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Just before Memorial Day weekend 2011, a group of U.S. Forest Service employees was finishing a training session in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, outside Missoula, when some of them found a brush-covered depression in the ground and, in it, a tiny mountain lion cub ....................14

News Letters Wild animals can’t be counted on to use birth control..................................4 The Week in Review “Entire Montana town” under investigation?...........................6 Briefs Tom Maclay: Go big or go broke? Go big and go broke? .................................6 Etc. How do you like your wolves now?......................................................................7 Up Front Randy Weaver’s daughter preaches forgiveness ..........................................8 Up Front Bighorn sheep near Thompson Falls hit hard times...................................9 Ochenski Our politicians care more about winning than justice.............................10 Range Privatize public lands? Could we be more ridiculous?...................................11 Agenda The 10th annual Ride of Silence ....................................................................12

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Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Hollandaise: Can you try this at home? ........................................20 Happiest Hour Slipping into Darkness Belgian Strong Ale .....................................19 8 Days a Week In three weeks, everything changes.................................................21 Mountain High Spring Gulch Wildflower Mosey .....................................................29 Scope The misspent youth of The Boxcutters...........................................................34 Art Janet McGahan’s discovery of color .....................................................................35 Noise Needlecraft, Eric Tollefson, McDougall, Michael Kiwanuka............................36 Film Code of the West examines Montana’s med pot travails ...................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................38

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Exclusives Street Talk....................................................................................................................4 In Other News...........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology..................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle....................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World ...............................................................................................C-11

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by Michelle Gustafson

Asked Saturday, May 5, at the Garden City BrewFest in Caras Park. This week’s feature looks into the death of a mountain lion cub. What’s the most memorable experience you’ve had with a wild animal? Follow up: If you were a wild animal, where would you hang out?

Jody Vison: My daughter and I ran into a grizzly cub up by Many Glacier. My youngest daughter was 6 at the time. We were about 10 feet away from the cub. We didn’t see the mama griz, but we figured she wasn’t too far off. Get a moat: I’d be back by Kelly Island. There are lots of hiding places, and no one else can see you.

Miranda Hickox: I was boogie-boarding in Northern California, near an area that’s a breeding ground for sharks. I felt a bump underneath my board and thought I was done for. Turns out, it was just a seal, so we swam together for a little bit, but it still kind of freaked me out. Feelin’ horny: The Rhino. There’s already a rhino in there, so I’d feel right at home. Plus, the bartenders there take good care of you! Aimee McQuilkin: My youngest daughter and I were riding our bikes through the university campus two years ago when not 15 feet away was the most beautiful black bear, its paws against a tree. Later we told someone what we saw, and all of sudden there were cops surrounding it. My daughter still talks about seeing the bear. It was the most beautiful animal I’d ever seen. Dawn patrol: Rattlesnake Creek, but early in the morning before anyone else gets up there. Tom Waddell: I was hiking solo near Helena and ran into some black bear cubs. I couldn’t see the sow, but I knew she was close and that I was in trouble. I got out my knife and hollered out, and that’s when the sow started popping her teeth. Luckily, the wind was in my favor, so she couldn’t smell me. I stood my ground. I really didn’t want to harm this bear. Drink, then swim: The BrewFest! I can come in, get a brew, then go swimming nearby.

Derek Wakefield: My story is more traumatic then anything else. When I was eight, I went deer hunting with my dad. He shot a deer, but instead of killing it, it was badly wounded. I had to listen to it crying out in pain until it finally died. It was awful. Clothing optional: Draught Works—every beer they serve is so tasty!

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Boycott the games While the rapes of women by University of Montana football players are finally being uncovered, hype for the Griz team continues full blast in the media. Griz fans and university students who don’t wish to cheer on this program can vote with their feet and simply boycott the games. Gene Bernofsky Missoula

Trappers are sincere I came here for a better life—freedom. It is not my wish to oppose any law or the ideas of the people who were born and raised here. I always follow the laws of the land, as long as it won’t harm the place where we live. My father was a hunter of deer and wild boar when I was growing up in the Philippines. And there was no wildlife management. And through the years, I’ve seen those animals slowly disappear. Now I have been living here in Montana for six years, and I just became naturalized. My husband is a hunter and trapper, but that doesn’t mean he’s got animal cruelty in his blood. As I’ve understood Montana’s wildlife management, it’s only fair to have some form of control of wildlife populations. Can you imagine living in a place where there is an overpopulation of wild animals that are prone to disease and/or starvation? As we all know, there’s no way these wild animals can use any contraception to control their population, which is why they need our human reason to help them. And humans have come up with management practices like hunting and trapping to control their populations. I liked it when my husband called Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and asked for the quotas on the animals that he trapped. It shows that FWP, as well as the hunters and trappers, wants to manage the populations so that there are never too many or too little. There is always a cap on the amount harvested to ensure that the animals can maintain healthy populations. I feel that there is always honesty and sincerity in the hearts of trappers and hunters. Jelly Banquiao Lolo

Re-elect Ellie Hill I’m writing in support of re-electing state Rep. Ellie Hill. During a difficult and often hostile legislative session in 2011, Hill was a steadfast advocate for reproductive rights and equal treatment for all Montanans, regardless of sexual orientation

or gender identity and expression. I’m impressed with her interest in collaborating with Missoula on growing our high-tech economy, and I appreciate how hard she works to connect with her constituents in order to best represent their values. Ellie’s legislative record is solid and the decision is clear: Let’s re-elect Rep. Hill on June 5 in the primary. Caitlin Copple Missoula City Council Missoula

“There’s no way these wild animals can use contraception to control their population, which is why they need our human reason to help them. And humans have come up with management practices like hunting and trapping.” Develop it Why does Montana lag behind the adjoining states of North Dakota and Wyoming in development and use of our abundant natural resources? Those states do not suffer the extent of legal impediments inflicted upon Montanans by a small percentage of our population consisting of highly financed radical eccentrics. To regain our economy, we must restore industries dependent upon our natural resources. One of the most serious recent EPA threats is the banning of the fracking procedure in drilling. Coal-fired power generation is threatened for

Correction: Due to an editing error, the details of Haroshi’s contributions to the On Deck 7 art auction (“New tricks,” May 3) were incorrect. The artist’s fire hydrant sculpture is on display during the month-long exhibit, and a separate, limited-edition print of his “Middle Finger” sculpture was donated to the auction. The Indy regrets the error.

closure under the pretense of air pollution due to the unproven global warming hypothesis and theory. Wind energy, which is fraught with numerous production complications, is economically impractical, requiring federal financing that's impossible to recover in the lifetime of the equipment without drastic price increases. Economical renewable hydro power, unique to this region, is endangered by ongoing environmentalist threats of dam removal. Dead and dying forests loaded with bio-fuels are burning on the mountain sides, polluting air and water, instead of in clean-burning biomass co-generation plants. In all cases, abused taxpaying consumers pay for the bad science and federal funding of impractical energy generation as dictated by the EPA and state Department of Environmental Quality. No new power generation plants have been built in over 30 years. Transmission systems are outdated and maxed-out. Schemes have been designed to kill job-producing business and industry while driving citizens to unbearably high living costs. Ever-increasing excessive federal restrictions on energy production in a country seriously in debt is driving us to inevitable collapse. We are even losing our rural lands through conservation easements. We must take seriously the rhetoric of candidates currently campaigning for office. We need assurance that they recognize the seriousness of the issues and are capable of providing corrective measures complete with the skills, motivation and determination to perform effectively in office. If no reference is made to states’ rights, sovereignty, nullification or the coordination process in inter-governmental policy making, it is questionable if this candidate has the insight essential for today’s elected office. It is critical that we elect dedicated officials for county commission, state legislature and Congress who are capable of doing the job essential to preserving this country and our Constitution. We owe it to ourselves and our own descendants to take this election very seriously. Clarice Ryan Big Fork

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.

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A day after the Justice Department announces an inquiry into the way the University of Montana, the Missoula Police Department and Missoula County Attorney’s Office have handled 80 alleged sexual assault cases over the past three years, national media pounces on the story. Jezebel, a Gawker-affiliated website, reports that an “entire Montana town” is under investigation.

• Thursday, May 3 Gov. Brian Schweitzer signs a petition for a statewide ballot initiative aimed at overturning the U.S Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. I-166, which would be non-binding, asks state and federal officials to implement “a policy that corporations are not human beings with constitutional rights.”

• Friday, May 4 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announces that it will permanently deny any trademark application for the Montana slogan “Last Best Place.” Sen. Max Baucus, who sought the provision, says, “‘The Last Best Place’ belongs to all Montanans and is not for sale.”

• Saturday, May 5 Locals come out to enjoy the first Missoula Farmers Market of the season. Despite a lingering spring chill, families snack on scones, load up on veggies and chat over coffee. This year marks the weekly marketplace’s 40th anniversary. The Saturday market runs through October 20.

• Sunday, May 6 Children dressed as cats strut, saunter and hiss down Higgins Avenue during the annual Wild Walk Parade in downtown Missoula. This year’s Wild Walk theme, “Purr! Hiss! Roar! Wild Cats Run Wild!” inspires a variety of feline-related costumes and kicks off the International Wildlife Film Festival, which runs through May 12.

• Monday, May 7 The Missoula City Council unanimously approves creation of a misdemeanor probation program to oversee repeat offenders charged for crimes like DUI and partner or family member assault in Municipal Court. Judge Kathleen Jenks hopes the extra oversight provided by probation officers from Missoula Correctional Services will help keep people out of trouble.

• Tuesday, May 8 Emergency personnel respond to a blaze at Missoula’s Bel Aire Motel, on East Broadway, and find smoke and flames coming from the roof of the twostory structure. City police evacuate the hotel as firefighters extinguish the blaze. There are no injuries. The fire, which did an estimated $2,500 worth of damage, is caused by a malfunctioning neon light.

Arrowleaf balsamroot reach toward the sun in Missoula’s North Hills on Tuesday, May 8. Thousands of the native flowers currently blanket the hills with a coat of yellow.

University of Montana Student insurance rates rise Federal tweaks to the laws governing healthcare are forcing the University of Montana and other state campuses to increase student insurance premiums. “We’re losing our youngest, healthiest population. That’s kind of the bottom line,” says UM’s Health Services Administrator Rick Curtis. In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The law now requires health insurance companies to offer parents the opportunity to keep children on their own insurance plans until the children turn 26. To remedy losses from last year and keep its plan above water through 2013, the Montana University System, including UM, is implementing an age-tier premium. People over 40, responsible for a disproportionate amount of overall costs, will pay more than their younger peers. Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance offered through UM now costs $852 a semester. (The premium is charged each semester, but provides six months’ worth of coverage.) Next year, stu-

dents under 40 will pay a projected $955 per semester—a 12 percent hike. Students 40 and up will see a roughly 110 percent increase. Curtis estimates the over-40 population will pay $1,788 a semester. Montana University System Benefit Plan Director Connie Welsh says the increase will be tough on students. However, people over 40 will still get a relatively good deal through the university system’s Blue Cross coverage. “This rate is 40 percent lower than their best rate,” she says. Another change this fall will be an increase in the number of credits required to qualify for UM insurance. There’s currently a four-credit minimum. Administrators have found that students taking four to six credits were three times more likely to file a claim than students carrying a heftier course load. To help offset the disproportionate costs associated with part-time students, administrators are increasing to seven the minimum number of credits required to receive health insurance. Students who have temporarily light course loads—for instance, those completing a thesis or a final class—can petition the university to keep their insurance. Changes implemented for the 2012-2013

school year will likely be tweaked again after the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the legality of federal healthcare reform in the coming months. Jessica Mayrer

Frenchtown mill Taking it back The Green Investment Group, Inc., which last year bought the former Smurfit-Stone pulp mill in Frenchtown, has apparently threatened to sue VanTek Inc., a Washington-based supplier of used paper mill equipment and a former GIGI business partner, over information VanTek recently provided to the Independent regarding GIGI’s solvency. Last month, VanTek President Gordon Cassie forwarded to the Indy an email, sent from VanTek’s attorney to GIGI’s attorney on April 10, explaining why VanTek requested that a Washington judge pull its breach-of-contract case against GIGI. As was published in “Pulp fiction” in the Indy on April 19, VanTek’s attorney Donald Grant wrote that “it appears that [GIGI] will never be able to pay back” the $19 million loan it secured from a Seattle-area

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real estate developer to buy the Frenchtown mill, and screening process before being rejected. Politics Tim Newhart, the Bitterroot Resort’s “it also appears that GIGI is headed for insolvency and spokesman, says the bold proposal arises from the Outside in will likely never be able to pay back any judgment.” Sen. Jon Tester hit the campaign trail in Missoula Through his attorney, Cassie now says in a state- “imminent need for the Bitterroot Resort to attract ment that he retracts “any impression regarding investment, given the time frame that Tom’s on. The again last weekend, touring the nonprofit reuse cenGIGI’s financial situation attributed to the email. … clock is ticking. If indeed he can push forward a pro- ter Home ReSource and chatting up Democratic supI regret sending the email and any harm that the posal and even get some indicators of enthusiasm on porters at a dinner honoring Pat and Carol Williams. But even as the Senator shook hands with impression regarding GIGI’s financial situation locals, his face was appearing on TV across may have caused.” Montana in the latest round of negative politiMontana law states that in order to claim cal ads to sweep the state. punitive damages over defamation, “the Outside groups on either side of the aisle defamed person shall first give those alleged to have spent an estimated $3 million in be responsible or liable for the publication or Montana’s Senate race so far this cycle. The broadcast a reasonable opportunity to correct Super PAC Patriot Majority USA dropped nearly the defamatory matter.” $200,000 on a recent ad campaign taking GIGI President Ray Stillwell told the Indy Republican challenger Rep. Denny Rehberg to last month that VanTek’s decision not to go fortask. The biggest hitter of them all, however, is ward with the suit had “nothing to do with Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, the financial information.” Karl Rove-backed organization that’s spent VanTek filed suit against GIGI in June 2011, almost $2 million attacking Tester. about a month after GIGI acquired the The group’s latest ad aired late last month. Frenchtown mill. About two years earlier, Crossroads’ message is similar to the tack the VanTek signed an agreement with GIGI to partRehberg campaign has taken against the ner in buying former paper mills. They created incumbent. Both have gone to great lengths to a company called VanGreen. VanTek claimed in Photo by Chad Harder paint Tester as a Senator who has voted in lockthe lawsuit that it spent 18 months working to step with President Barack Obama. acquire the Frenchtown mill through VanGreen Insert chairlift here? In a release following the ad’s debut, only to have GIGI pull out of their agreement at it from the Forest Service, it plays well into a poten- Crossroads claimed the spot was intended to “alert the last minute and acquire it separately. Missoula-area real estate agent Tom Dauenhauer tial investor bringing resources to the table. … It Montanans to the anti-job policies Jon Tester supalso filed a breach-of-contract claim against GIGI. may seem aggressive, but we’re putting forth our ports in Washington when he should be pushing for real economic solutions to create jobs in vision of what we think the project should be.” That case remains open. The Forest Service isn’t considering the latest Montana.” But Crossroads’ interest in Montana’s Matthew Frank proposal an addendum. “From our perspective,” says Senate race goes well beyond a voter “alert.” It Bitterroot National Forest Stevensville District spent $1.2 million on television ads nationwide in Bitterroot Resort Ranger Dan Ritter, “too much time has passed and April blasting Democratic Senatorial candidates in we’re starting over.” Which means the process could five states. Maclay goes big The goal is to flip control in the Senate to the Since 2004, the Forest Service has repeatedly take precious months. Responding to concerns previously expressed GOP. All five of Crossroads’ target states are contold Tom Maclay that his proposed Bitterroot Resort is incompatible with the agency’s land management by the Forest Service, the proposal attempts to miti- sidered tossups in 2012 save North Dakota, which plans. It said so when Maclay originally asked for gate the resort’s visual impact by excluding a ski lift is projected to lean Republican. However, Rove access to 12,000 acres of public land below Lolo to the top of Lolo Peak and other lifts and lodges on and others with Crossroads have so far successfully made a case to the Federal Election Commission Peak. It said so again when Maclay later sought 3,000 prominent ridgelines. In 2005, MLIC Asset Holdings, part of the insur- that their ads constitute “issue advocacy.” acres, with no ski lifts on public land. But now, with a bank set to take control of ance giant MetLife, gave Maclay the bulk of his $19 Crossroads GPS filed tax forms this week requestMaclay’s 3,000-acre ranch if he can’t repay $23 mil- million in loans from the company. He missed paying the IRS treat it as a 501(c)(4)—a tax status that ments, and in 2009 MLIC foreclosed, with Maclay would free the organization from having to dislion in debt by next February, he’s going big again. Maclay wants access to 12,000 acres on the Lolo owing more than $23 million. His land was auc- close donor information. Last fall, Montana cable provider Optimum and Bitterroot national forests, and permission to tioned off on the Missoula County Courthouse steps install a gondola and seven other ski lifts. The Forest in February of this year. MLIC bid $22.5 million, dropped an anti-Tester Crossroads ad when it found Service last month released the request, which effectively buying back its loan and starting the clock the ad’s accusation against the Senator was false. Maclay originally asked to be kept confidential. It was on Maclay’s one-year right of redemption to repay Crossroads said it purchased the two-week statewide spot for $157,000. a proposed “addendum” to the scaled-back 2008 the debt and save the ranch. Alex Sakariassen proposal that made it through the agency’s initial Matthew Frank

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Bull bison captured near the Yellowstone National Park boundary by state officials May 7. The bison tested negative for brucellosis and were shipped to Corwin Springs, where they’ll become part of a birth-control experiment.

etc. For an anniversary so steeped in controversy, last Saturday passed with little acknowledgment in Montana. Graduates at Montana State University snored through commencement. Folks in Missoula flocked to BrewFest. And off in some remote corner of the state, a wolf stalked its prey. On May 5, 2011, wolves in the Rockies were formally removed from the endangered species list. The jury’s still out on what the next year will bring. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar initially called the delisting a “tremendous success story for the Endangered Species Act.” Politicians lauded the move. Hunters and ranchers applauded. But it didn’t take long for the situation to deteriorate. Conservationists called bullshit, claiming the act of Congress that led to the de-listing had set a dangerous precedent and that the worst was yet to come. With the species now under state management, Montana officials quickly pulled together regulations for a fall wolf hunt. Idaho did the same. Montana set a quota of 220 wolves for the season; Idaho tossed any thoughts of a quota. Montana stuck to a fair-chase model; Idaho didn’t. Montana avoided trapping; Idaho allowed it. By the end of the season, Montana hunters had killed 166 wolves. Idaho hunters claimed 345 wolves—243 by firearm and 102 by trapping. Now, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is pushing for more liberal regulations in 2012. The discussion’s just begun, but it’s clear the agency has looked to Idaho as a model. FWP Director Joe Maurier wants to be “much more aggressive in our proposals.” Trapping is officially on the table. We understand the need to manage wildlife populations at the state level, especially prolific apex predators like the wolf. But with that comes responsibility and a need for rational debate about how state officials manage our wildlife. Instead, fear and hatred have dominated the landscape. Counties have responded to public anxiety with talk of bounty programs on wolves. Organizations have offered cash rewards for confirmed kills. Some wolf advocates have boycotted Montana-made products until the state calls off its hunts. The driving attitude is still pro-wolf versus anti-wolf. It’s childish, it’s unproductive and it’s irresponsible. Regardless of how it came about, management is now in our hands. But looking back on the past year, we’re not convinced they’re the right ones.

