung Association. State Medicaid programs can achieve

an even greater return on investing in smoking cessation programs for the poor. These programs will actually “bend the cost curve down” for managing healthcare costs going forward. Massachusetts Medicaid tracked its expenditure for the past two years, realizing a $3.07 return for every dollar spent. To respond to the argument that we’ve done enough—that we’ve reached a point of diminishing return in terms of our investment in further reducing the number of Montana smokers—consider that tobacco companies annually spend $12.8 billion ($33 million in Montana) on marketing. The 18-24 year old population in Montana is the only group in which tobacco addiction is increasing. If we stop our efforts, tobacco companies will only increase theirs. I know prevention programs work. I see it in my own patients and the statistics don’t lie. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults has decreased from 22 percent in 1998 to 17 percent in 2009 with the help of smoking cessation programs. More than 52,000 Montanans have called the Montana Quit Line since 2004, resulting in 15,600 people quitting their use of tobacco. More than 1,600 Montanans called the Quit Line in January alone. According to national studies, 76 percent of smokers want to quit but without assistance only 5 percent remain tobacco-free for three to 12 months. As physicians, we need the accessibility to all the tools available in a comprehensive smoking cessation program, including group and individual counseling and overthe-counter and prescription drugs. It’s not just good policy, it makes good medical sense. If the legislature continues down this path to cutting the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, it will not only impact those individuals who are already using tobacco and who want to quit. It will impact every taxpayer in the state. It will also impact our children. I appeal to the members of the Montana Legislature—do not take the step of dismantling the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program and think you are saving money. We recognize the need to set the budget within revenue limits, but dismantling the Montana program is unwise. This strategy will not save the state money. We will in fact incur even greater costs to our state at the expense of the health of our population. J. Scott Millikan American College of Cardiology, Montana Chapter Billings

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News Quirks by Elizabeth Costigan

The always-theatrical Gov. Brian Schweitzer takes a flaming “VETO” branding iron to 17 bills he says are either “frivolous, unconstitutional or in direct contradiction to the expressed will of the people of Montana,” including House Bill 161, which would repeal the state’s voter-approved Medical Marijuana Act.

• Thursday, April 14 Walter Breuning, 114, the world’s oldest man and second-oldest person, dies of natural causes in a Great Falls hospital. The Tribune’s obituary describes the supercentenarian as “a cheerful soul with chutzpah, a man who spoke his mind, but also provided encouragement to younger people.”

• Friday, April 15 The Montana Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities, erupts into a heated argument about transparency. The dustup triggers a leadership shakeup. Travis Kavulla replaces Bill Gallagher as chairman. Missoula’s Gail Gutsche is elected vice chair, replacing Brad Molnar.

• Saturday, April 16 Women wearing rainbow leis, people in wheelchairs, kids with painted faces, Missoula Mayor John Engen, and a man on a horse, among others, celebrate the National Coalition Building Institute’s “Diversity Day,” an effort to honor and strengthen relationships forged among all members of the local community.

• Sunday, April 17 A fistfight outside a South Hills house party results in the death of Seth William Horn, 22, of Great Falls. Missoula law enforcement says 19-year-old Shane Richard Rummel, 19, punched Horn, who then fell back and hit his head on the pavement. Rummel faces charges of negligent homicide.

• Monday, April 18 In response to a lawsuit filed by Missoula County and other plaintiffs, Third Judicial Court Judge Ray Dayton of Anaconda says ExxonMobil can’t yet begin building turnouts to accommodate its megaloads destined for the Alberta tar sands. Dayton does, however, allow a test module to proceed over Lolo Pass.

• Tuesday, April 19 Shawn Robyn Gawronski, 33, enters a not-guilty plea to felony arson charges in the wake of a March 21 fire at his estranged wife’s Frenchtown hair salon. Law enforcement says Gawronski set the Gifted Hands salon on fire in response to his wife’s divorce filing.

About 30 people gathered outside the Missoula Post Office Monday afternoon to protest corporate tax inequality, saying that large corporations don’t pay their fair share. “Where are the young people?” Virginia DeLand (left) asks. “This is their future.” Missoula Women for Peace have protested on Tax Day for the past 25 years.

Smoking The kid and the cuts Leaving the Indy last week, I stumbled on a middle-school-aged kid with his hand buried wristdeep in an ashtray bin. The kid plucked a few discarded butts from the sludgy mess and placed them in a tin American Spirits box. We made eye contact and he booked it. As Republicans in the Montana Legislature have proposed a number of controversial budget cuts throughout this year’s session—specifically cuts to funding for tobacco use prevention programs—that kid in the stairwell seemed like a walking parable. J. Scott Millikan, the president of the Montana Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, sent a letter to media reps statewide just days before pleading for the state legislature to reconsider: “If the legislature continues down this path to cutting the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, it will not only impact those individuals who are already using tobacco and who want to quit. It will impact every taxpayer in the state. It will also impact our children as well.”

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, roughly 16 percent of all Montanans smoke. And in 2008, the agency found that same percentage true of students in middle and high school. The proposed reductions would cut the state’s $10 million annual tobacco use prevention funding by $7.5 million, or three-quarters, says state Chronic Disease Bureau Chief Todd Harwell. The Montana Tobacco Quit Line will disappear. The state will have to halt collaboration with college campuses. Harwell estimates 70 jobs will be lost statewide. “The rates of smoking among adults and youth are either going to stagnate or increase,” Harwell predicts. “The sales of tobacco products will either stagnate or increase. The experience from other states who have had their funding cut, like California and South Carolina, has shown that.” And the kid fishing for butts? That $7.5 million reduction would hamper the efforts of the youth-based reACT! Against Corporate Tobacco Program. Harwell says initiatives like it have contributed to a 48 percent drop in smoking among Montana kids since 1998. Alex Sakariassen

Outdoors A spelunker’s plea Michael McEachern, 67, looked at home in the dark at the Montana Natural History Center last Wednesday. The glow of a laptop illuminated his soft, gray beard as though a spelunker’s lamp were trained on his face. Only McEachern’s audience, decked out in flimsy 3D glasses, seemed to greet the dimness as something unusual as they gazed at images of Montana’s subterranean wonders. “We cavers consider ourselves guardians of the underground world,” McEachern told them. His voice occasionally drifted into a high register, like an auditory counterpoint to the depths he’s explored. McEachern first started crawling around beneath Montana’s alpine landscapes in 1973. He trekked into the Bob Marshall Wilderness that year and mapped a mile of what he calls Blood Cave. Now he’s chairman of the Rocky Mountain Grotto chapter of the National Speleological Society. He used to rely on a double-lens Seton Rochwite camera to bring the underworld above ground; these days he uses a digital 3D camera. McEachern’s is a pursuit that comes complete

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with its own brand of humor. “A caver does know the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground,” he joked, eliciting laughter from the dark. But he finds nothing funny about the latest news in the caving community. Fearing the spread of white-nose syndrome, an epidemic that’s killed roughly one million bats back East, the Center for Biological Diversity is pushing the government to close all caves on public land in the western United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported white-nose syndrome in Kentucky just this month, bumping the number of impacted states to 18. McEachern maintains a blanket closure is too drastic. “The policy isn’t going to work,” he said. “People are still going to go into caves, but now we won’t have someone there pushing them in the right direction.” Without spelunkers actively promoting a strong conservation ethic, he told his audience, vandalism of delicate natural features will increase. Alex Sakariassen

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Roger Hinther, of the Hellgate Civilian Shooters Association, says he’d be “tickled to death” if an indoor range opens. His association operates a small indoor range in Bonner, but he says it’s only suitable for small-caliber firearms. He sees real demand for a larger facility, like what Judnich proposes, with a

Firearms Indoor shooting range proposed Back in February, Marty Judnich, a personal injury and criminal defense attorney, took a gun safety course before obtaining a concealed weapon permit. He recalls having to go outside to practice shooting in inclement weather, and wondering why Missoula didn’t have an indoor range. His question soon became a mission: to open one. Last week, he submitted a proposal to build the city’s first indoor shooting range, on North Avenue, which he envisions as a complement to the nearby Deep Creek and Deer Creek outdoor ranges. “I wanted an indoor range where you’re in a good, safe environment, not in a whole lot of danger, and there are people supervising you,” Judnich says. “If you want instruction, you can get instruction. If you want some safety management, you can have safety management…It’s a much safer environment to start learning how to use weapons.” The proposal comes as more and more Montanans are, like Judnich, buying and carrying guns. The Montana Department of Justice currently counts 26,230 concealed weapon permit holders, more than double the number of permits five years ago.

bullet trap, ballistic protection, and sound absorbing technology. So does Gary Marbut, of the Montana Shooting Sports Association. But he cautions that Montana’s small population centers, combined with costly Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, make it difficult for indoor ranges to pencil out—unless, he says, you cater to women, who tend to bring the entire family. “Women seem to be the key,” Marbut says. “And in order to attract women, you need…ambiance. You need a pro shop and a daycare center and a food court and nice colors and cleanliness.” Judnich hasn’t quite gotten that far in planning the Red Star Indoor Shooting Range, as he’d call it. He says he hopes to open it this summer. Matthew Frank

Stevi politics Burger wars The owner of Matt’s Morning Munchwagon, in Stevensville, alleges town officials are trying to shut

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him down at the behest of his competition, The Burger Shack. “It’s just starting to be a series of harassments,” says Munchwagon owner Matt Northup. “It’s getting to the point where I don’t know what’s going on.” Three weeks ago, Stevensville Mayor Lew Barnett visited the Munchwagon, which does business from the same 110 Main Street location as Winky’s Café. Barnett advised Northup that, because of a drive-through restaurant ban on the main drag, the operation was legally questionable. Barnett slotted debate on the issue for a Planning & Zoning Board meeting the following week. Northup’s supporters showed up in droves to the April 6 board meeting, where it became clear that Winky’s and the Munchwagon are exempt from the drive-through restriction because the building— and the window—was constructed before the ban took effect. Board member Howard Knight asserted that the zoning regulations were clear, and the mayor’s intervention—personally asking Northup to defend the window and also the legality of a grease interceptor—was inappropriate. Knight further argued that Barnett’s actions were fueled by “collusion and corruption” with Burger Shack owners Lisa and Rob Butler. The Butlers, Knight asserts, are concerned that Winky’s—which serves burgers, made with local Angus beef, no less—is a threat. Outraged about the alleged collusion, Knight resigned his seat on the board at the end of the meeting. “The mayor and the owner of the Burger Shack are close friends,” Knight told the Indy last week. “That’s what I think prompted it.” The Butlers and Stevensville Mayor Lew Barnett deny the allegations. Barnett says he was simply responding to concerns raised by multiple members of the business community—not just The Burger Shack—about even zoning regulation enforcement. “They’re wanting to know why this guy could get away with it,” Barnett says. “I thought, ‘Well, in the interest of fairness and openness, we’ll just have a meeting.’” Rob Butler, meanwhile, says he and his wife poured close to $18,000 into bringing the Burger Shack up to code and Winky’s should simply be held to the same standards. “There’s no picking on—it’s called rules,” Butler says. “Fair is fair.” Jessica Mayrer

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Total vetoes issued by Gov. Brian Schweitzer as of Tuesday afternoon, surpassing the entire 2007 legislative session when he tallied 20 vetoes, his previous record. This session’s rejected bills ranged from limiting voter registration to defining the scope of sex education in public schools.

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About six weeks ago, sheriff’s deputies descended on a Frenchtown home to bust a party. They found a gaggle of high school kids boozing it up. Thirteen were ticketed for being minors in possession of alcohol; six were under 18. They reportedly had blood-alcohol contents ranging from 0.02 to 0.082. But the real focus of the search warrant was Angela Merritt, the 38-year-old mom who hosted the party. She was charged with endangering the welfare of children. The Sheriff’s Department made clear that her arrest was intended to send a message—that it will not tolerate enablers of underage drinking. Nor will Missoula City Council. Earlier this week it adopted a “social host” ordinance, spearheaded by Dave Strohmaier, a councilman with a nanny streak (more on that on page 9). He sought mandatory jail time, among other things, for those responsible for unlawful drinking at parties. Let us throw a twist of lemon into city council’s harsh cocktail. Is it so bad, what Merritt did? The debate—which, by the way, likely isn’t over, because council botched the voting process Monday night—evoked memories of our own experimental high school days. It was common to gather at a certain friend’s house on weekend nights, give our car keys to his mom, and drink a whole lot of bad beer. Sometimes we overdid it. Sometimes we puked on the couch and, in our hungover haze, had to scrub the cushion and turn it over before our friend’s parents noticed. But we never drove drunk, never found ourselves retreating to the woods with a bottle swiped from the liquor cabinet. We had the supervision of someone who recognized that it’s better to learn your limits now than, say, at your first college kegger. Looking back, we’re thankful she had that perspective. We’ll stop short of condoning what Merritt and our friend’s mom did. We understand that underage drinking may only hasten alcoholism. But there’s at least a modicum of value in, in Merritt’s words, “only providing a safe place for the students to party.” They’re going to anyway. Fortunately, city council appears to be pushing back Strohmaier’s heavy hand. It lowered the “social host” ordinance’s fine, applied it only to hosting minors 18 and under, and struck mandatory jail time. The changes seem to acknowledge that while Merritt was charged with endangering the welfare of children, she could have meant to do just the opposite.

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Last December marked the completion of the Montana Legacy Project, the largest private conservation land purchase in history. The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands paid $490 million for 310,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber lands across western Montana, and then transferred them to public ownership. If only the project had extended to former Plum Creek timberlands just over Lolo Pass in Idaho—because then it could have avoided the controversy there over the Forest Service’s effort to lock up about 40,000 acres of checkerboarded lands intermingled with the Clearwater National Forest.

elk and lynx habitat protected—among those opposing it. The Forest Service released a draft Environmental Impact Statement last November. The comment period ended in March. Now the agency’s deciding between options for locking up the land. It hopes to make a decision by year’s end. “What we’re trying to do is make sure that we acquire the upper Lochsa,� Trulock says. “We’ve said from the beginning it’s not the acquisition anybody’s going to be upset about, it’s where do you go to exchange?� The agency’s preference is to transfer holdings within several Idaho counties to

Map courtesy U.S. Forest Service

The Upper Lochsa Land Exchange would effectively extend the Montana Legacy Project into Idaho, bringing about 40,000 acres of checkerboarded timberlands into the public domain.

That’s Teresa Trulock’s thinking, anyway. Trulock manages the Forest Service’s proposed Upper Lochsa Land Exchange. It’s just like the Montana Legacy Project, she says, “only that had strong support by a prominent senator in Montana�—U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. “We didn’t have that luxury, and so we’re going about it the only other way we can.� Without money and political will, the Forest Service can only trade for the upper Lochsa land it seeks. The agency proposes acquiring 39,371 acres held by Portland, Ore.-based Western Pacific Timber (WPT)—which is partly owned by timber baron Tim Blixseth, founder of the Yellowstone Club—in exchange for 14,153 acres of Forest Service land elsewhere in Idaho. Since the trade was floated by WPT in April 2006, it’s become increasingly contentious, with county commissioners, former Forest Service employees, and environmental groups—even those that want the upper Lochsa’s first-rate fisheries and

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WPT. That doesn’t sit well with Idahoans who recreate on those parcels, including retired Forest Service planner Dick Artley, of Grangeville. He says the exchange kowtows to corporate interests, giving away quality public lands for acres Plum Creek clear-cut before selling them to WPT in 2005. “And we just don’t like losing our national forest land,� he says. On the flip side—but also in staunch opposition—is Idaho County, which doesn’t want more national forest land. Already the county’s composed of 83 percent federal land, and the proposed swap would give it an additional 38,826 acres, and take away the tax dollars private timberlands generate. Idaho County Commissioners sent Trulock a letter, dated March 8, saying the exchange would be “economically disastrous.� They cite a study conducted by University of Idaho researcher Steven Peterson predicting that the exchange would result in the loss of 289 jobs, $20

million in annual economic activity, and $13.4 million in payroll statewide. The debate doesn’t follow the typical jobs-versus-environment dichotomy. A handful of environmental groups also oppose the exchange, including Moscow, Idaho-based Friends of the Clearwater. Its director, Gary MacFarlane, says he’s long wanted the Forest Service to obtain the upper Lochsa, but he doesn’t believe the proposed trade is in the public interest. He points to a June 2009 U.S. Government Accountability Office study of 31 federal land exchanges. Twenty-one were found to have problems in either determining the dollar value of lands or whether the public interest was served. “While the upper Lochsa is crucial and important,� MacFarlane says, “for a lot of people here on the western side of Clearwater National Forest who recreate on the Palouse Ranger District, these lands are every bit as important to them. One can make the case that the upper Lochsa is more important from an ecological perspective, but the public has to be given some deference here.� There’s another factor agitating Idahoans: the involvement of former billionaire Blixseth, who stood at the center of the ugly, protracted Yellowstone Club bankruptcy case in 2008 and 2009. He returned to the headlines two weeks ago when Montana, Idaho, and California filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against him, claiming he owes $2.3 million in back taxes. Blixseth’s company, which acquired the Lochsa lands with the intent to trade them to the Forest Service, remains at the negotiating table despite the fact that the number of acres it would get in the deal has been roughly halved since it was first proposed. “We are at a point this year where if we don’t put something together that makes sense to us from a business perspective then we’ll have no choice but to do what we can do to recoup our original investment,� says WPT general counsel Andy Hawes. MacFarlane, for one, is holding out. He wants WPT to sell its 40,000 acres to a buyer who would donate the land to the public, as the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands did in the Montana Legacy Project. “ T h e M o n t a n a L e g a c y Pr o j e c t worked,� MacFarlane says. “If our political leaders here in Idaho had the courage, I think it’d work here, too.� mfrank@missoulanews.com

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Strohmaier reaching,” he told members of the govern- Building office overlooking the Clark Fork argued that made it far too easy to skate ing body and a smattering of locals gath- River is dotted with pictures of his wife and on a drunk driving charge; the council watercolor drawings made by his children, was obligated to act in order to stem a ered in council’s Pine Street chambers. Strohmaier wants to make it a misde- ages 4 and 7. He says he often thinks about tide of drunk driving tragedies. He proposed making refusal a misdemeanor for adults to host meanor punishable with a $500 groups of three or more people fine. under 21 years old that consume alcohol. Those found That didn’t sit well with the guilty under his proposal Montana chapter of the would be subject to a $500 fine American Civil Liberties Union. plus costs of police hours tal“Just labeling someone as a lied writing tickets. Two-time criminal for wanting to assert offenders would face two days their Fourth Amendment right in jail. is troubling,” Montana ACLU “Folks are dying on our Public Policy Director Niki streets and highways as a result Zupanic said in April 2010. of DUI,” Strohmaier says. “To The proposal became law. the extent that underage drinkAnd he won’t apologize for his ing is a component of (drunk efforts to regulate behavior. driving), this is my honest Strohmaier has an ally in attempt to try to offer up someMissoula Police Chief Mark thing constructive to try to M u i r, w h o h a s s u p p o r t e d address that.” Strohmaier’s social host ordiCouncil peers, however, nance and the proposed ban on panned the proposal when using cell phones in cars, which Strohmaier first rolled it out in Strohmaier hasn’t abandoned, December. They called it intruas well as increased penalties sive. Some even dubbed the for refusing a sobriety test. ordinance “nanny-state-ism.” “From a law enforcement per“In general, I’m not a big spective, we appreciate legislafan of the abolition approach to tive initiatives that strive to alcohol problems,” which is bring into practice better safePhoto by Chad Harder “essentially what drives this ty,” Muir says. “What I see is an Dave Strohmaier, who wants you to hang up and drive, effort,” says Councilman Bob thinks there might be a place for him in D.C. overwhelming desire on his Jaffe. “It still pushes the edge of part to make our community a criminalizing more people for actions tak- his kids—envisioning the community he safer place.” wants to shape for them—when drafting ing place in our own homes.” Strohmaier might be bidding to be Strohmaier couldn’t sell the pitch to legislation. Missoula’s nanny, but he’s not oneThe balding, soft-spoken, 46-year-old dimensional. Months after the ACLU criticouncil peers Monday night. They dropped the underage category to 18, lowered the Strohmaier is one of the council’s most cized his sobriety test legislation, the fine and eliminated the jail time on the sec- prolific members. He’s also responsible organization awarded him, along with felond offense, before passing the ordinance. for introducing a slew of legislation that low council member Stacy Rye, its The law will likely again come up for aims to curb what he sees as destructive Jeannette Rankin Award, in recognition of personal behaviors that spill over into the pair’s sponsorship of the city’s debate next week. And Strohmaier will no doubt be ready public life. nondiscrimination ordinance. The first As a fledgling councilman in 2006, law of its kind in the state, it bans discrimto continue the conversation. He’s become adept at such political Strohmaier introduced legislation that now ination against people based on sexual wrangling during his six years on council. makes it illegal for children to ride in pick- orientation or gender expression. He’s also grown accustomed to being up truck beds. In 2007, he unsuccessfully Strohmaier says all of his lawmaking accused of treading too heavily on civil lib- backed a law mandating that minors wear efforts come from the same place: He erties. “Absolutely, there are those times bicycle helmets. In 2009, he tried to ban just wants to keep Missoula a welcoming where I’ve taken controversial stands,” he cell phone use while driving. Mayor John and safe community for everyone. says. “And I’m totally comfortable doing so.” Engen vetoed much of that last proposal, His thickening skin will help if he opts leaving a texting prohibition in place. A jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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This week’s downgrading of the U.S. government’s fiscal condition by Standard and Poor’s sent shock waves through the financial and political world. Stock markets tumbled while politicians either tried to dismiss it or hold it high as a sign that times have changed in the good old U.S. of A. No matter how you analyze it, however, the tremors the announcement sent out will undoubtedly ripple through political landscapes at the international, federal, and local levels—and when the shaking’s done, we’ll see what and who’s left standing. Standard and Poor’s is a firm that rates the fiscal reliability and outlook on everything from stocks and bonds to businesses and governments worldwide. Of the 127 nations they rate, only 19 have received their AAA rating, with the U.S. being one. While the S&P analysts didn’t downgrade the U.S. rating, for the first time in history they changed the outlook for the federal government’s fiscal condition from “stable” to “negative.” That change, and the potential for losing the AAA rating, means that the government’s ability to borrow money may be in jeopardy. Should the rating be downgraded, it will cost much more for the United States to borrow money because the risk will be greater that it may default on loans. Considering that for every dollar the federal government and Congress are spending right now, 40 cents is borrowed money–much of it from China–that’s no small threat. Even having the word “default” in play is a very big deal on the international financial scene, where government fiscal crises are cropping up at an alarming rate. Iceland, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Ireland have all been candidates for or actually received international monetary bailouts recently. The harsh reality of the recession and the massive federal debt now casts doubt on our nation’s ability to rein in government spending and climb our way out of the $14 trillion hole into which our free-spending Congress and federal government have plunged us. President Obama and the White House have predictably attempted to downplay the new outlook. After all, with elections barely more than a year away, the last thing Obama needs is the specter of fiscal instability staring American voters in the face. Falling back onto the same rhetoric he has already overused, the president lauds what he calls “bipartisan cooperation” to reduce federal spending by trillions in the decade ahead. But after a brutal budget battle that barely avoided a government shutdown in recent weeks, bipar-

tisan cooperation is more a presidential wish than reality in the halls of Congress. What S&P’s new assessment will undoubtedly do is add fuel to the spending-reduction fire so fondly being stoked by the Republican Party and its radical Tea Party wing. Dim-bulb luminaries like Sarah Palin are already on the stump for far

What “S&P’s new assessment will undoubtedly do is add fuel to the spendingreduction fire so fondly being stoked by the Republican Party and its radical Tea

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greater reductions in federal spending and are unlikely to slow down anytime soon. With an undeniable political victory in forcing Obama to accept a $33 billion reduction in current fiscal year federal spending, you can bet that calls to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will soon be added to a chopping block still dripping with the hacked remains of family planning and funding for environmental regulation. Toss in the need to raise the national debt ceiling in the coming month and suddenly, even as Democrats control both the Senate and White House, it appears the Republican majority in the House will be in the driver’s seat on federal spending. What the right-wingers won’t be talking much about is the insane levels of mil-

itary spending of which they’re so patriotically fond. But consider this: military spending in the United States has increased by 80 percent in the last decade. Since we’re the world’s only remaining military superpower, one might wonder why we needed to almost double spending on the military. How many aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines can we use? How many tanks, jet fighters, and bombers do we really need when every one of our nation’s ongoing wars is primarily fought against armed insurgents who are impossible to distinguish from civilians? Does anyone believe we need more than 800 military bases around the world for our defense? Unfortunately, Obama has bought into the wars and the military spending, leaving Americans seeking real deficit reduction with few allies. His position, besides strengthening the arguments of his political opponents, leave his own party and base fighting cutbacks to programs that actually serve Americans instead of the profit motives of the military-industrial complex. The result? Rather than clarifying our nation’s muddy future, we’re left stranded in uncertainty while the fiscal Sword of Damocles dangles above our heads. Closer to home, this news will not go unnoticed by government budget cutters. Even as Montana’s 2011 legislative session crawled to its demise, the House suddenly decided to reconsider a measure that would borrow $97.8 million for new state construction. The bill will only authorize the spending if state revenues exceed projections by $35 million dollars, and with $4-a-gallon gas becoming more frequent across the nation and a federal government in fiscal distress, exceeding revenue projections looks far more optimistic than realistic. And so the stage is set for calamitous debate at all levels of government over future spending. Toss in 78 million baby boomers moving from revenue producers to revenue consumers and the situation only grows more dire. The big spenders from all sectors are on thin ice, while those hoping to preserve real services for citizens face yet another hurdle. How it will play out is anybody’s guess, but one thing seems likely: In both our state and nation, things are shaking all over as we face a future that, in the blink of an eye, is now uncertain. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.

