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For the last 20 years, Bob Oaks has pushed for and funded projects that have improved Northside and Westside neighborhoods. He’s helped salvage historic sites such as the Randolph-Moon Homestead in the North Hills. He’s worked on connecting trail systems from his neighborhoods to other parts of town. He’s created parks Cover photo by Chad Harder and playgrounds. He’s written grants to build affordable homes for young families—not shoddy condos in the middle of nowhere but buildings with charming detail in places where people can get coffee and pastries and walk to an Osprey game. These neighborhood efforts are collaborative; they’re often generated by residents and supported by NMCDC partnerships. Yet all roads seem to lead back to Oaks.........14

News Letters Extremists in Ravalli are wasting time and money........................................4 The Week in Review Pot providers arraigned, man assaulted with WD-40.............6 Briefs The economy of weed, toxic flooding, and lots and lots of bugs ..................6 Etc. Missoula needs to walk and talk before it can run.............................................7 Up Front Huge tract of land is captured for open space..........................................8 Up Front Huge Missoula’s ring finder has auspicious start ......................................9 Ochenski The Supreme Court says, “Grab your ankles!” .......................................10 Writers on the Range Why can’t we have Starbucks and wilderness?...................11 Agenda Festivals on the Flathead presents “A Night of Blues”................................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan How to build a burger .................................................................19 Happiest Hour The Missoula Winery and Event Center ........................................20 8 Days a Week Cry me a river and I’ll kayak it .......................................................22 Mountain High The Bhutan Ride for Climate Change ...........................................29 Scope Sculptor Rebecca Kamen’s assault on science ..............................................30 Noise Hex Machine, Blind Shake, Lana Rebel, and Buried at Birth........................31 Soundcheck The Skurfs get physical.......................................................................32 DVD There’s nothing more American than Team America .....................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .................................................34

Exclusives Street Talk ..................................................................................................................4 In Other News .........................................................................................................13 Classifieds...............................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess..............................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ...............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World .............................................................................................C-11 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Robert Meyerowitz PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matthew Frank PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR 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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by Chad Harder

Asked at lunch on Tuesday on the Hip Strip in downtown Missoula. Montana’s budget director reported that there’s more than $70 million more dollars in state coffers than the legislature anticipated in budget discussions. What should we buy with this dough? Follow-up: What’s the best way the government spends your money?

Sarah Browder: How about on appropriate education? Like reinstating funding for music, art and P. E., as well as newer textbooks? Two-track mind: Probably alternative transportation, the buses, the bike paths, and that kind of thing. They do a good job, and they keep it pretty clean.

Helen Cappadocia: Look, Montana ranks lowest among the 50 states in students who actually graduate high school. Really, if we rank below Mississippi, then our education system is in a terrible state. It says a lot about our culture. Sum-sumsummertime: Locally, I’d say summer programs for children. Missoula’s are the best of anywhere in the nation.

Anne Marie Spidahl: For $70 million I’d like to see a public rail line up the Bitterroot Valley. Instead of the highway system, I’d like to see them put money and resources into sustainable transportation. Helping hand: Social Services generally...programs that help homeless families and low-income people receive some level of health care.

Kate Igoe: Education. From a state’s perspective it’s the best investment they can make in the future. For the children: I don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but a quality education can help make up for a lack of diversity as Montana’s workforce competes for the global tourism dollar.

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Coordinated attack On June 9, the R avalli County Commission wasted half an hour of taxpayers’ time and money giving a regrettably inadequate presentation on “coordination,” their far-right scheme to use truncated, Civil War-era interpretations of the Constitution to nullify federal laws and actions they don’t like. They have already contracted with the Texas-based industry front group American Stewards of Liberty for $150 an hour to aid them in their effort to advance this failed cause of the Confederacy by cherry-picking the word “coordination” out of mountains of federal regulations and claiming that this word means exactly what ASL, the Old South, and our commissioners say it means. In Commissioner Kanenwisher’s own words at the June 9 meeting: “So what does ‘coordinate’ mean? Well, that’s what lawyers are for. And they decided that coordination means exactly what coordination means. In other words, ‘coordinate’ is a different form of the word ‘subordinate.’ So those two things mean different things.” Translation: Our commissioners have now committed our county to pay ASL to fight the federal government with old school, militia-style county supremacy tenets. For context, remember this is the same commission that spent $200 for an “unfringed” flag because the old “fringed” one was deemed treasonous to their conspiracy-dependent supporters. So how did the last three years of farright, militia-style extremism in the Bitterroot pan out for us? Remember Celebrating Conservatism and the militiamasterminds our then-candidate, nowelected commissioners, invited into our community to school us on how to run their version of government? Here’s a partial rundown: American Stewards of Liberty lawyer Fred Kelly Grant, who equates the American Revolution with the “rebellion” the South lost in the Civil War, and who wonders aloud whether we should not have another “rebellion” or “revolution.” Flathead Liberty Bell’s Shaeffer Cox, who’s currently locked up in Fairbanks, Alaska, awaiting trial on state and federal

charges of conspiring to murder judges and state troopers, and whose video, “The Solution,” admonishes viewers to “kill for liberty ” and is required viewing for prospective Liberty Bell members. Flathead Liberty Bell and Celebrating Conservatism, which circulated and published identical “2 nd Amendment Declarations” last year, suggesting signers might decide to overthrow the government if they felt like it. Commissioner Suzy Foss signed this petition.

“We demand that our commissioners either publicly and irrevocably disassociate themselves with these far-right characters or spit out what they really intend.” Montana’s Constitution Party, whose founder and former chair Michael Heit was involved with current militia fugitive David Burgert in a militia murder scheme in the Flathead dubbed Project 7. Most recently Heit was caught lying about his status as a Vietnam War veteran in order to obtain benefits. Constitution Party presidential candidate and current Kalispell resident Chuck Baldwin, whose philosophy is encapsulated in his statement: “The South was right in the War between the States.” Jury Nullification advocate Red

Beckman, who declared that Jews deserved the Holocaust because they killed Jesus. Remember, all three new commissioners as well as our new county attorney consorted with, curried favor with, and springboarded to power from those bizarre organizations and characters and have, to date, never disassociated themselves from them. So what does this all mean for our fragile democratic processes we depend on to stay involved in local decision-making? Again, from Kanenwisher’s “coordination” presentation: “The primary and most effective conversations these federal agencies can have with the general public is through their local government. That’s the democratic process…Are you saying there’s not public comment in that? Well yeah, that’s what I’m saying.” Translation: The new commissioners need to cut the public out in order to advance their extremist agenda. They want to replace years of public involvement in planning efforts with a shadowgovernment model, an ad hoc committee that they intend to stack with those of like mind. More simply put, they will give the power back to “We The People” by cutting us out. They will advance democracy by eliminating it. They will give us the vote by taking it away. We, of course, will like it because they—including a county treasurer who also couldn’t do her job—were elected. The so-called Tea Party movement that lent the militia movements new steam after the election of our first non-white president is demonstrably riddled with extremists. Burgert, Cox, and Beckman are just some of them. We demand that our commissioners and county attorney, as well as the new planning office manager, either publicly and irrevocably disassociate themselves with these far-right characters, supporters, and groups or spit out what they really intend, instead of wasting our time and money on any more disingenuous “presentations.” Bill LaCroix Coordinator, Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance Hamilton

Comments from MissoulaNews.com

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I have heard it said that this country has a love affair with violence (see “Separation anxiety,” June 23, 2011). Until we figure out how to end a protracted involvement with such a tawdry, (un)appealing slut as is war and armed violence, the only ones who profit, clichéd though it may sound, are the arms dealers and the undertakers. June 24, 2011 at 5:26 p.m.