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Forgives, but remembers Daughter of Ruby Ridge perseveres by Jessica Mayrer

According to Department of Justice shoulder. Vicki was shot while holding the Sara Weaver won’t ever forget the day a government sniper shot her mother. She reports conducted in the wake of the siege, Weavers’ youngest child, an 11-month-old recalls her father, Randy, saying over and Weaver was notified of three different trial girl, Elisheba. The same bullet that killed over again, “They shot Mama. They shot dates, two of which were erroneous. He was Vicki also hit Harris, who was seriously a no-show at his February 20, 1991 trial. wounded. Randy gave up 10 days after the Mama.” It will be 20 years this August since the That prompted a federal grand jury to indict siege began. After the standoff, Sara says, she wonsiege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Three people him for failure to appear. After the indictment, the federal dered why she hadn’t been killed, instead of died during the 11-day standoff between federal agents and Sara’s father, white sepa- Marshals Service launched an investigation. the others. She thought it would have been ratist Randy Weaver. Her 42-year-old mother, “Based on information that it collected, the easier that way. Randy was cleared of all but two Marshals Service learned that for many years Vicki Weaver, was one of them. For some, the standoff became a sym- Weaver had made statements about his charges: failure to appear on the gun bol of a heavy-handed government run intent to violently confront federal law charges and violating his bail conditions. amok. Timothy McVeigh, for example, cited enforcement officials,” the DOJ report says. These days, Sara says, he helps care for his federal oversteps at Ruby Ridge as among “As a result, the Marshals Service concluded grandchildren. In the wake of the the reasons he set the siege, the DOJ launched bomb that killed 168 multiple investigations. people at the Alfred P. In 1995, a U.S. Senate Murrah Federal Building panel found that there in Oklahoma City in were “substantial fail1995. And Ruby Ridge is ures” by law enforcestill a rallying point for ment agencies during anti-establishment viothe standoff. lence. That’s largely why The Weavers filed Sara, Randy Weaver’s suit against the governeldest daughter, now 36, ment and settled out of is coming forward to court for $3.1 million, share her story. without the govern“I think Ruby Ridge ment admitting any and the Weaver name wrongdoing. has been used in the Photo by Chad Harder Sara reiterates that past to help spur on she’s forgiven those other causes … that I Sara Weaver outside Liquid Planet in Missoula May 7 responsible for killing don’t necessarily support or agree with,” says Weaver, who will appear that Weaver intended to resist violently gov- her mother and brother. Forgiveness, however, can be a tough sentiment to in Missoula May 25 at a fundraiser for the ernmental attempts to arrest him.” In August 1992, six marshals travelled drum up. That’s why she’s trying to lead Christian group Teen Challenge. “Don’t take life in my name and think you’re doing to Ruby Ridge to conduct surveillance. The by example and why she’ll speak on behalf action was to be an undercover operation of Teen Challenge during the nonprofit’s something good.” Sara now lives in Marion with her hus- with the goal of taking Weaver into custody annual fundraiser this month. band and 11-year-old son. Randy, her father, safely. Teen Challenge uses a faith-based It didn’t happen that way. The family’s approach to treat women for addiction. also lives in Marion. She’s come to forgive the people responsible for her mother’s yellow Labrador, Striker, alerted the Weavers Director Jan Henderson says Sara death, Sara says—although it’s taken her that something was amiss. Striker’s barking Weaver’s ability to let go of anger sets a prompted Randy and his 14-year-old son, powerful example for the young women years to get there. The Weaver family moved to Ruby Ridge Sam, to investigate. Kevin Harris, a family in her program, many of whom have when Sara was 7, because Randy and Vicki friend, went with them. been victims of violence themselves and The DOJ said later that it was unclear have “huge un-forgiveness and rejection believed a global calamity was imminent. They lived off the grid, with no power or who shot first. Sara says federal agents killed issues.” running water. The family made do with the dog first. Her brother shot back. When Sara says she’s happy to lead the way. what they had, picking huckleberries and Sam attempted to flee, he was shot in the “A lot of times, we just need someone to back. Then Harris opened fire, killing help share our burden to get through raising chickens and goats. Randy mingled with local militia Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan. whatever it is we’re going through, and In the hours that followed, hundreds that one hand up can change someone’s groups in northern Idaho. In October 1989, he sold two illegal sawed-off shot- of law enforcement personnel descended life forever.” guns to an undercover agent with the into the woods around the family cabin. Sara Weaver will speak at Teen Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. On the second day of the siege, Sara says, Challenge’s annual banquet, at the The ATF told Weaver that prosecutors the family had no interaction with law Hilton Garden Inn, May 25. For more would drop the gun charges if he became enforcement until gunshots rang out information, go to www.teenchallengepan informant. Weaver refused to cooper- again. That happened as Randy, Harris nw.com/montana_womens ate. Seven months later, he was indicted and Sara approached a shed where they had put Sam’s body. Randy was hit in the on federal gun charges. jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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Lethal lick Is road salt drawing bighorn sheep to their doom? by Alex Sakariassen

The bighorn sheep herd near Thompson Falls has fluctuated over the past 31 years. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has recorded population numbers as high as 432 and as low as 161. Wildlife biologist Bruce Sterling says that’s only natural. The sheep have always had a tendency to rebound from mild declines. But the population has never dipped low enough to sound the alarm at FWP. Not until this spring, anyway. At latest count, Thompson Falls is down to 52 bighorn sheep. “The bottom just sort of fell out,” Sterling says. Now, with only 32 breeding ewes and eight rams, every mortality brings the herd closer to biological instability. Bighorn sheep have had a rough time in

turn the pavement into a salt lick. The same is true on windier stretches of Highway 93 in the upper Bitterroot Valley and along Highway 1 west of Butte. In early 2010, a motorist drove his pickup through a herd of bighorn near Anaconda, killing eight sheep, including two trophy rams. “Drivers are too busy,” Sterling says. “They’re just not paying attention to what they’re doing. They’ve got a lot of other activities going on, talking on cell phones and doing whatever.” Sterling adds that venturing onto Highway 200 for the salt deposits has likely become a learned behavior among the Thompson Falls herd over several generations. That the grass near the highway greens up faster in the spring than vegeta-

highway are to rock walls, Sterling believes that option would require road modifications that could take years. Other improvements, such as overpasses and underpasses, may not gain FWP much. “What’s interesting with this scenario is these sheep do not need to, nor do they necessarily, get to the other side of the highway,” Sterling explains. “This isn’t a crossing zone. They’re not getting to another section of their habitat, because the other side of the highway is the railroad tracks and then the Clark Fork River.” Highway 200 already has flashing lights that warn drivers of the possibility of sheep lingering on the road ahead.

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Bighorn sheep lick salt from Highway 93 near Sula

the West lately. For the past two years, pneumonia has swept through many herds, leaving more than 600 dead in Montana in 2010 alone. The disease—for which there is no known vaccine—has caused significant dieoffs in 14 bighorn populations in the state since 1984. From what Sterling can tell, the Thompson Falls herd is pneumonia-free. Yet its population has declined rapidly in recent years, from 270 in 2008 to 52 this spring. He can’t be sure yet, but Sterling’s confident that disease is not the problem. “It doesn’t fit some of the other disease scenarios that we’ve seen in other sheep herds,” he says. “That’s usually a sudden crash of the population. People have not been reporting sick or dying sheep. The sheep we’ve seen appear to be healthy.” Instead, Sterling points to an alarming number of bighorn deaths on two one-mile stretches of Highway 200 near Thompson Falls. Over the past four years, 110 sheep have been struck by cars and killed. That figure is a minimum, Sterling adds. FWP can’t say how many sheep were clipped by vehicles, wandered away from the road and died later as a result of their injuries. The agency knows why sheep die on highways: salt. Sheep linger on the highway in the winter months, when de-icing efforts

tion at higher altitudes only compounds his concerns. The problem is troubling enough that FWP requested a meeting with the Montana Department of Transportation to discuss possible solutions. Sterling says the discussion, scheduled for May 10, will likely lean on alternatives to salt use, like sand-only de-icing. However, according to the Montana Department of Transportation, a sandonly alternative would prove less effective in ensuring public safety, and chemical deicing agents are potentially cost-prohibitive. Similar discussions concerning sheep on Highway 1 near Georgetown Lake several years ago resulted in removal of salt from de-icing procedures. “It’s helped deter them,” says MDT spokeswoman Lori Ryan. “It has not kept them off the roadway, but [MDT] has taken the salt out of the sand over there.” Ryan adds that there have been no other complaints of salt attracting wildlife to roadways in the state. Her agency keeps rough data on highway mortality counts among individual species, but it’s limited “by the fact that many wild animal-vehicle collisions are not reported.” Fencing could be another solution, but given how close the stretches of

The problem in Thompson Falls raises a broader question, however, given that the current herd was reintroduced to the area in the 1950s. An average of 16 of those sheep a year fall victim to highway accidents. Others are killed by trains on the adjacent rail line. Is Thompson Falls really a suitable area for these sheep? “What happens is a lot of these winter ranges for wildlife—sheep included— are also some of the best areas to put highways and railroad lines,” Sterling says. “It’s an unfortunate event that occurs for a lot of wildlife.” The highway is clearly an issue for the bighorn herd. But Sterling isn’t convinced FWP knows the whole story yet. One hundred and ten sheep killed in four years is substantial. It doesn’t explain the other 108 deaths in that time. “There’s something else that’s probably at play here to cause this dramatic a decrease,” Sterling says. “My guess—and it’s purely a guess—is that it’s lion predation.” Sterling says FWP will likely augment the herd with sheep from Wild Horse Island later this year. asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Fighting for Montanans? Not when they care more about winning than justice Montana’s political theater is awash in hypocrisy and contradiction right now, with Democrats and Republicans claiming they’re fighting for Montanans. But that fight is selective, especially when it comes to federal intervention in medical marijuana, gay rights and UM campus rapes. Those who have been around Montana awhile might recall the Sagebrush Rebellion of the ’80s, which was staged primarily by extractors of resources from public lands who dubbed themselves “producers.” When the federal government decided the pace at which they were destroying the land, water and air was unsustainable, the resource extractors figured their best shot at continuing their largely free ride on the public’s shared natural legacy was to openly defy the feds. Three decades later, in a near vacuum of progressive policy, Montanans are witnessing similar sentiments as candidates pander for votes in the upcoming elections. Take Attorney General Steve Bullock, a Democratic candidate for governor whose campaign theme is fighting the federal government to preserve Montana’s century old Anti-Corruption Act, the law that fell victim to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, in which corporations were said to have the same rights as humans when it comes to campaign expenditures. Bullock would have us believe he’s snarling at the feds to save our future. But that requires a selective memory. A year ago, federal drug enforcement agencies conducted sweeping raids on Montana’s medical marijuana providers after the Obama administration had as much as said that those states in which the citizens voted to legalize medical marijuana would not be targets for federal interdiction. Bad enough that Barack Obama deceived us; far worse that Bullock stood by while the lives and businesses of dozens of Montanans were destroyed, not to mention the well being of the thousands of Montanans who needed the medicinal marijuana they grew. The silence from Bullock’s office was deafening—and still is. The right-wing Republicans who dominated the Montana legislature, however, virtually cheered as this category of “producers” was decimated. Apparently both Bullock and the Republicans forgot that the initiative to legalize medical marijuana gar-

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nered more votes than any politician from either party in the election in which it became law in Montana. Last week, Bullock further alienated potential supporters by joining Republicans in rejecting the idea of giving gay Montanans equal rights, raising the ire of thousands of gay, lesbian and

Apparently both Bullock and the Republicans forgot that the initiative to legalize medical marijuana garnered more votes than any politician from either party in the election in which it became law in Montana.

transgender Montanans and again revealing that Bullock’s fight for Montanans is apparently only for certain Montanans. Not to be outdone, Gov. Brian Schweitzer declared that “Montana is not for sale” while joining Bullock to sign an initiative that would ensconce Montana’s anti-corruption law in the state constitution. Not for sale? Since his first day in office, Schweitzer has been Montana’s P.T. Barnum, flying around the nation and the world offering anything and everything that can possibly be extracted from Montana for sale to anyone interested in purchasing it. Millions of tons of coal? Absolutely for sale—and not to the highest bidder, but for prices so low that even the feds wouldn’t lease coal so cheaply. Oil and gas? Why, step right up and take your shot at the Bakken

Formation—drill it, dump it, flare it off and pump the waste back into the ground with virtually no interference from state regulators. Or how about last week’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that it was investigating the handling of 80 reported rapes in Missoula in the last three years? It follows a review by former Montana Supreme Court Justice Diane Barz, who was hired by UM and concluded that the university “has a problem of sexual assault on and off campus.” Thomas E. Perez, the assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, calls the investigation “a difficult situation but a necessary situation.” Not only are the 80 reported rapes being investigated, but the U.S. Department of Education is investigating a separate complaint filed in January that alleges harassment by members of the Grizzlies football team. To their credit, Missoula’s mayor, John Engen, and police chief, Mark Muir, joined UM President Royce Engstrom in pledging full cooperation with the investigation. But Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg vociferously denied any wrongdoing and then went after the federal officials, claiming the investigation “undermines the dedicated hard work prosecutors are doing across America to fight crime.” Apparently, Van Valkenburg, a Democrat who went all the way across the state to find a legislator to sponsor a bill to overturn Missoula’s ordinance giving lowest law-enforcement priority to marijuana possession, has his own definition of fighting crime. If you’re a woman who’s been gang-raped, there might not be enough evidence to pursue your allegations. Got a joint in your pocket, though, and you’re going to jail. Republicans are dancing in the streets to see Democrats so selflessly fighting for Montanans by embracing right-wing ideologies. It gives Republicans a perfect opportunity to move even further right in order to distinguish themselves from the hapless Democrats. We’re asked to choose between the two parties in November. But in truth, our choice will be between the lesser of two weasels. 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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Do the land math Selling wilderness is the nuttiest idea yet by Jeff Welsch

Of all the nutty ideas floating around the West of late—that Wyoming needs an aircraft carrier to prepare for the coming apocalypse, that Idaho residents should be allowed to lure wolves by using pets as bait or that Yellowstone bison in Montana are “bio-terrorists” because they might cause brucellosis— none can match Utah’s on the incredulity meter. Some in the Beehive State are abuzz about the current effort to seize control of all public lands within its borders except for national parks, wilderness areas, military bases and Indian reservations. But unlike the seasonal silliness in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, this Utah land grab has traction. The state legislature passed a bill asserting eminent domain over public lands—our lands—and the governor has signed it, pledging a lawsuit if Utah doesn’t receive nearly 30 million acres by 2015. The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are shrugging off Utah’s chest thumping as little more than electionyear bluster. They view it as a revival of the failed Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and ’80s, and they are confident that any takeover effort will be laughed out of court. Yet the very idea should give us pause, and ranchers, outfitters, guides and other small-business owners whose livelihoods depend on economical access to our public lands should be on the alert, because parallel conversations have taken place in other Western states. Some Arizona state legislators keep pushing to add 25 million acres of federal lands, and similar drumbeats echo across New Mexico and Colorado. In Montana, Rep. Denny Rehberg, who apparently feels that 32,000 miles of roads on our Forest Service lands aren’t nearly enough, supports releasing the nation’s few remaining non-wilderness roadless areas for development. This has flabbergasted constituents who view open space as essential to their livelihoods and the Montana way of life. Let’s be clear about motives: These politicians want our lands so their financial

backers can mine, drill, pave and otherwise develop it without having to deal with such pesky matters as clean air, clean water and other health safeguards. Special interests in Utah want to drill for oil and gas right next

Do the math: More people plus less public land equals less access and more crowds on the few equal-opportunity landscapes we have left, which leads to more rules, regulations and expense for the average American. to national parks, and their counterparts in Arizona are itching for a uranium mine on the fringes of Grand Canyon National Park. Not stopping at his own state’s borders, Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns has floated the idea of selling some of our national parks to private interests. Just think of the possibilities: Utah’s Arches National Park could be renamed Golden Arches National Park and leveled for a McDonald’s theme park. In California, John Muir’s favorite spot on the planet could be sold to Warner Bros. and renamed Yosemite Sam National Park. When in North Carolina, we could view the R.J. Reynolds Great Smoking Mountain National Park from the comfort of our cars on a new highway dubbed Tobacco Road.

Public lands provide us with clean water, clean air and essential wildlife habitat. These are the places where millions of Americans go to hunt, fish, hike, camp, ride, run, ski, pedal, photograph, explore or simply find solitude in a rapidly shrinking and increasingly noisy world. They provide hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars that benefit the economies of small rural communities. Public lands are the embodiment of American freedom and individualism— places where anyone can go regardless of race, creed, color or stock portfolio. Our 750 million acres of public lands, much of it established more than a century ago by forefathers with wisdom and vision, set our nation apart. If anyone thinks wilderness locks up land, wait until all of us in the West get met by miles of fences, gates, padlocks and corporate signage. If you think government programs are Europeanizing this nation, wait until you have to pay a premium to hunt or fish on lands your grandparents once freely traversed. Do the math: More people plus less public land equals less access and more crowds on the few equal-opportunity landscapes we have left, which leads to more rules, regulations and expense for the average American. Most of us recognize the economic, ecological and spiritual value of our public lands. A whopping 93 percent of Colorado voters recently polled sees them as essential to the state’s overall health. Sell our public lands? Seriously? For anyone who thinks that nutty idea will sit well on Main Street America, I’ve got an aircraft carrier on Yellowstone Lake to sell you. Jeff Welsch is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is communications director for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition in Bozeman, Montana.

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I’m saying it: Western Montana is an awful place to be a cyclist, particularly a road cyclist. The roads outside of town tend to be narrow, shoulderless and windy, with blind corners and lots of flora blocking drivers’ views. Besides, there just aren’t that many roads to begin with, and not all that many cyclists, either. Drivers aren’t used to cyclists and act just as ignorantly around bikes as they do around horses. As a longtime (i.e. former) road biker, I’ve had my share of close calls. One macho man in Colorado with a big ol’ pick ‘em up truck once sideswiped me with a side mirror. (I was on the opposite side of the white line, he wasn’t “keeping it between the mustard and the mayo.”) My amazingly stout shoulder broke the mirror from his rig. He stopped, got out and (cliché alert!) came after me with a tire iron. The rest of what happened is moot (that said, he is short one tire iron). The fact is, that entire inci-

The 10th annual Ride of Silence begins at the Missoula County Courthouse on Wed., May 16, at 6:30 PM. The ride is seven miles long. For more information, go to bikewalkmissoula.org or rideofsilence.org.

THURSDAY MAY 10

MONDAY MAY 14

The Riverfront Neighborhood Council Meeting and Soup Social takes place from 4:30–6 PM at the Montana Natural History Center. Let’s talk traffic and playground equipment. 120 Hickory.

Blue Mountain Clinic, along with the Missoula AIDS Council, offers free, anonymous and blood-free HIV testing. 610 N. California. 1–4 PM. Free. Call 721-1646.

Find how to support the College of Technology and keep the UM Golf Course during a meeting at the Sentinel High School Cafeteria. 5:30–6:30 PM.

dent never should have happened. We all pay taxes to keep the roads in good shape; we all have a right to use them responsibly. This Sunday, the 10th annual Ride of Silence takes place in Missoula as a silent and solemn funeral procession for all those killed in bicyclist-motorist crashes around the world. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, between 600 and 850 cyclists have been killed each year for the past 20 years during accidents with motorists. The Ride of Silence is both a memorial to those who have died and a reminder for all of us still using the roads to respect one another’s rights.

TUESDAY MAY 15

FRIDAY MAY 11

If you don’t have eight hours to see for yourself what’s going on out east in the oil patch, come down and see Boom! Behind the Bakken, a film by UM journalism students. (Btdubs, what’s going on is gross.) UC Theater. 7 PM. Free.

Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsoleck during Compassionate Communication Non-Violent Communication Weekly Practice Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins. Noon–1 PM. Free.

SATURDAY MAY 12

Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 115 S. 3rd St. W. 1-3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.

Dust the cobwebs off your bicycles and stretch them hammies, Uncle Gene, it’s time to Bike for Shelter, a fundraiser for the Watson’s Children’s Shelter, which features 2-and 12-mile rides, a kids’ bike rodeo, bbq, music and snow cones (bubblegum flavor, please!). Register at the Fort Missoula shelter on the CMC campus. 9 AM–1 PM. $15 ind./$40 per family. watsonchildrensshelter.org

SUNDAY MAY 13 Occupy Missoula General Assembly takes place at the Union Hall. 208 E. Main St. 2–4 PM. occupymissoula.org.

Missoula Aging Services offers a Caregiver Support Group. 337 Stephens. 4–5 PM. Free. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691. Code of the West, a film about the legalization of marijuana-pot-grass screens at the Wilma, with a discussion moderated by Pat Williams and starring Fred Van Valkenburg (Missoula County Attorney), John Masterson (Montana NORML), Rebecca Richman Cohen (filmmaker) and Representative Diane Sands (Dem. of HD 95 in Missoula). 7 PM. $7. (See Film.)