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Air supply This Earth Day, it’s all about what you breathe by Tim Lydon

As we prepare to mark the 41st annual celebration of Earth Day, on Friday, April 22, we can thank Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and other Democrats for beating back the most recent attacks on the Clean Air Act. Perhaps America’s most successful environmental safeguard, this law has protected human health and the environment for four decades. Today, it’s emerging as key to addressing our deepening climate problem. The Clean Air Act is rooted in Earth Day history. The first Earth Day, held April 22, 1970, was essentially a series of massive public demonstrations about the nation’s deteriorating environment, with air quality a top concern. For decades, leaded gasoline, soot from burning coal, and other pollutants had increasingly harmed Americans. Lead tainted the blood of nearly 90 percent of U.S. children, while “smog events” sickened thousands, many fatally. Legislators had passed weak air-quality laws before, but the protests 41 years ago energized an estimated 10 percent of the nation’s population and closed Congress for a day. Within months, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, creating our first national air-quality standards and giving broad authority to the newly established Environmental Protection Agency, which was directed to regulate lead, carbon monoxide, and other dangerous pollutants. Benefits quickly followed, including a sharp drop in blood-lead levels. The law’s psychological effect was also important: Americans began overcoming the myth that environmental protections would cripple industry. Over time, another important feature became the law’s capacity to address new pollution threats through amendments and revised rules, something now proving critical for climate policy. The first amendments came in 1977. Congress required cleaner technology for older facilities seeking upgrades and established special air protections for parks and wilderness areas. Later, in 1990, amendments tightened sulfur restrictions to address acid rain, caused by burning coal,

and initiated a phase-out of chemicals that destroy the ozone layer. The adaptive approach has worked. The EPA reports ambient lead levels have dropped nearly 100 percent, while the particulates that cause respiratory ailments have declined 75 percent. Acid rain has diminished. Refrigerants and other house-

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hold chemicals that deplete ozone are regulated. The Centers for Disease Control says the law has saved tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in health care costs. Yet despite these victories, coal and other industries have never stopped fighting the Clean Air Act. They opposed action on lead, mercury, acid rain, the ozone layer and more, claiming industry would collapse and jobs would vanish. So it’s no surprise that industry’s latest attacks are focused on the EPA’s use of the Clean Air Act to address greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. The agency’s action stems from a 2003 lawsuit by Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico and eight other states, along with several cities and a host of conservation groups, all challenging the Bush administration’s refusal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

In 2007, the Supreme Court agreed, saying the gases “fit well” within Clean Air Act pollutant criteria and ordering the EPA to reconsider. The agency did so, reviewing reams of research, and in 2009, concluded that the build-up of greenhouse gases threatens the health and safety of present and future generations. But to hear some tell it, socialism guided the EPA’s decision. House and Senate Republicans crafted legislation to strip the agency of its Clean Air Act authority over greenhouse gases––pushing their campaign so stubbornly that they nearly shut down the federal government. Additionally, newly empowered House Republicans have made good on promises to stall EPA action through lengthy hearings, investigations, and deep budget cuts. Potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich even proposed eliminating the agency entirely. A common claim by these clean-air foes is that greenhouse gas regulation is the job of Congress, not EPA “bureaucrats in Washington.” They hope we’ll forget that Republicans and coal-state Democrats recently killed any possible congressional action on greenhouse gases, leaving the Clean Air Act our only lifeline on climate. All this should concern Westerners, who increasingly live with thinning snowpacks, dying forests, and other climaterelated threats to our public lands. Just last month, in the type of story that’s sadly becoming common, researchers at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish reported that longer, drier summers are diminishing forage and helping to shrink elk herds in Yellowstone National Park. We live in an unfolding climate crisis, and the Clean Air Act is one of the few tools we have to help us act wisely. This Earth Day is a good time to remember that. Tim Lydon is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a wilderness ranger in Alaska.

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If you are an activist who’s been feeling disillusioned lately, Courtney E. Martin might be able to offer you some hope and guidance. The Brooklyn-based freelance journalist, blogger, speaker, and teacher penned a critically acclaimed book on activism, Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, which profiles eight young activists and explores their motivations for social change. In a recent review of her book, The Christian Science Monitor noted that it’s “a call to ‘do it anyway’ despite overwhelming odds and oft-times abject confusion.” This week, you can delve into the issue with

THURSDAY APRIL 21 Return for the green stuff when the UM Sustainability Summit continues at 9 AM in Room 210 of the James E. Todd Building, and features a host of discussions o n t h e i s s u e t h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y. F r e e . V i s i t umt.edu/greeningum/earthweek/ for a complete schedule of events. Conservationists unite during It’s Your Planet...Pass It On!, a celebration of conservation in western Montana that features talks with Chris Johns of National Geographic magazine and M. Sanjayan of The Nature Conservancy, plus music by Cash for Junkers, starting at 6 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Free. Call 543-6681.

FRIDAY APRIL 22 34th Annual IWFF Film Festival

“Hope In A Changing World” May 7 – May 14 Film Screenings at the Roxy Theater & Wilma Theatre Saturday, May 7: Roxy Theater showing films in two theaters Sunday, May 8-14: Wilma Theatre showing films.

Tuesday, May 10, 6:00pm, UC Theater at UM: Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton will deliver a public keynote presentation. This event is free to the public.

Thursday, May 12, 7:00pm, Wilma Theatre: Wild Horses and Renegades (World Premiere) Followed by 2-Time Grammy Award-Winning Native American Songwriter/Composer

Robert Mirabal in Concert @ 9:00 (1 Night Only) Tickets: $20.00 for both events; available at the Roxy, Rockin Rudy’s & The Wilma.

WildWalk Sunday, May 8 Line up for WildWalk 11:00am • Take off for WildWalk 11:30 Followed by WildFest at Caras Park 12:00 – 3:00 For a complete listing of films, visit our website: www.wildlifefilms.org

Sit tight for an intellectually tasty night when UM’s Central and Southwest Asia Conference presents a talk by Mehrdad Kia titled Impact of Recent Uprising in the Arab World on Russia and Central Asia, which begins at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299.

SATURDAY APRIL 23 Do your part during UM’s Earth Service Day 2, which runs from 9 AM–5 PM at UM and other locations around town, and features the chance to take part in trail work restoration, a recycling relay and other activities. Alternately, you can sign up for the Ecopentathalon 2, where you complete the aforementioned activities while biking from each activity and working an hour at each event. Free. Visit umt.edu/earthday. (See Mountain High in this issue.) UM’s Neuro Networking Club presents its third annual Spring Hullabaloo, an autism awareness event that features games, information on autism from a number of local organizations, and an art auction, from 1–3 PM in the University Center Ballroom. Free. Call Treva at 543-0003. Locavores and foodies unite for an afternoon of food wise fun during The Spring Celebration of Gardens & Local Foods, which runs from 2–6 PM at the Rocky Mountain Grange, 1436 S. First St. south of Hamilton, and features a number of events and forums plus a keynote talk with author and Indy contributor Jeremy N. Smith at 3:30 PM. Free. Call 642-3601. Dance the night away for a good cause during The EndoZumba-Thon, a benefit to raise awareness about endometriosis that features Zumba lessons with trained instructors, a raffle and silent auction, plus an array of vendors including the Montana School of Massage, from

Martin when she visits town for a discussion as part of NARAL Pro-Choice Montana’s fourth annual “Voices, Power, Politics” event. Martin plans to highlight the importance of young people in social activism, and aims to empower activists to stand up for their beliefs. –Ira Sather-Olson Courtney E. Martin speaks on Thu., April 21, at 6 PM in UM’s University Center Ballroom. Free. A VIP reception at The Loft of Missoula, 119 W Main St., follows at 7:30 PM and has a $25 suggested donation. E-mail info@prochoicemontana.org to RSVP.

5–8 PM at Heritage Hall, Building 30 at Fort Missoula. All proceeds raised go to the Endometriosis Foundation of America. $7/$5 children ages 12 and under.

SUNDAY APRIL 24 Hear about why we’ve gone past the tipping point in terms of climate change when local activist Carol Marsh hosts a presentation on Bill McKibben’s book Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, which begins at 10 AM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Missoula, 102 McCleod Ave. Free.

TUESDAY APRIL 26 Cough up some time for a discussion on the health and climate impacts of coal-fired power plants when the Sierra Club presents the talk Coal’s Assault on Our Planet, which begins at 7 PM in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 Tamarack Grief Resource Center presents a workshop titled Supporting Grieving Families, which meets at 5 PM in the St. Patrick Hospital and Health Science Center, 500 W. Broadway St. Free. Call 5418472 or visit tamarackgriefresourcecenter.org. Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is Sunday Streets Missoula. Free to attend. Visit kettlehouse.com. Root for the green team when the Sustainable Business Council presents Thoughts on Developing a Sustainable Community, a talk with Andy Managan—co-founder and executive director of The U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development—that begins at 6 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 824-7336.

THURSDAY APRIL 28 City Club Missoula presents another installment of its City Club Forum featuring Congressman Denny Rehberg, which also features a Q&A after his discussion and runs from 11:30 AM–1 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $16/$11 members/$5 no-lunch option. RSVP required by calling 541-CITY or visiting cityclubmissoula.org.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Facing five years in prison for forging drug prescriptions, Michelle Elaine Astumian, 41, appeared for sentencing in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., with a doctor’s note requesting a postponement. Prosecutor Dave Pomeroy called the doctor, who declared the note was a forgery. (Associated Press) Facing prison for scamming $450,000 from 23 investors in his bogus securities scheme, Samuel McMaster Jr. convinced New Mexico prosecutors to let him go free so he could repay his victims with his poker winnings. Only McMaster lost. He was ordered to prison for 12 years—and to make full restitution. (Associated Press) OFF TO A BAD START - Three months after issuing new fire-retardant gloves to 6,500 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department recalled the gloves because they don’t prevent burns. Six firefighters suffered second-degree burns on the backs of their hands while fighting fires, even though their gloves weren’t damaged. The Blaze Fighter gloves cost the city $850,000. Department investigators found that the manufacturer, the Glove Corp., had changed one of the materials used to make the gloves from cotton to a polyester blend. (The New York Times) Less than 24 hours after officials ceremoniously unveiled a giant electronic timer in London’s Trafalgar Square to count down to the start of next year’s Summer Olympics, the clock stopped. Its display remained at 500 days, 7 hours, 6 minutes and 56 seconds while technicians from Omega, the Swiss watchmaker that made the 21-foot-high timepiece, took six hours to fix it. (BBC News) WHEN A DESIGNATED DRIVER ISN’T ENOUGH - After spending the day touring New Hampshire brewpubs, two men were “goofing around” in the back of their Boston-bound tour bus, a witness said, when they both toppled or jumped out the bathroom window. The window opens from the bottom and measures 4 feet by 2 1/2 feet. The bus, carrying more than 50 revelers, was going 60 mph when Thomas Johnson, 31, and Seth Davis, 34, hit the pavement. Johnson died; Davis was severely injured. (Boston Herald) WHEN TARGET PRACTICE ISN’T ENOUGH - Charged with murdering his wife, David McCall, 72, told police in Wakefield, Mass., that when his shot missed, Elaine McCall, 69, taunted, “You can’t even shoot.” He hit her with a second shot. He then called 911 to report a “murder-suicide” and tried to shoot himself, Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone said, but missed. (Boston Herald) SMOKING IN BANGOR - On Jan. 10, a 29-year-old woman complained to police in Bangor, Maine, that she invited Christopher Rosene, 41, into her Union Street residence, but when she offered him a cigarette, “he punched her in the face,” police Sgt. Paul Edwards said. “This guy just snapped.” (Bangor Daily News) On Feb. 27, Bangor police responded to a different Union Street residence, where a woman demanded they arrest Anthony Bowie, 21, for extinguishing a cigarette on her face. Sgt. Paul Edwards said the woman explained she let Bowie have just enough tobacco to roll his own cigarette, but he took more than she had specified. They began fighting, and that’s when he used her face to put out the cigarette. (Bangor Daily News) TRIAL SEPARATION - Acting on a tip, Brazilian police found a 64-year-old woman locked in a basement in Sao Paulo state while her husband lived upstairs with another woman. Insisting Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo was mentally ill and aggressive, Joao Batista Groppo, 64, explained he’d kept his wife confined for 16 years. He later revised that to eight years. “He told us that locking her up was the only way he could think of to prevent her from wandering off and getting lost,” police inspector Jaqueline Barcelos Coutinho said. “She does have psychiatric problems, but she is definitely not an aggressive person.” (BBC News) HAVEN’T THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH? - Crocs Inc. announced it’s donating 100,000 pairs of its shoes to earthquake-tsunami victims in Japan. (Associated Press) DOMESTIC REWARDS - Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle proposed a bill creating tough punishments for those who “intentionally, knowingly or recklessly” hire an unauthorized immigrant—except “for the purpose of obtaining labor or other work to be performed exclusively or primarily at a single-family residence.” By exempting maids and lawn caretakers, the bill, according to Riddle’s chief of staff, Jon English, would avoid “stifling the economic engine” in Texas. (CNN) IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO - Scientists examining two mites preserved in amber for 40 million years concluded the mites were copulating when the fatal blob of tree resin fell on them. Researchers Pavel Klimov and Ekaterina Sidorchuk also noticed that, unlike modern mites, the female of this extinct species controlled mating, having evolved a pad-like projection on her rear end that enabled her to cling to males and direct the mating process. Males of the species lacked the “butt grabbing” feature. (Discovery News) WARNING LABELS CAN’T ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING - A fire rescue unit responding to a call of someone choking at a Dallas, Texas, apartment found “a 69-year-old female, sitting on the toilet, with a toilet paper holder impaled in her neck,” Dallas Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Jason Evans said. Deciding to remove the toilet paper holder at the scene because it still had a roll of toilet paper on it, rescuers used bolt cutters to cut off one end, and the remaining piece fell out on its own. The woman apparently fell, Evans explained, “and the toilet paper holder just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.” (Dallas’s KTVT-TV) PROBLEMS SOLVED - Zionist Israeli rabbis launched a campaign to marry gay men and lesbian women— to each other. Rabbi Areleh Harel of the West Bank settlement of Shilo said his 12th couple just announced their engagement, and he has a waiting list of 30 gays and 20 lesbians seeking matches. Pairing the two groups helps religious homosexuals avoid violating the halakhic prohibition of homosexual sex by seeking other solutions, Harel said, pointing out, “A family isn’t just sex and love.” (Israel’s Haaretz) LABOR PAINS - The Montana Supreme Court ruled that Brock Hopkins is entitled to workers’ compensation after a captive grizzly bear at a drive-through park where he worked mauled him while he was feeding it. Hopkins admitted smoking marijuana before the attack. The court upheld the findings of the Montana Workers’ Compensation Court, which had characterized Hopkins’s actions as “mind-bogglingly stupid” but noted that grizzlies “are equal opportunity maulers” without regard to marijuana consumption and the lack of evidence of Hopkins’s impairment. (Kalispell’s Daily Inter Lake)

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t 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Erik Hanson got an urgent call from the state of Idaho: A sailboat was on its way to Montana, destined to hit Dayton Harbor, on Flathead Lake, at 10 a.m. Saturday—and it might have dangerous cargo. Hanson took off from Missoula the next morning. Within minutes of the sailboat’s arrival at Dayton, he spotted the cargo. It was clinging to the worn, blue keel of the 33-foot sailboat: a pea-sized quagga mussel. Quagga mussels are an invasive species in North America. Hanson is an invasive species expert for the intergovernmental Flathead Basin Commission. John Wachsmuth,

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enough to stop inspecting and start the process of decontaminating the entire boat. “If we get these mussels here, there is nothing that we can do,” says Hanson. “They’re going to spread everywhere, and there’s going to be no way to contain them.” In the eastern United States and the Midwest, zebra mussels have disrupted aquatic ecosystems and caused billions of dollars of damage to water and hydropower systems. The zebra mussel’s close cousin, the quagga mussel–“a zebra mussel on steroids,” Hanson calls it–has also invaded the East. Then the quagga appeared in the West for the first time at Lake Mead in

hitched to immaculate bodies of water and fishing, Montana ought to be afraid.

FRENZIED CARP HORDES In the spring of 2006, the white-bellied corpses of thousands of drum, a silvery-gray fish, floated just below the surface of Lake Erie. As waves pushed them to shore, the bodies piled up, forming walls of fish four feet high. The carcasses showed the signs of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, or VHS: Bulging eyes, as if their heads had been cranked down in a vice, and skin that looked like it had been tattooed with red ink. The virus killed millions of fish in other places that year

a density of over 4,100 fish per mile, causing frenzied carp hordes to fill the air in a motorboat’s wake. That phenomenon has given rise to videos in which shirtless dudes motor down the river smacking the creatures out of the air with bats. A quick search on Youtube for “Asian carp baseball” or “zombie fishing” turns up dozens of such movies from across the Midwest. Texas, meanwhile, is struggling with mussels. The North Texas Municipal Water District’s pump at Lake Texoma has sat idle for two years due to fears that recently arrived zebra mussels will get into the district’s water supply. The inoperable pump has reduced the district’s water supply by almost a quarter; this

STRANGE MUSSELS, FISH, PLANTS, AND DISEASES—AND THEIR CLUELESS HUMAN HELPERS—COULD DECIMATE MONTANA WATERS by Leif Fredrickson

Eating up to three times its weight daily, the invasive grass carp can grow to 40 pounds.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional coordinator for invasive species, joined him that morning. After Idaho’s state invasive species coordinator, Amy Ferriter, tipped Hanson that the sailboat might not have been adequately decontaminated when it left quagga-infested Lake Mead, Nevada, Hanson called Wachsmuth, who coordinated the inspection of the boat. Although they’d learned the night before that the sailboat’s owner was not going to put the boat in the water immediately, the need to be sure impelled Hanson and Wachsmuth to Dayton. The discovery of just one living quagga mussel was

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2007. Since then, quagga mussel infestations have taken hold in dozens of other lakes and rivers in the West, fouling dams, water lines, boats, and anything else that remains in the water too long. Montana is extremely vulnerable to zebra and quagga mussels as well as other aquatic invaders. The state has an enormous amount of fresh water that’s popular with in-state and out-of-state recreationists who could bring such invaders into the state or move them around. With an extensive irrigation and hydropower infrastructure as well as a tourism industry that’s solidly

and has since spread to more lakes and rivers, killing still more fish. Excessively lively fish, on the other hand, plague the Illinois River. There, and in many other drainages of the Mississippi River, Asian carp have taken over. The fast-growing, ravenous fish vie for food with the river’s existing aquatic life; scientists have documented declining body sizes in native fishes such as the gizzard shad and the commercially important bigmouth buffalo since Asian carp appeared in the Illinois River in 1995. But scientific measurement isn’t necessary to detect this invasion. Engine noise disturbs the carp, which can reach

April, the 1.6 million-strong district had to start conserving water. The precaution stems from experience in the Great Lakes where zebra mussels rapidly colonized water intake facilities, encrusting screens and pipes with billions of bodies at densities up to 70,000 per square foot. In 1989 and 1990, the town of Monroe, Michigan experienced severe water shortages and several outages due to the mussels. Other water facilities on the Great Lakes have spent millions trying to deal with the invasion. Combined with maps that seem to show invasive species creeping and slithering across the continent, stories like

the disease, with the ultimate goal of eradicating it. Yet despite millions spent on research, agencies have not been able to halt the expansion of the disease, let alone stamp it out. It continues to spread to other drainages; and though rainbow trout in the Madison have recovered from their low, they are still 30 to 40 percent below historic levels.

