Missoula Independent

Vol. 22, No. 20 • May 19 – May 26, 2011

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

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Vol. 22, No. 20 • May 19 – May 26, 2011

Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture

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Up Front: Rocketmen in Butte

Scope: Spanker, back from the dead

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nside Cover Story His memory is phenomenal. Tell him your birthday— let’s say January 7, 1976—and in fewer than five seconds he can correctly tell you that you were born on a Wednesday. You say “May 6, 1957”—and he puts his fingers to his temples, and announces, “Monday.” He can do Cover by Kou Moua this backward and forward, into the past and future.

Imagine having that kind of memory, that calculating power in your head—and not even being treated like an adult, being kept under 24-hour supervision ...............14

News Letters Less poison, more truth, more gold, and a cleaner world, please .............. 4 The Week in Review The tardy Missoulian, big winds, and a dead grizzly .............6 Briefs A climbing gym, a Smurfit cleanup, a Palace renovation ................................6 Etc. USPS, WTF? ..........................................................................................................7 Up Front Med pot growers fear loss of valuable plant strains ..................................8 Up Front Montana’s rocket boys gear up in Butte ....................................................9 Ochenski We’re sinking in man-made disasters ......................................................10 Writers on the Range I love my SUV and hope gas prices rise..............................11 Agenda Pride Foundation/Montana presents draGAGA ...........................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Who doesn’t like a fresh little fish? ..............................................18 Happiest Hour Bayern Brewery ..............................................................................19 8 Days a Week It’s creepy-nude-guy-in-the-hot-springs week. Finally....................21 Mountain High Tour of the Swan River Valley bike excursion ...............................29 Scope Spanker is resurrected: doomsday with a smile ...........................................30 Souncheck Humpy is remembered in all its stained glory .....................................31 Noise Ghostland Observatory, The Beets, The Peacemakers, Harvey Milk.............32 Film Of Gods and Men could be the year’s best love story ....................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked Tuesday morning, on and near Jacob’s Island (with a nod to “This American Life”)

Q:

This week the Independent looks into the super abilities of Dick Swanson. If you could choose between the powers of invisibility and flight, which would you chose?

Follow-up: Who’s the sexiest superhero?

Owen Mayer: Invisibility. I guess I just can’t think of a good use for flight. There’s just way more uses for invisibility. Pussycat: Catwoman. I haven’t even seen the movie, and I don’t even really know anything about it, but I saw the preview with Halle Berry.

Whoa, that one just got me.

Dori Gilels: Invisibility. I just have a lot of places I’d like to go and lots of things to see, things and places that I wouldn’t mind experiencing without anyone watching. Tu madre: Underwoman. She’s a superhero at Mamalode, a kind of extraordinary every-mom. She’s definitely the sexiest I can think of.

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Less poison, please Weeds are plants growing where they are not wanted. In most cases, humans brought them to America. They have the same nature as the more favored plants— that is, they want to live. They are a problem for us, but hateful speech—humorous or otherwise–does not help (see “War on weeds,” March 24, 2011). They pop up in and around pastures, orchards, lawns, farm fields, the sides of roads, and railways.

In turn, great rivers of good drinking water are contaminated with herbicides and pesticides. Each spring these poisons are put all over our good earth, into water and air and into the pores of our skin. The connection to cancer is undeniable.

Once I almost became a crop duster. I liked flying low and the pay was good.

Then the eagles began crushing their eggs by simply sitting on them in the nest.

Extensive spraying of DDT made the eggs weak. Then I read Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. Also, friends who fought in Vietnam were coming back home permanently damaged by Agent Orange. Other friends became extremely sensitive to chemicals.

I get nauseated when I smell poison in the fields or in the garden aisles of stores. I support organic farming. It is not commonly admitted, but pesticides can kill native plants and insects. Honeybees die from a very mild exposure. Not many years

Kate Jaffe: Flight, no doubt. What do you get by being invisible except the ability to see people naked? Or talking behind your back? Not a priority for me. But with flight I’d get speed, spectacular views, and the ability to get to places quickly. No wonder: That’s tough, they’re all generically sexy, but that’s just muscles and tight clothes. None of the men have interesting personalities, so on looks alone I’d say Wonder Woman.

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“There are about 5.3 billion troy ounces of pure gold bullion in the world already. Do we really need more? How many people still wear those class rings that every graduate is pressed into purchasing?”

evil and that we are engaged in a noble “war on weeds.” I urge you to be careful of your health and put less poison on our beautiful earth.

Gary LeDeau Arlee

Petrol poppycock Double talk is on the march. How can Sen. Max Baucus say, in the same breath, that gas prices are too high and to lower them we need to hike taxes on oil producers? Doesn’t he realize that increasing the fixed business costs, via a tax hike, for companies that produce gasoline will result in higher prices for gas? Does Baucus need to go back to Econ 101 for a refresher course?

Or is Baucus trying to capitalize on a hot-button issue that a lot of people are worried about right now, and using some slick rhetoric to pull the wool over our eyes? No one wants to pay more for gas, but using high prices as an opportunity to whack oil companies doesn’t help the situation. It only makes it worse.

Baucus is behind a tax hike proposal on energy that will be coming up for a vote in the Senate very soon. His political sleight of hand hasn’t fooled this voter, and I doubt it’ll fool many of his colleagues on the Hill either.

Mitch Staley Dillon

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Forgiving David

Evan Hanson: You get nothing by being invisible, just the ability to sneak around, and that’s nothing. So flight without hesitation. I’m a traveler, and by flying you can go wherever you want, you’d just have to watch out for airplanes. Southern belle: I don’t know many superheroes, but Rogue on the X-Men is sexy. She’s crazy, but she’s sexy.

ago, we did all our food crops and beauty gardens with pesticides. I am sure mighty chemical corporations that brew the poison spray are happy many customers are convinced they can’t do without their product, and that they believe weeds are

I live in East Missoula and drive by the memorial to Ashlee Patenaude and Taylor Cearley every day on the way to work (see “The Reckoning,” May 5, 2011).

The morning after the accident, before I read the news about what had happened, I drove past the site and saw blood and police spray paint and had this horrible, horrible sinking feeling. I was seven months pregnant with my second child, and all I could think was that someone’s child had almost certainly died. Little did I know the horror of what had happened.

As I read the coverage of this terrible accident, both that afternoon and ever since, I always have the same thought—this ruined the lives of all those innocent girls (both those that died, and those that lived but will forever be a part of this), and one normal, everyday man that made a terrible decision. I feel for David. He is to blame, but he is not evil. He is not a monster. He is anyone that ever made a really bad choice. I hope he reads this and knows

that some of the people of Missoula can, and will, forgive him with time.

May 6, 2011 at 1:57 p.m.

Bring on the gold rush I am a much bigger environmentalist than just about anyone. However, I am also a large investor in Dutch Gold Resources, Inc. (see “Bonanza,” May 12, 2011). The management of Dutch Gold is sincere in its desire not to harm the environment with an underground mine at Basin Gulch. They had initially planned for an open pit mine but the grade of the ore was too low except in several very rich gold blocks, which could be better mined underground. Basin Gulch just might be the richest gold and silver mine in the world. It sure wouldn’t hurt the economy of Montana to mine it. Rumor is that the Terra satellite ASTER estimates up to 750 million gold ounces and 1.75 billion silver ounces at Basin Gulch. If that wouldn’t be a new gold rush, I don’t know what would.

May 12, 2011 at 11:37 a.m.

We got plenty already When you see those massive diesel trucks pulling trailers of ore out from Rock Creek in dusty convoys, and the waste dumps growing into mountains up Basin Gulch, then the contaminated mine water in holding ponds overflowing in spring thaw, you might get a better picture of the future of Basin Gulch and Rock Creek (see “Bonanza,” May 12, 2011). Then if Dutch Gold decides to build a gold flotation mill and refractory on site they will have every legal right to do this. Only then will come the decision for an open pit.

There is no reason whatsoever save for greed to mine another ounce of gold anywhere. There are about 5.3 billion troy ounces of pure gold bullion in the world already. Do we really need more? How many people still wear those class rings that every graduate is pressed into purchasing?

May 14, 2011 at 10:15 a.m.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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• Wednesday, May 11

News Quirks

by Chad Harder

The Missoulian announces a several-hour delay in delivery of the daily paper as it awaits the arrival of a new folder for its press. “I appreciate the problems the Missoulian is experiencing,” writes an online commenter, “but no paper in the morning is sure messing up my daily routines.”

• Thursday, May 12 Medical marijuana advocates submit to Secretary of State Linda McCulloch a referendum petition to put Senate Bill 423, which restricts med pot, on the 2012 general election ballot. Petitioners must collect 24,337 signatures, and as many as 43,247, to suspend the law until voters decide in November.

• Friday, May 13 The U.S. Forest Service proposes changes to the way it uses fire retardant to avoid waterways and threatened or endangered plants, fish, and animals. The agency also seeks to monitor some areas where retardant has been applied, and develop a protocol in case of misapplications.

• Saturday, May 14 Bursts of wind blow over several venders’ tables at the Missoula People’s Market, sending pottery and jewelry crashing into the pavement. Elsewhere, trees blow down, roofs fly off, and more than 1,000 NorthWestern Energy customers lose power. Even the Indy’s office-front sign topples.

Workers use a mini-excavator to remove a waterlogged ponderosa pine from the head gates of the Missoula Ditch Tuesday morning. With the rising river ripping by Jacob’s Island at more than 18,000 cubic feet per second, the workers faced a steady barrage of trees, logs, and other floating debris.

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• Sunday, May 15 A Missoula man shoots a grizzly in self-defense near Seeley Lake. When the sow with two cubs comes within eight yards of the man he fires and wounds the bear. When she continues to give chase, he shoots again, allowing him to return to his vehicle.

Wildlife officials finish the bear off.

• Monday, May 16 Missoula County representatives join forces with environmental groups in court to make their case against the Kearl Oil Module Transport plan. Plaintiffs are asking Judge Ray Dayton to stop ExxonMobil’s megaloads from traveling through Missoula en route to the Alberta tar sands.

• Tuesday, May 17 Ravalli County Commissioners declare a state of emergency in anticipation of potential flooding on the Bitterroot River. “The big thing is the snow pack and the potential flooding from that,” says Ron Nicholas, the county’s disaster and emergency services director.

Missoula’s Palace has waited a long time for a facelift. Ventilation in the historic downtown apartment complex, above the Badlander bars, is poor.

Tenant retention is low. Heating and insulation are inefficient. Vagrants have slipped in the front door to sleep in the lobby.

But if everything goes according to the Missoula Housing Authority’s plan, the Palace will become a model for sustainable, affordable housing in Montana as early as this fall. MHA rounded out its funding for an extensive $8 million rehabilitation project this spring when it received $616,250 in tax credits from the Montana Board of Housing. MHA Executive Director Lori Davidson says it’s a major step for an initiative dating back nearly 15 years.

“We purchased the building in 1996 with the intention of rehabilitating,” she explains. “Right from the very beginning, we knew this was coming down the line. It’s been hard to wait.”

Davidson emphasizes the green aspects of the Palace rehab—rooftop solar arrays, high efficiency

boilers. These initiatives were singled out not just to set an example of sustainability for other developers, she says, but to decrease operational expenses.

MHA currently relies on rent payments to cover upkeep. Savings accrued after the project will keep rents static, she says.

“Our experience at the Garden District…the month we put the [photovoltaic] panels online, the electricity charges in that building dropped 75 percent. Over the course of the summer, for four or five months, we put energy back into the grid.”

The project calls for a list of improvements not just to the building’s infrastructure but to living standards. MHA intends to install a rooftop deck, bike lockers, and a more intensive security system.

Several tenants have complained about noise from concerts in the bars downstairs, prompting a need for some soundproofing.

Despite Davidson’s enthusiasm, some questions remain unanswered. MHA plans to use some funding to restore the Palace’s historic look. That means fresh brickwork, a new façade on the ground floor, a hard awning—all details that Badlander complex owner Scott McIntyre says he’s still in the dark

about. MHA and McIntyre jointly own the building.

“We still have to sit down and decide, because our business names have to be somewhere on the awning,” McIntyre says. “We don’t know how that’s going to work. We don’t know too much at all.”

Alex Sakariassen

Environment The Smurfit cleanup In early March, the Department of Environmental Quality wrote to the Smurfit-Stone Container company urging it to conduct an environmental assessment of its 3,200-acre Frenchtown property prior to any sale. The agency wrote again a week later making it clear that any demolition at the shuttered paperboard mill must follow the Montana Asbestos Control Act. It also warned of a potential Superfund designation.

That was when Smurfit-Stone was about to sell the site to MLR Investments, which planned to scrap the mill. Gov. Brian Schweitzer made no secret of the fact that he didn’t want the deal to close, preferring a job generator at the site. The

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state sought to delay the transaction with environmental roadblocks.

There were no roadblocks to impede the Green Investment Group, which a couple of weeks ago announced that it had bought out MLR Investmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; interest and purchased the mill for about $20 million. The Illinois-based outfit specializes in brownfield redevelopment. It now has seven former Smurfit-Stone mills in its portfolio. The Frenchtown site is the largest of them.

Green Investment Group is â&#x20AC;&#x153;more familiar with this kind of cleanup work,â&#x20AC;? says DEQ Director Richard Opper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably more comfortable with the ownership as it worked out, but the needs havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed, nor has the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to pursue this.â&#x20AC;?

The DEQ has noted 11 petroleum spill sites on the property. The Missoula County Commissioners fear PCBs, carcinogenic PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), arsenic, metals, dioxins, and furans may also linger in the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s settling ponds, situated in the historic floodplain of the Clark Fork River. Opper says further investigations must be conducted to document the extent, location, and nature of any contamination, and the Environmental Protection Agency will likely lead those investigations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We work with the agencies on a regular basis,â&#x20AC;? says Green Investment Group President Ray Stillwell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they want to come in and take a look at something, generally we find them to be helpful. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fight with them, we cooperate with them.â&#x20AC;?

It appears the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prepared to pay to clean up whatever the agencies find: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not unusual for it to go well into seven figures,â&#x20AC;?

Stillwell says of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other cleanups.

Opper notes that Smurfit-Stone could still be on the hook for part of the tab, depending on the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eventual Superfund status.

Matthew Frank

Sports Bouldering and booze Walter Hailes got tired of waiting for someone else to build the climbing center he wants for Missoula. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have long, cold, cloudy, rainy, snowy winters,â&#x20AC;? Hailes says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I needed a place to climb inside, and so did all of my friends.â&#x20AC;?

Both the University of Montana and the YMCA

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already have climbing walls. Hailes wanted something more elaborate. A professional mountain guide with 15 years of climbing experience under his belt, he has a distinct vision for what he wants in a bouldering gym. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manifested in a sprawling facility at Spruce and Scott streets that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll open in August: Freestone Climbing Center.

Hailes has been busy this spring charting out boulder angles, tiers, and slabs that he thinks will challenge kids, novices, and experts alike. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be a full gym eventually,â&#x20AC;? he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;with the focus being bouldering.â&#x20AC;?

The building at Spruce and Scott served as headquarters for the Montana Recycling Center for decades. With new tenants on deck, property owners Doug Stewart and Mark Richlen are making significant renovations to the 30,000-square-foot Westside property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of work to do,â&#x20AC;?

Stewart says.

Stewart and Richlen hope to take advantage of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designation as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;urban renewal district.â&#x20AC;?

In 1991 the Missoula Redevelopment Agency found the area had problems with public safety and underutilized land. The urban renewal designation means MRA will help foot the bill for improvements like sidewalks and sewer upgrades. The idea is to encourage commerce, which in turn boosts tax revenue.

A new brewery and tasting room is also in the offing for the Richlen-Stewart property. Draught Works is slated to open this summer next door to Freestone.

Hailes is incorporating his neighbors into his business plan: He envisions designating a night

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when parents can drop their kids off to climb while they pop over to the brewery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll watch them,â&#x20AC;? he says of the kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can climb while you have an afternoon beer.â&#x20AC;?

Jessica Mayrer

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Missoula Council Lone challengerâ&#x20AC;Śfor now Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Missoula municipal elections are still a long way off, as is the June 30 deadline for candidate filing. But so far the competition for city council looks thin. Ward 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pam Walzer is the only incumbent facing opposition.

Walzerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitor isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect from someone vying for Missoula city government. Adam Hertz, 25, has the kind of clean-cut, baby-faced look that gets even regulars carded in bars. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Polson native, a metal and punk rock fan, and a former bass player with the now-defunct Missoula group Sharktopus. In summer 2007, he toured the northwest with his bandmates, playing a set at the Vanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warped Tour and occasionally eating out of dumpsters. Now he sells home loans with American Mortgage in Missoula. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a pretty open schedule,â&#x20AC;? says Hertz, a self-professed libertarian with a fiscally conservative lean. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of free time.â&#x20AC;?

This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Hertzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first shot at a council seat.

When Roy Houseman stepped down last December to work as a legislative assistant with the United Steelworkers, Hertz was one of 17 applicants who filed for the open seat. Cynthia Wolken ended up at the top of that heap, a development Hertz says didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really surprise him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a chance I was going to get it. There was no way. I just wanted to be part of the process and get my name out there.â&#x20AC;?

Walzer sees some logic to the disparity between the rush for Housemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat and this early election-season lull. When applying to fill a vacancy, â&#x20AC;&#x153;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no filing fee, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not yard signs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot easier to throw your hat in the ring that way.â&#x20AC;? And with a progressive like Walzer as incumbentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she says she hopes to focus on quality sidewalks, parks, and schools as economic drivers in another termâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;other progressives may not want to rock the boat by running against her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The filing is in the first part of May and the general election will not be until November,â&#x20AC;?

Walzer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very long interview process.â&#x20AC;?

Alex Sakariassen

Siberian tigers that Billings stands to lose soon. ZooMontana officially lost its accreditation last week, which will likely result in the relocation of its otters, grizzly bears, red pandas, and the tigers over the next few weeks.

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The United States Postal Service is hemorrhaging money. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking at a cumulative $238 billion shortfall by 2020. To adapt, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shrinking staff and closing offices.

Montana offices on the chopping block include some in Butte, Helena, Havre, and Miles City.

We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to look far to find evidence of the postal service being stretched too thin. One Indy staffer is still waiting on four boxes of books he mailed from St. Louis to Missoula two months ago. Where did they go? Is there a stockpile of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Philip Roth somewhere in South Dakota?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the only ones looking for lost stuff. Word is, the USPS specializes in shipping cremains. But just last week we spotted a sad little news report about an Ohioan named Stanley Miller, Jr. According to his mother, Miller was an avid outdoorsman who always wanted to hunt in Montana. When he died of a heart attack at 62, his family decided he should finally make the trip. They had him cremated, packed up, and shipped out on April 26 to Hot Springs. An Ohio news station reports the cremains were last spotted leaving Cleveland on April 27.

By May 6, Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remains had vanished.

Miller might have company. The ashes of a woman shipped from Wisconsin to Hawaii never made it to her own service last month.. Despite her absence, a Madison news station reports that the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family still held a memorial for her on a catamaran in the Pacific Ocean.

Did somebody at USPS open the urns and sneeze?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that email, text messaging, and instant chat are changing our entire communications landscape. The lumbering 235-year-old postal service now stands as a relic of a former time. We hate to say it, USPS, but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember the last time you actually brought us something we wanted. Most of the stuff that shows up in out mailboxâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;power bills, pleas for donations, and slick postcards that advertise better TV, smarter phones, and faster Internetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gets tossed faster than you can say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dude, whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our package?â&#x20AC;?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get us wrong, we love postal workers, especially our mailman. He lugs big bags in bad weather and deals with mean dogs. Rather than wielding pepper spray he carries puppy treats.

But despite his efforts and those of others like him, the USPS is feeling more and more like an expensive TRex limping toward a date with a comet.

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Last Friday, an immature cannabis plant passionately about cannabis genetics and the cannabinoid that makes Misty so appeared at Garden Mother Herbs in things like “multi-gene inheritance, F1s and unique. Some patients are drawn to CBDMissoula like a baby on the doorstep. F2s, and inbreed lines.” He likens the heavy strains because, unlike THC, CBD Katrina Farnum, the business’s owner, said genetic variability of cannabis to that of doesn’t make them high, but it still proshe has no clue where it came from. All that dogs. “The variety that’s potentially out vides therapeutic effects. Leibenguth had identified the five-inch-tall plant was a white there and available is just staggering,” he found a niche in developing high-CBD label stuck in the soil with the word “Misty” says, adding that “the ability to manipulate strains, including Misty. He hired Montana that into such a specific direction” is Botanical Analysis, a Bozeman-based Sharpied on it. cannabis lab, to quantify the strains’ That was enough for Farnum, a medical “unique to cannabis.”