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Police said Albert Murray, 48, took a taxi to a hospital in Arlington, Va., one afternoon and asked the driver to wait. Murray, who worked in the hospital cafeteria, went inside, pulled a knife on the cafeteria manager and demanded the combination to a safe. She denied knowing it, so he tied her up, put the safe on a desk chair and, according to hospital vice president Adrien Stanton, rolled it, apparently unchallenged, from the “dead center of the building” down “a lot of corridors” to the sidewalk. Murray then put the safe in the waiting taxi’s trunk, but when the driver balked, he jumped behind the wheel and tried to flee. The cabbie reached in and shut off the car, forcing the robber to escape on foot. Officers nabbed him after a short chase. (The Washington Post) Five crooks, equipped with top-of-the-line industrial power tools, attacked seven ATMs across England but “despite their extensive efforts,” prosecutor Dominic Connolly said, “no money was actually obtained.” Instead, they managed to set fire to bundles of cash several times while using a blowtorch to melt through wires and once missed 140,000 pounds ($196,000) inside an open machine when they fled after triggering an alarm. (Britain’s Daily Mail). WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - Police charged Gregory Derrell Lea, 42, with assaulting a 27-year-old woman in Charles County, Md. They said he “threw a couch on top of her.” (The Washington Post) UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT - The new 3-D version of the 1997 movie Titanic is being shown in China, but the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio sketches Kate Winslet topless has been edited to show Winslet only from the neck up. “We’ve decided to cut off the nudity scenes,” the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television announced, explaining, “Considering the vivid 3-D effects, we fear that viewers may reach out their hands for a touch and thus interrupt other people’s viewing.” (United Press International) TAX DOLLARS AT WORK - The animal-rights group In Defense of Animals ridiculed a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that revealed rats on cocaine dig the music of Miles Davis, whereas sober rats prefer Beethoven. Among other taxpayer-funded animal studies on the group’s list of “Real Ridiculous Research”: the effect of lemon scent on monkey erections, contagious yawning in chimpanzees, the role of single mothers in the prairie vole community and whether putting hamsters on a diet affects their sex drive. (Associated Press) LITIGATION NATION - Dean Cochrun, 28, filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital that circumcised him after he was born, declaring that the procedure robbed him of his sexual prowess. The suit charges that the procedure was unnecessary, unethical and without medical benefit. “I was recently made aware of the fact that I had been (circumcised) and that ... I was robbed of sensitivity during sexual intercourse as well as the sense of security and well-being I am entitled to in my person,” he declared, adding that neither he nor his partners would “have that sensitivity during sexual intercourse and have a normal sex life.” Cochrun, who’s currently imprisoned in Sioux Falls, S.D., for kidnapping, wants $1,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, and his foreskin restored “in the hopes I could feel whole again.” (Associated Press)

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SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - Michael L. Deel, 54, and his wife, Michelle Deel, 49, were attending a firearms safety course in Roanoke, Va., when, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Deel shot himself in the hand with a .45-caliber handgun. The bullet went through his hand and hit Michelle Deel, seated next to him, in the leg. (Roanoke Times) A 56-year-old man told police he was lifting dumbbells in Modesto, Calif., when he accidentally dropped one on a rimfire .22-caliber bullet. He said the weight of the dumbbell caused the bullet to fire, wounding him in the shoulder. Officer Chris Adams said the man’s story sounded suspicious but wasn’t impossible. (The Modesto Bee) After a verbal exchange between two drivers vying to be first at a toll booth in Hooksett, N.H., Nicholas Richer, 18, pointed a flare gun out the window at the other driver and fired. “The flare gun discharged inside the suspect’s vehicle, ignited, caught the right passenger’s front seat on fire,” just missing another youth riding with Richer, state police Sgt. Charles Johnson reported after the other driver called 911 and a trooper caught up with Richer in Bow. “The windshield was smashed, and the front seat where the juvenile was seated was burned.” (Manchester’s WMUR-TV) STALLING CRIME - Britain’s surveillance-addicted government began installing cameras at gas stations to stop uninsured or untaxed vehicles from refueling. The cameras feature automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), which is designed to identify motorists who drive off without paying for gas. Under the new system, the same cameras will automatically cross-reference all license plates against a government database before drivers may pump gas. The pumps won’t operate for vehicles the database shows lack insurance. The government estimates 1.4 million motorists drive without insurance. (Britain’s Daily Mirror) BEATING THE SYSTEM - When an undercover investigative reporter found people charging $30 for the answers to Florida’s written driving test outside three driver’s license offices, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said selling the information isn’t against current rules because the Florida Driver’s Handbook contains sample questions and answers. A spokesperson noted, however, that printed versions of the 62-page handbook aren’t available at all DMV offices because of pending legal action against the vendor. (Miami’s WPLG-TV) DOUBLE WHAMMY - When a car got stuck on railroad tracks in Riverdale Park, Md., police called a tow truck to remove it. It was in the process when a CSX freight train plowed into both vehicles, which were unoccupied at the time. (Associated Press) INSTANT GRATIFICATION - The California-based bakery Sprinkles introduced a high-tech vending machine that dispenses cupcakes around the clock. Owner Candace Nelson said she got the idea when she was pregnant and realized she couldn’t satisfy her late-night cupcake cravings, even though she owns a bakery. The ATM-like machine features a touch screen and a robotic arm that pulls the desired flavor cupcake from a wall of single-serving boxes inside the store. After installing the first cupcake dispenser at her Beverly Hills store, Nelson said Sprinkles plans to operate machines at three New York City locations. (Associated Press)

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Here, kitty, kitty The disturbing fate of a mountain lion cub By Shane Castle • Photos courtesy Mae Foresta Just before Memorial Day weekend 2011, a group of U.S. Forest Service employees was finishing a training session in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, outside Missoula, when some of them found a brush-covered depression in the ground and, in it, a tiny mountain lion cub. The discovery raised the kinds of hard questions that Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife biologists spend a lot of energy addressing. Someone finds a cute baby animal. It’s alone and seems to have been abandoned. The people are faced with a dilemma: Should they leave it where it is or intervene? Biologists tend to say the best option is to leave the little animal where it is, because the mother is probably nearby. It can seem counterintuitive, but intervention can actually diminish the animal’s chances for survival. When this group found the cub, they left it where it was. However, according to Lubrecht’s

director, Frank Maus, they didn’t entirely leave the area. They set up a motion-sensor camera to monitor what happened. The mother didn’t return that night. The next morning, the cub was more lethargic. Its mother didn’t return that night, either. On the third morning, Maus went to check on the cat. It was no longer moving. If things had ended there, those involved probably would have walked away feeling powerless and sad. But they had already interfered with nature and they felt responsible. Maus approached the cat to check for signs of life. “It was stiff, almost like rigor mortis,” Maus said. “But when I touched it, it raised its head. So we rolled it up in a fleece jacket and brought it down to the truck and put it by the heater and warmed it up a bit.” Janie Howser, who was Lubrecht’s facilities manager at the time, lived in the area and

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kept several pets, so the group looked to her to be the cub’s caregiver. She took the cub, wrapped it in a blanket, fed it some formula made for domestic kittens and gave it subcutaneous fluids. A local photographer who had also kept animals much of her life, Mae Foresta, said the cub wasn’t walking yet but was “mobile and alert.” Maus said he was amazed. “Within a few hours, this little guy had come around.” This posed a new problem: What does one do with a mountain lion cub? They knew Fish, Wildlife and Parks had jurisdiction, and they knew the department operated a wildlife rehabilitation center in Helena, so they tried to reach someone at the center, but they had the wrong phone number and couldn’t get through. They kept making calls and eventually contacted a Helena-area game warden, Dave Loewen, who arranged to meet them at the rehab center.

U.S. Forest Service logging engineer Stephen “Obie” O’Brien was at Lubrecht, but he lived in Helena. He was about to make the return drive and offered to transport the cub. Howser rode along to help. Once in Helena, they met Loewen in the parking lot outside the rehab center, handed over the cub, and drove away under the impression the warden was going to try to rehabilitate it or transfer it to someone who might. Loewen didn’t contact anyone at the rehab center. Wardens sometimes consult with biologists or vets if they aren’t certain about the best course of action, but Loewen says he didn’t have to talk to anyone else in this case because it was obvious to him that the cub was dying. So he euthanized it with exhaust at the tailpipe of his FWP truck.

‘They thought wrong’ This incident occurred last May. It began with a well-intentioned decision to interfere with nature, and it escalated to the point where a group of state and federal employees found their evaluations of a mountain lion cub challenged by a warden who looked at the same cat and saw a starkly different set of options. The incident highlights the public’s deep emotional investment with Montana’s wildlife and the ways FWP policy navigates—or avoids navigating—fraught political waters. State veterinarian Jennifer Ramsey says wardens are trained in ways to humanely euthanize wild animals and that she urges field staff to follow the American Veterinary Medical Association euthanasia guidelines whenever conditions permit. But, she adds, conditions in the field are not always optimal, so wardens have latitude to make decisions based on the situation at hand. For instance, though the AVMA might find an overdose of barbiturates to be a humane means of euthanasia, a warden who comes across a severely injured bear in the woods probably doesn’t have a syringe or the ability to safely inject a wounded bear. Since so much depends on wardens’ decision-making processes in the field, Ramsey says, “hopefully they use good judgment.” Loewen has been featured in several news stories in Helena’s Independent Record, on local TV stations and even on the National Geographic Channel. He enjoys some small celebrity because he is one of the people Helena officials call when potentially dangerous animals like lions or bears turn up on private property or in the middle of the city. Loewen shot and killed a mountain lion on a deck in Helena’s south hills some months back and another in February after it killed a couple of domestic cats west of town. Loewen’s job title doesn’t convince Howser and the others that he made the right decision with this

particular cub. When Howser found out about the euthanasia a few days later, she says she was bewildered. “If I felt it was on death’s door, I wouldn’t have bothered taking it over there. I would have just dealt with it until death, but I thought it had a good chance.” Howser says she and O’Brien only agreed to meet Loewen in the rehab center’s parking lot because they believed he was going to try to rehabilitate the cub or transfer it to the center’s manager, Lisa Rhodin. Howser is adamant that Loewen lied to

Howser and O’Brien outside the rehab center might have led to their mistaken impression, Loewen says he met them there because they didn’t know their way around Helena and they happened to know where the center was. Told that O’Brien lives in Helena, Loewen adds that it also made sense to meet there because the pair was coming from McDonald Pass and the highway passes by the center. Howser, who wrote a strongly worded letter to FWP about the circumstances of the cub’s death, says

FWP used the death of the mountain lion cub to clarify unwritten policy with regard to euthanasia. But what kinds of levers, if any, does the department have to steer wildlife to the rehabilitation center when conditions permit it? her, claiming the warden explicitly stated he was going to make sure the cub was rehabilitated. O’Brien didn’t go so far as to say Loewen lied, but he did say the warden gave them the impression that someone was going to try to rehabilitate the cub. Loewen denies lying or giving them false impressions. “I think at one point I told them I would have to take a look at the cat and that it probably would have to be euthanized,” he says. That doesn’t gibe with Howser’s memory. She says it hadn’t even occurred to her that he might do such a thing. Asked if he thought it was possible that meeting

that almost a year later, she still believes the warden let his personal feelings about mountain lions affect his professional judgment. Loewen denies this. He doesn’t want to respond to “Janie Howser’s personal attacks,” he says, but then speculates that she might have been angry because he “had a pretty frank discussion with her about what they had done wrong” with the cub. By the time the cub arrived in Helena, the issue of what they should have done back at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest was moot. O’Brien and Howser weren’t planning to take the cat back over McDonald Pass because it was just a few yards from the rehabil-

itation center’s doors. Loewen wasn’t either, as events showed. Neither Howser, O’Brien, Foresta nor Maus is a wildlife biologist, but all four saw the cat for extended periods and were convinced it stood at least a chance of survival, if not a very good chance. Maus returned to the idea a few times in an interview, looking for ways to prove the cub’s health. While he believed it was still too young to walk, he says, he saw it pushing itself up, wobbling on its legs, “meowing and just acting like a kitten.” None of them thought to video the cub, but Foresta took several photos while Howser was caring for it. Most show the small cat wrapped in blankets with someone cradling it. One photo shows it holding its head up as it nurses on a small bottle of formula. In a couple of other pictures, it appears to be sitting up in a box under its own power. Seeing the cub do such things firsthand caused most everyone involved to think the cat was on the mend. “They thought wrong,” Loewen says, citing his biology degree and 12 years of experience as a game warden. “It was weak. It was not moving around. It was lethargic … When I became involved, the animal obviously couldn’t survive.” All that was left, then, were a few less-than-ideal options: a gunshot or exhaust. He explains that he didn’t like the former because it didn’t seem as humane. “It’s a very difficult position to be in,” he says.

Corrective counseling Loewen says he followed American Veterinary Medical Association guidelines when he used exhaust to kill the cub. “Several different methods are acceptable,” he says, “including carbon monoxide.” It’s important to remember wardens in the field can’t always use the AVMA’s preferred methods.

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However, Loewen wasn’t in one of the remote areas wardens typically refer to as “the field.” He was in the parking lot of the wildlife rehabilitation center. And while carbon monoxide does appear in the guidelines as one acceptable means of euthanasia, the specific method Loewen used is explicitly discouraged. The relevant passage from the guidelines lists three common sources of the gas that people have used for euthanasia: gas produced from certain chemical interactions, exhaust from idling combustion engines and commercially compressed gas in cylinders. It goes on, “The first two techniques are associated with problems such as production of other gases, achieving inadequate concentration of carbon monoxide … therefore, the only acceptable source is compressed CO in cylinders.” FWP Warden Captain Sam Shephard says he trusts Loewen’s assessment of the cat’s health. Asked if FWP reprimanded Loewen for any aspect of the incident, Shephard says “it didn’t rise to the level of a reprimand.” But he and Loewen did talk about the choice to use exhaust, Shephard says, adding that they sat down for “corrective counseling” and decided “this form of euthanasia was not the way we wanted to handle these situations.” If there were another situation like the one Loewen faced in May 2011, Shephard says, they decided, “We would contact our [state] vet and if our vet is not available, then we will take it to a local vet to have it put down.”

Using good judgment FWP used the death of the mountain lion to clarify unwritten policy with regard to euthanasia. But what kinds of levers, if any, does the department have to steer wildlife to the rehabilitation center when conditions permit it? Loewen explains that wardens in the state’s seven enforcement regions don’t have rigid policies for what to do with every kind of wild animal in every situation because every situation is different. “We’re sort of decentralized,” he says. “As far as trying to connect [regional policy] with the center, there’s no connection there … you might get seven different interpretations.” For example, he says, a warden who finds an injured black bear a short distance from Helena might be able to make a quick trip to the rehab center, but to drive a longer distance with a similarly injured bear might be unrealistic or cause undue harm. FWP Assistant Chief of Wardens Mike

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Korn says there’s no written policy that enforcement officers follow when it comes to whether or not to take animals to the rehab center. “We try to operate off the rehab center’s policy,” Korn says, “but we rely on our officers’ judgment and experience.” What are the department’s baseline positions? FWP Communications Director Ron Aasheim refers to the agency’s “Policy on Intake, Rehabilitation, Holding and Disposition

of Wildlife.” Dated January 2010, it lists mountain lion cubs up to six months as candidates for rehabilitation and permanent placement. This means the center can accept injured or orphaned mountain lion cubs, though such cubs have to be placed in zoos or educational facilities rather than released into the wild. Biologists generally agree that large cats would become overly comfortable with humans during the long internments they would require before reaching maturity. The policy authorizes humane dispatch of those animals “with little chance of recovery.” It also outlines what FWP officers should do if someone presents them with a wild animal “with injuries that are not life-threatening and/or do not require treatment.” It explains a few conditions under which an animal in such a situation should be returned immediately to the wild. Two relevant conditions are that “the animal is not injured in any way and appears in good health” and that it “has been out of its natural environment for less than 12 hours.” There is no statement about what

should happen if an animal fails, in a warden’s judgment, to meet those conditions. As for animals that require treatment or have been out of the wild for more than 12 hours, there is only a paragraph break followed by a subheading and a section for the Montana Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. There, one finds a list of animals that cannot be accepted under any circumstances; another for those that can be accepted for rehabilitation and release in the wild; and yet another for animals such as mountain lion cubs under six months that can be accepted for rehabilitation and permanent placement in a zoo. If this is the only policy document on the subject, there is no explicit statement that FWP officers should or even could attempt to take animals to the center. There is only the inference created by the paragraph break and the subheading for the rehab center, as if drafters assumed the very mention of a rehab center made such a statement unnecessary. That would make state veterinarian Jennifer Ramsey’s statement about FWP officers—“hopefully, they use good judgment”— ring that much truer. Almost a year has passed since some wellintentioned people found a mountain lion cub in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest. In that time, Montana’s wardens have cited scofflaws and poachers. They’ve helped injured animals and they’ve been in situations where they had to make snap judgments about whether to put some of those animals down. This bears mention because almost every FWP employee interviewed for this story said in various ways that this one little cat, big as it may have become in the eyes of those involved, was just one piece of a much larger picture. In Helena, wildlife rehab center manager Lisa Rhodin had a busy year, too. Over the past several months, she’s placed six orphaned mountain lion cubs in zoos in New York, Mississippi and Idaho. That the cubs were orphaned might not be pleasant to think about. And any question about whether people should be happy about wild cats living out their lives in zoos is a topic for another discussion. But FWP wardens transported all six of those cubs to the rehab center. An earlier version of this story appeared in The Helena Vigilante, at helenavigilante.com.

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Brunch season is finally here. The chickens are laying again, the greens and onions are up and the days are getting long enough that it’s no longer dinnertime by the time brunch ends. In preparing for Mother’s Day, the official start of brunch season, I’ve been practicing a simple dish of poached eggs served on a bed of spinach and asparagus, and garnished it with crispy pieces of salt pork or bacon. Sometimes I drench the whole business in a blanket of hollandaise sauce—or more often, a blanket of failed hollandaise that I resurrect to perfection with mayonnaise and microwaves. Hollandaise is one of the most decadent sauces there is. It’s rich, but without being greasy, and at the same time tart with citrus and vinegar. It’s always served warm, and improves the flavor of whatever it touches. In classical culinary circles, a chef ’s hollandaise sauce is considered a barometer of his overall skill, like a ballroom dancer’s cha-cha moves. Hollandaise is similar to mayonnaise. Both are emulsions, mixtures of fat and acid that manage to hang together despite their contrary tendencies. While mayo combines oil and acid (in the form of vinegar and/or citrus), hollandaise combines those acids with butter fat. In both cases, it’s the lecithin hiding in the egg yolk that makes the emulsification happen. Lecithin, an emulsifier, is a peacemaker, keeping the otherwise mutually disinterested fat and acid entangled in a creamy truce. The Silk Road restaurant in Missoula once served a brunch whose menu featured the “Benedict Family” of dishes. That family included eggs Florentine, which adds greens to the equation, eggs Benedict, which includes ham, as well as customizations like smoked salmon, sliced tenderloin and lamb hash. Nowadays, the only brunch being served at Silk Road is on one Sunday a year: Mother’s Day. Several Benedict family members will be in attendance. I recently phoned the don of Silk Road’s Benedict Family, Abraham Risho. I wasn’t looking for a reservation for this Sunday—though I imagine they’re scarce. No, I was hoping he could rub some of his hollandaise magic onto me. He tried. I did too. But my hollandaise failed. Each batch was a roller coaster ride with a few breathless moments where I thought I was actually pulling it off, before another crash.

In hindsight, the problem is obvious. Abe Risho teaching me to make hollandaise over the phone would be like Michael Jordan trying to explain to me how to do a reverse layup from the baseline. It’s not that I’m physically incapable of making it. But becoming proficient at hollandaise is a journey that, in fairness, I haven’t undertaken. If you decide to walk that path, I salute you and suggest you consider investing in a quality double boiler, a thermometer and a good whisk. And if your hollandaise fails, which it probably will, you can still use it. It may look as curdled as a cup of tea with cream and lemon, but that rich, tangy

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flavor will still be in place. Just call it lemon butter curd sauce. Or fail-landaise. There are many ways to rescue a failed hollandaise, and some of them actually work. A splash of boiling water can snap the sauce to attention long enough to pour it. But in my experience with hollandaise rehab, nothing beats the microwave and mayonnaise—or, specifically, my preferred brand of mayonnaise, Vegenaise, which is a fake but better mayo. Mix two tablespoons of fake or real mayo for each cup of curdled, separated, chunky or otherwise miserably failed hollandaise. Zap in the microwave for fifteen seconds, whisk for ten seconds, add more mayo if necessary and repeat. Adjust the seasoning with salt, acid and Tabasco sauce. Just like that, you’re back in the game. If you don’t want the emotional turmoil of birthing, killing and reincarnating your hollandaise, you can fake it from the start with a simple mix of drawn butter and citrus, vinegar, salt and garlic. It won’t have that thick hollandaise body, but the flavor will be good. Whichever route you take, be it successfully making fresh hollandaise, rescuing failed

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hollandaise or going with a faux-landaise, the citrus should be lemon or lime juice, and the vinegar should be a white wine vinegar, white balsamic vinegar or champagne vinegar. Compared to these saucy complexities, poaching the eggs is breeze. Dutch ovens, or other such deep pans, are ideal for poaching, Risho told me, because you want to use as much water as your pot can comfortably hold. The more hot water, the less the temperature will drop when you add the eggs. The hardest part of poaching is fine-tuning the heat so the water holds steady at 180 degrees, the desired poaching temperature. After that, the rest is easy. Add two tablespoons vinegar and a teaspoon of salt for each gallon of water. You want it at least three inches deep. The eggs should be at room temperature, each egg cracked into a separate ramekin or other-eggsized dish. Risho uses espresso cups and advises putting the water into motion before adding the eggs, because there’s a brief moment when the raw eggs could stick to the bottom of the pot. You don’t want to stir the water into a full-on vortex, which could pull apart the eggs and make a mess. Just a gentle motion in the water is all that’s needed. In addition to a thermometer for getting the water temperature right, you’ll need a slotted spoon. Otherwise, you risk traumatizing the delicate egg en route to its perch atop your greens. While heating the water to 180 degrees, prepare your plates. Steam the asparagus spears and lay them in a row, covered with uncooked baby spinach leaves. When the water is holding steady at 180, add the eggs and poach for 2 to 4 minutes, depending on how set you want your yolks and whites to be. I usually err on the unset side, especially with high quality eggs. Remove the poached eggs from the liquid with a slotted spoon and set them on cloth or paper towels, or in a colander, to drain. Place the eggs on the spinach while they’re still hot, and drench with your hollandaise, faux-landaise, lemon butter or whatever you ended up with. Sprinkle pinches of paprika and black pepper onto the dish, break the yolks and start eating. A perfectly poached runny yolk from a good egg might be the best sauce of all.