THE DEADLIEST FISH DISEASE

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Eileen Ryce, Montana’s invasive species coordinator, conducts boater interviews at a watercraft inspection station on the Fort Peck Reservoir.

these make the prospect of invasive species seem like a horror movie, which is perhaps half-right. Invasive species are not zombies, monsters, or mutants. They are “aliens” only in the sense that they come from somewhere else on the planet. In their home ranges, they’re usually either valued by humans or are a normal part of the ecosystem. Where the quagga and zebra mussels originate, near the Black and Caspian Seas, for example, predators and parasites have coevolved with the mussels and keep them in check. Asian carp are valued–indeed, celebrated–in China, where they’ve been part of the region’s food and culture for 1,000 years. There is a common biology to invasive species, however. They’re usually extremely adaptable, and can produce lots of young and disperse them widely. Most of the invasive species that plague North America come from the Eurasian landmass. For thousands of years, Old and New World organisms evolved independently of each other. Columbus’s voyage initiated a reunion of these worlds that resulted in a massive swapping of organisms, intentionally and unintentionally, which historians call the Columbian Exchange. Since 1492, the human webs of transportation and commerce have only thickened, bringing tens of thousands of exotic organisms to North America. A small percentage has qualities that can make them invasive. But to be invasive, they need human help. VHS can float free in lake water, carp can swim up rivers, and mussel larvae can drift downstream, but none of these organisms can cross land on their own to get into a new drainage. Mostly, human help is unintentional. But sometimes it’s deliberate, even if the consequences are unforeseen.

KOKANEE DOUBLE WHAMMY In the 1960s and 1970s, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks planted the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, in the

Flathead drainage, hoping to augment the popular kokanee fishery. At its height, in Flathead Lake, fishermen hauled 100,000 tons of kokanee out each year. By the late 1980s, after the establishment and explosion of Mysis, they caught…none. Something had obviously gone wrong. Fisheries managers had based this ecological experiment on the phenomenal growth of kokanee in British Columbia’s Kootenay Lake after the introduction of Mysis shrimp there. But Kootenay Lake had a unique upwelling current that made the shrimp, which normally hide on the lake bottom during the day, available to the kokanee. At Flathead Lake, not only did the shrimp not provide a food source for kokanee, but they competed with kokanee for its main zooplankton prey. The tiny shrimp did provide a food source to one fish, however: the bottom-dwelling, fish-eating lake trout. “Kokanee really got a double whammy,” says Bonnie Ellis, a biologist at the Flathead Lake Biological Station. “Not only did Mysis eat the kokanee’s favorite food, but Mysis then provided a food source for its major predator.” The destruction of the kokanee fishery reverberated through the Flathead ecosystem, affecting even non-aquatic animals. Flathead Lake kokanee spawned at McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park. When the fishery was robust, this swarm of pink flesh attracted the largest concentration of bald eagles in the United States. In one week in 1983, researchers counted 639 bald eagles at McDonald Creek. In 1989, they counted 25. “These aquatic invasive species can completely alter the food webs of lakes and rivers,” says Ellis. “I’ve been here [on Flathead Lake] working for 30 years, and it’s like I’m working on two different lakes.” The Mysis introduction is an extreme example of a more general phenomenon: Aquatic invasive species are a threat to fisheries, but fisheries management is

sometimes at the heart of aquatic invasions. After Mysis warped Flathead Lake’s food web, fisheries scientists began noticing declines in wild rainbow trout in the Madison River, in southern Montana, in 1991. By 1994, the fishery had dropped to about 90 percent of its historic average. Lab results on the rainbow trout came back positive for a familiar but unexpected pathogen: whirling disease. Whirling disease—so named because it attacks the nervous system and causes fish to swim in a spiral—had been a known problem in U.S. fish hatcheries since the 1950s, but it wasn’t considered a threat to wild populations. The discovery of the disease and its role in decimating wild trout in Montana and Colorado rivers in the 1990s shocked fisheries scientists. Funding at state and national levels kicked research into high gear, resulting in rapid progress on the biology of

On March 15, at Polson, on the shore of Flathead Lake, dozens of scientists and land managers gathered for the Crown Managers conference. It’s an annual event for agencies involved in the Crown of the Continent, a 28,000-square-mile ecosystem that encompasses much of northern Montana, including Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake, as well as neighboring lands in Canada. Present were representatives from the Forest Service, Glacier, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, and many state and local government agencies from Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta. The discussions were consumed by the past, present, and future of aquatic invasive species. The introductory speaker, Mary Sexton, director of Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, set the tone for the conference: “We have an opportunity to collaborate before aquatic invasive species become a full-blown crisis,” she said. For the next three days, the scientists and managers hashed out the status of aquatic invaders in Montana and the Crown, and how future invasions might be averted. According to Eileen Ryce, the keynote speaker and Montana’s invasive species coordinator, many aquatic invaders are already in the state. In addition to Mysis shrimp and whirling disease, Montana has several aquatic invasive plants. Since 2007, Eurasian water milfoil

has spread over the Noxon and Cabinet reservoirs, where it now covers 400 acres. An environmental assessment of the reservoirs indicates that the weed has the potential to cause damage. Eurasian milfoil forms dense canopies that shade native aquatic plants. It can reduce food for fish, and it may particularly affect salmon and trout by covering the gravel beds where they spawn. The weed also ruins swimming areas, clogs water intakes, and fouls the air when it decays. Milfoil invasions have reduced lakeside property values by 15 percent in the Midwest, according to invasive species educator Doug Jensen, hurting not only property owners but state coffers. Western Montana has other aquatic invasive weeds. Yellow flag iris is well established in four counties in northwest Montana, and flowering rush covers over 2,000 acres in western Montana. Like Eurasian milfoil, these plants threaten native fish and can ruin swimming areas. They can also be very costly to irrigation systems. In Idaho, canals infested with flowering rush have to be chained every two to three years to maintain proper water delivery. Still other, potentially more destructive invaders loom on the horizon—and Montana may be particularly susceptible to them. According to Jensen, 14 million boaters move frequently between water bodies in the United States. Montana’s ample and attractive waters are a destination for many of them. The state contains 750,000 acres of recreational water, said Ryce. Forty-one percent of anglers licensed in Montana are non-resident, and all told, non-resident use adds up to a total of 800,000 angler days—which means a lot of fishermen coming and going from the state. And one third of Montanans are licensed anglers, which means there is a high potential for instate anglers to transport invasive organ-

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Can you find it? A pea-sized quagga mussel hitched a ride from Lake Mead on this sailboat hull on March 4. “If we get these mussels here, there is nothing that we can do,” says Erik Hanson. “They’re going to spread everywhere, and there’s going to be no way to contain them.”

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isms on boats, bait, or fishing gear. Popular water bodies used by these anglers can serve as stepping stones to spread aquatic invaders across the Continental Divide. “The two most likely introductions for mussels in Montana are Fort Peck Reservoir and Flathead Lake,” said Ryce. “Canyon Ferry Reservoir [near Helena] links these two together. It’s usually rated number-one by resident anglers.” If viral hemorrhagic septicemia, Asian carp, or invasive mussels made it into Montana, they’d find a welcoming habitat in much of the state—and their effects would be alarming. “VHS would be deadly to pretty much all the fish species we have here in the state,” says Ryce, whose scientific training is in fish diseases. “It’s the deadliest fish pathogen we’ve ever seen.” Those fish that don’t die from what has been called the ebola of fish could spread VHS and re-infect fish populations. “Typically what you see when it gets introduced into a new population is a very dramatic fish kill, and then survivors within the population act as carriers for the virus,” said Ryce. “During times of stress, after the population has rebounded, you’ll see another die-off or fish kill, but it never completely leaves the systems. So you often see this cyclical event of large fish kills.” Several species of fish are categorized as Asian carp, and at least three of these could invade parts of Montana. “The silver and bighead carp are more of a concern for the lower Missouri and lower Yellowstone, but the grass carp can survive in western Montana and we know they have in the past,” said Ryce. “They are certainly a threat.” VHS and mussels are likely to come into the state in boats or bait, vectors that could also introduce Asian carp. Another route for some invasive species

is aquarium shops and pond supply stores. Aquarium stores in Montana have sold Eurasian water milfoil in the past, and aquatic gardeners have introduced aquatic weeds like yellow flag iris to Montana. Selling and buying invasive species in the state is illegal, but even as agencies work with commercial sources in the state, there is only so much they can control. “We have found grass carp in private ponds. That is where we have the most problems with them,” said Ryce. “People introduce them to control aquatic vegetation. It would be illegal to buy them, but you know you can get anything online.” Most websites that sell grass carp are frank about which states require grass carp permits or have banned grass carp altogether, and none mention delivery to Montana. But other states, including Wisconsin and Texas, have had instances of illegal shipments of grass carp into their state. Arkansas in particular has been a source of these illegal shipments. Whatever their route into the state, their potential for spread and damage is unsettling. Grass carp are extremely mobile, fecund, and voracious. Biologists have documented them migrating 1,000 miles in one season. Like zebra and quagga mussels, they can produce millions of eggs in a year. And they’re pigs. They can increase in size by 45 percent in one month. The intestine of an adult grass carp is two and a half times the size of its body. “The grass carp eats all the vegetation in a system,” said Ryce. “So in terms of habitat, they are very destructive…You can end up with a sort of pea green soup of algae left over.” Grass carp only process about half of what they eat, however. The rest is expelled as feces, which can contribute to toxic algal blooms. After the introduc-

tion of grass carp into Devil’s Lake, in Oregon, toxic algal blooms linked to the fish resulted in a “Red Level” alert in 2009 in which “contact with the water by people and pets” was not advised.

MUSSEL INVADERS Asian carp and VHS are scary, but the poster creatures for an aquatic invasive species apocalypse are the zebra and quagga mussels. At the Crown Conference, discussion of invasive mussels focused on Flathead Lake, both because of the lake’s susceptibility to an infestation and because the lake–the largest natural freshwater lake in the American West, and one of the cleanest large lakes in the world–is an ecological and economic keystone of western Montana. Lakes with lots of calcium are vulnerable to an invasion because mussels need calcium for their shells. Chris Downs, a fisheries biologist in charge of Glacier National Park’s aquatic resources, showed that most of the park’s lakes had 15 to 20 milligrams of calcium per liter of water. That’s a moderate level for mussels, but not necessarily prohibitive. According to Bonnie Ellis, Flathead Lake’s calcium level is about 25 to 35 milligrams per liter—which probably makes it good real estate for zebra and quagga mussels. “Zebra and quagga mussels would definitely alter the entire food web,” she said. “Every square meter, if it was loaded with mussels, would be filtering the zooplankton and phytoplankton out of the water column at the rate of 100,000 liters per day. So they’re removing food for the young fish. Not all fish eat the plankton, but many of the juvenile fish do.” Such dire predictions are born out by research elsewhere. In the Hudson River, for example, biologists found that mussels reduced phytoplankton abun-

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Zebra mussels cling to nearly any hard surface, leaving boat props, shorelines, and irrigation lines encrusted with thousands of the crustaceans anywhere they’ve been introduced.

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Mary Sexton, director of Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, set the tone for the conference: “We have an opportunity to collaborate before aquatic invasive species become a full-blown crisis,” she says.

dance by 85 percent. The removal of such large quantities of food would dramatically affect any fish that feed on plankton. That would include many native fishes such as the pygmy whitefish and northern pike minnow, and also the lake whitefish, a popular sport fish. The severe competition for plankton would also reduce Mysis numbers, which in turn could cause the lake trout fishery to collapse. “Basically almost all fish would decline except maybe those that feed in the littoral zone,” the area close to shore, said Ellis. “So we might get a lot more suckers, mountain whitefish, pike, bass, and black crappie—meaning more shallow-water angling opportunities for nonnative fish.” More beach fishing then? “The shoreline experience will be really pretty bad,” she said. “There will be bacterial mats, green algal mats, toxic algal blooms, and rough, sharp mussel shells.” A mussel invasion in Flathead Lake could also easily spread into the Flathead River. Rhizomes of flowering rush have been steadily dispersing downstream from Flathead Lake since 1964 and have now reached Lake Pend Oreille, in Idaho. Zebra and quagga mussel larvae can likewise float free in the water. It’s likely that the downstream drift of these larvae from Lake Mead, for example, is responsible for mussel invasions at several other spots on the Colorado River. This all

makes protecting the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem from invasive species even more important. “We have the triple divide here,” said Ryce, referring to the point in Glacier National Park where drainages flowing to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans converge. “And all this crap flows downstream.” Even more than the ecological effects, it’s the physical presence of invasive mussels–the coating and the clogging–that worries some people. “Mussels are probably different from the other aquatic invasive species because they have that ability to impact more than the ecosystem,” said Ryce. At Parker Dam on the Colorado River, for example, mussels have fouled the dam’s spillway, its generator seals, and its domestic water lines. In the East, attempts at mussel control give a sense of what long-term attempts can cost. Ontario’s hydropower utility has spent between 15 and 18 million dollars retrofitting its power plants after mussels encrusted them. Between 1993 and 1999, invasive mussels cost the entire North American power industry an estimated $3.1 billion. The broad impact on communities, businesses, and industries was estimated at more than $5 billion. Downstream from Flathead Lake is some expensive water-related infrastructure. Directly below the lake is Kerr Dam and the Flathead Irrigation Project, and beyond the Flathead Valley there are dozens of other dams, irrigation projects,

and municipal water systems, all the way down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean.

MAKE SURE THE EGGS ARE KILLED Montana Representative Verdell Jackson is something of an aquatic invasive species crusader. In 2009, he sponsored the state’s first Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Act. This year, he’s introduced a revision to the 2009 AIS Act. Not otherwise known for supporting environmental issues, Jackson has pushed hard for better funding and policy for invasive species. So far, he’s had success. His new bill passed the state senate by a landslide and passed a first hearing in the state house more narrowly. Still, even if Jackson’s bill is signed into law, Montana will lag behind many other western states in terms of funding and capacity to deal with aquatic invasive species. Since 2002, Montana has had an aquatic invasive species plan, which includes coordination between agencies and education. The plan received federal approval and funding that was matched by state funds and bolstered by various grants. Jackson’s 2009 bill secured more funding to combat aquatic invasive species and gave more power to agencies to regulate boating and recreation activities that could spread them. It also resulted in a large education and outreach campaign that included signs, radio spots, and billboards instructing boaters to inspect, clean, and dry their boats after use. Jackson’s new bill would extend funding and strengthen agencies’ ability to regulate activities that could spread invasive species. “This special program is setting up check stations around the perimeter of Montana, around the border, and on the roads especially that come in from other states that are infected,” he explains. “Last time these were voluntary check stations and this time they are going to be mandatory check stations…When anything is found [on a boat], inspectors would use the power washer to clean it off. If it’s a big boat, and we can’t adequately clean it, then it will be impounded. In fact, probably if it has a live mussel on it, it will be impounded because we want to make sure the eggs are killed.” Erik Hanson helped write Oregon’s invasive species act, which served as a template for Montana’s 2009 AIS Act. He supports Jackson’s revision, with a qualification. While the bill allows for mandatory inspections and quarantine, it requires agencies to declare an invasive species management zone first. “Nobody in the state has that authority now unless they declare a statewide management area,” says Hanson. “That needs to happen.” Both Hanson and Jackson are looking to other states, especially Idaho, for more policy ideas. “I am a firm believer that this is an issue that lies beyond a single agency or two agencies, and that we need a council to really guide the effort,” Hanson says. “Invasive species councils have been one of the major reasons why

Photo courtesy of Vermont Fish and Wildlife

Thousands of fish carcasses pile on the shore of Lake Erie in 2006, victims of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS. The virus killed millions of fish elsewhere that year and has since spread even farther.

other states have more successful programs than Montana.” Hanson advocates the sort of coordination that Idaho’s Aquatic Invasive Species program has with the state’s

“If I carry the bill next time it will be selffunding through boat fees,” says Jackson. “We’ll be charging out-of-state people as well. People that boat need to step up and pay to keep these mussels out of the water.”

sheriff who went down to see the mussel infestation at Lake Mead for himself has committed to stopping all boats that come through his check station. Hanson suggested that it might be worth paying

duct a study on the economic impacts of a mussel invasion. Duffield’s team concluded that the Pacific Northwest should be spending much, much more to prevent a mussel invasion. Currently, spending is around $3 million. Duffield’s study suggested spending should be in the tens of millions for benefits—that is, future costs that are avoided—that are probably in the hundreds of millions. Part of the problem, says Duffield, is that numbers are vague because economic studies of the impacts of invasive species are hamstrung by the lack of detailed ecological information about specific lakes and streams. Only with detailed ecological models can scientists make predictions about the complex effects of invasive species. And only with those predictions can economists make their predictions about the costs of ecological change and the benefits of prevention. “Long-term studies of the biology of lakes are really critical in teasing out indirect effects in changes in the fishery and the biology of the lake,” says Bonnie Ellis. “Sometimes those effects are slow and they’re not always linear.” This year, however, funding from the state Department of Environmental Quality for research on the food web of

Carp can swim up rivers and mussel larvae can drift downstream— but they can’t cross land on their own to get into a new drainage. Department of Transportation. “The fact is, the boat that came up to Dayton [with a quagga mussel], the only reason we knew about it is because Idaho had worked with their Department of Transportation and so the DOT staff notified Idaho and Idaho called us. We don’t have that in Montana.” There’s still much that can be done at the state level, too, but policies have to be backed up with funding. Jackson’s bill contains a budget of about $350,000 per year for aquatic invasive species. Other bills may add to this, making the annual budget around $500,000, but that’s still fairly modest compared to the amount spent by states such as Utah and Idaho. “Idaho is really ramped up. They spend about $1.2 million and they did 30,000 inspections last year,” says Jackson. “They are a little ahead of us right now. We’re kind of ramping up as we go. And we’re trying to piggyback as much of this as we can on other agencies.” Idaho and several other states have raised money for aquatic invasive species with boat sticker fees, a program both Jackson and Hanson advocate. “It’s not that onerous to charge $10 per boat when somebody’s putting $50 worth of gas in it every time they use it,” says Hanson. “That sort of bill has basically sailed through other state legislatures that are just as conservative as Montana.”

“Unless decision-makers understand the issues, money will remain scarce,” says Eileen Ryce, Montana’s invasive species coordinator. One way to get them to understand is to show them the effects of aquatic invaders. According to Hanson, an Idaho

for Montana legislators to go down and see Lake Mead. Another option is to show them the numbers. John Duffield, an economist and speaker at the Crown Conference, was part of a team that helped the Pacific Northwest Conservation Council con-

Flathead Lake–one of the longest running programs of its kind in the world–was cut for the first time in 25 years. Scientists and land managers fear that inadequate policies and funding will put Montana in the position of trying to

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Although Montana Representative Verdell Jackson sponsored the state’s first Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Act in 2009, the state still lags behind many other western states in terms of funding and capacity to deal with aquatic invasive species.

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Originally introduced as an aquarium plant, yellow flag iris is well established in four counties in northwest Montana, threatening native fish and ruining swimming areas.

control aquatic invaders after they get into the state rather than preventing their arrival. “In terms of whirling disease, the biggest thing we’ve learned is there’s no silver bullet to get rid of them,” says Ryce. “We’re in the position of putting red dots on the map as it spreads.” David Lamb, another invited speaker at the Crown Conference, described how, after years of using herbicides and scuba divers with huge suction hoses to control Eurasian water milfoil at Lake Couer d’Alene, in Idaho, his program had to downgrade its goals from eradication to control. But even that has been too ambitious, he said, as control measures have not kept up with the spread of the weed. The Mysis shrimp has also proved intractable in the hundreds of lakes where managers introduced it. “There have been attempts with commercial harvest, because it’s a good feed for aquarium fishes, and they even tried dragging collection devices along the bottom of lakes,” says Ellis. “Nothing has worked. They have not been eradicated from any large lake that I know of.” Invasive mussels have been poisoned out of two lakes. At Millbrook Quarry, Virginia, contractors dumped 174,000 gallons of potassium chloride solution to kill the mussels. At Offut Lake, in Nebraska, contractors put 28,000 pounds of copper sulfate in the water, which killed a lot mussels, but also killed a lot of plant life and 48,000 pounds of fish. The fish

population rebounded, but zebra mussels also showed up again two years later. Even putting aside questions of efficacy and ecological harm, such extreme measures would be enormously expensive in a lake like Flathead. Offutt Lake covers 115 acres. Flathead Lake is more than 1,000 times that size. Hanson figures it would cost in the tens of millions or even billions of dollars to do a similar treatment in Flathead Lake. “Introduction is forever,” the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s report on grass carp declares. But there are plans to stop the spread of Asian carp: The Army Corps of Engineers is considering reversing the flow of the Chicago River in order to try to keep the fish from getting to the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River. When it comes to VHS, “there are no control options,” says Ryce. Ryce’s agency has plans in place should aquatic invaders arrive, but eradicating them or even controlling their spread is likely to be difficult if not impossible. “Once they become established there are so few tools available to us to control them that our best tool that we have really is prevention,” she says. Besides, she adds, “We’d rather not find out what’s going to happen when they get introduced.” editor@missoulanews.com

Motors aggravate Asian carp, causing them to jump into the air. This phenomenon has led to “zombie baseball,” or “Asian carp baseball,” as seen in this screen capture from YouTube.