All we ever hear about is that food banks need money, they need money (see “Food bank hurting,” June 16, 2011.) What are they doing to generate revenue for themselves? Food banks cannot continue to rely on federal and state funding. Our governments are going broke on both levels. June 24, 2011 at 6:54 p.m.

You leftists are so gullible. You just parrot whatever your Marxist professors excreted into your brainpans. Here’s a clue: It’s not 1968 and it never will be again. Crawl back into the basements where you build your bombs and quit whining. Obama’s the most communist president you will ever have, but you blew it. You showed your true faces. America hates you. It’s over. Deal with it. June 21, 2011 at 9:58 a.m.

Apparently, we need a federal Constitutional amendment to guarantee the right to self-medicate, and to grow/produce any substances we feel we need for our health and wellbeing (see “The tipping point,” June 16, 2011). Whether or not they should be allowed in interstate trade and marketing is the only issue the feds have any business addressing. June 20, 2011 at 5:32 p.m.

I want no growth or development (see “Here comes FlatIron,” June 16, 2011). I lived around the Bitterroot for a number of years. I have seen what development has done to that valley, and what has happened to the Flathead, and around Bozeman. I see no good coming from all the growth. June 22, 2011 at 1:11 p.m.

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On Opening Day at Ogren-Allegiance Park, the Missoula Osprey edge the Helena Brewers 5-4 before a crowd of 3,024 fans. The team nets its first victory of the season despite tallying just six hits to the Brewers’ 11.

• Thursday, June 23 In Missoula, three medical marijuana providers are arraigned in federal court in the first criminal case following the federal pot shop raids in March. Helena residents Jason Burns, 38, Joshua Schultz, 38, and Jesse Leland, 40, each face up to 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine if convicted.

• Friday, June 24 Gov. Brian Schweitzer urges ExxonMobil officials to manufacture oversized oil sands modules in Montana in the future, to reduce criticism of the more than 200 “big rigs” slated to traverse Montana highways en route to Alberta over the next year.

• Saturday, June 25 Patricia Chesley, 25, of Missoula, throws a car stereo, a half-gallon water bottle, a bottle of WD-40, and a screwdriver at her boyfriend, bloodying his face, the Missoulian reports. Justice of the Peace John Odlin sentences Chesley to a year in jail with all but three days suspended.

• Sunday, June 26 Doug and Kathleen Sapp, of Omak, Wash., suffer only minor injuries when the small plane they’re piloting, crashes into trees shortly after taking off from Ryan Field airstrip east of West Glacier. Both would be released from the hospital by Monday.

• Monday, June 27 Missoula City Council votes 9-2 to approve a $894,000 contract to upgrade the city’s permitting and licensing software so more business can be conducted online. Councilors Dick Haines and Lyn Hellegaard dissent, saying the Accela Automation software is too expensive.

• Tuesday, June 28 The Montana Public Service Commission announces that it will exert jurisdiction over the sale of Missoula’s Mountain Water Co. to global investment firm The Carlyle Group. It’s “the only way to guarantee that the issues surrounding the proposed sale are fully vetted,” says Commissioner Gail Gutsche, of Missoula.

The Clark Canyon Reservoir near Dillon floods the Beaverhead Campground picnic shelters on June 25. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the reservoir was 123 percent full at press time.

Flooding Concerns won’t recede with waters As Missoula’s Clark Fork River continues to rise, recede, and rise again, the public’s attention has turned to threatened homes in Clinton or on Tower and Schmidt streets. But earlier this spring, as the Missoula County Board of Commissioners turned its collective mind to the inevitability of higher-thannormal flows, officials identified another public safety concern: the potential for a toxic spillover at the former Smurfit-Stone settling ponds. “The Smurfit-Stone levees are not—and cannot—be certified to protect the property from flooding,” the commissioners wrote in a March letter to Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock, adding that neither the U.S. Geological Survey nor FEMA recognize the Smurfit-Stone berms as adequate flood protection. The county still does not know the extent of the contamination in the marshy land west of Smurfit-Stone’s shuttered plant. But Commissioner Jean Curtiss is relieved to report that, so far, the flooding has had no visible impact on the ponds.

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have any other options,” she continues. “You have to elevate your house, you have to have a sand mound for your septic, a few of those things. But is that good public policy? I don’t know. I think we probably have to revisit that.” Alex Sakariassen

Bugs The butterfly effect Several years ago, Jen Marangelo, a former University of Montana entomologist, visited the Pacific Science Center’s Tropical Butterfly House, in Seattle, and was bitten by the bug, so to speak. “It’s just magic when you walk in,” she says. “You immediately feel the warmth and the humidity and there’s flowering plants all around you and free-flying butterflies. It just really struck me. And when I finally put my feet back down on earth and started looking around, I realized it was having that same effect on everyone.” It got her thinking, she continues, that “maybe this would be something that could be popular and be a real asset in Missoula.”

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Curtiss recently drove through the site with a representative from the Green Investment Group, which acquired the Smurfit-Stone property this spring, as well as a member of Sen. Max Baucus’s staff. “It looked fine,” Curtiss says. “It wasn’t close to topping over. I think we are okay.” Curtiss adds that while the ponds looked secure even at high flows, the county remains eager to see any contaminants at the Smurfit-Stone site cleaned up as soon as possible. The flooding could, however, have a serious impact on existing county policy. Among the many questions Curtiss says the commission intends to discuss with the public is whether the county should reexamine its regulations on building in the floodplain. Officials violated their own emergency operations policy by supplying sandbags and sand to protect private infrastructure when the river reclaimed a channel along Kehrwald Drive. They were later criticized for a late response, but Curtiss believes it “really isn’t government’s place to save people from themselves.” “Our regulations allow people to build in the floodplain if the parcel of land you own doesn’t

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So Marangelo went back to school and, in 2008, earned a degree in museum exhibit design. In 2009 she formed the nonprofit Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. Ever since she’s been working to gather support for the facility. It would be the first of its kind in Montana, and might include a tropical butterfly house, metamorphosis viewing area, insect zoo, classroom, and outdoor pollinator garden. The organization is in the process of raising money and identifying a location, which Marangelo hopes will be downtown. “For people to be able to come downtown and go to the carousel and be able to then walk down to the Butterfly House and also visit the Children’s Museum, we feel like would be a really nice thing for our community.� Jane Scott, of the North American Butterfly Association, says Marangelo’s mission reflects a growing awareness of butterfly conservation. The greatest threat to butterflies, she says, is development and the resulting loss of local vegetation. “If we eliminate native plants, then we’re eliminating a butterfly’s nursery and food source,� she says. Marangelo says Missoula’s Butterfly House, if it’s built in the coming years, would also feature local bugs. “Some of the tropical, really sexy species can get people excited about insects,� she says. “But in addition to that we hope to have an aquatic invertebrate exhibit that can feature things like stone flies [and] caddis flies, and show people what’s in our own back yard in the Clark Fork River.� Matthew Frank