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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. $ The Mercantile Deli 119 S. Higgins Ave. 721-6372 themercantiledeli.com Located next to the historic Wilma Theater, the Merc features a relaxed atmosphere, handcrafted Paninis, Sandwiches, and wholesome Soups and Salads. Try a Monte Cristo for breakfast, a Pork Love Panini for lunch, or have us cater your next company event. Open Monday – Saturday for breakfast and lunch. Downtown delivery available. $-$$ The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our allnew bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, and fresh fish daily. Delicious salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked in-house. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. Pita Pit 130 N. Higgins 541-PITA (7482) • pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Sapore 424 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-6695 Voted best new restaurant in the Missoula Independent's Best of Missoula, 2011. Located on Higgins Ave., across the street from

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Wordens. Serving progressive American food consisting of fresh house-made pastas every day, pizza, local beef, and fresh fish delivered from Taste of Alaska. New specials: burger & beer Sundays, 5-7 $9 ~ pizza & beer Tuesdays, 5-7 $10 ~ draft beers, Tuesday -Thursday, 5-6:30 $3. Business hours: Tues.- Sat. 5-10:30 pm., Sat. 10-3 pm., Sun. 5-10 pm. Authentic Thai Restaurant 221 W. Broadway 543-9966 sawaddeedowntown.com 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 flavors- no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisine. Now serving beer and wine! $-$$ Sean Kelly’s A Public House 130 W. Pine St. 542-1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for lunch & dinner. Featuring brunch Saturday & Sunday from 11-2pm. Serving international & Irish pub fare. Full bar, beer, wine, martinis. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $$-$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula's best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 1110 Sun 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Tamarack Brewing Company 231 W. Front Street 830-3113 facebook.com/tamarackmissoula Tamarack Brewing Company opened its first Taphouse in Missoula in 2011. Overlooking Caras Park, Tamarack Missoula has two floors -a sports pub downstairs, and casual dining upstairs. Patrons can find Tamarack’s handcrafted ales and great pub fare on both levels. Enjoy beer-inspired menu items like brew bread wraps, Hat Trick Hop IPA Fish and Chips, and Dock Days Hefeweizen Caesar Salads. Try one of our staple ales like Hat Trick Hop IPA or Yard Sale Amber Ale, or one of our rotating seasonal beers, like, Old 'Stache Whiskey Barrel Porter, Headwall Double IPA, Stoner Kriek and more. Don’t miss $8 growler fills on Wednesday and Sunday, Community Tap Night every Tuesday, Kids Eat Free Mondays, and more. See you at The ‘Rack! $-$$ 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. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ YoWaffle Yogurt 216 W. Main St. • 543-6072 (Between Thai Spicy and The Shack) www.yowaffle.com YoWaffle is a self-serve frozen yogurt and Belgian waffle eatery offering 10 continuously changing flavors of yogurt, over 60 toppings, gluten free cones and waffles available, hot and cold beverages, and 2 soups daily. Indoor and outdoor seating. Meetings welcome. Open 7 days a week. Sun-Thurs 11 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11 AM to 12 AM, Sat. 10 AM to 12 AM. Free WiFi. Loyalty punch cards, gift cards and t-shirts available. UMONEY. Like us on facebook. Let YoWaffle host your next birthday party! $

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Arts & Entertainment listings May 10 – May 17, 2012

THURSDAY

May

See if that pizza in a cup idea will take off at the 23rd Annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition, where college students vie for the chance to make their plan become a reality. Gallagher Business Bldg. 5–7 PM. The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 728-9380. (See Spotlight.) The North Valley Family Center’s Welcome Baby Meeting gives you a chance to handle your own business after the little one arrives, because if you don’t take care of you who will? 5501 Hwy. 93. Ste. 3. 10 AM–Noon. Free. The Riverfront Neighborhood Council Meeting and Soup Social takes place from 4:30–6 PM at the Montana Natural History Center. Let’s talk traffic and playground equipment. 120 Hickory.

nightlife Dudes, come get your climb on during Freestone Climbing’s Dude’s Night. 935 Toole Ave. 5–10 PM. $6.50/$5 students. Find how to support the College of Technology and keep the UM Golf Course during a meeting at the Sentinel High School Cafeteria. 5:30–6:30 PM. Always wondering who is doing all that wharbling or going “caw-caw-caw”? Head to the Ft. Missoula Native Plant Gardens and find out who the bastages are that are making all that noise during the Beginning Bird Identification Party. Binocs provided. 5:307:30 PM. $5 suggested donation. Listen like thieves when Three Eared Dog gets their blues on over at Draught Works Brewery. 915 Toole. 5:30–8 PM. Free.

Not enough hands. The Mickey Hart Band performs at the Wilma Theatre on Mon., May 14, at 8 PM. $30. Tix available at Rockin Rudy’s.

Get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at the weekly meeting of the Treasure State Toastmasters. Community Medical Center meeting rooms. 2827 Ft. Missoula Rd. 6–7 PM. Free.

the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears with Buddhism teacher Pema Chadron. 6–7:30 PM. Free.

Hey fellow lovers of knowledge and spirituality and the Root, this month’s Bitterroot Public Library Fellowship Club meeting is Taking

John Smith gets multi-intrumental and all sorts of positive when he performs at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free.

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Hot blooded. The Missoula Community Theatre’s production of Westside Story takes place Thu., May 10, through Sun., May 13. Thu. through Sat. shows are at 8 PM, with matinees on Sat. and Sun. at 2 PM. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 2 PM. $15-$21. The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 728-9380. (See Spotlight.) Stephen F. Siebert discusses his book Nature and Culture of Rattan, which looks at how the rattan palm was and is used by cultures that live in tropical forests. I suspect some bad news. Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Free. This American Life Live returns to the big screen via simulcast. See what kind of suit Ira wears and see your liberal arts-degreed friends in the intimate environs of the Roxy Theater. 7 PM. $16/$14/$11. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and Shakespeare & Co. Call me “Mr. THX 1138,” cuz I am down for checking out the UM School of Media Arts Graduate Film Showcase at the UC Theater. 7–9 PM. Free.

It’s better than no cake at all when Yesterday’s Cake performs at the Dark Horse Bar. 1805 Regent. 9 PM. Free. Close your eyes and hear the man in black when the Cold Hard Cash Show comes to The Top Hat with Bozeman’s The Mustache Bandits. 10 PM. Cost TBD.

FRIDAY May

Oh snap, it’s the Sharks and the Jets doing their thing in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Westside Story. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 8 PM. $15-$21.

The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 728-9380. (See Spotlight.)

Be a cutter and bike downtown to hear Breakaway, Butter, Sandman the Rappin’ Cowboy and Abe Coley. Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main, 8 PM. $5.

Show me a re-telling of Mötley Crüe’s “Kickstart My Heart” and I am so down for the UM School of Media Arts Undergraduate Film Showcase. McGill Hall, Rms. 226-228. 4–6 PM. Free.

Fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, grab your usually useless knowledge and head down to the Central Bar and Grill’s trivia night, hosted by local gallant and possible Swede Thomas Helgerson. 143 W. Broadway. 9 PM. Free.

Big happenings in the art realm out Frenchtown way at an art show featuring student artwork, murals by Native American artist Dwight Billedeaux and Beads, Buckles and Buckskin, David Petersen’s collection of Native American art. Frenchtown Jr. High, 17620 Frenchtown Frontage Rd. 4–7 PM. Free.

Get sweaty with all the beautiful people at the Dead Hipster Dance Party, where love and funk is in the air. Badlander. 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM–midnight. Show ‘em how to do the Ploughman’s Rag when Josh Farmer performs tunes for the whole dang lot at the Union Club. 9 PM. Free. Hi-fi man-noise purveyors Total Combined Weight are joined by some fly ladies and dudes at Ladies’ Night during their VFW Residency Series Week One, with the yummy Needlecraft, the highly dee-lish Vera and the crack-a-lackin’ I Hate Your Girlfriend. 245 W. Main. 9 PM. Free. (See Noise.)

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Sho Down makes Pulse into a country bumpkin’s delight, with hay bales and all. Bring your hat and a tailgate to sit on. Press Box, 835 E. Broadway. 9 PM. Free.

Don’t give mom another crummy card, get her pot! Pots, that is, at the Clay Studio of Missoula’s Mother’s Day Pottery Sale, featuring resident and other local artists’ new work. 1106-A Hawthorne St. 4–8 PM Don’t buy mom a glass fairy from the truck stop; instead, head over to the Mother’s Day Sale at Clay Studio, where handmade radnesses rule. 1106 Hawthoren Ste. A. 4–8 PM.

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What do ya know? Party Trained is doing work down at the Sunrise Saloon. 1100 Strand. 9 PM. Free.

The Sandpiper Gallery in Polson hosts Inspired By, a show featuring the photographs of many artists. Personally, I was inspired by a Mexican jumping bean I got at Sproutz-Reitz. 306 Main. 5–7 PM. Free.

Rave up and be the hotsteppa with a flair for being awesome and glove dancin’ at Synergy Sessions with DJs Kris Moon, Tahjbo/Paradigm Shift, Ishvara and Logisticalone. Palace. 9 PM. Free.

Springtime at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery with George Carlton is bound to smell good and taste good. 4175 Rattlesnake. 5–9 PM. Free.

Get your Arlee on and role up Hwy. 93 for the sax’n, singin’ and swingin’ of the Joan Zen Duo at the Hangin’ Art Gallery. Food from 5:30–7:30 PM. Pass the hat admission. For more info., call 726-5005. Test drive your million dollar T-shirt idea at the ZACC’s Free Silkscreen Night. Staffers conduct demos and guide you step-by-step in the art of being awesome. 235 N. 1st St. 5:30–8:30 PM. All ages. Free. zootownarts.org. Susan Boelman unveils her exhibit Designversation at the ZACC. Bold colors, up-cycling, positivity. 235 N. 1st. 5:30–8:30 PM. Free.

Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s (formerly the Flathead Valley Over the Hill Gang) weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities. Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free. Make time for some face time to talk about the environment and whatever else is on your mind at Green Drinks in Bigfork. Swan River Inn, 360 Grand. 6–8 PM. Free. Get your Virginia Woolf on at A Dozen Ways to Drown, a fiction and poetry reading at Zoo City Apparel. 139 E. Main. 6–9 PM. Free. The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 728-9380. (See Spotlight.)

SPOTLIGHT boys don’t cry Nostalgia is a powerful thing. It makes one man weep, another man…Nope, we’re not going to do that. [Nostalgia is as much about melancholy and a mysterious fountain of pain as it is about celebrating the “good old days.”] Melancholy ain’t all bad. The catharsis that (hopefully/ eventually) comes with it makes all those angsty moments worthwhile. So it makes sense that some grown-ass men would form a Cure cover band called Cure Music. First, though, if you didn’t already know, The Cure is one of the most influential bands of the latter part of the 20th century: musically, thematically and visually. Those goth kids you messed with in high school owe their hairstyles to Robert Smith, most likely. The Cure are the real sound of British blues, un-Americanized, sans bombast. They are a subtle band suited for sensitive ears and that’s why they’re easy for the average radio listener to mock or dislike as sappy or moribund. Go beyond the make-up and the black drapey clothes and you’ll find well-crafted emotion-laden pop music that speaks to young and old alike. WHO: Cure Music, with DJ Monty Carlo WHAT: A musical tribute to The Cure WHEN: Fri., May 11, at 9 PM WHERE: Palace Lounge, 147 W. Broadway Ave. HOW MUCH: $5 Old and young Dave Parsons was and is infatuated with The Cure’s power. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist for Cure Music (featuring former members of Volumen, Sasshole, Pollen and Humpy) and he iterates how as a young dude in Havre, finding them “at the right time” on MTV all those years ago greatly affected him. “I’d listen to them in my bedroom in Havre in the basement and talk to my girlfriend on the phone for hours and she’d ask me, ‘What’s wrong?’ and I’d say, ‘I don’t know.’” That pretty well sums up the teenage experience. It seems that all the members agree that finding The Cure changed relationships with friends and lady-friends. It filled a need that no other band could fill. During a recent practice above Edge of the World, Cure Music told me about how playing these tunes brought them back in time. Shane Hickey heard them for the first time in a 7th grade art class. Chris Bacon says he is “brought back to being with a specific girl, to Doc Martens, Skinny Puppy, Depeche Mode and re-experiencing all those emotions of that time.” Along with guitarist Hank Donovan and drummer Matt Lawlor, Cure Music hopes to take you back to that time, to the right time, when you didn’t know what was so wrong, but everything was possible. –Jason McMackin

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If you don’t have eight hours to see for yourself what’s going on out east in the oil patch, come down and see Boom! Behind the Bakken, a film by UM journalism students. (BTW, what’s going on is gross.) UC Theater. 7 PM. Free. Learn what calligulated means at The Top Hat’s Poetry Slam. 7 PM. Free. Get back in shape and learn something new at Freestone Climbing Gym’s Intro to Bouldering course, which introduces basic techniques, safety stuff, ethics and more. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and two weeks of unlimited climbing. 935 Toole. 7–8:30 PM. $40. The Holistic Weight Loss Support Group is facilitated by Tereece Panique and takes place at the Unity Church of Missoula at 7:30 PM. 546 South. $2 suggested donation. Call 493-1210 for more info. Oh snap, it’s the Sharks and the Jets doing their thing in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Westside Story. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 8 PM. $15-$21. Get some of that hot pepper tuneage when Soul City Cowboys perform at Cowboy Troy’s in Victor. 8 PM. Free. Shave that thing and teach it to hunt when Ugly Pony plays the Eagles on 2430 South Ave. 8 PM–1 AM. Free.

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Sho Down makes Pulse into a country bumpkin’s delight, with hay bales and all. Bring your hat and a tailgate to sit on. Press Box, 835 E. Broadway. 9 PM. Free. It’s better than no cake at all when Yesterday’s Cake performs at the Dark Horse Bar. 1805 Regent. 9 PM. Free. Praise the good lords of funk and save your soul, when Reverend Slanky brings both to the Badlander. 9 PM. $5. Hear the hallowed Missoula mainstays Tom Catmull & The Clerics rock the Union Club. 9 PM. Free. One-man band and all-round gentledude McDougall gets his Americana on down at the VFW. 9 PM. (See Noise.) Slap on the black Manic Panic and go back to when times were simpler during the Cure Music show, a tribute to The Cure, with Dj Monty Carlo spinning tunes as well. Palace. 9 PM. $5. (See Spotlight.) Get prepped for Maggotfest with DJ Bionic at Monk’s Bar. 225 Ryman. 9 PM. Free. Dance, dance, dance to the music of County Line at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

SATURDAY May

Kids gotta learn to be adults somewhere, so why not at YouthMAX with the help of the Missoula County Sheriffs? SHEC Community Center, 1919 N. Avenue W. 10 AM–12:30 PM. Free. Dust the cobwebs off your bicycles and stretch them hammies, Uncle Gene, it’s time to Bike for Shelter, a fundraiser for the Watson’s Children’s Shelter, which features 2 and 12-mile rides, kids’ bike rodeo, bbq, music and snow cones (bubblegum flavor, please!). Register at the Fort Missoula shelter on the CMC campus. 9 AM–1 PM. $15 ind./$40 per family. watsonchildrensshelter.org If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM in Room 3 in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org.

He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 7289380. (See Spotlight.)

Dance to the amplified VHF waves of Aerial Electronica at The Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

Please let there be a streaker at UM’s Commencement Ceremony at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. 10 AM.

It’s World Fair Trade Day, and the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center has a scavenger hunt for you. Pick up a card before Saturday and get it back in time for the party. 10 AM-6 PM. Call 543-3955 for info.

The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival takes place throughout the day and evening. Check wildlifefilms.wordpress.com for a complete schedule or call 7289380. (See Spotlight.)

Hop a ride aboard the party bus and head up Hwy. 12 to the Lumberjack Saloon for a night of tunes with the Country Boogie Boys and possibly some springtime romance to boot. 9 PM. Free.

Join Susan Boelman for her Designversation Workshop at the ZACC, where you can learn how to change your mood by varying aesthetic choices in your home. 235 N. 1st. 11 AM–1 PM. Free.

Join Britchy at the Stevensville Hotel for acoustic tunes. 7 PM. $10.

Dance the night away with your landlord when your roommates aren’t looking during the Cash for Junkers show at the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Get your naturopathic on: local Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Aqua-Chi and other practitioners gather for the First Annual Holistic Health Fair at the Red Willow Center, 825 W. Kent Ave. Free to attend. Find out what it all really means during the Artist’s POV Tour with Kay Langlund, at the Missoula Art Museum. Langlund’s work is featured in the Triennial 2012. 335 N. Pattee. Noon. Free.

The Heart to Heart Duo plays the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance, so slide into them glad rags and show the youngsters how it’s done. 705 S. Higgins. 7–10 PM. $5. Embrace Argentinian Tango at the Brick Room and help out a worthy cause. This month it’s Living Art of Montana. Lessons at 8 PM, melonga at 9 PM. Downtown Dance

Dance, dance, dance to the music of County Line at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free. The BoxCutters tell you all about the evil of young men when they play a CD release party at Sean Kelly’s at 10 PM with Airstream Safari. Free. (See Scope.)

nightlife Turns out jazz was an inside job: Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays Draught Works Brewery. 5–7 PM. Free. Put some swing in your second Sunday when the Ed Norton Big Band plays the Missoula Winery from 6:30–8:30 PM, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. missoulawinery.com.

The 2nd Annual Homespun Hootenanny boasts all sorts of good times: battle of the bands, bbq, bouncy house, crafts, palm reading, scavenger hunts and the tunes of John Adams Smith. 3 PM. Rocky Mountain Grange, south of Hamilton. $3.

The ever-snarky Malarkey play Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. God Fearing Women is a power trio that combines so many types of music that they must be polytheistic. Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free. C’mon down and be yourself at the Contra Dance held at Hamilton’s Rocky Mountain Grange, with Roy and the Gals, caller Morna Leonard and lessons for you newbies. This is a fragrance-free event, so leave the Drakkar Noir and Charlie at home. Lessons at 6:30 PM, dance starts at 7. $10 per family/$5 ind. Call 642-3601.

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.

Show your mom a good time (easy, sport) today at the Montana A Cappella Society’s Mother’s Day Concert. United Methodist Church in Corvallis. 3 PM. Free.

Oh snap, it’s the Sharks and the Jets doing their thing in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Westside Story. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 2 PM. $15-$21.

David Horgan and Beth Lo perform for the pleasure of you and yours at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. 4175 Rattlesnake. 5–9 PM. Free.

Get back in shape and learn something new at Freestone Climbing Gym’s Intro to Bouldering course, which introduces basic techniques, safety stuff, ethics and more. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and two weeks of unlimited climbing. 935 Toole. Noon–1:30 PM. $40.

Occupy Missoula General Assembly takes place at the Union Hall. 208 E. Main St. 2–4 PM. occupymissoula.org.

Get ready for another wet hot American summer at MUD’s Drip Irrigation Workshop, with Caras Nursery landscape designer Nathan McLeod. 1–4 PM. $20/$10 members. mudproject.org.

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Party with mom at the Mother’s Day Celebration, hosted by the Families First Children’s Museum. 225 W. front. Noon–5 PM. Free.

Oh snap, it’s the Sharks and the Jets doing their thing in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Westside Story. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 2 PM. $15-$21.

Make your momma proud, son. All’s you gotsta do is chef up a fine card for her and quit stealing the smokes from her purse, so join the North Valley Family Center in Florence for Family Fun Day: Make Card and Gifts for Mother’s Day. 5501 Hwy. 93. Noon–3 PM. Free.

Get hip to the hippy-dippy doo-dad tunes of Bitter Root Range during the Milltown Garden Patch’s barbecue, planting and UM grad party. 4 PM until you’re done. Free, as long as you bring along something to share.

ing the Westside Bike Caravan, which is sure to uncover the whereabouts of the Missoula Food Co-op, Burns St. Bistro and other anomalies. Meet at the XXXXs. Noon.

Collective, 121 W. Main. $16 couple/$10 ind. ddcmontana.com. Oh snap, it’s the Sharks and the Jets doing their thing in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Westside Story. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 8 PM. $15-$21. Sing the blues with Brother Music at Symes Hot Springs Hotel. 8–10 PM. Pass the hat. Back Adit is, well, back at it when they perform rock and roll for you people at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel from 8–10 PM. Pass the hat. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo shoot rockets of booty grinders to the moon during Absolutely, a dance party featuring every style of rumpshaking tuneage. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2 for 1 Absolut drinks until 11 PM. Free. There’s a name for everything now: DJs Tygerlily and Vole’Terre sling a mix of house and reggaeton at Mommbahton Time! Vol. II at the Palace. 9 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 Feruqi’s. 10 PM. Free. Call 728-8799. He’s back and he’s got a CD to release. Eric Tollefson plays The Top Hat, with Acorn Project. 10 PM. $8/$6 adv. (See Noise.)

SUNDAY May

Close out the weekend in style with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz & DJs, during the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night. Live jazz starts at 8 PM with Josh Farmer, The Vanguard Combo and Front Street Jazz. Free.

anonymous and blood-free HIV testing. 610 N. California. 1–4 PM. Free. Call 721-1646.

nightlife At Slacker Mondays, from 6 PM until close, slackline fans can come to Freestone Climbing Center at 935 Toole Ave. to test their balance. $13/$10 for students. Visit freestoneclimbing.com. Part two of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, The Valkyrie, as performed by the Metropolitan Opera, screens at the UM Music Recital Hall at 6:30 PM. $15/$14 seniors. Tix available at Rockin Rudy’s and Shakespeare & Co. The High Country Carvers welcomes carvers of all abilities to their meetings, which take place at Kalispell’s Evergreen Fire Dept. No power tools, but you need gloves and a bench hook. 2236 Hwy. 2. 6:30–8:30 PM. Easiest way to make rent since keno: Bingo at the VFW. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $10 buy-in. The Bonner Milltown Community Council holds its monthly meeting at the Bonner School Library. The agenda includes action on a recommended roundabout on Highway 200 and impacts of increased rail traffic and coal export. 9045 Highway 200 E., Bonner. 7 PM. Call 207-4988. Get snazzy and jazzy with Candace Neaves and DR Hansell when they perform for your gastronomical pleasure at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 111 N. Higgins. 7–10 PM. Free. Donna Love of the Montana Loon Society discusses the not-so-common Common Loon during Five Valley Audubon’s program at UM’s Gallagher Business Bldg., Rm. L14. 7:30 PM. Free. Don’t just express yourself, be expressive at the ZACC’s weekly, one-hour poetry workshop. 235 N. 1st St. 8 PM. Free. Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is still kicking and performs with his group, The Mickey Hart Band, at the Wilma. 8 PM. $30. Tix available at Rockin Rudy’s.

