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Vol. 22, No. 24 • June 16–June 23, 2011
Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture
Up Front: Hank Green pioneers 2D glasses Range: Some roads never should have been built Soundcheck: American Falcon is loud. Damn. Loud.
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MISSOULA
Vol. 22, No. 24 • June 16–June 23, 2011
Western Montana’s Weekly Journal of People, Politics and Culture
Up Front: Hank Green pioneers 2D glasses Range: Some roads never should have been built Soundcheck: American Falcon is loud. Damn. Loud.
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Water ebbs over Tower Street, just a few yards away. It starts an inch deep and ends in the trees down the road in a torrent. The Clark Fork River is projected to crest at around 13 feet this evening—Thursday, June 9—so there’s urgency in this work. I’m nearly two hours in and I have no idea how many bags I’ve filled. They keep disCover photo by Chad Harder appearing in the backs of pickups, 50 to 100 at a time. There are about 40 other volunteers scurrying about different tasks. I wonder if they have any idea where these sandbags are going. I sure as hell don’t ....................................14
News Letters Too many motorboats, too many wolves...................................................... 4 The Week in Review David Burgert on the run and other calamities .....................6 Briefs Food bank hurting, parents peeved, Quality Supply sold ..............................6 Etc. What if we treat pot like wolves?.........................................................................7 Up Front Too many dimensions? Hank Green makes glasses for that. .....................8 Ochenski The country is drifting to the right. Where are the progressives? ............9 Writers on the Range It’s government’s job to limit motorized use .....................10 Agenda A friendraiser for the feature film Winter in the Blood ..............................12
Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Here are your paid-for food groups.............................................20 Happiest Hour Stockman’s Bar ...............................................................................21 8 Days a Week Who cares if you get wet?. ..............................................................23 Mountain High Tour de Coop takes riders to chicks..............................................33 Scope Montana poet laureate Henry Real Bird talks horses ...................................34 Noise Ray LaMontagne, Southerly, Buster Blue, Thee Oh Sees ..............................35 Soundcheck American Falcon is loud. Real. Damn. Loud ......................................36 Film Super 8 recreates the joys of some sci-fi classics .............................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................38
Exclusives Street Talk ..................................................................................................................4 In Other News..........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ...............................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ..............................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology ................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World..............................................................................................C-15
PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Robert Meyerowitz PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matthew Frank PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Molly Laich STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Alex Sakariassen CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Skylar Browning COPY EDITORS David Loos, David Merrill ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jenn Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Chris Melton, Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff, Rhonda Urbanski, Steven Kirst SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Teal Kenny MARKETING AND ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Tara Shisler FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, George Ochenski, Nick Davis, Andy Smetanka, Jay Stevens, Dave Loos, Ednor Therriault, Ali Gadbow, Azita Osanloo, Cathrine L. Walters, Anne Medley, Jesse Froehling
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STREET TALK
by Chad Harder
Asked at lunchtime along the Northside River Trail in downtown Missoula. This week the Indy reports on the challenges faced by the Montana Food Bank Network as they try to keep their shelves stocked. What’s the longest that you’ve ever gone without food? Follow-up: What food can you absolutely not live without?
Moira Lennox: That would’ve been camping; we went two and a half days without because mice and rodents got into the food bag. We decided not to eat it. Darked upon: Chocolate, a good dark chocolate, like a Ghirardelli, with a little bit of mint. All I need is just a little piece.
David Gough: I’d say the better part of a day, you know, fasting and that sort of thing. Daily cup: English Breakfast tea. I’m from England, and it’s just a black tea we have at breakfast; it’s not flavored like an Earl Grey. You Americans have so many sorts of teas.
David Gray: That would be about 16 hours, during an “Order of the Arrow” ordeal. It’s a Boy Scout thing, and for me it was 30 or at least 25 years ago. We got a fasting presentation, then sent out into the woods to camp. I did the ordeal, but that was all I ever did with it. Mmmmmm: Chocolate. That’s an easy one.
Keesa Right: Three days, because I was sick with mono and couldn’t eat anything. I was hooked up to IVs in the hospital and severely dehydrated, plus I lost 17 pounds. I was okay with that, but then nothing fit. Proper cravings: I guess fruit—any kind, really, but I especially love watermelon.
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Tell ’em you’re canoeing Perhaps you’ve seen a jet boat whizzing by on the river this spring while you were fishing or walking along the banks. I certainly have. Despite the high ecological and recreational value of the Clark Fork, Bitterroot, and Blackfoot Rivers, certain reaches of these rivers near Missoula give free reign to motorized watercraft. Existing regulations allow motorized recreation users to pose risks to human safety and the health of our rivers. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is currently revising the rules that guide when and where motorized boats can be used on these rivers. As an avid angler and floater of these rivers, I think it’s important to weigh in on the decision-making process. More and more motorized watercraft are using our nearby rivers. Along with this increase in motorized traffic comes a growing concern about how they impact our rivers. High-speed motorboats leave wakes, which can cause shoreline erosion and disrupt fish and wildlife. Plus, motorboats have a higher potential for polluting our waters with oil and gas. They also place other users, like anglers, swimmers, and nonmotorized boaters at risk, especially during summer when there are literally hundreds of other users out on the water. The proposed rule change by FWP is a step in the right direction, and I hope you’ll join me in supporting this common-sense proposal. All those interested in maintaining the recreational values of our treasured rivers should weigh in with FWP by going to http://fwp.mt.gov/recreation/publicComments/region2boatingRe gs.html or calling 406-542-5500. Wes Swaffar Missoula
The big bad wolf The environmentalists have worked for decades claiming to save certain species, but to the destruction of others. The wolf is the most prominent player in this charade. Deliberate reintroduction of the wolf followed by its over-protec-
tion has assured the destruction of the many species upon which these predators feed, key among them being elk, deer, and moose. In western states these have become truly endangered species along with domestic livestock. Meanwhile what is left of the wildlife flees, migrating to other regions, unfortunately likely followed by the wolves. We even see victim animals moving in
Wolves have upset the balance of nature, not climate change. And unfortunately the environmentalist organizations, the judges, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife know it.
with human populations basically for protection and survival. A recent example photo was of a mother moose with her newborn calf at the front doorstep of a home in town. Remaining elk have started gathering into massive herds for protection and better chances of survival. Moose are simply disappearing. Trained herd dogs now trigger stampedes rather than gentle management of cattle. Climate change promoters are delighted to use these very complex
phenomena as phony proof that, yes indeed, climate change is causing extensive changes in rural America. This, while conveniently ignoring the fact that very explainable behavior modification is occurring to adjust to rising numbers of predators. Wolves have upset the balance of nature, not climate change. And unfortunately the environmentalist organizations, the judges, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife know it. It is all, including the climate change concept, in accordance with a well-developed, carefully thoughtout plan along with the Wildlands Project that has been in process of implementation for years. Meanwhile, people who have their land locked up in conservation easements also suffer the consequences. Ranchers cannot survive this level of livestock loss, but find themselves unable to sell off their property as their conservation easement contract locks the land into livestock production and it cannot be subdivided. The ranch has thus been rendered useless with no prospective buyers willing to assume taxes and maintenance of a non-productive “wildlife preserve,” especially if only wolves will inhabit it. The dominos are now rapidly falling for private property rights, prosperity, and rural America as we have known it. We will only be left with pleasant memories of farm and ranch life, cowboys riding herd on cattle, and farmers tending new crops of little calves, colts, and chickens. When American food production is eliminated from the landscape, the economic stability of the entire country will also be in jeopardy. Gone also will be the flocks of happy tourists arriving to enjoy beautiful mountain vistas for hiking, hunting, and fishing. They will remain captive in the congestion of concrete cities unless they’re willing to come armed to risk vacations in the wilds of the open spaces and to snuggle into their sleeping bags with firearms at their sides. Clarice Fiala Ryan Big fork
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Flogging the coal horse
Poor Tim O’Leary. He has the best of both worlds going (see “Missoula City Council: Pawn, porn, and beer,” June 9). He gets to sell his beer at full retail straight from the barrel. No liquor license required. Yet he is whining about a fewhundred-dollar tax to cover the city’s regulatory oversight costs. He is running two beer bars without the cost of an expensive license that other retailers pay. Oh, but the jobs, Tim. Big whoop. June 10 at 6:51 p.m.
I’ve been reading different versions of this same, tired column from Ochenski for years (see “Coal cowboy in China,” June 9). This is the last one I’ll read. I’m done. Get a new topic, please. June 9 at 8:56 a.m.
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The right way to tax Has there ever been a Montana governor or legislators who were not insidious whores servicing out-of-state corporate special interests? Raising or just restoring the original tax on our exported quality
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coal (see “Coal cowboy in China,” June 9) and eliminating existing tax breaks for oil corporations drilling in Montana could raise enough money to eliminate the K-12 budget crunch and also create affordable higher education and a state sponsored universal health care system. Imagine that, using our abundant resources to benefit the people of Montana! June 11 at 5:31 p.m.
Unfair burden I think the point is that specific businesses were singled out to make up
the budget shortfalls (see “Missoula City Council: Pawn, porn, and beer,” June 9). It sets a precedent where specific types of businesses have a greater share of responsibility when it comes to Missoula’s budget woes, whereas other, possibly much more profitable businesses do not share this burden. Every tax burden diminishes a business’s profitability and ability to provide jobs, whether it’s a few hundred dollars or thousands. June 11 at 11:50 a.m.
Betrayal, thy name is national parks T h e N a t i o n a l Pa r k S e r v i c e i s charged with the protection of our native wildlife. By participating so willingly in the tragically flawed Interagency Bison Management Plan (see “Buffalo battle,” June 2), NPS has betrayed the American public. Ever noticed that the buffalo is the icon of the NPS? It is way past time for the NPS to pull out of the IBMP and start over by protecting our buffalo! June 9 at 11:59 p.m.
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The Montana Human Rights Network celebrates the one-year anniversary of Missoula’s historic antidiscrimination ordinance. Supporters bestow cake and accolades on Missoula City Council members Stacy Rye and Dave Strohmaier along with City Attorney Jim Nugent, for passing and resisting efforts to overturn the law.
• Thursday, June 9 The Montana Department of Transportation opens the Beartooth Highway with several feet of snow still looming over both sides of the road. The pass into Wyoming is usually open by Memorial Day weekend, but snow pack is as much as double the average this year in parts of the surrounding range.
• Friday, June 10 A jury in Missoula finds Stevensville resident Katie Garding guilty of vehicular homicide. Garding is sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison for striking and killing Bronson Parsons while driving her SUV drunk in East Missoula on New Year’s Day 2008.
• Saturday, June 11 A motorcycle collides with a Jeep Cherokee at Missoula’s Orange and South 5th streets in the early morning hours. The motorcyclist, Steven Weigand, 33, of Missoula, dies of his injuries. The driver of the Cherokee, a 19-year-old woman, is hospitalized.
• Sunday, June 12 The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Montana has the second least formally educated statehouse in the nation, with 20 percent of its legislators having zero college experience. Arkansas was the least educated with 25 percent.
• Monday, June 13 The Missoula City Council votes unanimously to increase fines levied on parking scofflaws. Council signs off on creation of a tiered-rate structure in which there’s no fine for the first parking ticket. From there, penalties go up by $5 increments. The tier tops out at $20 for four or more violations, and resets after six months.
• Tuesday, June 14 Law enforcement, including an FBI SWAT team, scales back its multi-day effort to hunt down noted anti-government leader David Burgert two days after he allegedly abandoned his Jeep, fired a handgun at deputies, and fled into the woods west of Lolo on foot. Authorities say the well-prepared Burgert may have escaped the area.
A golfer sinks a putt on Hole 12 of the Blue Mountain disc golf course during last weekend’s Zootown Open. The roster for the two-day event filled up in four hours. It attracted 100 competitors from nine states.
Homelessness Lowell parents peeved Parents of children who attend Missoula’s Lowell Elementary are angry that they’ve been excluded from discussions about the Poverello Center’s plans to relocate its homeless center three blocks from the Westside school. “If they want to be part of this community, it should have been handled much differently,” says Allison McKnight, president of the Lowell Elementary Parent Teacher Association. The Pov is moving forward with plans to replace its ramshackle Ryman Street digs with a new homeless shelter at 1112 West Broadway. McKnight says that for parents, a significant concern stems from the fact that, according to the statewide Department of Justice registry, 15 violent or sexual offenders list the Poverello Center as home. “How can the people involved in this decision not consider these issues?” she asks. “And if it was considered, why did no one reach out to the neighborhood to address possible concerns?” Missoula Mayor John Engen is working closely
with the Poverello Center which aims to close its relocation deal in July. Engen says the move is still in the very early stages; he didn’t roll out the plan sooner because he didn’t want to publicly hash out a project that might not fly. “It made no sense to me to reach out to a broad neighborhood without having some idea of whether we could use the site,” he says. Engen says once there’s a new Pov design to be scrutinized, he’ll host a neighborhood meeting to work out concerns. Poverello Board President Kate Gadbow says that because a new facility will have more room to house people, it will help contain them, too, ideally keeping them from spilling out onto the streets, as is now frequently the case. “We are not trying to move problems,” she says. “We are trying to solve them.” There’s an inflated perception that the Pov is a hotbed of criminal activity, Gadbow adds. That’s in part because just about anyone can use the shelter’s address to register as a violent offender. Gadbow points to findings included in Missoula’s homeless needs assessment, released last winter, when she
asserts that the Pov’s clientele is largely law-abiding. “There’s a conflation between the transients who are harassing people on Higgins and the Poverello in peoples’ minds,” Gadbow adds. “It’s not the case, not for 80 to 90 percent (of Pov clients).” McKnight says neighborhood residents might be more welcoming of a new Pov on West Broadway if they were included earlier in the discussions. “We just want to be heard.” Jessica Mayrer
Growth and development Here comes FlatIron The FlatIron Ranch subdivision, a planned 551unit development on 451 acres of farmland outside Hamilton, will be the largest ever approved in Ravalli County’s history if commissioners sign off on it at the end of this month. “We’re going to look like LA,” says Rich Morrisey from Bitterooters for Planning, which opposes the project. In 2006, when Arizona-based Shiloh
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"Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing." ~Ayn Rand
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Development along with property owners Bradley Mildenberger, Mildenberger Properties LLC, and Lowell Olin first proposed FlatIron, it got bogged down in red tape and fiery debates about how the region should grow. Then it was ensnared by a backlog at the county planning department that collided with changes to growth policies and a lawsuit filed by several developers. Now the project is resurfacing. And it’s garnering more opposition. During a Ravalli County Planning Board meeting last week, 16 of 17 locals testified against it. Concerns centered on increasing traffic, the impact on groundwater, and the erosion of farmland. The planning board voted 5-2 to recommend denial of FlatIron’s subdivision application. But a newly elected county commission— perceived by many as distinctly pro-development—took the county’s reigns in January, and it will have the final say. That leaves folks like Morrisey worrying that the project could move forward despite public outcry. “These guys are so pro-growth,” Morrisey laments. Ravalli County Commission Chairman J.R. Iman says he understands the concerns. But he’s also a believer in a landowner’s right to maximize their investment. “What about the rights of people who have owned this agricultural property?” he asks. “You can’t tie a man to the plow because he owns a certain number of acres.” The project would be rolled out in 15 phases over 30 years. Shiloh Development plans on setting aside 117 acres as open space and is offering $365,000 to help pay for initial roadway improvements. It also says it will invest in a high-end wastewater treatment facility to better ensure groundwater is protected. “I would call it a well-planned development,” says Jason Rice from Territorial Landworks, a civil engineering firm representing Shiloh. The development goes before the Ravalli County Commissioners June 30. Jessica Mayrer
Business Local no more Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply updated its website earlier this week, adding four Montana cities to the Bozeman-based business’s drop-down tab of store locations. Those cities were Butte, Dillon,
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Hamilton—and Missoula. The locations might sound familiar. When they closed this Monday, they were the links in the popular Quality Supply chain, owned and operated by Missoula’s Peterson family since 1965. On Wednesday, they reopened as the latest additions to the Murdoch’s network. While the new owners have promised these outlets will retain their character and nearly all of their 175 employees, the locallyowned flavor many customers have grown to appreciate will certainly alter as headquarters moves from Missoula to Bozeman. “It’s bound to change a little bit,” Murdoch’s owner Rick Ungersma said shortly after receiving the title to Quality Supply Tuesday morning, “but we will
continue to empower the local employees and management teams to operate in their communities the way they have. That’s a very important part of the success of this, retaining the employees who have made Quality successful all these years. We don’t take that lightly.” Ungersma hosted a get-together Tuesday afternoon for the roughly 165 Quality employees who will be making the transition to the Murdoch’s crew. He hoped to “ease the fears” that many have expressed. Quality Supply ran a smooth, friendly operation, Ungersma says, and Murdoch’s runs its stores in a similar fashion. This is hardly Ungersma’s first acquisition. Murdoch’s has stores throughout Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska. Ungersma doubts Quality Supply customers will notice much of a difference besides the name. “We sell the same
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brands of clothing for the most part, the same brands of tools, animal feed, pet food,” he says. “I don’t think there’s going to be any big shockers.” Alex Sakariassen
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Hunger Food bank hurting Montana Food Bank Network Director Peggy Grimes watched anxiously this week as staffers inside the nonprofit’s Missoula warehouse loaded canned food, cereal, and pasta into trucks. “We probably would have been able to make it through this a whole lot easier had the floods not hit us,” Grimes said. “We are in an emergency situation.” The nonprofit distributed 8.4 million pounds of food last year to 196 partner agencies, including Missoula’s Watson Children’s Shelter, the Poverello Center, the Salvation Army, and rural food banks across the state. Even before the floods hit, the network was navigating a 107 percent increase in households seeking emergency food assistance since 2009. The problem is there’s been no increase in funding this year to cover the spike in demand. In fact, the network is grappling with the possibility of a funding loss as Congress deliberates U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan. The Republican-crafted legislation proposes cutting federal emergency food programs. If that happens, Grimes says, the network, and individuals and families served by emergency food providers across Montana, will be forced into an even more precarious balancing act. Rural food banks are already trying to do more with less. For example, Alberton Food Pantry director Laura Acker says demand there is up by 8 percent this year over last. With food supplies waning, she’s trimming the amount of food she distributes to individual clients. “I guess the part that stresses me out the most is that we won’t be able to provide the protein,” she says—the amount of meat that the food bank receives every six weeks has “been cut back by hundreds of pounds.” Grimes, meanwhile, is left watching food loaded onto trucks as she worries about being able to restock shelves. She says she hopes Congress pays attention to how its actions affect people on the ground. “What we’re saying is, ‘Please don’t make these cuts. If that does happen, Montana is in a very serious condition.’” Jessica Mayrer
Rough count of named mountains in the state of Montana, according to USGS records. William P. Yenne, son of former Glacier National Park guide and trails supervisor William J. Yenne, recently proposed that an unnamed peak in Glacier be designated Yenne Peak.
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Last week, four-term Rep. Diane Sands, D-Missoula, pitched an interesting proposal to her progressive cohorts in the state legislature: pressure the federal government to “delist” marijuana, currently on the U.S. Department of Justice’s list of controlled substances. Word of Sands’ budding initiative spread like a weed, popping up in mainstream newspapers and on internet forums such as GrowMedical420, CannabisNews, and WeedWatch. It was as if, in the course of years of debate over medical marijuana, no one had ever given thought to taking the fight for legalization up the chain. Sands’ argument is eloquently simple. Since the feds classify marijuana as an illegal drug, and since the feds oversee enforcement of that classification, there’s little the Montana Legislature can do to regulate the medical marijuana boom our state has witnessed over the past year. There’s also little the state can do to avoid tense situations involving federal enforcement, like the high profile federal raids on numerous medical marijuana businesses back in March, when the FBI, DEA, and ATF seized everything from pot plants to cash and customer records. Medical marijuana advocates fired back with insinuations of potential states’ rights violations. Montana’s ambiguous medical marijuana law certainly didn’t help resolve the dispute. Enter the proposal from Sands, who chaired an interim committee last year tasked with studying possible legislative fixes. Sands’s push to remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances was immediately compared to the West’s still-raging wolf debate. That’s fitting. As with wolves, delisting marijuana would remove federal oversight and place regulatory power in the hands of state governments. As with wolves, delisting marijuana would allow related decisions to be based on the desires of average Montanans. And, as with wolves, delisting marijuana would theoretically squelch any conflicts between state actions and federal policy. Unlike delisting wolves, however, Montana’s Republican majority probably won’t greet marijuana delisting with lockand-load fervor. Conservatives in both the state house and senate have repeatedly attacked Montana’s six-year-old, voterapproved legalization of medical marijuana, and a controversial reform barely made it out of this year’s session. The GOP has clearly staked out a war on pot. Sands’s only hope of winning over those who might oppose revisiting the medical marijuana issue could be to take her cue from the wolf debate: delist it, set an annual quota, and open up a public hunt on the devil weed. Marijuana might not be the most cunning game, but at least there won’t be any questions about what to do with the hide.