Marijuana Black market economics Cannabis advocates are warning that the millions of dollars generated by Montana’s legal medical marijuana industry will flood the black market if a law that aims to sap the businesses’ profits is allowed to take effect. “It will fuel the drug war even more,� says Montana Cannabis Industry Association President Ed Docter. “It’s going to mean more marijuana coming over the borders. These people are not going to stop smoking marijuana just because (the Montana Legislature) passed a law.�

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Republican Jeff Essman’s Senate Bill 423 is slated to take effect this Friday. It calls for banning marijuana advertising, limiting marijuana providers to three patients each, and forbidding providers from making a profit. The Montana Cannabis Industry Association and eight other plaintiffs filed suit to stop the law. District Judge James Reynolds is currently deliberating whether to temporarily halt aspects of it. Bracing for what could be a complete overhaul of the medical marijuana industry, Docter finds himself crunching numbers. More than 30,000 individuals are registered with the state to legally use medical marijuana. Each of those patients purchases, on average, 24 grams of cannabis a month at $10 a gram, Docter says. “That comes to $7.2 million a month. That’s amazing.�

If profit is taken out of the legal medical marijuana equation, caregivers and cannabis users may head underground, Docter says, and that would hurt the people the industry currently employs. “I got into this to create jobs,� he says. “Now, I’m in it to save these jobs.� Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir doesn’t buy it. Marijuana is just like alcohol and tobacco—dangerous, he says. He believes it’s better to nip the cannabis boom in the bud now rather than letting the for-profit industry groom a whole new crop of users via advertising and flashy dispensary storefronts. The medical marijuana law voters approved in 2004 only authorized caregivers to provide services, not other pot shop employees. “Every one of those

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employees was committing a felony,� Muir says. “Those weren’t legal jobs.� The black market has always been there, Muir says. “And it will probably exist afterward.� Jessica Mayrer

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Homelessness Change not gonna come A.J. Jenkins drinks vodka on the Missoula County Courthouse lawn on a warm morning this week. He and his buddies banter back and forth, periodically asking passersby if they’ve got any spare change. “I think it’s good that they give us money,� Jenkins says. The personable transient with a bushy white beard and a blue cap explains that he’s disabled and his monthly check from the government only goes so far. Jenkins reaps up to $20 a day panhandling, he says, freely admitting that he buys booze with the money. He doesn’t see anything wrong with that. “We’re just hurting ourselves,� he says. “We’re not hurting anyone else.� A significant portion of Missoula begs to differ. Downtown business owners say people like Jenkins, referred to as “serial inebriates,� frighten shoppers. That’s in part why city administrators and social service agencies are intensifying their efforts to dissuade locals from giving street people money. The city, the Poverello Center, and others rolled out Missoula’s annual “Real Change not Spare Change� program this month. The effort calls on generous Missoulians to contribute to Real Change carafes placed in businesses around town rather than giving money to Jenkins and his friends. For the past 10 years, proceeds generated from the program have gone to the Missoula Food Bank, the Poverello Center shelter, and the Salvation Army. This year, money collected will help fund newly launched Homeless Outreach Teams. Composed of social service workers and law enforcement, the teams will help mediate conflicts between downtown business owners and transients while handing out supplies like food and water. They’ll also elucidate alternatives to street life. City of Missoula Communication Director Ginny Merriam says people should think twice before dropping a dollar into a transient’s hand. “Nobody in Missoula has to beg for money to get food, clothing or shelter,� she says. “All those things are free every day with the human services agencies that we have. So if people are asking for money, it is likely that it is for drugs or alcohol.� Jessica Mayrer

Non-resident hunters who applied for bighorn ram tags from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks this year. Only nine non-residents were successful.

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Missoula has a record when it comes to civic improvements that can’t seem to take off. The Missoula County Fairgrounds redevelopment is still taxiing through preliminary discussions. There’s been little word on either the Missoula Events Center or the Missoula Performing Arts Center in over a year. And when it comes to the Florence Hotel revival, let’s just say we’re not holding our breath. So it came as no surprise last week when the push to find a new home for the Poverello Center was abruptly called back to the departure gate. On June 21, Mayor John Engen publicly withdrew his support for the homeless shelter’s relocation to the Trail’s End Bar site on West Broadway. The Pov was set to close a purchase agreement on the property by July 1, but the initiative crumbled under criticism from nearby residents and the Lowell Elementary School PTA. Across town, the University of Montana’s hopes of installing a biomass boiler on campus appear to be defying Missoula’s trend for now. The Montana Board of Regents green-lighted the project earlier this month, and the Missoula City-County Health Department approved UM’s air quality permit on June 22. Yet, as with all Missoula-based initiatives that roll out the “it’s a good thing� message, it’s been disparaged by throngs of local citizens. The Pov’s relocation and UM’s biomass boiler share much in common when it comes to public reception. Both appear to improve Missoula. Yet both projects suffer for the same reason General Motors recalled select 2011 Chevrolet Cruzes in May: Not enough tinkering before the model hit the market. Engen put the brakes on the Pov project after neighbors as well as Lowell parents complained they weren’t involved. Many expressed frustration at having found out about the relocation not from the Pov but from local media. UM’s biomass proposal has been picked apart by residents who claim the boiler will increase pollutant emissions. The Pov is stalled for now while UM’s boiler is moving forward at full steam. But the controversies around both suggest Missoula still needs to walk—and talk—before it runs.

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Green acres Missoula gets centerpiece of open space program by Jessica Mayrer

above Interstate 93 on the way to Evaro Hill, will remain a wild place. Preserving Missoula’s viewshed is one of the reasons Missoula Open Space Program Manager Jackie Corday couldn’t contain her excitement in the months leading up to the Deschamps easement. “I just kept holding my breath through the spring, going, ‘Please close, please close,” she says. Until now, only family members, friends, and stockgrowers who lease land to graze cattle on the Deschamps spread have enjoyed the property. But an unusual stipulation in the conservation