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Killing the coq, au vin FLASHINTHEPAN Coq au vin, literally rooster in wine, is a recipe that can be simple or complex. My version is geared toward those starting with a big tough old rooster in the yard, but works with any chicken. An old hen would also do the trick, but I don’t kill my hens. So that leaves the roosters, the meaner the better—it makes them easier to kill. Every coq au vin recipe I’ve read assumes that nobody will really go to the trouble of finding a tough old bird to cook. That’s why you’ll find cooking times of 30 minutes, which is a crime against gastronomy. Even with a storebought, spoon-tender bird, that’s not enough time for the red wine sauce to fully come together and impregnate the chicken. And if instead of doing all those fancy recipe steps, you just chilled and simmered your bird in wine, you might be happier with the product. Now, Rusty was a mean old rooster from a three-bird flock that also included a post-menopausal hen named Annabelle, who hadn’t laid anything in years, and a submissive, possibly gay rooster named Marco Pollo. Suffice it to say, the eggs were not flowing. Those three were all that remained of a flock that had been relentlessly pared by wild animals. As the flock dwindled, Rusty ran out of young hens to harass. His thoughts turned to Annabelle. He would hold the old girl down with ease while he did his business. Marco Pollo, usually a gentleman, got in the habit of gingerly pecking Annabelle’s face while Rusty raped her. After witnessing one too many of those sessions, I boiled a large kettle of water and brought it to the garlic patch. Then I caught Rusty, which was easy, because mean roosters run at you. I held him upside down by his feet. He fought at first, but was sleepy by the time we got to the garlic patch. I laid Rusty on the ground. Before he had a chance to wake up I swung a machete through his neck and into the dirt beneath it. I held him upside down over the garlic patch to drain the blood. I submerged him using two sticks for 10 seconds and did a test pluck, and the feathers came out easily. I hung him by his feet and plucked every last

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chopped onions; thyme, bay leaf, and pork fat (or bacon, or not). Turn the bird once or twice for even browning. Mix the above items with olive oil, remove the chicken from its pan, and spread the veggies into the pan. Replace the bird, lower the temp to 300, and continue cooking. Turn the bird if necessary. Stir the veggies a few times. When the veggies have developed a light brown crisp, remove the whole business from the oven and let cool. If it’s a tough old guy, remove the skin—it will probably be too tough to eat. Note all the bulging muscles you didn’t know a chicken even had. Pull and cut the coq into five to 10 pieces, and put them into a large pot along with the roasted veggies and juice from the pan, as well as some mushrooms (I used dried morels and porcinis, and fresh buttons) and a bottle of red wine. Everybody says Burgundy, so with Rusty I used Burgundy. But when I make it with deer (Buck au Franz, as I call it), I use Franzia cabernet, without issue. Cover the contents of the pot with equal parts water and wine, and simmer. Season with salt and pepper and maintain the liquid level with additional water Photo by Ari LeVaux and wine as necessary. The longer you cook it, the thicker the sauce gets, as digested food, so I didn’t feel like saving the heart everything merges together. Coaxed by the wine, and liver. Shame on me for letting those tasty organs fatty flavors leech from the cartilage and bone, reducing the need for butter and pork. Everything, go to waste. I rinsed Rusty in cold water, then brined him especially the potatoes, begins to disintegrate, overnight in saltwater. The next day I drained and which thickens the sauce in lieu of flour. Simmer at rinsed him and let him rest a few days in the fridge, least an hour. When in doubt, just add more wine covered, until his rigor mortis loosened up. Do not and keep cooking. People serve it with all kinds of filler, like bread skip this step, as a fresh-killed chicken will be rubor pasta, but I reserve all my belly space for coq au bery and awful. Here’s my coq au vin recipe, based on what I did vin, and perhaps a dollop of mayo. After we ate Rusty—and boy was he delicious— to Rusty. It’s simple: no bouquet garni, no butter and flour, and I often don’t use pork fat. If you want Marco Pollo and Annabelle enjoyed a brief period of a fancy recipe, try Nigella Lawson’s, available online. peace. Two weeks later, she died on a cold night, my first chicken to ever die of natural causes. Sadly, she never got to meet the new brood of chicks, chirping Coq au vin Put the bird in a baking pan in the oven at 350. inside under the heat lamp the night she died. While it bakes, prepare the following: chunks of car- They’re all so cute now, but surely some of them will rot, parsnip, and potato; whole garlic cloves; turn into assholes. Yum. feather and wisp, and threw them on the garlic patch (chicken feathers are great for the soil). I carefully cut the skin across his gut just below the sternum, and reached my hand up and in along the rib cage, taking hold of his throat and pulling it down into the gut cavity. I kept pulling that throat, through the slit and out, as the rest of the guts trailed behind. I didn’t starve Rusty for 24 hours prior to killing him, which made the gut cavity stinky with half-

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hardroll snack at Bernice’s? Man does your dough stretch at Bernice’s. See you soon. Love Bernice. www.bernicesbakerymt.com open M – F 6a – 8p 190 S. 3rd St. W. 728-1358

Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway (across from courthouse) • 728-8900 Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wifi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$

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 beega) 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. $-$$

Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Did you know $5 can get you a cup of coffee to go and a croissant for breakfast at Bernice’s? Did you know $5 can get you a half of a vegetarian sandwich and a coffee at Bernice’s? Did you know $5 can get you two cupcakes for dessert after dinner at Bernice’s? Did you know $5 can get you a loaf of sliced sourdough and a

Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and

culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Winter Hours: 4pm - 9 pm Seven Days a Week. $$-$$$ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 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 late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 38 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. $

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Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 Cold Stone Creamery offers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it's a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius. Family Dental Group Southgate Mall • 541-2886 Independent dentists are dentists who are not under contract with insurance. Independent dentists put their patients first, not the insurance company. Sometimes it costs more to go out of network but this can save money in the long run because independent dentists are free to do what you think is best. Independent patients have total control of their dental health. Farm to Family 241-6689 Farm to Family MT is a local food delivery business in Missoula. Through convenient online ordering we bring you fresh, local and regional groceries right to your door. We offer community supported agriculture shares, local produce, Bernice's and Le Petite breads, Black coffee, Lifeline cheese, grass-fed beef and more. Deliveries occur on Wednesdays. Find out more: farmtofamilymt.com. Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espres-

so and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Spring weather brings patio seating! Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - close. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $

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HAPPIESTHOUR Mullan Station Claim to Fame: “The cobra tap.” Get your beer at the bar and you’ll notice the icy, snake-like head of the bar’s tap. The glycol-run system pulls moisture from the air to create a half-inch thick glaze around the tap, which keeps your beverages mighty cold. Beer is served Photo by Erika Fredrickson in frosted mugs, and all the chilliness creates snow-like particles that last as long as your favorite convenience store slushy. Though there’s no longer a sign that says “Don’t Touch the Cobra Tap,” the rule still applies since oil on hands disrupts the icing process. Atmosphere: The bar is part of a multiplex, which includes a convenience store, laundromat, and casino. It may not have the kind of romance or vintage character that so many downtown bars do, but it’s a cozy place to meet friends…or wash your clothes. Plus, the feisty staff and regulars make it feel a little bit like a “Cheers” episode. Happy hour: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday you get $1 off all drafts, $2 off pitchers. But the real deal happens for the ladies on Tuesday nights when they get 50-cent domestics drafts.

What you’re eating: Fried stuff and burgers. But it’s the Super Duper sauce in which Mullan Station takes pride. The dipping sauce comes from a family recipe used back in the early 1990s at a nowdefunct drive-thru called 93 Stop and Go. Who you’re drinking with: Concrete workers off Mullan and employees from Dazzler’s car wash and Best Buy fill the place at lunch. Since the Carmike 10 is just a parking lot away, evening and weekend moviegoers often stop in for a pre- or post-screening drink. “Sometimes they show up in the middle of the movie if it’s a real stinker,” says evening supervisor Jim King. Where to find it: 3420 Mullan Road on the corner of Reserve just before the turn to Carmike 10. —Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

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

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

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

The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER.

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

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

Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) • pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavorsno MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. • 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$

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Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun - Wed 83pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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COFFEE SPECIAL

Mocha Java Blend $10.75/lb. Missoula’s Best Coffee

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Sushi Bar & Japanese Bistro On Every Monday and Wednesday in April, we will be donating a percentage of our sales to relief efforts in Japan. Please join us on these nights for $1 Sushi and for a great cause!

When we say Not just Sushi! we mean it.

403 North Higgins Ave • 406.549.7979 www.sushihanamissoula.com

BITTERROOT Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St., Hamilton 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Wed - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.

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Backstage bro out. Austin, Texas’ The Gourds plays alt country with opener Patrick Sweany at the Top Hat Fri., April 22, and Sat., April 23, at 10 PM nightly. $24 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and the Kettlehouse Brewing Co.

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Return for the green stuff when the UM Sustainability Summit continues at 9 AM in Room 210 of the James E. Todd Building, and features a host of discussions on the issue throughout the day. Free. Visit umt.edu/greeningum/earthweek/ for a complete schedule of events. UM’s ninth annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference continues with the talk Women and Ethno-Religious Conflict in Afghanistan, which runs from 10 AM–noon in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299.

Squeeze out a film in just 72 hours, and perhaps win $500 for your efforts, during Do It In 72!, a three-day film contest presented by Missoula Community Access Television where you’ll make a film from April 29–May 2. To register, visit MCAT in person at 500 N. Higgins Ave. Registration is free and due by 5 PM on Thu., April 28. Call 542-6228.

system when the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., hosts a Third Thursday opening reception from 5–8 PM for The Art of Chris Robitaille, a collection of landscapes and wildlife oil paintings by Robitaille, who was picked as the featured artist for the 2011 International Wildlife Film Festival. Free. Call 721-3154.

Slap on your intellectual cap when UM’s ninth annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference continues with the talk The Egyptian Uprising and the American University of Cairo: History in the Making, which begins at noon, and is followed by the talk Religion, State and Popular Culture in Russia and Former Soviet Republics, at 1 PM, all in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299.

Get your gaze on during the UM School of Art’s 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition closing reception, which features work by 18 students and runs from 5–7 PM in the Gallery of Visual Arts in UM’s Social Science Building. Free. Call 243-2813.

nightlife Shoot something artistically pleasing into your

end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., April 22, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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• Bulk and packaged essential oils • Aromatherapy diffusers • 100% natural bulk body care Call to sign up for a free aromatherapy class! 180 S. 3rd W. next to Bernice’s M-F 10-6 • Sat 11-5 • 728.0543

Be a print party animal when the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., hosts Artini: Northwest Narratives, an event that celebrates the museum’s Northwest Narratives exhibit and runs from 5:30–9 PM, and features a gallery talk with printmaker Elizabeth Dove at 6 PM, plus etching demos with James Bailey, and dance performances by Tricia Opstad. Free. Call 728-0447.

starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $10/$5 student rush tickets with sign ups at 7 PM. Visit montanarep.org/ missoula.html (See Theater in this issue.)

Give granny a reason to rock out with her frock when Ello plays rock during the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in April from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

Yodel or sing like a yokel when the University Center Game Room presents an open mic night, starting at 8 PM. Free. Call 243-5590.

Conservationists unite during It’s Your Planet...Pass It On!, a celebration of conservation in western Montana that features talks with Chris Johns of National Geographic magazine and M. Sanjayan of The Nature Conservancy, plus music by Cash for Junkers, starting at 6 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Free. Call 543-6681. The Acousticals recommend shoulder pads when two-stepping with your dad when it plays Americana at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Ignite your fire for activism when NARAL ProChoice Montana presents its fourth annual Voices, Power, Politics event with a talk by Courtney E. Martin, an author, freelance journalist and editor in chief of the blog Feministing.com, starting at 6 PM in the University Center Ballroom. A reception follows at The Loft of Missoula, 119 W. Main St., at 7:30 PM. Free for the talk/$25 suggested donation for the reception. E-mail info@prochoicemontana.org to RSVP. (See Agenda in this issue.) See the academic fruits of middle school students when C.S. Porter Middle School hosts its annual Spring Showcase of Student Achievement, which features art exhibits, music and theater performances, plus a juried art auction and silent auction, from 6–8 PM at the school, 2510 W. Central Ave. Free. Call Allie at 728-2400 Ext. 4624. Get a taste of the struggle against expansion of mining on Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands during a screening of the documentary H2Oil, which begins at 6:30 PM in UM’s Urey North Underground Lecture Hall. Free. Call 243-4856. UM’s Central and Southwest Asia Conference continues with Iran and Russia: Implications of Alliance on the Middle East and Central Asia, a talk that’s presented by John Fox and begins at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299. The Peace and Justice Film Series presents a screening of the documentary Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller, which begins at 7 PM in UM’s Urey Underground Lecture Hall. Free. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. The Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts its Third Thursday Book Group featuring a discussion of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, starting at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Bear witness to the legacy of an old school conservationist during a screening of Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and A Land Ethic For Our Time, a documentary on Leopold that begins at 7 PM at GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in Hamilton, 553 Old Corvallis Road. Free. Call 363-3338. Absorb a drama about a political prisoner in Lebanon, and his wife who waits for his return, when Montana Rep Missoula presents a performance of Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms,

Delve into something sonorous when UM hosts the Capps-Rickard Singer of the Year Finals, which begins at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. Tickle your earlobes with a night of bass-heavy electronic music when the Palace hosts BassFace The Bounce Edition, which features sets of electronic music by KidTraxiom, Cadence, and Buckaroo Blastar, at 9 PM. Free. Pickle your herring with a few drops of firewater when the Whiskey Rebellion plays outlaw country at 9 PM at the Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. Laugh off your gingko hangover when Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs plays folk and bluegrass at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.

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Let your mind turn a nice shade of green when UM hosts its Earth Day Celebration, which runs from 11 AM–2 PM at UM’s Oval and features info on student groups, a speech, plus a Greening UM awards presentation by UM President Royce Engstrom. Free. Call 243-4856. Green it all out when Flathead Valley Community College presents FVCC Earth Day Festivities, which includes interactive stations providing information on topics like water quality, along with info from various green local businesses, from 11 AM–3 PM inside and behind Blake Hall on FVCC’s campus, 777 Mainview Drive in Kalispell. Free. Slip into an afternoon story when UM’s Creative Writing program presents its Merriam-Frontier Reading, which features —who won the readings by Jeffrey Whitney— 2011 Merriam-Frontier Award—plus Keema Waterfield, at 3 PM at the Poetry Corner of the Mansfield Library, on the fifth floor. Free. Call 243-5267.

UM’s Central and Southwest Asia Conference continues with the talk Corruption in Russian Higher Education: Past Origins and Present Remedies, which begins at 3:30 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299.

nightlife Gnaw on something tasty and check out a sustainable pad when UM’s FLAT, 633 5th St. E., presents a Earth Day barbecue and open house that also includes a silent auction from 5-7 PM. Free, but donations accepted.

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SPOTLIGHT take five “Jazz is the most fun you can have with your clothes on,” says the late jazz trumpet player Herb Pomeroy. Indeed, dear reader, this year’s Jazzoula 2011 looks to be more fun than a pants-less party in July. Or something along those lines. Anyways, here’s the scoop: Over the span of four nights, a slew of performances by local and regional jazz musicians hits St. Anthony Parish during the seventh installment of this blue note celebration.

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Jazz aficionados and newcomers alike won’t want to miss Tuesday night’s showcase of duets, which includes seductive jazz singer Eden Atwood, pictured, performing with pianist David Morgenroth. Atwood’s a longtime favorite around town who’s gotten kudos for her vocal talents from publications including the Chicago Tribune, while Morgenroth has shared the stage with a host of jazz greats including trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and multi-instrumentalist Lionel Hampton. Rounding out that bill is local crooner Margi Cates—who also performs in Margi and The Smoking Jackets on Monday night—with Brent Carmer, and Hellgate High School student/musical wunderkind Kira Means with Josh Farmer. WHAT: Missoula Blues and Jazz Society’s Jazzoula 2011

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WHEN: Mon., April 25–Thu., April 28, 6:30 PM nightly with a special jam session featuring players from the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival on Sat., April 30, at 10 PM WHERE: St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St. HOW MUCH: $20/$16 students and seniors for an all-show pass, with nightly shows for $10/$8 students and seniors

Rub something salty into your senses when The Saltbush Stringband— featuring Nate Biehl, Brian Herbel, Travis Yost and Caroline Keys—performs during the Top Hat’s Family-Friendly Friday concert series, from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Wear your crash helmet and bust a smooth jazz move to EL-3OH! when it plays Gypsy jazz at 6 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703. See hip threads created by locals when Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., finishes its Project Selvedge amateur fashion design competition with a grand finale runway show at 6:30 PM. Free. Call 541-7171. Enjoy a metaphor or three by the author of Nude Siren and Oubliette when poet Peter Richards, who’s UM’s visiting Hugo Poet for Spring Semester 2011, presents a reading

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Those of you yearning for some spice in your jazz should also catch Wednesday’s gig by Helena’s Rio, a Latin jazz group that plays out frequently in the Queen City and recently played First Night Missoula 2011. It offers up a repertoire spanning bossa nova and other Brazilian styles by composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque. Additionally, Thursday tops things off with a performance by 2011 Jazzoula Hall of Fame winner and Brazilian clarinetist Dexter Payne, plus a gig by his former band the Big Sky Mudflaps, which also scored a Hall of Fame award this year. Besides four days of smokin’ jazz licks, the fete, which precedes the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, serves as “an opportunity to highlight and give props to our jazz community,” says Jazzoula organizer Bruce Micklus. —Ira Sather-Olson

of his work at 7 PM in the Dell Brown Room of UM’s Turner Hall. Free. Call 243-5267. Sit tight for an intellectually tasty night when UM’s Central and Southwest Asia Conference presents a talk by Mehrdad Kia titled Impact of Recent Uprising in the Arab World on Russia and Central Asia, which begins at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-2299. Just don’t cry for Argentina when the Flathead Valley Community College Theatre presents a performance of Evita, starting at 7 PM in the college’s theatre, in the Arts and Technology Building at the school, 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell. $10/ $5 seniors/free for students. Call 756-3906. Let your hearing receptors get zapped when the UM Percussion Ensemble and Islanders Steel Drum Band presents its Spring

Concert featuring the music of Frank Zappa, which includes guest artists Brian Oppel and John Floridis, and begins at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Coat your cochlea with sounds emanating from soprano and UM student Yelyzaveta Shpileyko when she performs a student recital at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Absorb a drama about a political prisoner in Lebanon, and his wife who waits for his return, when Montana Rep Missoula presents a performance of Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15/$5 student rush tickets with sign ups at 7 PM. Visit montanarep.org/ missoula.html. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Stop crusin’ for a brusin’ and just chillax during Jazz with Malapropos at the Missoula Winery,

5646 W. Harrier, at 8 PM. Free. Call 830-3296.

items, all for free, from 9 AM–noon. Call 542-4190.

Break out of that sour cream dream and let The Roadhouse Band pummel your senses when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free.

Do your part during UM’s Earth Service Day 2, which runs from 9 AM–5 PM at UM and other locations around town, and features the chance to take part in trail work restoration, a recycling relay and other activities. Alternately, you can sign up for the Ecopentathalon 2, where you complete the aforementioned activities while biking from each activity and working an hour at each event. Free. Visit umt.edu/ earthday. (See Mountain High in this issue.)

Inject a little glitch and bass into your prosaic day when Portland, Ore.’s The Great Mundane plays experimental hip hop and electronic music at 9 PM at the Palace. Berkeley’s Thriftworks and locals Kris Moon and Kidtraxiom open. $7/$5 advance, with a $5 surcharge for those ages 18–20. Get tickets at seafarerentertainment.com See 16 locals spit out sizzling stanzas when local artist Tahjbo presents a Poetry Slam, which begins at 9 PM at the Badlander. $4. Call 818-1111 to sign-up. Dig for ore, but not for gold in your friend’s nose, when the Copper Mountain Band plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. $3. Call 728-1559. No, you can’t borrow my torture device. Bad Neighbor plays at 9:30 PM at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N. Free. Sell your toenails for dollars on the Euro when Cash for Junkers plays Americana with a swing at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free. Tell my friend Rocky he owes me 20 bucks when The Balboas play hard rock at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Leave the stun gun at home and put your cool glasses on when The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St., presents the Stunna Shades Party and Spring Fling, which begins at 10 PM and features tunes by DJ MVP. Cost TBA. Slip some countrified gin into your fun juice when Austin, Texas’ The Gourds plays alt country with opener Patrick Sweany at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $24, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and Kettlehouse Brewing Co. (See Noise in this issue.)

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Smell your sorrows away when the 5 Valleys Dahlia & Glad Society present a Dahlia & Gladiolus Sale, a fundraiser for the group that runs from 8 AM–2 PM at Montana Ace Hardware in Tremper’s Shopping Center, 2301 Brooks St. A second sale occurs at Montana Ace Hardware’s Fancy Plants store, 1101 Burlington Ave., from 8 AM–1 PM. Call Barb at 728-7130. Get wild with some free stuff when the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, 790 E. Beckwith St. presents Aldo Leopold’s Yard Sale, which features maps, publications, games, kids’ art and other

Get to learnin’ when UM hosts the 10th annual Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference, which features a number of poster displays, a roundtable discussion and a presentation of awards, from 10 AM–6 PM in the University Center’s Copper Commons. Free. Those suffering from illness or loss can find solace during one of Living Art Montana’s Creativity for Life workshops at the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder St. # 17. This week features the program “Flower Power” with Beth Jaffe. Free, but donations are appreciated but not expected. Call 549-5329 or visit livingart ofmontana.org. Show me your best bear mask when the International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) presents free public art workshops for the IWFF’s annual WildWalk Parade, which offers the chance to make puppets and masks with local performance artist Craig Menteer, this and every Sat. until May 7 from 11 AM–3 PM at 801 Ronan St. #5. Free. Call 728-9380.

Gardens & Local Foods, which runs from 2–6 PM at the Rocky Mountain Grange, 1436 S. First St. south of Hamilton, and features a number of events and forums plus a keynote talk with author and Indy contributor Jeremy N. Smith at 3:30 PM. Free. Call 642-3601. Sip on something cool and enjoy a narrative about three sisters who run their mother’s cafe when the Whitefish Theatre Co.’s Young Actors Performance Troupe presents Poetry Cafe, with a performance at 2 PM and again at 7PM at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, 1 Central Ave. $5 suggested donation. Call 862-5371. Make a pit stop to a vocalization station when soprano Neila Getz and mezzo-soprano Janell Zerbe perform during a student recital at 3 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

nightlife Dance the night away for a good cause during The EndoZumbaThon, a benefit to raise awareness about endometriosis that features Zumba lessons with trained instructors, a raffle and silent auction, plus an array of vendors including the Montana School of Massage, from 5–8 PM at Heritage Hall, Building 30 at Fort Missoula. All proceeds raised go to the Endometriosis Foundation of America. $7/$5 children ages 12 and under.