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When Tron: Legacy opened last December, critics dismissed it as hollow eye candy or another forgettable Hollywood foray into the world of 3D. The film scored a big opening weekend, then promptly faded from screens and relevance. Unlike the groundbreaking 1982 original, the new Tron failed to leave any lasting impression on the future of the movie industry. Unless you count what happened inside Missoula’s Carmike 10 on Reserve Street. That’s where Hank Green, during an otherwise uneventful screening of the film, hatched a simple idea that could change how millions of people watch 3D movies. Green is the founder of 2D Glasses, a Missoula-based company that sells shades
Katherine’s pair. The fragile, sloppily built creation worked perfectly. Green thought nothing of it until friends found out and asked if he’d make them a pair. “And I’m like, ‘Well, you can make your own pair.’ It’s not that hard,” he says. “And then, after the third person asked me, I realized, ‘Wait. How much would you pay for a pair?’ They said ten bucks, and I thought I could make that work.” Green launched 2D Glasses in April. The professionally manufactured glasses sell for $7.99 through 2D-glasses.com (the company ’s website), Amazon, and ThinkGeek.com, an online store that actually mocked the idea of “De-3D Cinema Glasses” in an April Fool’s Day story. The
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designed to take the third dimension out of 3D movies. The paradoxical product caters to an estimated 10 percent of Americans— including Green’s wife, Katherine—who can’t watch 3D without suffering from headaches, dizziness, nausea, or other discomforts. “I basically didn’t want to stop seeing 3D movies with Katherine, or start going to the movies alone,” says Green. “Plus, it was so easy to fix.” Green’s solution essentially cancels out Hollywood’s visual trick. When a person watches a 3D movie, a projector beams two images onto the screen, creating a blurry mess. Standard 3D glasses use one lens to block one image and the other lens to block the other image. The combined effect confuses viewers to create the illusion of depth. Green figured if he could block the same image through both lenses, it’d result in a normal 2D image. After Tron, he took the left lens from his 3D glasses and replaced it with the right lens from
joke speaks to how silly the idea sounds, but it also taps into a growing number of annoyed moviegoers and film critics who want 3D to disappear. “The amount of press has been unbelievable,” says Green, who rattles off a list of coverage that includes NPR’s “Morning Edition,” CNN International, Forbes, Time, the Los Angeles Times, and a number of popular tech blogs. “Everyone recognizes that 3D is a big deal, but that it also causes real problems for a lot of people.” The most exciting boost came when Roger Ebert sent out a tweet touting Green’s invention. The virtual thumbs-up from America’s seminal film critic and one of 3D’s most outspoken detractors created a bump in publicity and reinforced Green’s belief in the idea. “Someone wrote to me and said something about it being a niche product,” says Green, who’s already sold 2,000 units. “I don’t get that. I wrote back and said, well, if it’s for 10 percent of America, it’s not really a niche product. You don’t know the defini-
tion of niche. There’s still a lot of room for this to grow.” Not everyone, however, is quick to share Green’s optimism. Richard Taylor, complex manager at the Carmike 10, says he hasn’t fielded any complaints from patrons about 3D headaches. He suspects part of the reason is that the Carmike 10 offers many of its 3D movies in 2D as well. In fact, according to the Hollywood Reporter, when given the choice, moviegoers are making their preference known. Earlier this summer, 60 percent more people chose to see Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 2D rather than 3D. The same thing happened again with last week’s release of Kung Fu Panda 2. “It’s sort of a double-edged thing,” says Taylor. “On one hand, I can’t imagine people going out of their way to pay for a different pair of glasses when you can just see the same movie at the same time in 2D. Then again, if your friends are going to see it in 3D, you may want to go. I guess there’s an opportunity to help those people, but it seems limited.” Green has a history of turning longshot ideas into successes. In 2007, he and his brother started “Brotherhood 2.0,” a funny, fast-paced video blog that documents their daily lives. What started as a creative way for the two to stay in touch turned into a YouTube phenomenon. Their videos have now been viewed more than 140 million times and their “Vlogbrothers” channel is listed among YouTube’s top 50. Green parlayed the success of Vlogbrothers into other online enterprises, including a record label that caters to other internet celebrities. Green also records his own music and tours; his third studio CD comes out soon. Next month he’ll host the second annual VidCon, a conference in Los Angeles for other video bloggers that has 2,400 registered attendees. He also oversees EcoGeek.com, an environmental technology website he created while studying in the University of Montana’s environmental studies program. For all the recent attention, Green says 2D Glasses actually take up a fraction of his time. But he’s hoping that will change. “This is a whole different game than I’m used to,” he says. “I’m used to selling to my audience, and at the end I have maybe one box of CDs left and that’s it. With this, it’s been more gradual. The publicity has been great, but now I need it to translate into sales.” sbrowning@missoulanews.com
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The tipping point Obama, Democrats have abandoned progressivism The 2012 election season is off to a running start with candidates popping up like mushrooms after our long spring rains. Thanks to a serious imbalance in American politics right now, we will likely see positions drift even farther to the right as the Tea Party and the religious right exerts their pull on already nervous Republicans. Meanwhile, running-scared Democrats will likewise drift farther right since they face no similar, countervailing force from the demoralized Left. Were one to trace this right-wing revolution in American politics to its recent roots, the inescapable conclusion is that the Tea Party rose to power on one main issue—the mandate in the so-called “health reform” bill, that everyone must buy health insurance. While it’s been dubbed “Obamacare” by the opposition, the truth is that it is actually Baucus-care. Obama didn’t put the bill together or vote for it. The simple but ugly fact is that the health care debacle was strictly the product of a Congress in which both the House and Senate were controlled by the largest Democrat majorities in decades, which could have and should have delivered a better result to the president’s desk. But it was surely Obama who signed it into law and while doing so claimed it to be something it is not. It is not health care reform, it is health insurance reform and dang little of that. To try and put a fast one over on the American people is always a mistake. History is replete with outstanding examples. Bush’s phony excuses for invading Iraq, for instance. There were no weapons of mass destruction. There were no nuclear bomb-making facilities, nor any yellowcake uranium to fuel them. When Obama offered voters a pledge of “change and hope,” it was anger at Bush’s deception and perfidy that he rode all the way to the White House. How ironic is it, then, that almost in an instant the coin flipped and suddenly it was Obama on the hook for deception while the ascendant Tea Party rallied? Surely Montanans remember the summer of 2009, when Denny Rehberg ranted across the state at dozens of citizen rallies while Tester avoided constituents like the plague and Baucus was almost physically intimidated in his few public appearances. Progressives, on the other hand, were given a pig in a poke to try and defend–a health care bill written by and for the insurance industry that would, by law, add tens of millions of new customers and billions of dollars in long-term profits to their corporate coffers. No public option, no single-
payer, no assurances whatsoever that costs for the mandated insurance wouldn’t soar into the stratosphere. The Tea Party rallies threw Democrats into a frenzy as they watched their revolu-
Who would have predicted that it would be Obama who would not just continue the controversial Predator drone strikes inside Pakistan but send planes, missiles, covert special forces, and more Predator drones to Libya, Yemen, and Somalia?
tion dissolve only a year after it started. Their response, unfortunately, has further empowered the Tea Party and Republicans while alienating even more of their Democratic base. Suddenly, the promises to end the wars became excuses for continuing the wars and even expanding them. Who would have predicted that it would be the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who would not just continue the controversial Predator drone strikes inside Pakistan but send planes, missiles, covert special forces, and more Predator drones to Libya, Yemen, and Somalia? Who would have predicted that the defense budget under Obama would
get bigger, not smaller, as the nation plunged into economic collapse? But that’s not the worst of it. Given the opportunity to roll back the Bush tax cuts to the wealthy, Obama instead decided to extend them. As billions of dollars in muchneeded revenue was funneled to the top 1 or 2 percent of Americans, millions more were losing their jobs to the recession and their homes to foreclosure. Yet even now, Obama is courting the pirates of Wall Street for campaign donations as they forcefully resist the weak attempts the Democrats have made at reigning in their speculative excesses. Congress now borrows more than 40 cents on every dollar it spends and faces yet another showdown over raising the national debt ceiling in the coming months. And once again, progressives are left in the virtually indefensible position of supporting more spending while the Republicans and their Tea Party cohorts raise the cry for fiscal responsibility by the federal government–a message that resonates broadly with angry and cash-strapped taxpayers. Without the trillions lost to the wars and the wealthy, it’s Obama who’s left with the unsavory task of determining the long-term stability of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. He faces an outraged public led by 78 million baby boomers who have paid into those social programs for their entire working lives and who expect to receive the benefits promised to them when the federal government took the money from their paychecks every week. If anything will save the Democrats, it will be the excesses of the Tea Party and the Republicans. The calls by their congressional cohorts such as Rep. Paul Ryan to slash or eliminate Medicare, give more tax breaks to corporations, and lower tax rates for the wealthy are already engendering significant public blowback. But where are the cries to expand the social safety nets in this time of need? Where are the calls to end the wars? Where is the Democratic plan to significantly aid the middle class? The Left seems to have left the debate–or been abandoned by the Democrats. And without that voice, to our peril, we drift ever more to the right, unbalanced and toppling into a morass from which we may never recover. 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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Road warriors The revolution will be motorized by Jen Jackson
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Big Sky Mudflaps
Russ Nasset and the Revelators
a blend of jazz, swing & rhythm & blues with a healthy dose of Latin percussion
Country/Rockabillly/Roots
Family Activity: Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium
Family Activity: SpectrUM science tent
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Ed Norton Big Band
Greenstar
Jazz & Swing
Rock/Inspirational Groove
Family Activity: Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium
Family Activity: Montana Public Radio
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Growing threats of violence; increasing rage; calls to restore liberty by throwing off unjust and unconstitutional government rule. The voices of the angry are loud and they’re likely coming soon to a Bureau of Land Management or Forest Service office near you. The issue that inspires this fury is closing roads through public lands. Does a Sunday drive merit all this outrage? Do we have so few problems in this recession-rattled, deeply divided country that access to roads is worth this war of words? Here in Moab, Utah, a group called the Sagebrush Coalition recently formed to protect the motorized access that already exists on federal lands. They’ve held public meetings, met with BLM and Forest Service personnel and promoted their message in the local newspaper. Their rallying cries at gatherings include, “We want our public lands open!” and “They’re ours—take them back!” At issue is the federal government’s authority to manage, and, more specifically, accept or decommission roads. The matter is currently coming to a head across the West as numerous BLM field offices update their resource management plans. These plans, in part, determine what routes remain open for travel. In addition, the Forest Service is complying with the 2005 Travel Management Rule, which required each national forest to designate which roads are acceptable for motorized use. We desperately need updated management plans. Existing management documents were drafted 20 or more years ago—well before the current explosion in motorized recreation. To some critics, however, the new plans have conspiracy and tyranny written all over them. One Colorado resident said at a hearing that land-management agencies are restricting public access so the Chinese can take over mineral rights promised to them as payment for U.S. debts. Another Coloradoan, Doug Maxwell, told the Denver Post: “The Forest Service has no right to enforce any laws. They can’t enforce laws unless they are deputized by the coun-
ty sheriff.” Maxwell has been sitting in protest outside the public lands office near Dolores with a sign reading “Road Closures = a Step Toward Tyranny.” Here in Moab, Dave Cozzens, a member of Moab’s Sagebrush Coalition, was quoted at a recent meeting saying that,
Government tyranny is not the issue here. We’ve got more than enough roads in our backcountry to please drivers, and some roads should never have been created in the first place. while he doesn’t advocate violence against BLM employees, “if this stuff continues, that will happen. That will be a natural result of what they’re doing.” In Colorado, Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell agrees with that sentiment. He told The Cortez Journal: “If a Forest Service personnel is attacked, I will do everything in my power to protect them, but, at the same time, I think they are really bringing it on themselves.” Let’s be honest: Government tyranny is not the issue here. We’ve got more than enough roads in our backcountry to please drivers, and some roads should never have been created in the first place; they’re in
wetlands or in other inappropriate places. It is exactly the responsibility of government to decide which roads to keep and which ones to close. Better late than never. The alternative is anarchy, a spaghetti-like mess of haphazard, illegal roads. Talking tough doesn’t help; intimidation usually backfires. The truth is that public lands are still largely accessible. The Resource Management Plan for the BLM’s Moab Field Office, for instance, left 3,693 miles of roads open for full-size vehicles, with an additional 300 miles of track strictly for motorcycles or ATVs. This is the equivalent mileage of making a roundtrip from Seattle to Chicago. Furthermore, the routes closed were those that damaged the land and served no special purpose, according to public comments. The agency’s recreation planner also pointed out that those roads whose only stated value was “fun” remained open. I understand that locals don’t appreciate “outsiders” managing their backyards and prohibiting what’s been acceptable for decades. For many people, road closures probably represent all the frustrating things in life that can’t be controlled; they signify unwelcome change and uncertainty. Yet even as I try to understand why people talk about the need for armed protests, I still find it pointless and distracting. Life in the West has already changed, probably forever. Recreation on our public lands is booming, and everybody wants a piece of the federal estate. Meanwhile, office-bound bureaucrats are ill-equipped to rationally manage millions of acres of indemand public land. So while I, too, hate the added restrictions coming our way in this new era of resource management, I believe that they’re necessary. What we are witnessing, like it or not, is the natural evolution of a recreation boom, and road rage, however well-organized, won’t hold it at bay. Jen Jackson is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She writes and runs chainsaws in Moab, Utah.
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Good news for fans of James Welch’s beautiful, heartbreaking and quintessential Montana novel, Winter in the Blood: Ken White and Alex and Andrew Smith are raising funds to finally make good on plans to adapt the story into a film, and they need your help. The idea has been floating around for 26 years or so, since the book was first optioned but never made it off the ground. Now it looks like it’s finally going to happen this summer, with the aid of a friendraiser being held this Sunday at The Top Hat. Ordinarily I shutter at cute riffs on normal words, but this time the “friend” part is apt. Along with White, filmmakers Alex and Andrew are the twin sons of local legend Annick Smith, and the brothers have worked closely with the late Welch’s wife, Lois, to develop the screenplay and stay true to the original story. They’re
THURSDAY JUNE 16 People who know the meaning of value will drink up at The Great Northern Brewing Company in Whitefish starting at 4 PM for Pints with Purpose, where a dollar of each pint goes to a nonprofit. This month’s beneficiary is the Stumptown Arts Studio. 2 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Call 862-5929. Motorized boat regulations on the river and what it all means for you is the subject of a Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks public hearing beginning 6:30 PM at the FWP office in Missoula, 3201 Spurgin Rd. Visit fwp.mt.gov or call 542-5500 for a copy of the proposal and associated Environmental Assessment.
FRIDAY JUNE 17 For those wanting to get their turn-of-the-century feminist idealism on, look no further than the international literary conference’s keynote speech by Prof. Gary Scharnhorst, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the American West, 5–7 PM in the UC Theater at UM. Free.
SATURDAY JUNE 18 March for those who can’t march for themselves at Missoula March for Babies 2011 at McCormick Park, with sub sandwiches following the walk plus cotton candy, an inflatable jumper, face painting and awards for top walkers. Register at 9 AM, walk at 10 AM. 600 Cregg Lane. marchforbabies.org. Try a little tenderness why not and sign up for the Compassionate Communication Class, 10 AM–4 PM at Unity Church of Missoula, where you’ll explore essential communication skills, inner values, and your feelings. $35. Call 443-3469 or email PatrickMarsolek.com The Missoula Winery is hosting God’s Love: A Concert for Kenya to benefit the Nakuru 3:16 Mission, featuring singer/songwriter David Boone, the Indulge Jazz Quintet and blues artist Kevin Van Dort, 7–10 PM. Suggested donation of $20. 5646 W. Harrier. Oh man, lots of stuff happening during the Big Night fundraiser at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, you don’t even know. There will be an Italian themed dinner, live auction, Venice photo exhibits, paintings and more, hosted by the FVCC art department, with
casting the film with Native American actors, mostly from Montana. It’s been a long time since A River Runs Through It. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of getting the next great Montana-born film off the ground and into theaters. You can also help by contributing to their kickstar ter campaign. Get all the details at winterinthebloodmovie.com. —Molly Laich The Top Hat hosts a friendraiser for the feature film Winter in the Blood on Sun., June 19, at 8 PM, featuring live music by local bands Youth & Valor, Butter, and Stellarondo. Visit winterinthebloodmovie.com or call Patrick at 396-4628.
funds benefitting the Serenissima Scholarship program 7–10:30 PM, 777 Grandview Dr. $65. Get tickets at fvcc.edu/bignight or call 756-3963.
SUNDAY JUNE 19 It’s too late for you to enter MUD’s Tour de Coop contest, but you can always visit and see which ones take home awards for sustainability and other neat categories. The Bike Tour starts at MUD and ends at Free Cycles, $5 suggested donation, 12–5 PM, call 721-7513 or visit mudproject.org. (See Mountain High in this issue.)
MONDAY JUNE 20 Job fairs are cool except they don’t have rides. Come to GSK Biologicals Hamilton Job Recruiting Fair in the UC at the University of Montana from 10 AM–2 PM anyway, where they are looking for full and part time workers in areas of quality assurance and control, engineering, facility maintenance, administration and more. Call 2436150 or email daphne.felker@umontana.edu. Get a haircut and get a real job. And learn to write your resume to boot at the ZACC’s free resume writing workshop, 6 to 8 PM, 235 N. First St. zootownarts.org/resume.
TUESDAY JUNE 21 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. Great Old Broads for Wilderness is hosting a community presentation at the Missoula Public Library at 7 PM. All interested folks should come out and learn about the kinds of work these broads do to protect our wild public lands. 301 E. Main St. Visit greatoldbroads.org. Free.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 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 Lose it on the Lochsa. Free.