From the dusty old province of Alberta come the Ketamines for an evening of proto-awesomeness, with locals Needlecraft and maybe Skin Flowers (Colin Johnson/John Fleming). Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main. 8 PM. Price tba. (See Noise.)

Maybe it’s like MTV in Middle-earth: Milkcrate Monday’s with the Milkcrate Mechanic presents The Lord of the Blings, a night of hip-hop with locals Mizz Dominique, Monifa, Trailer Park Jordan, S.M.T., Lil Sassy and Special K. Palace. 9 PM. Free, with free pool and $6 pitchers of PBR.

MONDAY

Open Mic with PD Lear at the VFW seems like a fine idea, especially with 2 for 1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. Call Skye on Sunday at 531–4312 to reserve your spot in the line-up, or I bet you could roll in and be all, “Dude, I do a perfect Sublime.” 10 PM. Free.

May

Big doin’s in the art realm out Frenchtown way at an art show featuring student artwork, murals by Native American artist Dwight Billedeaux and Beads, Buckles and Buckskin, David Petersen’s collection of Native American art. Frenchtown Jr. High, 17620 Frenchtown Frontage Rd. 10–3 PM. Free.

Join the Garden City’s movers and shakers at theCity Club Missoula Forum Bonneville Power Adminsitration at 75: The Legacy of Columbia River Hydropower, a talk by Bill Drummond. Holiday Inn Downtown, 200 S. Pattee. 11:30 AM–1 PM. $11 for lunch/$5 for dessert. cityclubmissoula.org.

Discover the wonders of the Westside with folks in the know dur-

Blue Mountain Clinic, along with the Missoula AIDS Council, offers free,

Don’t expect any monocles or chance cards, but do expect some progressive electronica and instrumental hip-hop when Mono/Poly, Ryat and Mast take over the Badlander with live visuals by Annapurna Kumar. 9 PM. $5/$8 after 10 PM.

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is also available, along with ageappropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691. Keep them nazty old weeds out of our eyesight at the Dyer’s Woad weed pull (it ain’t mustard, it just wishes it were). Meet at the Mt. Sentinel trailhead at 6:30 PM. Call Marilyn at 544-7189. Author Gary Glynn gleans a page from history with his lecture “Patriotism, Treason or Subterfuge?” part of the new exhibit at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. 7 PM. Free. Get an ear full of the good stuff at DalyJazz when a big ol’ sextet comes to town featuring the piano talents of Amino Figarova. 7 PM. Suggested donation $45/$15 students. RSVP at dalyjazz.com. Blue morning, blue day. Amino Figarova and her sextet do work at DalyJazz this Tue., May 15, at 7 PM. Suggested donation $45/$15 students. RSVP at dalyjazz.com.

TUESDAY May

If you’re grieving the loss of a pet, take comfort at the Pet Bereavement Group, which meets the third Tue. of each month at 21st Century Homeopathy, 813 1st St. in Hamilton, at 6:30 PM. Call 370-0699. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room and work on your elk camp locution at the Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters. All are invited. 12–1. 5205 Grant Creek Dr. Free. Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication Non-Violent Communication Weekly Practice Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins. Noon–1 PM. Free. Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 115 S. 3rd St.

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W. 1-3 PM. For information, call 543-3955. Missoula Aging Services offers a Caregiver Support Group. 337 Stephens. 4–5 PM. Free.

nightlife Start making sense at the weekly Taking Pounds Off Sensibly Meeting (TOPS) at First Baptist Church in Whitefish. Weigh-in at 5 PM. Meeting at 5:30 PM. For more info., call 862-5214. You saw House Party, but you still can’t do the Kid ‘N Play. Do something about it by taking the Downtown Dance Collective’s Beg./Int. Hip-Hop dance class with Heidi Michaelson. 1221 W. Main St. 6–7 PM. ddcmontana.com

Code of the West, a film about Montana’s marijuana debate screens at the Wilma, with a discussion moderated by Pat Williams and starring Fred Van Valkenburg (Missoula County Attorney), John Masterson (Montana NORML), Rebecca Richman Cohen (filmmaker) and Representative Diane Sands (Dem. of HD 95 in Missoula). 7 PM. $7. (See Film.) Take a load off while you get a load of some of the area’s better musicians during the Musician Showcase at Brooks and Browns in the Holiday Inn Downtown. $7 Big Sky pitchers and $2 pints. 200 S. Pattee St. Free.

The VFW hosts my kind of three-way during a night of Singers, Songwriters and Spaghetti, with food provided by the Blue Bison Grill. 245 W. Main St. 6 PM. Free.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. How old was the world’s youngest mother when she gave birth? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle

Now this is comedy, Frenchy! Get your chuckle on during Comedy Night at Lucky Strike Casino. 151 Dearborn Ave. 8 PM. $5.

Bow down to the sounds at Royal Reggae, featuring dancehall jams by DJs Supa, Smiley Banton and Oneness at the Palace at 9 PM. Free.

those who’ve been killed in incidents with motorists. It begins at the the Missoula County Courthouse at 6:30 PM. Visit bikewalkmissoula.org or rideofsilence.org. (See Agenda.)

Fight for your right to make a jerk of yourself and win money doing it at

Art heals at Living Art of Montana’s third Wednesday of every month’s workshop Creative Connections for Cancer Survivors. Noon–1:30 PM at the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder #17. Free. Call 549-5329.

single malt scotches at the Rhino. 158 Ryman. 5–8:30 PM. $20. Artists of all levels are invited to the MAM’s non-instructed Open Figure Drawing Class. This class gives artists the opportunity to draw from a for-real person. Ages 18 plus (you and the model). 335 N. Pattee St. 6–8 PM. $7/$5 members. Talk about your favorite nooks and crannies with Montana’s only caving club, the Northern Rocky Mountain

SPOTLIGHT channel discovery Holy Samburu Leopard, it’s the 35th anniversary of the International Wildlife Film Festival and this year’s edition is chockfull of critters and awards galore. Dozens of films have already screened, but there’s still plenty of action for lovers of film about critters. Highlights include the big budget Bones of Turkana, which follows famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his family and colleagues as they work in northern Kenya to discover the origins of the human species. This film screens Fri., May 11, at 9 p.m. If you’re looking for a family-friendly program and one narrated by the legendary David Attenborough, check out On Thin Ice. Attenborough journeys to both poles to uncover what effect rising temperatures and rising seas will have on these wild, secluded places. This film screens on Sat., May 12, at 5 p.m. But if you’re only going to catch one wildlife film, the winner of the Best of Festival award, Broken Tail, is probably the way to go (it’s also winner of Best of Category: Human/Wildlife Interactions and Best Script). Colin Stafford-Johnson’s film follows Broken Tail, a tiger living on Ranthambhore—one of India’s largest wildlife preserves. He seeks to understand why Broken Tail left the safety of that place, and he uncovers the secret lives of these threatened creatures. This film screens Sat., May 12, at 7 p.m. To hear some of the filmmakers and award winners speak, go to the awards show, where Dr. Sylvia Earl discusses marine conservation and Dr. Richard Leakey discusses his work. –Jason McMackin WHAT: The 35th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival WHERE: Wilma Theatre, 131 S. Higgins Ave. and Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. WHEN: Thu., May 10 through Sat., May 12, from 10 AM to 10 PM HOW MUCH: $7/$5 students/$3 children MORE INFO: For a complete schedule, go to wildlifefilms.org

Karaoke with DJ LRock at the Press Box. First place wins a $25 bar tab. On the last Tues. of the month, the winners battle for supremacy. 835 E. Broadway. 9 PM. Free. Local indie spooks Haunted by Waters take over the Badlander for Live and Local Night, with Sick Kids XOXO. 10 PM. Free

WEDNESDAY May

The 10th Annual Ride of Silence is a 7-mile memorial bike ride for all

nightlife Let them dance, or at least give it a try, during Kids’ Hip-Hop (7–10 years old) at the Downtown Dance Collective. No dance experience is necessary and drop-ins are welcome. Just wear good clothes for dancing. 121 W. Main St. 5–6 PM. ddcmontana.com With the hot dog of a good time nice weather arriving, it’s time for allergies, too. Check out the Herbal Medicine for Allergies and Sinus Problems class with clinical herbalist Britta Bloedorn and learn how to get the botanical support for allergies you’re gonna need. 210 N. Higgins, Ste. 318. 5–7 PM. $30. Get down with The Serious Scotch Gals when they host a tasting of 10

Grotto, when they host a Pub Night at the Union Club. 6 PM to 8 PM. Visit nrmg.cavesofmontana.org for more info. Part two of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Siegfried, as performed by the Metropolitan Opera, screens at the UM Music Recital Hall at 6:30 PM. $15/$14 seniors. Tix available at Rockin Rudy’s and Shakespeare & Co. The MT Native Plant Society hosts a Spring Gulch Flower Mosey up Rattlesnake way. See all the pretty things coming into bloom. Rattlesnake Trailhead parking lot, 6:30 PM. Call Kelly at 258-5439. Total Fest veterans and Minneapolis stompers The Blind Shake bring the salt and pepper to Zoo City Apparel with local favorites Needlecraft at 8 PM. $5 All ages. (See Noise.)

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Head games. Guitar monsters The Blind Shake cream the corn this Wed., May 18, at 8 PM, with locals the Magpies, Needlecraft and The Monster with 21 Faces. Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St. $5.

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Black Eyed Peas fanatics are welcome to belt out their fave jamz at the Badlander during Kraptastic Karaoke, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $5 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. Source your catfood as locally as your electronic music: the Palace hosts Sophisticats with local knob-turners sAuce, Illegitimate Children, Inevitable Thought, SounSiva and Lecture. 9 PM. Free/$5 for those 18-20. (Pub trivia answer: 5 years and 7 months old)

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Drop the controller and check out this month’s theme at the Montana Natural History Center’s miniNaturalists Pre-K Program. This month’s theme is Osprey. Pliny the Elder would approve. 120 Hickory St. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. montananaturalist.org.

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John Adam Smith revives the ghosts of our forefathers and the music of their children when the one-man band plays Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. The Captain Wilson Conspiracy joyously juxtapose jazz and electronica when they bring their Electrickeries to the Crystal Theater. 7 PM. $5 Fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, grab your usually useless knowledge and head down to the Central Bar and Grill’s trivia night, hosted by local gallant and possible Swede Thomas Helgerson. 143 W. Broadway. 9 PM. Free. Get sweaty with all the beautiful people at the Dead Hipster Dance Party, where love and funk is in the air. Badlander. 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM–midnight. One thing is fer sheezy, Milwaukee scuzzbuckets Enabler join the gang at the Total Combined Weight VFW Residency Week Two, with a slew of other outfits. This one starts early and on time! 9 PM. Free.

Learn how to understand the morphing life of your non-profit during Organizational Life Cycles at Mountain Home Montana Bank. 2606 South Ave. 11:30 AM–1 PM. $10/free for MNN members. (Please park in back.)

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.

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Hi moms! Enjoy your holiday and take advantage of all that goodwill and such. Send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 11 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff 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.”

Get your yoga groove back, Stella, during Timo Jimenez’s Workshop at Inner Harmony Yoga. 214 E. Main. 5:30–6:30 PM. Free. Jimenez also hosts workshops throughout the weekend. For more info., go to yogainmissoula.com.

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Center meeting rooms. 2827 Ft. Missoula Rd. 6–7 PM. Free.

Get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at the weekly meeting of the Treasure State Toastmasters. Community Medical

Thank you to Bike Walk Bus Week’s sponsors & participating organizations: 101 Employers in the “Commuter Challenge” A Carousel for Missoula Adventure Cycling Association ASUM Office of Transportation Bagels on Broadway Bernice’s Bakery Betty’s Divine Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Board Big Dipper Big Sky Brewing Big Sky Cyclery Biga Pizza Bike Doctor Bike Walk Alliance for Missoula Bitterroot Flower Shop Bob Oaks BOB Bike Trailers Bonner Area History Roundtable

Bonner Milltown History Center Bookstore at UM Break Espresso The Bridge Buttercup Market and Café Butterfly Herbs Chief Charlo School City of Missoula Clark Fork School CS Porter Middle School The Depot Double Front Families First / Children’s Museum Finn and Porter Five Guys Flathead Lake Brewing Co. Food for Thought

Franklin Elementary School Free Cycles Missoula Freestone Climbing Center Go Fetch! Golgi Clinic Good Food Store Great Harvest Bread Company Green Light Griz Card Office at UM Hide n Sole Hill and Homestead Preservation Coalition Historical Museum at Fort Missoula Jeanette Rankin Peace Resource Center Kettle House Brewing KLB Exhibits Le Petite Outre Lewis and Clark Elementary School Lolo National Forest

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Loose Caboose Lowell Elementary School MCAT Meadowsweet Herbs Missoula Animal Control Shelter Missoula Aquatic Club Missoula Bicycle Works Missoula Cemetery Missoula Cultural Council Missoula Federal Credit Union Missoula Historic Preservation Commission Missoula In Motion Missoula Independent Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation Missoula International School Missoula Parks and Recreation Dept. Missoula Public Library

Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management Association Missoula Senior Center Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) Missoulians on Bicycles, Inc. Montana Dept of Fish Wildlife and Parks Montana Natural History Center Mountain Line New Belgium Brewing Co. N. Missoula Community Development Corp Open Road Orange Street Food Farm Paxson Elementary School Rachel Stevens Rattlesnake Elementary School Red Bird REI The Rhinocerous

Rockin’ Rudy’s Run Wild Missoula Russell Elementary School Scotty’s Table Sean Kelly’s Selvedge Studio Shirt Shop Southgate Mall St. Patrick Hospital Trauma Center Sussex School Taco del Sol Treasure State Bank Trees for Missoula UC Market UM Dining Services UM Facilities Services UM President’s Office UM Public Safety Vital Ground

Washington Middle School Willard School Chain Links The Women’s Club Worden’s Market YMCA YWCA Secret Seconds Zimorino’s Zoo City Apparel Zootown Arts Community Center

MOUNTAIN HIGH A few more of these sunny days and you may just forget that it’s going to rain every other day throughout the month of June. I know, I know, I can come off as a bit of a negative Nancy. But let us use the upcoming “monsoon season” as impetus for getting outside now while the getting is downright good. Besides, if your lungs are anything like mine, they are soaked with a winter’s worth of bacon grease, malt liquor, waffle batter and whatever they clean the VFW with, so it may be time to flush out the bad stuff with a toodle into and around nature. If you’re the type who can’t stomach a toodle without making the trip useful (i.e. packing a gun or a camera), perhaps joining the Montana Native

Plant Society on their Spring Gulch Wildflower Mosey is what you need to blast winter’s crust from your insides and rattle that noggin of yours. The flowers are beginning to burst forth on the hillsides and now is a good time to view some colors you never knew existed and maybe make some new pals. The society has labeled this mosey as “camera geek” friendly, so you’ll have ample time to stop and photograph what you see. Join the Montana Native Plant Society for its Spring Gulch Wildflower Mosey on Wed., May 16, at 6:30 PM. Meet at the Rattlesnake Trailhead. Bring water, dress appropriately, etc. For more information, call Kelly at 258-5439 or visit mtnativeplants.org.

Photo by Chad Harder

THURSDAY MAY 10 Dudes, come get your climb on during Freestone Climbing’s Dude’s Night. 935 Toole Ave. 5–10 PM. $6.50/$5 students. Always wondering who is doing all that wharbling or going “caw-caw-caw”? Head to the Ft. Missoula Native Plant Gardens and find out who the bastages are that are making all that noise during the Beginning Bird Identification Party. Binocs provided. 5:30-7:30 PM. $5 suggested donation.

FRIDAY MAY 11 Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s (formerly the Flathead Valley Over the Hill Gang) weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities. Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free. Get back in shape and learn something new at Freestone Climbing Gym’s Intro to Bouldering course, which introduces basic techniques, safety stuff, ethics and more. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and two weeks of unlimited climbing. 935 Toole. 7–8:30 PM. $40.

SATURDAY MAY 12 Dust the cobwebs off your bicycles and stretch them hammies, Uncle Gene, it’s time to Bike for Shelter, a fundraiser for the Watson’s Children’s Shelter, which features 2 and 12-mile rides, a kids’ bike rodeo, bbq, music and snow cones (bubblegum flavor, please!). Register at the Fort Missoula shelter on the CMC campus. 9 AM–1 PM. $15 ind./$40 per family. watsonchildrensshelter.org

SUNDAY MAY 13 Get back in shape and learn something new at Freestone Climbing Gym’s Intro to Bouldering

course, which introduces basic techniques, safety stuff, ethics and more. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and two weeks of unlimited climbing. 935 Toole. Noon–1:30 PM. $40.

MONDAY MAY 14 At Slacker Mondays, from 6 PM until close, slackline fans can come to Freestone Climbing Center at 935 Toole Ave. to test their balance. $13/$10 for students. Visit freestoneclimbing.com. Donna Love of the Montana Loon Society discusses the not-so-common Common Loon during Five Valley Audubon’s program at UM’s Gallagher Business Bldg., Rm. L14. 7:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY MAY 15 Keep them nazty old weeds out of our eyesight at the Dyer’s Woad weed pull (it ain’t mustard, it just wishes it were). Meet at the Mt. Sentinel trailhead at 6:30 PM. Call Marilyn at 544-7189.

WEDNESDAY MAY 16 Talk about your favorite nooks and crannies with Montana’s only caving club, the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto, when they host a Pub Night at the Union Club. 6 PM to 8 PM. Visit nrmg.cavesofmontana.org for more info.

THURSDAY MAY 17 Drop the controller and check out this month’s theme at the Montana Natural History Center’s miniNaturalists Pre-K Program. This month’s theme is Osprey. Pliny the Elder would approve. 120 Hickory St. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. montananaturalist.org. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Root of evil The BoxCutters dig up the dirt on their new album by Erika Fredrickson

William Birkenbuel has a few regrets: spotlight-hunting coyotes in his hometown of Great Falls when he was in high school; maybe a little too much partying and chasing girls. But that’s what rock and roll confessionals are for. Along with drummer Abe Jindrich, the guitarist and songwriter for Missoula’s The BoxCutters lays it all out there in a new album titled The Evil in Young Men. “I’ve been trying to think of a way to explain it,” says Birkenbuel, “but that’s pretty much what these songs are: growing up and suffering from heartache and causing heartbreak and all the evil things you do in between to pass the time.” “Evil” might be too strong a word here; “mistakes were made” seems more apropos. The story behind “Skinning Knife” is probably startling for big city folk: skinning dead coyotes to sell the pelts to buy booze to go to parties to chase girls. But it’s an intriguing story nonetheless. “If you think about it, your teenage years are such a weird time to tap into to extract stories,” says Birkenbuel. “There are all sorts of scenarios. You totally aren’t that way any more, but it’s just fun to go back and pull the stories from it.” Fiction or fact, The BoxCutters’s songs dig into dark habits and youthful inhibitions. In the swingin’ song “Honky Tonk,” there’s “cuttin’ cocaine on the cellar floor.” But even with “Only Seventeen,” where Birkenbuel sings about a beautiful girl with “Spanish eyes” who turns out to be underage, it only really comes off as innocent intentions gone wrong. In his gritty, wildly soulful voice, Birkenbuel sings,“Oh yes I’m lost! / I’m so damn lost. / I never knew that she was se—ven—teen!” Jindrich and Birkenbuel have been a two-man band for two years. They got their start at Sean Kelly’s open mic. Last year, they won KBGA college radio’s battle of the bands, which aired for a suspenseful two months

before the winner was announced. For a while, The BoxCutters were playing everywhere, every week: The Top Hat, the Palace, the Badlander, Sean Kelly’s, a show at the Wilma for Sick Kids XOXO’s album release party. “We were taking any gig we could get anywhere, any time of the week,” says Jindrich. “People see your set enough times. We still have a strong contingent of friends who come to our shows, but it’s hard to justify every week. At that point, they’ve heard our songs and there’s only so many orders we can play them in until they’ve heard it all and then their enthusiasm starts to wane, just like anything you do too much of.” The BoxCutters play a few Black Keys covers, plus “Folsom Prison” and Edward Sharpe’s “40 Day Dream.” But listening to their original songs on The Evil in Young Men, it’s clear why they rose to the top. Birkenbuel has the voice for it—a crooning, desperate confidence that you can also hear from Jack White or Dan Auerbach or Greg “Oblivian” Cartwright. You can’t just cultivate that sound; it’s the kind of fervid delivery that comes from impassioned outbursts. “She’s So Damn Beautiful,” which seems like The BoxCutters’s radio gem, could be misconstrued by any number of singer-songwriter cheeseballs, but Birkenbuel makes it sweetly raw. Same goes for “Wanna Make Love,” a term that only classic rock bands like Bad Company could barely get away with. With The BoxCutters, it doesn’t seem foolish: The sauntering intro and Birkenbuel’s “Please, please, please get out of my head” is so persuasively tortured that the subsequent line, “Please, please, please get into my bed,” doesn’t actually sound like a bad pickup line. The Evil in Young Men was recorded in a cabin outside of Missoula.