Slip into a performance that’s considered a romantic and philosophical battle between words and music when Morris Productions presents another installment of The Met: Live at the Roxy with a performance of Strauss’ Capriccio, at 11 AM at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. $19/ $ 17, w i t h t i c k e t s a t R o c k i n Rudy’s and available online at morrisproductions.org. UM’s Neuro Networking Club presents its third annual Spring Hullabaloo, an autism awareness event that features games, information on autism from a number of local organizations, and an art auction, from 1–3 PM in the University Center Ballroom. Free. Call Treva at 543-003. Tickle your funny bone with an afternoon of piano tickling when UM student Allyson Carroll performs a student recital at 1 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Kids go for the white round stuff when UM hosts the Easter Eggstravaganza, an annual egg hunt for children ages 9 and under that begins at 1 PM at UM’s Oval. Free. Locavores and foodies unite for an afternoon of food wise fun during Th e S p r i n g C e l e b r a t i o n o f

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Have a fine glass of vino and support a worthy after school program when the tasting room of Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, hosts a Nonprofit Night for The Flagship Program, from 5–9 PM. The winery will donate 25 cents per flight, 75 cents per glass and $1 per bottle to the organization. Free. Call 549-8703. Exercise your elbows and your nose hairs when Cellar Door plays a set at 5:30 PM at the Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevensville, 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. The Clay Studio of Missoula presents Potsketch 2011, an auction gala featuring sketched drawings and ceramic works by local, national and international artists, running from 6–10 PM at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St. The auction also includes music by The Discount Quartet, and appetizers. $85 couple/$45 per person/$75 couple for members/ $40 per person for members. Call 543-0509 or visit theclaystudioofmissoula.org to purchase tickets. Malarkey takes a pickaxe to your tooth decay when it plays Irish music at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Just don’t cry for Argentina when the Flathead Valley Community College Theatre presents a performance of Evita, starting at 7 PM in the college’s theatre, in the Arts and Technology Building at the school, 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell. $10/$5 seniors/free for students. Call 756-3906. Get slicker than toe snot when the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., presents a Saturday Night Dance with the City Slickers, from 7–10 PM. $5. Call 543-7154. Get touched and embraced with grace when Patrick Marsolek and Grace Hodges lead Tango Night, which starts with beginning tango at 7 PM, intermediate tango at 8 and Milonga at 9, all at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $15 entire evening/$7 class/$5 Milonga only. Call 541-7240. Absorb a drama about a political prisoner in Lebanon, and his wife who waits for his return, when Montana Rep Missoula presents a performance of Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms, starting at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $15/$5 student rush tickets with sign ups at 7 PM. Visit montanarep.org/missoula.html. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Leave all distortion pedals behind when the UM Concert Band performs at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Get keyed in when UM student Seth Quay plays piano during a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

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Break out of that sour cream dream and let The Roadhouse Band pummel your senses when it plays at 8 PM at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. Free. Rock out with your singular self when Lansing, Mich.’s The Plurals plays pop punk with openers City O’ City and The Anchor and The Hangover Saints, at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages. Get a shot of the jazzy stuff during Saturday Night Jazz with Triple Sec, which begins at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. Call 830-3296. Party down with the eye candy army when the UM’s Artist’s Collective hosts the Circque Du Beaux Art Ball, a circus themed party that features music by Wartime Blues, The Best Westerns and the Cruel World Dream Band (formerly Deny the Dinosaur?) from 8 PM–midnight at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $8/$5 advance at UM’s Gallery of Visual Arts, in the Social Sciences Building. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R. Swig drinks while listening to oldschool rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free. Dig for ore, but not for gold in your friend’s nose, when the Copper Mountain Band plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. $3. Call 728-1559. Let your friend Gus jump in front of that bus when Playing in Traffic plays at 9 PM at The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St. Free. Call 728-1559. Tell my friend Rocky he owes me 20 bucks when The Balboas play hard rock at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Squirt some half-and-half into your socks when Tom Catmull & The Clerics plays Americana and roots music at the Union Club, at 9:30 PM. Free. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up “against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Give your binary buddy a jolt when former Missoulians Signal Path perform live electronic music at 10 PM at the Palace. Locals Ebola Syndrome (performing as Bocks Elder)) and ir8prim8 open, with visuals by AuralFixation. $10 advance plus

ticket fees, with tickets at Ear Candy Music, Rockin Rudy’s and online at etix.com. (See Noise in this issue.) Break through the rhyme scheme when UM’s Entertainment Management Program continues the Saturday Night Music Shuffle

with a hip hop concert by locals Zoo Effort and Joey and the Enkrypted Rainbeau, starting at 10 PM at Sean Kelly’s. Proceeds will be donated to the program. $3, with non-perishable food items accepted at the door to support the Missoula Food Bank.

Quench your parched thirst for something dusty and countrified when Austin, Texas’ The Gourds plays alt country during the last night of a two night run with opener Patrick Sweany at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $24, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and Kettlehouse Brewing Co. (See Noise in this issue.)

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A: Q: Sure, I suppose it’s like that for anyone, memories both bad and good. So Montana was a good place to grow up? A: WHAT: Performance of It Goes Without Saying WHO: Bill Bowers WHEN: 7:30 PM nightly Mon., April 25– Wed., April 27, with a 7:30 PM gala show on Thu., April 28 WHERE: Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. HOW MUCH: $25/$50 for the gala show MORE INFO: Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets Q: Good point. Growing up gay anywhere can be a difficult proposition. The refuge of silence seems like it would make mime a natural fit. Bill, you’re so much more than simply a mime: a playwright, an actor of stage and film, an educator, to name a few, but let’s talk about mime for a moment. Mimes get a lot of flak. It seems to be one of the most maligned artistic disciplines. As one of the premiere mimes in the world, having studied under Marcel Marceau, what do you think is the basis for all the abuse heaped on your art? A: Q: I think that’s a good tack, changing people’s perceptions. Now that you mention it, I would agree that it’s the oldest form of human communication. And you’re right, we all do perform mime in our everyday lives. But I’m telling you right now, you won’t catch me in the greasepaint and pursed

rosebud lips. Let’s talk about the award-winning show you’re bringing to Missoula. It Goes Without Saying is an autobiographical presentation. Who’s it about? A: Q: Oh, of course. I wasn’t thinking. Duh. So you’re saying it’s not actually about your life, but it’s inspired by your life. I get that. Anyway, you don’t perform mime in the show, rather, you tell some pretty hilarious stories about your experiences, including working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Could you share one of those stories here? A: Q: No kidding! Hugh Grant did that? Wow, Donald Trump must have been pretty insulted. A: Q: You’re right. It’s probably impossible to insult that guy. So you’ve been honing your show on the road for 10 years, and it’s chock full of humor and heart. Is it fair to say you could be viewed as a less acerbic version of David Sedaris? A: Q: No, I don’t suppose Sedaris could mime his way out of a glass box. But there’s lots of room for brilliant, entertaining one-man shows, and yours promises to be a fulfilling evening. Thanks for your time. What’s that? A: Q: Oh, well, thank you! It’s just Cost Cutters. Nothing special. —Bob Wire

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Hear about why we’ve gone past the tipping point in terms of climate change when local activist Carol Marsh hosts a presentation on Bill McKibben’s book Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, which begins at 10 AM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Missoula, 102 McCleod Ave. Free. Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. south of Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949.

nightlife Coat your throat with something cool and jazzy when DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave., presents a performance by the Steve Swallow Trio, at 7 PM. $25. RSVP required by e-mailing dalyjazz@gmail.com. Visit dalyjazz.com. Get folksy with an Irish folk singer when Sean Tyrrell performs during the final installment of UM’s A Springtime of Irish Traditional Music concert series, starting at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $15. Get tickets at the Adams Center, The Source,

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India, which begins at 12:10 PM in Room 303 of UM’s Old Journalism Building. Free. Call 243-6865.

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

Seek out some future volunteer adventure when UM hosts Peace Corps On-Campus Recruiting, which features the Peace Corps regional representative from Seattle and runs from from 4-5:30 PM in Room 154 of UM’s Lommasson Center. Another session occurs at 7 PM at Missoula REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Free. Call 243-2239.

Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, which features screenings of Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricki and Meet the Feebles starting at 9 PM. Free.

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Bend your aural circuits when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents Audacity, an electronic music audio installation that aims to introduce audiences to circuit bending, alternative midi control, and other concepts, with the installation open from noon–6 PM each day through April 30. Free. Visit zootownarts.org or call 549-7555. UM’s South and Southeast Asian Studies Program Spring 2011 Brown Bag Lecture Series continues with the talk Contemporary Environmental Challenges in

nightlife Be a hep cat during the first night of Jazzoula 2011, which begins at 6:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St, and features sets by the UM Jazz Combo, Missoula’s Youngest Divas, Indulge Jazz Quintet and Margi and The Smoking Jackets. $10/$8 students and seniors, $20 for an all show pass/$16 for an all show pass for students and seniors. Get advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s. Call 5420077. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Wear your favorite goat skin galoshes when Russ Nasset plays honky tonk during a solo set from 7–10 PM at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100. Free. Something aurally sweet is bound to go down when the UM Women’s Chorus performs at 7:30 PM in the Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880.

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From left, Josh Legate, Nick Pavelich and Brit Buchan star in the UM’s School of Theatre and Dance’s performance of Fuddy Meers in the Masquer Theatre in UM’s PARTV Center Tue., April 26–Sat., April 30 and Tue., May 3–Sat., May 7 at 7:30 PM nightly. $16/$14 seniors/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581 or by visiting umtheatredance.org.

Don’t expect the silent treatment when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents world-class mime and Montana native Bill Bowers for a performance of his one-man autobiographical show It Goes Without Saying, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $25. Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Chug from a lyrical canteen with a night of ace hip hop from some Minnesotans in the know when Doomtree Collective member Dessa plays hip hop with a full band along with openers and fellow Doomtree members Sims and Lazerbeak, at 9 PM at the Badlander. Locals Codependents and DJ Enkrypted open. $8/$13 for those ages 18–20. Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and a rotating cast of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. This week is a special “Vinyl Only Night.” Free.

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nightlife Tamarack Grief Resource Center presents a workshop titled Supporting Grieving Families, which meets at 6 PM in Conference Room 3 of Kalispell’s The Summit Medical Fitness Center, 205 Sunnyview Lane. Free. Call 261-0724. Missoula’s Jazzoula 2011 continues at 6:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St., and features sets by UM Jazz Combo, UM Jubillers and

Jazz Choir, the Jodi Marshall Trio, a duo set by Eden Atwood and David Morgenroth, plus others. $10/$8 students and seniors, $20 all show pass/$16 all show pass for students and seniors. Get advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s. Call 542-0077. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Have a throat for all when tenor Joshua Solonar performs a UM student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Put on your farce face for a comedy about loyalty, kin and communication when the UM School of Theatre

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Listen to slick stanzas and narratives from a crew of local high schoolers when Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W., presents a poetry and short prose reading by students of Loyola Sacred Heart and Big Sky High School, starting at 7 PM. Free. Call 549-9010. Cough up some time for a discussion on the health and climate impacts of coal-fired power plants when the Sierra Club presents the talk Coal’s Assault on Our Planet, which begins at 7 PM in Room 123 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Dig one for the team when Emily Eide presents the talk Nominating McCormick’s Ditch: Determining National Register Eligibility for the Missoula Irrigation District, which begins at 7 PM in Room 330 of UM’s University Center. Free. Expect the silent treatment when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents world-class mime and Montana native Bill Bowers for a performance of his one-man autobiographical show It Goes Without Saying, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $25. Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Get winded when the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble performs with the Hellgate High School Wind Ensemble at 7:30 PM in the University Theatre. $10/ $5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880.

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and Dance presents a performance of Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581 or by visiting umtheatredance.org. Sean Kelly’s Pub Trivia at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io are moons of what planet? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Don’t expect a political apocalypse when UM’s School of Journalism presents its annual Dean Stone Lecture titled Surveying 2012: Politics, Media and the Millenials, a talk with senior PBS correspondent Judy Woodruff that begins at 8 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Call 243-4001. All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Unclog your mind from brain drain and rock to some acoustic tunes when The Chalfonts play its selfdescribed style of music called “acoustic thunderpants” during the Badlander’s Live and Local Night at 9 PM. Free. Don’t get stuck on the bridge to nowhere. Spend the evening with a band that pushes a mix of blues, rock and roots music when Baltimore’s The Bridge plays at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Locals Black Mountain Moan and The Box Cutters open. $7. (See Noise in this issue.)

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Good smells abound when the Leauge of the Glacier Symphony and Chorale presents its Springtime in the Garden Luncheon, which features flowers, hats and frivolity, along with music by the chorale’s male ensemble The Great Pretenders, from 11:30 AM–1:30 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell, 1840 Hwy. 93 S. $25/$200 for a table of eight, with reservations dues by April 22. Call 257-3241 to RSVP.

Any and all businesses that would like to sign up for Missoula in — Motion’s Commuter Challenge— during Bike Walk Bus Week—can do so by registering by today. Visit bit.ly/CommuterChallengeEntry or call 258-4961 to enter. Bend your aural circuits when the Zootown Ar ts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents Audacity, an electronic music audio

installation open from noon–6 PM each day through April 30. Free. Visit zootownarts.org or call 549-7555.

nightlife Get some artistic relief when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents its Free Relief Printmaking Night, which offers the chance to learn the basics of relief printmaking and runs from 5–7 PM. Free. Visit zootownarts.org/ reliefnight. Tamarack Grief Resource Center presents a workshop titled Supporting Grieving Families, which meets at 5 PM in the St. Patrick Hospital and Health Science Center, 500 W. Broadway St. Free. Call 541-8472 or visit tamarackgriefresourcecenter.org. Shane Clouse eases your shrinking pains when he plays a set at 5:30 PM at the Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevi, 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Root for the green team when the Sustainable Business Council presents Thoughts on Developing a Sustainable Community, a talk with Andy Managan—co-founder and executive director of The U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development —that begins at 6 PM in Room 106 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. Call 824-7336. Gnaw on some tasty food and wine in order to raise money for education programs at the Whitefish Theatre Co., and for Project Whitefish Kids’ sports programs, during the 22nd annual Project Whitefish Wine and Food Fest Auction, which runs from 6-9 PM at the Grouse Mountain Lodge in Whitefish, 2 Fairway Ave. $50 per person/$500 per table. Call 862-5371 for advance tickets or get them at The Village Shop, Imagination Station, The Towne Printer and the O’Shaughnessy Center. Jazzoula 2011 continues at 6:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St., with sets by UM Jazz Combo, Rio, Chuck Florence & David Morgenroth, and the Basement Boyz. $10/$8 students and seniors, $20 all show pass/$16 all show pass for students and seniors. Get advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s. Call 542-0077. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Wear your patented magic pants during Hump Night Theatre, an evening featuring music, performances by hypnotist Mark King, magic by Evan Disney, plus appetizers and drink specials, this and every Wed. from 7–9 PM at Deano’s Casino, 5318 W. Harrier. $7. Expect the silent treatment when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents world-class mime and Montana native Bill Bowers for a performance of his one-man autobiographical show It Goes Without Saying, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $25. Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Put on your farce face for a comedy about loyalty, kin and communication when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581 or by visiting umtheatredance.org. Tickling isn’t a must when UM student and pianist Heidi Waegele performs a student recital at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. Free. Call 243-6880. Express yo’ self by watching others do the same when the UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Dance in Concert, a dance showcase featuring eight works by students, staff, and renowned choreographer Susan Marshall, at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581 or by visiting umtheatredance.org. Feel the buzz in your dirty crocs when Bloomington, Illinois’ Apache Dropout plays psychedelic garage punk at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. Locals Pony Canon, Mordecai and The Holy Family Mission Band open. $5, all ages. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io are the moons of that hulking planet known as Jupiter. Anything could happen to your electrified appendages during A Night of Possibilities, which features sets of electronic music by local producer Simpleton, plus the Milkcrate Mechanic, Illegitimate Children and SoundsThat!Happen, at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Make amends with the armpit alliance when Ryan Vetos of Swyl plays music with friends at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.

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nightlife Give granny a reason to rock out with her frock when Ello plays rock during the Top Hat’s monthly artist-inresidence series every Thu. in April from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages. Bob Wire utters something sweet to your sweetmeat when he plays honky tonk during a solo show at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. Get to the artistic root when UM hosts a visiting scholar presentation with Susan Baker titled The Familiar

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Don’t even think about pulling his strings. Irish folk musician Sean Tyrrell performs the last installment of UM’s A Springtime of Irish Traditional Music concert series in UM’s Music Recital Hall Sun., April 24, at 7:30 PM. $15. Get tickets at the Adams Center, The Source, UM’s School of Music, Southgate Mall, Rockin Rudy’s or online at griztix.com.

Recedes: How Painting Nothing Means Something, which begins at 6:10 PM in Room 356 of UM’s Social Science. Free. Call 243-4607. Jazzoula 2011 concludes with its Hall of Fame Night, which begins at 6:30 PM at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont St., and features sets by Jazz Graffiti, The Lo/Horgan Family Unit, Dexter Payne, Melody & Clipper Anderson, and The Big Sky Mudflaps. $10/$8 students and seniors, $20 all show pass/$16 all show pass for students and seniors. Get advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s. Call 542-0077. (See Spotlight in this issue.) The Peace and Justice Film series continues with a screening of Trudell, a documentary about American Indian poet, prophet and activist John Trudell that begins at 7 PM in the University Center Theater. Free. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. Put on your farce face for a comedy about loyalty, kin and communication when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents a performance of Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $16/$14 seniors/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581 or by visiting umtheatredance.org. Express yo’ self by watching others do the same when the UM School of Theatre & Dance presents Dance in Concert, a dance showcase featuring eight works by students, staff, and renowned choreographer Susan Marshall, at 7:30 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $20/$16/$10 children ages 12 and under. Get tickets by calling 243-4581. Don’t expect the silent treatment when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents worldclass mime and Montana native Bill Bowers for a gala performance of his one-man autobiographical show It Goes Without Saying, at 7:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. Admission includes wine and dessert by the Silk Road. $50. Visit mtactors.com for advance tickets. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

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Rock out with a seasoned trio of country artists when Big Productions presents a concert featuring Tim Ryan, Rob Quist and Ellie Nuno, starting at 7:30 PM at the Ronan Performing Arts Center, 35885 Round Butte Road. $14/$12 advance in Polson at Riddle Sticks School of Music and Shannon Nunlist Physical Therapy, or at True Value Hardware in Ronan. Call 800-823-4386. Jazz the night away when the UM Jazz Band II presents a special sneak peek performance of its set for the Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival, from 8–9 PM at the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Go the scholarly route when the UM President’s Lecture Series continues with “The King James Bible after Four Hundred Years,” a talk with guest presenter Stephen Prickett that begins at 8 PM in the University Center Ballroom. Free. Call 243-2311. Deep fry your insecurities and get ready to rock with some local and regional rock and indie rock bands when Letters to Luci, The Magpies and Hell City Kitty play the Palace at 9 PM. $5. The Louie Bond Band wages a cold war on boars when it plays at 9 PM at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559. Spread your carrot seeds to those in need when Jameson and The Sordid Seeds plays a mix of reggae, blues, soul and rock at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5. Let’s keep things casual, but reciprocal, okay? Send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., April 22 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff to me online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

MOUNTAIN HIGH W e shred, hike and bike on Mother Earth’s bounty each and every week, so why not give her a little restoration loving now and again? If you agree, I suggest you slap on some work gloves and prepare yourself for some stewardship action on Sat., April 23, during UM’s Earth Service Day 2. It features the chance to participate in Earth Day on the M, which is a Mount Sentinel trail work and prairie restoration event that runs from 9 AM–3 PM on the mountain’s trail. Then, at 10 AM, you can sort recyclables during a Recycle Relay, which runs until noon at UM’s Recycling Shed, in the back of the Facility Services building. Alternately, you could give Playfair Park & Bancroft Pond a little tender loving care by doing things such as litter removal,

fence staining, native tree and shrub planting, and more, from 10 AM–2 PM, starting with a meet up at 10 at the pavilion on south side of Playfair Park. And if you’d like to help spiff up the UC Garden, you can busy your hands during UM’s UC garden chores, which tentatively runs from 2–5 PM. Still, those of you aiming to be super stewards can also participate in the Ecopentathalon 2, where you bike to all these events and work about an hour at each. So get out there and show your mother some love, ya dig? UM’s Earth Service Day 2 begins at 9 AM on Sat., April 23. Free. Visit umt.edu/earthday for further details or call Vicki Watson at 243-5153.

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THURSDAY APRIL 21 Leave your bear suit at home during Swan Valley Bear Resources’ Spring Bear Wake Up Social, an evening featuring guest speakers discussing info related to bears in the Swan Valley, which runs from 5–8 PM at the Swan Valley Community Hall, near milemarker 42 off Hwy. 83. Free, but RSVPs are requested. Call 754-3137.

FRIDAY APRIL 22 Kids in Missoula can hike, bike, raft, canoe and swim to their heart’s content, and learn skills in leadership, selfconfidence and teamwork, during Missoula Outdoor Learning Adventures’ Outdoor Adventure Summer Camp, which is currently open for registration. Camps run each week from June 6–Aug. 26. $150 per one-week session, with a $50 deposit check per week. Get details at missoulaoutdoors.com. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announces that today is the final day to comment on issues that may result in changes to Montana’s 2012-2015 fishing regulations. Visit fwp.mt.gov to comment and for more info.

SATURDAY APRIL 23 Leave the drunk goggles at home but bring your avian shades when the Five Valleys Audubon Society presents a trip to the Warm Springs Ponds to look for migrating shorebirds and waterfowl, starting with a meet-up at 7 AM at the parking lot of UM’s Adams Center. Free. Call Larry at 549-5632. Keep your eyes peeled for waterfowl, shorebirds, woodpeckers and corvids when the Flathead Audubon Society presents its fifth annual Cohen Stroll, a two-hour birding walk that begins with a meet-up at 9 AM in the youth baseball fields off Hwy. 40 in near Whitefish. Enter through the Monterra subdivision and then turn right at the youth ball fields. Free. Call 837-0181. Get rid of some of your old-but-still-good sleeping bags, backpacks and other outdoors gear in order to help out the Mountain Shepherds—a community run, ecotourism organization located in the Nanda Devi

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Biosphere Reserve in India—during the Nature-Link Institute’s Gear for the Garhwal drive, which runs through April 30 with drop off locations at The Trail Head, Aerie Wilderness Medicine, UM’s Outdoor Program and REI Missoula. Call 370-2294 and visit nature-link.org for details. Powderhounds turn into aqua fiends when Big Sky Resort, 1 Lone Mountain Trail in Big Sky, presents its Spring Run-Off, an event at 3 PM marking the end of the ski season where skiers and snowboarders skim across a 100 foot pond of water, just for kicks. $20. Also, this is the last weekend to ski at Big Sky Resort for the season. Visit bigskyresort.com.

SUNDAY APRIL 24 Wear your hottest bunny suit when Missoulians on Bicycles presents its Easter Tour of the Town ride, which is 40 miles in length and takes you through the Rattlesnake area, Grant Creek, Miller Creek and Pattee Canyon, and departs at 10 AM from the Eastgate Parking lot on East Broadway St. Free. Visit missoulabike.org/ride-page.