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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - After Domonique J. Loggins, 21, punched his 20-year-old girlfriend in the face during an argument while she was driving, the woman parked at a police station in suburban Joliet, Ill., and went inside to report the incident. When officers came outside, Loggins fled. He ran across a bridge and into a park, where, according to Deputy Chief Mike Trafton, “about 60 squad cars were parked.” Thirty Joliet cops and officers from other departments were in the park for a training session on “being prepared for any situation.” Loggins was quickly captured. After being handcuffed, he took off again, only to be recaptured by a police commander returning to the training session from lunch. (Chicago’s WLS Radio) When a man wearing a jacket hood over his face entered a bank in Columbus, Ohio, a bank employee informed him of the bank’s “no hats, no hoods” policy. Apparently hoping to avoid attracting attention, the man lowered the hood, according to FBI Special Agent Harry W. Trombitas, but then robbed the bank. Because his hood was down, however, surveillance cameras got a clear picture of his face. (The Columbus Dispatch) FLIGHT-PLAN FOLLIES - Dan Reeves spent nine years and $40,000 building a two-seater, singleengine airplane in the basement of his home in Cumberland County, Pa., assembling pieces as they arrived. When it was finally ready to fly, he had to spend another $5,000 to knock down a basement wall — the only way he could get the full-size plane out. (Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News) SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION - James Dillard, 40, a barber in Trenton, N.J., bit the ear of a 24-yearold customer nearly in half after he complained Dillard was taking too long to cut his hair. (Trenton’s The Times) Police arrested Joseph Hayes, 48, in South Memphis, Tenn., after he threatened the host of a child’s birthday party with a gun because his children didn’t get any cake or ice cream. According to a police affidavit, Hayes yelled at the victim, “Y’all didn’t save my kids no damn ice cream and cake,” then left the party but returned with a small handgun, which he showed to the victim. “I ain’t scared to go to jail,” he told her. “Just take care of my kids.” (Memphis’s The Commercial Appeal) When a 33-year-old man showed up at his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend’s apartment in Hoquiam, Wash., carrying a dead animal and looking for his girlfriend, the ex asked the man why he was carrying a weasel. He told police the man replied, “It’s not a weasel, it’s a marten,” then punched him in the nose and fled. Explaining that the dead animal was actually a mink, police Chief Jeff Myers said the attacker was later arrested. (Associated Press) Dechko Ivanov, 37, who posed as a living statue called the “Invisible King” in London, attacked rival street performer Rumen Nedelchev, 45, known as the living statue “Silver Wizard,” while Nedelchev was posing for tourists. According to testimony at Inner London Crown Court, Ivanov used a concrete block wrapped in a bag to bash his fellow Bulgarian and housemate “within a whisker” of death because Nedelchev had beaten him to a prime spot and stolen his audience. (Britain’s Daily Mail) NO.1 NEWS - The National September 11th Memorial and Museum is scheduled to open in New York City in time for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, but despite taking nine years to plan, the 8-acre memorial site won’t have bathrooms because the developer of the $500 million project omitted them. City officials meeting to come up with a solution to the oversight nixed using portable toilets before deciding it would simply inform visitors about the lack of bathrooms and tell them to make sure they go before their visit. (New York’s WPIX-TV) A man fell down a 30-foot embankment while urinating on the side of a road in King County, Wash., and had to wait several hours before rescue crews could locate and save him. King County fire official Dave Nelson said rescuers at the scene noticed no drug or alcohol impairment, and a TV news crew reported a passing car had startled the unidentified man. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - After buying a can of beer from a gas station in Burton, Mich., a 45-year-old man was walking home when an unknown man pulled a knife on him and demanded money. The victim responded by swinging the bag containing the beer and hitting the attacker in the side of the head. The suspect ran off. (The Flint Journal) After Joshua Monson, 27, stabbed his attorney in the neck with a pencil during a court hearing in Snohomish County, Wash., he got a new attorney, whom he promptly stabbed in the neck with a pencil. (Seattle’s KIRO-TV) GUILTY WITH AN EXPLANATION - Authorities in Will County, Ill., arrested Joshua Price, 26, for leaving a flash drive with child pornography on it at a Joliet Junior College computer lab. They searched his home and found more child pornography and some 1,700 photos of dismembered women. Sheriff’s Detective Joseph Fazio testified that Price told him the porn was “the only thing that kept him from killing his wife and children.” (Chicago Tribune) Lawyers for Dalia Dippolito, 30, charged with hiring a hit man to kill her husband of six months, claimed the couple staged the incident to get on a reality television show and that she never intended to actually kill him. “It was a stunt that Michael Dippolito, whether he’ll admit it or not, hoped to capture the attention of someone in reality TV,” defense attorney Michael Salnick declared in his opening statement at his client’s trial in West Palm Beach, Fla. (ABC News) ATTENTION GRABBER - The Benton Franklin Health District in Kennewick, Wash., voted to endorse a colorectal cancer awareness campaign but then voted to withdraw its endorsement after receiving complaints that its billboards were in bad taste. The billboards asked, “What’s up your butt?” (Kennewick’s The Tri-City Herald) IT’S NOW OR NEVER - Budapest’s City Council declared Elvis Presley an honorary citizen of the Hungarian capital and named a small park after him in gratitude for his support of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. During an appearance on TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Presley sang a gospel song, “Peace in the Valley,” which Sullivan said reflected Presley’s concern for Hungarians after the short-lived, quickly crushed rebellion. (Associated Press)
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he rain came again a little while ago, pelting the stack of moldering green bags next to me. Volunteers drift in and out of a tent nearby, rigged to shield the bottled water, protein bars, and hotdogs from a sky that refuses to let up. I lift the PVC tube out of my latest sandbag, tie the top, and throw it to the side. My shovel bites grass and dirt as I start on the next one. If we don’t get another load of sand soon, there won’t be anything left to fill bags. Water ebbs over Tower Street, just a few yards away. It starts an inch deep and ends in the trees down the road in a torrent. The Clark Fork River is projected to crest at around 13 feet this evening—Thursday, June 9—so there’s urgency in this work. I’m nearly two hours in and I have no idea how many bags I’ve filled. They keep disappearing in the backs of pickups, 50 to 100 at a time. There are about 40 other volunteers scurrying about different tasks. I wonder if they have any idea where these sandbags are going. I sure as hell don’t. The water started coming up on Tower, just off 3rd Street in Missoula’s Orchard Homes district, about three weeks ago. Rainstorms and low-elevation snowmelt bloated the Clark Fork
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Volunteers from the Missoula Rural Fire Department dig a trench through Randy Newman’s yard on Tower Street.
and casual chatter around town began to feature words like “hydrograph” and “flood stage.” Since the homes in the Tower area are in a floodplain, they naturally became the focus of increasing media attention. Nearly half a dozen
homes were evacuated on Kehrwald Drive, which has completely washed out. The river rose nearly three feet in two days this week. Now, moving water surrounds sheds, trailers, and houses on
the west side of Kehrwald. The only way across—for those still allowed—is a rope strung across a calmer stretch. “I do have some riverfront property, if you’re interested,” Kathy Galbavy says, joshing with a few volunteers under the
SCENES FROM THE MISSOULA FLOOD by Alex Sakariassen • photos by Chad Harder
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snack tent. Her house is on the other end of that rope. Galbavy’s nightmare started about a month ago. She knew the waters were steadily rising, but her husband was sick and—anticipating a repeat of the 1997 flood, which she rode out in the same house—Galbavy had to sandbag on her own. She bought 25 pre-filled sandbags at a supply store down the road. It cost her “an arm and a leg,” she says.” Totally ridiculous.” She spent close to $200 before the sand trucks and volunteers finally arrived on June 8. By then, the immediacy of the threat had passed. “I think we’d already finished sandbagging before the county decided they’d give us sand,” she says. “I did get the photos out, and the important paperwork stuff, the TV, the VCR. But with the ’97 flood, it wasn’t this high, so I didn’t bother with the couch. We even left the beds.” She and her husband are staying at the KOA now. Their son loaned them his camper. A truck from the county shows up with another ton or so of sand. The intermittent rain has turned it the consistency of wet concrete, and my shoulders are starting to throb. Lift with my knees, I tell myself, but it isn’t working. I think of Kathy, her husband, the abandoned couch. I keep pitching sand. Just down the street, Amanda Dufner directs volunteers streaming in to help. The call for sandbaggers went viral yesterday, she says, hitting Facebook and Twitter through groups like United Way, Forward Montana, and Imagine Montana. I note about 60 folks at two sandbagging stations. Wednesday night was mostly church groups, Dufner says. Members of the Missoula Rural Fire Department
As floodwaters rise, Greg Larson ferries sandbags down Nancy Lou Drive on his ATV.
showed up all day today. Several Girl Scouts are tying and stacking bags for me. I’ve formed a bag-filling team with All Against the Haul coordinator Zack Porter and former Missoula City Councilman Roy Houseman. “People have been incredible,” Dufner says, nodding to the table of
snacks donated by Rosauer’s, the Good Food Store, and others. “It just shows the true spirit of Missoula.” Dufner’s directing much of the volunteer effort today. Her waders are soaked and muddied from repeated trips to threatened homes. Her husband, Jason Dufner, who works with the Missoula
Rural Fire Department, looks about the same. They’re sitting pretty on Kehrwald, though; they have a high foundation, they sandbagged early, their two dogs are happy in the side yard. They get to their house through the backyard now, through a hole in the neighbor’s fence that opens onto a slick patch of mud. But only two mailboxes are left standing up the street from their driveway. Others in this small riverside community aren’t as lucky. “It just got fast and deep,” Jason says. “The road started to wash out and it got ugly quick.” A massive truck backs up past the sandbag station, towing a hulking excavator on a flatbed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting work on a temporary levee to divert the flow away from Kehrwald. Highpowered work lights show up. A dump truck filled with riprap follows close behind. The neighbors look ecstatic. But the day’s developments have brought frustration as well. Randy Newman looks down in disgust at a cigarette butt floating in a puddle in his driveway, right next to the crowd of sandbaggers. “You want to see what some guy with a Bobcat did?” he asks. He spins his wheelchair around and heads into his backyard past a hastily dug channel draining groundwater from the far side of Tower. A deep set of Bobcat treads cuts across his lawn, past his picnic table and garden to where his yard slopes into the mess of Kehrwald. Someone was hauling sandbags through here. “Guy pulled a cookie right there,” Newman says, pointing to a ripped up patch of grass. “I laid into the guy, told him it wasn’t cool to go digging up my lawn with his Bobcat. I appreciate the help, I do. But you gotta be polite about it. Ask my permission, you know?”
Melissa Vantine wades toward her home to help volunteers with sandbagging.
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Ivan Yarmolich walks up and gazes across Kehrwald. His trailer sits on the other side, his car parked next to it. He’s surrounded by water and has to use the rope upstream to get home. The flood’s not without its lighter moments, he says, showing Newman a cell phone photo of a local kid riding a raft down Kehrwald. “Crazy little guy.” Newman partly credits himself for the Army Corps’ presence here tonight. Some guy in a uniform showed up on Tower this morning, he says. Turns out it was Colonel Anthony Wright. “I pulled him aside and said, ‘Hey, that uniform mean you’re going to help us out?’ He told me, ‘I’m heading back to my office to fill out the paperwork.’ And here they are.” The speedy response has impressed a lot of folks. They’re heartened to see such a fast reaction after waiting weeks for help from Missoula County. “I just want to thank you all for coming out tonight,” a man says as we dig into the last shovelfuls of sand on Newman’s boulevard. “My house wasn’t sandbagged before. Now it is.” The sandbaggers rest their shovels, clap, and cheer. I look down Tower, where the water still ripples across the pavement. It’s crested at 12.7 feet—below the forecast, but barely. The sound of the excavator mixes with the hum of a sump pump across the street. Nothing seems to have changed.
“THEY JUST MADE IT WORSE.” On Friday I return to Tower Street, ready for another round with the shovel.
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Left to right, Sarah Millar, Pam Houldin, and J. D. deliver sandbags to Orchard Homes residents.
The residents I met the day before look troubled, frustrated. Apparently there are questions buzzing about the Army Corps’ emergency levee. Donna Lawson tells me the flow down Kehrwald changed direction and got worse. Amanda Dufner updates me; the new current knocked down a bunch of sandbags outside Kathy Galbavy’s house. Now the yard’s flooded. “We need anyone with waders to help us get sandbags across the river,” Dufner tells the third straight shift of volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. “The current’s pretty strong, though, so I’m not sure how we’ll do it.” If my waders didn’t have a hole in them, I’d head home to pick them up. The Missoula City-County Health Department has already warned volunteers that the floodwaters are filthy, that anyone with fresh cuts should check their tetanus booster status. Locals have told me that because of the rising groundwater, much of what we’re wading in contains sewage. Instead, I settle into a groove at a new sandbagging station in a field just off 3rd Street. The sun’s out, it’s warming up, and the locals sound hopeful that the water’s receding. The hydrograph above Missoula says the Clark Fork’s already dropped several tenths of an inch since cresting Thursday. Looking down Tower, though, you can’t really tell. Subway is donating sandwiches today. Twenty-some cases of bottled water sit at what volunteers and neighbors are now calling “The Café.” Trucks keep showing up to haul sandbags to neighborhoods
Jason Dufner keeps his eye on a new channel of the Clark Fork carving its way past his home on Kehrwald Drive.
downstream. One rolls up and Dufner directs church members to load it up and head to her backyard. “We need to get some of these across the river,” she says. “We’ll have to pitch them over the fence.” Soon I’m standing in the trench next to Randy Newman’s garage, sending sandbags down a line of volunteers to the hole in Dufner’s fence. “Heavy. Light. Heavy. Heavy”—the guy unloading the bags from the pickup is kind enough to give the rest of us an idea of what’s coming. Some of the bags are saturated with rainwater. Any loss in momentum along the line results in grunts, dropped bags, and jokes. Occasionally a bag explodes, dumping sand everywhere. The mosquitoes are almost unbearable. Several other volunteers are loading sandbags into green metal carts and slogging through the mud to Dufner’s driveway. If the water knocks down any more walls on the far side of Kehrwald, she now has a surplus of sandbags close at hand. Water rushes down an alley and around a basketball hoop reinforced with extra sandbags. “All the folks in those houses have been evacuated,” Dufner tells the crowd of volunteers. “Most haven’t made it back in weeks.” The group stares in fascination; most haven’t seen the extent of the flooding over here. It’s a stark contrast to the wade-able inches on much of Tower. “Are you guys freaked out?” someone asks. “No, we’re pretty high up,” Dufner answers. “The flooding tore up the pavement on Kehrwald too, so the water’s not as high as it would have been.” Stunned silence. On the way to the sandbagging station, I check in with Randy Newman. He
and his girlfriend, Tina Anderson, are busy putting additional latticework on the side of their house. Their hop plants are growing fast with all this water, Anderson says. Newman climbs onto the edge of the deck and balances precariously on his one leg. I hand him a screw and he fixes the lattice in place. “I just
had to do some of this mundane yard work today,” he says. “Get my mind off all this shit.” Newman suffers from social anxiety, he says. The buzz of volunteers has been tough on him. When the first loads of sand were dumped in front of his house a few days ago, he says, he had to pop a
Xanax to keep from shouting at the volunteers. That has no bearing on his appreciation. “We had no idea people were going to come out and give up their time to help people that live miles away,” he says. “They had to haul out lights for the people who were working late last night. Doing it for strangers.”
Scores of volunteers flocked to Tower Street to fill sandbags.
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Residents and volunteers wear waders to prevent contact with water contaminated by bacteria released from inundated septic tanks.
As the afternoon wanes, the Army Corps retrieves its excavator and employees with the Missoula County Public Works Department arrive to clean up the excess riprap. No one cheers as the levee equipment pulls out. Most continue their tasks; a few pause to grumble. Next week, the Army Corps and county will agree that the levee’s effectiveness was mixed. Lawson offers a couple of sandbaggers a tour of the Kehrwald flooding. The flow appears just as strong as yesterday, despite the new berm. A young boy looks at the rapids separating Newman’s back-
yard from Ivan Yarmolich’s trailer. “Woah,” he says, “it’s like a river back here.” Lawson’s reply has such a darkly sober edge it makes me shudder. “We call it Kehrwald Creek, honey.”
STILL NOT ENOUGH The weather warms significantly Sunday. The volunteer sandbaggers on Tower Street thin dramatically. A few Boy Scouts and some concerned locals are all that’s left. The neighborhood that buzzed with activity a few days ago now looks
nearly deserted. Even the sandwiches have stopped coming. Maybe it’s because the water is noticeably lower. Tower is passable in sneakers almost to the last row of houses. The trench through Randy Newman’s side yard is running at a trickle. Sump pumps still roar, and a few sinkholes have formed, but there’s nothing sandbags can do here now. Tower has instead become a staging area for relief to other flooding neighborhoods. “We’re feeding Clinton, Schmidt Lane, any place that needs it,” Donna Lawson says. “We’ve got the field, and it’s
When the water here began receding June 10, sandbags filled by volunteers were taken to other areas still experiencing flooding.
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easier for the county to just deliver the sand and the bags here. They dumped sand for a few houses in Clinton, but the groundwater’s rising fast there. They couldn’t fill them fast enough.” I start shoveling. Two large piles of sand still sit out in the field off 3rd Street, and folks are filling reserve bags for anyone who needs them. A construction worker in a cowboy hat and boots complains about the political chatter at the next pile, cracks jokes about Wyoming. He’s been there most of the day, he says. As the Boy Scouts, their troop leaders and other volunteers filter toward their cars, he’s the only one left. I check in with Newman, who heads down Tower with Lawson and two other neighbors. One of the sinkholes is marked with a blockade. Someone dropped a construction ladder in it; only two feet of it stick up over the Clark Fork. The mood among the neighbors seems lighter. They’re talking about having a block party when the flood recedes. Newman didn’t know many of the people around here before. Neither did Lawson. “I’m okay, and Ruthie’s okay,” Lawson says, indicating the house next to hers. “But a lot of the houses around us weren’t. It’s been amazing to see this community help itself out, even when the county was slow to.” The water’s dropped a lot, I say. Looks like the situation’s taking a turn. “It’d still be nice if it were gone,” a man says, passing in the other direction. A couple arrives with a hamper of laundry, loads a canoe, and heads across the floodwater to a big orange house behind the Army Corps levee. Cars show up, glance at the water level, and drive away. Someone’s rigged a sign at the end of Tower: “No wake zone. No life guard on duty.” The warning seems like a joke save for the sad face spray-painted next to it. While the volunteers have thinned, and rivers throughout western Montana are gradually dropping, the forecast doesn’t bode well for Tower: Rain and warm weather are expected to drive the river back up later this month. Missoula county commissioners and the Army Corps say they’re done building levees. And no one here even wants to think about the clean-up effort yet. As I head back down Tower—walking, for the first time, without knee-high boots—a truck rolls up. Droplets of rain have started to fall, and the woman inside leans her head out the window, craning her neck toward the current rushing down what used to be Kehrwald Drive. “Water’s gone down a lot,” I say, echoing the optimism I’ve been hearing from neighbors all afternoon. “Not enough,” the woman answers. “You know the trailer across Kehrwald with the blue car outside? That’s mine.” She puts her head on the steering wheel. “I just want to go home,” she says. “When can I go home?” I’ve spent three days out here working to make things better. And all I can do is shrug. asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Got special interests? FLASHINTHEPAN MyPlate, the USDA’s new symbol of dietary correctness, was unveiled on June 2. It replaces the agency’s Eating Right Pyramid (est. 1992), which succeeded the Four Basic Food Groups (1956). Those four in turn represented a consolidation of the seven food groups the agency pushed in the 1940s, themselves pared down from twelve during the Great Depression, when many people would have been happy to find even a single food group on their plates. The USDA’s first nutrition guide was published in 1916, a year after the National Dairy Council was founded. The dairy industry has worked tirelessly with (and on) the USDA ever since—an investment that has paid many dividends, including dairy’s privileged perch as one of only four basic food groups. And despite zero scientific basis that a healthy diet requires dairy, the stuff has managed to maintain its position as a key dietary recommendation on each successive symbol du jour, through the pyramid days and on to today’s MyPlate graphic. In fact, the MyPlate paradigm is practically a repeat of the Four Food Groups, with only three discernible tweaks. The “meat and fish” group has been generalized to “protein.” This is barely even a change, and more of a semantic adjustment to reality given how many ways there are to get your fill of essential amino acids without meat. The grain group made the transition to MyPlate relatively unscathed, with an added piece of advice to eat more whole grains. It’s worth mentioning that plenty of “Paleo diet” followers, not to mention the Atkins crowd, seem to do fine without grains as well. And if you avoid grains and sugars, it’s practically impossible to get fat. The most substantial change to the dietary recommendations is the “fruit and vegetable” category, which has been split in two. Fully half of the USDA’s new plate consists of fruit and vegetables. This is an audacious goal considering how few Americans currently come close to consuming that ratio. If taken to heart by enough people, this change alone could have profound effects on public health. By including recommendations against oversized portions, and generalizing the protein group, the USDA has managed to distance itself from the influ-
ence of special interests like the meat and fast-food industries. But it remains clearly beholden to dairy. This brings us to the third discernible difference from the four food groups: the MyPlate symbol includes a little circle next to the plate that looks like a glass of milk. Labeled “Dairy,” it stands for three daily servings of dairy, including cheese, yogurt, milk, and other processed secretions of mammary glands, usually bovine. In response to MyPlate’s debut, the dairy industry took a victory lap, with press releases from various dairy-oriented think tanks and trade groups praising the new symbol.
Three servings of dairy per day would be an increase for most Americans, who currently consume an average of two. Encouraging Americans to eat low-fat and nonfat milk products means even more profit, because the fat skimmed off is then processed into butter and other marketable products. The more items you can sell from a single gallon of milk, the more money you make, which is why as far as the dairy industry is concerned the MyPlate cup might as well be full of champagne: the industry has convinced the USDA to recommend increased consumption of a product that’s not only unnecessary, but is actually bad for most people. Lactose intolerance, by some estimates, affects 75 percent of the world’s population. Caucasians have one of the lowest rates of intolerance, at only 12 percent. These numbers don’t include the people like me, who may not get explosive diarrhea and other
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classic effects of lactose intolerance, but don’t do well on dairy, with results including phlegm, heartburn, and upset stomach. And if 75 percent or more of the world’s humans can’t handle dairy, it’s hard to argue it’s necessary for optimal human health. Here is USDA’s obsequiously dairy-centric advice to the lactose-averse: “If you avoid milk because of lactose intolerance, the most reliable way to get the health benefits of dairy products is to choose lactosefree alternatives within the Dairy Group, such as cheese, yogurt, lactose-free milk, or calcium-fortified soymilk (soy beverage), or to consume the enzyme lactase before consuming milk.” Calcium is the primary justification for the importance of dairy, but many green vegetables offer just as much calcium as milk, and in a more absorbable form. Yet with the exception of soymilk, all other calcium sources, including almond milk— which contains twice the calcium of dairy milk—are cautioned against by the USDA: “[Non-soy, non-dairy calcium sources] may provide calcium, but may not provide the other nutrients found in dairy products.” If science and health were really calling the shots here, milk products would simply be absorbed into the protein category as one of many ways to get your essential amino acids, or perhaps into a “calcium” group that would also include dark-green leafy vegetables and fortified dairy alternatives. Much of the positive health hype about dairy is perpetuated by the National Dairy Council, which has a history of exaggerating dairy’s positives and downplaying its negatives. In 2007 the Federal Trade Commission forced the NDC to retract its claim that dairy consumption encourages weight loss. The NDC is “the nutrition research, education and communications arm of Dairy Management Inc.,” the website of which makes its intentions clear—and improving public health isn’t one of them: “DMI helps build demand for dairy on behalf of dairy producers and is dedicated to the success of the dairy industry.” Consuming dairy products is a choice that we (at least the lactose tolerant among us) have. But to spin the consumption of milk as a thrice-daily necessity is yet another scary reminder of the power that industries wield on policy.