SB 423 limits caregivers—who, come cannabinoid levels. marijuana caregiver, to know that she’d been entrusted with a special strain of cannabis— July 1, will be called “providers”—to three MCM may be forced to shut down in one that someone wants to six weeks, but Leibenguth preserve. plans to ensure that his Misty is among the few plants’ genetics live on. cannabis strains in Montana “On July 1, if they come in found to contain high levels of and they want to take CBD, or cannabidiol, a noneverything, I’m going to psychotropic compound scihave these seeds buried in entists have zeroed in on to the yard or something so I help treat cancer, diabetes, don’t have to worry about muscle spasms, nausea, them being taken,” inflammation, and pain, Leibenguth says. “They’ll among other conditions. take all the plant material As the medical marijuana and they’ll probably get the community counts down to Misty strain unless someJuly 1, when the industry will body can hold onto it. It’s a be all but outlawed, the very vital strain to hold anonymous delivery of the onto.”

Misty clone reflects one of the Exacerbating the loss of caregivers’ top concerns. genetic breeding programs, “People are feeling so presthe Montana Legislature sured and so stressed to make nixed giving legal cover to sure that those genetics are cannabis labs like Montana protected, that they’re safe,” Botanical Analysis. Chemist Farnum says. “At this point, it’s Noel Palmer, the lab’s direcnot even about having busitor, says it’s a “slap in the ness diversity, it’s, ‘Holy crap, face” that the legislature save these plants. Just save failed to acknowledge the them. Everyone, someone, role labs play in developing Photo by Chad Harder take a cutting or whatever and new strains of marijuana and take care of it the best you New restrictions on medical marijuana could force some bringing quality control to the growers to abandon cannabis varieties they’ve spent years industry. Palmer, like many can.’”

When Senate Bill 423 developing. others employed by the medbecomes law, the for-profit ical marijuana industry, now medical marijuana industry that’s exploded patients. That’s too few for providers to finds himself looking for another job. over the last two years will be replaced with develop true breeding programs, Jack “I think once we realize how powerful a grow-your-own model that will shift mari- contends. “You can forget about having of a medicine it really is, we’re really going juana production from professional grow- the ability to choose specific strains for to be wishing that we had done what we houses to the closets and basements of thou- specific ailments. In fact, it’s going to be a could to encourage diversity rather than sands of patients who probably have never lot more like the black market, where you stamp it out,” Jack says. grown marijuana before. What will be lost, don’t even get to choose between indica In the meantime, he says, he’s looking caregivers say, is the patients’ ability to and sativa.” The effects of indicas tend to to another plant to keep his skills sharp. “I obtain cannabis strains bred for certain be more physical whereas sativas’ are want to start developing tomato varieties, more cerebral. effects and to treat specific ailments. just so I can practice and learn more about “It’s like, ‘Here, I brought some mari- how different traits combine. I can apply so “I feel terrible for people who are starting from seed, because it’s a crapshoot,” juana for you,’” Jack continues. “There’s no much of what I learn doing that to cannabis says one grower and caregiver, whom we’ll more to it.” if and when I ever get an opportunity to In March, when federal agents raided [begin] a true breeding program of call Jack. (He asked to remain anonymous in the wake of federal agents raiding 26 MCM Caregivers, in Belgrade, they seized cannabis—not just some closet, pollenmedical marijuana businesses across the between 500 and 700 cannabis plants, chucking sort of thing.” state in March.) Jack, who’s grown cannabis says owner Randy Leibenguth. Many of for his patients for nearly five years, speaks the strains contained high levels of CBD, mfrank@missoulanews.com

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Rocket men Montana’s small and burning aerospace industry

by Jessica Mayrer

Rusting cars, piles of gravel, mangled bits of metal, and unruly weeds surround a white shipping container perched in the middle of an industrial park 10 miles southwest of Butte. On the surface, the Butte AeroTec facility doesn’t look like much.

Inside the shipping container, however, another story unfolds. Four black computer screens hang above a window that opens to a view of a rocket-testing site. “This is what we call our control room,” says Dave Micheletti, the director of the Montana Aerospace Development Association.

Yes, there are rockets in Montana. And rocket scientists.

Micheletti helped form this nonprofit in 2002 to incubate and grow the aero-

drinking water across the country that has been linked to thyroid problems.

SPG researchers say paraffin-based propellant is also easier to handle than traditional fuel, which is stored as a fluid or solid. Fluid, for one, leaks. As for solid propellant, once it ignites, it doesn’t stop, making it tough to control.

Because paraffin power is cheaper and safer, Cantwell and his peers hope it will make space travel more accessible—for everyone. The Air Force appears to agree that there’s something to SPG’s technology.

It recently renewed a five-year contract with the company, which will enable it to continue its work in Butte. “They’re actually the key government entity that is support-

Photo courtesy of MADA

A rocket anchored to the ground at the Butte AeroTec facility consumes fuel made with candle wax and liquid oxygen.

space industry in Montana. In 2009, MADA joined forces with the for-profit, Silicon Valley-based Space Propulsion Group. Now the partners say research at the ramshackle Montana facility could revolutionize space travel. “It could be applied to systems capable of taking tourists in space,” says Brian Cantwell, retired chair of Stanford University’s Aeronautics and Astronautics Department and a founding member of SPG. Information is gathered in the site’s control room via a spider web of wires that connect sensors at the rocket testing site, hundreds of yards away, to a series of computers that allow aerospace engineers to glean, among other things, how fast hybrid rocket fuel burns.

Cantwell, along with Mustafa Arif Karabeyoglu, who earned his doctorate at Stanford, developed the fuel that’s being tested in Butte. Made with paraffin and liquid oxygen, it’s essentially candle wax with an oxidizing kick. The propellant is environmentally benign compared to conventional rocket fuel, which is made with things like perchlorate, a chemical found in

ing this research,” Cantwell says.

That’s good news for Micheletti. A Butte native, he says he’s been working pro bono for the past 10 years with his boyhood friend Jim Kambich to grow MADA and Montana’s fledgling aerospace industry. “Both of us are committed to the wellbeing and the future growth of this community,” he says. “That’s the primary driver.”

Micheletti and MADA launched the Butte facility two years ago. Before that, he earned a master’s degree in engineering science from the University of Idaho. He also worked for heavy hitters in the aerospace realm including Boeing and the Air Force. Meanwhile, the third-generation Montanan always envisioned coming home to Butte somehow.

But decades after nearly all of the copper mines that grew the historic city shuttered, the local community continues to weather economic uncertainty. It’s tough to make a living here, where windows in many of the tall brick buildings dotting downtown are broken and covered with plywood. “I decided I wanted

my kids to be raised here,” Micheletti says. “I wanted to do what I love, too. So I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to try to find a way to build my own activity here rather than rely on somebody else.’”

He called Kambich, who through his work with the Montana Economic Revitalization and Development Institute specializes in forming public and private partnerships. The two set about lobbying local, state, and federal governments along with private industries to secure financial and political support. In 2002, they formed the nonprofit MADA. MADA achieved a significant victory when it wooed SPG to Butte. The publicprivate partnership reflects a trend that’s increasingly taking place at the federal level. In fact, as NASA retires the last of its shuttle fleet this year—Endeavour launched for the final time Monday—the agency is beginning to contract much of its workload to for-profit entities.

That could bode well for SPG and MADA. Since 2009 the partners have successfully conducted a series of tests of an 11inch-diameter rocket. On January 18, however, during the first test of a 24-inch-diameter rocket, something went wrong. An explosion shook scientists and destroyed the steel-sided enclosure the rocket was anchored in. No one was injured. “We felt the shock wave, of course,” says Micheletti, who was in the control room. “There was a pretty good sized fireball.”

Micheletti and his peers believe a leaky valve allowed liquid oxygen to pool and, once ignited, caused the blast. They resumed testing on April 28. They now use a new test cell surrounded by three concrete walls and topped by a 2,300pound steel blast net that hangs from a thick chain.

For the first time, at the end of April, engineers in Butte tested a lightweight, flight-ready fiberglass outer casing that resembles real-world space technology, rather than the heavier steel casing used in earlier trials. Cantwell says he hopes to eventually fire up a 50-inch-diameter rocket in Butte. “This could be the basis for a vehicle that could launch very small payloads,” he explains.

As for Micheletti, he’s delighted that SPG recently opened a small Montana office in downtown Butte’s historic Thornton Building.

“This is starting to have pretty good economic impact,” he says. jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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Triage won’t save us We’re drowning in river silt and debt Those who have experience in combat or emergency services know the term “triage.” Basically, when you’re faced with an overwhelming number of injuries, triage means you prioritize your efforts to save the maximum number of injured, even if it means letting the worst cases expire. It’s never kind or easy—just the opposite, in fact. Now, thanks to a couple of perfect storms on both the climatic and financial fronts, our nation is in full-on triage mode.

As the news reports roll in of billions of dollars in damages from the flooding Mississippi River, it’s obvious that the lowlands of Missouri and Louisiana and their inhabitants are being sacrificed to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans from a disaster predicted to be much worse than Hurricane Katrina. Those urban areas are also home to scores of oil refineries and chemical plants that would cause tremendous pollution for both the river delta and the already battered Gulf of Mexico should they be destroyed by flooding.

This case of modern triage entails some of the most drastic actions ever taken by the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that controls the levees along the river, including intentionally blowing holes in Missouri’s levees and opening floodgates to submerge huge areas of Louisiana.

Following the floods of 1927, the Corps began construction on a series of floodgates that would, in a dire emergency, be opened to allow the mighty river to flood low-lying areas that are now inhabited by thousands of families.

For the first time in 40 years, the Corps opened those floodgates this week, pouring millions of gallons of river water over farms, fields, homes, and businesses. To deal with the swollen Mississippi, officials from the Corps estimate some areas may wind up under 25 feet or more of water, mud, and debris.

“We’re using every flood control tool we have in the system,” the Corps’ Major General Michael Walsh told reporters this week, just before opening the floodgates on the Morganza spillway to inundate the surrounding countryside. That the Corps opened three flood-control systems at once illustrates the magnitude of the crisis and the necessity for the triage in which our federal government sacrifices the homes and livelihoods of some citizens so that others may be spared.

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form of triage is taking place in Washington, D.C., where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is facing what is now being called an “increasingly probable” default by the U.S. government. After hitting the $14,294,000,000,000 debt ceiling this week—that would be 14 TRILLION, 294 BILLION dollars—our government can no longer borrow money to stay afloat unless and until Congress agrees to raise its debt limit.

But here’s the rub: America’s debt has climbed almost unimaginably in the

This case of modern triage entails some of the most drastic actions ever taken by the Army Corps of Engineers.

last decade, nearly tripling from just over $5 trillion in 2001, and now amounts to nearly $50,000 of debt for each man, woman, and child in the U.S. That astounding number—and the fact that we borrow more than 40 percent of our funds from China—has begun to sink in for members of Congress and the citizens they represent.

In a recent Gallup poll, 47 percent of respondents said their Congressional representatives should not vote to raise the debt ceiling any higher while only 19 percent thought they should. As most folks know, the Tea Party and the Republicans have made serious inroads against what was once Democratic control of both Congress and the White House by highlighting the mounting fed-

eral debt and the free-spending habits of Congress. That Congress will vote to raise the debt ceiling, plunging all Americans even further in debt, is far from certain. In fact, it has become and will undoubtedly continue to be one of the hottest political issues.

Treasury Secretary Geithner says he is invoking a number of what he called “extraordinary” accounting measures to stretch the nation’s fiscal credibility until August 2. As part of that, the triage already employed is to stop paying into two federal pension funds as of this week. But since it would take a reduction of $125 billion per month in federal spending to get the U.S. by for the rest of the fiscal year without borrowing more money, Geithner’s triage is unlikely to succeed should Congress not vote to raise the debt ceiling.

Should the U.S. government default, early projections are that the impact would plunge the nation into a doubledip recession as investors question America’s capability to repay its loans.

Interest rates would likely rise, there could be runs on money-market funds, and the value of the dollar would plunge. A report released this week by a D.C. think tank estimates 700,000 jobs would be lost and the average 401(k) account would lose almost $9,000.

While our country turns to triage in its crises, perhaps it’s time to ask how these disasters came to be. The flooding is not just a natural phenomenon.

Predictions have been made for years of the effect global climate change would have on America. Increased precipitation in the Midwest is one of those predicted changes. Our own scientists told us this was coming and we ignored them. Now we pay the price–or at least some of us do. In the fiscal crisis, the signals have been even more obvious and subject to far less skepticism than climate change.

And likewise, we have ignored them.

Our nation is now against the wall.

We’re going broke and drowning in our own pollution-caused floods.

Somewhere soon we’d best find those with the political courage to make the necessary changes, because this time, triage won’t save us.

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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Let gas prices rise I love my SUV and fear climate change

by Carla Wise

I love my purple 4Runner. She’s a 1998 stick shift with 177,000 miles on the odometer, and her name is Jesse. She’s been all over the West, camping on dirt roads and shuttling for river trips.

Once, in the high desert of central Oregon, I hit a patch of ice going fast on a cold, bluebird day, and slid, spun around, and came to rest with a jolt just two inches from a large ponderosa pine. She’s never broken down, and as she gets older and more scraped up, I only grow more attached. Yet I devote a lot of my time to writing about climate change. So my attachment to Jesse––who is, let’s face it, an SUV––can seem on good days like an inexplicable quirk and on bad days like hypocrisy.

Why this admission? Because I’ve come to understand, in a personal way, the dilemmas involved in wrestling with what is necessary, desirable, and even possible in addressing the climate crisis.

Perhaps it is already too late to prevent catastrophic climate change. But if it’s not, solutions will need to include both technological fixes—electric vehicles, windmills, solar cells, etc.—and remaking our lives so that fossil fuel isn’t required for almost everything we consume. We’ll need both these approaches, and neither really leaves much room for my 4Runner. Yet why has so little progress been made? And why haven’t I given up my beloved vehicle?

I have made changes; I drive less, garden more, buy more local organic food, buy renewable energy from our power company. But these changes will never be enough to turn this thing around in time.

Anyone working seriously on this issue must know this, too. The needed shifts will never take place simply by choice, and in any case, these shifts are way too small.

There is broad scientific agreement

that to address global warming, greenhouse gas emissions must be cut sharply and quickly. This will not happen based on individual acts of conscience.

I am not the first to notice this. I am just one illustration of why it is true. Even though I know that individual choices are

My attachment to Jesse–who is, let’s face it, an SUV–can seem on good days like an inexplicable quirk and on bad days like hypocrisy. destabilizing the climate and threatening our wellbeing and our very survival, I continue to drive.

The scale of change we need will be hard. Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, argues for cap-and-trade legislation along with a mechanism to phase out coal, because the big changes required will happen only when it is too expensive not to make them. Unfortunately, federal efforts to pass a cap-and-trade law have foundered, and Congress is now attempting to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, at the moment, legislative solutions seem impossible in a Congress filled with stubborn cli-

mate-change deniers.

So I’m doing two things: working to protect the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and hoping gas prices keep going up, an unpopular position if there ever was one. I know some people will suffer. I am not making light of the pain of this. For the poorest among us, skyrocketing gas prices in 2008 caused serious hardship, including hunger and homelessness.

Today, we are again unprepared to pay a lot more for gas, food, and everything else that is affected by higher energy prices.

But the last time gas prices approached $4 a gallon, General Motors closed four truck plants and halted Hummer SUV production. Home sales in far removed subdivisions fell much faster than those closer to urban centers. People began driving less, and ridership on public transportation went up all over the country.

Skyrocketing oil prices, as painful as they are, may help us start doing what’s necessary. As for me, while I have not sold Jesse, this latest gas price spike has helped me change my habits again. I’ve given up driving one day a week, and started busing and carpooling much more often.

I’ve called my political representatives to ask them not to allow amendments stripping the EPA of its authority. And I’m hoping that the next election will bring a saner approach to climate change action.

In the meantime, rising oil prices, along with mounting climate destabilization, might just cause enough pain to spur us into action before our window of opportunity closes and the climate spirals out of control.

Carla Wise is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She lives in Corvallis, Oregon.

Beer Drinkers’ Profile Almost Famous

Tyler & Sam

What brings you to the Iron Horse today?

A welcoming celebration for Sam before we go up to Glacier to work for the summer.

If you could be any celebrity for a day, who would you be?

A. Tyler: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sam: Biggie Smalls.

Beer Of Choice?

Big Sky IPA

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Love her or hate her, there’s no denying that Lady Gaga is firmly rooted into America’s pop culture psyche.

But besides her flashy outfits and catchy songs, you might not know this about her: She’s a steadfast supporter and advocate of gay rights.

I bring her up because this week, The Pride Foundation and The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana have teamed up to bring you draGAGA, a benefit drag show that honors the pop star and also raises money for Pride Foundation/Montana, a regional offshoot of the national organization, created in 2007, that aims to connect and strengthen Montana’s gay rights movement.

If you’re not familiar with the Pride Foundation, here’s a little primer: Since its inception in 1985 in Seattle, it’s awarded more than

$25 million in grants and educational scholarships to equality-minded organizations and students in the nor thwest. This includes some $250,000 worth of grants/scholarships awarded in Montana.

As for Saturday’s drag show, it’s open to any and all participants who’d like to be a drag queen or king, as well as spectators. If you’d like to lend your hand another way, both organizations are also looking for volunteers to help throw the fete.

–Ira Sather-Olson

THURSDAY MAY 19

Health Care Center. Free to peruse, but plants are $1 and up. Call 381-1699.

Help support the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM, aka MOLLI, and get a chance to dine at the residence of Ray and Susie Risho in July when the institute hosts a drawing for the dinner at the end of this month. $10, with tickets available at Worden’s Market, The Silk Road, Loopy Knit/Crochet, and the MOLLI office. Visit umt.edu/ce/plus50.

Children ages 8–14 who are grieving the death of a loved one can find support this summer during the Tamarack Grief Resource Center’s A Camp to Remember, which runs June 16–June 19. Early registration ends today. Visit tamarackgriefresourcecenter.org for details and pricing or call 541-8472.

All AmeriCorps members, alumni, and their supporters are hereby invited to a cookout and potluck in recognition of AmeriCorps Week, which runs from 6–8 PM at the Greenough Park shelter, off of Monroe St. Free, but bring a dish to share. Call 243-5531 to RSVP.

FRIDAY MAY 20 Missoula County is seeking public comment on the City-County draft Emergency Operations Plan. Visit co.missoula.mt.us/oes/plans/ default.htm to check out the document. Call 258-4469.

SATURDAY MAY 21 Snag some greens and support a worthy cause during a garden plant sale fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, which runs from 9 AM–1 PM at Village Health Care Center, 2651 South Ave. W. The sale also occurs at the Village Senior Residence, Hillside Health Care Center and Riverside

The draGAGA benefit drag show is Sat., May 21, with doors open at 9 PM at Fuse at Deano’s Casino, 5318 W Harrier. Lineup up for performers is between 8–9:30 PM. $5/$10 for those aged 18–20. Call 546-7017 and visit pridefoundation.org.

SUNDAY MAY 22 The Terrapin Farm Certified Organic Greenhouse open house continues from 10 AM–5 PM at the farm, 6505 Farm to Market Road near Whitefish, and offers tours, info on organic farming methods and other activities. Free. Call 862-6362.

MONDAY MAY 23 Help support an organization that offers summer bereavement camps for kids when the Tamarack Grief Resource Center presents its A Taste to Remember benefit dinner, which features five courses from local chefs, plus a silent and live auction, at 6 PM at The Ranch Club, 8501 Ranch Club Road. $180 per couple/$100 per person. Call 541-8472 to RSVP.

TUESDAY MAY 24 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.

WEDNESDAY MAY 25 Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Free.