this year, the parcel as a whole with development rights intact could have sold for $1.3 million. The Deschamps easement is only one of the Missoula Open Space program’s most recent accomplishments. Since 1995, locals have passed two ballot measures to invest $15 million toward keeping Missoula’s hilly mountainsides unblemished, building new trails, and keeping local parklands free for recreation and wildlife. Voters in 2006 passed the last measure, investing $10 million, by a 70 percent margin. Since 1995, the city and county’s open space programs together have secured more than 11,000 acres of conservation easements and outright acquisitions. This past year has been one of the most fruitful. The city obtained a 304-acre easement on the North Hills and acquired 216 acres on Mount Jumbo’s east side along with 102 acres on Bonner Hill. The Deschamps easement is “one of our biggest projects to date,” Corday says. “This was the centerpiece.” Corday attributes strong voter support for the open space program to a sense of reassurance locals feel when Photo by Chad Harder they look up at Mount Sentinel or the North Hills. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Mike Mueller, left, and landowner Charlie Those vast mountainsides Deschamps above Grass Valley. give city dwellers room to breathe, physically and psyaccording to county records, Quebecois easement provides for public access at chologically. It’s easy to escape city consettlers Gaspard and Antoine Deschamps certain times. Corday is working with the fines in minutes. “There’s not too many bought it for $2. M i s s o u l a P a r k s a n d R e c r e a t i o n cities in the world, I think, where you can Gaspard’s great-grandson, Charlie Department to schedule four natural his- do that,” Corday says. Missoula’s approach to conservation is Deschamps, honed his hunting skills here tory field trips there every year. when he was a teen. The tall man with a “This piece was just so special that I growing a national reputation. Corday says ruddy complexion recalls tracking white- asked the landowner to do a public access she frequently gets calls from out of state, tailed deer across the rolling hills and agreement,” Corday says. “We thought it from people saying, “‘Hey, I heard about building fences to hold the family’s cattle. would be nice to bring people up here to your Open Space program, we’re trying to get something going like that in our city.’” “Dad would make us pack fence post down see this.” Charlie Deschamps’s nephew, Perry the line,” he says. Opening a new view to the public— Even after devoting years to maintain- one that’s wholly different from other Gaspard Deschamps Jr., looks south from ing the Grass Valley property, Charlie city or county open-space property—pro- the family’s Grass Valley property on a Deschamps never tires of exploring the vided yet another selling point when recent summer day. He imagines his land that his grandfather grew enamored of Corday pitched the easement to the grandfather taking in this same view—the so long ago. That’s why he persuaded Missoula City Council and the Board of jagged peaks of the Mission Mountains Deschamps family members to agree to a County Commissioners. After visiting the jutting up from the north, the Bitterroots conservation easement earlier this month Deschamps ranch, the two governing defining the valley’s southwest edge, the that now ensures the property will remain bodies agreed unanimously to split the Clark Fork River as it rushes through off-limits to development in perpetuity. “I easement’s $350,000 price tag. The Missoula. “It’s nice to be a steward,” he don’t want to see it subdivided,” Charlie Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation helped says, “to know that it’s going to be here says. “It’s just a unique piece of ground.” facilitate the transaction. According to an for another 100 years.” The conservation easement means the appraisal commissioned by the nonprofproperty’s highest point, a grassy knob it Elk Foundation in 2009 and updated jmayrer@missoulanews.com Mountain lions, foxes, and black bears wander through deep woody draws etched into the Deschamps family’s sprawling property above Grass Valley. Elk graze on native grasses that grow tall in the summer sun. Sweet-smelling yarrow and patches of purple lupine cover the hillside. As the landowners for more than 100 years have resisted development on this pristine property, native wildflowers grow here, despite a weed infiltration that plagues much of the local landscape. In fact, the 1,036-acre property, 10 miles west of Missoula, looks much the same as it did in 1908 when,

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“Everybody’s ring has this emotional Missoula’s Ring Finder now has a 100Mary Broache was in a mild panic last Friday night. She’d been playing with her percent success rate. Granted Cavaliere has story to it, and when that story ends we dog in her Missoula backyard when her only received one call—from Broache—for give them a second chance,” Turner says. white-gold wedding ring flew off her finger. his unusual metal detecting services since “That’s why people join [the network]. The Broache combed the grass in desperation. signing on with the international Ring opportunity to make some extra income is When the sun set, she retrieved a headlamp Finders Network this spring. He’s only there. It is a service, and it is a directory from the house and continued her search. advertised on Craigslist so far, after all. But where people can charge, they can do anyShe spent nearly an hour picking over her with summer’s recreation season finally thing they want. But I’d say 97 or 98 perkicking into high gear, Cavaliere says he cent of our members have adopted my therecently mowed lawn. “I thought about getting shears and anticipates more calls from distraught ory of working on a reward basis, and it’s been working well.” cutting the grass down even When Turner started more,” Broache says Saturday working as a private metal afternoon. She even considdetecting contractor, he ered digging up and sifting began by charging $40 per through the soil. “I was comsearch plus a finder’s fee. ing up with some crazy ideas. He quickly found that But then, I did have some many of the folks calling wine.” him couldn’t afford to pay. The frantic mindset—and Now he takes whatever the wine—is understandable. they can give, from a few Broache, a University of bucks to a loaf of banana Montana student, had to be bread. He averages as up early to take the Writing many as 120 clients per Proficiency Assessment. year, with summer being Compounding that stress was his busiest season, he says. the fact that July 5 marks And 15 percent of his profBroache’s third wedding it goes to charities. anniversary and she had Cavaliere, who got plans to leave town in a few hooked up with the Ring days. The thought of celebratFinders Network when he ing without her ring was simstumbled on Turner’s ply unacceptable. So Saturday YouTube video archive, morning, her husband, Chris took up the altruistic angle Belback, told her to call too. A portion of Broache’s Missoula’s Ring Finder. $100—and any future pay“He’d seen Joe’s name ments Cavaliere collects— online,” Broache says, referPhoto by Alex Sakariassen will go to PetSmart ring to Joe Cavaliere, a regisCharities, he says. tered member of the fledgling Missoula’s Ring Finder, Joe Cavaliere Ring Finding “is not a Ring Finders Network. “I think I’d actually heard of Ring Finders fiancés and spouses unable to find lost jew- full-time job by any means,” Cavaliere says. But when he isn’t working part-time before, but I just didn’t remember it. And I elry in yards, campsites, and lakes. “Two days after I signed up, I typed in on web design at Cooper Firearms, in didn’t think there’d be one in Montana, let ‘lost ring Missoula’ on Google,” Cavaliere Stevensville, he’s out treasure hunting alone Missoula.” anyway. Cavaliere rolls up on a motorcycle, says. “I showed up as number two.” “Basically I chase rumors,” Cavaliere Chris Turner of Vancouver founded the quickly assembles his $900 White’s MXT Pro metal detector and strolls to Broache’s Ring Finders Network a year and a half ago. says. “If I hear about an outlaw camp or backyard. She walks him through the Turner had personally marketed his metal something, I’ll go out looking for it…I’m evening—where she and the dog were play- detecting expertise to those with lost jewel- not into the detecting itself as much as I’m ing, where she thinks the ring landed, ry for 16 years, and with backing from an into the puzzle, following clues and stuff.” His duties as a Ring Finder may bear where she searched in vain—and Cavaliere investor in Illinois, he decided to start begins scanning the grass. A digital readout recruiting other ring finders. His online some similarities to the hobby he’s pursued on the metal detector’s handle tells him directory now includes 16 ring finders in for six years. But after recovering Broache’s roughly how deep a metallic object is and Canada, 66 in the United States, and more wedding ring, Cavaliere admits lost jewelry gives him an idea what it’s made of. He than a dozen others scattered throughout is a lot easier to find than the treasures he kneels down several times when the beep South America, Europe, Africa, and the hunts for on his own dime. His interest seems right, running his fingers through South Pacific. Montana has two: Cavaliere “started off with an old outlaw camp I’d thick clumps of grass. After about 15 min- and Kalispell’s Tim Berrow. In less than two heard existed but nobody had found,” he utes, he stands up, silently producing the years, Turner’s Ring Finders have reported says. “I’m still looking for that.” lost ring. Broache leaps for it, slips it back 230 found items. 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This week the U.S. Supreme Court, under the dubious leadership of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., issued yet another opinion that promises to end political campaigns as we’ve known them. The changes are, to say the least, radical. They tip the scales almost overwhelmingly in favor of moneyed interests and spell nothing but trouble for the American electoral system into the foreseeable future. Last year, the Roberts court issued a devastating opinion in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission that basically held that there were no limits on how much money entities could spend on political campaigns. That ruling, hidden under the thin guise of protecting “free speech,” opened the door for corporations, moneyed individuals, unions, and others to raise and spend whatever they feel necessary to influence the outcome of an election. Ted Olson, the attorney and former U.S. solicitor general who argued and won the case before the Supreme Court, lauded it as “maybe the most important case in history” and claimed “Citizens United v. FEC is the best chance that we have to overturn some of the most egregiously restrictive aspects of campaign finance law. This is a historic opportunity to strike a blow for the First Amendment.” If free speech is determined by how much you can afford to buy, then perhaps Mr. Olson would be correct. But for those who may wish to hold office but cannot raise the insane sums it takes to campaign these days, the “victory” is anything but a win for the First Amendment rights of most Americans. It virtually assures that, without bottomless pockets, candidates are doomed to be swept away by a tsunami of corporate and special interest spending. Karl Rove, who many consider the brain behind befuddled George W. Bush, immediately took advantage of the ruling to put together what are being called “Super PACs,” which are amassing millions, perhaps billions, to crush any candidate adverse to their view of what our country should look like, act like, and be. R o v e ’ s PAC , n a m e d A m e r i c a n Crossroads, raised $3.8 million in the first six months of this year, but that’s just the start. Rove and his fellow conservatives are dedicated to defeating President Obama’s re-election bid next year and, from the looks of it, they will have as much money as they need to accomplish their goals. As reported by NBC News, “More than 90 percent of its money this year came from just three billionaire donors: Jerry Perenchio, the former Hollywood talent agent and exchairman of the Spanish language televi-