The BoxCutters are Abe Jindrich and William Birkenbuel.

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“We wanted it to be lo-fi with a hollow sound,” says Birkenbuel, “but the instruments to be right in your face, kind of like the first White Stripes album or the first Black Keys albums. They were so raw and so soulful, just pure. There may be quite a few people who aren’t impressed with our album because it’s not that crystal-clear or perfectly [equalized], but that’s not what we wanted.” It’s true that the album isn’t super produced, but it’s not overly lo-fi either—not like old ’60s garage rock or The Mummies. It’s a nice in-between that enhances Birkenbuel’s vocal style and swampy guitar riffs and, also, Jindrich’s stomping, ’70s-style rock drumming. Birkenbuel and Jindrich have been playing together for six years. They were first in LP and the Federales, which started out as a Jack Johnson-style lite-rock and reggae outfit and then was amped up to a sort of Pearl Jam rock style. That’s fine for college rock “bro” audiences, but as The BoxCutters, the musicians have come a long way: They now have an authentic, edgy feel that perks up punk and lo-fi aficionados but is still accessible to mainstream crowds. Live, The BoxCutters bring a loud, full sound. The best two-piece bands do. “When you make the decision to go two-man, there’s only one way out the door and that’s just going as hard as you can,” says Birkenbuel. “There’s no screwing around. If you’re not up there giving it your all and not having fun, the audience will smell it out.” “And you’re on a stage built for four or five,” adds Jindrich. “So you’ve got to be bigger-than-life.” The BoxCutters play a CD release party at Sean Kelly’s Sat., May 12, at 10 PM with Airstream Safari. Free. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

Photo by Cathrine L. Walters

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Baixiong to India Janet McGahan’s path to painting in color by Erika Fredrickson

minutes later and stand behind you,” she says. “He’d say things like, ‘Ja-net! Stand up! Stand back! Look!’ And then he’d start laughing and say, ‘See? You see where you’re off?’ And he was right. If you’re right up close, you can’t see it. You have to step back.” Baixiong taught her the beauty of alleys. Before Missoula, he used to paint Mao Tse Tung’s portrait on giant murals in China. That was his job. “He had no artistic freedom whatsoever, so when he came here he just reveled in being able to walk down the street and pick what he wanted to paint,” McGahan says. “You can see it in his alley work and backyard picnics and clotheslines.” Baixiong died in 1996, three years after McGahan met and studied with him, but he seems to still be with her. On her studio walls are a few portraits he did. There’s also one of a beautiful darkskinned girl that McGahan made—a copy of a Baixiong original he had her mimic in order to learn from him. Over the years since, she’s created other portraits. One is of her Janet McGahan’s watercolor “Crossing and Joining.” friend Roy Big Crane, sitartist and writer Jerry McGahan, and their dog Annie. ting at a table in a Homeland Security T-shirt, next to They still have bees from the days of running their bee- a bursting bouquet of flowers. Others are from her trips to India. In 2005, McGahan’s sister needed verkeeping business, Old World Honey. Her rich oils of street life in India and her bright tebrae surgery, but she didn’t have health insurance, watercolors of dogs, bears, birds and other animals—a so they found a hospital in Delhi. McGahan has gone handful of which you can see at Missoula’s Dana to India a couple of times since, painting street Gallery—show her love for color. But it wasn’t always scenes of children, a woman elegantly peering out of that way. McGahan came late to drawing. She started a window, an elephant being bathed by two men at a sketching portraits of her newborn son when she was refuge. While there, she also teaches homeless chilin her late twenties. “I’ve always had the urge to draw dren—some of whom have been taken off the streets and paint but I didn’t have much background,” she and housed in a shelter where they sleep and eat and learn. She gives them colorful markers and pencils to says. “Sleeping babies. That was my time to practice.” For two decades, she drew mostly in pen-and-ink draw their lives. “Boy, it’s the easiest thing,” she says. and pencil, rarely dabbling in color for fear of using it “You don’t have to do any bureaucratic stuff. Part of wrong. Then, in her late 40s, she saw an exhibit by por- the fun is that Indian kids under those circumstances traitist and master Chinese calligrapher Tu Baixiong at are so receptive and open and cooperative.” Like she UM. The artist had adopted Missoula as his hometown was with Baixiong. She says that even years later, and made a name for himself with his light-washed por- she’s still learning how to do art. trayals of Montana landscapes, for which he received Baixiong used to show McGahan his paintings the Northwest Watercolor Council’s first prize. At the and test her, saying, “Do you think it’s finished?” At suggestion of Jerry, Janet tracked down Baixiong to get the time she thought, “How would I know?” lessons. It took a few weeks, but he interviewed her “I know what he means now,” she says. “Are there and screened her work, then agreed to mentor her. enough layers and depth and background? The more “He was no-nonsense,” she recalls. “Once, I said, you paint, the more you see into the shadows and ‘I’m paralyzed, I don’t know what to do.’ He said, ‘Just understand color temperature and what you’ve got to pick up the chalk and start in.’ He’d show me these have. I feel like I could be a lot better critic to him bold strokes that were so beautiful and it just sort of now.” Janet McGahan’s watercolors and oils are on broke [the paralysis].” McGahan studied with him for four months, once display at the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins. a week for an hour and a half. It was intensive. “He’d sit efredrickson@missoulanews.com down and read and kind of whistle and get up about 10 The house in Arlee where Janet McGahan lives feels like a painter’s paradise. A winding dirt road finds it nestled in the middle of nowhere, down by the river. It feels like an old trapper cabin except for its details: a multitude of plants and paintings, photographs and artifacts line the inside. Sunlight filters in past a cage of birds. Outside are mossy rock walls, archways draped in creeping plants, vegetable gardens and iron benches shaded by willows. McGahan’s studio, which feels like a cool wooden clubhouse, is nestled in the backyard. She shares the hidden sanctuary with her husband,

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What is good pop music supposed to do? As soon as I finished my first listen of “I’m So High,” I decided the tune had answered that question once and forever. First, and above all else, pop music forces fun onto listeners. Whether you’ve got moves like Jagger or not, the old-timey lo-fi girl-group garage-pop sound of Needlecraft (think Shannon and the Clams) makes it difficult not to bite down on that bottom lip and Ringwald away. Second, pop music should subversively tell the truth, usually by making the specific general. While “ISH” sounds innocuous enough—it could easily be played in a dental office, with nary a glance at the speakers from the waiting room—a close listen to the lyrics reveals a general reality that may blow some boys’

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“Heart on a String,” from Eric Tollefson’s new album The Polar Ends, evokes the bigband title “I’ve Got the World on a String.” Tollefson’s album is big, brimming with horns and string arrangements, but his sentiment is far more complex than a Sinatra standard. He sings, “I’ve got my heart on a string. / It’s bound in blood and gasoline.” The Seattle-based singer-songwriter (via Juneau, Alaska, and Bend, Ore.) and UM graduate went from play-

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Close your eyes and waste a warm afternoon on your porch, corncob pipe in hand. These songs might be going through your head. Portland’s one-man folk machine McDougall is a capable banjo, guitar and harmonica player. His voice is decent, channeling Tom Waits and Mississippi bluesmen past. But his real talent is storytelling. He writes of a lonely desert highway in “The Travels of Frederick Tolls — Part 1.” Channeling the experience of standing on the side of a road with a thumb in the air, he sings, “Just looking for a few more miles with the radio on.” Three instrumental jams with some boot-powered percussion bring out the airy Americana McDougall prob-

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Word about Michael Kiwanuka started to spread last year with the release of two EPs that gave an all-too-brief glimpse of a soulful new voice in the increasingly crowded throwback R&B genre. Based on those EPs, the British singer-songwriter earned tour dates opening for Adele and later won the BBC Sound of 2012 poll. Needless to say, a few people were itching to hear his debut album, which was released stateside this month.

minds: “Sorry baby I can’t come over / I don’t care that you’ve got a boner / I’m nodding in and out / I don’t wanna make out.” Finally, the chorus/hook should coat your brain the way melted sugar and butter coats pecans in a pie crust, and on this album it does. Double-finally, these songs invite you into Needlecraft’s world, one that seems to be made with the same love as good pie. ( Jason McMackin) Needlecraft plays the VFW Thu., May 10, at 9 PM, for free. They play at Zoo City Apparel Sun., May 13, at 8 PM, for $5. They play there again Wed., May 16, at 8 PM, for $5. ing small venues to opening for G. Love & Special Sauce. This album is the next step up—painstakingly produced and dynamically crafted. “Sister Sarah” is deliciously strutting. “Leo” shimmers with a Police vibe. “Whose Love” is sizzling and sexy with Latin horns and backup singers, but it's laced with heartbreak, too. Tollefson’s attention to details like “candy-cane shoes” roots each tune. A few songs are very college rock in their blues-funk style but are not generic. I love the ballad “Before You Go” best because of the sweet pedal steel and the way it evokes The Animals’s version of “Bring It on Home.” Most apparent is that Tollefson is delightfully versatile: With his charisma, pop hooks and rich soundscapes, he could score something as hip as the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and also be taken seriously at a top-notch rock festival. (Erika Fredrickson) Eric Tollefson plays The Top Hat Sat., May 12, at 9 PM, with The Acorn Project. $8/$6 advance. ably grew up listening to. They have that characteristic stompgrass sound, just begging everyone within their reach to drink and dance. The old-timey voice comes back and builds simpler structures. Tour narratives conjure images of fast trains thundering across hot prairies. All travelers find their home at some point. But with all the stories still looking for a voice, it’s a good thing McDougall keeps on keepin’ on: “I know there’s a place I need to be / but it’s none of the many I’ve left behind me.” (Brooks Johnson) McDougall plays the VFW Fri., May 11, at 10 PM, with locals Bird’s Mile Home and PD Lear. Free.

Home Again sounds straight out of a different era, starting with Kiwanuka’s smooth vocals. The 24-yearold channels Curtis Mayfield in the opening “Tell Me a Tale,” with a mischievous flute heading an orchestraheavy backing. The playful “Bones” is along the same lines, although it has ’50s-era backup singers and a piano that give it pop. More often than not, though, Kiwanuka replaces big production with a more stripped-down, rootsy sound that relies on his voice, guitar and a solid hook. “I’m Getting Ready” and “Rest” nestle into this category and help draw comparisons to Otis Redding. That’s certainly better company to keep than when he dials things down another level, like on the title track, and enters the sleepy territory of Jack Johnson. I guess even Mayfield and Redding had the occasional song worth skipping. (Skylar Browning )

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Up in smoke Code chronicles Montana's weed debate by Skylar Browning

Code of the West ends with a postscript about one of the documentary’s main characters, Tom Daubert, noting that the chief architect of the state’s medical marijuana law had rejected a plea bargain with the federal government that would have resulted in a $250,000 fine and a minimum of 10 years in prison. Daubert, the movie states, was still awaiting his fate. We now know the wait will be over this fall. Daubert appeared in court last week to plead guilty to federal drug charges and ultimately accept a deal; his sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 6. He will almost certainly receive jail time because he had the audacity to follow a state law that he helped write and voters asked for and the legislature approved, but that has always been a violation of federal statute.

It doesn’t make a lick of sense, and it’s just one example of the frustrating, head-scratching and not completely unforeseen turns captured in Code of the West. The documentary, which screens at the Wilma this week, and again on May 23 sets out to chronicle the 2011 legislative fight over Montana’s medical marijuana law, a contentious and fluid debate that teetered between outright repeal and, if Daubert had his way, certain amendments that would have addressed concerns over a weed industry gone wild. The already heated Helena discussion went nuclear when, during the actual vote on a proposed repeal bill, federal agents issued 26 search warrants across the state and raided some of the biggest caregiver operations, including one that Daubert was a partner in. It’s curious timing that to date has gone unexplained by authorities, but that adds an entire other level to a film that does an exceptional job of covering a complicated issue. Code of the West doesn’t exactly offer new information, but that’s hard to accomplish after medical marijuana so dominated local headlines for years. Instead, director Rebecca Richman Cohen clearly follows the legislative process and smartly focuses on people who best frame the debate. There’s Daubert, who spent more than 20 years lobbying in Helena before agreeing to be the frontman for medical marijuana. He comes across as thoughtful, rational, strategic and understanding of his opponents’ concerns. He even spends time giving tours of Montana Cannabis, his grow operation, to law enforcement and skeptical state lawmakers. All of which

makes it that much more puzzling when he, of all people, is targeted by the feds. Alongside Daubert, we meet the staff at Montana Cannabis. At the time of the raid, the facility employs more than 30 people. After the raid—the film includes chilling images of gas-masked agents ripping apart rows of plants—one employee says he’s off to the unemployment line. “Here, government: Give me some money now that you just took my job,” says another. We also meet Lori Burnam, a delightful older woman who suffers from advanced cancer and emphysema and uses a vaporizer filled with marijuana to help ease her pain. She drives 100 miles roundtrip to get her medicine from Missoula’s (now closed) Zoo Mountain Clinic, and fears what’ll happen if the law changes. She explains she’s not exactly “connected.” On the other side, there’s Cherrie Brady, chair of Safe Community, Safe Kids, and state Rep. Mike Milburn, who introduced the repeal bill. Brady drives a busy stretch of road, pointing out the proliferation of storefronts with psychedelic signs offering specials on a substance the federal government has deemed illegal. Her group runs a commercial proclaiming marijuana brings you one step closer to meth Code of the West and cocaine. Her effort is all about saving kids, she says. Milburn amps up the rhetoric when he stands on the House floor and compares Montana caregivers to Columbian drug lords. He adds that it’s only old hippies and their children who are benefitting from the state law. It’s worth noting that, unlike Daubert, neither Brady nor Milburn shows much compassion for the other side of the debate, including patients like Burnam. In their minds, illegal is illegal, end of story. Code of the West gets its title from one of the 2011 Legislature’s more ridiculous bills: Senate President Jim Peterson’s motion to adopt a list of simple-minded bromides lifted from a book called Cowboy Ethics. This list includes lines that would probably appeal to the likes of both Brady and Daubert, lines such as “Do what has to be done” and “Know where to draw the line.” Cohen and her film do an admirable job of balancing both sides of the argument, but it’s hard at the end not to notice a distinct sympathetic lean toward the promedical marijuana contingent. After all, when you get to the part of Peterson’s code that says, “Be tough, but fair,” only one side can say it sincerely tried to follow the suggestion. Code of the West screens at the Wilma Theatre Tue., May 15, at 7 PM, followed by a panel discussion with Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, Montana NORML’s John Masterson, filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen and Rep. Diane Sands, moderated by former U.S. House Rep. Pat Williams. $7. sbrowning@missoulanews.com

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Scope Art Noise Film Movie Shorts OPENING THIS WEEK BALLET IN THE CINEMA: LA FILLE MAL GARDEE Love and secrets. Secrets and love. That’s what this ballet dabbles in. Shows at the Carmike 12 on Wed., May 13, at 12:30 pm. BALLET IN THE CINEMA: THE BRIGHT STREAM The Bolshoi Ballet unloads the laughs during this performance of Ratmansky’s comic ballet, which revolves around a harvest festival gone a-rye. Shows at the Carmike 12 on Tue., May 15, at 7 pm.

7:45, 10 and 10:30 pm. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:30 pm, with 9:45 pm shows Fri. and Sat., with 1:30 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. Pharaohplex: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 pm. Entertainer: 4, 7 and 9:15 pm. OPERA IN THE CINEMA: VERDI’S ERNANI Verdi’s opera is a panoply of rebels and revolts, conspiracies and vengeance. It screens at Carmike 12 on Sun., May 13, at 2 pm.

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CABIN IN THE WOODS Man, there is no doubt that this is more than some cruddy old cabin. There are secrets. And the friends who go there have secrets. And secrets mean power and weakness. Nuts. Starring Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:45, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:45 pm. CHIMPANZEE Holy cuteness, a young chimpanzee is separated from his crew and a full-grown male adopts him. Man, this is gonna be cute. Directed by BBC nature documentarian Mark Linfield. Rated G. Carmike 12: 1:30, 4:30, 6:30 an 8:30 pm. Showboat: 4:15, 7 and 9 pm.

Jennifer Lawrence and Stanley Tucci. PG-13. Carmike 12: 1, 4, 7 and 10 pm. Village 6: 4 and 7 pm, with 10 pm shows Fri. and Sat., and 1 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. Pharaohplex: 7 pm, with 3 pm matinees on Sat. and Sun. JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME This film from the Duplass Brothers (Cyrus/Baghead) follows the seemingly mundane lives of two brothers, who turn out to be quirky, lovable fellas just looking for meaning in the world. Starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms. Rated R. Wilma: 7 pm nightly, and 9 pm shows on Sun., May 13, Wed., May 16 and Thu., May 17, with a matinee on Sat. at 1 pm. THE LUCKY ONE A Marine believes a photo of a mystery lady saved his life while he was in Iraq. Now he must find that lady and make her love him. Starring Zac Efron and Blythe Danner. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10 pm. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 pm. THE RAVEN John Cusack dyes his hair an ungodly shade of black and plays Edgar Allen Poe, an author tracking a heinous serial killer in old-timey Baltimore. You come at the king, you best not miss. Also starring Alice Eve. Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 and 10:15 pm. SALMON FISHING IN YEMEN A sheikh dreams of fly-fishing in that dry old Yemen, and British fisheries expert Ewan McGregor is brought in to help make it happen and most likely trawl for love with government aid Kristin Scott Thomas. Rated PG-13. Wilma: 9 pm nightly, with 7 pm shows on Sun., May 13, Wed., May 16 and Thu., May 17, and a matinee on Sat. at 3 pm.

Twilight is for losers. Dark Shadows opens Friday at the Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and the Entertainer.

BULLY This documentary directed by Lee Hirsch examines how and why kids bully one another by following five kids and their families over the course of a school year. Rated PG-13. Village 6: 4:15 and 7 pm, with 9:30 pm shows Fri. and Sat., and 1:30 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. DARK SHADOWS In this Tim Burton-directed film based on the gothic television series, a vampire returns to his ancestral home only to find his fully dysfunctional family occupying the place. Man, that bites. Starring Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 1, 1:45, 4, 4:45, 7,

evil business. That’s when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is all, “Ah, hell, no,” and initiates the Avengers Initiative. It. Is. On. Also starring Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson. Rated PG13. Carmike 12: 1, 2, 4, 5:15, 7, 8:30 and 10 pm. 3D: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30 pm. Big D: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Village 6: 4:10 and 7:15 pm, with 10:15 pm shows Fri. and Sat., and 1 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. 3D: 4:20 and 7:30 pm, with 10:30 pm shows Fri. and Sat., and 1:10 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. Pharaohplex: 2D and 3D: 6:40 and 9:20 pm, with Sat. and Sun, matinees at 3 pm. Showboat: 4, 6:50 and 9:30 pm.

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THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT Lordy, lordy, if you’ve been engaged five years and your still not married the fam is gonna be all up in your biz and you may just find yourself second-guessing the relationship. Starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt. Rated R. Village 6: 4:10 and 7:15 pm, with 10 pm shows Fri. and Sat., with 1:10 pm matinees Fri.-Sun. THE HUNGER GAMES Oh lordy, in the future children are chosen by The Man to fight to the death on live TV. Wait, there’s TV in the future? Heinous. Starring

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS There is a battle for the pirate of the year award, and the pirates find themselves a bit out of their element in Victorian London after going about Robin Hood’s barn to get there. Stars the voices of Hugh Grant and Salma Hayek. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 1:30 and 6:30 pm. 3D: 4 and 8:30 pm. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with 3 pm matinees on Sat. and Sun. Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., May. 11. 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 12/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; P h a r a o h p l e x i n H a m i l t o n – 9 61- F I L M ; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan883-5603.

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MARKETPLACE MISC. GOODS 1st Interstate Pawn. 3110 South Reserve, is now open! Buying gold and silver. Buying, selling, and pawning items large and small. We pay more and sell for less. 406721-(PAWN)7296. FREE BOOK End Time Events Book of Revelation non-denominational 1-800-475-0876 STEEL BUILDINGS: 6 only 25x36, 30x48, 40x54, 45x74, 60x140. Must move now! Selling for balance owed! Still crated/free delivery! 1800-411-5869, Ext. 63.