Visit kettlehouse.com.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department solved a 2004 murder case after homicide investigator Kevin Lloyd recognized the crime depicted in a tattoo on the chest of Anthony Garcia, 25. The 30-year department veteran had been at the scene of the liquor store slaying and remembered the details when he spotted Garcia’s elaborate tattoo while reviewing snapshots of gang members’ markings. Deputies arrested Garcia and put him in a cell with an undercover detective posing as suspect. Garcia soon began bragging about the liquor store killing, which the undercover detective dutifully recorded and played at Garcia’s trial. “Think about it,” Capt. Mike Parker said after Garcia’s conviction. “He tattooed his confession on his chest.” (Los Angeles Times) Atlanta police responding to a 3 a.m. break-in at a middle school quickly nabbed one suspect, but the other ran away. As an officer gave chase, the man grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried to discharge it at the officer but ran smack into a wall. He was treated for a head injury, and police took both suspects into custody. (Atlanta’s WSB-TV) SALT IN THE WOUND - The New York Times departed from its official style by dropping the honorific “Mr.” on second reference to the late Osama bin Laden. (memo from Tom Jolly, associate managing editor, reported by the Poynter Institute) OFF THE RECORD - Requests seeking public documents from Mike Huckabee’s 12 years as governor of Arkansas brought a response from current Gov. Mike Beebe’s chief legal counsel, Tim Gauger, that “former Governor Huckabee did not leave behind any hard-copies of the types of documents you seek. Moreover, at that time, all of the computers used by former Governor Huckabee and his staff had already been removed from the office and, as we understand it, the hard-drives in those computers had already been ‘cleaned’ and physically destroyed.” Huckabee and his aides have also blocked access to videotapes of his sermons as a Southern Baptist minister. An official at one of the churches he led said that much of the archival material pertaining to Huckabee’s tenure had been destroyed. Some of Huckabee’s gubernatorial papers do exist and are in the hands of Ouachita Baptist University, which indicated the records wouldn’t be accessible until after the 2012 presidential campaign. (Mother Jones) HOMELAND INSECURITY - The government reported that 247 people on its official terror watch list legally bought firearms in 2010 after submitting to required background checks. About the same number of people suspected of having ties to terrorism also successfully bought guns in 2009. (Associated Press) PROBLEM SOLVED - Changing diets for cows and sheep might reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, according to research funded by Britain’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Feeding the animals high-sugar grasses, for example, could reduce the animals’ methane emissions by 20 percent for every kilogram of weight gain, and naked oats could reduce methane emissions from sheep by 33 percent. Burping and farting cows and sheep account for nearly 9 percent of all British greenhouse gas emissions. (Reuters) To help Workforce Central Florida raise awareness of its services, the federally funded jobs agency created a cartoon character named Dr. Evil Unemployment and spent more than $14,000 on 6,000 satiny superhero capes to distribute to jobless residents who became a fan on its Facebook page, took a Facebook quiz or had their photo taken with a foam cutout of Dr. Evil Unemployment. “Everyone is a superhero in the fight against unemployment,” agency vice president Kimberly Sullivan declared before public ridicule ended the program after the money was spent. (Orlando Sentinel) READY TO RUMBLE - When a 73-year-old school crossing guard in Lansing, Mich., tried to break up a fight between a 6-year-old boy and his 7-year-old classmate, the parents of the 6-year-old attacked him. James Thompson wound up with a broken tooth, and police charged Shareka McKinney, 29, and Darell Livingston, 26, with assault and battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Before Thompson stepped in, the 6-year-old threw a punch that knocked the other boy to the ground.

(Lansing State Journal) FRIENDS INDEED - After driving a friend to a pharmacy in Mountain View, Calif., to pick up her prescription for painkillers, a husband and wife demanded the 50-year-old woman hand over the drugs.

When she refused, according to police official Liz Wylie, the wife, who was riding in the front seat with her husband driving, reached back, stole $160 from the victim’s purse, took the bottle containing about 90 oxycodone pills and punched her three times in the face. When the victim tried to phone for help, the husband took her cellphone. The wife then threw the victim’s dog out the window, and the husband shoved the victim out of the moving car. “We know who the suspects are,” Wylie said. “I think they’ve been friends for years.” (Palo Alto Daily News) OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD - Human cannonball Matt Cranch, 23, was shot 50 feet into the air as part of Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show, which was performing at England’s Kent County Showground, but the cannon’s recoil caused the safety net to collapse. Cranch hit the ground headfirst, according to witnesses, and died at the hospital. (Britain’s Daily Mail) END OF AN ERA - The Florida House voted to repeal the state’s “potty parity” law, which was enacted in 1992 after women complained of long lines at restrooms at football games. The law mandated an equal male-to-female toilet ratio in public buildings. A staff analysis leading to the provision’s repeal found that including the International Plumbing Code into Florida’s Building Code provides a better standard based on overall building occupancy. (Associated Press) DON’T HAVE A COW, MAN - A man wearing a cow costume stole 26 gallons of milk, retail value $92, from a Wal-Mart store in Stafford County, Va. He was observed crawling out of the store, imitating a cow. Witnesses said the man handed the milk to passersby, then rose up on two feet and was last seen “skipping down the sidewalk,” according to sheriff’s official Bill Kennedy. A deputy responding to a call of a disturbance at a nearby McDonald’s spotted a man, not wearing a cow suit, who seemed to match the thief’s description. The deputy found a cow suit in the man’s car and charged Jonathan Payton, 18, with a misdemeanor. “I suspect it was a prank that went too far,” Kennedy said. “It would have been funny if he hadn’t taken the milk.” (Manassas News & Messenger)

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ick Swanson has super powers.

He’s got perfect pitch, always has. He’ll start singing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” and even nail that “da-da-da” guitar part at the beginning.

He’ll burst out with a deep baritone rendition of a ’70s classic like Neil Diamond’s “September Morn,” astonishing bystanders.

He knows shadows. He checks the Missoulian every day, in print, to get the times for sunrise and sunset, and from there he knows where and when a certain triangle will fall across a wall or a tree trunk will become a diagonal across a sidewalk.

His memory is phenomenal. Tell him your birthday—let’s say January 7, 1976— and in fewer than five seconds he can correctly tell you that you were born on a Wednesday. You say “May 6, 1957”—and he puts his fingers to his temples, and announces, “Monday.” He can do this backward and forward, into the past and future. Imagine having that kind of memory, that calculating power in your head—and being kept under 24-hour supervision.

Dick, who is 57, can be intimidating with his 6’6” frame, especially for strangers when he raises his voice or stands too close.

He was sitting on his porch recently, drinking a diet Mountain Dew, when I asked him what it meant to him to be autistic.

It means having habits, he said. His voice was abrupt and robotic.

How old was he when he learned he had autism?

He can’t remember.

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then switched to Sentinel High School in 1971. He remembers learning about cirrus and cumulus clouds in science class, and about stored potential energy, and having to ask teachers for help because he couldn’t focus on his studies. He had a hard time talking to his classmates. He was thinking a lot about shadows and clouds and time zones.

time. He was allowed to walk places by himself—he remembers that, and that he wanted to buy a cake and eat it all himself, but he knew his mom would be mad.

Back in Missoula, he moved out of Max and Betty’s house again. This time he went to live with Father George Dumais, who cared for a handful of local men with disabilities. Dick started to get

built on the south side of the city in 2005.

He selected the design and the colors and moved into a quiet neighborhood.

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he term “autism” is derived from the Greek word for “self.” It was coined in 1911 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler to describe a symptom of schizophrenia

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n 1953, the Soviets detonated an Hbomb, the University of Montana built Dahlberg Arena, and Max and Betty Swanson adopted an infant boy from the nursery wing of Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena and brought him to Missoula.

Max was an accountant. Betty was a hand model for Palmolive. They lived in a red house on Mount Street, blissfully unaware that there was anything out of the ordinary about Dick.

Max taught accounting at UM. Betty picked apples from the trees in their backyard to make apple sauce and pies.

They took Dick to their cabin on Flathead Lake and swimming at Lolo Hot Springs.

He watched his parents get ready for parties held by Lincoln Electric and the Missoula Electric Cooperative.

At some point, though, they must have realized Dick wasn’t like other boys.

In 1962, when he was 9, they sent him away, to the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School at the University of Chicago.

The Orthogenic School opened in 1915, for children with emotional disorders. Its dormitories had valuable antique furniture. The students ate on fine china with silverware. Dick rode on the subway.

He came home to Missoula in 1966.

In 1968 he entered Hellgate High School,

Swanson finally got a home of his own in 2005 when he used money from his parents’ trust to have this Southside house built.

In 1974, when Dick was 21, Betty and Max, apparently out of options, sent him to a group home in Helena. Dick remembers being drugged “like a zombie” there.

In 1980 he came home again. In April of that year, he remembers, he flew with his mom and dad to Palo Alto, Calif. He had $20. They went to The Sizzler for dinner two nights in a row. They were on the verge of changing over to daylight savings

assistance from Opportunity Resources, Inc., a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities to get jobs, housing, counseling, transportation, and recreation. He got a job in ORI’s wood products division, stacking boards. He lived in four ORI group homes.

Betty died in 1998. Max died the next year. Dick was alone in the world again, but his parents had left him a trust fund.

He had enough money to have a house

that entailed withdrawing from society. In 1943 it was first used to describe a disorder unto itself, and the first diagnosis was made of what we now call autism.

The Orthogenic School, which Dick attended, took the lead in treating children with autism. From 1944 to 1969, under the direction of child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, the school became well known for its unorthodox and controversial treatments. Bettelheim instituted

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With the VSA Montana choir, Swanson sings the national anthem at the Western Montana Special Olympics in April.

He has the powers of a savant, such as his perfect pitch and his memory.

Yet he’s frozen in the dilemma of not being able to fully use them or be recognized for them, because they seem to come with social limitations.

“milieu” therapy in which patients were placed in groups of 30. They were encouraged to form attachments and take responsibility for the group. The fine china and antique furniture was meant to give them a homey atmosphere and integrate them into society. Some were given electro-shock treatments.

Solutions for parents were hard to come by. Children with autism were frequently institutionalized. The Orthogenic School offered an alternative for the price of a boarding school, but it had its own costs. Bettelheim thought autism affected the children of emotionally frigid women, a theory that wasn’t discredited until the 1970s, when other theories

involving biology and environmental factors replaced it.

After Bettelheim died in 1990, there would be two stories told: that he was a compassionate man who made great headway in helping students with autism at the Orthogenic School, and that he was a dictatorial patriarch whose treatment crossed the line into child abuse.

There are some core symptoms that denote autism: lack of facial expression, preoccupation with a narrow range of topics, repetitive speech, and difficulty understanding subtext or humor. But the symptoms differ from person to person.

Mostly, it’s become clear that autism can be dramatically different for each individual, giving way to the idea of an autistic spectrum. One person with autism might be barely able to communicate or function, while others, such as the author and animal rights activist Temple Grandin, can give national talks and use their autistic abilities to great advantage.

Dick Swanson is somewhere in the middle of all that. He has the powers of a savant, such as his perfect pitch and his memory. Yet he’s frozen in the dilemma of not being able to fully use them or be recognized for them, because they seem to come with social limitations. He has trouble making eye contact. He gets easily distracted from some tasks while becoming obsessed with others. He can be overly literal. Words can become his Kryptonite.

O On weekends, Swanson heads out at very specific times to observe and photograph his favorite shadows.

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n the opening day of the Special Olympics in Missoula, in late April, Dick and the other choir members stand in a bleak wind to sing the national anthem. They’re part of VSA Montana, an organization whose clients are diverse; some have autism, some have Down’s

syndrome, some have other developmental disabilities. VSA gives them all a chance to sing and dance and paint.

Dick towers in the choir’s back row.

When the director, Malcolm Lowe, tells them to begin, he mouths a couple of the words and then, almost inaudibly, repeats the syllables of one word over and over. It’s not until the choir gets to the final line, “for the land of the free and the home of the brave,” that he sings every word with gusto.

When he gets stuck on words, it’s as though he’s fallen into their sounds.

When I ask him about his dad having been a CPA, he repeats the word “CPA” followed quietly by “APC, APC, APC.” When he says “subway,” he reconfigures the syllables into “I-de-sub, i-de-sub, i-de-sub,” as though he’s puzzling out an anagram.

Alayne Dolson, the director of VSA Montana and pianist for the choir, says that it takes a while for Dick to learn lyrics, but when he does, he’s able to sing beautiful solos. (For his upcoming show at the VSA Montana Cabaret on May 19, he’ll sing a solo for “Wandrin’ Star” from Paint Your Wagon.)

“It takes repetition for him to remember all the words,” she says. “You know that he’s listening, you know that he’s processing, but there are other sound-related things going on in his head that make it hard to focus.”

Over the years, he’s built up a repertoire of conversation topics. When Dolson first met him he only wanted to talk about the seasons and holidays. He got distracted if you wished him a merry Christmas before he got a chance to say it first. Now he talks about many things, including music. He tells Dolson that when he was little he heard a piece of music that made him cry because it was so beautiful, but that he would never let

his mother see him cry because she would think he was sad.

“People often think that those with autism don’t have empathy,” she says to me. “But they just have different ways of expressing. They’re acutely aware of disappointing people.”

Dick also takes dance class. Two years ago Dolson saw him skip for the first time. This year, she saw him jump in the air. For Dick, it was about trusting that nothing bad would happen if both his feet left the ground at the same time.

He has a treatment staff at ORI. One of them is with him at all times when he’s at home, where he also lives with a roommate. The staff have rules: Don’t touch people’s hair. Don’t tease or taunt your peers. Don’t raise your voice. No physical intimidation. No ignoring staff requests. If he follows the rules, he can get up to 13 points a day, which can lead to more freedoms. If he gets ready for work on time, he gets a diet pop. The idea is to teach him to be independent, but the structure is also limiting. If he wants to go somewhere—to look at a shadow, or get ice cream—he needs to have a staff person accompany him. That’s hard for him to accept. “I do not like being treated as a child,” he says.

He likes to talk about breaking rules.

Riding in a car, he might tell you to take a left where a sign says no left turn simply because he wants to see what will happen. He once tried to get into the Western Montana Fair without paying but was told it would be unfair to the people who had paid. That was 12 years ago, and he still brings it up, often.

Dick might obsess about rules because they seem arbitrary. He was getting ready to run in a Special Olympics race once and turned around at the starting line to face the other way. When he was asked to face in the same direction as the other runners, he pointed out that it would be an equal distance in either direction.

People who enforce rules fascinate him. Every Halloween he dresses up as a policeman, and he talks to city police whenever he gets the chance. He tells me that he once dreamt that he was back in Helena, trying to talk to a cop who said, “Not now. I’m busy with another man.”

He thought the cop was angry at him and awoke relieved that he was in his bedroom in Missoula.

As for goals, he doesn’t aspire to astound the world with his voice or his memory. Someday, he says, he wants to walk to the Kiwanis annual pancake breakfast by himself.

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en Hoyle, one of the ORI staffers who works with Dick, was sitting on his porch with him on a recent afternoon.

“What do you think people should know about you?” she asked.

“If I am tall, would I be able to touch the ceiling?” he said.

“Can you?” she asked.

He stood and touched the ceiling of his porch. “I guess I can,” he said.

“What are your hopes and dreams?” she asked.

“Hopes and dreams?” he repeated.

“What’s one of your goals?”

“To go to New York City. Be living on Eastern Daylight Time.”

“What would you do there?”

“Ride the subway. Visit the NYPD.” “Did you ever talk to your parents about being different?”

“Yes.” “What did they say?”

“That I tap things.”

“How did you feel about being different from other kids?”

“I was jealous of them.”

“How do you want people to treat you?”

“With respect.”

“Do you feel like people treat you with respect now?”

“Yes.” “What do you want people to know about autism?”

He paused. “About autism?”

“Is that a hard question?”

“Yes.”

Dick keeps close track of time, as though he’s trying to hold onto it. He stares at his wristwatch waiting for it to hit 1:32 p.m., when the sun will be directly overhead. When 1:32 has come and gone, he keeps looking at his watch.

He’s waiting now for 1:55.

“What happens at 1:55?” I ask.

“At 1:55 I say, ‘It’s just about 3 in Chicago,’” he says. “‘Just about 3 in New Orleans.’”

On a recent May day, he greeted his neighbors, a man and his son. He wanted to wish the man’s wife a happy Mother’s Day a day early, but she wasn’t there.

The next day I went with him to the Missoula Cemetery, where his mom is

buried. He visits Betty’s grave every year on Mother’s Day. He approached it alone, as he preferred, and stood there with his fingers pressed against her nameplate. He turned to walk away but then he turned back and touched her name, and did that again and again.

Dick Swanson performs with a choir for the VSA Montana Cabaret and silent auction at the MCT Center for Performing Arts Thursday, May 19, at 7 PM. Doors open at 6 PM. Free with a donation of toiletries or food for the Food Bank. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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very weekend Dick hunts shadows.

In the late 1990s, I went with him one day to look at a shadow on the side of the Bee Hive, an assisted-living home on Reserve Street. I ask now if he remembers it. Yes, he says, and describes the building and the way the shadow fell on it. I have no idea if he’s right because I certainly can’t remember the shape of one shadow I saw more than a decade ago.

Sometimes he photographs the shadows. He has a few favorites these days: near Ole’s on Russell Street at 6:25 p.m.

That shadow is a straight line that parallels the green vinyl siding.

There’s another one he likes at the ORI woodshop. We must leave his house at precisely 1:15 p.m. to drive there in time to see it jutting from a wall onto a concrete ramp. We’re late one day, though, and he gets irritated, bellowing “Turn green, red light!’ at the intersection of Mount and Russell. When we arrive, he peers at the diminishing shadow.

Photo courtesy of Dick Swanson

Swanson shot this self-portrait.

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heads are edible, but if you’re willing to forgo that delicacy you can simply pull the heads off and the guts will come out behind them. To make that job slightly easier with strong-boned sardines, cut the spine below the head. Or leave the spine attached and pull the head forward and down toward the tail, and you can get the spine to come out too, leaving behind two beautiful flat sardine filets held together by the skin. Rinse thoroughly.

If you want to marinate sardines, simple is better, like lemon, olive oil, and parsley. And I highly recommend grilling them outdoors afterwards, rather than cooking them inside the house. Grilled sardines are magnificent, and it keeps the fishy flavors out of your curtains.

In many Mediterranean countries fresh sardines are commonly breaded and deep-fried, a technique that’s both tasty and fool-proof. Sardines cooked this way don’t even stink up the house—unless you splatter grease everywhere.

Sprinkle your cleaned sardines with salt and pepper, then roll them in flour. Heat an inch or so of olive oil on low in a pan, and when a drop of water draws a splattering response, add the fish. Three minutes per side should do it, although you can cook them longer if you want a browner crisp (at the expense of moist flesh). Fried sardines are typically served with lemon wedges and little else, but the alternatives are many.

Sardine escabeche consists of fried sardines that are then pickled in vinegar. The dish spread from Spain and Portugal to their colonies, resulting in some interesting permutations. Mexican escabeche refers to pickled jalapenos and carrots. In the Brazilian peixe escabeche, fish is fried crispy and then added to a coconut soup. In many places, “escabeche” simply means “marinade.”

Along those lines, I’ve had good success mixing fried sardines with Thai green curry and stuffing them between pieces of bread with pickles and other fixings for a po-boy sandwich. After gorging myself on my last batch of fried sardines, I still had a few left over. I stuck them in a jar of pickled eggs that I had going in the fridge. A few days later, the dilly vinaigrette had permeated the formerly crispy and still oily fish for a phenomenal escabeche. Although the crisp was gone, the fried flavor remained, and perfectly matched the vinegar brine from the egg jar.

The many possibilities presented by fresh sardines don’t mean you should avoid them in cans.

And if you do, you might want to go for the brisling varieties from cold, northern waters, and see if you notice their supposed superiority.

But when going fresh, you can hardly get more local for seafood than California. And when you buy American sardines you can be sure efforts were made to release the bycatch alive, according to Seafood Watch, which ranks sardines a “Best Choice” among seafood options.

The Pacific sardine season runs January through August. Look for bright, sturdy, clean fish with clear eyes. Then take them home and rip off their heads.

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The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 May is Cupcake-Maynia month at Bernice’s.

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

Given the illegality of selling wild game, only hunters and their lucky friends get to munch the many tasty beasts that roam the boondocks. So a seafood meal is one of the few opportunities most Americans will ever have to eat a wild animal, which is like walking around on your bare feet: It’s exposure to an ecosystem, and a direct connection with the planet. Eating wild fish is like a swim in the ocean, except the ocean swims inside you.

Unfortunately, wild seafood is wrought with environmental, ethical, economic, and health implications.

Many fish stocks are dwindling. And prices, not surprisingly, are climbing. Certain fishing methods are damaging underwater ecosystems and creating bycatch, whereby the wrong fish are caught and all too often killed. Big carnivorous fish like tuna and swordfish are known to accumulate dangerous levels of heavy metals from the many fish, large and small, in their diets.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the food chain, the lowly sardine poses a solution to each of these problems. And all we have to do is eat him.

“Sardine” is a general term for the young of dozens of species of the clupeid family of fish. Sardines from the North American East Coast are actually small herrings. The most-prized sardines are the brisling species of the North and Baltic seas. Sardina pilchardus, from the Mediterranean, are named after the island Sardinia where the small fish were once particularly abundant.

The Pacific sardine fishery was the largest U.S. fishery from the 1920s to the 1940s, when it collapsed. Now, Pacific sardine stocks are stronger than they’ve been in decades, and appear to be on the increase. (Fossil evidence indicates that sardine populations ride a regular boom-and-bust cycle, though overfishing is thought to have expedited the 1940s bust.)

For most Americans, sardines are practically synonymous with “in a can,” but those oily little fish can rise to a whole new level when prepared fresh.

Thanks to the current boom, fresh sardines can be had at two bucks a pound in many stores. But while popular in Europe, freshies remain a niche market in the U.S., and most Pacific sardines are ground into food for farmed fish. It takes 3 to 4 pounds of sardine to make a pound of farmed salmon. Those pennedup, orange-dyed hog fish eat better than we do.