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LISTINGS $…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway (across from courthouse) • 728-8900 Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Bernice’s Bakery has been voted Missoula’s Best Bakery by the Independent Reader’s Poll for 15 years straight! Come on by and see what the buzz is about. Right now Bernice’s is featuring FREE breakfast box
deliveries. Have someone you would like to receive a special treat? Also, Bernice’s is now serving lunches 7 days a week! Delicious and crazy cheap! Enjoy. Much love, Bernice. Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic
and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Winter Hours: 4pm - 9 pm Seven Days a Week. $$-$$$ Break Time Deli Northgate Plaza 2230 N. Reserve St. Phone: 541-6498 Fax: 541-6499 Break Time Deli proudly offers dine-in; take-out; delivery; catering; business lunches; daily specials that satisfy; breakfast and lunch served all day featuring breakfast burritos made to order. Cheese, meat, dessert and veggie trays put together to your specifications (trays are great for parties, business meetings and all forms of get-togethers!) And did we mention we have great prices? We do! Phone or Fax us your orders. Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Closed Sunday. The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza,
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pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 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. $ Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 Cold Stone Creamery offers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it's a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius.
sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. Monday-Friday 7am-3pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-3pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$ Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Missoula’s newest Executive Chef, Rebecca Peart, invites you to experience cool breezes from Hellgate Canyon as you enjoy one of their signature appetizers like homemade potato chips with Black bean Jalapeno dip. Visit Missoula’s new hot spot, on the Patio at Brooks and Browns, located at The Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. Happy hour: 4-7p, $3.00 Margaritas and $2.00 Micro’s. Late night snacks after 10:00pm.
Family Dental Group Southgate Mall 541-2886 Your diet can have a huge impact on your dental health. Avoiding sugars, including those in liquid form such as soda pop can help a lot. We are fortunate to live in a community with so many healthy dining options. Eat well and keep your teeth happy!!
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 Wi-Fi and Free Parking in the upper deck lot. Open Monday through Saturday.
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
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
HAPPIESTHOUR Stockman’s Bar Why you’re here: Um, because it’s Stock’s? The place is a Missoula legend, a workingman’s bar by day and a raucous college joint by night. Best of Missoula voters have declared Stock’s the “Best bar to hook up” for what seems like ages. The slogan says it all: “Stockman’s Bar— Liquor up front, poker in the rear.” What you’re drinking: You drink shots of BV here, the regular at the end of the bar says. BV, for the novice drinker, is Black Velvet whiskey, and Stock’s gives you a dash of Sprite as a chaser. Vodka and Powerade would be a distant, distant second when you’re talking about the definitive “Stock’s drink.” Atmosphere: Stock’s looks like the usual “traditional Montana bar,” with the token steer skull, the beat-up dance floor, and the emphasis on domestic taps. The bartenders are laidback, too, chatting and drinking alongside customers on a slow weekday evening. Conversation tends to lean toward sports, especially when the last throes of the Stanley Cup Playoffs are flashing across the enormous flat screen near the bar. Don’t be fooled by a calm night, though. When the students are in town, weekends get wild here. Especially Pong Wednesdays, when Budweiser is a screaming $7 all-youcan-drink deal.
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Who you’re drinking with: The bartender, of course, along with any regulars who are waiting around for a poker game to start. On a recent evening, though, we’re joined by a slamming blonde from out of state. She’s here on business, she says, as an environmental consultant. And she isn’t the only visitor to stop by on this bartender’s clock. “Any traveler I know has been told to come to Stockman’s,” he says. “It’s famous, it’s history.” Where to find it: Head west on Front from Higgins about half a block and turn inside at the steer’s head. 125 W. Front St. —Alex Sakariassen 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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and friendly, attentive service. Spring weather brings patio seating! Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - 10. Late night happy hour 9-10pm. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our all-new bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$ Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice. Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ 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. $–$$. Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-
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6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m. NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 5497979. $$–$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER.
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Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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 83pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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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Looking for Guitar Town. Steve Earle hits the Wilma stage with the Dukes and Duchesses Sat., June 18, at 8 PM. $33.
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St. in Polson. Call 883-5956 or visit sandpiperartgallery.com.
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Send your little one tiptoeing through tulips for the miniNaturalists at the Gardens program, which lets kids explore the natural world through hands-on activities and play, 10–11 AM at Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens (under the big silver water tower). $3/$1 MNHC members. montananaturalist.org.
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People are painting images from their favorite Flathead Reservation all over town in Polson for a four day event, and so can you. The event kicks off today at The Sandpiper Gallery, and continues with exhibition showings June 21–July 8. 306 Main
People who know the meaning of value will drink up at The Great North Brewing
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Shear Art Salon
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Company in Whitefish starting at 4 PM for Pints with Purpose, where a dollar of each pint goes to a non profit. This month’s beneficiary is the Stumptown Arts Studio. 2 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Call 862-5929. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., June 17, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Molly Llama c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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nightlife Codi Jordan promises to rock so hard at Downtown ToNight, as part of Caras Park’s ongoing concert series on Thursdays from 5:30–8:30 PM. Free. Jazz and trance are in full swing when EL3OH! play live music at the Bitter Root Brewery from 6–8:30 PM, 101 Marcus St. Free. Motorized boat regulations on the river and what it all means for you is the subject of a Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks public hearing beginning 6:30 PM at the FWP office in Missoula, 3201 Spurgin Rd. Visit fwp.mt.gov or call 542-5500 for a copy of the proposal and associated Environmental Assessment. Sepp Holzer knows permaculture and he wants to show you two 30-minute videos that tell you all about it, Farming with Nature, plus Aquaculture, 6:30 PM at Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. 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 weekly. Free. E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com. Make it a gloomy Thursday when Into the Storm plays metal, with guests Mount
Handmade Oaxacan-style tamales and fresh-squeezed lemonade.
Poverty Welldiggers and Bridgebuilder at Zoo City Apparel at 8:30 PM, 139 E. Main St. $4. Call 529-2520.
Wave your lighters in the air and sway, for the Mighty Flick are performing rock music at The Elbow Room, 1025 Strand Ave. Free.
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.
Work on your craft at perusing the crafts of 70 juried artists and crafters during the third annual Under the Big Sky Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, happening at Glacier Ice Rink in the Missoula County Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., starting Fri. 11 AM–7 PM. The festival continues Sat., June 18, from 10 AM–6 PM and Sun., June 19, from 10 AM–4 PM. Call 207-6502.
Feel the bass vibrate your super special place for another installment of BassFace, which features dubstep and other bassheavy electronic music styles by Metatron, Feldman, and Illegitimate Children, 9 PM at The Palace, Free. 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. Jazz, bluegrass, and bears, oh my! when long-standing rock legends Josh Clinger Trio plays The Top Hat with The Traffic Band at 10 PM, $3.
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Lewis and Clark Trail adventures wants you to join them for their Class IV Locsha Rafting Trip for $95. Register through the UM Outdoor prog ram ASAP, 243-5172 or email campusrec@mso.umt.edu.
Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me and other song loops that get stuck in my head for days after hearing them are on center stage for the Hamilton Players production of The King and I at 100 Ricketts Rd. in Hamiton, $15/$18 children. Call 3759050 or visit hamiltonplayers.com for tickets and show times. Lock, load and aim for a steel buffalo during the Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match in Forsyth, a long range rifle competition where shooters use original or replica period firearms to shoot targets at distances as far as 800 yards. Get locked in by c a l l i n g 34 6 - 276 3 o r b y e - m a i l i n g coker6@rangeweb.net. Like Oil, Water & Wood exhibition is on display at the Sandpiper Gallery through today and features rad photographs, 306 Main St. in Polson, call 883-5659 or visit sandpiperartgallery.com And the living’s easy with The Top Hat’s
Summa Time Evening Marketplace, 4–8 PM and every Fri. through the summer.
nightlife For those wanting to get their turn-of-thecentury feminist idealism on, look no further than the international literary conferences keynote speech by Prof. Gary Scharnhorst,Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the American West, 5–7 PM in the UC Theater at UM. Free. Think local and act like it too at the grand opening of Montana Made Arts & Gifts. The premiere event runs June 14-19 and will feature a collection of nearly 40 local artisans. Come out tonight and meet the artists from 5–9 PM, 140 Main St. in Kalispell. thinklocalartblast.com. Let’s let babies in bars why not for The Top Hat’s Family Friendly Fridays at 6 PM, this week with The Musicians of All Souls Missola. Free, all ages. EL3-OH! No! are at it again with their live blend of jazz, swing, and trance, 6:30 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlensnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703. You’re a cheap date, not a cheapskate: The Missoula Public Library hosts another installment of its cheap date movie night, which screens True Grit at 7 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. Free. Call 721-BOOK and visit missoulapubliclibrary.org.
Beautiful handmade glass art by Bill and Rae Grout.
Handmade hemp products and Montana minerals.
Happy Birthday Wishes from your son and daughter, your grandsons and granddaughters, and your great-granddaughter. You’ve made a huge contribution to our lives and we’re very, very glad you were born not that many years ago on June 20th. You helped us find the strength to change the things we can, taught us patience to deal with the things we can’t and inspired in us a never-ending quest for the wisdom to tell the difference. We love you. We miss you. And wherever you are we’re thinking happy thoughts about you. We hope you’ll always keep doing that voodoo that you do so well (just don’t forget to use sunscreen.)
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SPOTLIGHT sane yarn I like when I go to a band’s website and they call me a jerk. Seriously, I think that’s funny. It reminds me of all those lost hours of my youth hanging out in basements with my dude friends. “Can you hand me a beer, d-bag?” I suspect that’s what its like to hang out with Psychostick. The Arizona-bred nerdcore metal band seems to be allergic to taking themselves seriously. They’re rolling through town this week on what they’re calling their “Unleash the Dumb” tour, and I fear/dread/hope that they will succeed in doing that. Fundamentally the sounds they make are metal, but mixed with a Bloodhound
I admit that I’m intrigued, but I’m sort of afraid to attend this concert. Here’s how I imagine it: a troop of insane, extroverted clowns bursts into a room and throws up confetti on everybody. And then they start playing Metal.
WHAT: Psychostick with openers Undun, Beef Curtain, and Mageddon WHEN: Sun., June 19, at 8 PM WHERE: The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St. HOW MUCH: $12/$8 advance MORE INFO: psychostick.com Gang/Weird Al level of parody and joke telling that’s either completely improvised, highly orchestrated or both. I can’t tell. From what I’ve seen of footage from their shows, you can expect more of an eclectic, crowd participation variety romp than any sort of straight up musical performance. The band encourages fans to come out dressed as stupidly as they
Tyson Ballew and The Scribblers Tour kicks off tonight at the ZACC with Southerly from Portland, Harpo from Spokane, The Keys Knees and others, 7 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. $5. (See Noise in this issue.) We can dance if we want to, and we do. Summer Dance Showcase at Flathead Valley Community College Theatre in Kalispell features all kinds of dancing, 7 PM, $5 or free for students. 777 Grandview Dr. Call 471-0714. Smoke em if you’ve got em. The Lil’ Smokies are playing bluegrass at the Badlander, 9 PM, $5. Pledge allegiance to thrash metal band Judge Hammer, with local “glory rock” band American Falcon at The Palace, 9 PM, $3/$8 for 1820. (See Soundcheck in this issue.) Cast your line and reel in some indie rock for Marshall Catch at
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do. This means hilarious hats, men in spandex, cross dressing, white shoes after Labor Day, that sort of thing.
I just don’t think I’m the target market. Firstly, I don’t know if I’m the kind of girl they’re looking for. The promotional material features fun, sexy women with sparkling cleavage, metal hand signals and tongues sticking out. When the camera is on them, they say “Woo!” Secondly, I hate fun. The band has been playing together since high school, and there’s something undeniably precious about that. They love each other, and unlike me, they love to have a good time. Psychostick! I don’t know. I think I have a lot of reading to do. You go and tell me how it was.
Harry David’s, 9 PM, 2700 Paxson St. Call 830-3277. Unpopular country! boasts Tom Catmull & The Clerics, 9:30 PM at Union Club, Free. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. We just figured out blues clues and so can you! Buster Blues plays indie, folk, and rock at The Top Hat, 10 PM, $5. (See Noise in this issue.)
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Wave your lighters in the air and sway, for the Mighty Flick are performing rock music at The Elbow Room, 1025 Strand Ave. Free.
—Molly Laich
Work on your craft at perusing the crafts of 70 juried artists and crafters during the third annual Under the Big Sky Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, happening at Glacier Ice Rink in the Missoula County Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., starting Fri. 11 AM–7 PM. The festival continues Sat., June 18, from 10 AM–6 PM and Sun., June 19, from 10 AM–4 PM. Call 207-6502. Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me and other song loops that get stuck in my head for days after hearing them are on center stage for the Hamilton Players production of The King and I at 100 Ricketts Rd. in Hamiton, $15/$18 children. Call 375-9050 or visit hamiltonplayers.com for tickets and show times. Climb mountains, kid, and not just metaphorically, on the Cha-paaqn Day Hike, an 8-mile round trip
jaunt to an alpine summit west of Missoula, $30 includes transportation and guides. Register ASAP through the UM Outdoor Program, 243-5172 or email campusrec@mso.umt.edu. Little house on the prairie comes to life at Stevensville’s Western Heritage Days, with events like a Chuck Wagon cook off, arts and crafts, barnyard games, campfires and more. For full schedule visit mainstreetstevensville .com or call 777-3773. 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 Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample. Get high on endorphins as you pedal it up to the max during the Anaconda Bicycle Festival, a three-day fete that features events like the “Pedal the Pintlers”—a 25, 50 or 100-mile ride in the beautiful Pintler Mountains. Aim your wheels to anacondabikefest.org for details. Pass the competition while taking in breathtaking rock formations in the Rockies outside of Butte during the Wulfman’s Continental Divide-14k, a race between Homestake and Pipestone Pass that uses proceeds to build and improve trails in southwest Montana. Act quick and be one of 240 people to race by clicking to buttespissandmoanrunners.com/B utte Races/CDT-14K/cdt_14k.htm. Go with the hydraulic flow during the Longest Dam Race, a run/walk competition where participants race across the top of Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, which is purported to “be the largest hydraulically earth filled dam in the world.” Get watery details at glasgowmt.net. March for those who can’t march for themselves at Missoula March for Babies 2011 at McCormick Park, with sub sandwiches following the walk plus cotton candy, an inflatable jumper, face painting and awards for top walkers? Register at 9 AM, walk at 10 AM. 600 Cregg Lane. marchforbabies.org. What’s everybody’s favorite flower? The Bitter Root! Join the good people of Hamilton for their 31st
Annual Bitter Root Day Festival, featuring arts, crafts, and food from local vendors, plus live music by Cabin Fever, 9 AM–1 PM at Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. in Hamilton. Visit brvhsmuseum.org or call 3633338. Free. Poison hath residence and medicine power! Join clinical herbalist Britta Bloedorn for a Wild & Native Plants Excursion, where you’ll learn about regional medicinal and edible plants, 9 AM–4 PM at Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $40/$35 MNHC members. Registration required at 327-0405. Try a little tenderness why not and sign up for the Compassionate Communication Class, 10 AM–4 PM at Unity Church of Missoula, where you’ll explore essential communication skills, inner values, and your feelings. $35. Call 443-3469 or email PatrickMarsolek.com 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 7552706 Ext. 2.
Steve Earle with The Dukes and Duchesses are rolling through the Wilma with their mix of Townes Van Zandt brand of folk and outlaw country, and they’re bringing Allison Moorer with them starting at 8 PM. $27. Tickets available at Rockin’ Rudy’s and online at Vootie.com. Keaton Wilson on piano and Steve Kalling on bass lick your ears with smooth jazz, 8–10 PM at Finn & Porter, 100 Madison St. Free. DJ Monty Carlo and special guest James Two (aka Jimi Nasset) are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R. Swig drinks while listening to old school rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free. Cast your line and reel in some indie rock for Marshall Catch at Harry David’s, 9 PM, 2700 Paxson St. Call 830-3277.
nightlife Let George Carlton charm you with live music at 6:30 PM in the tasting room of the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlensnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703. We can dance if we want to, and we do. Summer Dance Showcase at Flathead Valley Community College Theatre in Kalispell features all kinds of dancing, 7 PM, $5 or free for students. 777 Grandview Dr. Call 471-0714. The Missoula Winery are hosting God’s Love: A Concert for Kenya to benefit the Nakuru 3:16 Mission, featuring singer/songwriter David Boone, the Indulge Jazz Quintet and blues artist Kevin Van Dort, 7–10 PM. Suggested donation of $20. 5646 W. Harrier. Oh man, lots of stuff happening during the Big Night fundraiser at F l a t h e a d Va l l e y C o m m u n i t y College in Kalispell, you don’t even know. There will be an Italian themed dinner, live auction, Venice photo exhibits, paintings and more, 7–10:30 PM, 777 Grandview Dr. $65. Get tickets at fvcc.edu/bignight or call 756-3963. Wild Coyote Band are up to their wily antics once again for their live classic rock set at the Sunshine Station in Philipsburg, 8 PM, 3830 Hwy. Cost TBA.
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Hold tight, The Sammus Theory returns to town on their White Knuckles Tour playing what else but metal, with High Voltage, Signum A.D. and Broken Vision at The Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St., 9 PM, $5. Women on wheels! Hang out with the Hellgate Rollergirls for a dance party at The Palace, 9 PM, free. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Antonyms include “dawn out in the open” or “morning everything is fine” for electro/house/indie group Midnight Conspiracy, who are playing live at The Top Hat, 10 PM. $10.
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Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me and other song loops that get stuck in my head for days after hearing them are on center stage for the Hamilton Players production of The King and I at 100 Ricketts Rd. in Hamiton, $15/$18 children. Call 375-9050 or visit hamiltonplayers.com for tickets and show times. Work on your craft at perusing the crafts of 70 juried artists and crafters during the third annual Under the Big Sky Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, happening at Glacier Ice Rink in the Missoula County Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., starting Fri. 11 AM–7 PM. The festival continues Sat., June 18, from 10 AM–6 PM and Sun., June 19, from 10 AM–4 PM. Call 207-6502. Little House On The Prairie comes to life at Stevensville’s Western Heritage Days, with events like a Chuck Wagon cook off, arts and crafts, barnyard games, campfires and more. For full schedule and details visit mainstreet stevensville.com or call 777-3773. Hail the goddess of summer at the First National Bank of Montana Summit Solstice Triathlon/ Duathlon, which takes place at Foy’s Lake near Kalispell and features a half-mile swim, 12.7-mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile run. This popular competition fills up fast, so hurry and visit nwhc.org/summit to register. Biking and beauty go hand-in-hand during Adventure Cycling’s
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Cycle Montana Road Bicycle Tour, a 360-mile, week-long biking jaunt that begins and ends in Bozeman, and whisks you along scenic vistas with stops in Ennis, Dillon, Wise River, Butte and Three Forks. Push your cursor to adventurecycling.org/tours for details, or call 721-1776. 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. 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-sunday-market-and-fes. It’s too late for you to enter MUD’s Tour de Coop contest, but you can always visit and see which ones take home awards for sustainability and other neat categories. The Bike Tour starts at MUD and ends at Free Cycle, $5 suggested donation, 12–5 PM, call 721-7513 or visit mudproject.org. (See Mountain High in this issue.) Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. south of Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949.
nightlife Psychostick will beat you to death with your own shoes, maybe, because they’re crazy! Catch them play The Dark Horse, with local acts UNDUN, Mageddon and Beefcurtain, 8 PM, $12 door/$8 advance, 1805 Regent. We’ve all got summer on the brain, but why not take some time out to support the awesome fundraiser event at The Top Hat in service of financing a feature film adaptation of James Welch’s classic novel, Winter in the Blood, 8 PM at the Top Hat, with live music by Youth and Valor, Butter and Stellarondo. (See Agenda in this issue.) Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with $4 martinis, plus jazz DJs starting around 9:30
PM. Free. This week features Amur River Jazz and Ryan Wendel djing between sets.