sion network Univision, whose trust contributed $2 million; Dallas area hotel magnate Robert Rowling, who gave $1 million; and Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, who donated $500,000.” Perry also funded tort reform efforts last year, dumping $7 million into the PAC as its single largest contributor. And of course this says nothing about

The Roberts Court decided that limitations on free speech, such as yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, do not apply to how much you can spend to have what the court terms “protected” political speech broadcast to the masses. the notorious Koch Brothers, who are already spending millions to change the course of America’s future and crush voices for reason. Not to be outdone, although somewhat behind the game, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats, launched their own Super PAC just this week and have already scored $76,000 from billionaire investor George Soros. Ironically, both Reid and Pelosi had leveled harsh criticism at the prospect of shady Super PACs in the last election cycle. But having had their heads handed to them by the Republicans—and having lost the House Democratic majority while their Senate majority was weakened—Reid and Pelosi have now apparently decided to emulate the Republicans and go for the dough.

Unlike conventional Political Action Committees, which have a limit of $5,000 per candidate, the Super PACs have no limits whatsoever. Apparently the Roberts Court decided that limitations on free speech, such as yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, do not apply to how much you can spend to have what the court terms “protected” political speech broadcast to the masses. Add to this fine mess this week’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down Arizona’s campaign finance laws on a 5-4 vote. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Roberts, declared that the government cannot attempt to “equalize electoral opportunities” and, believe it or not, that using a limited amount of matching public funds for political campaigns would limit the right of wealthy candidates or their supporters to spend as much as they want to have their message heard. A voice of reason came from Justice Elena Kagan, who wrote the dissenting opinion and noted that the ruling will have just the opposite effect, since the inclusion of public campaign funds “subsidizes and produces more political speech.” Kagan added that the decision will in fact “quash others’ speech,” with the result that the wealthy will “have the field to themselves.” Montana’s history with campaign speech evolved from the dark days of the Copper Kings and their political corruption. But in 1912, Montanans decided enough was enough and passed the Corrupt Practices Act prohibiting corporate donations to political campaigns. Attorney General Steve Bullock went to court to defend that prohibition after it was challenged. But District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled last year that the Supreme Court decision took precedence over Montana’s law. As Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders said in a speech this week, “The United States now has, by far, the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth…as hard as it may be to believe, the richest 400 Americans own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans.” And so it’s back to the bad old days, where might, in the form of campaign dollars, makes right. Our only hope is that Montanans, as they have for so long, will reject the tidal wave of coming ads and continue to think and vote for themselves. 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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The childish West We want it all, plus open spaces by Dennis Hinkamp

Logan, Utah, isn’t too anything. It’s not too big or too small, but it’s also not just right. Like many Western towns and small cities of about 50,000 people, it’s as confused as a hormonally challenged adolescent. Logan’s policy moods swing wildly between pro-development mayors and ones that want to go back to family-friendly neighborhoods. We want to restore the downtown, but we keep building more bigbox stores on cheap land near the city boundaries. We put in parking meters, then rip them out, like kids throwing tantrums. We’re like teenagers who change their hair color to fit their mood. We just don’t know who or what we are yet. To put our community’s age into perspective, my house was built about 100 years ago. Many people praised me for taking on such an ancient fixer-upper instead of building something new. Of course, 100 years is old only by Western standards. On the East Coast and in the Midwest, some houses have washing machines that old. Take a trip across the Atlantic Ocean and you’ll find homes with plumbing designed by Druids and Roman arches actually built by Romans. While there are many desirable things about youth, fickle, irresponsible behavior is not one of them. Adolescents long for popularity and often do embarrassing things to achieve it. I know I was thrilled to get a Lowes, Home Depot, and Starbucks in town for my own selfish consumptive reasons. Gone were those trips to the big city for provisions. Many other locals applauded the arrival of Old Navy, PetSmart, and Chili’s as signs that Logan was maturing into a metropolis. But every binge is followed by the next morning, with its painful hangover and feelings of regret. Do we want to be the popular kid with an iPhone and all the right clothes or are we more like the bohemian kid who artfully mixes thrift-shop ensembles and writes poetry at the coffee shop? Because we are filled with the throbbing hormones of youth, most days the answer is yes, no, and

somewhere in between. I liked Logan just the way it was when it was mostly franchise-free, while at the same time I curse how inconvenient it is that I have to drive to Salt Lake City to catch a plane to anywhere. I want Logan to be different from the rest of the world and at the same time to be almost exactly like it.