Sardines are one of the healthiest fish in the sea.

They feed on photosynthetic plankton, so they don’t accumulate heavy metals as carnivorous fish do.

Sardines are rich in omega-3 oils, protein, good cholesterol, selenium, and—if you eat the soft bones— calcium and fluoride.

Cooking with sardines can be tricky, due to their fishy smell. A recent batch that I marinated and then pan-fried resulted in a fishy steam, which carried a very strong aroma throughout the house. Days later, visitors were still asking if I’d just had fish for dinner.

The first step in cooking sardines is to clean them. If the scales are still present, remove them gently with a knife. Be careful when gutting sardines, as they can be extremely delicate. As with most fish, the

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Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 39 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts.

Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $

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Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$

Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius.

Hunter Bay Coffee and Sandwich Bar First Interstate Center 101 East Front St hunterbay.com 800.805.2263 Missoula’s local roaster since 1991 - now open downtown in the First Interstate Center! Stop by for hand-crafted gourmet coffees and espressos plus made-from-scratch , healthy sandwiches and soups. Enjoy the sunshine from our patio! Free WiFi and Free Parking in the upper deck lot. Open Monday through Saturday.

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Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2.

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Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Spring weather brings patio seating! Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

HAPPIESTHOUR Bayern Brewery Ambiance: Bayern feels like a neighborhood bar with a distinctly German twist.

Owner and brewmaster Jürgen Knöller was born in Bavaria. He recreates the feel of an open-air German beer garden in Bayern’s outdoor patio, featuring a massive chessboard dotted by supersized kings, queens, and rooks. The beer garden is a perfect spot to soak up the sun and play chess while savoring a maibock.

often busy, but Bayern isn’t a rowdy joint, says bartender Katie Jacobson. That’s largely because the state says breweries can only serve 48 ounces.

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Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - close. $-$$

What you’re drinking: Seasonal brews, including Killarney, an Irish red beer, Faceplant, appropriately named with its 7.6-percent alcohol by volume, and Maibock. Heavy on the malt, this last beer, a strong golden brown lager, is brewed in the winter and tapped in the spring.

Jakers 3515 Brooks St. www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere.

Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$

Who you’re drinking with: On a recent sunny Wednesday afternoon, regulars, mostly white-haired men, sit inside as a steady stream of professionals and college students wearing T-shirts and shorts file into the beer garden.

The place gets packed on Friday nights. It’s

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What you’re eating: Bratwurst. The German sausage sells a la carte for $4 every day except Friday, when a German chef takes over the kitchen, making potato salad and sauerkraut that’s served with the brat, for $6.

Happy Hour specials: On Tuesdays the beer of the day, typically a seasonal brew like Maibock, sells for $2.50. Bayern serves up daily sample trays that include eight 6-ounce beers for $10.

How to find it: 1507 Montana Street, one block west of Russell.

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

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Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ 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. $$-$$$ Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.

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. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50.

Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75.

Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$.

Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house.

Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open MonSat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you.

Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver!

Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 46 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingre-

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dients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:002:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon!

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

NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too.

Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ 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. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9.

Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake 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. $$ Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun Wed 8-3pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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

Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Wed - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.

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Perhaps you’ll witness the work of the next Banksy when Southgate Mall, 2901 B r o o k s S t . , p r e s e n t s i t s 2 011 Elementary School Art Show, which runs from 10 AM–9 PM each day through Sat., and 11 AM–6 PM on Sun. Free.

If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Help some kitties in need when AniMeals hosts the Great Cat Food Drive, which runs from 11 AM until its truck is filled with donations of cat food, all at Rosauers Supermarket, 2350 S. Reserve St. Free. Visit animeals.com or call 721-4710.

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The ultimate Bro-dak moment. The Foo Fighters play alt rock at the Adams Center on Thu., May 26, at 7 PM with openers Motörhead and Biffy Clyro. $49.50 plus fees at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. Call 888-MONTANA.

Those looking to learn more about real estate market trends and issues, including buying, selling and foreclosures, are hereby invited to the Realty Alert Roundtable, which meets this and end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 20, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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every Thu. at noon upstairs at Paradise Falls, 3621 Brooks St. Fr e e . E - m a i l R e a l t y A l e r t @ live.com.

Help support the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM, aka MOLLI, and get a chance to dine at the residence of Ray and Susie Risho in July when the institute hosts a drawing for the dinner at the end of this month. $10, with tickets available at Worden’s Market, The Silk Road, Loopy Knit/Crochet, and the MOLLI office. Visit umt.edu/ce/ plus50.

Children ages 8–14 who are grieving the death of a loved one can find support this summer during the Tamarack Grief Resource Center’s A Camp to Remember, which runs June 16–June 19. Early registration ends today. Visit tamarackgriefresourcecenter.org for details and pricing or call 541-8472.

nightlife Sharpen your aesthetic appreciation for photography when the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., presents Artini: Focus, a celebration of its pho-

tography exhibit MAM Collections: Jill Brody and Lucy Capehart that runs from 5:30–9 PM and features a gallery talk with Brody and Capehart at 6 PM, plus music by Sick Kids XOXO and photo-themed DIY projects. Free. Call 728-0447.

Run Ronnie, run: Local folk musician Ron Dunbar plays the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in May from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

It’s not you, it’s them: Local duo Him & Her (aka Travis Yost and Caroline Keys) play originals and covers featuring upright bass, acoustic guitar and banjo at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT. All AmeriCorps members, alumni, and their supporters are hereby invited to a cookout and potluck in recognition of AmeriCorps Week, which runs from 6–8 PM at the Greenough Park shelter, off of Monroe St. Free, but bring a dish to share.

Call 243-5531 to RSVP. Raise a literary storm when the Missoula Public Library, 301 E.

Main St., presents its Third Thursday Book Group with a discussion of A Perfect Spy by John le Carre, at 7 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Missoula kicks of its celebration of New Zealand Days with A Visit to Palmerston North with Willie Brown, a multimedia presentation and discussion of Missoula’s sister city that runs from 7–9 PM in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Visit missoulacultural.org or call 541-0860.

Exhale into artistic ecstasy when the Open Field Artists present First Breath, a multimedia performance featuring 30 Missoula artists, at 7 PM at the Missoula Community Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. $10. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly thereafter at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change

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Get back in baby’s arms when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents Always...Patsy Cline, a revue of Cline’s music with a performance at 7:30 PM at the O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $20. Call 8625371 o r v i s i t w h i t e f i s h theatreco.org for tickets.

Bowling and karaoke go together like fingerless mitts and meat cutters during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402.

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

Witness one man versus his sarcastic musical machines when San Francisco’s Captured! By Robots plays metal, pop and other styles at 9 PM at the Palace. Destroyed opens. $8.

Mumble sweet nothings to that bumblebee tuna when Fixin 2 plays at 9 PM at the Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559.

Yodel your favorite hit with the backing of a band during live band karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 830-3277.

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.

Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free.

Squeeze some spongecake over your lover’s sweat glands when Vancouver, British Columbia’s The Clumsy Lovers plays folk rock at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Aran Buzzas opens. $5.

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Families can get help narrowing their search for quality child care, and find out if they qualify for assistance, with Child Care Assistance, which is offered by Child Care Resources from 8 AM–5 PM Mon.-Fri. at its office, on the lower level of 105 E. Pine St. Free. Call 728-6446 and visit childcareresources.org.

The Daly Mansion Preservation Trust is selling baked goods and used treasures during a tent and bake sale from 9 AM–3 PM at the Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, between Hamilton and Corvallis. Funds raised go to the preservation trust. $1 per person. Call 3636004 ext. 4.

Do your part to help people with severe developmental disabilities during Pony Up for MDSC, a fundraiser sponsored by the Missoula Developmental Service Corporation that features music, food, a raffle and other activities, from 11 AM–7 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 728-5484.

Missoula County is seeking public comment on the CityCounty draft Emergency Operations Plan. Visit co.missoula.mt.us/oes/plans/default.htm to check out the document.

Call 258-4469.

High schoolers go towards the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Young Adult Writers Group, which meets at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Gawk at crafts, jewelry and other goods during a Spring Arts & Crafts Market, which features Montana made products and runs from 4–8 PM in the space formerly occupied by High Country, at Trempers Shopping Center, on the 2300 block of Brooks St. Free.

nightlife Walk on chopsticks, but not eggshells, when the Top Hat’s Fa m i l y - Fr i e n d l y c o n c e r t series continues with a set by Danger Bear (featuring cellist Bethany Joyce and friends) from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

Go ahead and give me your best no face when EL-3OH! plays gypsy jazz at 6:30 PM in the tast-

ing room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlensnake Drive.

Free. Call 549-8703.

Exhale into artistic ecstasy when the Open Field Artists present First Breath, a multimedia performance featuring 30 Missoula artists, at 7 PM at the Missoula Community Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. $10. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

Get touched and embraced with grace when Patrick Marsolek and Grace Hodges lead Tango Night, which starts with beginning tango at 7 PM, intermediate tango at 8 and Milonga at 9, all at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $15 entire evening/$7 class/$5 Milonga only. Call 541-7240.

Watch some derby dames lace up and hit the rink in order to even the score when the Hellgate Rollergirls bout against the Billings Rimrock Mafia, at 7 PM at UM’s Adams Center. $20 for VIP tickets/$14 general admission/free children age 5 and under. Get tickets at the Adams Center, The Source in the UC, Worden’s Market and Southgate Mall, or by visiting griztix.com or calling 243-4051.

Let your prawns simmer in the aural glimmer of Charlie Seitz and Pete Hand when they play with special guests Jesse Brown and Christine Littig from 7–10 PM at The Keep Restaurant, 102 Ben Hogan Drive. Free.

Get intellectually freaky with writers, musicians, artists, actors and filmmakers interested in science fiction, fantasy and horror when the Speculative Movement meets at 7 PM at Franklin Park, at the intersection of Kemp Street and 10th Avenue. Free. E-mail darknight8@gmail.com.

You’re a cheap date, not a cheapskate: The Missoula Public Library hosts another installment of its cheap date movie night, which screens The King’s Speech at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Free. Call 721BOOK and visit missoulapubliclibrary.org.

Get back in baby’s arms when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents Always...Patsy Cline, a revue of Cline’s music with a performance at 7:30 PM at the O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $20. Call 8625371 o r v i s i t w h i t e f i s h theatreco.org for tickets.

Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free.

Call 273-4733.

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Fumigate your hot pants with some sweltery beats when The Badlander hosts a Ghostland Observatory Afterparty with sets of electronic music by Bock’s Elder, Larva Ink and Kidtraxiom, at 9 PM. $5/$10 for those aged 18–20.

To quote the late analytical psychologist Carl Jung, “The Individuation process brings up the true personality of a person, it makes him an Individual. Individuation generally has a profound healing effect on the person.” To expound upon this, it’s when you become your “true self,” and in some ways, not the parent that you’ve always feared you might become.

A team of artists from Missoula’s collaborative performance art group the Open Field Artists (OFA) tackles the idea of individuation with a physical theater performance as part of First Breath, a multimedia spectacle featuring 30 local artists that opens this week. With 11 performances in total, these pieces integrate not just theater, but dance, music, poetry and visual art.

The works also hit on a variety of themes, including WHAT: Open Field Artists present First Breath WHEN: Thu., May 19–Sat., May 21, at 7 PM nightly WHERE: Missoula Community Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. HOW MUCH: $10, with advance tickets at Ear Candy Music and Rockin Rudy’s the psychosomatic process of becoming individuals away from our parents, and the chakra system as a pathway to one’s personal evolution. The former performance in particular, by a gaggle of artists calling themselves “The Fire Crew,” explores behavioral

Party down with some badasses on roller skates when the Palace hosts a Hellgate Rollergirls bout afterparty, featuring tunes

by DJ Brand One at 9 PM. Free.

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patterns created by relationships with our mother and father through seven different skits. These behaviors include neglect and betrayal, suppression, shame, and the power of a matriarch. Other pieces, like the opening act “the Unknown,” showcase a musical soundscape created by an eightperson choir, pictured, while audience members sit blindfolded. Further along, a dance duet titled “Sweet Water” integrates singing and music to symbolize water, movement, need, and sexuality.

Obviously, variety in content and theme abounds. But that’s no surprise if you’re familiar with the OFA, which in the past has presented processed-based performance art that weaves themes like the human condition and healing with clowning, poetry, dance, and music. First Breath also offers a surprise, for both the audience and its performers. The cast will blend all 11 pieces this week after having not seen eachother’s work, adding a whole element of suspense to the entire process .

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Cool the fire in your loins when Kalispell’s Marshall Catch plays a special acoustic set of alt rock, at 7:30 PM at The Boiler Room, 525 Eighth St. E. in Kalispell. Cost TBA.

visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org for tickets.

near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free.

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Let the magnetic field pass through your fun glands when Carbondale, Illinois’ Autonomy plays post-punk and other styles with fellow Carbondale psychpunk band Parlor, at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages.

Don’t be such a ghost faced killer when Austin, Texas’ Ghostland Observatory slays you with a mix of electro and rock at the Wilma Theatre at 8:30 PM. $25, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com.

Shake it like a salt shaker when DJ Sanchez cranks out the jams at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

Suckle on some brass but don’t smoke that brown grass when the Soulaphone Brass Band plays funk at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. Call 830-3296.

Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, kicking off at 9 PM. Free.

The Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St., presents a performance of Little Shop of Horrors at 8 PM. $10. Call 777-2722 or

the noogie master Country Boogie 8 PM at the Eagles South Ave. W. Free.

Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Hall and Oates’ “Kiss on My List” during Combat Karaoke at the Deano’s Casino

It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway.

Free. Call 543-5678.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” at 9 PM. Free.

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Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunes from Kaleidoscope Entertainment starting at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free.

Call 549-4158.

Be the master sergeant of Tom Catmull’s aural army when he plays Americana at 9:30 PM at the Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559.

Spot that weird guy dancing with the pole when Zeppo MT plays R&B at 9:30 PM, at the Union Club. Free.

Take pride in your oatmeal and jellybean bathing routine when No Shame plays rock at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2.

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.

Slice through the bag lady’s bag and rock out when 3J Rap Sword plays jam rock with rockers The Box Cutters, at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3/free with a Ghostland Observatory ticket.

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Keep it local every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If you’re after non-edibles, check out East

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Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample.

Snag some greens and support a worthy cause during a garden plant sale fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, which runs from 9 AM–1 PM at Village Health Care Center, 2651 South Ave. W. The sale also occurs at the Village Senior Residence, Hillside Health Care Center and Riverside Health Care Center. Free to peruse, but plants are $1 and up. Call 381-1699.

The Daly Mansion Preservation Trust is selling baked goods and used treasures during a tent and bake sale from 9 AM–3 PM at the Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway, between Hamilton and Corvallis. Funds raised go to the preservation trust. $1 per person. Call 3636004 ext. 4.

made products, continues from 11 AM–4 PM in the space formerly occupied by High Country, at Trempers Shopping Center, on the 2300 block of Brooks St. Free.

Missoula celebrates New Zealand Days at the Fort Missoula Rugby Park, 3051 South Ave. W., with a touch rugby clinic from 11 AM–1 PM for children aged 7–14, followed by a middle school rugby tournament from 2–4 PM, and finishing off with an awards and potluck dinner at 4.

Cost TBA for the clinic/free for other events. Call 541-0860 or visitmissoulacultural.org.

and refreshments, from 3–7 PM at the farm, 6505 Farm to Market Road, outside of Whitefish. Free.

Call 862-6362.

Montana Skatepark Association.

Bidding starts at $75. Visit montanaskatepark.org or call 728-5251.

Art and convo collide during a Spring Open Studio at Stephanie Frostad’s art studio, 4B Catrina Lane, which features recent drawings and paintings on display from 3–6 PM. Free. Visit stephaniefrostad.com.

Drink wine and be merry via the musical stylings of Bob Athearn when he plays at 6:30 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Free. Call 549-8703.

nightlife Pull my strings and you’ll go far when the Shannon Soderlund Quartet performs from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Top Hat. Cost TBA.

Exhale into ar tistic ecstasy when the Open Field Artists present First Breath, a multimedia performance featuring 30 Missoula artists, at 7 PM at the Missoula Community Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. $10.

(See Spotlight in this issue.)

the noogie master Country Boogie 8 PM at the Eagles South Ave. W. Free.

High schoolers spring into action by busting a move at the Western Montana High School Spring Fling, which is hosted by RMF Entertainment and features prizes and light shows, at 8 PM at the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. $5.

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Get this dude some Aspirin! San Francisco’s Captured! By Robots plays a mix of metal, pop and other styles with his robots at the Palace on Thu., May 19, at 9 PM with opener Destroyed. $8.

The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2 PM at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits. blogspot.com.

Kids move to a smooth groove during the Kids’ Vibrations Music and Rhythm Program, which is open to children of all ages, and occurs from 11 –11:45 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. This week features guest artists The Sandy Boys, plus student musicians. $5-$20 suggested donation. Call 396-3352.

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The Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St., presents a performance of Little Shop of Horrors at 8 PM. $10. Call 777-2722 or visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org for tickets.

Get to the truth at the bottom of that vino glass when the Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier, features a Saturday Night Jazz concert with The Montana A Capella Society and Silk Stocking titled “Tall Tales and Truths That Might Have Been,” at 8 PM. $8. Visit montana acapella.org.

Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library.

Free. Call 721-BOOK.

The Spring Arts & Crafts Market, which features Montana

Celebrate spring with tunes by three Montana musicians when singer/songwriter Judy Fjell performs with Janet Haarvig and Beth Youngblood at 7:30 PM at the Missoula Friends Meeting Hall, 1861 12th St. W. $12–$25 sliding scale admission charge.

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Learn to make a difference with art and technology in Missoula while using the format of Open Space Technology to meet and collaborate during Missoula BarCamp 2011, which meets from 9 AM–5:30 PM at UM’s Payne Family Native American Center. $25. Visit missoulabarcamp.org to register.

Those suffering from illness or loss can find solace during one of Living Art Montana’s Creativity for Life workshops at the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder St. # 17. This week features the program Jewelry Creations with Katie Cain. Free, but donations are appreciated but not expected.

Call 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org.

Stevensville Hotel, 107 E. Third St. in Stevensville. $12/$10 advance at River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art and Red Willow Antiques. Call 240-0216.

Be the barley breadwinner in a crowd of beer guzzlers when the Black Mountain Boys play bluegrass at 5:30 PM at the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville. Free. Call 777-0680.

Leave your magic pants on when Hologram Pants plays a benefit for the Columbia Falls Community Garden at 7 PM at Glacier Discovery Square, 540 Nucleus Ave. in Columbia Falls. $5, all ages.

The Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St., presents a performance of Little Shop of Horrors at 2 PM. $10. Call 777-2722 or visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org for tickets.

Stop snorting bath salts and get high on something true and blue when MudSlide Charley plays gutbucket blues at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Call 363-PINT.

Those who don’t enjoy chemicals in their veggies ought to check out an open house at the Terrapin Farm Certified Organic Greenhouse, which features tours, info on organic farming methods, plus free plants

Your inner thrasher can bid away on artistically altered skateboard decks when The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., hosts the On Deck 6 Skate Art Auction, with the auction starting at 6 PM. All funds raised are given to the

Get back in baby’s arms when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents Always...Patsy Cline, a revue of Cline’s music with a performance at 7:30 PM at the O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $20. Call 8625371 or visit whitefishtheatre co.org for tickets.

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Marinate your fingers in a cauldron of jazz juice when The Josh Farmer Band plays jazz with openers Grandfather Glen, at 7:30 PM at the Historic

Put on your best poker face during draGAGA, a drag show honoring Lady Gaga that raises money for grants and scholarships given by The Pride Foundation in Montana, starting with line-up for performers between 8–9:30 PM, followed by performances, at Fuse at Deano’s Casino, 5318 W. Harrier.

Those who want to perform should bring their music on a CD, and are encouraged to embody the spirit of Lady Gaga. $5/$10 for those aged 18–20. Call 5467017. (See Agenda in this issue.)

Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free.

Call 541-SING. DJ Monty Carlo and guests are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R.

When DJ Sanchez commands the turntables every Sat. at 9 PM at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, nobody’s exempt from the mandatory “dance down the bar” rule. Free. Call 363-6969.

Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” at 9 PM. Free.

Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free.

Call 273-4733.

Swig drinks while listening to old school rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free.

My friend Rocky really doesn’t want to hear your sob story when The Balboas play hard rock at 9 PM at The Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent St. Free. Call 728-1559.

Jump into the wayback machine and prepare for your stallion to get rocked when The Palace presents a reunion show with old school Missoula bands Spanker, Sasshole and Humpy, along with a set by Seattle’s Wildildlife, at 9 PM. $5. (See Scope and Soundcheck in this issue.)

Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunes from Kaleidoscope Entertainment starting at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158.