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Job fairs are cool except they don’t have rides. Come to GSK Biologicals Hamilton Job Recruiting Fair in the UC at the University of Montana from 10 AM–2 PM anyway, where they are looking for full and part time workers in areas of quality assurance and control, engineering, facility maintenance, administration and more. Call 243-6150 or email daphne.felker@umontana.edu.
nightlife Get a haircut and get a real job. And learn to write your resume to boot at the ZACC’s free resume writing workshop, 6 to 8 PM, 235 N. First St. zootownarts.org. Raspy vocals and sweet melodies rule the night when singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs play Big Sky Brewery, with guests Brandi Carlile and The Secret Sisters, 7 PM. Tickets are $34 and available at Big Sky Brewery, Rockin’ Rudy’s Records, by calling 877-4-FLY-TIX or online at TicketFly.com. (See Noise in this issue.) I have a fever, and the only cure is Weissenborn and Charango, which Dan Dubuque specializes in from 7–10 PM at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Free. 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. Also, if you have an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it. Free. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up. Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and a rotating cast of electronic DJs and styles for your booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mech 99anic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. This week features DJs Mike Stolin, Lazerbacon and o5ir5. Free. Bring on the funk and the jam and the rock with Audiophilia at The Top Hat, 10 PM, $3.
SPOTLIGHT love is for punks The first time I saw Billy perform, it wasn’t with his rock/funk band, The Blox. It was before they ever existed, and he was about to sing Kraptastic Karaoke at The Badlander. I was interested in love, and here came this huge, imposing man to the stage, wearing sweatpants. I thought, “What gall, to perform in sweatpants.” (I found out later they were chef pants. He’s also a chef.) The song: Audioslave’s “Like a Stone.” My friends and I figured he would either be incredible or terrible. I WHAT: The Blox WHEN: Wed. June 22, 10 PM WHERE: The Top Hat HOW MUCH: $3 MORE INFO: reverbnation.com/theblox
said, “If he’s a good singer, I’ll go talk to him.” Well, Billy is, if nothing else, a phenomenal singer. It was the best karaoke performance I’d ever seen and I told him so. He shook my hand, we dated for a week, I decided love was for punks, we broke up, and we’ve been frenemies ever since. This is all relevant, because The Blox’s first album, The Rise and Fall is about women and what they’ve done to the various band members— the euphoria of a relationship and the agony of its decline. The group has been performing together
TUESDAY June nightlife
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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. 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.
Gentle Yoga for Pain Relief with Brooke Hewes Carnwath Recent research has shown that mindfulness and movement can help the experience of pain. In this gentle asana class, students will explore posture as a way to create space in the body and bring breath and awareness to constricted areas helping to dissipate pain.
Wednesdays, 4:45-6:00pm
$40.00 for 6-week series or $8.00 drop-in fee Sliding scale is available. For more information or to register, please contact Kathy Mangan
at 406-721-0033 or rwlcmt@gmail.com.
for around a year, playing gigs and defining their sound. They have a kind of jam band aesthetic when it comes to writing and recording music. They play until something starts to come together, Billy writes down some lyrics, and, voilà! I asked who their influences were. The Drummer likes AC/DC and other heavy stuff. The Robs (two of the band members are named Rob) like funk and soul, and Billy’s into The Strokes and Thin Lizzy. I think they sound a little like Maroon 5. The Blox recorded their album with blood, tears, and tax return money. You can listen for free on their Facebook page or at Reverbnation. The band works hard to create original music. When Billy sings, he grips the microphone stand like he’s throttling some dame and they both like it.
For a complete listing of our classes, please visit www.redwillowlearning.org. Sliding scale fee available. Red Willow Learning Center, 825 West Kent Street, Missoula
The last time I saw The Blox, Billy opened one of his songs by saying, “This is about a girl who is here in the audience.” I couldn’t make out the lyrics except for the refrain, “Apologize.” After the show I asked him, “Billy, was that song about me?” I think he said something to the effect of “I’m not telling,” and then, “Not everything is about you,” which is just, you know, crazy talk.
Great Old Broads for Wilderness is hosting a community presentation at the Missoula Public Library at 7 PM. All interested folks should come out and learn about the kinds of work these broads do to protect our wild public lands. 301 E. Main St. Visit greatoldbroads.org. free. A little bird told me about this event. Ha ha ha. The Historical Museum at For t Missoula presents a talk by Dr. Richard L. Hutto called What Birds Tell us About Fire Ecology, 7 PM, Bldg. 322 at Fort Missoula, free and open to the public. Call 728-3476. 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
—Molly Laich
presented with. Ready? How many toes does Lebron James have on his right foot? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) DC punk rock group Spoonboy (the Max Levine Ensemble) comes to town with a fist for an all ages show at the ZACC, 235 N. First St., with Jesse Rogers at 8 PM. $5. Rock out at the Badlander when l o c a l s G . R . I . T. ( G e n e r o u s l y Rendering Interactive Trips) plays a fusion of hip hop and funk during Live and Local Night, 9 PM, free. 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. This week features DJs Supa J. General Smiley and Green. Free.
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Feast your eyes on that sweet collarbone. Chicago bred duo Midnight Conspiracy will fill your head with electro indie dubstep on Sat., June 18, 10 PM at the Top Hat. $10.
Electronic, platonic, and plate tectonics are all words that rhyme with reggae masters Dubtronic, and they’re playing The Top Hat with Kool Johnny Kool at 10 PM, $8.
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Who’s afraid of big bad rapids? Spend a full day running the river on the Blackfoot River Rafting Trip, $60. Registration required with UM Outdoor Program, 243-5172 or email campusrec@mso.umt.edu. Trigger-happy people are welcome at Outdoor Scenario Paintball with City Life community Center. Everything’s included but feel free to bring your own gun if you must, plus money for extra ammo if you’re the type, ages 13 to 18 only, 7:30 AM–7 PM, $50/$40 members and dinner provided. Register a t 1515 Fa i r v i e w Av e . o r citylifemt.com or call 532-1558.
nightlife 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 Lose it on the Lochsa. Free. In Montana, opera comes to you! The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts a series of shows this and every Wed. in HD at The Roxy Theatre. This week they bring you Don Pasquale, 6:30 PM. $12.50 at morrisproductions.org. PUB TRIVIA ANSWER: Lebron James has SIX toes on his right foot! It makes him really good at basketball!
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Schlepp on over to the Har Shalom for A Musical Salute to Molly Picon, Star of the Yiddish Theater with Diane Cypkin, 7:30 PM, $10/$5 kids, 3035 S. Russell Ave. Music lover’s rejoice: The Missoula City Band is playing their concert series tonight and every Wed. this summer at Bonner Park. This week features the UM Band Camp Faculty. Show starts at 8 PM and please bring your lawn chairs. Call 728-2400 ext. 7041. 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. Put on your trance pants and get groggy when the Palace hosts Progressive, a night of progressive house music and trance spun by local DJs starting at 9 PM. Free. Do not be fooled by the rocks that he’s got, check out Billy’s bluesy, roxy, folksy act, The Blox live at The Top Hat, 10 PM, $3. (See Spotlight in this issue.)
THURSDAY June
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Rock Climbing and Rappelling with City Life community Center at The Heap at Lolo Pass. It’s technical. You’ll be harnessed and belayed, ages 1318, $15 for members only, 7:30 AM–6 PM, Register at 1515 Fairview Ave.. Call 532-1558.
nightlife The streets of downtown Kalispell are hopping this and every week this summer for Thursday Fest, with food, beverage, and tunes from 5–7:30 PM. This week catch
Kenny James Miller Band. Call 253-6923. Big Sky Mudflaps promises to rock so hard at Downtown ToNight, as part of Caras Park’s ongoing concert series on Thursdays from 5:30–8:30 PM. Free. Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. 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. Take it downstairs and go underground for some hip hop superstars at The never Ending Gun Tour Show, featuring Seattle’s Sadistik, Kristoff Krane, Bodi, Ordeal, and locals Codependents at 9 PM at The Palace. $8/$13 ages 18-20. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, plays with a rotating cast of friends every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free. X marks something alright... Do not miss rock band Axshinn Slaxx, 10 PM at The Top Hat. $5. I’m sick and I can’t shut up about it. My nose is stuffed and I’m filled with existential malaise. Send snake oil cures and soup in an envelope. Barring that, please send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., June 17 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternatively, snail mail your events to Molly Llama c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax 543-4367. You can submit things online in the arts section of our website.
MOUNTAIN HIGH A s it turns out, there’s more than one way to design a chicken coop. I did not know that. In fact, there are a lot of factors involved. Designers take great care in choosing materials, architecture, ventilation, aesthetics, and other things I can’t even think of. This Sunday, The good people of MUD (Missoula Urban Development) are hosting Tour de Coop, a contest and bike tour of all the best chicken coops in the area. Chicken enthusiasts will meet at the MUD site at noon and take off on a guided expedition to all the coops in the contest. The tour ends around 5 PM at Free Cycles, where winners in multiple categories will be
announced, such as “Best use of recycled materials,” “Most sustainable,” and “People’s Choice.” My roommates used to have chickens, but then they stopped laying eggs and my roommates ate the birds. Sad. —Molly Laich
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Tour de Coop rolls out on Sun. June 19 from 12–5 PM from the MUD Site, 629 Phillips St. and ends at Free Cycles. Visit the MUD site for a map of participating coops, or check out mudproject.org.
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THURSDAY JUNE 16
History Center, 120 Hickory St. $40/$35 MNHC members. Registration required at 327-0405.
Send your little one tiptoeing through tulips for the miniNaturalists at the Gardens program, which lets kids explore the natural world through hands-on activities and play, 10–11 AM at Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens (under the big silver water tower). $3/$1 MNHC members. montananaturalist.org.
Walk on the wild side, of flowers that is, when Lone Pine State Park presents a series of spring wildflower walks at 11 AM starting with a meet-up at the Lone Pine Visitor Center, 300 Lone Pine Road outside of Kalispell. Free. Call 755-2706 Ext. 2.
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SUNDAY JUNE 19
Lock, load and aim for a steel buffalo during the Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match in Forsyth, a long range rifle competition where shooters use original or replica period firearms to shoot targets at distances as far as 800 yards. Get locked in by calling 346-2763 or by e-mailing coker6@rangeweb.net.
Hail the goddess of summer at the First National Bank of Montana Summit Solstice Triathlon/Duathlon, which takes place at Foy’s Lake near Kalispell and features a half-mile swim, 12.7-mile bike ride and a 3.1mile run. This popular competition fills up fast, so hurry and visit nwhc.org/summit/content/index.cfm?cm_id =596 to register.
SATURDAY JUNE 18
Biking and beauty go hand-in-hand during Adventure Cycling’s Cycle Montana Road Bicycle Tour, a 360mile, week-long biking jaunt that begins and ends in Bozeman, and whisks you along scenic vistas with stops in Ennis, Dillon, Wise River, Butte and Three Forks. Push your cursor to adventurecycling.org/tours for details, or call 721-1776.
Climb mountains, kid, and not just metaphorically, on the Cha-paa-qn Day Hike, an 8-mile round trip jaunt to an alpine summit west of Missoula, $30 includes transportation and guides. Register ASAP through the UM Outdoor Program, 243-5172 or email campusrec@mso.umt.edu. Get high on endorphins as you pedal it up to the max during the Anaconda Bicycle Festival, a three-day fete that features events like the “Pedal the Pintlers”—a 25, 50 or 100-mile ride in the beautiful Pintler Mountains. Aim your wheels to anacondabikefest.org for details. Pass the competition while taking in breathtaking rock formations in the Rockies outside of Butte during the Wulfman’s Continental Divide-14k, a race between Homestake and Pipestone Pass that uses proceeds to build and improve trails in southwest Montana. Act quick and be one of 240 people to race by clicking to buttespissandmoanrunners.com/Butte Races/CDT14K/cdt_14k.htm. Go with the hydraulic flow during the Longest Dam Race, a run/walk competition where participants race across the top of Fort Peck Dam in Fort Peck, which is purported to “be the largest hydraulically earth filled dam in the world.” Get watery details at glasgowmt.net. What’s everybody’s favorite flower? The Bitter Root! Join the good people of Hamilton for their 31st Annual Bitter Root Day Festival, featuring arts, crafts, and food from local vendors, plus live music by Cabin Fever, 9 AM–1 PM at Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. in Hamilton. Visit brvhsmuseum.org or call 363-3338. Free. Poison hath residence and medicine power! Join clinical herbalist Britta Bloedorn for a Wild & Native Plants Excursion, where you’l learn about regional medicinal and edible plants, 9 AM–4 PM at Montana Natural
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TUESDAY JUNE 21 A little bird told me about this event. Ha ha ha. The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula presents a talk by Dr. Richard L. Hutto called What Birds Tell us About Fire Ecology, 7 PM, Bldg. 322 at Fort Missoula, free and open to the public. Call 728-3476.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 Who’s afraid of big bad rapids? Spend a full day running the river on the Blackfoot River Rafting Trip, $60. Registration required with UM Outdoor Program, 2435172 or email campusrec@mso.umt.edu. Trigger-happy people are welcome at Outdoor Scenario Paintball with City Life community Center. Everything’s included but feel free to bring your own gun if you must, plus money for extra ammo if you’re the type, ages 13 to 18 only, 7:30 AM–7 PM, $50/$40 members and dinner provided. Register at 1515 Fairview Ave. or citylifemt.com or call 532-1558.
THURSDAY JUNE 23 Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Rock Climbing and Rappelling with City Life community Center at The Heap at Lolo Pass. It’s technical. You’ll be harnessed and belayed, ages 13-18, $15 for members only, 7:30 AM–6 PM, Register at 1515 Fairview Ave. or citylifemt.com. Call 532-1558. calendar@missoulanews.com
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In the wind Henry Real Bird rides the last leg as Montana’s poet laureate by Erika Fredrickson
I was thinking recently about poet laureates, and wondering what it really means to be one. In 14th-century England, back in Chaucer’s day, the poet laureate entertained the royal court for an annual allowance of wine. The U.S. poet laureate receives $35,000 a year and is expected to promote poetry. But what do you do as the Montana poet laureate? As it turns out, it’s an unpaid honor, and one that was only created in 2005, with three laureates crowned so far. Henry Real Bird is the current Montana poet laureate, and he’s about to relinquish his position in a month. A Crow American Indian who lives in the Wolf Teeth Mountains, he’s a surprising character—and strangely suited to the job. This cowboy poet has filled five poetry collections and 12 children’s books, and been included in six anthologies. Last summer he traveled 415 miles on horseback to pass out books of poetry in rural towns. When I call Real Bird to ask what it’s like being Montana’s poet laureate, he calls me back from the town of Gary Owen, 32 miles from the ranch where he raises bucking horses for rodeos. He’s in town getting his mail. It turns out a poet laureate like Real Bird has to deal with everyday disasters like the rest of us; he’s in the midst of cleaning up his flooded land. With patience, he tells me about his horseback journey, ranch life, the dying Crow language, and living in the now. Indy: What are you tasked to do as Montana’s poet laureate? Real Bird: Oh! Well, to spread poetry throughout Montana and encourage it—from the ones that aren’t yet born to the old folks sittin’ and staring in space.
Indy: Last summer you rode 415 miles by horseback through Montana and part of North Dakota. Why? Real Bird: Because nobody else can do it. I’ve ridden horses all my life, and when I became this poet laureate I wanted to go ride with my people, the Hidatsa, over on the Missouri River, to stand in the earth lodge and then to go through Northeast Montana—the arctic circle of Montana—and talk with people and give them books of poetry from horseback. Indy: What was the most surprising part of that? Real Bird: The surprise was how the people took care of me and my horses. This old lady over in Fort Belknap didn’t have any money but she brought over Bannock bread and made elk tenderloin. She cooked that in lemon salt and seasoned it just right to where it was the best piece of meat I’ve ever had. People just offered to take my horses and feed them and water them—the good side of the people in America. Indy: That sounds amazing. Real Bird: Yeah! You wouldn’t believe it! On the HiLine you have motorcycle riders and bicycle riders going from Seattle to New York…To eat Juneberries right along the side of the road in North Dakota and to pick flowers and ride from patches of sweet sage to sweet sage, to be alone on the Missouri river for 10 days and the Milk River for another close to 10 days too, you know, it was unbelievable. At the end, I gave out 300 of my children’s books to the children at the youth powwow they had in Rocky Boy. My bucking horses were bucking there too, and that’s where I hooked up with them and brought my two horses back home.
Indy: What have you done since that ride? Real Bird: They wanted me to come to Fort Peck College and the grade school at Wolf Point—places that I’d been and wanted me back. I went over there in blizzards, 15 below. There was snow piled up about three feet. Cold, you know. I just enjoyed that: The risk and the danger of driving on a sheer bed of ice from Glendive clear on past Circle to Wolf Point. Amazing! I was only going 10 or 15 miles per hour. I wasn’t going to do if it was too dangerous, but there was nobody on the road. To be able to go to these little schools is nice. Indy: What is it about poetry that you love? Real Bird: I used to have a psychiatrist and he would say, “Henry, it’s cleaning your heart out when you write about that emotion.” Like, today, I saw the adult child of an alcoholic standing on the road with her child. The heartache you see, and then the joy and everything else. When you get to be this old—I’m going to be 63—I want to document the past like a museum and move on from there. Indy: What is your daily life like? Real Bird: I just take care of 20 cats and a dog. And then I raise bucking horses, and my riding horses and everything else. The dream is still alive of being out there and having the best bucking horse that anyone can produce…that’s what I’m after. I get other horses and gentle them down, get them ready to work at the rodeo. I take care of my grandkids, put them on safe horses. And so my life is just around horses. Indy: The Crow language is important to you. Is the younger generation learning it? Real Bird: No, no, no! We have to change the alphabet first before we can go anywhere. In 1968 there were 86 percent Crow speakers. In this day and age we’re learning to read and write in English, and so to learn another alphabet is proving to be detrimental. From that 86 percent in 1968 it’s dwindled down to 1 percent over in Crow Agency. In 1954 when I went to Crow Agency grade school, there were 100 percent Crow Indian speakers. Indy: What are you focused on now? Real Bird: I’m putting on this battle of Little Bighorn, the Indian version, on July 24, 25, and 26 on the actual site. I own the land where Custer tried to cross the Little Bighorn River and so I just decided to do this. I’m struggling now with the flood that wiped out my stage, but that’s where I’ve been getting things ready.
Photo courtesy of Western Folklife Center
Henry Real Bird finishes his tenure this month as Montana’s third poet laureate. Last year he traveled 415 miles by horseback dispersing books of poetry to rural areas.