AUCTIONS AA Able Storage on 1140 East Broadway plans to hold an auction on May 12, 10 a.m. for unpaid storage fees on unit number 10 (Labare). AUCTION: 5/19/12. Plains, MT., 10am. Case 970 loader, tractors, forklift, SUV’s, pickups, antique stoves, 60 KW Generator, saddles, fire truck, RR Ties. 531-792 AUCTION: EUREKA, MT, May 12, 2012, 10am. 100 years farm/ranch items, plus RVs, boats, Subarus, tools, guns. Workman Auction www.workmanauction.com 406-297-3186

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In one of your past lives, I think you must have periodically done something like stick your tongue out or thumb your nose at pretentious tyrants and gotten away with it. At least that’s one explanation for how confident you often are about speaking up when everyone else seems unwilling to point out that the emperor is in fact wearing no clothes. This quality should come in handy during the coming week. It may be totally up to you to reveal the truth about an obvious secret or collective delusion. Can you figure out a way to be relatively tactful as you say what supposedly can’t or shouldn’t be said? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus actor Daniel Day Lewis will star as American president Abraham Lincoln in a film to be released later this year. Hollywood insiders report that Lewis basically became Lincoln months before the film was shot and throughout the entire process. Physically, he was a dead ringer for the man he was pretending to be. Even when the cameras weren’t rolling, he spoke in the cadences and accent of his character rather than in his own natural voice. It might be fun for you to try a similar experiment in the coming weeks, Taurus. Fantasize in detail about the person you would ultimately like to become, and then imitate that future version of you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The idea of a housewarming party comes from an old British tradition. People who were moving would carry away embers from the fireplace of the home they were leaving and bring them to the fireplace of the new home. I recommend that you borrow this idea and apply it to the transition you’re making. As you migrate toward the future, bring along a symbolic spark of the vitality that has animated the situation you’re transitioning out of.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My friend Irene has a complicated system for handling her cats’ food needs. The calico, Cleopatra, demands chicken for breakfast and beef stew at night, and all of it absolutely must be served in a pink bowl on the dining room table. Caligula insists on fish stew early and tuna later. He wants it on a black plate placed behind the love seat. Nefertiti refuses everything but gourmet turkey upon waking and beef liver for the evening repast. If it’s not on the basement stairs, she won’t touch it. I’m bringing your attention to this, Cancerian, because I think you could draw inspiration from it. It’s in your interests, at least temporarily, to keep your loved ones and allies happy with a coordinated exactitude that rivals Irene’s.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The moon’s pale glow shimmers on your face as you run your fingers through your hair. In your imagination, 90 violins play with sublime fury, rising toward a climax, while the bittersweet yearning in your heart sends warm chills down your spine. You part your lips and open your eyes wide, searching for the words that could change everything. And then suddenly you remember you have to contact the plumber tomorrow, and find the right little white lie to appease youknow-who, and run out to the store to get that gadget you saw advertised. Cut! Cut! Let’s do this scene again. Take five. It’s possible, my dear, that your tendency to overdramatize is causing you to lose focus. Let’s trim the 90 violins down to ten and see if maybe that helps.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We all need a little more courage now and then,” said poet Marvin Bell. “That’s what I need. If you have some to share, I want to know you.” I advise you to adopt his approach in the coming days, Virgo. Proceed on the assumption that what you need most right now is to be braver and bolder. And consider the possibility that a good way to accomplish this goal is by hanging around people who are so intrepid and adventurous that their spirit will rub off on you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the Byrds’ 1968 song “Fifth Dimension,” the singer makes a curious statement. He says that during a particularly lucid state, when he was simply relaxed and paying attention, he saw the great blunder his teachers had made. I encourage you to follow that lead, Libra. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to thoroughly question the lessons you’ve absorbed from your important teachers even the ones who taught you the best and helped you the most. You will earn a healthy jolt as you decide what to keep and what to discard from the gifts that beloved authorities have given you.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What are the most beautiful and evocative songs you know? What are the songs that activate your dormant wisdom and unleash waves of insight about your purpose here on earth and awaken surges of gratitude for the labyrinthine path you have traveled to become the person you are today? Whatever those tunes are, I urge you to gather them all into one playlist, and listen to them with full attention while at rest in a comfortable place where you feel perfectly safe. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need a concentrated dose of the deepest, richest, most healing emotions you can tap into.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tourists rarely go to the South American nation of Guyana. That’s mostly because much of it is virgin rain forest and there are few amenities for travelers. In part it’s also due to the reputation-scarring event that occurred there in 1978, when cultleader Reverend Jim Jones led a mass suicide of his devotees. Last year, after travel writer Jeff Greenwald announced his trip to Guyana, his friends responded with a predictable joke: “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!” a reference to the beverage Jones spiked with cyanide before telling his followers to drink up. But Greenwald was glad he went. The lush, tangled magnificence of Guyana was tough to navigate but a blessing to the senses and a first-class adventure. Be like him, Sagittarius. Consider engaging with a situation that offers challenging gifts. Overcome your biases about a potentially rewarding experience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “You have more freedom than you are using,” says artist Dan Attoe. Allow that taunt to get under your skin and rile you up in the coming days, Capricorn. Let it motivate you to lay claim to all the potential spaciousness and independence and leeway that are just lying around going to waste. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you have a sacred duty to cultivate more slack as if your dreams depended on it. (They do!)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you’ve been tuning in to my horoscopes during the past months, you’re aware that I have been encouraging you to refine and deepen the meaning of home. You know that I have been urging you to get really serious about identifying what kind of environment you need in order to thrive; I’ve been asking you to integrate yourself into a community that brings out the best in you; I’ve been nudging you to create a foundation that will make you strong and sturdy for a long time. Now it’s time to finish up your intensive work on these projects. You’ve got about four more weeks before a new phase of your life’s work will begin.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Is your BS-detector in good condition? I hope so, because it’s about to get a workout. Rumors will be swirling and gossip will be flourishing, and you will need to be on high alert in order to distinguish the laughable delusions that have no redeeming value from the entertaining stories that have more than a few grains of truth. If you pass those tests, Pisces, your reward will be handsome: You’ll become a magnet for inside information, valuable secrets, and unusual but useful clues that come from unexpected sources. 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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vendor exp. preferred. $1,000/mo., unfurnished rent-free apt. Call 510-6735442 for full description GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY in Montana’s service of first choice. Earn more with the skills you have. Learn more of the skills you need. In the Montana Army National Guard, you will build the skills you need for a civilian career, while developing the leadership skills you need to take your career to the next level. Benefits: $50,000 Loan Repayment Program. Montgomery GI Bill. Up to 100% tuition assistance for college. Medical & dental benefits. Starting at $13.00/hr. Paid job skill training. Call 1-800-GO-GUARD. NATIONAL GUARD Part-time job...Fulltime benefits Property Manager – Silvertip Apartments The Missoula Housing Authority seeks a high-energy, dedicated individual to perform duties of Property Manager for Silvertip Apartments. Position will be full time. Position starts at

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one Cemetery mower. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Cemetery mower., Closing, 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 12th, 2012”. Pursuant to Section 181-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and \ or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be

clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right 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. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 12th, 2012. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein 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 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: Curb and Sidewalk Improvements East Broadway Ph. II City of Missoula Project 11-012 This project consists of installing approximately 1260 cubic yards of fill material, 3000 lineal feet of curb/gutter, 20,000 square feet of 4 inch sidewalk, 1,200 square feet of 8 inch sidewalk, 450 cubic yards of topsoil,

seeding and associated asphalt removal. 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 11-102 East Broadway Ph. II curb and sidewalk improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on

this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of said wage rate is attached as part of the contract documents. The provisions of this part do not apply in those instances in which the standard prevailing rate of wages is determined by federal law. “Public works contract” means a contract for construction services let by the state, county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for non-construction services let by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in which the total cost of the contract is in excess of $25,000. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against on the basis 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 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 4:00 p.m. on May 22, 2012. 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)552-6079. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Public Works Engineering Division, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802, until 5:00 p.m., on Friday, May 25, 2012 for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for the cutting and extermination of hazardous vegetation located in the public

right-of-way and on private property: Proposal must be submitted on forms provided by the city and addressed to the Public Works Engineering Division, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside; “2012 Hazardous Vegetation and Nuisance Weeds Cutting and Exterminating Program”, SEALED RFP. The RFP is available online at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids or from the Public Works Engineering Division at 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802. The City of Missoula reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and if all proposals 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. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding, which is not of a substantial nature. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the GIS Technician prior to 5:00 p.m., May 25, 2010. /s/ Eric Andersen, GIS Technician CITY OF MISSOULA Request For Qualifications Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture and Architectural Services for Design and Construction Engineering and Administration of Silver Park Phase IV in Missoula, Montana. The City of Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) is seek-

ing professional civil engineering, landscape architecture, architectural, and other services for the design and construction of Phase IV of Silver Park which is located west of the Missoula Civic Stadium along the south shore of the Clark Fork River in Missoula Montana. The scope of work will include, but is not limited to: design and engineering of drainage and grading, irrigation, landscaping, pedestrian trails and lighting, specification of all plant material, furniture, and fixtures including any official approvals and placement design. Services shall also include design and construction engineering of a southward extension of the existing parking lot along the east side of the Park. Architectural design and construction oversight services will be for the design Park entry features, a public plaza, and related small structures such as restrooms and picnic shelters. MRA is most interested in Respondent teams who are led by the firm or division within a firm that would perform the on-site construction engineering and contract administration services. Responses are due Monday May 21, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. delivered to MRA at 140 West Pine Street, Missoula, MT 59802. Late proposals will not be accepted. A copy of the Request for Qualifications and other material discussed in the RFQ is available on-line at http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids and by contacting the Chris Behan at the Missoula Redevelopment Agency 406-552-6155 or cbehan@ci.missoula.mt.us.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MISSOULA COUNTY COMBINED NOTICE FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT and NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS (FONSI/NOI/RROF) TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS: These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Missoula County. On or before May 28, 2012, the above-named Missoula County will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release funds to Community Frameworks, on behalf of NeighborWorks Great Falls, for housing to be constructed at the Running W Subdivision at the Wye funded, in part, through HUD’s Self-Help Opportunity Program (SHOP). SHOP funds are authorized by Section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996. NeighborWorks will construct 10 houses per year at the Running W. Finding of No Significant Impact Missoula County has determined that such request for release of funds will not constitute an action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and, accordingly, the above-named Missoula County has decided not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (PL 91-190). The project site has long been slated for residential development as part of the Urban Growth Area, and is appropriately zoned. An Environmental Review Record documenting review of all project activities in respect to impacts on the environment has been made by the above-named Missoula County. This Environmental Review Record is on file at the above address and is available for public examination and copying upon request between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Public Comments on Findings Any interested agencies, groups and persons disagreeing with this decision may submit written comments for consideration by Missoula County to John Adams at the Office of Planning and Grants (OPG) on or before May 26, 2012. All such comments so received will be considered by OPG prior to submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing. Release of Funds Missoula County is certifying to HUD that John Adams in his official capacity as Environmental Certifying Officer consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making, and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s acceptance of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and allows MUD to use Program funds. Objections to State Release of Funds HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and Missoula County’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of Missoula County; (b) the County has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to Department of Housing and Urban Development, Region VIII Office, 8ADE, 1670 Broadway, Denver, CO, 80202-4801, Fax: 303-672-5150. Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period. /s/ John Adams Environmental Certifying Officer Missoula Office of Planning & Grants 406-258-3688 MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula County Tax Appeal Board will be in session from July 1 through December 31, 2012 for the business of hearing appeals. Any taxpayer who disagrees with the ap-

praised value may file an appeal with the Missoula County Tax Appeal Board on or before the first Monday in June or 30 days from the receipt of the Notice of Classification,or Notice to Change Valuation (assessment notice), whichever is later. It is possible that not all taxpayers will receive an assessment notice. If you have not received a notice of classification and appraisal, consider the first Monday in June as the deadline to file an appeal. Appeal forms are available at the Department of Revenue’s Office, 2681 Palmer Suite I, Missoula, 59808 or you can download the form from www.mt.gov/doa/stab. Appeals must be submitted to the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Dated this 2nd day of May, 2012 /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Missoula County Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer

210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: December 30, 2011. /s/ Alfred J. Sampson, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-12-77 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEROME HARRIS MCCANN, 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 Michael J. McCann, Personal Representative, return receipt requested at PO Box 733, Philipsburg, MT 59858 or filled with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 19th day of April, 2012. /s/ Michael J. McCann, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DR-12-252 Department No. 1 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF PEGGY SCHARBERG GOODSELL, PETITIONER AND LEWIS ALLEN GOODSELL, RESPONDENT. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: YOU, THE RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of the Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a dissolution of marriage. DATED this 26th day of April, 2012. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Sheila M. Hann, Deputy Clerk

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-12-51 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF BETTY M. REYNOLDS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gerald M. Morris has been appointed Personal 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 Gerald M. Morris, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 30th day of March, 2012. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 30th day of March, 2012 /s/ Gerald M. Morris, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-12-441 Department No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF, GEORGE YALMAR LEHNEN. Please take note that George Yalmar Lehnen has petitioned the District Court in the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from George Yalmar Lehnen to Yalmar Tony Lehnen, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Judge on the 29th day of May, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT in courtroom number 2 South. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. Dated this 17th day of April, 2012. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Diane Overholtzer, Deputy Clerk of Court

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-12-416 NOTICE OF PENDING NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF SONJA J. HARGROVE HEUTMAKER, Petitioner. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED HEREIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Name Change of SONJA J. HARGOVE HEUTMAKER to obtain an order of this Court granting leave to assume the name of SONJA J. HARGROVE, will be presented to the above-entitled Court, at the Missoula County Courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on Thursday the 31st day of May at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, and that at such time, application will be made for the relief sought in said Petition. DATED this 20th day of April, 2012. WELLS & MCKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Torian Donohoe for EVONNE SMITH WELLS, Attorneys for Petitioner

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-11-199 Dept. No.: 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: COLTON PETERSON, 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 Juliena Darling, 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 23rd day of April, 2012. /s/ Juliena Darling, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-12-199 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. MARK FRASCA and CHRIS McQUAIDE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Wendy McQuaide, a/k/a Wendy A. Frasca, Plaintiffs, v. DOUBLE ARROW RANCH ASSOCIATION, LTD., BROOKS E. LINGO and SHIRLEY A. LINGO. COLIN JOHNSON, HOWARD AUSTIN, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS/ OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this SUMMONS, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of foreclosing the following-described real properties located in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 38 of the Amended Plat of Trail Creek Addition or Phase VI of the Double Arrow Ranch, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof, recorded in Book 12 of Plats, Page 54 records of Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 17th day of April, 2012. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: Sheila M. Hann, Deputy Clerk

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 1 Cause Probate No. DP-12-53 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BONNIE R. HAMILTON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have 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 Charles H. Hamilton, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: March 19, 2012. /s/ Charles H. Hamilton, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause Probate No. DP-11-184 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ELLEN SAMPSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have 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 Alfred J. Sampson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC,

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Karen Townsend Probate No. DP-12-81 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH N. JOHNSTON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY

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GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Kathy Hefferman return receipt requested, at PO Box 7731, Missoula, MT 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 3rd day of May, 2012. /s/ Kathy J. Hefferman, Personal Representative, 3851 Duncan Drive, Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-12-64 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF AARON C. BOLTON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Randy Bolton, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 29th day of March, 2012. /s/ Randy Bolton, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ William E. McCarthy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-12-76 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MINNIE M. DEAN Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Sharon Lee Hamilton and James A. Dean, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 23rd day of April, 2012. /s/ Sharon Lee Hamilton, Co-Personal Representative /s/ James A. Dean, Co-Personal Representative. WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives /s/ Gail M. Haviland MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-72 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of MONTE L. MEANS, 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 without four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed by ordinary first class mail, postage prepaid to R.H. Prigge, the attorney for the estate, at P.O. Box 1457, Billings, Montana 59103, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED April 19, 2012. /s/ Marian A. Rudolf, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-79 Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF John L. Heron, III, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Claire M. Marques, return receipt requested, c/o Reep, Bell & Laird, P.C., 2955 Stockyard Road, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 19th day of April, 2012. /s/ Claire M. Marques, Personal Representative./s/ Cory R. Laird, Attorneys for Personal Representative NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL OF MERGER OF BANKS AND TO ESTABLISH BRANCH OFFICES Notice is hereby given by Community Bank, Inc., 63239 US Highway 93, Ronan, MT that it intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board and the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions for permission to merge with Community Bank- Missoula, Inc., 3010 American Way, Missoula, MT 59808. The Federal Reserve System considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the application, including the record of performance of the banks we own in helping to meet local credit needs. You are invited to submit comments in writing on this application, to (1) the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291, or (2) Commissioner of Banking and Financial Institutions, P.O. Box 200546, Helena, MT 59620. The comment period will not end before May 16, 2012, and may be somewhat longer. With respect to the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions, processing of the application will be completed no earlier than the 15th day, nor generally later than the 45th day following the date of the last required publication. The Federal Reserve Board’s Policy Statement regarding notice of applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. 262. Procedures for processing protested applications may be found at 12 C.F.R 262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board’s procedures,

or if you need more information about how to submit your comments on the application, contact Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer, at (612) 204-5470. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the application if they are received by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period. The nonconfidential portion of the application file is available for inspection within one day following the request for such file. It may be inspected in the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions office during regular business hours. Photocopies of information in the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions. Community Bank, Inc. By: /s/ Gordon Zimmerman Its: Presiden NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/30/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631097, Bk. 788, Pg. 366, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Matthew M. Miller and Rebecca L. Miller was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 1 of Kalberg Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201200002, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WF1. 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 04/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 6, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $531,791.70. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $365,584.06, 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 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.17612) 1002.99556-File NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/23/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200909814 B: 838 P: 451, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kenneth E. Brown, a single person and Joshua A. Altmiller, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 30 of West Pointe, Phase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because 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 10/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 2, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $311,009.73. This

amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $301,195.47, 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 July 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.99200) 1002.210963-File NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/07/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200804918, Book 814 Pg 483, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michelle L. Roy and Matthew Tye Roy was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Western Security Bank was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 23 of Lolo Creek Trails Phase 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as: 11483 Stella Blue Drive, Lolo, MT 59847. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201120167, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. 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 08/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 7, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $264,839.59. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $251,067.47, 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 July 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.97610) 1002.211057-File NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/24/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200709948 Bk 795 Pg 1643, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michele Nault-Richter and Von Richter as joint tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary

and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 of River Pine Addition-Phase 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/28/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 6, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $84,560.79. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $79,426.50, 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 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7777.17742) 1002.211075-File NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/24/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200928266 Bk 851 Pg 716, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David R. Goodin and Karen R. Goodin, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 9 and 10 in Block 89 of South Missoula, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 20, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $199,304.13. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $186,162.00, 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 August 1, 2012 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

PUBLIC NOTICES defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.96422) 1002.202947-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 9, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE SOUTH 65 FEET OF LOT 11 AND THE SOUTH 65 FEET OF THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 12 IN BLOCK 132 OF WOODY ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 276 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1300 Gwen K Harlan, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services of Missoula, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 15, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 in Book 720, Page 638, under Document No. 200340174. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,058.88, beginning June 1, 2009, 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 12, 2012 is $125,726.37 principal, interest at the rate of 6.250% now totaling $21,191.05, late charges in the amount of$1,423.24, escrow advances of $6,524.96, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,802.26, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.53 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an 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: March 1, 2012 /s/ Becky Stucki First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 1 day of March, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Becky Stucki, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Citimortgage V Harlan 41533.889 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 18, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 29 OF BRIDGECOURT VILLAGE PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO

THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Janet Spagle and Richard Perez, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on January 19, 2009 and recorded on January 30, 2009 on Book 832 and Page 919 as Document No. 200901888. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,002.58, beginning August 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 1, 2012 is $179,858.86 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00000% now totaling $4,496.46, late charges in the amount of $251.17, escrow advances of $1,636.08 and other fees and expenses advanced of $244.32, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.63 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 9, 2012 /s/ Dalia Martinez First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 9th day of February, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires: 8/15/2012 PNC v Spagle 41230.865 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 19, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Parcel I: Tract 1-B of Certificate of Survey No 4914, located in the SW 1/4 of Section 14, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Parcel II: An easement for Ingress and Egress as disclosed by an easement agreement recorded in Book 521 of Micro Records at Page 373 Isaac S. Welch and Tammie L. Welch, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Washington Mutual Bank FSB, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on September 14, 2004 and recorded on September 20, 2004 in Book 740, Page 174, under Document No 200426938. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor in interest to Washington Mutual Bank FSB. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,036.82, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s 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 7, 2012 is $160,397.93 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875%, escrow advances of $324.10 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,698.51, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.82 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 15, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 15th day of February, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Chase V Welch 41916.603 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 25, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: PARCEL I: TRACT 16 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3058, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. PARCELII: TOGETHER WITH A PRIVATE ROAD AND UTILITY EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3058 Daniel R. McClellan and Paul Lowrey, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic

Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 5, 2008 and recorded on March 12, 2008 on Book 814 and Page 0946 as Document No. 200805381. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1954.69, beginning September 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 14, 2012 is $417,000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 5.62500% now totaling $14,518.16, late charges in the amount of $1,172.76, escrow advances of $317.60, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,463.75, plus accruing interest at the rate of $64.26 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 ben-

eficiary, 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 15, 2012 /s/ Becky Stucki First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss.

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THE MISSOULA CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items: 1.A request by Nancy Wohlfeil for a rear yard and density variance to have a second dwelling unit on a property located at 352 Burlington in the R5.4 zoning district. SEE MAP F.

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 35, 149, 191, 219, 237, 294, 356, 389, 440, 506, 512 and 538.Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed startingMonday May 21, 2012. 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, May 24, 2012, 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.

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for 220 S 5th East Storage will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: #5. Units contain misc. items. These units may be viewed by appt. only by calling 543-9798. Please speak to Shannon. Final Showing will be held May 30, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m. Written sealed bids may be submitted to the storage offices at 401 SW Higgins, Missoula, MT 59803 prior to May 30, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. AUCTION SALES ARE FINAL AFTER THIS DATE. Buyer's bid will be for the entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. CASH or MONEY ORDER will be accepted as form of payment.