Dance like you have red ants in your socks when a DJ spins dance music at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., this and every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992.

Take pride in your oatmeal and jellybean bathing routine when No Shame plays rock at 9:30 PM at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2.

Slap it to my bathing suit when The Roadhouse Band plays at 9:30 PM at the Sunrise Saloon & Casino, on the 1100 block of Strand Ave. Free. Call 728-1559.

Swing your friend’s pile of junk around someone else’s trunk when Cash for Junkers plays Americana with a swing influence at 9:30 PM, at the Union Club.

Free.

DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s.

Free. Call 728-8799.

Bring the gas mask and give me 20 when Seattle’s Reptet plays jazz with influences of punk and other music styles, at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

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Locavores unite at the Target Range Community Farmers’ Market, which features a plethora of local foods and assorted goods and runs from 10 AM–1 PM every Sun. until Oct. 9 at the parking lot of Target Range School, 4095 South Ave. W. Free.

Call Peggie at 728-5302.

The Terrapin Farm Certified Organic Greenhouse open house continues from 10 AM–5 PM at the farm, 6505 Farm to Market Road near Whitefish, and offers tours, info on organic farming methods and other activities.

Free. Call 862-6362.

Th e U n i t a r i a n U n i v e r s a l i s t Fellowship, 102 McLeod Ave., hosts singer/songwriter Judy Fjell during its service starting at 10 AM. Free, but nonperishable donations to the Missoula Food Bank are welcome.

Yet another opportunity to peruse and purchase local crafts and produce hits Missoula during the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 11 AM–3 PM this and every Sun. until Oct. 16 at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel of Missoula and the Caras Park Pavilion. Free. Visit carrousel.com/carousel-sundaymarket-and-fes.

The Spring Arts & Crafts Market, which features Montana made products, continues from 11 AM–3 PM in the space formerly occupied by High Country, at Trempers Shopping Center, on the 2300 block of Brooks St. Free.

Rock out for a local musician in need during Carla’s Green’s, a

fundraiser for Carla Green—who recently had surgery—that features music by a slew of Missoula musicians, plus food, a no-host bar and raffle items, from noon–8 PM at the Ruby’s Inn and Convention Center, 4825 N. Reserve St. $7 suggested donation, with proceeds used to help defray medical costs. Call 5293875.

Help raise money for Missoula Catholic Schools at its annual COW-A-BUNGA fundraiser, which features the chance to win money when a cow named Blessimy deposits cow pies around a football field at 1 PM at Rollins Field, near First and California streets. $20, with tickets at St. Joseph’s Elementary and the Loyal Sacred Heart School and Foundation. Visit cow-a-bunga.org or call 728-2367.

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.

The Stevensville Playhouse, 319 Main St., presents a performance of Little Shop of Horrors at 2 PM. $10. Call 777-2722 or visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org for tickets.

Art and convo collide during a Spring Open Studio at Stephanie Frostad’s art studio, 4B Catrina Lane, which features recent drawings and paintings on display from 3–6 PM. Free. Visit stephaniefrostad.com.

Give me jazz hands or give me the truth when The Montana A Cappella Society performs new arrangements, jazz selections and other tunes during a concert wit the trio Silk Stocking titled “Stories, Tall Tales and Truths That Might Have Been,” at 3 PM at the Corvallis United Methodist Church, 356 Cemetery Road.

Donations appreciated. Visit montanaacappella.org.

The Missoula Cultural Council continues its celebration of New Zealand Days with a screening of the award-winning documentary This Way of Life, at UM’s Payne Family Native American Center at 3 PM. Free. Call 5410860 or visit missoula culturalcouncil.org.

nightlife Help young scribes realize their creative dreams during the second annual Missoula Writing

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Collaborative Spring Soiree, a fundraiser for the nonprofit that features live/silent auctions, food, drinks, music by Beth Lo and David Horgan, plus a program with writer Mark Gibbons and others titled “Notes from the Field,” from 6–8:30 PM at Caffe Dolce, 500 Brooks St. $45. Tickets available at Fact and Fiction and missoulawritingcollaborative.org, or call Call 549-3348.

Men always get to belt out a slick tune or two during Man Night featuring Karaoke, which occurs this and every Sun. starting at 9 PM at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S. Free. Call 251-5402.

Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, which tonight features episodes of Tales from the Crypt at 9 PM. Free.

Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the mic at karaoke with Whitney at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke every Sun., Mon. and Tue. night at 9:30 PM. Call 830-3277.

Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from Amur River Jazz and DJs Gary Stein and Ryan Wendel.

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Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.

Kids stir their artistic passions after school during the Zootown Arts Community Center’s Young Artists Afterschool Program where they busy themselves with art projects, field trips, tours and more from 3–5 PM Mon.–Tue. for children ages 6–8, and on Fri. at the same time for children ages 9–11, all at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $13/$12 members.

Visit zootownarts.com or call 549-7555.

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League meets every second and fourth Tue. of the month at 11:30 AM in the large meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free.

Children and babies are always welcome.

SPOTLIGHT horns aplenty

Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free.

Call 329-5656.

In the world of jazz music, Seattle’s Reptet is like the naughty nephew that spikes Kenny G’s orange juice with hard booze just to screw with the frizzy haired adult contemporary star. To put it another way: These guys are on the outer fringes of modern jazz— flirting at times with free jazz but not quite getting into Sun Ra freakout mode. And they wouldn’t have it any other way.

The sextext, pictured, offers up a galvanizing twist on the genre with At The Cabin, their newest record that’s rooted in jazz with influences as far ranging as punk and avant-garde music. “Snow Leopard X3” pairs chill vibes with a guitar buried in the mix that emits that signature “waka-waka” funk guitar sound, while “Milky Shakes” starts out sounding mournful, and eventually morphs into an uptempo number with lyrics WHO: Reptet WHEN: Sat., May 21, at 10 PM WHERE: The Top Hat HOW MUCH: $5

camps for kids when the Tamarack Grief Resource Center presents its A Taste to Remember benefit dinner, which features five courses from local chefs, plus a silent and live auction, at 6 PM at The Ranch Club, 8501 Ranch Club Road. $180 per couple/$100 per person. Call 541-8472 to RSVP. Get hot jazz licks for no euros on the dollar when The Discount Quartet plays the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free.

Jazz junkies can get a heady shot of the real deal when recently signed Blue Note recording artist and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performs as the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet, at 7 PM at DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave. $25, with a membership to DalyJazz required and an RSVP requested. RSVP by e-mailing dalyjazz@gmail.com and visit dalyjazz.com.

Bring your swing partner and get jazzy when the Sentinel High School Jazz Band presents a

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You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at Joseph’s Coat, 116 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-1419. about going to Jack-In-The Box for “milky shakes and curly fries.” The group then shifts into higher gear with “Trash Can Race,” which could be described as a hybrid between jazz and punk with odd time signatures and a weird outro (of a guy sounding like he’s crying) to boot.

These unconventional purveyors of blue note riffing visit town this week for a gig, and my guess is that it’ll be non-stuffy, rip-roaring time. Don’t believe me? Consider this review of their 2006 record from Jazziz magazine: “This Seattle sextet does it all: it grooves, it rocks, it squawks—occasionally, it even talks. Mostly it sounds like a New Orleans jazz band on crystal meth.” What’s not intriguing about that?

—Ira Sather-Olson

spring jazz concert featuring tunes in the genres of swing, standards and funk, at 7:30 PM at the Margaret Johnson Theater at the school, 901 South Ave. W. Free, with a reception following the concert. Call 728-2403 Ext. 7041.

other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the mic at karaoke with Whitney at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke every Sun., Mon. and Tue. night at 9:30 PM. Call 830-3277.

Have a drink and take a load off in the company of your fellow laborers during the Badlander’s Service Industry Night, which runs this and every Mon. and includes drink specials for service industry workers starting at 9 PM. Free. Also, if you have an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it.

Do the psychosomatic shuffle when Toronto, Ontario’s DJ Barletta plays electro, breakbeat and other electronic styles at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3.

See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted

by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up.

Give binary code the finger and praise the altar of wax when Milkcrate Monday’s at the Palace presents Vinyl Night featuring DJs Mike Stolin, Geeder, Enkrypted, and the Milkcrate Mechanic, at 9 PM. Free.

Impress your friends, significant

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nightlife Join in on the artistic celebration when the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., presents the event Celebrate the Annual Campaign for MAM: Your Investment in Community and the MAM Award: Lela Autio, which features speakers, food, drinks and an award given to Lela Autio, from 5–7 PM. Cost TBA. Call 728-0447.

Spread some jelly over your axe when the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville, hosts an open jam night for musicians at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0680.

The Minerva Society presents the lecture So You Say It Is All In My Head: Managing the Experience of Living with a Chronic Pain, at 5:30 PM in the Gallagher Board Room of Community Medical Center, 2827 Fort Missoula Road. Free.

Families First Montana presents a Farm Night, which runs from 5:30–7 PM at the PEAS Farm, 3010 Duncan Drive, and offers families the chance to explore Garden City Harvest’s community farm, plus enjoy an organic meal. $5 per adult/free for children. RSVP requested by calling 721-7690.

If you can’t read this, you may be a baby below the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

Let the jam flow openly during open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com.

Those looking for mother to mother breast feeding support can find it when the La Leche

All genres are encouraged— except, perhaps gangsta rap— every Tue. at 6 PM at Tangled

Tones Music Studio, 2005 1/2 South Ave. W., where musicians bring their noise makers and synergy builds a joyful sound during the Tangled Tones Pickin’ Circle. Free. Call 396-3352.

Explore the food, culture and language of France while preparing a meal to share during La Cuisine de France, a program that meets from 6–9 PM, and at the same time June 7, 14 and 21, at the Fireside Room of the University Congregational Church, 401 University Ave. Contact Suzette at 543-4006 to RSVP and for pricing.

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.

Jazz junkies can get a heady shot of the real deal when recently signed Blue Note recording artist and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performs as the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet, at 7 PM at DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave. $25, with a membership to DalyJazz required and an RSVP requested. RSVP by e-mailing dalyjazz@gmail.com and visit dalyjazz.com.

dream pop when New York City’s City Center plays with Michigan’s Swimsuit at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. The Keys Knees and Bryan Ramirez open. $5, all ages.

The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678.

Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers host an open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish.

Free, with free beers for performers.

All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Make peace, but not love, with your pacemaker when Phoenix, Ariz.’s Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers play Americana and rock at the Top Hat at 9 PM. $12/$10 advance plus fees at Ear Candy Music and online at seafarerentertainment.com. (See Noise in this issue.)

Get in the know about the Environmental Effects of Preconception and Pregnancy when Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W., hosts a talk on the topic with Teresita Martinez of the Golgi Clinic at 7 PM. Free. Call 728-0543.

New York City’s The Beets won’t beat your beans into submission when it plays garage rock with a poppy lo-fi edge at 9 PM at the Badlander. Virginia’s Eternal Summers and locals Shahs open. $5. (See Noise in this issue.)

Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com.

Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the mic at karaoke with Whitney at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke every Sun., Mon. and Tue. night at 9:30 PM. Call 830-3277.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with.

Ready?. After rice, wheat and corn, what is the fourth largest food crop in the world? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)

Soak your fangs into some psych

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The Bitterroot Public Library presents its preschool story time, which meets at 10:30 AM in the children’s corner of the library and features the program “That’s What It’s All About.” Free. Call 363-1670.

Spend lunchtime polishing your public speaking and leadership skills when the Hamilton chap-

ter of Toastmasters meets this and every Wed. from noon–1 PM at Perkin’s Restaurant & Bakery in Hamilton, 1285 N. First St. W. Free. Call Mark at 381-9832.

Slack off with a moving picture when the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St., hosts its afternoon matinee program with a screening of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, at 2 PM. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Feel free to dress up like Mr. Wizard during UM’s Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series, which begins at 4:10 PM in Room 110 of the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building.

Free. Call 243-5122.

nightlife Get some artistic relief when the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., presents its Fr e e R e l i e f P r i n t m a k i n g Night, which offers the chance to learn the basics of relief printmaking and runs from 5–7 PM. Free. Visit zootownarts.org/ reliefnight.

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

Visit kettlehouse.com.

Bob Wire puts the tonk in the honkiest of honky’s when he plays honky tonk at 5:30 PM at the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville. Free.

TRIBAL LEADERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES!!

Projected government contracts to exceed $800 million in this region!!

Attend the NADC 2011 Economic Development and Procurement Conference

May 26-27, 2011 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center, Billings Montana!

Benefits to Small Businesses: •Developing the right relationships with federal government buyers and primes counts!

•Networking is part of that development! Make contacts and learn proven techniques from successful Nativeowned companies!

•Meet one-on-one with buyers from Federal and State Agencies as well as Prime Contractors!

Benefits to Tribal Leaders: •Attend a special session for tribal leadership; State and other speakers to share information important to Tribes.

•Learn about valuable resources available to Indian communities.

•Explore opportunities in exporting unique to Indian reservations.

Native American Development Corporation 2722 3rd Ave. North, Suite 250 • Billings, MT 59101 • 406-259-3804 REGISTER AT www.nadc-nabn.org

Pre-Conference Workshops “How to Create A Successful Gov’t Contracting Marketing Strategy” Rod Trahan, Streamline Enterprises

AND “8(a) Certification – FAQ’s: You bring the questions – We’ll give the answers!”

Leonard Smith, NADC PTAC Robert Much, SBA

Pianist Jodi Marshall tickles your senses with her deft piano skills while you munch Chinese food when she performs every Wed. from 6–9 PM at Hong Kong Chef, 2009 Brooks St. Free to attend, with free potstickers. Call 549-6688.

Enjoy a tune while gnawing on your steak when Jerry Clemens sings and plays classic songs on piano, guitar and harmonica, every Wed.–Sat. from 6–10 PM at The Winchester Steak House in Kalispell, 2205 Hwy. 93 S. Free.

E-mail jerryclemens@excite.com.

It’s all about women in biz when the Missoula Businesswomen’s Network hosts a dinner gala in celebration of its 25th birthday, starting with dinner at 6 PM, followed by comments, all at the Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. $30 per

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person, with RSVP requested by May 20.

Visit discovermbn.com to register.

Beam your sci-fi, fantasy and gaming enthusiast mind over to a meeting of MisCon, Montana’s longest running science fiction convention, which is looking for a few good volunteers to help put on MisCon in May, with meetings every Wed. at 7 PM at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. Free. Visit miscon.org.

Live and DJ’d music makes the sake and pad thai go down easily when IZA Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins Ave., presents live music every Wed. at 7 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3237.

Wear your patented magic pants during Hump Night Theatre, an evening featuring music, performances by hypnotist Mark King, magic by Evan Disney, plus appetizers and drink specials, this and every Wed. from 7–9 PM at Deano’s Casino, 5318 W. Harrier. $7.

Eat, drink and mingle among others who

awards banquet preceding the concert at 6 PM in the school’s cafeteria. Call 7282403 Ext. 7041.

Hump day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore. It’s also a day for playing games of chance with other like-minded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471.

Catch that flying fish in your shoes by shakin’ it to some house and trance when local DJs Dre, JBoogie and Chunkiye play at 9 PM at the Palace. Free.

Let your panda escape from the satanic sacrifice and into some bluegrass, blues and rock when Tampa, Florida’s Funky Panda plays at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3.

Dunbar plays the Top Hat’s monthly artist-in-residence series every Thu. in May from 6–8 PM. Free, all ages.

Plan your next organized barley soda drinking spree when The Keaton Wilson Conspiracy plays modern and classic jazz at 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton.

Free. Call 363-PINT.

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The fourth largest food crop in the world is the potato.

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Fight off the smarmy fu manchu army when alt rock rockers the Foo Fighters play with openers Motörhead and Biffy Clyro at 7 PM at the Adams Center. $49.50 plus fees at all GrizTix outlets and online at griztix.com. Call 888-MONTANA.

The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free.

If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

Get back in baby’s arms when the Whitefish Theatre Co. presents Always...Patsy Cline, a revue of Cline’s music with a performance at 7:30 PM at the O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $20. Call 862-5371 or visit whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets.

Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M. during

May

Bowling and karaoke go together like fingerless mitts and meat cutters during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.

Get off your slimy high horse and get poppy when Los Angeles’ Greenhorse plays post-pop at 9 PM at the Palace.

Yoya and The Lil’ Smokies open. $5.

Yodel your favorite hit with the backing of a band during live band karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 830-3277.

photo courtesy Sarah Cass

Hide and go peek. New York City’s City Center plays psych pop at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W., on Tue., May 24, at 8 PM with openers Swimsuit, The Keys Knees and Bryan Ramirez. $5, all ages.

identify with non-monogamous lifestyles during the Polytana Potluck, which runs from 7–9 PM at The Atrium, 127 N. Higgins Ave., on the second floor. Free.

Call Lindsey at 544-1271 or visit polytana.fish-god.com Hash out your philosophy at the Missoula Public Library’s Socrates Café, at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free.

Watch somebody else toot a horn when Sentinel High School’s Concert, Spartan and Symphony Bands present an awards concert, which features solos, and light classic selections, at 7:30 PM in the Margaret Johnson Theater at the school, 901 South Ave. W. Free, with a an

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Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free.

Play some licks, read your newest haiku, or make others giggle at your jokes during The Craggy Range Open Mic, an open mic night for musicians and other artists that features a number of house instruments for your use, every Wed. starting at 9 PM at The Craggy Range, 10 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free. Call 862-7550.

Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free.

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

E-mail RealtyAlert@live.com.

The Bitteroot Public Library, 306 State St. in Hamilton, presents its Brown Bag It! Discussion Group with a talk on Homer and Langley: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow at noon in the west meeting room of the library. Free. Call 363-1670.

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Don’t suffer from gam shrinkage and bust an erratic move when the Top Hat hosts Electronic MKVR, a night of house music with Seattle’s Ben Shelton plus locals Iammusi Shan, Shea Daze and Fatty Acid at 10 PM. Free.

Well folks, there comes a time in every calendar editor’s life where we must move on. This week, I bid you adieu. In the meantime, please give a hearty welcome to our new calendar editor Molly Laich, and bear with her while she tackles the steep learning curve that is the calendar section. Also, do Molly a favor by getting your upcoming events to her in a timely fashion by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., May 20 to calendar@missoulanews.com.

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

MOUNTAIN HIGH T his weekend, dear reader, is all about you, some fresh air and a bike jaunt your legs won’t forget. I’m talking about the Missoulians on Bicycles 41st annual Tour of the Swan River Valley (TOSRV), a two-day biking excursion that offers you the chance to cycle 110 or 85-miles each day through stunning scenery in the Swan and Potomac Valleys, depending on your preference.

The first option, known as the TOSRV West Classic, takes you near the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers, through Potomac and grassy ranchland, and then up through the Clearwater and Swan Valleys, where you’ll pass snowy peaks, chains of glacial lakes and then call it a night at Swan Lake. The second option, called the TOSRV West Potomac,

departs from Potomac and follows the same route thereafter. And, just so you know, organizers of the ride want you to be in shape to complete this outing. So lube up and ride on!

The 41st annual Tour of the Swan River Valley begins Sat., May 21, with a 7 AM departure for the 110-mile ride from UM’s campus. Departure for the 85-mile ride begins at a TBA later time in Potomac.

Check-in for the rides occurs Fri., May 20, from 6–9 PM and Sat., May 21, from 6–8 AM. $115, with Missoulians on Bicycles membership required and registration limited to the first 300 people. Visit missoulabike.org to register and for more info.

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THURSDAY MAY 19 Learn everything you ever wanted to know about some peaks on the Montana-Idaho border when Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness hosts a presentation on the Scotchman Peaks, at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. A screening of the film En Plein Air follows the meeting. Free.

Visit scotchmanpeaks.org.

FRIDAY MAY 20 Do you part to honor Endangered Species Day with a tour of the Rattlesnake Creek Fish Ladder, which also features info on ongoing restoration and monitoring efforts, starting with a meet-up at 4:15 PM at the Rattlesnake Trailhead. Free. Visit rattlesnakewatershedgroup.org.

SATURDAY MAY 21 Get out of your deep freeze when the Five Valleys Audubon Society presents a two-day trip to look for spring birds at Freezeout Lake, on the Rocky Mountain Front near Choteau, starting with departure from a TBA location in Missoula at 7 AM. Free, but participants need to make their own hotel reservations and should bring their own food. Call Larry to RSVP at 549-5632.

The bird is the word during a Bird Walk at Butler Creek in the Ninemile, which begins at 8 AM at the Grand Menard Picnic Area, about 1 mile north of the Historic Ninemile Ranger Station, off of Edith Peak Road. Free. Visit ninemilewildlife.org/calendar.html.

Give your soles a challenge during the 25th annual Evaro Mountain Challenge, a race featuring 5K and 10K runs and walks, starting with registration at 8:30 AM, followed by the 10K walk at 9:30 and races at 10, all at mile 7 on Hwy. 93 N. in Evaro. Cost for registration varies from $22–$8. Get a registration form at runmt.com/2011 EvaroRaceEntry.pdf and Call Bob at 726-3695.