Many locals applauded the arrival of Old Navy, PetSmart, and Chili’s as signs that Logan was maturing into a metropolis. But every binge is followed by the next morning, with its painful hangover and feelings of regret. Most cities east of the Rockies have had several hundred years to mature into their current personalities. They lived through the raging hormones of industrialization, and many of them have reinvented themselves from fishing and farming economies, becoming business centers, art communities, or tourist destinations. They built

trains, subways and other means of mass transit to simplify commuting, not to save energy. There are cities where people use public transit because they don’t own cars. These are cities where people pay more to park their car than the car is worth. None of these places are anywhere near Logan, Utah. We’re drunk on open spaces and cheap land. The West is the land of eight-lane highways, drive-through everything, and free parking. Unless you pick your address carefully, there isn’t much of anything in most towns within non-Olympic walking distance. If you do want to walk somewhere, there might not be a sidewalk to get there, and the drivers of cars and pickups may veer uncomfortably close to you. And, since we assume everyone has a car, we have decided to draw strict lines between residential and commercial districts. I grew up in long-ago, sepia-toned St. Louis with a corner store, laundry, hardware store and, of course, a corner bar nearby. Most Western neighborhoods don’t even have definable corners because the original grids were based on agriculture and irrigation, not commerce. But we are beginning to show some signs of maturity. Have you been to a farmers market lately? Farmers markets are thriving because people want someplace to go to find good local food, and they want to enjoy local art and flavor even if some of that art is sometimes bland. The “locavore� movement is only partially driven by environmental concerns. It’s also a sign that we want to settle down and live within the boundaries of our hometowns. We are torn between the consistent taste of franchise coffee and burgers while simultaneously longing for a unique local flavor. We’re moody and inconsistent; but who can blame us? We’re still just teenagers in a youthful region. Dennis Hinkamp is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He admits that it is a contradiction, but he lusts for a Dunkin Donuts to come to Logan, Utah.

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Smoke House blues, Hot Flash Blues, and the headliner Lisa Mills, whose Janis Joplinesque vocals promise to make you have emotions. Bring lawn chairs and blankets, but no coolers! Uncle Sam hates coolers! The fireworks start around 10 PM. Imagine the explosions and the smoky shadows they leave behind. You will be so moved. Canadians are also welcome. —Molly Laich Festivals on the Flathead presents “A Night of Blues” this Fri., July 1 beginning at 7 PM at Salish Point in Polson. $22 at the gate/$20 advance. Call 883-5662 for info and will-call reservations.

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FRIDAY JULY 1 Summertime rides get dirty, and the Talbot Summer Day Program wants to help dust them off with a car wash this and every Fri. through the summer to benefit the Missoula Youth Homes at Holiday Station Store, 605 S. Higgins. Donations only. Kick off your First Friday experience with a dramatic reading of the film adaptation of Winter in the Blood, read by Lily Gladstone and Joe Grady at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. at 5 PM. Also, time is running out to contribute to the film’s kickstarter campaign. Visit winterinthebloodfilm.com.

SATURDAY JULY 2 Pe d a l l i k e t h e w i n d d u r i n g t h e P h i l l i p s b u r g Speedweek, a two-day, 40k timed trial bike race that features a course with downhill and hill climbing action. Scoot to montanacycling.net for info. My old MFA friends are running a free summer workshop on campus called the Montana Free School, this and every Sat. through the summer from 11 AM–1 PM in LA233 on the UM Campus. No registration or sign up required, just bring yourselves and your writing. Free. The Big Hole National Battlefield Summer Speaker Series continues with featured speaker Billy Maxwell’s presentation,, Not So Pretty! Plateau and Plains Indian sacs, bags, and cases. Talk begins at noon. 16542 Hwy 43 W. in Wisdom. Call 689-3155.

MONDAY JULY 4 Pancakes are stacked to the heavens at Missoula’s Annual 4th of July Celebration & Pancake Breakfast at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula.

Breakfast begins at 8 AM, followed by events at 10 AM which include music by Montana Tuba Chorale, Black Mountain Boys, Silk Stocking, and more. Admission is $5 adults/$3 seniors/$2 students/$15 per family. Call 728-3476. Get your free Ice Cream on after the Kalispell 4th of July Parade on the grounds of the Conrad Mansion Museum, 11 AM–2 PM, 330 Woodland Ave. conradmansion.com. Free. Get an authentic American experience in The SouthGate Mall parking lot for an evening of Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks. Festivities kick off at 9 PM with events like the singing of the National Anthem and Amazing Grace, followed by the fireworks at 10:30 PM. Bring your blankets and lawnchairs.

TUESDAY JULY 5 YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691.

WEDNESDAY JULY 6 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 Run Wild Missoula. Free. Fact & Fiction hosts a reading and signing for John C. Jackson’s book By Honor and Right: How One Man Boldly Defined The Destiny of a Nation. Better come by at 7 PM to find out who that one man is! 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free.

THURSDAY JULY 7 Talk transit with the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee, which meets the first Thu. of every month. Join them at 10 AM at the Missoula Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine.

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(Sheboygan Press) Karl Ludwig Eichner, 68, was arrested in Naples, Fla., after being accused of attacking a woman with his swim noodle and then punching her in the face because she threw his watermelon into the Gulf of Mexico. (Naples Daily News) DEFINITIONALLY CHALLENGED - New York’s Court of Appeals ruled that Margaret Groninger couldn’t sue the village of Mamaroneck after she fell on ice in its parking lot because the village neither caused the ice nor received prior notice about it. In her appeal, Groninger noted that state law lists only six municipal locations requiring advance notice of defects: sidewalks, crosswalks, streets, highways, bridges and culverts. Four of the court’s judges said the village parking lot counts as a highway for “functional purpose,” while the three dissenting judges declared the statement to be so obviously untrue “as hardly to merit serious discussion.” (Associated Press) GUILTY BYSTANDERS - After Raymond Zack, 53, walked into the ocean in Alameda, Calif., intent on killing himself, he stood up to his neck in the frigid surf 150 yards offshore for more than an hour while at least 10 police and firefighters stood on the shore, with about 75 beachgoers, watching until he eventually drowned. “We’re not trained to go into the water,” police Lt. Joe McNiff said. Fire Chief Ricci Zombeck, noting that budget constraints prevent the fire department from recertifying its firefighters in land-based water rescues, said, “If I was off duty, I would know what I would do,” but he added that his on-duty response was to stay “within our policies and procedures” to avoid opening the city to liability. Firefighters wouldn’t even go into the water to retrieve Zack’s body, instead waiting until a woman in her 20s volunteered to swim out and bring the body back to the beach. At a packed city council meeting after the incident, Alameda residents declared they had lost faith in their first responders. (San Francisco’s KGO-TV) CULINARY ADVENTURES - Following the National Transportation Safety Board’s conclusion that Canada geese caused the forced landing of a U.S. Airways jet in the Hudson River by getting caught in its engine during takeoff, New York City announced plans to capture geese flocking around LaGuardia and Kennedy airports and send them to Pennsylvania to be cooked and fed to the poor. “Rather than disposing of them in landfills, we wanted to make sure they do not go to waste,” an official of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection said. (Reuters) Fifteen percent of British consumers responding to a survey admitted serving dinner guests food that had fallen on the floor, and 10 percent knowingly served them food well past its sell-by date. Another 13 percent said they had accidentally poisoned themselves and their guests with their cooking. According to the poll commissioned by Italian pasta maker Giovanni Rana, 5 percent of the respondents admitted defrosting food by using irons, hairdryers, tanning beds, and other alternative heat-generating appliances. (Reuters)