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Indy: What about your writing? Real Bird: I’m putting together legends of the Crow and pulling them out into the now-time. As far as poetry goes, it’s with me every day. I don’t just sit there, I live, and then things come by and I see them. That’s what I do: I hang around in the wind. My whole life is about dreaming. Yesterday I spent about two hours looking for rocks with holes in them, new rocks that the flood brought up from the river—and I found one. I don’t have retirement or anything, but I’ve never lived for tomorrow. I’m just living today for the way it is, and when the snow is all gone from the mountain we start all over again. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise RCA
The first time I heard “Beg, Steal or Borrow,” Ray LaMontagne’s widely-played song, I thought, “My god, he’s channeling Joni Mitchell.” (Seriously. Take another listen. You’ll see.) In tone, lyrics, and style, LaMontagne often falls in line with the best of the ’60s and ’70s folk-rockers, including Mitchell but also Steven Stills and even The Band. Moody, dark, with that signature raspy-breathy voice, LaMontagne’s fourth album includes the addition of the Pariah Dogs, a cadre of talented musicians who come bearing pedal steel, banjo, and drums. Recorded over five days in a rural farmhouse, the sound ranges from the
Southerly Champion of the Noisy Negativists Greyday
You can’t swing a pair of fashionable glasses without hitting a singer/songwriter in Portland who claims Elliot Smith as an influence. Krist Krueger is among that particular majority, and much of the Southerly catalog focuses on acoustic guitar-heavy tunes with Krueger’s voice taking center stage. The songs are intimate and well crafted, but they don’t pack the same musical wallop as the most recent Southerly release. Champion of the Noisy Negativist is a lush, instrumental orchestral pop album with little pretense and
Buster Blue When the Silver’s Gone self-released
No music will make you feel 30 faster than altcountry. Arguably the most vital micro-genre between 1995 and 2005, it started with bored punks throwing up to Gram Parsons and ended in child-friendly outdoor festivals, just like you did. Somewhere in there— I personally put it at Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—it diverged into two subspecies: easy listening and Americana. Buster Blue’s When the Silver’s Gone is of the second type, with fewer drums and a better chance of minor-key accordion in any given song. This is certainly the more authentically country strain of alt-country, but authenticity poses a problem. Buster Blue should not
Thee Oh Sees Castlemania In the Red
All of this damn rain has left me pasty and pugnacious. Thankfully, the newest offering from Thee Oh Sees, Castlemania, provides a much-needed dose of sunshine in the form of 16 rollicking, psychedelic tracks. John Dwyer and his musical cohorts have been churning out some of the most consistently inspired rock and/or roll for about a decade, and their latest release is just one more in a
Meters-esque funk of “Repo Man,” a raunchy, jealousydriven humdinger, to the sorrowful, lightly-Latin-flavored “This Love Is Over,” to more straight folk like the lazy, soaring “For The Summer.” While “God Willin’” won a Grammy, there’s still room for growth in LaMontagne’s sound. I like his soft, contemplative work, but what I really want more of is the growling, hormonal energy that he exudes in “Repo Man”; there are plenty of good folk singers, but on this funky front, he’s a rare find. If he develops this vein, he may well join his influences in the ranks of legends. (Melissa Mylchreest) Ray LaMontagne plays Big Sky Brewery Monday, June 20, at 7 PM with openers Brandi Carlile and The Secret Sisters. $34 at Big Sky, Rockin Rudy’s, and TicketFly.com. plenty of intensity. Krueger taps an emotional vein with heady instrumentation and deceptively simple arrangements. Dark drones slowly engulf lonely piano motifs and subtle, sometimes distorted melodies mirror the incongruous marriage of elation and despair. Without being overwrought or heavy-handed, these songs provide the cleanse of a much-needed bawl that somehow leaves you feeling more optimistic about, rather than oppressed by, the trappings of daily existence. The current tour is billed as “Southerly performs Champion of the Noisy Negativist,” and if the live show lives up to the richness of the record, you’d be well advised to check out Krueger and company when they come through town. (PJ Rogalski) Southerly plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Saturday, June 17, at 7 PM with Tyson Ballew and The Scribblers, Harpo, and The Keys Knees. $5–$7. sound like Appalachian moonshiners, because they are from Reno. When they sing about a stillborn child reporting for Judgment Day on “Rise Up,” they are five good musicians mostly capturing a life they wish they knew. I would rather hear the Reno. There remains plenty of child-raising and home-missing and beers/tears in the present day, and Buster Blue probably knows that life better than the gothic cutouts that populate When the Silver’s Gone. Alt-country may be old, but the country is still here. It’s worth singing about, too. (Dan Brooks) Buster Blue plays the Top Hat Friday, June 17, at 10 PM with Javier Ryan. $5. long line of inimitable Bay Area barnburners. “I Need Seed” sets the tone with jangly acoustic guitars, Beefheart-esque call-and-response vocals, and singalong lyrics (“I am dirt, but I can be/A home for wayward hungry seed”). “Corprophagist” jumps in after with shouts of “yeah yeah yeah yeah” and reverb-drenched bells and flute. Other standout tracks, “Pleasure Blimp” and “The Whipping Continues,” take us further into the collective burned mind of a band eschewing any easy labels. Two well-chosen covers, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band’s “I Won’t Hurt You” and the Creation’s “If I Stay Too Long” close out this unique slab of summery pop. When all is said and done, it’s not the weather outside that matters… it’s the climate in your headspace that counts. (PJ Rogalski)
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back of your legs, I’d rather not be doing it,” says LaTray. Yost echoes him, albeit in a more inner-13-year-old fashion: “I like the way it makes my face feel.” With song titles like “The Falcon Kills Tonight,” “When All Seems Lost (We Shred)” and “Blood Drunk,” a cursory glance at a set-list could give potential fans the wrong idea: American Falcon is not metal. “I don’t have a problem with metal,” says LaTray. “I love metal, grew up on metal—but we’re not metal. I understand why people think we’re metal; we’re loud and distorted. We wear a lot of denim.” Rolle describes their music as “good sounds played loudly with good tone.” And, as it turns out, there is one element of American Falcon’s sound that sets them apart from their distant metal cousins and most local bands: The Man Choir. “One of the key elements of having Travis Yost in the band is the Man Choir,” says LaTray. “We do Photo by Chad Harder three-part harmonies.” The American Falcon is, from left, Travis Yost, Chris LaTray, and Jimmy harmonies fill out the Rolle. sound of the three-piece roll falcon armed with a baneful beak and talons built and provide a counter to LaTray’s bluesy wail. It’s a source of pride for the band. to shred. This is American Falcon. “Bands with one vocal mic blow,” he says. Former Lazerwolfs bassist Chris LaTray and guiAmerican Falcon is definitely a throwback to the tarist Jimmy Rolle started the band last summer with what can only be described as affable exasperation stripped-down, blues-based rock outfits of the ’70s: The Nuge, Nazareth, Montrose. Rather than refer to toward the local rock scene. “I was downtown with my wife at some event their musical genre as “classic rock,” the members of AF watching one of the local bands,” says LaTray. “I prefers the term “glory rock.” It’s not about reinventing thought, ‘If aliens landed in Missoula right now I would the form, they say, it’s to remind people that this flavor not want them to think this qualifies as a rock band. I of rock exists and that it isn’t simply a revolving list of texted Jimmy at that moment and said, ‘We need to do the same 45 songs played on classic rock radio. For prospective fans born after 1989, it’s conceivable that something. The future of the galaxy is at risk.” After adding drummer and man-about-town Travis “glory rock” is unknown to them. American Falcon’s bringing back the fun in loud Yost (Tom Catmull and the Clerics, Stellarondo, Him & Her) the line-up settled into a power-trio format and music, fun which seemed to vanish during the horrific the musicians went about picking a name. After a few Nü Metal era of loud music’s recent past. “Lyrically it’s weeks as El Thunder and the very short-lived North all about Vikings and killing and shit like that,” says American Blood Falcon, the band settled on its current LaTray. “This band isn’t making any statement. ‘The moniker, suggested by Rolle. “If everybody in the band Falcon Kills Tonight’ isn’t really about anything.” That anything goes as long as it is done right and laughs when you’re considering a band name you’re done with spirit is evident in the songwriting process. probably right on target,” says LaTray. American Falcon is loud. Real. Damn. Loud. It puts Yost says, “I enjoy Jimmy bringing a riff and saying, the “power” in power-trio. And the members aren’t shy ‘Whatever it is, it has to be called “March of the Mexican about it. When asked whether they are the loudest Death Squad.”’ “I don’t want to make useless music,” he adds. “It’s band in Montana each bandmate casually nods to the other as if it were a forgone conclusion, a known got to be entertaining to more than one person. I like known. LaTray is unabashed in his knowledge that the saying we’re the loudest band, but it’s got to be good.” American Falcon plays the Palace Friday, June Falcon is the most stentorian outfit around. “We would stamp it guaranteed; stamp it with the American Flag,” 17, at 9 PM with Judgment Hammer. $3/$8 for 18to 20-year-olds. he says. But for them there’s more to being loud. “It sounds good loud, feels good loud, it’s a physical thing; if the rock isn’t vibrating the hairs on the arts@missoulanews.com Missoula is about due for a full-tilt rock ’n’ roll revival. It makes sense. The ’90s are back in a fashion, and, fortunately for rock, hip-hop isn’t the cutting edge of cool that it was way back then. The revival will come only after the folksy and bluegrassy revivals fade and the dubstep DJ’s move onto the next thing London tells them to spin. In Missoula, however, the first salvo of the revival has been unleashed and it can be heard on the wings of a majestic falcon—not just any run-of-the-mill peregrine falcon, though. This is a steel-plated rock ’n’
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Here’s a cinematic fun fact for you: The lineup of 2011 new releases includes a record 27 sequels or prequels, most of which have either hit the theaters in the last month or will do so before the summer is out. According to Box Office Mojo, that astonishing figure does not include films based on board games (Battleship) or toys (Stretch Armstrong). It does, however, include five films coming back for a fourth time, and five more returning in a fifth go-around. You know, just in case Final Destination 4 didn’t tie up all the storylines.
The amateur filmmakers are mid-take when the horrific train accident unfolds in front of them, and the convoys of military personnel that descend on the scene within minutes are a good indication that there may have been some sensitive cargo on board. Within days, dozens of people have gone missing, power lines are disappearing, and every dog in the town has run away. It’s up to Joe’s father, the recently widowed deputy sheriff Jackson Lamb (the fantastic Kyle Chandler, best known as the coach from “Friday Night Lights”) to figure out what the Air Force is trying to
The classic Spielberg jaw drop.
So, yes, original stories are an endangered species in Hollywood these days, at least among the major studios. That doesn’t mean they’re extinct, but it does mean that when a good one comes along—like the recent gem Bridesmaids, and now Super 8—I’ll admit to grading on a curve and giving points for creativity. An argument could be made that Super 8 isn’t even all that original, borrowing themes and characters so heavily from other great sci-fi and coming-of-age dramas that you won’t make it through the 110 minutes without thinking at least once about The Goonies, Stand By Me, Alien, E.T., and Independence Day. There’s even an epic train crash and bus accident similar to the one in The Fugitive, except here there’s a creepy and legitimately frightening extraterrestrial involved. For the most part the similarities are incorporated with a friendly wink to these great films from decades ago. The film dazzles with its production quality, but writer and director J.J. Abrams also reminds a new generation of viewers about the value of story and suspense in a summer blockbuster. Without it you’re left with just loud noises and explosions, otherwise known as Transformers 3. And it’s not as if Steven Spielberg is going to raise a stink about being plagiarized in Super 8; he’s one of the producers here. It’s fun to imagine Abrams and Spielberg waxing nostalgic as they storyboarded Super 8, set in the summer of 1979 in a small working-class Ohio town, where a group of young teenagers have planned their vacation around finishing a home-made zombie movie using a Super 8 film camera. There’s the sensitive lead kid (Joe), the fat but smart kid (Charles), the nervous kid (Martin), the kid with braces (Cary), and the girl (Alice). It’s almost a carbon copy of The Goonies cast, minus the Asian kid, but no matter. This cast is just as great.
cover up. Except that in Super 8, it’s the kids who really know what’s going on. That doesn’t mean they want to know. Thankfully, the film avoids regressing into some sort of “Scooby Doo” episode where the teenagers follow each clue to the next. To the contrary, even as the crisis envelops the town, the group’s main focus remains filming their movie and getting shots of the train wreck. This is so endearingly true to the instinct of 14-year-old boys that I’m willing to overlook the predictable puppy-love scenes between Joe and Alice (Elle Fanning) that act as real momentum killers on more than one occasion. Fanning is great, but it’s the performances by newcomers Joel Courtney ( Joe) and Riley Griffiths (Charles) that are astonishingly authentic, and which help Super 8 maintain its suspense as we slowly learn more and more about the train’s mysterious passenger. As is often the case in sci-fi thrillers, the best scenes are the ones in which we only hear or catch small glimpses of the non-humanoid. The big reveal is a bit silly, as is the back story that we learn about in more detail than necessary. But the human element of Super 8— matched with some of the best special effects and sound editing you’ll see and hear this year—is such that you’ll find yourself more involved than you might care to admit. It’s manipulative, but I can’t criticize Abrams too much for it, and I don’t hate myself for falling into the trap. Even as Super 8 unabashedly rips-off E.T. in its final moments, the 12-year-old in me is nodding gleefully. Super 8 continues at the Carmike 10. arts@missoulanews.com
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COMPANY Stephen Sondheim’s musical comes to the silver screen in this classic story about five married couples and the trials and tribulations therein. Village 6: Sun. Jun 19 at 2 PM and Tues. June 21 at 7:30 PM only.
MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS Because the world needed another movie starring an established but aging actor palling around with CGI animals, Jim Carrey brings you his latest romp as a businessman who comes into a few penguins, turns his apartment into an ice palace, and in all likelihood, learns how to love again. Carmike 10: 1:10, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:15. Village 6: 1:30, 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 PM, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9
EVERYTHING MUST GO Will Ferrell shows us the darker side of yard saling and the funnier side of alcoholism in this film adaptation of the Raymond Carver short story,
cars—duh!—as the boys try to pull off one final job in Rio de Janeiro. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:30 and 9:45. THE HANGOVER PART II The booze brothers return for more liquor soaked revelry and blacked out wackiness in the second installment of this comedic hit, which takes place in Bangkok before Ed Helms’ wedding. Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha costar. Carmike 10: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, and 9:50, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Village 6: 7:15 and 9:50, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat.
3-D kids’ flick. Carmike 10: in 2-D: 1:30, 4:30, 6:50 and 9:15. Village 6: 1:15, 4:15, 6:50 and 9:15, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:05, 2:20, 4:40 and 7:05, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen continues recent trends by taking his story out of New York. This time, the rich people are on vacation in Paris. They fight, cry, confront their own existential malaise and more. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates star. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20, 4:10, 7:05 and 9:30, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. 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. This time around, Depp must contend with the sultry Penélope Cruz, along with zombies and Ian McShane, on his quest to find the Fountain of Youth. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7, and 10. Village 6: in 2-D: 1, 4, 7 and 10, with no 1 and 4 shows on June 19, and no 7 and 10 shows on June 21. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 PM nightly, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 7, 9:20, and 10. in 2-D: 12 PM, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 1:15, 4, 6:50 and 9:30. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:30. SUPER 8 In a film season where original screenplays are rare, J.J. Abrams of Star Trek fame brings us a group of kids hanging out in a quiet summer town during the summer of 1979, until a train wrecks, and guess what? Mysterious things start happening. Spielberg produces what may be the The Goonies/ET for this generation. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:20, 7:10 and 9:55. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 showing on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10, 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, 9 and 9:50, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. Mountain 4 in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. VERDI MACBETH Catch a special screening of this operatic rendering of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. Carmike 10: Sun. June 19 at 7:30 PM only.
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“Why Don’t You Dance?” Rebecca Hall and Laura Dern also star. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7 and 9, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3. No showing on Sat. June 18. GREEN LANTERN Ryan Reynolds has the power to fight evil, move mountains and possibly heal small, wounded animals with the help of his power ring, and of course, the green lantern. Also, aliens are real and some of them are mad at us. Blake Lively and Peter Sarsgaard star as well in the latest 3D epic from DC Comics. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7, and 9:45, with 12:10 AM shows Fri. and Sat. in 2-D: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 10, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Village 6: 1:05, 4:10, 7 and 9:35, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with no 9:10 show on Sun. in 2D: 9:10 PM only, with no Sun. show. Showboat in Polson: 4:15, 7 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 9:40 with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. in 2-D: 12 and 3, with midnight shows Fri. and
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JUDY MOODY Third grader Judy Moody sets out to have a not bummer summer when the popular kids’ book becomes a movie, aimed like a heat-seeking missile at young girls. Heather Graham and a bunch of impossibly cute-looking little people star. It might have been better if they’d used actual children. Carmike 10: 1 and 4. Village 6: 1:20 and 4:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell:12:05, 2:15 and 4:30.
BRIDESMAIDS Kristen Wiig realizes how difficult life is as a maid of honor when her best friend Maya Rudolph appoints her to the task in this new Judd Apatow comedy. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7, and 9:50. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat.–Sun. matinee at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:50, 3:50, 6:40 and 9:25, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Showboat in Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:20. 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
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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
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS It’s 1963, JFK is prez, and mutants are on the loose. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence star as mini versions of the XMen in this prequel to the Marvel Franchise. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Village 6: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:45 and 9:15, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:15 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 6:50, 9:10, and 9:45, with midnight shows Fri. and Sat. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50 and 9:30. Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson and Molly Laich. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., June 17. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-F I LM; S t a d i u m 14 i n K a l i s p e l l – 752 - 78 0 0 . Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): The film Tuck Everlasting tells the story of a family that becomes immortal after drinking from a magical spring. The two parents and their two sons hide their gift from the world, but eventually a mysterious man in a yellow suit finds out about their secret and stalks them. At one point in his search, this man has a conversation with a young pastor. “What if you could be eternal?” he asks the priest. “Without having to face the uncertainty of death. Invincible to disease. Forever young.” The priest is rattled. “You speak blasphemy, sir,” he protests. “Fluently,” replies the man in the yellow suit. You have that mandate right now Aries: to speak blasphemy fluently, as well as any other rebellious diction. It’s time to rise up and express the unspeakable, the controversial, the revolutionary. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There’s substantial evidence that the Amazon River used to flow in the opposite direction from what it does now. Ages ago, its currents traveled westward from the Atlantic toward the Pacific (tinyurl.com/AmazonReversal). I’d like you to hold that image firmly in mind as you contemplate a monumental shift of course in your own life. Let it serve as a surprising symbol of what’s possible—as a promise that you could actually manage to reverse a current that may seem immutable. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Mark Harris’s novel Bang the Drum Slowly, professional baseball players cheat their fans out of money by engaging them in a card game called TEGWAR, which is an acronym for The Exciting Game Without Any Rules. Judging from your current astrological omens, Gemini, I’d say it’s prime time for you to play a more ethical version of this game. Strictly speaking, the game can have rules, but they may be changed at any time, and new ones may be added as needed. The object of your brand of TEGWAR is to have as much smart fun as possible without anyone getting hurt.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “The only way to let your dreams come true is to wake up,” said poet Paul Valery. Here’s how I think that applies to you right now. You’ve become too engrossed in the mythic, phantasmagorical feelings of your fantasies, and that’s interfering with your ability to muster all of the kick-ass pragmatism and supercharged willpower you will need to actually make your fantasies come to life. In other words, Cancerian, I advise you to snap out of your creamy dreamy haze with a self-induced wake-up call. Stop floating and start grunting.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As we began our first session, the 79-year-old Jungian psychotherapist looked at me with mischief in her eyes and said, “Go ahead—surprise me! What have you got?” I was torn. Part of me felt like rising to her challenge, meeting her dare: I fantasized about telling her such wild versions of my adventures that they would outstrip any tales she’d heard in her long service as a deep listener. But in the end I chose to tell the truth. I felt it was more important to explore my life’s actual mysteries than to entertain her. And that was the first healing she helped me achieve. I suspect a similar test is ahead for you, Leo. Would you rather be honest or impress people?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’m brave in some ways, cowardly in others. I’ve gone parasailing, performed on big stages in front of thousands of people, assisted in the birth of two children, and explored the abyss of my own unconscious. On the other hand, I’m scared of confined spaces, can’t bring myself to shoot a gun, and am a sissy when it comes time to being around people who are dying. I imagine that you, too, have areas of courage and timidity, Libra. And I suspect that in the coming weeks you will be called to a challenge in both areas. See if you can transfer some of the nervy power you’re able to summon in one sphere to bolster you in the place where you’re a wimp.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you were the star of a fairy tale in which a spell had been placed on you, you would find a way to break that spell sometime in the next seven months. If you were the hero of a myth about a royal child abandoned in the wasteland by your evil nurse and raised by emotionally clumsy but well-meaning gnomes, your exile would soon end; your real parents, the king and queen, would find you after a long search, and your birthright would be restored. Now translate these themes into the actual circumstances of your life, Capricorn. Are you ready to do what it takes to achieve a healing and restoration that have been a long time coming? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What is sacred? The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said it was anything that you cannot or will not laugh at. But I have the exact opposite view. If I’m unable to crack a joke about what I regard as holy, then it’s not holy. For me, part of what makes an idea or person or object holy is its power to animate my sense of humor and put me in the mood to play. Where do you stand on this issue, Aquarius? If you’re aligned with my view, you will have some wonderful opportunities to commune with the sacred in the coming days. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the chorus of my band’s song “Apathy and Ignorance,” I sing, “What is the difference between apathy and ignorance?” and the other two singers chant, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” I recommend you make that chant your mantra in the coming days, Pisces: “I don’t know and I don’t care.” You really do need to experiment with a mischievous state of mind that is blithely heedless of what anyone thinks about anything. You have the right and the privilege to be free of expectations, precedents, and dogmas. Trust you intuition above all other influences! It’s an excellent time to at least temporarily declare your independence from everything that’s not interesting or useful or helpful or appealing.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks could be a Golden Age for your perceptiveness. If you’re even moderately aligned with the cosmic rhythms, you will be able to discern hidden agendas that no one else has spotted, catch clues that have been hidden, and be able to recognize and register interesting sights you’ve previously been blind to. To maximize your ability to cash in on this fantastic opportunity, say this affirmation frequently: “My eyes are working twice as well as usual. I can see things I don’t normally notice.”
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Kinky Dream and Funky Paradise chapter of your astrological cycle has arrived—a phase when you’ll have poetic license to let your imagination run wilder than usual. In fact, it’ll be prime time to escape into fantasyland and try on a new identity or two, complete with a host of outlandish nicknames. Your new hip hop name could be Extasy TrixxMaster. Your pro wrestler name could be Velvet Soul Pandora. Your mystic superhero name could be Mountain Wind Storm. Your Irish prostitute name could be Luscious X. Mahoney. Your rock star from the future name could be Destiny Acrobat.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I predict that at no time in the coming weeks will anyone be justified in saying to you, “Your ego has been writing checks that your body can’t cash.” Nor will anyone have any reason to tell you, “You’d better start running if you hope to catch up with your dreams,” or “You may be an old soul but you’ve been acting like a naive punk.” No, Virgo, I firmly believe that none of those accusations will be hurled at you. Why? Because from what I can tell, all of the various parts of your psyche will be in a greater state of collaborative unity than they’ve been in for a long time. Your alienation from yourself will be at an all-time low, as will your levels of hypocrisy.