Snag yourself a nice new plant at the Montana Native Plant Society’s annual plant sale, which runs from 8:30 AM–12 PM at the Missoula Farmer’s Market, located at Circle Square on North Higgins Avenue. Free.

Missoula celebrates New Zealand Days at the Fort

Missoula Rugby Park, 3051 South Ave. W., with a touch rugby clinic from 11 AM–1 PM for children aged 7–14, followed by a middle school rugby tournament from 2–4 PM, and finishing off with an awards and potluck dinner at 4. Cost TBA for the clinic/free for other events. Call 541-0860 or visit missoulacultural.org.

Walk on the wild side, of flowers that is, when Lone Pine State Park presents a series of spring wildflower walks every Sat. at 11 AM until June 18 starting with a meet-up at the Lone Pine Visitor Center, 300 Lone Pine Road outside of Kalispell. Free. Call 755-2706 Ext. 2.

Anklebiters ages 5 and up learn about the good smelling stuff when the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., presents its Saturday Kids’ Activity: Flower Power, a program on flowers that meets at 2 PM. $3/$1 members. Call 327-0405.

TUESDAY MAY 24 The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 2 Citizen Advisory Committee meets at 6:30 PM at Missoula’s FWP office, 3201 Spurgin Road. Free. Call 542-5500.

WEDNESDAY MAY 25 Get in the know about grassland restoration efforts when the Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society hosts a program on the topic starting with a carpool meet-up at 6 PM in the northwest end of the parking lot at the Providence Center, 902 N. Orange St. Free. Call Kelly at 2585439.

THURSDAY MAY 26 Those interested in learning more about the management of the North Hills/Evaro elk herd are hereby invited to a meeting of the North Hills/Evaro Elk Working Group, which features comments by biologist Vickie Edwards and meets from 7–9 PM at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. Free. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Time bandits Spanker revisits its 1990s metal grindcore

by Erika Fredrickson

On Halloween night, 1997, the stage at Jay’s Upstairs was wrapped in a large, mysterious curtain. All of a sudden, it was torn down and there stood Spanker’s Cindy Laundrie in all her glory, standing in a chicken wire cage wearing a gruesome mask made of human hair. Obscured only slightly by the chicken wire, Bob Marshall brandished his drumsticks in only a leather g-string. The crowd yelled, “Spank Tank! Spank Tank!” and, almost immediately, the dark, smoky room was besieged by crushing guitar, lumbering bass and drums, and Laundrie barking out the line, “You claim you’re the superior race/but really you are nothing but a milkshake with a face.” It felt like doomsday, with a grin. Heads bobbed to punishing chords and singa-long lyrics all night long, as Laundrie barked out: Kneel!

Sit! Kneel, sit, stand!”

Spanker’s reign lasted just four years, from late 1995 to 1999. The Missoula rock scene had suffered a few aneurisms and revivals. This was a revival, starring many bands including Spanker—a speedy, demonic, tongue-incheek metal band with a penchant for the theatrical. That was all a decade ago, of course. These days, Marshall and Laundrie are married and co-own the beloved artisan pizza joint Biga Pizza. Bassist Mike Cote plays music and works as a construction contractor. Guitarist Brian Vogan lives in Seattle making rock and roll for kids and playing at libraries (he’s opening for an upcoming “Thomas the Train” show). In fact, none of them have really stopped playing music. Laundrie is part of the heavy rock duo, Vera. Marshall plays drums for Volumen, which, at 12 years old, is now the longest living still-standing rock band in town. It was only a matter time before Spanker would take

another breath. This week’s show with vintage rock bands Humpy and Sasshole means a wild ride down Missoula’s rock and roll memory lane.

That lane inevitably snakes back to the scene at the now-defunct rock dive called Jay’s Upstairs, which put Missoula on the map for touring underground bands from ever corner of the nation. Bands ate free soup and stew from the bar’s backroom crockpot. Musicians got three official free beers, plus numerous free unofficial beers.

Any conscious band could sign up for a slot during the week and some nights were particularly haphazard: a hippie drum group followed by a punk band, followed by metal, and interrupted sometimes by Red, the street reverend who mounted the stage with a bible and yelled “Burn!” to the delight of the crowd. It wasn’t always harmonious, but it was a kind of democracy.

“You were sort of treated like a rock star at Jay’s and then you kind of became one,” says Laundrie. “People were supportive. It was like a catalyst.”

Spanker started out with a gentler side, but as the cold winter of 1996 rolled around, the band members recall that Vogan “went into a trance” and started writing songs with a thicker, darker tone.

Vogan’s parents let them practice in the basement, though his dad—a country musician—would often get them to listen to Sons of the Pioneers on their breaks.

“My parents were really supportive, but I couldn’t understand that old man music that my dad was playing,” says Vogan. “Now I’ve come back around to really appreciating it—it’s actually more like what I do now. But even then, he still gave me positive feedback and let us jam in

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Spanker played Jay’s Upstairs back in the late 1990s. The theatrical metal band reunites this week with its original line-up including, clockwise from left, Brian Vogan, Bob Marshall, Mike Cote, and Cindy Laundrie.

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his basement forever.”

The band often took practice tapes home to study their parts, and that helped create their tight sound. They put out a cassette tape and a 7” record, and they recorded 10 songs, three of which made it on a Jay’s Upstairs compilation album called Ram it Home. But signature songs such as “Bloodlines,” never got recorded.

It was an era of live music, and Spanker played Jay’s Upstairs at least once a week for awhile, mostly to the same crowds.

“We ended up with 50 songs,” says Marshall. “Every time we played at Jay’s we wanted to have a new song because it was the same people going out every night. We wanted to give them something new.”

“That also led us to make songs that were two minutes long,” adds Vogan. “Both because we were getting them out there quickly but also because of the attention span.

My own attention span was like that of flea or something.”

It wasn’t just about new songs, it was about new ways to perform. For one show, Spanker transformed the stage into a rocket ship and Cote wore a microwave on his head.

Other shows used gratuitous amounts of lighting and fog.

It worked for the dingy, uncivilized world of Jay’s but not always at other venues. One night the band played a downtown warehouse for a University of Montana art department party. Cote and Laundrie were art students at the time and so they asked to play the party, along with the innocuous dance band The Big Sky Mudflaps. Dressed in fatigues, Spanker took the stage. They’d decorated it with large homemade trees they’d stapled together to look like a jungle. As they dove into their grindcore set, the audience dissipated.

“We were playing so fucking loud and everyone was so put off,” laughs Cote. “Everyone left and we ended up turning it down to four or five, really quiet. And then people started coming back in just before the Big Sky Mudflaps played.”

Marshall proposed to Laundrie at Jay’s Upstairs.

“I told him not to, but then he did,” she says. “I crammed the ring on and kept drinking, and the next day my finger was so swollen and big. I was going to get on an airplane, so I actually had to get the ring sawed off.”

Marshall still has the VHS tapes from some of the crazier shows. He’s kept fliers and articles featuring Spanker.

He still has the band’s dressing room sign from a 1998 show at the University of Montana when they played with hardcore D.C. band Bad Brains. It remains one of Spanker’s favorite shows of all time.

Some of the best bands never really die. According to the band, this week’s Spanker reunion show isn’t a death rattle or even an epilogue. It’s a resurrection. Not only do they have new material, the bandmates claim they’re reformed and plan to play out more often. Apparently, the allure of the old Spanker days was too much to resist.

“We were super into it back then,” says Marshall. “I mean it was everything to us. I remember feeling like, ‘This is all that matters.’ And, after all this time has passed, I’m realizing now more than ever that it is all that matters.”

Spanker plays a reunion show with Humpy, Sasshole, and guests at the Palace Saturday, May 21, at 9 PM. $5. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Hangover army Tales of a Missoula punk band

by Andy Smetanka

Not long ago I emceed a fundraising event that required me to stand on the stage where I once played hundreds of shows with my old band.

Actually, the stage was no longer there, and the rest of the room had changed so much since the last time I was in it that it was hard to be sure where everything used to be. The new bar was facing the wrong way, for one thing. And where were the bathrooms?

The mop-nook where I used to stash my coat? Only the dogleg staircase seemed familiar, minus the filthy red carpet that signaled the beginning and end of many an evening. I speak, of course, of the old Jay’s Upstairs, the onetime Missoula rock clubhouse for my band, Humpy, plus Spanker, Sasshole, Oblio Joes, the Helltones, the Sputniks...all those long-gone bands we old timers talk about when we talk about the “Jay’s bands.”

Standing on that hallowed ground again, I thought I would feel more than I did. I was sure I would sense those ley lines pulsing beneath my feet, subterranean veins of psychic residue where all my joys and heartbreaks from the Jay’s days must surely be stored. I shuffled around, thinking my limbs would start twitching like a dowser’s rod when I was directly over my place on the old stage, now a ghost stage, which in my mind’s eye still had the infamous wooden corral around it. For 10 years I gleefully inhaled the pestilent troposphere of Jay’s Upstairs, and, like I say, in this new room I felt nothing. By coincidence, I did manage to spill a beer and knock over a mic stand less than five minutes into my emcee duties, but that was the extent to which it felt like old times.

It’s weird growing older and hopefully a little more respectable in the same town where you used to pride yourself on being a sort of civic irritant. Lyrically, Humpy targets included loudmouth rock promoters, hippie parents, and rich kids from New England who we imagined went skiing every day while we washed their breakfast dishes for $3.85 an hour. From my perspective, though, these were always imagined antagonists. Living in Missoula, we sometimes had to go looking for things to get angry about.

And listening to our old songs again, as I’ve been doing a lot lately, I’m struck by how cryptically it all came out in the lyrical wash. The song “Rub It In” is supposed to be about deciding whether or not to have sex with a scary girl at a party, but in no way is this dilemma clear from the words I wrote. I always liked Dave’s lyrics better than my own: vaguely angry, but droll and deadpan even at shouted volume: “salt, grease, and high blood pressure/wipe your hands, you can use my sweater.” Poor Justin, he seemed to have the hardest time finding something good to get worked up about: of the two songs he wrote for Humpy, one is about the sale of the Cleveland Browns and the other is effectively an instrumental with a shouted one-word chorus of “felderkarp,” the made-up swear word from the original “Battlestar Galactica” series.

According to one version of our band creation myth, Humpy formed around a core faction determined to smoke pot and play very fast, just on principle, because that was exactly the opposite of what most

bands did. Not strictly true, although at this remove it Independent staff. Humpy would surely have written no one had thought to ask me first, invite me to walk can be said that we were none of us strangers exactly to a song about that. through and sniff the ancient cat-piss and nicotine a jazz cigarette. Anyway, bands always have their own This last cut was the deepest. Unlike Jay’s, which smell one more time. creation myths, refined and embroidered over time and everyone knew was closing, I just happened to be walkHumpy plays a reunion show with Spanker, retelling, which are rarely interesting to anyone outside ing past the Humpy House the day after the demolition Sasshole, and guests Wildildlife at the Palace the band. and saw the shattered pile that used to be our mossy, Saturday, May 21, at 9 PM. $5.

The Humpy one has its twice-told tales: how at dirt-cheap crash pad and practice space. None of us had first, without a drummer, we tried to keep time by been there in years. Still, I was shocked that somehow arts@missoulanews.com tapping on a roasting pan with a ladle taped to someone’s foot. How I managed to put the van in reverse going forward at 70 miles an hour. The infamous Shoving Match by the Trout Pond. And of course we had our own hoodlum rites and ritual: We loved to pour beer down each other’s pants before, during, or after a show, and to be a full-fledged member of Humpy you had to drink a Sheaf Stout through an ancient cow skull, crunchy flakes of desiccated nasal membrane and all. It wasn’t even a formal initiation. At some point we all just ended up doing it.

But outside of the particulars, the Humpy story was the old story of future bandmates working and daydreaming in the same sweltering Missoula restaurant kitchens, meeting at parties or noticing each other at shows and just deciding to try it. Then as now, I suppose, it was hard to work in a Missoula kitchen and not end up joining a band.

Those days seem impossibly idyllic to me now. I simply cannot remember what it was like to have a day when I didn’t have anything to do but go to band practice, probably after spending three hours over at Justin’s house drinking beer and trying to remember how to play the Raiders of the Lost Ark Atari game without the manual. It helps this long forgetting of my former life that all our old landmarks have been demolished: first Jay’s Upstairs, renovated to create a business lounge complete with member cubbies, then the old Humpy House near the corner of First and Orange, razed to make room for some Humpy circa 1996 included, from left, drummer Yale Kaul, bassist Justin Lawrence, singer Andy Smetanka and kind of editorial gazebo for the guitarist Dave Parsons.

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We can all pretend that pop music is about expression and not manipulation, but that wouldn’t be a proper explanation of Ghostland Observatory’s modus operandi. GLO’s dance-y, modern electronica isn’t all that special in musical terms—it can’t be. Thumping beats, squelched sequencers, hints at disco, rock and roll swagger, and entreaties to get up and move are all things we can agree on—and insist upon—from our pop purveyors. I also enjoy specific dance instruction, such as: “Put your hand up on my hip.” I digress.

The Austin, Tex. duo has cultivated the intangible.

They have made the old new again by aping Daft Punk, Freddie Mercury, and dare I say it, David Lee Roth.

Nothing wrong with that. It’s how music is done in twenty-eleven. Besides, GLO has commandeered some planetarium’s brain-tingling Laser Floyd gear. Shiny!

This is the kind of band you don’t listen to. You ref-

The Beets The Beets evoke cherry popsicles, hot cement, and garage doors opened to gangly kids playing in afternoon bands to the chagrin of adult neighbors.

Maybe that never happened except on “The Wonder Years” and “Freaks and Geeks.”

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The last time this venerable southwestern bar band hit the Top Hat it was greeted by, among others, two busloads of raucous fans from Butte. The show included bottles of tequila being passed from bartender to Buttians to band (and back again), two sombreros, singalongs about Mexico, Federales and heavy drinkin’, many guitar solos, and, despite an otherwise thin Tuesday night crowd, two encores—because no one in their right mind denies drunken Butte fans what they want.

Needless to say, this is a band best heard live, preferably with drink in hand. So the best way to judge Unida Cantina’s 13 tracks isn’t by how each sounds through headphones (always a little too slick), but how

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With May 21 rapidly approaching, you are no doubt crafting your soundtrack to the apocalypse before the woe and terror arrive. But for the busy pre-apocalyptee with little time to customize such a playlist while stockpiling .223 rounds, dried pinto beans, and potassium iodide, might I suggest the Z flat sludge-fest of Harvey Milk?

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erence them in convos: “My brother saw them at a bar in Casper!” When they come to town, you go to the show to feel cool and happening. You move on to the next thing. You fell for it. You had fun. So who cares?

(Jason McMackin) Ghostland Observatory plays the Wilma Friday, May 20, at 8:30 PM with DJ Likes Girls. $25. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com. knows how to make a good song—one that seems classic in a sort of fuzzy, non-invasive way. I can listen to the songs and not think at all about anything but blue skies and clouds, as though my memory has been erased. Sometimes they sound like early Stones or Lou Reed. Sometimes they evoke Atlanta’s snottybut-smart glam garage band, The Subsonics.

The substance is there. “I Think I Might’ve Built a Horse” is a dreamy garage tune, played from a slightly warped record from a teen basement party.

Or, on closer listen, it’s the creepy bright music blaring from slightly muted speakers in a horror film, with lyrics about bones and blood. (Erika Fredrickson) The Beets plays the Badlander Tuesday, May 24, at 9 PM with Eternal Summers. $5. you imagine they’ll be received through the crackle of a stack of Marshalls and the fog of your third shot of Cazadores. “Dinero” harkens back to the band’s days as The Refreshments (best known for its 1996 hit “Bandidos” and the “King of the Hill” theme song). “All Over the Radio” will reignite comparisons to the Old 97’s.

“Marie” features a mariachi beat and highlights new guitarist Jim Dalton. All are worthy setlist additions, and should be more than enough to entice those Butte kids to book another bus. (Skylar Browning) Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers play t h e To p H a t Tu e s d a y, M a y 2 4 , a t 9 P M . $12/$10 advance plus fees at Ear Candy Music or seafarerentertainment.com The band’s ’tude is as crusty as Creston Spiers’ vocals are wrenching. On “I Just Want To Go Home,” Spiers’ painful holler delivers the same grating style of ear-torture as a predator call set on rabbit distress.

Nobody said the apocalypse was for everyone.

Obviously these oldsters ain’t bucking for the “Jam of the Summer” award. Songs gurgle along at 52 beats per minute. Titles like “I Know This Is No Place For You” and “I Am Sick of All This Too” aren’t giving off good vibrations. Harvey Milk seeks to blot out the sun with doom. During the album’s final twelve minutes, the band unleashes emotional turmoil and roiling musical turbidity, featuring quiet, croaking vocals, de-tuned pianos, and bluesy guitar leads. Think Dark Side of the Moon minus the nonsensical keyboards. Seriously. A Small Turn is a brutal unveiling. (Jason McMackin)

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If I were to describe a film about nine French Trappist monks living a devout life in a small Algerian village during the mid-1990s, you might expect some stereotypical things. And all of those things—the robes, the chanting, the hours of daily prayer and reflection, the simple living quarters of the monastery—are here.

Every pre-conceived notion you’ve ever had about the monastic lifestyle is confirmed in Of Gods and Men, right down to the flock of sheep they tend.

And, yet, there are no caricatures in this film. In a setting that by definition requires conformity amid the daily rituals of monastery life, Of Gods and Men is a haunting and powerful true story of nine distinct men as they face the hardest decision of their lives. But more than a riveting drama, this film is a love story, and quite possibly the best you’ll see on screen all year.

unnerving, and justifiably so. Trouble is brewing in Algeria, where a Civil War looms on the horizon as antiforeigner sects of radical Islam gain footholds with increasingly violent tactics. When several Croatian workers are brutally murdered by one of these groups, life in Algeria suddenly becomes more complicated for the monks.

They are offered and refuse police and military protection from their concerned neighbors. But as the situation becomes more unsettled and dangerous, the larger dilemma among the nine Christian brothers becomes whether or not the time has come to abandon the monastery.

Of course they’ll stay, you think. The monks will present a united front in their devotion to each other and their community. But the decision is not so simple,

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The monks live tucked away on a hilltop, where their daily lives revolve as much around tending to their gardens and bees as they do interacting with their neighbors in the surrounding Muslim community. Mothers and their children line up outside the monastery every morning to see the elderly doctor, Brother Luc (Michael Lonsdale), who doles out free medicine and advice, as well as the occasional piece of clothing. Brother Christian (Lambert Wilson)—the leader of the monastery—and Luc are both invited to a religious ceremony for the son of a local couple, at which their attendance doesn’t so much as raise an eyebrow.

The extent to which the monks are integrated and accepted into the town of Tibhirine is surprising only in its mundaneness. The early scenes in Of Gods and Men are played out with almost no dialogue as we witness day-to-day interactions between the locals and the monks, who, it should be noted, appear to have no interest in converting their neighbors. As they see it, their calling is only to help the community, and that job description—thankfully—does not include proselytizing. It’s one of the most interesting subtexts to an already layered film.

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and director and writer Xavier Beauvois captures the angst and pain of such a dilemma with precision and beauty. The monks, who range in age from mid-30s to late-80s, are not single-minded religious idealists. They believe in God, of course, but carry different beliefs of what God’s plan entails for them, and for the monastery. “I became a monk to live,” says one brother. “Not to die a martyr.”

And there is fear, felt even by those monks determined to stay and face whatever fate may come. Like Luc, who tells his brothers that “to leave is to die.” It is an angst-ridden decision process, overseen by their solemn and deliberate leader Christian. Wilson plays the head monk with understated grace—this decision is not so much about what he thinks but about whether he can keep his band of brothers together. He too has his doubts, and wonders like others in the monastery if staying and potentially dying here in Algeria would serve a purpose. As the conflict intensifies around them, one local woman tells Christian, “We’re the birds and you’re the branch. If you go, we lose our footing.”

Of Gods and Men continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoulanews.com

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I AM Director/producer Tom Shadyac sheds his comedic side in this acclaimed documentary that seeks to asks questions like “What’s Wrong with the World?” with answers from thinkers and activists like Noam Chomsky. Howard Zinn and David Suzuki. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9, with a Fri. show at 7 only, and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.

FAST FIVE Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and other testosterone filled dudes return in the fifth installment of this series, which this time features even more fast cars—duh!—as the boys try to pull off one final job in Rio de Janeiro. Carmike 10: Fri.–Wed. 1, 4, 7, and 9:55. Village 6: Fri.–Wed. 1, 4, 7, and 9:50.