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WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - A woman robbed a bank in Longmont, Colo., of an undisclosed amount of cash by threatening to infect the teller with AIDS if she didn’t hand over the money. Police official Jeff Satur said the woman, between 55 and 75, coughed frequently into a blue bandana during the holdup. (Reuters) When a 44-year-old man answered the door of his home in Stafford, Va., a man wielding a chain saw came at him. The resident went back inside and closed the door, but the man with the chain saw broke into the home and chased the resident, who defended himself with an aluminum baseball bat, hitting his attacker in the head and jabbing him in the midsection. The attacker fled but was later arrested and identified as Douglas Edward Turner, 31, according to Stafford Sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur, who explained the attacker was upset with the resident about a woman. (Fredericksburg Freelance-Star)

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n a former freight train warehouse in Missoula’s Westside neighborhood not long ago, a hundred people had just finished eating spaghetti when Mayor John Engen got up to speak. Engen thanked everyone in the room and then motioned to a man in the corner. “Thank you, Bob Oaks, for being a pain in many of my parts,” he said to a wave of knowing laughter. This was at the 15th anniversary party for the North Missoula Community Development Corporation, a non-profit that funds neighborhood projects on the north and west sides of the city. In the sunny room next to the Missoula Community Food Co-op, past and present members of the NMCDC’s board, a few city council members, architects, city planners, and neighborhood residents sat together drinking Big Sky IPAs and ales. And then there was Oaks, executive

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director of NMCDC, who’d come to the party riding his recumbent tricycle and had planted himself at the far end of one of the tables without any fanfare. Some people fake modesty. Some people love the spotlight. Oaks is one of those people who really doesn’t see himself as a big deal—even though everyone else seems to. For the last 20 years Oaks has pushed for and funded projects that have improved Northside and Westside neighborhoods. He’s helped salvage historic sites such as the Moon-Randolph Homestead in the Rattlesnake foothills. He’s worked on connecting trail systems from his neighborhoods to other parts of town. He’s created parks and playgrounds. He helped start a summer Outdoor Cinema where people can watch movies projected on a schoolyard wall under the stars. He’s written grants to build afford-

able homes for young families—not shoddy condos in the middle of nowhere but buildings with charming detail in places where people can get coffee and pastries and walk to an Osprey game. These neighborhood efforts are collaborative; they’re often generated by residents and supported by NMCDC partnerships. Yet all roads seem to lead back to Oaks. He’s a community servant. His weekends are often spent cleaning graffiti off the pedestrian bridge he helped get built. He doesn’t take vacations. He’s championed small neighborhood businesses that support the arts, such as the Zootown Arts Community Center and the Clay Studio of Missoula, and projects based on people’s dreams rather than what might make the most money. Oaks has butted heads with the city, including with three of its mayors. He’s pushed for change that has been incon-

venient for other leaders, particularly in his radical contention that the people who live in a place should be the ones who plan its future. The results, he says, have been “incremental…It always seems like there’s something important to be done. We hear from people in the neighborhood that this would be important to do, and that would be important to do…” Oaks, who is 63, is a large man with the long fingers of a piano player. He has graying hair, a salt-and-pepper beard, big glasses that tint in the sunlight, and a poker face that breaks into a mild grimace when he’s irked and a giant laugh when he’s delighted. If you catch him at Al’s and Vic’s, drinking a pint of IPA and a whiskey at the end of the bar, you might mistake him for any one of the many other regulars there, but while they’re talking about the weather or healthcare

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or the game on TV, Oaks seems to be quietly listening. I met Oaks one recent morning at the food co-op, on the Westside. He was there to help the staff get more products into the co-op, which is a member-run, volunteer-based market that’s been expanding since 2005. He’d brought a small block of Black Diamond cheddar cheese, pulled out a pocketknife, and sliced it for the others to share. “I used to eat this as a kid,” he said. “Maybe we can get this into the co-op.” Then he handed me a product list and asked if I knew people in town who might be able to locate more local products for the co-op. I’d come there to write a story about Oaks but suddenly he had me pitching in to help. This is how Oaks works.

The Northside was a hub neighborhood, the working-class backbone of Missoula, composed of immigrants— Irish, German, Chinese, and others, as well as American Indians—who cohered because they lived together and did the same kinds of work at the railroad, the brewery, the lumber mills, and the wholesale grocers. When they had to, they fought back. In 1909, frustrated by labor practices in the mills, union members from the neighborhoods stood on platforms and protested, which led to some violent arrests and the famous arrest of labor activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. The Northside and Westside were feisty and proud. In 1939, the Northern Pacific closed all the grade-level train crossings joining the Northside and Westside to downtown. They created a single underpass for pedestrians and cars, essentially cut-

WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS When Bob Oaks arrived in Missoula in the 1980s, houses on the Northside and Westside were bought cheaply and rented, with high turnover. People were out of work. One neighborhood school, Whittier, was shut down in 1985 to save the school district money. Some families still hung on. There were affordable places to buy and rent, but services and opportunities dissipated. The cohesive neighborhood spirit seemed to have been snuffed. “When they shut down Whittier, no one really fought it,” Oaks says. “That building was a mirror image of Paxon and Willard schools. And, of course, the Northside gets closed and Paxon gets rebuilt. It’s not because other neighborhoods are exploding with kids, it’s that they have more clout with the school district. They have more affluent homes.”

Remnants of the Northside’s heyday can be seen on this old Del Monte warehouse.

The Missoula Community Food Co-op

The Gold Dust was one of many hotels on Missoula’s Northside during the railroad boom, before the interstate was built. The Gold Dust Apartments, a cluster of affordable units, currently occupy the space.

THE WORKING-CLASS BACKBONE When the Northern Pacific Railroad built its tracks through Missoula in 1883, it stationed a depot about where the Northside Kettlehouse sits now, above the Orange Street underpass. Hotels—the Brunswick, the Smith, the Helena, the Montana, and the Coeur d’Alene, whose ghostly signatures still mark the area’s old buildings—sprang up to host visitors. The large warehouses along the tracks held fruits and vegetables imported and exported by train. Northside and Evaro Hill orchards spurred an apple festival downtown each year. At Madison crossing, the Garden City Brewery served up Highlander Beer. Near the depot, a dairy provided milk, cottage cheese, and ice cream. William Randolph, the owner of the North Hills homestead, would come into town with a wagon full of fruits and vegetables to pass out to the neighborhood, stopping by the food warehouses for exotics like lemons and bananas.

ting off the working class neighborhoods from the rest of the city save for that one corridor. And then, in 1965, everything changed again. The interstate was built, which required razing the brewery and 80 houses near Madison crossing. Wholesale foods were transported by truck instead of train, and the Northside warehouses emptied. After an apple blight came through the valley, the orchards were never replanted. And without the economic activity surrounding the neighborhoods, they became less desirable places to live. Buildings stayed vacant for years on end. Northside machine shops closed, laying off hundreds of workers. The depot was decommissioned when Amtrak ended its rail service to Missoula. By the 1970s, the Northside-Westside neighborhoods were left with little more than an area of contamination from railroad activity that was eventually designated as a state superfund site.