TUESDAY APRIL 26 Tap into some adventurous history when Missoula REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2, presents Stories from Nanda Devi & Gear for the Garhwal, which begins at 6:30 PM. Free. Visit rei.com/stores/72 to RSVP. Call 541-1938.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 Hang with some spelunkers and keep your nose clean when the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto of the National Speleological Society meets for a presentation titled “White Nose Syndrome–What It Is and How It Impacts Caving the the Northern Rockies,” which begins at 7 PM in Room L09 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building. Free. E-mail cave3d@msn.com. calendar@missoulanews.com

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But without the gerbil After near misses with fame, Mike Avery gets enshrined by Jed Nussbaum

On most days, you can find Mike Avery on the University of Montana Oval, driving a lawnmower with his cowboy hat pulled low over his sunglasses: the lone ranger of grass-trimming. When the sun goes down, you’ll most likely find his tall, stocky frame bent over the mixing board at open mic nights for UM or Sean Kelly’s. Avery is quick to smile. His eyes light up when he laughs. People often tell him he resembles Richard Gere with a mullet. But without the gerbil, he replies, with a wink. Avery has been an enduring face in the Missoula community—a bit of a local celebrity. Soon, however, he’ll miss his first Sean Kelly’s open mic in nine years to celebrate a past few people in town know much about. Two of his former bands, Fluid and The Tuneswith Band (formerly known as ShadowFax), will be inducted into the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 1, and The Tuneswith Band will be reuniting for the first time in decades to play at the induction ceremony concert. The story of Avery and his bands is one part rock ’n’ roll fairytale and one part near-miss memoir. He started Fluid in Las Vegas in 1969 while still in high school. The band played soul, bolstered by the rock guitar playing of 13-year-old prodigy Mike Krug. Avery—who sang and played guitar for the group—moved to Virginia in 1971 after his military father was transferred, but he and Krug

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vowed to start a new group after he graduated from high school. When he moved back to Vegas the following year, Krug had a four-piece band waiting for him. With Avery as their frontman, the musicians began writing original rock music, drawing influences from early prog bands like Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant. Over the next few years, the band, known as Shadowfax, quickly attracted a sizeable following, traveling to play in California, Arizona, and other parts of the region. The group became famous—and sometimes infamous—for its generator-powered keg parties out in the desert, which Avery says would sometimes attract thousands of people. “The cops would come to break it up and end up directing traffic,” he says with a laugh. After learning of another band with the same name in Chicago, Shadowfax changed its name to The Tuneswith Band, and relocated to Phoenix in 1978. The gigs got bigger and the venues got nicer. Avery recalls playing two nights at a venue called the Space Center, taking the place of ZZ Top after that band’s bassist accidentally shot himself with a derringer. The Tuneswith Band played to sold-out crowds both nights. “After that, the record companies were all interested in us,” Avery says. “We went to L.A. and did a showcase at the Troubador…and I made the mistake of asking the owner of the club if they’d get somebody to open up for us.”

Mike Avery, a local celebrity with a rock ’n’ roll past, leaves Missoula next week to be immortalized in Vegas. At right, the barefoot Avery in his glory days with his band Fluid.

The opener was a soulful young girl named Rickie Lee Jones, who promptly stole the show and the record companies’ attention. It was a close miss with major exposure, but Avery likes to say it was for the best. “All the ones that were interested in us would say, ‘Oh, you guys are great but we want you to do what these guys are doing and look like these guys and play these guys songs,’” he says. “But we were young and headstrong and said no. It would have been selling out. We never really wanted to mix business with music.” After a few years in Phoenix, Krug and the band’s bassist both moved their new families back to Vegas. The remaining members tried putting a project together, but it just wasn’t the same, says Avery. He soon got married himself, moving to Portland with his wife Tamara and their son and playing in a new band called Dhyan Cohan. One night, someone followed the band home and stole their equipment trailer, which Avery estimates contained around $40,000 worth of gear. It was a devastating blow, he says. “I lost faith in mankind for a little while after that, and quit playing music for 12 years.” For Avery, the dream of rock ’n’ roll was over. In 1995, Avery and his family moved to his wife’s hometown of Missoula, to be closer to nature. He started working at UM almost immediately, beginning on the labor crew and climbing the ranks to groundskeeper. It was the George W. Bush administration that caused Avery to pick up the guitar again. He was adamant about speaking out against what he views as corporate greed and political injustice, a standpoint that has influenced his lyric writing for decades. He began assembling bands for various events, writing songs about his belief in a contrails conspiracy for UM’s 2004 Earth Day celebration and protest songs for peace rallies. He’d lost touch with his old bandmates until Krug somehow got his number and called him out of the blue. Krug got the band back in contact, but while they wistfully discussed reuniting, their different locations made it unfeasible. About a year ago, Krug died of a heart attack. The remaining four guys traveled to Vegas for the memorial and ended up jamming together at a friend’s studio, an occasion that wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for Krug reconnecting them. “He got us together in life, and he got us together in death,” Avery says News of the reunited band made it to the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They contacted Avery and told him his bands met the criteria for induction, and plans for the reunion concert began to take shape. At 55, the prospect of reuniting with his old band members for such an occasion has Avery as giddy as a teenager in a garage band about to play its first show. He’s an affable man by nature, but his smile gets even bigger when he talks about the celebration he’ll soon play a part in. After this reunion gig with The Tuneswith Band, Avery says the future is up in the air for the group. For now, he’s just happy for the chance to step away from his riding lawnmower and back up to the microphone. “It’s going to be one hell of a party,” he says. “We’re going to come in and just try to rip it up.” arts@missoulanews.com

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Signal Path The Prosaic Fades self-released

Missoula audiences are used to getting a healthy dose of Signal Path. The jamtronic outfit started here in the early aughts and still played regular local shows after becoming a staple on the national touring circuit. When the band took a hiatus in 2007, the occasional private concert still popped up on the Missoula schedule. Even after drummer Damon Metzner and guitarist Ryan Burnett reformed Signal Path as a duo in 2009 and permanently relocated to Colorado, access hardly waned— they played the Wilma last April and the Top Hat in October. Lately, though, fans are most easily connected to Signal Path through tons of free music at signalpathmusic.com. The Prosaic Fades is a five-song EP, and the first of four free releases promised in this year’s cutely

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This release has all the markings of a jam-band album that would translate well to a live performance: The solos are flashy and virtuosic; the beats are solid and danceable; and the hooks are infectious and memorable. But while Los Lobos saxophonist/album producer Steve Berlin gives the band plenty of space to groove to its heart’s content, it seems to take away from the cohesiveness of the album, like the songs are unaware of

Patrick Sweany That Old Southern Drag Nine Mile Records

On “Same Thing,” Patrick Sweany sings the word “want” nearly 20 times. In the first line, the bluesman turns it into a six-syllable cry. Later, it’s hardly a grunt. Later still, a raspy plea. Like any soulful singer, Sweany has the ability to wring every last nuance out of a word just by his delivery. “Same Thing” is only one example. Sweany’s pipes carry That Old Southern Drag through a scruffy mix of Delta blues and vintage soul. He sounds like Otis Redding when letting loose on the slow, organ-filled ballad “More and More.” “Oh! Temptation” positions Sweany as a ’50s-era R&B crooner; you can picture him dramatically dropping to his knees for the live version’s last verse. “Frozen Lake” allows him to ease into a bluesy love song accompanied by only an acoustic guitar.

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Amon Amarth is a Swedish, Viking-themed, melodic death metal band. Take in the album art: fire, volcano, chiseled pecs. Continue reading if you are an adolescent male or excitedly anticipating the new Thor movie. “War of the Gods” cuts guts with flaming swords of palm-muted power metal, 155 mph double-bass war drums and a growl capable of arousing a grizzly. Seamless transitions are expertly executed as

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dubbed “quadrILLogy.” Two previous full-length albums are also free for the taking. A note at the top of the download page asks fans for support “by attending a live concert or telling a friend.” It should be an easy favor to fulfill. The Prosaic Fields shows Signal Path at a mature stage, striking a confident balance between its old-school jazz roots and electronic music’s limitless loops and glitches. “Gangsterer Than Me,” a tongue-in-cheek track featuring Vokab Kompany, ranks as one of the band’s best yet. It’s a promising start to Signal Path’s next stage. (Skylar Browning ) Signal Path plays the Palace Saturday, April 23, at 10 PM. $10 advance at Ear Candy Music and Rockin Rudy’s. each other. Rather than deciding on a definitive, unified sound that extends outward, The Bridge tends to genrehop as if it were filling categorical quotas; the transitions from horn-addled funk-fusion like “Big Wheel” and “Geraldine” to overwrought acoustical balladry like “Long Way to Climb” and “Dirt on My Hands” can be so jarring, it’s as though two different and unalike bands are featured in the same 48 minutes and 19 seconds. But where National Bohemian succeeds is in its bold moments, with opening numbers “Sanctuary” and “Chavez,” the spaghetti Western of “Moonlight Mission” and the languid wah wah pedals of “Hey Mama.” If the studio versions are any indication, these songs would keep any crowd out on a Tuesday night. (Steve Miller) The Bridge plays the Top Hat Tuesday, April 26, at 9 PM with Black Snake Moan and The BoxCutters. $7. Sweany’s less successful when he lends his considerable vocal talents to the occasional ’70s rock track. “Rising Tide” takes a bass-heavy turn reminiscent of Bad Company’s “Ready for Love,” and feels out of place. The harsh, guitar-driven “Police Car Blues” also comes on too strong. The most memorable moments of Southern Drag are the simplest. A few chords, Sweany’s voice and a little raw emotion—sometimes packaged in just one word—are all he needs to make a lasting impression. (Skylar Browning) Patrick Sweany plays the Top Hat Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, at 10 PM each night. $24 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and the Kettlehouse Brewing Co. Johann Hegg bellows expository sagas of Surtur and his sword of eternal fire. The lyrical content is as educational as it is violent. Mímir deserved to have his severed head sent to Odin’s court. “Destroyer of the Universe” tips its helmet to the New Wave of British heavy metal with dual guitar and melodic chorus, “See me rise, mighty Surt / Destroyer of the universe / Bringer of flames and endless hurt / Scorcher of men and earth.” Death metal melodic, anyway. On “Slaves of Fear” Johann vociferates, “They feed on your anxieties / to build a dead society.” One could argue that the band uses the violence of a mythic past to comment on modern violence. But this is how I know Surtur Rising rips: When alone, volume cranked, I don a towel cape and brandish a carrot like a sword. ( Jason McMackin)

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Tears for fears Two Rooms leans on the heavy hand of crisis by Erika Fredrickson

What I love about the “X-Files” is that underneath all the UFO sightings and lone gunmen conspiracies, there are much more plausible truths of how the government, the public, and the individual all struggle to control information. They’re the kind of issues that came up in real life during the Lebanon hostage crisis and post-9/11 kidnappings in the Middle East. Strip away bright alien ships and abductions in the “X-Files” and you’ve still got a story about vivid characters and how they survive in the worst of circumstances. Lee Blessing’s play Two Rooms is also about the control of information and survival. The story follows Michael Wells, an American hostage in Lebanon who spends three years handcuffed and blindfolded in a

sad, but it’s hard to imagine who she is beyond that emotion. To her credit, Jenkins hardly overacts. Yet it’s hard to see her as a tangible person. She has no interesting mannerisms to cling to. There’s little to hook us into her particular hostage story. She loves birds, but her stories of warblers become yet another heavy-handed way of telling us about her loss. She becomes a martyr, a symbol of grief, when we need a glimpse of heroism. Gutierrez does create some character around his Michael. You can picture him before he became a hostage—a funny guy, a dude who adored his wife. And he has good lines to work with. He says, “Yesterday one of the guards told me I’d been here for three years. I

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Arcadea Jenkins, right, and Bobby Gutierrez star in Montana Rep Missoula’s Two Rooms.

cell. Back in the United States, his wife, Lainie, spends her days in Michael’s office, which she’s stripped down to just a mattress in order to connect with her husband’s situation. The same set is used for the two rooms where husband and wife sometimes imagine being back together. Meanwhile, a journalist, Walker Harris, who is hungry for a good news story, visits Lainie. Ellen Van Oss, a state department liaison, also visits her, equally hungry to keep the hostage information concealed. In Montana Rep Missoula’s production of Two Rooms, directed by Daniel L. Haley, Salina Chatlain plays Van Oss, the stern government agent, with terrific restraint. She’s like the Smoking Man in the “X-Files”: pragmatic and mysterious, her presence shadowy and ominous. She says, without a hint of irony: “American citizens have to realize that when we take a risk, the U.S. government can’t always save us. That the time comes when we—on an individual basis—will simply have to pay.” When she does show emotion it’s startling and fleeting. On the other hand, Arcadea Jenkins as Lainie and Bobby Gutierrez as Michael must navigate extremely emotional waters. And here’s where the production sinks. The sorrows of the play feel heavy-handed and manipulative, relying on circumstance rather than character to deliver the pain, something stories about cancer or the death of child do all the time. Jenkins plays Lainie as a woman forced to both mourn her husband and hope for his return. She’s

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didn’t know what he meant,” without dramatizing it, which makes the line stunning. Eric D. Hersh steals the show as Walker, the journalist. He brings life to the stage, delivering lines that seem spontaneous. He allows his desperation to seep out a little, but not too much. He interrupts his sentences with nervous sips of champagne. You feel the way he’s torn between getting a good scoop, sheltering Lainie from more pain and justifying his role in her situation. He’s like Gary Shandling playing a serious role: There’s a playful warmth simmering just below the surface of his determined demeanor. Here’s my only other beef—and this might be more with the script. The “two rooms” concept allows Lainie and Michael to imagine being together even while they’re apart. But on stage, they actually are physically together, holding each other on the mattress and talking with one another. I know I’m supposed to imagine that they’re imagining being together, but somehow this kind of setup makes their pain seem less keen and immediate. It’s harder to remember that they’re apart and so, harder to care. I also get that that’s the point: Nothing can keep them apart. I just wish it didn’t seem so cheesy here. There are some great ideas in this play. A hostage crisis? Who isn’t intrigued by that? But just as with the the “X-Files,” Two Rooms needs more than political issues and sad feelings to float its characters. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Mary Surratt is one of those historical figures with actors playing Aiken’s contemporaries, especially Justin a familiar name but an unfamiliar story. Ask a dozen Long, the Apple guy who is impossible to take seriouspeople to place her and a few may equate her with the ly as a Civil War veteran trying to dissuade his friend Civil War, but only the most hardcore history buffs will from taking the case. Justin, despite the old-timey mustache, you are not tell you that she was a convicted conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman a convincing 19th century soldier—as you’ve reminded to be executed by the U.S. government. us countless times, you are in fact a Mac. Such is the long shadow of John Wilkes Booth, But the rookies in The Conspirator are saved over who did not act alone and was in fact part of a much and over by a stellar group of veterans led by Tom larger plot to carry out a coup on the night of April 14, Wilkinson as an aging senator and mentor to Aiken, 1865. The coup failed. Attempts to assassinate the vice and Robin Wright as Surratt. Wright is admirably president and secretary of state were foiled, but a war- restrained in a role that almost demands melodrama, ravaged nation still woke the next morning to news of playing a headstrong mother who is certainly guilty of its first assassinated president. And this is where The Conspirator picks up the story, in the midst of a frenzied manhunt for both Booth and his cohorts, a roundup that includes just about anyone officials suspect could have played a role in the plot. (In a scene weeks after the assassination, we see all of the Ford’s Theater actors still imprisoned—and still in costume—due to their loose association with Booth.) They eventually get to Surratt, a widowed Confederate sympathizer who ran a Washington, D.C boarding house that played host to many of the conspirators during the planning stages of the assassination. It’s her fugitive son John they really want, but with tensions so high—remember, the Civil War had officially ended just four days prior—they’ll settle for the mother. If you’re sensing some Life before the little black dress. modern connections, there’s much more of that to come. something, but not to the degree she is charged. Surely Robert Redford doesn’t make many films, but the this is an unjust trial, but she also knowingly harbored ones he does are usually pretty good. He’s meticu- Booth and his fellow conspirators. Because of this it’s lous in telling this compelling tale largely forgotten never clear whether she deserves our sympathy or by history. And The Conspirator is as much an educa- scorn, and that’s a hard line to walk convincingly, as tion as anything—a Civil War courtroom drama that Wright does here. manages to hold its audience for more than two Redford almost undermines these strong perhours, hardly an easy task with such a dialogue-heavy formances and captivating story thanks to an odd lack screenplay. It’s also heavy-handed—another Redford of confidence in his audience to understand the subtrait—and succeeds in spite of some truly curious text of it all. He might as well have had Aiken begin casting choices. his opening statement by declaring “this trial will be Unfortunately the most glaringly miscast is James an allegory for the post 9/11 United States.” And it is, McAvoy as lead protagonist Frederick Aiken, the 27- of course: Whether it’s officials being asked to take year-old lawyer and former war hero who begrudging- loyalty oaths or the disconcerting inclination of presly accepts the task of defending Surratt in the hastily idential administrations to prioritize vengeance arranged military tribunal. The deck is stacked against above the Constitution during times of war, The him, not least because of the questionable legality of Conspirator is a reminder that if you wait long trying civilians in a military court in front of nine enough, history is bound to repeat itself. But Redford judges who have been handpicked by Secretary of War bombards us with pages of unsubtle dialogue and Edwin Stanton (played with rigor by an unrecogniz- long dramatic pauses in which he practically begs us to see what we already understand. able Kevin Kline). McAvoy is fine at conveying the exasperation of Trust your audience, Bob. With a story this good, fighting a pre-determined outcome, all while defending there’s no need for that hammer and mallet. a client who would rather die than give up her fugitive The Conspirator continues at the Village 6. son. But he is generally overwhelmed by the role and the gravitas that it requires. The same goes for the arts@missoulanews.com

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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK AFRICAN CATS Just in time for Earth Day, Disney brings us an outdoors documentary about three families of animals headed by three tough mamas—a lion, leopard and a cheetah—who try to survive the wilds of the African savanna. Carmike 10: 4:15, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:15, 2:45, 4:55, 7:10 and 9:25, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:15, 3:35, 7:10 and 9:25. ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1 The first installment of uber-capitalist Ayn Rand’s final novel hits the screen with a narrative about trains, metal and two lovey dovey free marketeers who aren’t going to let the government take away their freedom to make tons of money. Still, critics don’t seem to be buying into it. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:30, with Fri.–Sat. shows at 9:50, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:45, 7 and 9:30.

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to get his scrilla supply cutoff unless he marries corporate executive Susan Johnson. Brand isn’t too keen on her though, and decides to put on his big boy britches with the encouragement of his new lady friend Greta Gerwig, and childhood buddy Helen Mirren. Carmike 10: 4:10, 7:15 and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:05. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:05 and 6:55. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9. THE CONSPIRATOR Confederate sympathizer Robin Wright is in the doghouse after she’s charged as a co-conspirator in the slaying of Abe Lincoln, and her only hope lies in the hands of defense lawyer James McAvoy. Robert Redford directs this flick, which is based on the story of Mary Surratt, the first

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INSIDIOUS When a family’s young son falls into a comatoselike state, an evil spirit starts to screw things up around their abode. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne co-star. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 10, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. JANE EYRE Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender hit the screen in this film that’s based on Charlotte Brontë’s famous 19th century romantic novel. Cary Joji Fukunaga, whose film Sin Nombre won awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Fest, directs. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9:10, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:10. LIMITLESS Bradley Cooper’s a writer with a case of creative blockage who finds his muse after he takes an

OPERA IN CINEMA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Put on your opera cap and get ready for Gioachino Rossini’s tale about a man who disguises himself as a drunken solider and music apprentice in order to woo a lady. Carmike 10: noon only on Tue.

WIN WIN Paul Giamatti’s an attorney in dire financial straits by day and a high school wrestling coach by afternoon who finds himself in a pickle after getting into a shady business deal with a client, and then coddling his client’s grandson. Amy Ryan co-stars in this flick, which critics seem to really dig. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:40.

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SCREAM 4 That masked, pale-face killer named Ghostface is back in the latest installment of Wes Craven’s seemingly unending slasher series. This time around, Ghostface is taking bloody cues from horror movie remakes. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox-Arquette, David Arquette and others co-star. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Village 6: 4:20 and 7:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 10, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3, and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:50, 3:55, 7:05 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:10, 3:55, 7:05 and 9:45. SOUL SURFER A teen surfer with high hopes on the waves has to relearn the sport after a shark gnaws off her arm. Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid costar. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7 and 9:40, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 1:25, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:40. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15.

TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY Tyler Perry gets gussied up as a grandma who tries to calm a distressed family by handing out bitchslaps like they’re going out of style— among other tough love methods— in another installment of this franchised comedy series. Carmike 10: 4:10, 7:15 and 9:50, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:05. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Hal Holbrook reminisces about his life in the 1930s as a vet in the circus—and the elephant that brought him and Reese Witherspoon togeth- Apparently, er—in this adaptation of Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name. Robert Pattinson and Christopher Waltz co-star. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:50, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 6:50 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30.

matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:20, 4:40, 7 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:30, 7 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Fri.–Sun. at 12:30, 2:40, 5:10, 7:30 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:25, 7:30 and 9:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9.

trunk size does matter. Water for Elephants opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

woman executed by the U.S. government. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:50, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:45, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:30. HANNA Trained by her father Eric Bana to be a stealthy assassin, teenager Saoirse Ronan embarks across Europe on a deadly family mission, and uses her wicked survival skills in order to elude Cate Blanchett and her crew of intelligence agents. Village 6: 4 and 7, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:30, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. HOP After a botched attempt at trying to “make it” as a drummer in Hollywood, the teenage son of the Easter Bunny, voiced by Russel Brand, must try to save Easter from an evil chick in this live action/CGI flick. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:35, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 2:25 and 4:45 and Mon.–Thu. at 1:30 and 4.

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experimental pharmaceutical called NZT—which seems like a cross between meth and coffee. Of course, Cooper soon realizes he’s gotta keep dipping into his stash in order to do things like help Robert De Niro run a company. Carmike 10: 7 and 9:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 7:15 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. THE LINCOLN LAWYER Defense attorney Matthew McConaughey makes a living off of defending slimy dudes, but his workload takes a killer turn when he takes an offer to defend shady richboy Ryan Phillippe, who’s accused of rape and attempted murder. Carmike 10: 4, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15 and 6:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. RIO A rare macaw who never learned how to fly high in the sky has to tackle the task after he escapes some smugglers during a trip to Rio de Janeiro. Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez and others lend their voices to this 3-D animated flick. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Carmike 10 in 2-D: 4:20, 7:20 and 9:35, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun.