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Wed. 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, 9:10 and 9:55, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Wed. at 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, and 9:10. Thur. 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, 9:10, and 9:55. Mountain Cinema 4 in Whitefish: Fri.–Wed. 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

HANNA Trained by her father Eric Bana to be a stealthy assassin, teenager Saoirse Ronan embarks across Europe on a deadly family mission, and uses her

KUNG FU PANDA 2 Jack Black lends his voice to a panda kung fu master who must team up with Angelina Jolie, David Cross, Dustin Hoffmann and others in order to stop a villainous Gary Oldman from annihilating kung fu (and the whole country of China) in this 3-D kids’ flick. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Thu. only at 1:10, 3:40, 7 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Thu. only at 1:40, 4:10, 6:30 and 8:50. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Thu. only at 4, 6:50 and 9:15. Showboat Cinema in Polson: Thu. only at 4:15, 7 and 9.

PRIEST In a dystopian world where vampires and humans have duked it out for ages, warrior priest Paul Bettany springs into ass kicking action when a bloodsucker kidnaps his niece. This western/horror/sci-fi 3-D flick is based on the Korean comic of the same name. Carmike 10: Fri.–Wed. at 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, and 9:45, with Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.-Wed. 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3, and no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20 and 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and Mon.–Wed. at 1:30, 4:05, 7:20 and 9:45, and Thurs. 7:20 and 9:45.

Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.-Wed. 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.

RIO A rare macaw who never learned how to fly high in the sky has to tackle the task after he escapes some smugglers during a trip to Rio de Janeiro.

Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez and oth-

arm. Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid co-star. Village 6: Fri.–Wed. 1:15, 4:15, 6:45, and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Wed. 2:15 and 6:55.

SOURCE CODE Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up in the body of another man, and finds out the government assigned him the loathsome task of re-living the last minutes of the man’s life in order to get to the bottom of a gruesome train bombing in Chicago. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Wed. at 4:55 and 9:30, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at noon, and an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight.

THOR Chris Hemsworth is the arrogant son of Odin who gets kicked out of his homeland and banished to Earth, where he’s found by Natalie Portman and soon forced to go head-to-head with an automaton unleashed by his conniving brother. Anthony Hopkins co-stars in this 3-D saga, which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

Carmike 10: Fri.–Wed. at 4, 7 and 9:50, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 12:15 AM, and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Village 6 in 2-D: Fri.–Wed. 1, 4, 7:15, and 10.

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.–Wed. 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Wed. 7:10 and 9:45. Fri.–Sun. 3:20, 6:05, and 8:45. Mon.–Wed. 3:45, 6:20, and 9. and Thur. 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45. Fri.-Sat. shows at midnight. in 2-D: Fri.–Wed. 3:50, 6:35, 9:15. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: Fri.–Wed. 4, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: Fri.–Wed. 4:15, 7 and 9:15.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp returns as Jack Sparrow in the fourth edition of this popular pirate adventure/fantasy series.

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS This time around, Depp must conHal Holbrook reminisces about his tend with the sultry Penélope Cruz, life in the 1930s as a vet in the ciralong with zombies and Ian cus—and the elephant that brought McShane, on his quest to find the him and Reese Witherspoon togethFountain of Youth. Carmike 10: er—in this adaptation of Sara Fri.–Wed. at 1, 2, 4:20, 5:25, 7:30 Gruen’s novel of the same name. and 8:45, with additional Fri.–Sat. Robert Pattinson and Christopher shows at 10:30 and midnight.

Waltz co-star. Village 6: 4 and 7, with Carmike 10 in 2-D: Fri.–Wed. at 1, an additional Fri.–Sat. show at 9:50, 1:30, 4, 4:50, 7, 8:10 and 10, with and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1. an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midPharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and night. Village 6: 1, 4:20, 7:30 and “Why, I’m not so sure of that dreadful smell either.” Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens Friday at the 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 10:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Carmike 10. and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 6:45 and 9:15, with Sat.–Sun. mati14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 3:55, 6:50 and nees at 3, and no 9:15 show on Sun. Stadium 14 wicked survival skills in order to elude Cate ers lend their voices to this 3-D animated flick. 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. in Kalispell: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9, with additional Blanchett and her crew of intelligence agents. Carmike 10 in 2-D: Fri.–Wed. 1:20, 4:20 6:45 and Fri.–Sun. shows at noon and 10, an additional Village 6: Fri.–Wed. 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, and 9:50. 9:15, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. WIN WIN Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, and an additional Thu. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, and 9:35. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:00, 2:20, Paul Giamatti’s an attorney in dire financial straits by and 4:50, and Mon.–Wed. at 1:30 and 4:20. day and a high school wrestling coach by afternoon show at 10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: 3:30, OF GODS AND MEN 6:30 and 9:30, with additional Fri.–Sun. shows at A group of French Christian monks living in peace Stadium 14 in Kalispell in 2-D: Fri.–Wed. at 1:00 who finds himself in a pickle after getting into a shady business deal with a client, and then cod12:30, an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight, among Muslims in North Africa have to decide and 3:45. dling his client’s grandson. Amy Ryan co-stars in this and Thu. shows at 2, 5 and 8:30. Mountain whether they should stay in their monastery or hit SOMETHING BORROWED Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:30, with the road after an Islamic fundamentalist group Ginnifer Goodwin’s a single attorney who gets flick, which critics seem to really dig. Wilma Theatre: Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:15. Showboat Cinema in threatens the region with terrorism. This film, lovestruck by her best friend Kate Hudson’s soon- nightly at 9:10, with a Sun. matinee at 3:10.

Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:30. loosely based on the life of Trappist monks in to-be husband, Colin Egglesfield, after they drunkCapsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson.

Algeria, won the Grand Prix award at the 2010 enly hook up on her 30th birthday. John Krasinski NOW PLAYING Cannes Film Festival. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7, (The Office) also stars in this romcom based on Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good with no show on Fri., and a Sun. matinee at 1.

Emily Giffin’s novel of the same name. Carmike as of Fri., May 20. Show times and locations are BRIDESMAIDS 10: Fri.–Wed. 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:35, with subject to change or errors, despite our best Kristen Wiig realizes how difficult life is as a maid PAUL of honor when her best friend Maya Rudolph Seth Rogen aims for guffaws by lending his talents Fri.–Sat. shows at midnight. Pharaohplex in efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or appoints her to the task in this new Judd Apatow as the voice of a hitchhiking alien picked up by Hamilton: Fri.–Wed. 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. comedy. Carmike 10: Fri.–Wed. at 1, 4, 7 and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost—two buddies heading matinees at 3, and no 9:10 show on Sun. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 9:50. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Fri.—Wed. 6:50 to Area 51 for sci-fi kicks. From that point, the duo Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no tries to help Rogan get back to his clan of extra ter- 9:45, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, restrials. Sigourney Weaver and Jason Bateman co- SOUL SURFER Kalispell–752-7800. Showboat in Polson, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:40, with an additional Fri.–Sat. star. Entertainer in Ronan: Fri.–Wed. at 4, 7 and 9. A teen surfer with high hopes on the waves has Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in show at midnight. to relearn the sport after a shark gnaws off her Whitefish–862-3130.

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THE ULTRASOUND OF SILENCE My 27-year-old girlfriend has two kids (ages 10 and 5). She is financially stable and owns her own house. We began planning to get married, but then she said she didn’t want any more children. She cites the financial burden, the time a baby would take from “us,” how she’d be starting all over again, and not wanting to do that to her body again. I think she’s being selfish, seeing me as good enough to help raise her two girls but not good enough to have a child with. I want a child who’s genetically related to me, who I can raise and form from the start. I told her, if she won’t have a baby, I won’t take the next step and get married and purchase a house together. Am I in the wrong here, or is she?

—Feeling Used It’s always so cute when a man announces, “WE’RE having a baby!”—as if “WE” will be getting huge, bloated, and hormonal, and nuzzling the toilet bowl for nine months. And then there’s the really fun part, when WE get strapped to a table, legs spread, and we’re surrounded by strangers shouting “Push! Push!” (As if it’s sheer laziness that keeps a person from squeezing a Mack truck out a carport-sized opening.)

Your fiancée was a teen mother way back before you’d get a reality series for that and has now spent over a third of her life being somebody’s mommy. Not surprisingly, she isn’t into having yet another human being to be responsible for for the next 20-plus years—understanding all too well that “Hey, can we get a new person?!” isn’t like getting another kitten (as in, what’s one more once you’ve already got two shedding on the couch?).

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Lead Clinical Staff Residential Therapeutic Are you dedicated to public child welfare and mental health, flexible and work well within a team? Do you have your LCPC or LCSW or your Master’s degree and are licensable? Then we are looking to add you to our team as a Lead Clinical Staff in our Susan Talbot Boys & Girls Home and Susan Talbot Home for Girls.

Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT 59801. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE.

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Case Worker/Treatment Manager Would you like to provide direct services to children and families in Missoula and the surrounding areas? Are you able to work closely with service agencies and community professionals? Do you have the ability to relate to children and families of varied cultural and socio-economic backgrounds? We need you to fill the Case Worker/Treatment Manager position in our Dan Fox Family Care Program Office in Missoula. Requirements include a B.A. in a human service field. Prefer 2 years of experience related to foster care, adoption, family care services or juvenile probation & parole. Online application must be submitted at www.youthhomes.com. Please attach resume and personal references in the Resume/References area on app. Position closes May 27, 2011.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today I received this email: “Dear Chosen One: My name is Boopsky, also known as ‘The Impossible.’ I rule a small kingdom that exists in a secret place— an island with abundant riches and rhinoceros playgrounds. To make a long story short, you have won our ‘naked’ lottery. Please come visit us to claim your prizes. We will carve a statue of you out of butter and strawberry jam. Your funny ways of walking and talking will be imitated by all of our citizens. Then you will be caressed as a monarch on a pile of TVs and sung songs to by our reincarnation chorus. Can’t wait to see you be so happy!” I suspect you may soon receive an invitation as puzzling as this one, Aries— an apparent blessing that carries mixed messages or odd undertones. My suggestion is to hold off on accepting it until you find out more about it. Meanwhile, make sure it doesn’t distract you from taking advantage of a less flashy but more practical opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In order to capture the spirit of the landscapes he painted, French artist Claude Monet used to work outside in all kinds of weather. When I look at masterpieces like “Snow at Argenteuil” or “The Magpie, Snow Effect, Outskirts of Honfleur,” I like to imagine he was so engrossed in his work that he barely even registered the bitter chill. I bet you’ll be able to achieve a similar intensity of focus in the coming week, Taurus. You could be so thoroughly absorbed in an act of creation or a ritual of transition or an attempt at transformation that you will be virtually exempt from any discomfort or inconvenience that might be involved.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What’s going to happen for you in the coming week will be the metaphorical equivalent of gaining the ability to see infrared light with your naked eye or to detect the ultrasonic sounds that only dogs can hear. With this virtual superpower at your disposal, you just may be able to figure out how people’s unspoken feelings have been covertly affecting your destiny.

You will intuit lucid inklings about the probable future that will help you adjust your decisions. You might even tune in to certain secrets that your own unconscious mind has been hiding from you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Devilish laughter revels in chaos, says Loyola University philosophy professor John Clark. “It’s an assault on excessive order, authority, and seriousness.” Angelic laughter, on the other hand, “expresses delight in the wondrousness of life and in the mystery of the order and fitness of things.” I’d like to suggest, Cancerian, that the time is ripe for you to revel equally in the devilish and the angelic varieties of laughter. So get out there and seek funny experiences that dissolve your fixations and celebrate your life’s crazy beauty. The healing that results could be spectacular.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Last year a group of wealthy Germans asked their government to require them to pay higher taxes. “We have more money than we need,” said the 44 multi-millionaires. They wanted to help alleviate the ravages of poverty and unemployment. I urge you to make a comparable move, Leo. In what part of your life do you have more abundance than most people?

Are there practical ways you could express your gratitude for the extravagant blessings life has given you? I think you’ll find that raising your levels of generosity will ultimately lead to you receiving more love. (Here’s more on the story about rich Germans: tinyurl.com/RichHelp.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it’s flood season, the Amazon River rises as much as 60 feet.

At that time, the adjoining forests earn their name—várzea, a Portuguese word meaning “flooded forests.” The river’s fish wander far and wide, venturing into the expanded territory to eat fruit from the trees. In the coming weeks, Libra, I imagine you’ll be like those fish: taking advantage of the opportunities provided by a natural windfall.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Provocative new influences are headed your way from a distance. Meanwhile, familiar influences that are close at hand are about to burst forth with fresh offerings. It’s likely that both the faraway and nearby phenomena will arrive on the scene at around the same time and with a similar intensity. Try not to get into a situation where they will compete with or oppose each other. Your best bet will be to put them both into play in ways that allow them to complement each other.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are you desperate for more companionship? Have your night dreams been crammed with soulful exchanges? Are you prowling around like a lusty panther, fantasizing about every candidate who’s even remotely appealing? If so, I have some advice from the poet Rumi: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” In other words, Sagittarius: To foster the search for intimate connection, identify the patterns within yourself that are interfering with it. By the way, this is good counsel even if you’re only moderately hungry for closer connection.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you live in the United States, your chocolate almost certainly contains insect parts. The Food and Drug Administration understands that the mechanisms involved in making chocolate usually suck small passers-by into the works, which is why it allows manufacturers to include up to 60 bug fragments per 100 grams of chocolate. A lot of basically positive influences have a similar principle at work: Unpalatable ingredients get mixed in with the tasty stuff, but not in such abundance that they taint the experience. This week, Capricorn, you may be unusually tuned in to the unpalatable side of some good things in your life. Don’t overreact.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I went to a literary event in which young poets read their work.

One poet, Shelby Hinte, began her segment by talking about what inspires her. “I like to write about women who are more interesting than me,” she said. I was full of admiration for that perspective. It suggests she’s cultivating the abundant curiosity and humility that I think are essential to the creative process. As you slip deeper into an extra fertile phase of your personal cycle, Aquarius, I urge you to adopt a similar voracity for influences that surprise and fascinate and educate you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” said science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. So in other words, if you were able to timetravel back to medieval England with a laptop computer and a solar-powered battery charger, the natives might regard you as a wizard with supernatural powers. I think there will soon be a similar principle at work in your life, Pisces: You will get a vivid glimpse of amazing things you could accomplish in the future.

They may seem fantastic and impossible to the person you are right now—tantamount to magic. Be alert for expanded states of awareness that reveal who you could ultimately become.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I don’t know what I’m looking for,” sings Brendan Benson in his bouncy pop song, “What I’m Looking For,” “but I know that I just want to look some more.” I suspect those words could come out of your mouth these days, Virgo. I worry that you’ve become so enamored with the endless quest that you’ve lost sight of what the object of the quest is. You almost seem to prefer the glamour of the restless runaround—as painful as it sometimes is. That probably means you’re at least somewhat out of touch with the evolution of your primal desires. Check back in with the raw, throbbing source, please.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on June 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance amending Missoula Municipal Code (MMC) 10.22 Stopping, Standing and Parking; 10.33 Vehicle Removal; 10.50 Street Cleaning Regulations; and 10.54 Violations—Penalties. For further information, contact Anne Guest, Parking Commission Director at 552-6244. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA An audit of the City of Missoula has been conducted by Anderson Zurmuehlen & Co, P.C. The audit covered the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. Section 2-7-527, MCA, requires the publication of the fol-

lowing summary of significant findings.

Summary of Significant findings The audit report for the City of Missoula for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, was unqualified. The audit report also contained several other auditors’ reports.

Following is a list of the reports and a summary of the findings included in each. This is only a summary and is not intended to be used as an audit report. 1.

Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance and on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards. This report contains one finding concerning information supporting the financial statements. 2. Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance with Requirements that Could Have a Direct and Material Effect on Each Major Program and on Internal Control Over Compliance in Accordance With OMB

Circular A-133. This report contains one finding concerning the completeness of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards. 3. Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards – None found or reported. 4. Report on Audit Report Recommendations – None found or reported. Public Inspection of Audit Report The complete audit report is on file in its entirety and open to public inspection at City Hall and on our city website at: http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/ Archive.aspx?AMID=44 CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council and the Missoula County Commissioners will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, May 23, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider resolutions to authorize City action for two open space proposals: 1) Thompson-Huff Project- a.)

Accept a conservation easement on a 20.57 acre parcel located on the west side of Mount Jumbo; b.) Accept an adjacent 6.28 acre parcel in fee simple; and c.)

Authorize the expenditure of $9,810 in open space bond funds to cover the costs of survey and other professional fees incurred to complete the transfers. 2) Jacobs Project- Authorize the expenditure of $80,000 in open space bond funds towards the purchase of 35 acres located off Deer Creek Road between East Missoula and Bonner. A copy of the resolutions are available in the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Jackie Corday, Parks & Recreation at 552-6267. If you have comments, please mail them to the City Clerk at the address listed above. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The

Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on May 23, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider if the Palace Apartment low-income housing rehabilitation project located at 149 W. Broadway meets a community need.

For further information, contact Martha Rehbein, City Clerk, at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on June 6, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider: An ordinance to amend Title 13, Chapter 13.06 “Industrial Wastewater” An ordinance to amend Chapter 13.18 “Wastewater Haulers” A resolution revis-

ing sewer use fee structure and a sanitary sewer rate increase. Copies of the ordinances and resolution are available at the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Sherry Kenyon, Wastewater Treatment Plant, at 552-6606. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802.

Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Request for Proposals Missoula County is seeking proposals from qualified newspapers for a printing contract for legal advertising. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with MCA §§18-7-411-413. Interested parties may obtain specifications and proposal procedures from Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Room 212, Missoula, MT 59802, or bberens@co.missoula.mt.us.

Interested providers are asked to submit

three (3) printed, double-sided copies of their proposal to the County Auditor’s Office by 3:00PM, Thursday, June 9, 2011. No late proposals will be accepted.

Envelopes must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Printing Contract for Legal Advertising.” Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS Partnership Health Center is inviting sealed bids for a two year contract for janitorial services at the PHC facilities located at 323 W. Alder Street and 401 W. Railroad Street. Interested parties may obtain specifications and bid procedures from the Finance Office, Partnership Health Center, 323 W. Alder Street, Missoula, MT 59802, (406)258-4181.

Proposals will be accepted until 3:00PM, Tuesday, May 31, 2011, and must be sealed and marked “Proposals for PHC Janitorial Services”, and addressed to the

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PUBLIC NOTICES Finance Director, Partnership Health Center, 323 W. Alder Street, Missoula, MT 59802. Technical questions may be directed to Terry Delgadillo, Office Manager, Partnership Health Center, (406)258-4183. A pre-bid walk through will be conducted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:00am with participants meeting in the Partnership Health Center Finance Director’s office, located at 323 W. Alder, 2nd floor. Partnership Health Center/Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Missoula County seeks bids for construction of the Missoula Development Park AirwayExpressway Roundabout. Sealed bids will be accepted by the Missoula County Auditor’s Office, Attn: Barbara Berens, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 until 1:30 PM local time on May 25, 2011 and then publicly opened and read aloud in Room 374 of the Missoula County Courthouse. Note to bidders: the due dte for sealed bids on this project has been extended from Thursday, May 19, 2011 to Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The project consists of the construction of roundabout at the intersection of Airway and Expressway, and landscaping the medians along Airway Blvd and Expressway. The contract documents consisting of drawings, specifications, and bidding documents may be examined or obtained at the office of Professional Consultants, Inc., 3115 Russell, Missoula, MT 59801. The required deposit is $100.00 per set, which is nonrefundable. In addition, the drawings and project manual may also be examined at the Missoula Plans Exchange, 201 N. Russell, Missoula, MT (406) 549-5002.

There will be a Pre-Bid Conference in Room 374 of t he Missoula County Courthouse, at 3:30 PM on May 12, 2011. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend. 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). Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011.

Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734.