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TRAINING/ INSTRUCTION Hot House Yoga is hiring Hot Yoga teachers. Not certified? No problem. Hot Yoga Teacher Training is coming to Hot House Yoga, AUGUST 1st, 2011 w/ Evolation Yoga!! Apply Now... evolationyoga.com hothouseyogaonline.com PRESCHOOL TEACHER. ASUM Teacher’s Aid. Knowledge of early childhood practices, behavior management and developmental stages. Effective public relations, interpersonal and oral communication skills with the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships. Organizational, time management, and multitasking skills and ability to meet deadlines in a busy environment with attention to detail. Provide direct care and supervision of children enrolled in an early childhood care and education program. More details at umjobs.silkroad.com. (U of M tracking code 124-254) #2979833 Missoula Job Service 728-7060 Wildland Fire Training; Basic and Refresher. 406-543-0013 www.blackbull-wildfire.com
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GSK Biologicals Hamilton is Hosting a Recruiting Fair at University of Montana On Monday, June 20, 2011 (Hamilton, MT) - GSK Biologicals, located in Hamilton, Montana, is hiring 13 regular full time and 19 temporary full-time positions and will be hosting a recruiting fair at the University of Montana highlighting these positions. Several job types have more than one opening. Regular full time opportunities available are: Quality Control Specialist Validation Specialist Supervisor Automation Engineer Manufacturing Technical Expert Facilities Mechanic Temporary full time opportunities available are: Production Support Technicians Purification Technicians Administrative Assistant
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CONTACT INFORMATION Recruiting Fair: Daphne Felker, University of Montana, Student Outplace Director (406) 243-6150; daphne.felker@umontana.edu
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Acupuncture Easing withdrawal from tobacco/alcohol/drugs, pain, stress management. Counseling. Sliding fee scale. Licensed acupuncturist Susan Clarion RNC CA MATS 552-7919 Classes at Meadowsweet Herbs: Lunch Time Urban Herb Walks Get outside on your lunch break this summer! Join us for a lunch time herb stroll happening every Thursday at noon to discover the herbs growing in our own downtown neighborhood. Walks will be different each week as we see both native plants and introduced herbs through their life cycles: leafing out, in bloom and berrying. Happening every Thursday through the sum-
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA Advertisement Regarding RFQ Availability Palace Apartments, L.P., a Montana limited partnership (the “Partnership), has been awarded (i) two federal Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Grants, one from the Montana Department of Commerce (MDOC) to be administered by the State of Montana and one from the City of Missoula to be administered by the City, (ii) an allocation of LowIncome Housing Tax Credits from the Montana Board of Housing, and (iii) an allocation of Historic Tax Credits from the State Historic Preservation Office for the historic rehabilitation of The Palace Apartments, a currently existing 60 unit affordable housing community located at 149 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, scheduled to be completed in September of 2012. Contingent upon final approval of these awards, the Partnership is requesting proposals for architectural and engineering services to assist it in designing and supervising construction of this project in compliance with all applicable requirements under the federal HOME Program, the Federal LowIncome Housing Tax Credit Program, and the Federal Historic Tax Credit Program. Copies of the detailed request for qualifications (RFQ), including a description of the services to be provided by respondents, the minimum content of responses, and the factors that will be used to evaluate the responses, can be obtained by contacting Josh Kosar, Project Development Associate, Missoula Housing Authority, 1235 34th Street, Missoula, MT 69801, Tel: 406-5494113 ext. 133, E-mail: jkosar@missoulahousing.org. All proposals in response to the detailed RFQ must be submitted by June 27, 2011. The Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-19-7522 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO ADD LANDS TO CLINTON IRRI-
GATION DISTRICT IN RE THE MATTER OF: THE CLINTON IRRIGATION DISTRICT. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Commissioners of the Clinton Irrigation District have petitioned the Fourth Judicial District Court to include a five-acre parcel of land, located adjacent to and serviceable by the District Water System, within the boundaries of the District. The petition will be heard by Hon. Robert L. Deschamps, III on the 12th day of July, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway. A copy of the Petition may be obtained from the Clinton Irrigation District or the Clerk f the Court’s office. DATED this 2nd day of June, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court MISSOULA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE WHITEFISH CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, -vsDAN L. HOGAN and BEVERLY C. HOGAN, Defendants. To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks On the 23rd day of June A.D., 2011, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain real property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Parcel I: A tract of land located in the SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 17, Township 17 North, Range 15 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 4715. Parcel II: A tract of land located in NE1/4NW1/4 of Section 20, Township 17 North, Range 15 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, being more particularly described as Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 4715 Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. Dated this 2nd day of June A.D., 2011. /s/ CARL C. IBSEN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By Patrick A. Turner, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY
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Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-11- 118 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BILLY JOE RAUTSAW, 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 WILLIAM J. RAUTSAW, 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 13th day of June, 2011. /s/ William J. Rautsaw, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 3 CAUSE NO. DP-11-113 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES E. BASHOR, 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 SUSAN M. BASHOR, 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 7th day of June, 2011. /s/ Susan M. Bashor, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-100 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF TEDDY R. MERSEAL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Patricia Ann Morse has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Patricia Ann Morse, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.
DATED this 1st day of June, 2011. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-11-747 Dept. No. 2 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Bethanni Heitzmann, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Bethanni McCall Heitzmann to Bethanni McCall Rice. The hearing will be on July 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 6/8/11. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Bobbi Hainline, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Case No. DP-11-117 NOTICE TO CREDITOR IN RE: THE ESTATE OF IVY D. PEARSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Leslie Keith Pearson, 630 Dixon, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2011. /s/ Leslie Keith Pearson, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-11-76 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLENN V. HOLMES, JR., a/k/a Glenn Virgil Holmes, Jr., a/k/a Glenn Holmes, Jr., Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Zachariah Holmes has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent, Glenn V. Holmes, Jr., are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the
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first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Zachariah Holmes, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o John Spangler Law Office, P.O. Box 567, Superior, Montana, 59872, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 16th day of May, 2011. s/ Zachariah Holmes, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-11-110 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT S. MATTHEW, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jean L. Chinske, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 1st day of June, 2011. /s/ Jean L. Chinske, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-11-107 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT C. PETERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the 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 Erik C. Peterson, 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 31st day of May, 2011. /s/ Erik C. Peterson,
Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-93 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF IRENE L. BAND, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Irene Neilson has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Irene Neilson, 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 11th day of May, 2011. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Christopher W. Froines, Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-99 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ROBERT RUSSELL WILLS, 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 Randy Scott Wills, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o David B. Cotner, Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., 201 West Main Street, Suite 201, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above court. DATED this 31st day of May, 2011. /s/ Randy Scott Wills, 5331 White Cloud Drive, Florence, MT 59833 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-11-103 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY VAUGHAN WILSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Brian Wilson has been appointed Personal
Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent, Gary Vaughan Wilson, 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 Brian Wilson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o John Spangler Law Office, P.O. Box 567, Superior, Montana, 59872, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 27th day of May, 2011. /s/ Brian Wilson, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/05/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200610429, Bk 773, Pg 1178, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Deborah R. Snyder, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot B of Car Line Addition, Block 55, Lots A, B and 6A, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 12, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $84,982.40. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $80,005.93, 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
PUBLIC NOTICES 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 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# 7023.91308) 1002.191321-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/15/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200432695, Book 743,
Page 1224, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Casey R. Peterson was Grantor, Argent Mortgage Company, LLC was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in and being a portion of Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 15 of Low’s Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract B of Certificate of Survey No. 1238A. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200920064 Bk. 845, Pg. 908, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank, National Association as Trustee, Successor-in-Interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A. Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004, Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates Series 2004-WWF1. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of April 17, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $183,635.34. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $151,978.07, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow
SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY Missoula County seeks bids for the sale of county property described as Lot 38, Block 5 of Cook’s Addition, located on South 2nd Street West (see Map A). Sealed bids will be accepted by the Missoula County Auditor’s Office, Attn: Barbara Berens, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 until the Public Auction scheduled for 1:30 PM local time on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Bids will then be opened in Room 374 of the County Courthouse and read aloud to anyone present. The sale consists of one lot whose dimensions are approximately 25’X127’. There is a Missoula Irrigation District easement through the middle of the lot for an irrigation ditch, rendering the lot undevelopable under City of Missoula regulations. An appraisal for Lot 38 has been completed with a fair market value in the amount of $5,000.00. Pursuant to MCA 7-8-2213, a sale may not be made for less than 90% of the appraised value. If no bid is received in response to an auction, the property may be sold through a private sale, per MCA 7-8-2218, the purchase price shall not be less than 70% of the appraised value. Questions or requests for a map of the property should be directed to Barbara Martens, Missoula County Special Projects, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 or by calling (406) 258-4763.
JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r 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 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person
having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.10007) 1002.146717-FEI
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The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1. Rezoning & Planned Variation Request – Canyon Gate Apartments A request from Tri-East, Inc., represented by James Hoffmann of Hoffmann and Associates Architects, to rezone property located at 3705 Highway 200 E from C-C2 (General Commercial) to C-R3 (Residential) with a Planned Variation to modify lot size and lot width to accommodate the existing smaller lots, and side yard setbacks to allow for townhomes. See Map O.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 15, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the
will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 143, 268, 273, 272, j143, 293 & k108. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday June 27th from 9-4. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to Tuesday, June 27th, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 4 OF BONNER PINES ADDITION NO. 1 A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Joshua Marcussen and Cassie Leann Marcussen, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 20, 2007 and recorded June 21, 2007 under Document# 200715626, Book 799, Page 1159. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation. 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 $1,303.22, beginning January 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 24, 2011 is $182,015.77 principal, interest at the rate of 7.375% now totaling $4,238.57, late charges in the amount of $260.60, and other fees and expenses advanced of $117.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $36.78 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
PUBLIC COMMENT SOUGHT The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on this item at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 2584657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.
THE CITY OF MISSOULA’S Program Year 2010 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) will be available for public review and comment starting Thursday, June 16. The CAPER describes activities undertaken by the City as a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) entitlement grantee for the program year ending March 31, 2011. Public comments on the City’s performance received by Thursday, June 29, 2011, will be included in the final version of the CAPER to be submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Comments may be made in writing or in person at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants (OPG), 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT, 59802 or via email to nharte@co.missoula.mt.us. The City of Missoula and OPG welcome comments on its CDBG and HOME activities, Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plans on a year-round basis. Copies of the CAPER are available for review at OPG in Missoula City Hall, 435 Ryman or on OPG’s website at www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb. Persons wishing to receive a copy of the CAPER or to review it in an alternative format should contact Nancy Harte at OPG, 258-4934.
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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: April 7, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On April 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. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Phh Vs. Marcussen 41392.758 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 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: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS A TRACT OF LAND 430 FEET BY 100 FEET, LOCATED IN SECTIONS 13 AND 14, IN TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST OF MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 33 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE DUE EAST 1190 FEET TO A POINT WHICH IS THAT NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED; THENCE SOUTH 100 FEET; THENCE EAST 430 FEET; THENCE NORTH 100 FEET; THENCE WEST 430 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID: 269404 Gary J. Case and Christine A. Case, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Burton O. Bosch, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004 and recorded October 28, 2004 under Document# 200430572, Book 742, Page 585. The beneficial interest is currently held by EverBank. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $636.54, 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 April 29, 2011 is $88,244.87 principal, interest at the rate of 3.25% now totaling $1,610.13, late charges in the amount of $203.65, escrow advances of $91.46, and other fees and expenses advanced of $693.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $7.86 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: April 7, 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 April 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. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Everhome Vs. Case 41470.232
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: April 1, 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 April 1, 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 Lund 42011.392
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 8, 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: THE WEST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 23 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5073. TOGETHER WITH ROAD WAY EASEMENTS AS CONTAINED IN BOOK 77 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1276 AND 1277. ALSO TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS TO ADJACENT FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY AS DISCLOSED IN BOOK 588 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1983 Jane Lund, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co. of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 21, 2007 and recorded September 28, 2007 under Document# 200725628, Book 806, Page 781. 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 $2,047.98, 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 March 17, 2011 is $271,544.87 principal, interest at the rate of 6.750% now totaling $6,913.24, late charges in the amount of $1,144.31, escrow advances of $-534.68 and other fees and expenses advanced of $101.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $50.22 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
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 25, 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 tract of land located in the N 1/2 of Section 22, township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M. Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as tract C2 of Certificate of Survey no. 3534. Less and excepting that portion of Tract C2 of Certificate of Survey no. 3534 more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Tract C2, Certificate of Survey No. 3534, thence northwesterly, along the Frontage Road right-of-way, along a non-tangent curve, whose center bears S29°00’21”W., 4074.20 feet, an arc length of 160.00 feet; thence N27°33’07” E., 574.09 feet; thence S. 62°26’40” E., 160.00 feet; thence along the East boundary of said Tract C2. S.27°33’12” W., 575.00 feet to the point of beginning. Debra Ann Finley, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated August 7, 2001 and Recorded on August 13, 2001 in Book 666, Page 567, as Document No. 200121908 and ReRecorded on September 5, 2001 in Book 667, Page 860, as Document No. 200121908. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation. 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 $1,214.17, beginning August 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 22, 2011 is $143,642.86 principal, interest at the rate of 7.125% now totaling $16,793.56, late charges in the amount of $135.84, escrow advances of $4,699.05, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,981.89, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.04 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.
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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 16, 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 March 16, 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 Phh V. Finley 41392.505 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 29, 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 located in and being a portion of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Section 30, a fence corner; thence East along the North line of said Section 30, a distance of 750.00 feet to a set rebar, said point being in Finley Creek; thence S.16°41’57”E., along Finley Creek a distance of 104.40 feet to a set rebar; thence S.23°37’46”W., along Finley Creek, a distance of 174.64 feet to a set rebar; thence South along Finley Creek a distance of 325.00 feet to a set rebar; thence S.84°17’51”W., 656.08 feet to a set rebar, said point being on the East right-of-way line of a road; thence N.00°14’57”E., along said right-of-way line, a distance of 105.94 feet to a point on a non-tangent curve (cul-de-sac); thence Northeasterly, Northerly and Northwesterly along said non-tangent curve (cul-de-sac) being concave to the West and having a radius of 50.00, for a distance of 157.08 feet to a point on a tangent line; thence N.89°45’03”W., along said right-of-way, a distance of 60.00 feet to a set rebar, said point being on the West line of said Section 30, thence N.00°14’57”E., along said West line of Section 30, a distance of 444.00 feet to the true point of beginning. The Toni L. McOmber Revocable Trust, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2006 and recorded May 9, 2006 under Document# 200610640, Book 773, Page 1389. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for J.P. Morgan Alternative Loan Trust 2006-A4. 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
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said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,009.22, 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 March 2, 2011 is $349,814.82 principal, interest at the rate of 6.875% now totaling $12,090.79, late charges in the amount of $500.95, and other fees and expenses advanced of $64.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $65.89 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 21, 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 March 21, 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 Phh V Mcomber 41392.753 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 09/08/2011, 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 SUE FITZGERALD-TRAVERS, A MARRIED WOMAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 02/24/2004 and recorded 03/02/2004, in document No. 200405438 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 727 at Page Number 413 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5A OF OTOUPALIK ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT
THEREOF. Property Address: 4119 SPURGIN ROAD, Missoula, MT 59804. 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 NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-04. 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 11/01/2008, 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 $142,885.78 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 9.125% per annum from 10/01/2008 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: 04/26/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100126688 FEI NO. 1006.114440 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 09/12/2011, 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 J. CRAMER as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY, INC. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to COMMUNITY BANK-MISSOULA, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/28/2007 and recorded 03/30/2007, in document No. 200707556 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 794 at Page Number 853 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 64 OF DALY’S ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVIDION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1845 SOUTH 13TH STREET WEST, Missoula, MT 59801. 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 02/01/2011, 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 $144,643.76 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.50% per annum from 02/01/2011 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: 04/27/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110035365 FEI NO. 1006.134432 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 09/13/2011, 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 JESSICA L JOHNSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 11/18/2005 and recorded 11/22/2005, in document No. 200531162 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 764 at Page Number 1146 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 6, BLOCK 1, OF HUGHES ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 132 ANN’S LANE, Lolo, MT 59847. 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, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-16. 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 $109,184.39 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.20% 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 expens-
PUBLIC NOTICES es 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: 04/28/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110036396 FEI NO. 1006.134569 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 09/14/2011, 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 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 JUSTIN POLLACK, AND ANGELA POLLACK, AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES (MISSOULA) J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 02/15/2007 and recorded 02/22/2007, in document No. 200704238 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 792 at Page Number 513 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 OF TRAVELER’S REST ESTATES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 358 MARI COURT, Lolo, MT 59847. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6. 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 11/01/2009, 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 $419,862.83 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.50% 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, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110038353 FEI NO. 1006.134822 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 09/13/2011, 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 WILLIAM R. NOONEY AND ANNA M. WALTER-NOONEY as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to INSURED TITLES LLC as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 09/22/2006 and recorded 09/25/2006, in document No. 200624340 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 783 at Page Number 992 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT X7 OF MARK ADDITION TO BIG SKY ESTATES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 832 S PERIMETER ROAD, Seeley Lake, MT 59868. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-J8, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-J8. 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 01/01/2009, 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 $600,558.93 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.875% per annum from 01/01/2009 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: 04/28/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110036559 FEI NO. 1006.134571 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 09/19/2011, 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which SCOTT G. COONEY SINGLE MAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/23/2006 and recorded 08/28/2006, in document No. 200621838 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 781 at Page Number 1252 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND NINE OF COBBAN CAMP SITES ADDI-