SOURCE CODE Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up in the body of another man, and finds out the government assigned him the loathsome task of re-living the last minutes of the man’s life in order to get to the bottom of a gruesome train bombing in Chicago. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7:15 and 9:40, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. Pharoahplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 3:50, 7:25 and 9:40. YOUR HIGHNESS Danny McBride is a stoner/boozehound slacker prince who is asked to prove his family worth by joining his brother James Franco, along with warrioress Natalie Portman, on a quest to save Franco’s lady Zooey Deschanel–who was snagged by evil wizard Justin Theroux. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 4:15 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., April 22. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7800. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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TOO-BIG LOVE I’m an older woman (almost 50) in a six-year live-in relationship with a 25-year-old guy. The problem is he wants to sleep with other girls. I understand his need to be with other girls, especially at his age. Although I consented, I love him and cannot bear the thought of this. When he slept with two girls, he told me right away and said he’d used protection. I said, “I don’t want you feeling guilty about exploring a natural aspect of human behavior,” and I suggested taking a break from the relationship. He responded that he loved me and couldn’t see his life without me. (He’s financially stable, so money isn’t a consideration.) Sometimes, I want to say, “This isn’t working, and I want to move on.” But, that would be far from the truth. I left a financially and emotionally stable 20year relationship to be with him, and I haven’t regretted a minute of it. —Tormented “I understand his need to be with other girls,” you say. Right. So, he’ll come home and say, “I slept with these two girls. And I have five more scheduled for next week.” What do you do, say “You kids have a good time” then pack his “World of Warcraft” lunchbox with condoms and a cookie? Not many women in their 40s can find their way into barely legal bliss. (What did you do, park outside prom and hand out Tootsie Pops and cans of Schlitz?) Unfortunately, the age-mismatched relationship has some pitfalls; for example, having one’s youngster stud pop up in bed, six years in, and say, “Hey, wait! I forgot to have drunken hookups!” Even if you are the hottest thing this side of menopause, you can’t compete with all the Hottie McBody 20-somethings he’s never had. In theory, you can be all modern and evolved and say, “I love you enough to give you your sexual freedom.” In practice, while he’s off learning a thing or two from Amber and Tiffany, the position you find yourself in is the fetal one, with bouts of explosive sobbing. There’s much that’s unrealistic about pledging eternal monogamy, but sexually open relationships don’t work for a whole lot of people. Even the late Nena O’Neill, who co-authored the ’70s bestseller “Open Marriage,” came to that conclusion, writing in “The Marriage Premise” that these arrangements often leave the participants feeling jealous, resentful, insecure and abandoned —”sometimes as strongly as they do when a clandestine affair is discovered.”

Being with a much younger guy is a bit like being with a rock star. “The power of the least interested” comes into play, meaning that the partner who can walk the easiest calls the shots (like by announcing that he needs to have his cake and his cupcakes, too). Because you left a lot to be with him, there’s probably temptation to stay with him at all cost. That’s easy to say yes to in the abstract. And then, some night, you’ll have no calls from him for a block of hours and start flashing on all the horrible scenarios: fiery car crash...or did he bump into a hot pair of twins? Think about the emotional cost of living this way, day after day, and consider whether it might be time to give him that final teary kiss and part as friends with some wonderful memories. (In Bogie’s words at the end of “Casablanca,” “We’ll always have Chuck E. Cheese.”)

TAKE A REIN CHECK My husband and I are friends with several couples. He hangs out with the men of this group once a week, and I occasionally join them. Recently, for one of the guys’ birthday, the plan was dinner and a movie, but when my husband got off the phone with the birthday boy, he said I wasn’t invited. (None of the wives was, including the birthday boy’s.) Am I wrong for feeling angry and hurt? —Excluded

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Think how angry and hurt men must feel when they’re excluded from the wives’ mani-pedi night. (“Hey, Frank, should I have her do Blushing Bride or Nudist Colony on my toes?”) You’re actually taking it personally that guys want a guys’ night out? We all know men talk differently when there are no wives around. (Especially to the stripper.) You have some warped ideas about what you’re entitled to as somebody’s spouse. You got married, not conjoined. On the appointed evening, let your husband off his leash and smile and wave as he goes. Allowing him his freedom should leave him feeling less compelled to take it— along with half of the house and everything you two own. If you can’t quite manage to ease up, you might want to get a jump on deciding which half of your kid is your favorite and whether you’ll be asking for the front or the back of the dog.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now comes one of the supreme tests that most every Aries must periodically face: Will you live up to your promises? Will you follow through on your rousing start? Will you continue to stay passionately committed once the fiery infatuation stage evolves into the earthy foundation-building stage? Here’s a secret to succeeding at this test: You can’t just try to force yourself to “be good” and do the right thing. Nor does it work to use shame or guilt to motivate yourself. Somehow you’ve got to marshal pure, raw excitement for the gritty detail work to come. You’ve got to fall in love with the task of actually fleshing out your dreams. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In his book on intuition, psychologist David G. Myers defines it as “the capacity for direct knowledge and immediate insight, without any observation or reason.” Another expert on the subject, Malcolm Gladwell, describes intuition as the “power of thinking without thinking.” Both authors encourage us to cultivate this undersung way of grasping our raw experience. But Myers also warns us of the perils of intuition if it’s untempered by logic and analysis. It can lead us down rabbit holes where we lose track of the difference between our fantasies and the real world. It can cause us to mistake our fears for accurate ESP or get lost in a maze of self-fulfilling prophecies. I bring all of this to your attention, Taurus, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to hone and purify your intuition. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most impressive elements of the Egyptian uprising in January and February came after it was all over. Eighteen days of street protests created a huge mess in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and the surrounding area. When Hosni Mubarak finally resigned and reforms began percolating, thousands of demonstrators returned with brooms and rubber gloves and garbage bags to set the place back in order. I urge you to follow a similar sequence in the coming weeks, Gemini. Agitate for change; rebel against the stale status quo; fight corruption and ignorance; and once your work has led to at least a partial success, clean up after yourself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary,” said physicist Steven Weinberg as he admired a hackberry tree stoked with blue jays, yellowthroated vireos, and a red cardinal. You may find yourself thinking similar thoughts in the coming week, Cancerian. From what I can tell, life is primed to flood you with simple glories and exotic revelations, with signs of eternal splendor and hints of sublime meaning, with natural wonders and civilization’s more interesting gifts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I became an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church when I was 19 years old. Since then I have officiated at numerous baptisms, initiations, weddings (including marrying people to themselves), divorces, renamings, housewarmings, ghost-banishings, and the taking of primal vows. In all my years of facilitating these ceremonies, I’ve rarely seen a better time than right now for you Leos to seek a cathartic rite of passage. You may even be tempted to try several. I recommend you do no more than two, however. Are you ready to break a taboo or smash an addiction? Renounce a delusion or pledge your devotion or leap to the next level?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It would be an excellent time for you to acquire the Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness Kit, a package of goodies prepared by domestic expert Martha Stewart. I say this not because a Zombie Apocalypse is looming, or any other kind of apocalypse for that matter. Rather, the kit’s presence in your life might encourage you to make fun of your fears. And that would be a perfect way to cooperate with the current cosmic tendencies, which are conspiring to diminish the inhibitions that your anxieties hold in place. Remember one of the key rules in the game of life: Humor dissipates worry.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Eighty years ago, an explorer who visited the Maori of New Zealand found they had such good eyesight that many were able to detect Jupiter’s four largest moons with their naked eyes. That’s the kind of vision you could have in the coming days, Libra— metaphorically speaking, at least. The astrological omens say you have the potential to see further and deeper into any part of reality you choose to focus on. Inner truths that have been hidden from you are ready to be plucked by your penetrating probes. For best results, cleanse your thoughts of expectations. Perceive what’s actually there, not what you want or don’t want to be there.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You really should ventilate your house periodically, even when the weather’s cool. The air indoors gets stale; you need to flush it out and welcome in some fresh stuff. In my astrological opinion, it’s especially important for you to do this right now. So please consider opening all the windows for a while and inviting the breezes to blow through. In addition to its practical value for your respiratory system, it could serve as a ritual that gently blows the dusty crud out of your mind, thereby improving the circulation in your thoughts and emotions and fantasies.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What do you like most about work? What are the pleasurable experiences that happen for you when you’re engaged in demanding tasks that require you to be focused, competent, and principled? I think it’s important for you to identify those hardearned joys and then brainstorm about what you can do to expand and intensify them. You’re in a phase of your long-term cycle when you can make a lot of headway toward transforming your job situation so it serves you better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The next phase of your life will be an excellent time to unbreak your heart. Here’s what I mean by that: You will have extra power to dissolve any pain that still lingers from the romantic disappointments of the past. You’ll be able to summon acute insights into how to dismantle the sodden and unnecessary defenses you built to protect yourself from loss and humiliation. You will find it easier than ever before to forgive and forget any close companion who hurt you. So get out there, Capricorn, and launch the joyful process of restoring your love muscles to their original potency.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years,” read the headline in The Onion. “I always thought that if I kept searching and exploring, I’d discover who I truly was,” the report began, quoting 38-year-old Andrew Speth. “Well, I looked deep into the innermost recesses of my soul, and you know what I found? An empty, windowless room the size of an aircraft hangar. From now on, if anybody needs me, I’ll be sprawled out on my couch drinking black-cherry soda and watching Law & Order like everybody else.” I wonder if Speth is an Aquarius? Many of my Aquarian acquaintances seem to have hit a dead end recently in their quest to fulfill the ancient maxim “Know thyself.” If you’re like that, please hang on. The floodgates of self-discovery will open soon.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Odds are high that you know very little about Africa. Can you name even 20 of its more than 50 countries? Are you aware that its land mass is bigger than Europe, China, and the U.S. combined? Did you realize that about 2,000 languages are spoken by the people living there? I bring this up, Pisces, because from an astrological perspective it’s an excellent time for you to fill the gaps in your education about Africa—or any other subject about which you are deeply uninformed. Don’t get overwhelmed by this assignment, though. Choose maybe three areas of ignorance that you will concentrate on in the coming weeks. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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Assistant Manager Non-profit company has full-time position assisting Program Manager to oversee operations in a group home setting for adults with severe developmental disabilities (DD). Orient new staff, monitor and document activities and programs for clients, organize community outings, manage household budget and supplies, and assist with direct client care. Shifts are typically evenings during the week and days on the weekends. Some exp. with DD preferred.

Habilitation Assistants Many rewarding experiences await you by assisting our severe DD clients live healthy and well-meaning lives in their group home settings. Assist clients with activities of daily living, perform personal hygiene tasks, and accompany clients on outings in the community. Regularly scheduled evening and graveyard shifts available. Also seek Relief Staff offering more flexibility, but requires ability to work any shift to fill in for other staff. All positions include a highly competitive benefit and paid time off package for those who work a minimum of 24 hours per week! You will receive extensive new hire orientation and training throughout your employment to make you successful in your role. Must have minimum of high school diploma or GED, pass background check and drug screen, and ability to obtain valid MT Driver’s License. If interested, apply at 1005 Marshall St., Missoula. Questions? Call Misty at 728-5484, ext. 130. EOE.

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EMPLOYMENT SAFETY COORDINATOR

Basin Electric, a consumer-owned regional cooperative in Bismarck, North Dakota, has an opening for a Safety Coordinator located at the Antelope Valley Station near Beulah, ND.

REQUIREMENTS: • Working knowledge of safety and loss prevention management, state and federal Occupational Health & Safety Association (OSHA) regulations, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Codes, fire prevention, workers compensation compliance and basic industrial hygiene concepts • Four-year degree in safety management or related field, plus three years of safety and loss prevention management experience in an industrial setting; or seven years of full time safety experience in an industrial facility • Must possess personal computer skills including Excel, Word, Windows and PowerPoint • Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Construction Health & Safety Technician (CHST) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) preferred • Supervisory and training experience preferred • Good oral and written communication skills • A valid driver’s license is required

Excellent salary and benefit package. Applications for employment will be accepted through April 29, 2011. If interested, please go to our Web site www.basinelectric.com. Click on Jobs and complete the application process. Questions pertaining to this position can be answered by calling (701) 557-5484 or e-mailing dmeyhoff@bepc.com.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative • 1717 East Interstate Avenue • Bismarck, ND 58503 An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ANNEXATION AND ZONING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, passed Resolution Number 7606 at their regular meeting held on April 18, 2011. A resolution of intention to annex and incorporate within the boundaries a certain parcel of land described as Linda Vista 12th Supplement located in Section 13, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M. and zone the property Miller Creek View Addition planned unit development with the underlying zoning of R-215 Residential in the city. The City Council will hear all matters pertaining to the proposed annexation and zoning at its regular meeting on May 9, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine St. The full resolution is on file and open for inspection in the City Clerk’s Office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at City Hall, 435 Ryman, Second Floor. Please send any comments about the proposed annexation and zoning to the City Clerk by 5

p.m., on May 6, 2011. The Clerk’s office staff will forward comments to the City Council for consideration. For more information, contact Jessica Miller, Public Works at 552-6347. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA The Missoula Fire Department has applied for a permit to burn a house and detached garage at 1840 South 11th Street West as a training exercise in mid-May of 2011. The public is invited to comment in writing. Comments must be received by 5:00 pm on May 7, 2011 at the Health Department, 301 West Alder, Missoula, MT 59802. Fax: (406)258-4781. Email: scoefield@co.missoula.mt.us More information and a copy of the application are available at the Health Department. Phone: (406)258-4755 CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID STREET MAINTENANCE MATERIALS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office

of the Missoula City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana 59802, until 3:00 p.m., on May 3, 2011 and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for furnishing the following Material: City Project No. 10-003 MATERIAL BID ITEMS (1) 1,750 Gallons of Yellow Traffic Marking Paint and 1,250 Gallons of White Traffic Marking Paint Bidders shall bid on bid proposal forms addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside; "Proposal for City Project No. 10-003 (1) Traffic Marking Paint.” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder's Name and Mailing Address. Proposals must be accompanied by cashier's check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the

amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Bidders may obtain specifications, bid proposal forms, and other information by visiting www.ci.missoula. mt.us/bids, or from the City Engineering Division, Public Works Department, 435 Ryman St, Missoula, MT 59802. (406)5526092 Pursuant to Section 18-1102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana, against the bid of a nonresident if the state of the nonresident enforces a preference for residents. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City's requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 3:00 p.m. on May 3, 2011. MARTHA L. REHBEIN, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor's Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: TRAIL STREET MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECT 11-006 This project consists of taper milling and placing a 2” hotmix asphalt overlay on Trail Street starting at Curtis eastward to the cul-de-sac. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside "Proposal for City of Missoula Project 11-006 Trail Street, Mill and Overlay.” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor's Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier's check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work

on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-4447734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to readvertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City's requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)552-6080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city's website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The Missoula County Department of Public Works has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a consultant to conduct a LandBased LIDAR Survey of approximately 600 miles of Missoula County roads. Any firm interested

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 218, 226, 288, 301, 305, 313, 495, 509, and 633. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, April 25, 2011. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, April 28, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

in responding to the RFP is invited to do so by 3:00PM, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by Friday, May 6, 2011. All questions related to the project should be directed to Jeff Seaton, Missoula County Public Works 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, (406)258-4816, jseaton@co.missoula. mt.us. Interested firms may obtain the complete project description by contacting Jeff Seaton. Firms should submit one (1) original statement and one (1) electronic copy on CD. The electronic copy must be either MS Office or Adobe Acrobat. Qualification statements must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Land Based LIDAR Survey” and submitted to: Jeff Seaton, Missoula County Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all statements. MISSOULA COUNTY FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION The Office of Planning & Grants has received a floodplain application from NorthWestern Energy represented by Terracon to work within the Clark Fork River floodplain. The project is located adjacent to the Crystal Creek Ranch in Section 34, Township 13N, Range 18W and includes stabilizing approximately 300’ of the Old Milwaukee railroad grade to protect utilities. The full application is available for review in the Office of Planning and Grants in City Hall. Written comments from anyone interested in County floodplain permit application # 11- 12 may be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m., May 13, 2011. Address comments to the Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning & Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 or call 258-4841 for more information. MISSOULA COUNTY INVITATION FOR BIDS MIS-

SOULA COUNTY RECORDS CENTER OFFICE REMODEL MISSOULA, MONTANA Sealed bids will be received until 3:00 PM local time Thursday, May 12, 2011 and will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Office of the County Auditor, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802 for the MISSOULA COUNTY RECORDS CENTER OFFICE REMODEL, MISSOULA MONTANA. Late bids will not be accepted. Bidding Contractors shall clearly mark the outside of their envelope “MISSOULA COUNTY RECORDS CENTER OFFICE REMODEL – SEALED BID ENCLOSED.” The Scope of Work, in brief, consists of the renovation of portions of the existing construction including but not limited to structural upgrades, ADA accessible restrooms, remodel of office and meeting rooms, exiting, life and fire-safety upgrades, interior building finishes, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system upgrades at the existing Missoula County Records Center at 2147 Ernest Avenue, Missoula, Montana. Work includes all demolition and construction work required for new mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire sprinkler system, utility services, finishes, and other miscellaneous work outlined in the Bid Documents. Bids Proposals shall be submitted on the forms provided with the Contract documents. Contract documents and plan drawings are available and may be obtained from the office of A&E Architects, P.C., 222 North Higgins, Missoula, MT 59802, 406-721-5643. A refundable deposit of $100.00 is required for each plan set. Plan sets returned to the office of A&E Architects in good condition within ten (10) days of the bid opening shall receive a deposit refund. Members of the Missoula Plans Exchange may view plan and Contract documents on line at http://www.mpe.us/. All questions about project plans and specifica-

Missoula County is currently accepting competitive applications from governmental or non-profit organizations that are currently engaged in substance abuse prevention work in Missoula County. If your organization meets one or more of the following criteria you may be eligible for funding: (1) maintains a coalition that coordinates substance abuse prevention effor ts; (2) provides community education about the risks and costs of abusing alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; (3) offers supervised non-school hour activities that give young people alternatives to drug use and opportunities for positive youth development; or (4) provides early intervention to help youth and families address alcohol, tobacco and other drug problems. Activities must be research based. Funding will be for twelve months, beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012. For more information or to receive an application form, please call Peggy Seel, Senior Grants Administrator at 258-4743. Applications may be picked up at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman S t r e e t , M i s s o u l a , M T, o r o n t h e w e b , http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb/Grants/. Deadline for submittal is Monday, May 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICES tions should be directed to A&E Architects, P.C., 222 North Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana 59802, (406) 721-5643 or faxed to (406) 721-1887. A pre-bid conference/walk-through is scheduled for 10:00 AM, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Attendance is strongly recommended. All interested bidders are encouraged to meet at the main entrance to the Missoula County Records Center at 2147 Ernest Avenue, Missoula, Montana. Bids shall be accompanied by bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount bid and must be in a form specified in the Montana Code Annotated 18-1-201 thru 206. The security is subject to forfeit if the successful bidder does not enter into a contract with Missoula County within 30 days of bid acceptance. The successful bidder will also be required to furnish an approved performance bond in the amount of 100% of the contract value. The contractor shall comply with all fair labor practices and state statutes including the Montana prevailing wage rates. No bidder may withdraw a bid for at least thirty (30) days after due date/time for receipt of bids. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By: Missoula County Board of County Commissioners 200 W Broadway Missoula, Montana 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No 1 Cause No DP 11 75 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN J. LAING a/k/a Marilyn Joan Laing, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to ROBERT H. LAING., the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above -entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of April, 2011 . /s/ Robert H. Laing Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-45 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA L. SOLUM, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed CoPersonal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Richard Solum and Cathleen Aldrich, Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 24th day of February, 2011. /s/ Richard Solum, Personal Representative /s/ Cathleen Aldrich, Personal Representative Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No. DV-11-400 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Melissa Propp. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Melissa Lynn Propp to Leia Elizabeth Propp. The hearing will be on 5/18/11 at 1:15 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3/30/11. /s/ Shirley E. Faust Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Richard Goodwin, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-11-405 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Izayah Samuel Powell, Jessica Hunter, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Izayah Samuel Powell to Izayah Samuel Smith. The hearing will be on 5/25/11 at 1:15 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County.