CONTRACTOR is not required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project, but must have registered prior to execution of the Construction Agreement. All laborers and mechanics employed by CONTRACTOR or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by Missoula County and the State of Montana. The CONTRACTOR must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against

EAGLE SELF STORAGE

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 27, 137, 152, 218, 329, 367, 440, 568, and 633. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday, May 23, 2011. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, May 26, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All sales are final.

because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Missoula County, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful BIDDER(s) shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided. Sealed bids shall be marked Missoula Development Park Airway-Expressway Roundabout.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids, which is 1:30 PM., local time, May 25, 2011. Note to bidders: the due date for sealed bids on this project has been extended from Thursday, May 19, 2011 to Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the OWNER. The Contractor is required to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

INVITATION TO BID AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MISSOULA, MONTANA Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received and publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, May 26, 2011 by the Missoula County Airport Authority at the Airport Terminal Conference Room for the construction of “Airport Improvements” to include the following: Interactive Training Office Expansion and Remodel This work is to include all tools, equipment, materials and labor to complete this project. Bids must be sealed and delivered: Missoula County Airport Authority 5225 Highway 10 West Missoula, MT 59808 at or before 2:00 p.m., local time on Thursday, May 26, 2011, and marked “Bid for Airport Improvements at the Missoula International Airport.” The bidder’s name, address and state Contractor’s Registration Number shall appear in the lower left hand corner of the envelope. All bids must be accompanied by lawful monies of the United States or a Cashier’s Check, a Certified Check, Bid Bond, Bank Money Order or Bank Draft, 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, in an amount equal to not less than ten (10) percent of the total bid, payable to the order of the Missoula County Airport Authority as liquidated dam-

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following applications: A request from Mr. Jay Kirby for Special Signs; Signs as Part of Building for DeMarois located at

3115 W. Broadway (SEE MAP J).

Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails can be sent to hkinnear@co.missoula.mt.us. Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

ages in the event said successful bidder shall fail or refuse to execute the contract in accordance with the terms of his bid. After a contract is awarded, the successful bidder will be required to furnish a separate Performance and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract. Plans, specifications, bidding and contract forms may be inspected at the Airport Director’s Office – Missoula International Airport, or at offices of the consulting engineer, Morrison-Maierle, Inc., at 1 Engineering Place, Helena, Montana; 315 N. 25th Street, Suite 102, Billings, Montana; 2880 Technology Blvd West., Bozeman, Montana; 1321 8th Avenue North, Suite 104, Great Falls, Montana; or 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, Montana. Copies of these documents may be obtained from the office of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., 3011 Palmer Street, Missoula, Montana 59803 – Phone: (406) 542-8880, on the payment of SeventyFive Dollars ($75.00) non-refundable, for each complete set. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities.

The Contractor will be required to comply with the wage and labor requirements and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedule of wage rates established by the United States Department of Labor as referenced in the Contract. Contractors and any subcontractors doing work on this project will require registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Avenue, Helena, Montana 59604-8011.

Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-800-556-6694. Contractors are required to have been registered with the Department of Labor and Industry prior to bidding on this project. The Bidder must supply all the information required by the bid documents and specifications. The Bidder is required to submit a Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities (included in the Proposal form). A Contractor having 50 or more employees and his subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative action program, the standards for which are contained in the specifications. To be eligible for award each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in these specifications. The proposed contract is under subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal Labor Provisions. This contract will be funded by revenue generated through the Airport’s PFC program. Bidders may not withdraw Proposals for a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date. The pre-bid conference is hereby established at 2:00 p.m. (local time) Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the Airport Terminal Conference Room, Missoula International Airport. A tour of the work site at the Missoula International Airport will be conducted following the pre-bid conference. /s/ Cris Jensen Airport Director Missoula County Airport Authority MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No 1 Cause No DP 11 94 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL P. LEJEUNE, 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 JAMES H. LEJEUNE., the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above -entitled Court.

DATED this 16th day of May, 2011 . /s/ James H. LeJeune Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP11-89 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DENNIS RAY JENKINS, 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 Maureen Jenkins, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren, P.C., 620 High Park Way, PO Box 4947, Missoula, Montana 59806-4947, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 5th day of May, 2011. /s/ Maureen Jenkins, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Probate Case No. DP-11-66 Judge Townsend Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of DONALD W. HANSON, 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 Carolyn L. Hanson, Personal Representative to the estate of Donald W. Hanson, return receipt requested, at c/o Katherine Holliday, Esq., Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC, PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED May 2, 2011. /s/ Carolyn L. Hanson, Personal Representative

Missoula Independent Classifieds Page C6 May 19–May 26, 2011

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-79 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ERIC R. BRAUN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Virginia V. Braun, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of her attorneys, Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, PO Box 7099, Missoula, Montana 59807-7099, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 27th day of April, 2011. /s/ Virginia V. Braun, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-11-489 Dept. No. 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Julia Camille Leuthold, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Julia Camille Leuthold to Julia Camille Lake. The hearing will be on May 26, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. DATED this 18th day of April, 2011. /s/ John W. Larson, Judge of the District Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 1 Cause Probate No. DP-08123 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. MUHLHAUSER, 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 Shahara Muhlhauser, 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: July 28th, 2008. /s/ Shahara Muhlhauser, Personal Representative for the Estate of William F. Muhlhauser MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-11-81 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE DANKERS, a/k/a KATHERINE BAUMGARDNER, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-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 Jack Baumgardner, James Baumgardner and Darlene Richardson, 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 20th day of April, 2011. /s/ Jack Baumgardner, James Baumgardner, Darlene Richardson, CoPersonal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-87 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ROSSANA V. PATERNI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michael Paterni 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 Michael Paterni, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Tiimothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of January, 2011. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson Probate No. DP11-90 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF HARRY RICHARD SMITH, 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 the Personal Representative, Steve Richard Smith, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 6th day of May, 2011. /s/ Steve Richard Smith, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-11-82 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BESSIE HOELL, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their 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 S. Melanie Hoell, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 21st day of April, 2011. /s/ S. Melanie Hoell, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Recorded on 04/15/11 Trustee Sale Number: 11-00228-6 Loan Number: 1279004013 TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on August 24, 2011 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 18 IN BLOCK 3 OF HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF: More commonly known as: 2419 DUNCAN DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT KAREN E. THOMAS AND DONALD F. THOMAS, AS JOINT TENANTS, as the original grantor(s), conveyed said real property to WILLIAM L. DAVIES, ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF MONTANA, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to CENTEX HOME EQUITY COMPANY, LLC, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of November 2, 2005, and recorded on November 14, 2005 under Document No. 200530122, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”).

The current beneficiary is: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-2 (the “Beneficiary”) FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated March 10, 2011 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 April 5, 2011: Balance due on monthly payments from September 1, 2010 which payments total: $16,961.68: Late charges: $1,100.66: Advances: $270.00 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $300,364.12 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 5.00000% per annum from August 1, 2010, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s or attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10Ih 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 7, 2011 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY. Trustee By: Julie Wagner, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3982096 05/19/2011, 05/26/2011, 06/02/2011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/30/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200703700, Bk 791, Pg 1721, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David S. Zrowka and Jeanne A Zrowka, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. was Beneficiary and Title Source, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Source, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 9-B-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 1813, located in the NE1/4 of Section 35 and the NW1/4 of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Bk. 866, Pg. 409, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2007-A2. 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 06/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of March 9, 2011, the amount necessary to

fully satisfy the Loan was $407,519.15. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $383,846.53, 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 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 7037.09748) 1002.171712-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/21/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200809215, Bk 817, Pg 0993, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David A. Zink and Tammy M. Zink, husband and wife and Georgena R. Compton, all as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East half of Lot Twenty-eight (28) and all of Lot Twentynine (29), in Block Forty-eight (48) of East Missoula Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 800 Micro Records, Page 702. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Bk. 863, Pg. 978, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 22, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $242,688.83. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $212,901.30, 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 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 7037.08349) 1002.165986-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/19/07,

recorded as Instrument No. 200727851 Bk 807, Pg 1211, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Karen L. Gerhardt, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the NE 1/4 of Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Certificate of Survey No. 229, less and excepting therefrom that portion conveyed to the State of Montana

by Bargain and Sale Deed recorded April 29, 2002 in Book 681 of Micro Records at Page 82.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 31, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $271,668.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $269,546.31, 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 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 7023.93474) 1002.190462-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/07/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200629422, Bk787, Pg-197, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael D. Bortz and Helen F. Lewis was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Wilmington Finance Inc. was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 in Block 7 of Second Supplement to Linda Vista, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for CIT Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1,

by Vericrest Financial, Inc. as attorney-in-fact.

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 10/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 30, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $300,842.50. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $289,346.83, 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 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash

PUBLIC NOTICES or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com.

(TS# 8349.20167) 1002.190176-FEI Notice of Trustee’s Sale T.S. No. 10-0039159 Title Order No. NWT002615 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 09/14/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: On the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT.. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which LAURA E PETERSON AND MICHAEL J. PETERSON, AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantors, 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 07/18/2005 and recorded 07/19/2005, in document No. 200517944 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 756 at Page Number 465 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: A TRACT OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF U.S.GLO LOTS NO. 7, SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 762. TOGETHER WITH A 60 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO(S). 2 AND 437. Property Address: 17825 BEARGRASS MOUNTAIN ROAD, MISSOULA, MT 59808 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 CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-35CB, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200535CB There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $171,996.71 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.00% per annum from 11/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.

Dated: 04/29/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. Successor Trustee Amanda Green, Authorized Signer 2380 Performance Dr, TX2984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 ASAP# 3983498 05/12/2011, 05/19/2011, 05/26/2011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 12, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A parcel

of land in the SE1/4Ne1/4 of Section 10, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, Missoula County, Montana, and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a point which bears 332.0 feet East along the North line of said SE1/4NE1/4 from the Northwest corner of said SE1/4NE1/4; thence, S.30°30’E., 192.05 feet to a point which is 80 feet distant Northwesterly when measured at right angles from Engineer’s Station 702+03.5 on the center line of Montana State Highway Project No. f215(10), which said Engineer’s Station 702+03.5 is South 1562.1 feet and West 811.5 feet, more or less, from the Northeast corner of said Section 10; thence, N.43°32’E., 121.95 feet to a point which is 90 feet distant Northwesterly when measured at right angles from Engineer’s Station 703+25.0 on said center line; which said Engineer’s Station 703+25.0 is South 1481.5 feet and West 720.6 feet, more or less, from said Northeast corner of Section 10; thence N.16°13’w.,81.89 feet to a point on said North line of said SE1/4NE1/4; thence West along said North line 158.0 feet to the point of beginning. Recording Reference: Book 215 Micro Records at Page 2127. John D Reeves, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Chicago Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 22, 2003 and Recorded October 22, 2003 in Book 720, Page 968 under Document No. 200340504.. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB as successor in interest to IndyMac Bank, FSB. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,333.52, beginning December 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 19, 2011 is $200,607.57 principal, interest at the rate of 2.0% now totaling $1,200.91, late charges in the amount of $202.80, and other fees and expenses advanced of $69.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $11.00 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 4, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 4, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Indymac Vs. Reeves 41969.431 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 12, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 50 OF DOUBLE ARROW RANCH PHASE IV, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THEADORE LEE THORNTON and CHRISTINE GAIL THORNTON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Title, as Trustee, to

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage, a Division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 22, 2007 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 29, 2007, IN BOOK 808, PAGE 96, UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200728459.

The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association fka National City Mortgage. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,369.16, beginning October 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 February 16, 2011 is $362,386.01 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $34,998.02, late charges in the amount of $236.92, escrow advances of $2,749.20, and other fees and expenses advanced of $268.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $65.78 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 4, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 4, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Pnc Vs. Thornton 41230.590 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 15, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract A1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6090, located in the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4) of Section 23, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Stuart Williams, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 15, 2001 and recorded October 22, 2001 at 4:30 o’clock P.M., in Book 669, Page 1585, under Document No. 200126283.

The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage LLC Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,015.18, beginning October 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 11, 2011 is $75,297.89 principal, interest at the rate of 7.625% now totaling $3,028.06, late charges in the amount of $234.42, escrow advances of $627.80, suspense balance of $495.05 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,021.75, plus accruing interest at the rate of $15.73 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 7, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 7, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Gmac Vs. Williams 41207.535 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 15, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 8 OF LINDA VISTA SEVENTH SUPPLEMENT PHASE 5, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Peter B. Hance and Sara N. Hance, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 12, 2003 and Recorded on June 12, 2003 under Document # 200320718, in Bk-708, Pg1339. The beneficial interest is currently held

by EverHome Mortgage Company, Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1341.32, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 17, 2011 is $192,468.89 principal, interest at the rate of 6.375% now totaling $3605.33, late charges in the amount of $134.14, and other fees and expenses advanced of $92.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.10 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 fol-

lowing 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 7, 2011 Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On March 7, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Everhome V. Hance 41470.162 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 5, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 3A OF DAWN ACRES NO. 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Dawn E. Lorash and Stephen W. Lorash, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank- Missoula, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 4, 2004 and recorded on May 10, 2004 in Book 731, Page 1396 as Document No. 200412535.

The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger to Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,185.89, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 10, 2011 is $143,658.94 principal, interest at the rate of 5.8750% now totaling $4,428.09, late charges in the amount of $2,487.10, escrow advances of $252.68, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.12 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an 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 23, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On February 23, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public

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PUBLIC NOTICES Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage Vs. Lorash 41926.901 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 5, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot A52 of Canyon Creek Village, Phase 3 and 4, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof RANDALL E SHIELDS, 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 July 19, 2007 and recorded July 23, 2007 in Book 802, Page 40 under Document No. 200718638. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc..

Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,195.36, beginning August 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 14, 2011 is $131,427.06 principal, interest at the rate of 7.8750% now totaling $5,543.57, late charges in the amount of $244.95, escrow advances of $-17.05, and other fees and expenses advanced of $139.88, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.36 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 23, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On February 23, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Shields 42011.319 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 5, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the

Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA, COUNTY OF MISSOULA, WITH A STREET LOCATION ADDRESS OF 342 SPEEDWAY AVE; MISSOULA, MT 59802-5469 CURRENTLY OWNED BY JUSTIN A HAIT AND DESIREAH M HAIT HAVING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF 04-220024-1-20-18-0000 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT 25 IN BLK 25 OF EAST MISSOULA ADDITION 24-13-19 Justin A. Hait and Desireah M. Hait AKA Nikki M Hait, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank, National Association N.D., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on June 13, 2006 and recorded on July 14, 2006 under Document No. 200617256 in Book 778 on Page 1316. The beneficial interest is currently held by US Bank, National Association N.D.. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $246.68, beginning August 25, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 18, 2011 is $25,093.76 principal, interest at the rate of 7.74% now totaling $963.87, late charges in the amount of $399.36, and other fees and expenses advanced of $443.40, plus accruing interest at the rate of $7.02 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 23, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On February 23, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Us Bank Vs. Hait 41810.441 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPER-

TY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 08/17/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which KENNETH M. FIESTER, J. DOLLENE FIESTER, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to INSURED TITLES as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 11/23/2004 and recorded 11/29/2004, in document No. 200433268 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 744 at Page Number 87 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT C OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 05635, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 10246C BEAR RUN CREEK ROAD, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2011 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 OBLIGA-

TIONS 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 $191,505.66 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 01/01/2011 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: 04/01/2011 ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0027857 FEI NO. 1006.131835 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 08/22/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which HEATHER L. CHENEY, A SINGLE PERSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF MONTANA, INC. as

Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/05/2008 and recorded 03/10/2008, in document No. 200805103 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 814 at Page Number 0668 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 11 OF 44 RANCH, PHASES 1 AND 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2543 LATIGO DRIVE, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2011 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 $265,934.37 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 01/01/2011 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

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Missoula & National Housing Trends

By Diane Beck, 2011 MOR President Home Ownership Market Each year at the end of the first quarter, the Missoula Independent publishes Homesteader, a publication that features information on housing in Missoula – from renting to owning to improving. Also included in the publication is a consumer version of the Missoula Housing Report published annually by the Missoula Organization of REALTORS®. This is an exciting collaboration and we’re honored to spread the word about Missoula’s housing market through this publication. If you would like a copy of Homesteader, please contact a real estate office near you!

The information included has specifics on housing, neighborhoods, demographics, and even rental statistics in Missoula. Here is just a quick peek: • Median Price 2010: $200,500 • Number of Homes Sold 2010: 903 The Median Sales Price and the Number of Sales dropped from 2009 to 2010, which mirrored national trends. The median sales price is the number in which half of the sales are above it and half of the sales are below it; we use

that statistic to prevent an unusually expensive or discounted sale to skew the numbers overall in order to accurately represent market health.

In Missoula, since the height of the housing market in 2007, the median price has dropped by 8.7%. On a national level, according to the National Association of REALTORS®, that decline is closer to 35%. What is interesting about that statistic is that the first-time buyer tax credit spurred the market for the first 3 months in 2010 and many sales were in the starter-home price range which would shift the median value down.

If you would like more detailed information on the state of Missoula’s housing and monthly updates, check out “Market Trends” at MissoulaRealEstate.com.

Financing If you’re at all interested in investing in real estate, you must have an eye on what is happening in the finance market. With bailouts, security rulings, low interest rates, increasing requirements for down payments, and complicated condo financing rules, it’s an ever-changing world. As of the end of

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April, these are some of the national averages: • 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage: 4.78% • 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage: 3.97% • 5/1 Adjustable Rate Mortgage: 3.51% • 1-Year Adjustable Rate Mortgage: 3.15% We have all seen mortgage rates fall and, to the surprise of many, stay down; however, most experts in the industry agree that they can’t stay this low much longer. With the pressures of national debt and changes to the government-sponsored financing (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae), interest rates are sure to rise. More details on the Housing Finance market are available in the 2011 Missoula Housing Report.

If you are considering fulfilling the American dream though homeownership, utilizing qualified experts within the community is the best way to go.

Also, take advantage of publications like the 2011 Missoula Housing Report and Homesteader for help making the best decision for your finances and your family.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Address: 8440 PHEASANT DRIVE, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 11/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $110,421.58 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.25% per annum from 11/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 04/06/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0029886

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: 04/04/2011 ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0029577 FEI NO. 1006.131938 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 08/22/2011 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which RONNY L. STRAIGHT AND VICKI L. STRAIGHT HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 07/25/2003 and recorded 07/31/2003, in document No. 200327979 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 713 at Page Number 573 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 14 IN BLOCK 2 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property

FEI NO. 1006.132267 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 08/29/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which LEONARD T. CONLEY AND TERESA B. CONLEY as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AM TITLE INS CO OF MONTANA as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 01/12/2006 and recorded 01/19/2006, in document No. 200601333 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 767 at Page Number 1163 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5754, LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST ONEQUARTER (NE1/4) OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA; MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. NOTE: ANY CONVEYANCE OR SECURITY INSTRUMENT MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: TOGETHER WITH ROAD FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AS SET OUT IN BOOK 102 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 328 AND BOOK 104 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 751. Property Address: LOT 1A MESSINA DRIVE, AKA 23508 MESSINA DR, Bonner, MT 59823. The beneficial inter-

est under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2011, 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 $222,068.21 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.375% per annum from 01/01/2011 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: 04/14/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0025606 FEI NO. 1006.133035 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 09/06/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JOHN C MOSS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRSTAMERICAN TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 02/20/2007 and recorded 03/08/2007, in document No. 200705526 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 793 at Page Number 341 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 17 AND 18 IN BLOCK 66 OF SCHOOL ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1408 HOWELL STREET, MISSOULA, MT 59802 Property Address: 1408 HOWELL STREET, Missoula, MT 59802. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly install-

ment which became due on 01/01/2010, 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 $133,385.07 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.50% per annum from 12/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 04/19/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0148477 FEI NO. 1006.119982 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. To be sold for cash at Trustee’s sale on July 11,2011, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the followingdescribed property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 3 of Park Addition, Block 6, Lots 13 through 17, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Todd A. Berg and Leslie O. Berg, as Grantors, conveyed the real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obliga-

tion owed to Whitefish Credit Union, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture recorded May 16, 2008, in Book 819 of Micro at Page 91, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded February 23, 2011, in Book 874, Page 442, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provision of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $282,806.92, plus interest at a rate of 5.6% totaling $25,134.79, for a total amount due of $307,941.71, as of February 24, 2011, plus he costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, Trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above.

The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 25th day of February, 2011. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA)) ss. County of Missoula). On this 25th day of February, 2011, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Missoula, Montana. My Commission Expires: 5/7/2013

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 3 bed, 2 bath home on gorgeous acre just west of Frenchtown. Some updating has been done with newer siding, newer roof and the main bathroom has been totally remodeled with new cabinets, paint, and tile. The gorgeous yard has mature pines, tons of flowers, a playhouse, and even a small pond. $234,900 • MLS # 20111782 Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 3 bed, 2 bath Large South Hills home with tons of potential.

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5 bed, 3 bath home in South Hills. House has central air, vaulted ceilings, big family room with gas fireplace. Yard w/ underground sprinklers and privacy fence. 2 car garage. Great home for entertaining! MLS # 10007275. $255,000. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 55+ COMMUNITY 2 Bed, 2 Bath, large family room. Homeowners fee includes clubhouse, sewer, garbage, land lease, snow removal & lawn care. $129,900 • MLS#10006023. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

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Great building site, with electricity right at the property line.

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Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City Sewer available. Great view.

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209 E Pine Ct • $179,900 • MLS# 20112619 SE of Florence just off ESH Ranch home nestled in the pines on 1.41 acres 3 bed 2 bath Open Floor plan

812 Gerald Ave • $475,500 • MLS# 20112753 1900 UofM home full of charm & history Original woodwork & leaded glass plus many updates New roof, windows and remodeled kitchen 2721 Crystal Ct #3 • $127,000 • MLS# 20112674 Grant Creek Cottonwoods Condo Many upgrades,in Beautiful Condition Mature tree makes for private back area

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