TION, VACATED, AND THE VACATED PORTION OF SYCAMORE STREET ADJACENT THERETO AND NOW BEING THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO MISSOULA COUNTY IN BOOK 219 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 622, AND THE VACATED PORTION OF SYCAMORE STREET ADJACENT THERETO. FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION PLATTED AS ALICE ACRES NO. 2, RECORDED IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS AT PAGE 13. FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM LOT 1 OF BROOKSIDE ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF LOT 2 OF BROOKSIDE ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THAT WAS CONVEYED BY THE CORPORATION DEED RECORDED MAY 20, 1965 IN BOOK 240 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 385 AND ALSO EXCEPTING THAT PORTION CONVEYED IN THE CORPORATION DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 10, 1965 IN BOOK 242 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 493. FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF LOT 3 OF BROOKSIDE ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THAT WAS CONVEYED BY THE WARRANTY DEED RECORDED APRIL 3, 1967 IN BOOK 6 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1371. AND FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 OF BROOKSIDE ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF THAT WAS CONVEYED BY THE WARRANTY DEED RECORDED MAY 24, 1966 IN BOOK 6 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 12. AND AS AFFECTED BY THE BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENTS RECORDED APRIL 4, 1977 IN BOOK 95 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 111, DECEMBER 8, 1992 IN BOOK 369 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 3 AND OCTOBER 4, 1993 IN BOOK 395 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 79. Property Address: 2990 WOODLAND AVENUE, Missoula, MT 59802. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2006-16, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-16. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $542,601.05 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.875% per annum from 12/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated:
05/04/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0039429 FEI NO. 1006.135579 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 09/26/2011 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. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ELGIN FORBES, AND VIRGINIA FORBES, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 12/31/2007 and recorded 01/04/2008, in document No. 200800178 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 811 at Page Number 411 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 5B2A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2561, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 15, AND THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 10815 EL TORO LN, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the 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 06/01/2010, 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 $234,542.12 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 05/01/2010 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: 05/12/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0115059 FEI NO. 1006.111360 Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issue To: Daniel Victor Krieg, Missoula County Treasurer, City of Missoula, Sewer Department US Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Rocky Mtn. Division, Attn, SPF Advisor, MS 5022, Den, First Security Bank of Missoula. Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-SOO SCHOOL ADD Lot- 020 Block- 081 13N 19W 16 SCHOOL ADD, SCHOOL SCHOOL ADD, SCHOOL SCHOOL-LOT 20 BLK 81, SUID #57807. Parcel No. 57807. The real property is also described in the
records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 20 in Block 81 of SCHOOL ADDITION, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,462.76 Penalty: $49.27 Interest: $751.86 Costs: $508.89 Total: $ 3,772.78 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Ronald J. Kohler, Missoula County Treasurer Laurie A. Kohler, Cherryl R. Kohler, Raymond T Kohler Citifinancial Successor in interest to Associates Financial Services Company of Montana, Inc. Citifinancial U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Rocky Mountain Division, MS5021 DEN, State of Montana, Unemployment Insurance Division, State of Montana, Department of Revenue, Office of the Attorney General, All Green Acquisition Corporation, C/O Robert Terrazas, P.C.,Terrazas Law Firm Terrazas Law Firm, Collection Bureau Services, Inc. Dirk Larsen, Credit Associates, Inc. c/o Larsen Law Firm, PLLC, CBM Collections, Inc., c/o Elizabeth Ries-Simpson, attorney Cory R. Gangle, Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren, P.C., Charles J. Peterson Atty At Law Mackoff, Kellogg Law Firm, Nitro Green of Missoula Reane, Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-DY2 DALY ADD NO 2 Lot- 022 Block- 085 13N 19W 29 DALY ADD NO 2, DALY 2 LOTS DALY ADD NO 2, DALY 2 LOTS 22 & 23 & W2 OF 24 OF DALYS ADDITION NO 2 BLK 85 S29 T13 R19, SUID #1221255. Parcel No. 1221255. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lots 22, 23 and the West one-half of Lot 24 in Block 85 of DALY’S ADDITION NO. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 161 of Micro Records at Page 647. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $3,776.46 Penalty: $75.55 Interest: $ 1,141.50 Costs: $568.50 Total: $5,562.01 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until
the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Victoria Lee Phillips Missoula County Treasurer Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 16N 15W 03 TRACT 6 COS 5339 IN SW4 SEC. 3, 16-15, SUID #1256205. Parcel No. 1256205. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 6 of Certificate of Survey No. 5339, located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 3, Township 16 North, Range 15 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $332.66 Penalty: $6.65 Interest: $119.25 Costs: $480.60 Total: $939.16 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10 The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Leonard O. Senechal , Missoula County Treasurer Phyllis M. Senechal Merlin C. Birdsong Quitclaim Deed in Book 746 at Page 1342 Micro Records U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Rocky Mountain Division Attn: SPF Advisor MS5022, Den Melinda R. Birdsong Kristine Davenport Waynes’ Group Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-LAV LAKE VIEW ADD Lot-001 Block- 00A 12N20W 26 LAKE VIEW ADD, LKVW PARCEL A LAKE VIEW ADD, LKVW PARCEL A LOT 1 OF LAKE VIEW ADDITION BLK A 26-12-20, SUID #2050301. Parcel No. 2050301. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 1 in Block A of LAKE VIEW ADDITION, a platted subdivision in
Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. LESS AND EXCEPTING that portion set forth in Judgment and Final Order of Condemnation recorded August 13, 2003 in Book 714 at Page 901 Micro Records. TOGETHER WITH an encroachment easement as recorded May 10, 1976 in Book 81 at Page 1159 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $12,844.73 Penalty: $256.88 Interest: $4,040.96 Costs: $520.03 Total: $17,662.60 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Royce A. Hatch Missoula County Treasurer Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 0W 18 TRACT 7B COS 2466 IN E1/2 SE _, SUID #1831105. Parcel No. 1831105. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 7B of Certificate of Survey No. 2466, a tract of land located in the East one-half of the East one-half of section 18, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula county, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $1,583.88 Penalty: $31.68 Interest: $479.48 Costs: $487.99 Total: $2,583.03 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets
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PUBLIC NOTICES the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Troy D. Ault, Missoula County Treasure, Missoula County Courthouse Missoula County Attorney, Crystal B. Ault Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 13N 20W 17 2933, PARCEL 4B1, TRACT 4B1 COS 2933 IN NE4 SW4 17-13-20, SUID #5853583. Parcel No. 5853583. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 4B1 of Certificate of Survey No. 2933, located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 17, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Less and excepting Tract 4B1A of Certificate of Survey No. 3215, located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 17, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. This is a remainder tract of land and may not be transferred unless it has been approved as a subdivision or as an exemption from subdivision review. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,615.99 Penalty: $52.32 Interest: $825.62 Costs: $532.31 Total: $4,026.24 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10 The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: 314 North First Street West, LLC Missoula County Treasurer, 4 North 1st Street West LLC, Community Bank Missoula, Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.- URL URLIN ADD LOT- 017 Block- 096 13N 19W 15 URLIN ADD, URLIN URLIN & URLIN ADD, URLIN URLIN & RAILROAD-LOT 17 BLK 96, SUID #1079209. Parcel No. 1079209. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: LOT 17 IN BLOCK 96 OF RAILROAD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MONTANA, AND LOT 17 IN BLOCK 96 OF URLIN’S ADDITION TO MISSOULA, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF NOW ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT SAID DESCRIBED LOT LIES MOSTLY IN RAILROAD ADDITION AND THAT A SMALL CORNER THEREOF IS IN URLIN’S ADDITION, THE SAID ADDITIONS BEING CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was pur-
chased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $9,553.52 Penalty: $191.07 Interest: $2,851.02 Costs: $ 531.40. Total: $12,127.01 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Arnold W. Jarvie Missoula County Treasurer, Helen Jarvie, Larry Jarvie Gary D. Jarvie, King’s Hat Drive-In, M.W. Birdsong, Malcolm W. Birdsong, Waynes’ Group Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-LAV LAKE VIEW ADD Lot- 002 Block-00A 12N 20W 26 LAKE VIEW ADD, LKVW LOT 2 OF LAKE VIEW ADD, LKVW LOT 2 OF LAKE VIEW ADDITION BLK A 2612-20, SUID #1026859. Parcel No. 1026859. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 2 Block A of LAKEVIEW ADDITION, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, according to the official recorded plat thereof. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $6,965.80 Penalty: $139.32 Interest: $ 2,080.34 Costs: $ 545.50 Total $9,730.96 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Dallas Martin Armstrong Missoula County Treasurer, Connie Richards, Dallas Armstrong Bonnie S. Armstrong,
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c/o Dept of Public Health and Human Services, Child Support Enforcement Division, U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Rocky Mountain Division. John D. Armstrong Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-CLN CLINTON Lot- 001 Block- 00D 12N 17W 27 CLINTON, CLT TNSIT CLINTON CLINTON, CLT TNSIT CLINTON TOWNSITES-LOT 1 BLK D, SUID #55707. Parcel No. 55707. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 1 in Block “D” of CLINTON TOWNSITE, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4.The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $1,698.64 Penalty: $ 33.96 Interest: $ 512.45 Costs: $519.71 Total: $ 2,764.76. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy.Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Mark Virts Missoula County Treasurer Bitterroot Valley Bank dba Clark Fork Valley Bank Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 20W 08 TRACT 21 IN NE4 NW4 SE4 S8 T14 R20 LESS TRACT 21A, SUID #1306309. Parcel No. 1306309. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Certificate of Survey No. 73, a tract of land located in the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter and in the Northwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 8, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 757 at Page 1296 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,356.02 Penalty: $47.11 Interest: $846.59 Costs: $497.35 Total: $3,747.07 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County
Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Roger E. Indreland Missoula County Treasurer First Security Bank of Missoula Elo A. Indreland Collection Bureau Services, Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 19W 07 NW2 NW4SW4 NW4 AND NW4 SW4, SUID #1001506. Parcel No. 1001506. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: All of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. LESS AND EXCEPTING the NE_ SW_, N_SE_ AND SE_NE_ Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 602 at Page 1547 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the S_SW_ of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in book 306 at Page 2103 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the S_SE_ of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 306 at Page 2105 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the N_NE_, the SW_NE_ and the SE_NW_ of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 792 at Page 1091 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $276.80 Penalty $5.54 Interest: $89.13 Costs: $550.67 Total: $922.14 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Roger E. Indreland Missoula County Treasurer First Security Bank of Missoula Elo A. Indreland Collection Bureau Services Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 20W 02 PLAT C, PARCEL XXX, S2 N2, S2 2-1420, SUID #1001208. Parcel No. 1001208. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: The South one-half and the South one-half of the North one-half of
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Section 2, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $821.65 Penalty: $16.43 Interest: $231.61 Costs: $510.71 Total $1,580.40 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Roger E. Indreland Missoula County Treasurer First Security Bank of Missoula Elo A. Indreland Collection Bureau Services Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 20W 12 PLAT B, PARCEL XXX, N2 SW4, NW4 12-14-20, SUID #1001400. Parcel No. 1001400. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: The Northwest one-quarter and the North one-half of the Southwest onequarter of Section 12, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $431.08 Penalty: $8.62 Interest: $126.70 Costs: $510.71 Total: $1,077.11 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC
Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Watson L. Hancock, Missoula County Treasurer, L & S Development Corporation, Sharon A. Roske a/k/a Sharon Roske, Collection Bureau Services, Inc c/o Michael J. Moore and Bruce J. Allison Collection Bureau Services Inc., C/O Michael J. Moore & Alison Howard, Unifund CCR Partners Assignee of Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC c/o Charles L. Dendy of Johnson, Rodenburg & Lauinge Rex G. Kofford Collection Professionals, INC Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 11N 16W 09 PLAT A/B’, PARCEL XXX, TR 1A COS 4666 IN NW_ PLAT A 9-11-16 107.82AC & IN NE_ PLAT B’ 8-11-16 64.78AC TOTAL 172.6AC, SUID #1162701. Parcel No. 1162701. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 1A of Certificate of Survey No. 4666, a tract of land located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 8 and the Northwest onequarter of Section 9, all being in Township11 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula, County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $314.70 Penalty: $6.28 Interest: $104.17 Costs: $583.15 Total: $1,008.30 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10 The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: John Richards, Missoula County Treasurer, Deborah J. Turrel, First Valley Bank Reep & Bell, P.C. Attn: Richard A. Reep. ELI & Associates, Inc. Attn: Mark Huber P. Mars Scott Law Offices Attn: Ronald A. Thuesen Deborah J. Turrel c/o Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., Attn: Molly K. Howard, Schulted Law Firm, P.C., Attn: John C. Schulte Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 14W 05 5720, PARCEL XXX, TRACT 1 OF COS 5720 IN 5-14-14, SUID #2324650. Parcel No. 2324650. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5720, located in the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, the South one-half of the Northeast one-quarter, the Northeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter and the Southeast one-quarter lying North of Montana State Highway 200 all within Section 5, Township 14 North, Range 14 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana. EXCEPTING THEREFROM Tract 1A of Certificate of Survey No. 5800, located in the Southeast one-quarter of Section 5, Township 14 North, Range 14 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th,
2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $ 2,990.92 Penalty: $59.82 Interest: $930.01 Costs: $598.82 Total $4,579.57 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Randolph R. Reigel, Missoula County Treasurer, Nancy L. Raw, Current Occupant, Collection Bureau Services, Inc. c/o Michael J. Moore/Bruce J. Allison Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.- KN2 KNOWLES ADD NO 2 Lot- 002 Block- 066 13N 19W 21 KNOWLES ADD NO 2, PORTION OF KNOWLES ADD NO 2, PORTION OF LOT 2 BLK 66 IN KNOWLES ADDITION NO 2,SUID #1913306. Parcel No. 1913306. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: The West 33 feet of Lot 2 in Block 66 of KNOWLES ADDITION NO. 2, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 15 Page 1129 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 .5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,698.83 Penalty: $53.98 Interest: $811.83 Costs: $537.73 Total: $4,102.37 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC
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SISSY
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QUAIL
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Tori is a 2-year-old Torti with a sweet and playful disposition. Tori recently had kittens and did a great job being a mom, but now she is ready to be adopted and finally have someone take care of her. Tori was found as a stray and is awaiting her chance to be someone’s forever pet.
BOBO
Bobo has been awaiting his forever person for some time now. Bobo is looking for an adult home with lots of love to give to him. Mr.Bobo is housetrained, current on all vaccinations and is spectacular at catching tennis balls.
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Water Damage: 8 Ways to Dry Out and Move On By Diane Beck, 2011 MOR President Thanks to heavy snowpack and a wet spring, many of our Missoula neighbors have been dealing with water. While severe cases of flooding will most likely require professional assistance, homeowners can take steps themselves to dry out quickly in order to mitigate water damage and save their possessions.
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8. Absorb moisture: Desiccants (silica gel, clay, calcium oxide) absorb moisture like a sponge. Place waterpermeable packages of desiccants and wet items in airtight containers or in sealed areas, like closets. Some 1. Move air naturally: If humidity isn’t too high, open 5. Wet/dry shop vac: Some shop vacs are rated for desiccants change color to indicate they are saturated, windows and doors to start air circulating. Open closet use in wet conditions. These vacs suck water from car- which can take days or weeks, depending on how much and cabinet doors, and remove drawers. pets and give you a fighting chance to save rugs and moisture items contain. wall-to-walls. Don’t use an ordinary household vacuum 2. Move air mechanically: Rent or buy high-powered whose innards are not protected from water. A 6-gallon fans to rev up air circulation. Depending on size and wet/dry vac costs $50; a 16-gallon goes for about $170. power, fans cost between $50 and $500 to buy; $20 a day to rent. (Do not use your central air conditioner or 6. Remove sodden objects: Haul wet rugs and furnifurnace blower if HVAC ducts were under water.) ture into the sun to reduce inside moisture level. Remove sheet vinyl or linoleum flooring to promote 3. Dehumidify: A portable dehumidifier can remove maximum evaporation. Throw out wet insulation under water vapor from the air in a contained area, like a bed- floors. room or downstairs rec room. Shut the room’s windows and doors to prevent more humidity from seeping in. 7. Freeze papers: To buy time, place wet books and Buy a big dehumidifier so you don’t have to empty its photos into plastic bags and place in a frost-free freezer. water drawer frequently. This will stop additional deterioration, and prevent
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE
Bonus room, gourmet kitchen home has all the updates! 2500 Briggs, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com
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
Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, Development potential. 231 & 211 Grove, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com
Open house Sunday June 26th, 2011 from 12pm-4pm. Come view this newly decorated 4 bed 3.75 bath home with beautiful fenced yard on 5.06 acres. Behind Ranch Club Golf Course on privatecul-de-sac. Reduced by $30,000 from $599,900 to $569,900. 728-2989 717 Cooper: 1 bed, 1 bath bungalow with stainless steel appliances, built in breakfast bar, wood floor, privacy fence & storage shed. $157,500 MLS # 20111199. Call Shannon Hilliard at 2398350 today! Absolutely Adorable smaller home with many updates, the character was preserved while the updates made this beautifully functional, fantastic garden and studio space. 1337 Sherwood, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Affordable Condo, Didn’t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet new, green-built development may be your ticket. 1400 Burns, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com BEAUTIFUL LOLO AREA CUSTOM HOME ON 1.65 ACRES. 5 Bdr/4 Bath, soaring cathedral ceilings, handpeeled log, exposed beam, and stacked stone accents, gorgeous kitchen and master, amazing deck, and much, much more. $525,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Beautifully Updated Home surrounded by fantastic garden sanctuary – this 2 Bdr, 3
GORGEOUS CRAFTSMAN STYLE TARGET RANGE HOME ON 0.94 ACRES. 5 Bdr/3.5 Bath, double garage, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, main floor master, 2 family rooms. Close to schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $449,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com GORGEOUS LOWER RATTLESNAKE HOME. 4 Bdr, 2 Baths, separate heated studio, wide-plank fir floors, 10’ high ceilings, great kitchen, lots of light, all just steps from Greenough Park and trails. $299,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-desac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 3 2 7 - 8 7 8 7 porticorealestate.com IMMACULATE HOME ON A 20,000+ SQ FT LOT. Beautifully updated and maintained 4 Bdr/3 Bath Linda Vista area home. Great yard and deck, spacious living room, 2 family rooms, two full kitchens, master bedroom and more. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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Great 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. This home features a spacious living room, large backyard and nice deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. Perfect home for RD financing. $184,900. MLS # 20110854. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com Rare Wilma Building Condo – unique loft style condo offers a carefree, fun lifestyle with an amazing view on top of the historic Wilma, $219,900 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Seeley Lake Home For Sale 3 bd/2 ba Walkout finished basement. Privacy. Deck w/ mountain views.Detached 1000 sq.ft. insulated garage/shop 406531-3057 SINGLE LEVEL HIDDEN TRAILS HOME. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, double garage, cathedral ceilings, wood laminate flooring, dining area, and more, all just a few minutes from UM and downtown. $179,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING CLOSE TO THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath
One of a Kind Property, Classy 1940s Edgewater Condo in great condition, 2 minutes from campus, On the River and Trail, 521 Hartman #2, 3278787 porticorealestate.com
single-level Stevensville home. Great, open floor plan, incredible mountain views, next to public park, walk to Downtown Stevi or Bitterroot River. $219,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
Overlook Clarkfork River - for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr condo, attached 2 car garage, like new, pets
SPACIOUS PLEASANT VIEW HOME PRICED TO SELL. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, double garage, corner lot, open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, main floor
master and laundry, great deck and more. $216,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com TWO BLOCKS FROM UM CAMPUS. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, hardwood floors, lots of light, remodeled and updated bath, living room plus dining room, gas fireplace, off-street parking and much more. $199,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood, 909 Herbert, 3278787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 5503077
CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1 & 2 bedroom condos near downtown Missoula starting at $149,900. Call Anne 546-5816 or Jeff 203-4143 for showing. Models open Sat. 11-2pm & Sunday 124 p m . www.movemontana.com Immaculate Rose Park Area Home, This light filled home offers a fantastic floorplan, 2 family rooms, large deck and nice backyard for entertaining. 300 Central, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Three Bed 1.5 bath townhome in North Missoula CUTE & Clean just $149,000. MLS 20111197. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com Updated 2 bed 1-1/2 bath condo in Grant Creek Cottonwoods. MLS 20112674. 2721 Crystal Ct #3. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com
MANUFACTURED HOMES 3 Bed, 2 bath Well kept manufactured home on five productive acres in Upper Miller
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Creek with several outbuildings including 2 storage sheds, a detached double car garage and a separate shop/garage. Feel like you’re living in the country but only be 5 minutes from town. The property has two highly productive wells and is completely fenced. $250,000 • MLS # 20113133. Call Betsy for a showing today at 880-4749. www.hotmontanahomes.com
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Almost 1/2 acre building site with great views. Close to Ranch Club Golf course and fishing access. City sewer stubbed to the property line. NOW ONLY $69,900. MLS# 10007449. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. r i c e t e a m @ b i g s k y. n e t . Montana Preferred Properties. Beautiful 20 acres fenced pasture land. Seasonal stream and pond. Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900. MLS#10007447. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. r i c e t e a m @ b i g s k y. n e t . Montana Preferred Properties. Great building site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.46 Acres with small stream on property. $160,000. MLS#20111016. 10882 Crystal Creek Road,
8169 Lower Miller Creek • 3 Bed, 2 bath Well kept manufactured home on five productive acres in Upper Miller Creek. • 2 storage sheds, a detached double car garage and a separate shop/garage. • Only be 5 minutes from town. • $250,000 • MLS # 20113133.
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28030 Highway 10 West • Purchase the restaurant/bar, the house, outbuildings, & 4 trailer spots for • Dynamite investment for the right person with great potential for income from the rentals and the restaurant. • $449,000 • MLS # 20113100
PRICE REDUCED 117 Dallas, in LOLO. $184,900 • 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. • Spacious living room, large backyard & deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. • Perfect home for RD financing.
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Natural Housebuilders, Inc., *AFFORDABLE small homes* Additions/Remodels* ENERGY EFFICIENT crafted building* Solar Heating* 3690940 or 642-6863* www.naturalhousebuilder.net Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City Sewer available. Great view. Now $95,000. MLS#908159. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2 4 0 - 6 5 0 3 .
r i c e t e a m @ b i g s k y. n e t . Montana Preferred Properties. SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, 10.4 acres, cross-fenced, 4 stall custom barn with hay loft, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, arched doorways, 2 decks, spectacular mountain views, 400 feet of river frontage. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more
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Log Home with rustic studio on 1.83 wooded slope just minutes from Missoula. MLS 20112917. 10250 Valley Grove Dr. Call Anne 5465816 for showing. www.movemontana.com
The famous nine mile house is back on the market and ready for someone to bring it back to its former glory! Purchase the restaurant/bar, the house, outbuildings, and 4 trailer spots for $300k less than it sold for previously. This place could be a dynamite investment for the right person with great potential for income from the rentals and the restaurant. MLS # 20113100 • $449,000. Call Jeremy & Betsy Milyard for a showing today at 880-4749. www.hotmontanahomes.com
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2721 Crystal Ct # 3, Missoula • $127,000 MLS# 20112674
10250 Valley Grove Dr., Lolo • $263,000 MLS# 20112917
Many new/updated features in this 2 bed, 2 bath, garage. 2 bed condo. Ease care & great loca- Beautiful log home in trees. tion. FHA financing now available 1.83 woods on hillside with and VA is in process of approval. 10'x10' studio with deck.
209 E Pine Ct., Florence $179,900 • MLS# 20112619 3 bed, 2 bath open floor plan. Single story home nestled in the pines.
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