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 164 + 235. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting May 17th, 2012 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to May 17th, 2012, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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2.A request by Talbert Demeester for two variances to convert a mixed use building to a vertical mixed use building to increase the number of residential units within the building for a property located at 825 W. Spruce in the M1R-2 zoning district. SEE MAP E.

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If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding the variance request you may contact Hilary Schoendorf at the 258-3869 or email hschoendorf@co.missoula.mt.us

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PUBLIC NOTICES County of Bingham ) On this 15th day of February, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Becky Stucki, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Marti A Ottley Notary Public Inkom, ID Commission expires: 8/15/2012 GMAC V McClellan 41965.646 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 25, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA: LOT 1 OF PARK PLACE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO.: 5813047 Michael L. Ryan and Gina M. Ryan, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to LSI, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 24, 2009 and Recorded on July 8, 2009 under Document No. 200916776, in Bk843, Pg-418. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,168.34, beginning August 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2012 is $224,940.97 principal, interest at the rate of 4.62500% now totaling $6,935.68, late charges in the amount of $559.26, escrow advances of $2,861.86, suspense balance of $-124.45 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,943.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.50 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 16, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee First American Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 16th day of February, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 GMAC v Ryan 41965.394 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale Number 12-00906-3 Loan Number: 0204061774 APN: 5835801 TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sate on September 6, 2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized focal time, on the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula the following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit LOT 14, IN BLOCK 2 OF NEW MEADOWS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. APN# 5835801 More com-

monly known as:145 NEW MEADOWS DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT HAROLD E. NELSON & KATHERYN A. NELSON, AS JOINT TENANTS, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY, INC., as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MANN MORTGAGE LLC ITS SUCCESSORS AND OR ASSIGNS, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of January 19, 2007, and recorded on January 22, 2007 under Document No. 200701738, Book 790 Page 1276 in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”), The current beneficiary is: Wells Fargo Bank, NA (the “Beneficiary”) FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated April 9, 2012 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of March 26,2012: Balance due on monthly payments from November 1,2011 and which payments total: $1,638.89: Late charges: $327.80: Late Charge Forecasted: $0.00 Bad Check: $0.00 Net Other Fees: $0.00 Advances: $0.00 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $239,639.50 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 4.75000% per annum from October 1, 2011, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s or attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 Dated: April 12, 2012 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, By: Mariah Booker, Authorized Signature A-4235462 05/03/2012, 05/10/2012, 05/17/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale Number: 12-00697-3 Loan Number: 0309118131 APN: 3867504 TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on August 28, 2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized local time, on the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula the following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit: LOT 3 IN JUSTUS LANE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. APN# 3867504 More commonly known as: 109 JUSTUS LANE, MISSOULA, MT GERALD D COOPER JR, A SINGLE PERSON, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to ALLIANCE TITLE & ESCROW CORP, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of November 8, 2010, and recorded on November 24, 2010 in Film No. 869 at Page 1004 under Document No. 201023111, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). The current beneficiary is: Wells Fargo Bank, NA (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the &ldquo;Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated March 22, 2012 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of March 8, 2012: Balance due on monthly payments from November 1, 2011 and which payments total: $1,429.52: Late charges: $343.07: Late Charge Forecasted: $0.00 Bad Check: $0.00 Net Other Fees: $20.00 Advances: $0.00 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $225,479.40 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 4.62500% per annum from October 1, 2011, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s or attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The

conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727 DATED: April 3, 2012 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, By: Marian Booker, Authorized Signature A-4231090 04/26/2012, 05/03/2012, 05/10/2012 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 08/10/2012 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ANTHONY DOERR AND HEATHER DOERR, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 11/16/2006 and recorded 11/22/2006, in document No. 200630320 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 787 at Page Number 1095 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 OF DOERR SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 11878 WINDEMERE DR, Missoula, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 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 07/01/2011, 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 $842,140.49 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 07/01/2011 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: 03/29/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0136245 FEI NO. 1006.147173 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 08/08/2012 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which VERNON LANE, AN UNMARRIED MAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said

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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 06/30/2005 and recorded 07/01/2005, in document No. 200516420 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 755 at Page Number 468 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 29 AND 30 IN BLOCK 65 OF CAR LINE ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 2 OF PLATS AT PAGE 61. Property Address: 2320 MCDONALD AVE, Missoula, MT 59801-7332. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 01/01/2012, 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 $126,530.30 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.375% per annum from 01/01/2012 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: 03/29/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0026843 FEI NO. 1006.155841 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 08/10/2012 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JOSH A VESTRE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/24/2008 and recorded 06/25/2008, in document No. 200814972 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 821 at Page Number 1151 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 14 HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2316 W SUMMIT DR, Missoula, MT 59803-2622. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 03/01/2010, 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 $200,296.92 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.375% per annum from 03/01/2010 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: 03/29/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0027652 FEI NO. 1006.155842 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 08/06/2012 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which DAN DEWITT, UNMARRIED 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 05/14/2007 and recorded 05/30/2007, in document No. 200713320 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 798 at Page Number 406 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM SITAUTE IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA AND STATE OF MONTANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT #13 OF THE CENTURY CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM THEREOF, RECORDED ON AUGUST 12, 2001 IN BOOK 666 MICRO RECORDS, PAGE 1341, AS DOCUMENT NO. 200120394 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA. SAID CONDOMINIUM BEING LOCATED ON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 738, A PARCEL OF GROUND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID UNIT AND AS STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM AS RECORDED IN BOOK 666 MICRO RECORDS, PAGE 1341. TAX ID: 3659607 Property Address: 3811 STEPHENS AVE APT 13, Missoula, MT 59801-8548. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 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 01/01/2012, 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 $115,619.97 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.125% per annum from 01/01/2012 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: 03/28/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr.

TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0025945 FEI NO. 1006.155846 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 08/07/2012 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JAMES R JONES as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES (MISSOULA) J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/31/2006 and recorded 09/01/2006, in document No. 200622490 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 782 at Page Number 530 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF VIRGINIA VILLAGE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFIICAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. MORE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED AS: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF VIRGINIA VILLAGE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 6 VIRGINIA DRIVE, Missoula, MT 59803-1234. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2006-HE2. 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 $184,387.24 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 9.40% 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: 03/28/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0116624 FEI NO. 1006.147971 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 08/15/2012, 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which MARTIN E NOYD as Grantors, 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 10/30/2008 and recorded 10/31/2008, in document No. 200824705 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 828 at Page Number 1091 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 6 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 366, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND

BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 32 AND THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANTA. TOGETHER WITH A 60’ ROAD AND UTILITY EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 366. FURTHER TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 221 OF DEEDS AT PAGE 622. Property Address: 2705 LYON CREEK RD, Missoula, MT 59804-9771. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO 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 12/01/2011, 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 $295,812.93 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 12/01/2011 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: 04/03/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0029166 FEI NO. 1006.156729 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 08/15/2012, 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which MONTE JEWELL as Grantors, 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 06/02/2006 and recorded 06/02/2006, in document No. 200613001 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 775 at Page Number 964 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Unit 4 of NORTHVIEW CONDOMINIUMS as shown and defined in the Declaration of Condominium for Northview Condominiums, a Residential Condominium, together with its exhibits as recorded in Book 746 at Page 1315 Micro Records and Exhibit A recorded as Condo 000076, of the official records of Missoula County, Montana. Together with an undivided 12.5% interest in and to Lots C and D of JKW Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, together with all improvements thereon. Together with an undivided 12.5% ownership in the general common elements and right of use of the limited common elements appurtenant to said Unit 4 as said general common elements and limited common elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium and Exhibit A as referenced above. Property Address: 901 RODGERS STREET UNIT 4, Missoula, MT 59802-1763. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-9. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the per-

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 07/01/2011, 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 $105,846.95 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 8.20% per annum from 07/01/2011 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: 04/05/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 120029164 FEI NO. 1006.156844 Public Notice – Open Cut Mining Permit West Company, Inc. plans to open an Open

Cut Gravel Pit located at 4635 Petty Creek Road, Alberton, MT 59820. The gravel pit operation will occupy 22.42 acres of 60.24 total acres owned by Jack Wilkinson. They plan on removing approximately 164,620 cubic yards of material that will be used for the Petty Creek Road construction project. They have applied for a Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Open Cut Mining permit. As a part of this permit they are required to send a public notice to all property owners within one-half mile of the proposed boundary of the open cut permit. Currently, the site has one residence on agricultural land. The site contains 6” of topsoil that will be stockpiled and replaced once mining operations have concluded on the site. Gravels and sand are slated to be the material that will be mined from the site. A temporary asphalt plan and crusher with a screen will be located site. The site will be accessed off Petty Creek Road by a new access road to the south of the existing driveway for the property. The open cut permitting activities will take place during the time frame of June to October 2012 and June to October 2013. This time frame corresponds with the construction time frame for the Petty Creek Road project. If you have any questions, please contact Nate McKinley of West Company Inc. at the address below. Operator Contact Information West Company, Inc. Nate McKinley, Project Manager P.O. Box 519 Airway Heights, WA 99001 Phone Number: (509)468-8535

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REAL ESTATE HOMES 1375 Woodhill. 2 bed, 1 bath on quiet street with river access. MLS #20122336. $179,900. Call Betsy 880-4747. Montana Preferred Properties 1500 Philips. 2 bed, 1 bath with single garage on corner lot. Fenced yard with deck. $154,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential MIssoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home close to the Good Food Store. $189,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 23645 Mullan Beautiful 14 acre parcel west of Huson. Meadow with trees & pasture. Modulars or double wides on foundation OK. Owner may finance. 23645 Mullan Road, Huson. $169,900. MLS#20112135. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 2441 Macintosh: 55+ COMMUNITY 2 bed, 2 bath, large family room. Homeowners fee of $370/month includes clubhouse, sewer, garbage, land lease, snow removal & lawn care. $106,000. MLS#10006023. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. 3 Bdr, 1.5 Bath Rose Park/Slant Streets home with a great yard. $249,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath Grant Creek/Prospect Meadows home next to open space. $308,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 541-547 South 2nd West. Wonderful 4-plex in great neighborhood. Suitable for condo conversion. Newer rubber membrane roof. $275,000. MLS #20120840 Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507. www.541547s2ndst.com 6107 Brusett. 4 bed, 3 bath Martz home with 2 car garage & basement. Lower Miller Creek. MLS #20121397. $300,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 880-4749 6785 Prairie Schooner. 3 bed, 3 bath on 1/2 acre at end of quiet cul-de-sac. MLS #20122287. $259,900. Call Betsy 880-4747. Montana Preferred Properties 736 South 3rd West. Beautifully renovated 1920’s home. 5 bed, 1.5 bath. Currently used as office build-

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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 2 Bdr, 1.5 Downtown Missoula condo. Zoned for Residential or Commercial use. $299,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Open & Light & Green & Clean Efficiency abounds in this 3 BR, 2.5 ba stand alone super insulated condo with heated floors and so much more. 1530 S 12th W. Near Good Food Store and bike trails. 240-5227. porticorealestate.com PRICE REDUCED 4 bed 2 bath house on one full landscaped acre near Wye. Great Well at 30 gpm. 2 gas fireplaces, updated kitchen and bathrooms. $280,000. MLS #20120012. 9869 Lee’s Lane, Missoula. Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com Rattlesnake Valley 909 Herbert. Perched amidst the trees and canopy of the Rattlesnake Valley, this home is a beauty! $350,000. porticorealestate.com 240-5227 Sweetest Ever Slant Street Bungalow with hardwood floors; close to everything! 215 E Franklin. $224,000. porticorealestate.com 240-5227

Four bed, 1-1/2 bath, 3 car garage home at 345 Brooks. Close to downtown, neighborhood coffee shop/restaurant, and university. Long time family home has potential to also have downstairs rental. Just $265,000 MLS 20117301 Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage. 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-desac, 10 acres. Rodeo Rd. $399,900. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Historic Preservation Award-winning Marshall House Beautiful professional building with great design for offices or home and awesome exposure for business. 436 S 3rd W. $395,000 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Huge Lot Bungalow Style Home Middle of Missoula, close to Good Food Store, 1/2 acre + lot, enormous shop, great home. 203 Curtis, 240-5227 porticorealestate.com I can help you sell your home! Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential

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3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath Central Missoula Condo with single car garage. Close of Good Food Store. $194,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 702A Charlo. Newly remodeled 3 bed, 1.5 bath on corner lot with single garage. Fenced yard with deck. $155,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

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LAND FOR SALE 2951 Expo Parkway. 1.24 acres off I-90 between Motel 6 & Cracker Barrel. MLS #20120951,

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NEW LISTING! • 1925 Burlington • 2 bed, 1 bath on large lot • Centrally located • Metal siding, newer roof & many upgrades $140,000 MLS #20122597

SELLER MOTIVATED! • 232 Cap De Villa • Well maintained 4 bed, 1.5 bath • Fully fenced back yard, nice deck • Landscaped, trees, shrubs • UG sprinklers in front and back • $219,900 • MLS# 20116816

PRICE REDUCED! • Peregrine Court • Almost 1/2 acre with city sewer • Close to Ranch Golf Club & river • Great views $55,000 MLS #10007449

SELLER MOTIVATED! • 1641 Stoddard • Singe-wide 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Fenced yard, lots of trees & covered deck • $99,500 MLS #20116883

Homes: 909 Herbert . . . . . . . .Rattlesnake With View . . . . .$350,000 25500 Ashby . . . . . . . .20 Acres With Creek . . . . .$350,000 2107 Park . . . . . . . . .Perfect Location . . . . . . . .$220,000 5697 Explorer Ct. Lolo . .Private & Sweet . . . . . . . .$225,000 835 Rollins . . . . . . . . .Gardener's Delight . . . . . .$182,500 345 Brooks . . . . . . . .Heart of Missoula . . . . . . .$265,000 611 Stephens . . . . . . .Character Galore . . . . . . .$325,000 203 N Curtis . . . . . . . .Older Farm House . . . . . . .$225,000 4112 Yorkshire . . . . . . .Pleasant View. 2 Story . . . .$225,000 2636 Roderick . . . . . . .Craftsman Style . . . . . . . .$295,000 350 W Central . . . . . . .Charming 3 Bed . . . . . . . .$235,000 833 Cleveland . . . . . . .5 Bed Slant Street Home . . .$209,000 930 Turner . . . . . . . . .Historic Northsid . . . . . . .$195,000 418 Church . . . . . . . .Stevensville Charmer . . . . .$174,500 6526 MacArthur . . . . . .Butler Creek Beauty . . . . .$275,000 Homes w/land: 3209 Rodeo . . . . . . . .10+ Acres . . . . . . . . . . .$399,900 2348 River Road . . . . .House & Land to Build! . . .$535,000 Land: E Missoula Building Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 17467 W Nine Mile . . . .11.08 Acres, Huson . . . . . .$104,000 Commercial: 436 S 3rd West . . . . . .Professional Office Space . . .$395,000 1535 Liberty Lane . . . .New Lease Space . . . . . . . . .$11-15 321 N Higgins . . . . . . .Heart of Downtown . . . . . .$780,000 Townhomes/Condos: 935B Garfield . . . . . . .Like a Tree House . . . . . . .$117,500 1400 Burns . . . . . . . .Cheaper Than Rent . . . .From $79,000 1530 S 12th W . . . . . .Green Construction . . . . . .$259,900 Uptown Flats . . . . . . . .Upscale Downtown .Starting at $139,000

428 Jefferson • $269,000 • Charming 3 bed, 1 bath near downtown • Hardwood floors & tile • Fenced yard • Garden beds • Sunny & warm! • www.428Jefferson.com

• 3 bed, 1.5 bath Northside townhome • Newly remodeled 2 story on corner lot with fenced yard & deck • No HOA dues $155,000

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REAL ESTATE ONLY $55,000. MLS# 10007449. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties

COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins Commercial building on coveted downtown location with lots of foot traffic. Building only for sale. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com East Missoula Building Lot with great trees and a sweet ‘hood. $65,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

OUT OF TOWN 101 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath features one level living with beautifully landscaped fenced yard. Lot is zoned commercial so you could run a small business out of the separate office with attached 3 car garage. MLS# 20116174. $320,000 Robin Rice @ 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath features one level living with beautifully landscaped yard. Lot zoned commercial. 48’x30’ shop with 3-10’x9’ doors, bathroom with service sink, benches, cabinets and shelves, wired for 220 50 and 30 amp. $298,500. MLS#20114068.. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 3 Bdr, 2 Bath single level Stevensville area home on 6.3 cross-fenced acres with a large shop. $339,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath home on 3.3 acres on Petty Creek. $425,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath Florence area home on 10 acres with Bitterroot River frontage. Horse Barn, cross-fenced. $449,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 3 Bath Stevensville area home on 13 acres with spectacular Bitterroot Mountain views. $629,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Lolo End of Cul-de-sac Beauty Open, light, private, quiet and in immaculate condition. Huge yard, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with hardwood, tile and beautiful warm colors. 5697 Ex-

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana

541-7387

549-3934

C H A N TA L

This lively little Pomeranian is a truly happy, friendly lady. She gets along with everyone -- dogs, cats, and people -- although she would probably be most happy in an adult home.

CUCUMBER

DANCER

Dancer is nine pounds of fun dressed up to look like Chihuahua. He has a true playful spirit and can't wait to have a home again. He thinks cuddling is just about the best activity ever!

Low maintenance and full of grace, Ms. Cucumber is the purrrfect cat. She'll be a quiet roommate and wont ever leave dishes in the sink! Cucumber's adoption fee has been sponsored so you can take her home for FREE!

Southgate Mall Missoula (406) 541-2886 • MTSmiles.com Open Evenings & Saturdays

BROOKE

We're not sure what breed this lovely lady is, but we do know she's a great medium size and packs an incredible amount of energy into a small space. Want a playmate? Here she is! 2420 W Broadway 2310 Brooks 3075 N Reserve 6149 Mullan Rd

LIZBETH

Lizbeth is a petite, lean cat, but she has lots of personality in that small body. She's not fond of other cats, but she thinks people are just the cat's meow!

ROGER

Won't you pick me? I'm an adventurous fellow and I don't mind sharing with other cats. I even enjoy the company of canines! I will gladly keep you company on the couch, and while you're away I'll keep my eye on the house.

1600 S. 3rd W. 541-FOOD

MR. BOOTS

Mr. Boots is still just a youngster, so he's playful and happy and curious. He's a real cutie now, but we know he's going to grow to be drop-dead handsome and a real heart-stealer. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at

www.missoulafoodbank.org For more info, please call 549-0543

Missoula Food Bank 219 S. 3rd St. W.

DUKE

Duke is a very regal fellow, and unlike most Siamese cats, he's actually rather quiet. He has quite handsome coloring, and his reserved personality is really endearing.

MICKEY

I heard I was named after a mouse. Can you believe it? A sleek, stealthy example of cat charm like myself, named after a mouse!?! Well, let me tell you, I'm the new and improved Mickey! I enjoy playing with other cats and am very curious and outgoing.

FRANKIE

Frankie is a Leader of the Band. This means that he is ready for action! He's confident in new situations and seems to get along with everyone. Frankie always shows his appreciation when you feed him or scratch him in just the right spot.

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HUCKLEBERRY

Huckleberry hound is still waiting for that special someone. He knows that someone out there will appreciate his song. He's a bit of a goofball and he adores other dogs. Huckleberry thinks the glass is always half full!

www.gofetchDOG.com - 728-2275 627 Woody • 3275 N. Reserve Street Corner of 39th and Russell in Russell Square

BERNSTEIN

"Will you be my friend?" this gentle young adult asks. Bernstein grew up knowing more dogs than people. He has already come a long way since arriving at the Humane Society. View all available cats and dogs at www.myHSWM.org.

MON - SAT 10-9 • SUN 11-6 721-5140 www.shopsouthgate.com

These pets may be adopted at AniMeals 721-4710 CELESTE

Celeste could very well become your own piece of heaven. She is a big, beautiful four-year-old who came to us in the Spring of 2011. Being that her name means “heavenly," we can’t think of a better angel for any household, and neither can she!

BOULDER

A boulder is defined as a large, smooth piece of rock detached from its place of origin. Boulder was detached from his place of origin as a kitten during our 2010 kitten season. He is a beautiful 1 1/2-year-old Tuxedo kitty. Equus & Paws, L.L.C.

NESSA

The epitome of glamour. This charming green-eyed five-year-old was born to be the star of her own show in her own home. Although she has called AniMeals home since June of 2011, she is not giving up hope that her forever family is coming to get her. 715 Kensington Ste 8

406-240-1113 A Nice Little Bead Store In A Nice Little Town 105 Ravalli St Suite G, Stevensville, MT 59870 406.777.2141

2825 Stockyard Rd. www.equusandpaws.com • 406.552.2157

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SERENA

Serena means calm or serene in Latin. I think that is pretty fitting for me considering I never get too worked up about anything. I just sit back and take life as it comes. If I’ve learned one thing in my five short years it’s that sweating the small stuff just isn’t worth the worry. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at

www.missoulafoodbank.org For more info, please call 549-0543

Missoula Food Bank 219 S. 3rd St. W.