Dated 3/31/11 /s/ Shirley E. Faust Clerk of District Court By: Molli Zodo Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-11-43 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERNON F. GARNER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David Garner, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 8th day of April, 2011 /s/ David Garner, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-11-72 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL CLYDE HILLIARD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Michele Diane, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 12th day of April, 2011. /s/ Michele Diane, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-11-453 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF AUBREY SHARON SANDERS, A minor child to AUBREY ROSE SANDERS-McKAY. NOTICE is hereby given that Petitioner Clare McKay has filed a petition with the Clerk of Court for an Order to change her daughter’s name from Aubrey Sharon Sanders to Aubrey Rose Sanders-McKay. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the matter that a hearing will be held at the Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. at which time objections to said petition will be heard. Any person desiring to object to the granting of the petition may do so by filing said objections in writing with the Clerk of said Court no later than the time set for hearing. DATED this 13th day of April, 2011. ANDERSON & ANDERSON, P.L.L.P. /s/ Nicholas P. Anderson, Attorney for Petitioner NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated June 11, 2008 Grantor: Jeffrey S. Malek 10510 O’Brien Creek Road Missoula, Montana 59804 Original Trustee: Title Services, Inc. P.O. Box 8223 Missoula, Montana 59807 Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula Great Northern Branch 3220 Great Northern Way Missoula, Montana 59808 Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Attorney at Law Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807-8957 Date and Place of Recordation: June 16, 2008 in Book 820, Page 873, as Document No. 200813295, Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 2nd day of August, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, West Broadway side, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee, and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: Tract B of Certificate of Survey No. 4367 located in the Northeast One-Quarter of Section 29, Township 13 North, Range 20 West

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and West One-Half of the Northwest One-Quarter of the Northwest OneQuarter of Section 28, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. (10510 O’Brien Creek Road, Missoula, Montana) Subject to a Deed of Trust to American Home Mortgage, Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated August 14, 2003, and recorded August 19, 2003, in Book 715 of Micro Records at Page 419, records of Missoula County, Montana. Subject to easements of record. Together with improvements and appurtenances. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of his successors and assigns, to pay when due the monthly payments provided for in the HELOC Credit Agreement and Modifications thereto, and the Deed of Trust, of Six Hundred Thirty-three and 04/100ths Dollars ($633.04) for the months of November 2010 through February 2011; together with late charges in the amount of One Hundred Eighty-two and 66/100ths Dollars ($182.66). The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), plus interest thereon at the rate of 6 .85% from and after September 22, 2010 to February 17, 2011, in the amount of Four Thousand One Hundred Sixtyseven and 73/100ths Dollars ($4,167.73), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate of Twenty-eight and 23/100ths Dollars ($28.23), plus late fees and all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 10th day of March, 2011. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807-8957 STATE OF MONTANA :ss. County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 10th day of March, 2011, by Christopher B. Swartley, Trustee. /s/ Roxie Hausauer Notary Public for the State of Montana. (NOTARIAL SEAL) Residing at: Lolo, Montana My commission expires: 1/6/2013 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated November 15, 2007 Grantor: Jeffrey S. Malek 10510 O’Brien Creek Road Missoula, Montana 59804 Original Trustee: Title Services, Inc. P.O. Box 8223 Missoula, Montana 59807 Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula Great Northern Branch 3220 Great Northern Way Missoula, Montana 59808 Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Attorney at Law Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 598078957 Date and Place of Recordation: November 15, 2007, in Book 808, Page 1633, as Document No. 200729996, Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana November 15, 2007, in Book 808, Page 1635, as Document No. 200729998, Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana, These two Deeds of Trust secure a single Promissory Note dated November 15, 2007 in the original principal amount of $210,000.00 under Loan No. **2722. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 2nd day of August, 2011, at the hour of 10:05 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, West Broadway side, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee, and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4358, a tract of land located in the Southeast onequarter of Section 34, and the Southwest one-quarter of Section 35, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula, Montana. (12867 Hawk Lane, Clinton, Montana) AND Lots 9 and 10 in Block 81 of School Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. (1637 Howell Street, Missoula, Montana) Subject to easements of record. Together with improvements and appurtenances. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of his successors and assigns, to pay when due the principal and interest at maturity on December 15, 2010 as provided for in the Promissory Note, Modifications, and two Deeds of Trust in the amount of Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($210,000.00) in principal, and accrued

interest of Twenty-three Thousand Five Hundred Eight and 55/100ths Dollars ($23,508.55) from August 21, 2009 to February 17, 2011; together with late fees accrued in the amount of Six Hundred Eighty-five and 72/100ths Dollars ($685.72); and the failure to pay real property taxes and assessments for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. This Promissory Note matured on December 15, 2010. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deeds of Trust Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($210,000.00), plus interest thereon at the rate of 7 .50% from and after the 21st day of August, 2009 to February 17, 2011, in the amount of Twenty-three Thousand Five Hundred Eight and 55/100ths Dollars ($23,508.55), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate of Forty-three and 16/100ths Dollars ($43.16), plus accrued late charges and all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 10th day of March, 2011. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 598078957 STATE OF MONTANA :ss. County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 10th day of March, 2011, by Christopher B. Swartley, Trustee. /s/ Roxie Hausauer Notary Public for the State of Montana. (NOTARIAL SEAL) Residing at: Lolo, Montana My commission expires: 1/6/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/17/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200628950, Book 786, Page 1143, modified by Instrument 200827802, Book 830, page 1390, recorded 12-23-08, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Thomas W. McAnally, married and Larinda R. McAnally, married was Grantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and American Title & Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded American Title & Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 in Block 3 of Seeley Lake Estates according to the Official Plat thereof, recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 835, Page 1277, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 11, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $427,555.17. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $358,999.47, 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 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auc-

tion may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.17458) 1002.115144-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/15/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200517625, Book 756, Page 146, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Thomas B. English, a single person was Grantor, Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis was Beneficiary and Chicago Title Insurance Co. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Chicago Title Insurance Co. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East 6 feet of Lot 3 and all of Lots 4 and 5 in Block 1 of Mount Sentinel Addition No. 4, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201014437 Bk 863, Pg 728, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon, FKA The Bank of New York, as Successor in Interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 20058, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-8. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 22, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $204,948.69. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $182,665.17, 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 July 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.13265) 1002.165852-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/14/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200706260, Bk 793, Pg 1075, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which William L. Waldbillig Jr. and Luciana M. Waldbillig, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title 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

PUBLIC NOTICES located in Section 14, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract B23-A-4 of Certificate of Survey No. 2576. 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 08/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 21, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $313,090.86. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $299,195.86, 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 July 1, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.92632) 1002.187079-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/17/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200435054, Bk. 745, Pg. 171, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David Bryon Rose and Leslie Anne Collins-Rose, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Century 21 Mortgage was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson at Mackkoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson at Mackkoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract B of Cobban’s Camp Sites Lot 14A, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201020027, Bk. 867, Pg. 720, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 17, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $117,798.46. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $104,947.25, 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 July 1, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.70794) 1002.187042-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 13, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 10A OF CARLINE ADDITION NO. 60, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, ACORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 24 OF PLATS AT PAGE 63 TED L. HESS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED JANUARY 23, 2004 AND RECORDED JANUARY 28, 2004 IN BOOK #725, PAGE #1211, UNDER DOCUMENT NO 200402382. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $636.93, beginning May 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 13, 2011 is $124,533.45 principal, interest at the rate of 3.50% now totaling $3,412.28, late charges in the amount of $318.40, escrow advances of $2,274.93, suspense balance of $-750.67 and other fees and expenses advanced of $998.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $11.94 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th

day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 2, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On February 2, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Gmac/hess 41965.08 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 20, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 7 IN BLOCK 4 OF FOOTHILL ESTATES NO. 1, IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Ellen R. Cherry, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on January 18, 2008 and recorded on January 24, 2008 in Book 812, Page 306 under Document No. 200801647. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $955.52, beginning October 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 10, 2011 is $131,576.26 principal, interest at the rate of 7.625% now totaling $4,427.68, late charges in the amount of $238.85, escrow advances of $1,392.97, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,947.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.49 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the

beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 10, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On February 10, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 GMAC V. Cherry 41965.467 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 6, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of 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 NW1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 26B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5269. NW1/4 SECTION 35, T15N, R21N, TRACT 26B, COS 5269, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA A.P.N.:2283602 Nancy L. Miles, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 30, 2006 and Recorded March 31, 2006 in Book 771, Page 481, as Document No. 200607232. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A7CB, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-G under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated May 1, 2006. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,271.71, beginning January 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 04, 2011 is $185,310.96 principal, interest at the rate of 4.375% now totaling $9,525.18, late charges in the amount of $1,041.18, escrow advances of $3,179.74, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,444.74, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.21 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th

day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 26, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 26, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Indymac V. Miles 41482.963 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 7, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 34B of Orchard Home Company’s Addition No. 6, Lots 34A and 34B, Missoula County, Montana, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof LLOYD BRUCE AND ROXY BRUCE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co. of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 27, 2005 and recorded September 27, 2005 in Book 761, Page 165 under Document No. 200525395. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,613.45, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 20, 2010 is $194,078.03 principal, interest at the rate of 5.6250% now totaling $4,207.24, late charges in the amount of $240.60, escrow advances of $1,138.83, and other fees and expenses advanced of $47.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $29.91 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 INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 28, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On January 28, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Bruce 42011.284 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/15/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which VINCENT C BUSS AND HANNE H. BUSS, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 12/12/2007 and recorded 12/31/2007, in document No. 200733334 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 811 at Page Number 206 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 30, 31 AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 32 IN BLOCK 50 OF CARLINE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2332 MARY AVE, Missoula, MT 59801-7604. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $173,352.47 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.125% per annum from 08/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes

will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 03/03/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110012970 FEI NO. 1006.130266 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/25/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which BRUCE A TUDAHL AND SHELLY TUDAHL, AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/25/2007 and recorded 05/31/2007, in document No. 200713498 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 79B at Page Number 584 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SW1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 8B2B-2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3368. Property Address: 11560 POLECAT ROAD, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $207,164.14 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.75% per annum from 12/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 03/08/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110019167 FEI NO. 1006.130563 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the under-

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PUBLIC NOTICES signed trustee will, on 07/22/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JAMES R. GONZALES AND HEIDI L GALE GONZALES as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 07/16/2007 and recorded 07/20/2007, in document No. 200718520 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 801 at Page Number 1369 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 2 OF RIO VISTA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; EXCEPTING THE SOUTH 20 FEET OF SAID LOT 5, AND FURTHER EXCEPTING THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PORTION OF SAID LOT 5, TO-WIT; COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID LOT A DISTANCE OF 62.7 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID LOT A DISTANCE OF 93.5 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID LOT A DISTANCE OF 62.7 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY

LINE OF SAID LOT A DISTANCE OF 93.5 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT AND POINT OF BEGINNING. Property Address: 4705 MILLER CREEK ROAD, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 04/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $189,965.83 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.25% per annum from 04/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated:

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Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/27/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which LYNETTE ADAMSON, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/02/2007 and recorded 03/16/2007, in document No. 200706250 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 793 at Page Number 1065 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 42 OF HAWTHORN SPRINGS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 13140 BUNCHGRASS LN, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the per-

formance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 10/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $238,874.73 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.25% per annum from 10/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 03/11/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110020535 FEI NO. 1006.130790 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 07/25/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for

cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JONATHAN W BURT, AND CHRISTINE K BURT, AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 12/27/2007 and recorded 01/04/2008, in document No. 200800249 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 811 at Page Number 482 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN A PORTION OF LOT 30 OF DINSMORE’S ORCHARD HOMES NO. 4, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 30, OF SAID DINSMORE’S ORCHARD HOMES NO. 4, WHICH POINT BEARS EAST A DISTANCE OF 182.00 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 30; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 190.00 FEET; THENCE EAST A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 190.00 FEET; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 30, A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 346 OF MICRO AT PAGE 705. Property Address: 3130 S 7TH ST W, Missoula, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said

Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $209,294.97 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.75% per annum from 11/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 03/09/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100118136 FEI NO. 1006.130629

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR ENGINEERING and GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES The Daly Ditches Irrigation District (DDID) is soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) for engineering services for 1) the design, permitting and construction administration of the Hedge Canal Bank Stabilization Project, 2) preparation of a Preliminary Engineering Report for the Skalkaho HiLine Diversion Decking Replacement Project, and 3) grant administration,

design, and construction services for other projects related to the system for the next 5 years. Payment terms will be negotiated with the selected engineering consultant.Responses to this RFQ should include: 1. the engineering firm’s legal name, address, and telephone number; 2. the experience, qualifications and location of the staff to be assigned to the project; and 3. a description of the firm’s prior experience, including any similar irrigation projects including location of project, and 4. names of three references regarding the firm’s performance on irrigation projects. Respondents will be evaluated according to the following factors: Overall quality of the SOQ (30%); Consultant qualifications and experience, including reference checks (50%); Location of firm (20%). The selection of the engineering consultant will be based on the evaluation of the written responses. The award will be made to the most qualified consultant whose Statement of Qualifications is deemed most advantageous to the District, all factors considered. Unsuccessful respondents will be notified as soon as possible. Questions and responses should be directed to Paul Barteni by phone at 363-1130. All responses must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. (local time) on Monday, May 2, 2011.Mail or hand-deliver to Daly Ditches Irrigation District, Attention Paul Barteni, 566 Tammany Lane, Hamilton, MT 59840. Proposals should provide assurance that the firm has the professional capability to satisfactorily complete all tasks outlined in the RFQ. Please state “Engineering Services Statement of Qualifications” on the outside of the response package. Include four copies of the Statement of Qualifications. The SOQ may not exceed a total of 10 (ten) one-sided pages, excluding a one-page cover letter and resumes. Minimum font size for all text is 11 pt. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with federal and state laws governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, the District reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory, or inappropriate.

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Furnished 2BD/1BA Summer Rental - Pet Welcome Central Missoula Home available this summer (JuneAugust, some flexibility). Pet(s) welcome, large fenced yard, 5 raised garden beds, porch, grill, wood floors, on-demand hot water, quiet dead end street south of and close to the Good Food Store.

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Protecting the Greatest Investment By Diane Beck, 2011 MOR President Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetimes, usually exceeding $100,000. If you had a $100,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a CPA? If you had a $100,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance of a REALTOR®. What’s more, in a study conducted in 2006, homes sold that were represented by a real estate agent sold for on average 32% more than homes for sale by owner. If you're still not convinced of the value of a REALTOR®, here are five more reasons to use one: 1. Your REALTOR® has many resources to assist you in your home search. Sometimes the property you are seeking is available but not actively advertised in the market, and it will take some investigation by your agent to find all available properties. In addition, the REALTOR® is able to get you on-site access to properties you’re interested in seeing.

2. Your REALTOR® can assist you in the selection process by providing objective information about each property. Agents who are REALTORS® have access to a variety of informational resources. REALTORS® are community experts and can tell you what to expect in each neighborhood as well as opportunities for improvements and resale value in the future. 3. Your REALTOR® can help you negotiate. There are myriad negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. Most importantly, in Montana, the sales price is not available to the public and homebuyers need access to the REALTOR’s® database and experience to ensure they are not overpaying for that investment. 4. When selling your home, your REALTOR® can give you up-todate information on what is happening in the marketplace and the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties. REALTORS® can objectively determine the true value of your home as determined by comparable sales, and without an emotional attachment. That means your home

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will sell quickly at the best possible price. In addition to setting the price, the home may be placed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for increased consumer traffic as well as countless advertising opportunities that really add up. 5. Your REALTOR® can help close the sale of your home. Between the initial sales agreement and closing, questions may arise. For example, unexpected repairs are required to obtain financing or a cloud in the title is discovered. The required paperwork alone is overwhelming for most sellers. Your REALTOR® is the best person to objectively help you resolve these issues and move the transaction to closing. Don’t forget that all real estate agents are not created equal: REALTORS® are individuals who belong to the National Association of REALTORS® and are required to raise the bar by subscribing to a strict code of ethics and maintaining a higher level of knowledge of the process. I would recommend that you call a REALTOR® today if you’re interested in buying or selling real estate.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. NOW ONLY $$112,400. MLS#906610. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. 3 bed, 2 bath home on gorgeous acre just west of Frenchtown. Some updating has been done with newer siding, newer roof and the main bathroom has been totally remodeled with new cabinets, paint, and tile. The gorgeous yard has mature pines, tons of flowers, a playhouse, and even a small pond. $234,900 • MLS # 20111782 Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 3 Bed/2 Bath, includes kitchen appliances, single level living, A/C, concrete patio out back door, chain link fence (back yard), UG sprinklers, vinyl siding, one block to Hellgate Elementary School. Excellent condition. $204,900. MLS#20111250. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 4 bed, 2.5 bath manufactured home w/ attached storage & 2 covered porches, Has horse set up. Home has central air. $170,000 • MLS# 20111781. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills. House has central air, vaulted ceilings, big family room with gas fireplace. Yard w/ underground sprinklers and privacy fence. 2 car garage. Great home for entertaining! MLS # 10007275. $240,000. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 55+ COMMUNITY 2 Bed, 2 Bath, large family room. Homeowners

fee includes clubhouse, sewer, garbage, land lease, snow removal & lawn care. $129,900 • MLS#10006023. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 717 Cooper 1 bed, 1 bath bungalow with stainless steel appliances, built in breakfast bar, wood floor, privacy fence & storage shed. $162,500 MLS # 20111199. Call Shannon Hilliard at 239-8350 today! Affordable Condo, Didn’t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet, new, green-built development may be cheaper than rent. 1400 Burns, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Beautiful River home on Bitterroot just minutes from Missoula. 3 bed 2 bath with a deck that could hold the whole party. $979,000 or Equity Shares available. MLS 10006007. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate Classic North Side Beauty, fantastic updates, hardwood floors, beautiful decor, lots of room on double lot to garden, outbuildings and rented studio shares bath and kitchen, 622 N. 4th 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

Five bedroom 4+ bath townhome on golfcourse with excellent views and gracious space. $445,000. MLS 10007754. Call Anne 5465816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate

heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

GORGEOUS CENTRAL MISSOULA CONDO. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, fenced back yard, large single garage, tile floors, stainless appliances, spacious master bedroom, vaulted ceilings, tile flooring, all just a short walk to the Good Food Store. Prudential Montana. $181,500. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

GORGEOUS LOWER RATTLESNAKE HOME. 4 Bdr, 2 Baths, separate heated studio, wide-plank fir floors, 10’ high ceilings, great kitchen, lots of light, all just steps from Greenough Park and trails. $310,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

GORGEOUS CRAFTSMAN STYLE TARGET RANGE HOME ON 0.94 ACRES. 5 Bdr/3.5 Bath, double garage, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, main floor master, 2 family rooms. Close to schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $469,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

Great 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. This home features a spacious living room, large backyard and nice deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. Perfect home for RD financing. $189,900. MLS # 20110854. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com

Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, Development potential. 3278787 porticorealestate.com

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Deck Overlooks Clarkfork River for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr condo, attached 2 car garages, like new, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #22 & #2. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Did you find the perfect place? Now plan your perfect weekend at MissoulaEvents.net

GREAT NORTHSIDE LOCATION. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, fenced yard, hardwood floors, fireplace, lots of natural light, washer/dryer, off-street parking, walk to community gardens, parks, brew pub and downtown. Prudential Montana. $169,900. For more

2511 Sunridge Court • 5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills • Central air, vaulted ceilings, • Yard w/ underground sprinklers & privacy fence. • $240,000 • MLS # 10007275

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22020 Frontage Road • 3 bed, 2 bath home on gorgeous acre • Newer siding, newer roof and the main bathroom remodeled • Yard has mature pines, tons of flowers, a playhouse and a pond. • $234,900 • MLS # 20111782

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PRICE REDUCED 3811 Stephens #35, Missoula • 3 bed, 1.5 bath centrally located condo • 1bedroom has deck • Gas fireplace, tall ceilings in living room • New trim, interior paint and vinyl • $135,000 • MLS # 20110908 117 Dallas, in LOLO. $189,900 • 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. • Spacious living room, large backyard & deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. • Perfect home for RD financing.

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Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-de-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Landscaped corner lot. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 story, top of line Frigidaire stainless steel appliances, fenced

yard, UG sprinklers, 10 x 12 storage shed, 12 x 20 Trex deck in back, covered front Trex deck, 3 blocks from Hellgate Elementary School, $20/mo HOA dues. $232,000. MLS#20111249. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

Price Reduced 3 bed, 1.5 bath centrally located condo w/ 1 car garage. 1 bedroom has deck, gas fireplace, tall ceilings in living room. New trim, interior paint and vinyl. $135,000 • MLS # 20110908 Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com Rare Wilma Building Condo – unique loft style condo offers a carefree, fun lifestyle with an amazing view on top of the historic Wilma, $219,900 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Rattlesnake Home on Large Lot, nice 3br home sits on very rare lot, mature landscaping, tennis court, home has lots of upgrades, 506 Redwood 327-8787 porticorealestate.com SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, 10.4 acres, crossfenced, 4 stall custom barn with hay loft, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, arched door-

ways, 2 decks, spectacular mountain views, 400 feet of river frontage. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Sweet Slant Street Home, Three bedroom home on quiet street in heart of Missoula, hardwood, great yard, solid home, lots of potential! 632 Cleveland 3278787 porticorealestate.com Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 550-3077 TWO BLOCKS FROM UM CAMPUS. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, hardwood floors, lots of light, remodeled and updated bath, living room plus dining room, gas fireplace, off-street parking and much more.

$229,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit...

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 3344B Connery Way. Modern three level townhome. Easy maintenance yard, 2 bed 3 bath double car garage. $192,000. MLS 10006082. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate Uptown Flats Unit #213 1 bed 1 bath and all the amenities included in this Quality Downtown Condo. $149,900. MLS 20110263. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate

LAND FOR SALE 3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous

building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com BIG BEAUTIFUL AZ LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l. Parks. 1 Hour from Tucson Int’l. Airport. Guaranteed financing, no credit checks. Pre-recorded msg. (800) 631-8164 Code 4057 www.sunsiteslandrush.com Great building site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.46 Acres with small stream on property. $192,900. MLS#20111016. 10882 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Secluded 20 Acres 15 Minutes to Missoula, property boasts nice choices for building site, a healthy and beautiful forest setting, and easy commute. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins for sale. Many updates to this grand ole downtown building. $875,000. MLS 10003350. Call Anne 546-5816 for showings. Windermere Real Estate www.mindypalmer.com

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4705 Potter Park • $192,000 • MLS# 20111913 2 bed, 1 bath, double garage. Upgraded appliances & finishings throughout; hemlock trim & hardwood flooring, larger patio, alder cabinets, UG sprinklers, etc. Basement is plumbed for another bath and framed for another bedroom and large family room.

1725A Park Place • $149,000 • MLS#20111197 Cute as can be & well cared for. AC & in sink water filtration system. All new carpets and linoleum. Fresh Paint. Fenced yard with patio. All this plus 3 bed, 1.5 bath & attached garage.

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Hutterite Frozen Young Turkey

California Extra Large Artichokes

$1.49lb.

$1.89

*While supply lasts!!

each

Hutterite Large eggs

$1.09

All Flavors Lowery Whole Bean Coffee

$9.99lb.

dozen

Missoula's Own Bayern

Mazzetti Modena Balsamic Vinegar

$6.49

$5.29

Boneless Beef Cross Rib Roast

$2.89lb.

Cook's Premium SpiralCut Ham

$1.97lb.

Washington White Onions

39¢lb.

Kiwi Fruit

4

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$1

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8.45 oz

Missoula's Own Big Sky Brewing

Mr. Krisper Baked Rice Crisps

Painted Hills AllNatural New York Steak

Organic Imported Bartlett Pears

$7.99lb.

99¢lb.

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99¢16 oz.

Rex Goliath California Wines

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MONDAY, 4/25

THURSDAY, 4/28

6:30 UM Jazz Combo

Hall of Fame Night

7:00 Missoula’s Youngest Divas

6:30 Jazz Graffiti, The Lo/Horgan Family Unit

8:00 Indulge Jazz Quintet Jamie Kelley, Stephane Gariepy, Pete Hand, Ed Stalling and Jim Wallace

7:15 Hall of Fame Award Winner Dexter Payne on Brazilian clarinet

9:00 Margi and The Smoking Jackets

8:45 Melody & Clipper Anderson 9:30 Hall of Fame Award Winners, The Big Sky Mudflaps

TUESDAY, 4/26 6:30 UM Jazz Combo

SATURDAY, 4/30

7:00 UM Jubileers, Jazz Choir, under the direction of Gary Funk 7:45 Jodi Marshall Trio, with Don Maus & Ed Stalling featuring Lee Heuermann & Magda Chaney

**Music at 10:00** (Featuring El 3-Oh!) Jam Session with the stars from the Buddy DeFranco Show

8:30 Duos Eden Atwood with David Morgenroth Margi Cates & Brent Carmer Kira Means & Josh Farmer 9:45 Airmail Special, the music of Charlie Christian featuring David Horgan and an all-star cast.

WEDNESDAY, 4/27 6:30 UM Jazz Combo 7:00 RIO, Latin Jazz at its best 8:00 Chuck Florence & David Morgenroth 9:00 Basement Boys

POTSKETCH AUCTION 2011! Saturday, 4/23, 6-10pm MCT Center for the Performing Arts A fundraiser to expand and develop the Clay Studio of Missoula's facilities and programs. Potsketch features drwaings from local, national and international artists, and a live auction of incredible ceramic artworks. Live music and inspired cuisine. View auction works online and learn more about Potsketch: claystudioofmissoula.org. Tickets or info: 543-0509 or events@theclaystudioofmissoula.org.

3rd Annual

MAYFLY FLING Sunday, 5/1, 4:00 - 8:00pm A fundraiser for The Watershed Education Network @ Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery Live music from Tom Catmull & the Clerics Family-Style BBQ • Auction Family-Fun Activities and Games More info: montanawatershed.org

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