In 1989, Montana Rail Link, which was now leasing the rails, built a 10-block chain link fence on the south side of the tracks. The idea was to keep people from unsafely crossing the tracks but also to protect the rail yard from sabotage. The Northside community paid the price: It was now fenced off from everywhere else with just the underpass corridor—a dark concrete tunnel—as a way in or out. The physical barrier enhanced negative perceptions about the neighborhood. “It became the wrong side of the tracks,” says Oaks, “the shit-end of the stick, really. Things—like contamination and school shut-downs— that you couldn’t do any other place, you could get away with there. It was the neighborhood of least resistance.” But it was actually the construction of the 10-block fence that awoke the sleeping lion of the neighborhood. In 1992, two years after the fence was erected, a group of Northside residents began to meet in each other’s homes. They called

The Clark Fork Commons, made up of affordable condos

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The Lowell School playground, one of Oaks’s first projects

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themselves the Northside Neighborhood Association. Their first newsletter proposed that two pedestrian-bike crossings be built so that people on the Northside could easily and safely cross the tracks to get to other parts of town. Kathi Olson and Mary Barton made lapel buttons that said “Free the Northside 2000”—a reference to the neighborhood’s roughly 2,000 residents, not, as some joked, to the year they would actually get their crossing. The newly incorporated NNA brought their proposal to city council. And they took another fateful step: they elected Bob Oaks as their president. Oaks was new to neighborhood activism. He’d grown up in New York and did his graduate studies in anthropology

For about five years, Oaks worked for Mayflower, driving trucks full of furniture. Then he started a home remodeling business. But when the railroad put up the fence, he saw a different kind of opportunity. “I’ve always been interested in how community happens,” he says. “That has to do with anthropology. The access issue became a real cause, so I dove into that.” Oaks and the Northside Neighborhood group began meeting with the city, the Missoula Redevelopment Association, and Montana Rail Link to figure out how to get a pedestrian railroad crossing. But Oaks was also thinking about the future: If and when the neighborhood got its crossing, he thought, that would be it,

the Southside when the Northside had been there for 20 years. It was like, ‘Why do they have historic designation and we don’t?” By the mid-1990s, the last of the factory jobs moved out of the neighborhood—60 sewing jobs went to China and a window and door manufacturer, Missoula White Pine Sash, closed, taking with it 80 jobs. It also left behind contamination, gifting the neighborhood with its second superfund site. As the pedestrian bridge negotiations continued, St. Patrick’s Hospital started looking for community projects they could invest in. Chris Siegler, director of St. Patrick’s community services at the time, says it seemed logical to start

They also began working on problems affecting school children, focusing on Lowell School and its high rate of turnover for students. One thought was that they could update the playground equipment, which had badly deteriorated. Oaks and NMCDC were dismayed to find out that even minimal, ready-made playground equipment was about $20,000. “We said, ‘Couldn’t we do it if we built it ourselves?’” says Oaks. “Well, just to get the lumber we needed was going to cost $30,000.” St. Pat’s offered $30,000 and NMCDC raised $70,000 more. Over the course of several days, 3,000 volunteers built log play structures, a large sandbox, and a splash park. The National Guard put up tents at the playground site where volunteer chefs cooked meals all day long for the builders. It was a neighborhood victory. The people had asked for the playground and then, there it was. The improvement burnished the reputation of St. Pat’s, and of Oaks. “I think one of the most interesting things about Bob is he has an ability to blend research and local socio-economic issues in a way that the hospital board could understand,” says Siegler. “They could see how neighborhood improvement helped the whole community’s health.” In 1999, Oaks left his position with St. Pat’s and delved into his work as executive director of NMCDC. It was the same year the city and Montana Rail Link finally constructed a bridge across the tracks. After 10 years of community activism, the Northside was free.

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When the railroad created the Orange St. underpass below the fruit warehouses, at top, it was the only place for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross from the Northside into town. Today, the dark tunnel sports a colorful mural and supports the Northside Kettlehouse.

at the New School in New York City. After marrying, he moved to Seattle, where his kids were born. It was at the tail end of the Boeing bust, not an easy time to find a job in anthropology or anything else, and so, in 1986, he and his then-wife moved to Missoula, where her family lived. “We figured we might as well be broke in Missoula as be broke in Seattle,” he says. Oaks wanted to live in an older neighborhood, he says, but their realtor directed them away from the Northside. “I said, ‘What’s wrong with the Northside?’ And she said, ‘I don’t think you want to live there.’ She finally showed us, and we eventually bought there. It had a bad reputation, but it really was exaggerated.”

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end of story. And Oaks didn’t want to go back to business-as-usual. If they kept the momentum, he thought, they could do more for the neighborhood. So while the NNA negotiated the crossing, Oaks started working with Missoula historian Allan Mathews to make the Northside a historic district. While many people in Missoula still thought of the Northside as a slum, Mathews and the NNA got the historic designation in 1995, putting the 20-block North Missoula Railroad Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. “A lot of that was just a chip on my shoulder,” Oaks says now, laughing. “I was looking at old drawings of the city and there wasn’t even anything built on

with the hospital’s surrounding neighborhoods. In 1996, they hired Oaks to spearhead their Healthy Neighborhoods Project. With money at his disposal, Oaks could widen his scope. The North Missoula Community Development Corporation was born, stationed at a house donated by the Missoula Housing Authority on the Northside, with Oaks at the helm. It was 1996, and one of the most obvious issues was housing: prices for homes had risen even in historically cheap neighborhoods like the North and West sides. In response, NMCDC and its partners created the North Missoula Housing Partnership, to make homes more affordable.

One of the most high-profile moments for the NMCDC happened early on, in 2001, when Safeway proposed its new superstore on Broadway at the edge of the Westside. St. Pat’s applied for rezoning on a two-block area just west of the hospital for Safeway to rebuild its supermarket, which would be double its original size. Oaks and other activists had been trying to make West Broadway a more pedestrian friendly, mixed-use area that would connect to bike paths. It could be another place for people to live and garden, with smaller shops—even a grocery store like Safeway—that had a neighborhood feel rather than destination, stopand-go supercenters. A year earlier, the Northside and Westside had submitted their joint neighborhood plan, which had been included in the Missoula Urban Comprehensive Plan. “It took four years to get the plan done and as soon as it was done, the controversy arose,” Oaks recalls. “The neighbors who worked hard on it were suddenly feeling like they were sitting at the kids table at Thanksgiving dinner and the adults were in the other room.” A citizen-advocate group sued the city, but the state supreme court

upheld Safeway’s deal. The neighborhood did get some concessions: Safeway reduced some parking and put in windows (the original plan had a windowless cinderblock wall facing Broadway) and an asphalt path that could help connect the trail system. Standing in front of the Safeway now, you can see how it could have been worse. The front entrance sports brick arching and slanted roofs. Still, the large parking lot and gas station rule it out as a neighborhood store. A year after the Broadway battle, Maxine Jacobson, a social work professor at the University of Montana, asked Oaks if students from her Community Organizing class could help him. Jacobson recalls that Oaks was skeptical of outsiders coming in to start a project and then, inevitably, leaving. “It wasn’t easy because he had a general distrust of academia, and probably rightfully so,” she says. “He’s a tough house to play, and he had no problem challenging me about anything, which I always liked.” They started looking for a site for a food co-op. The idea was based around turn-of-the-19 th -centur y settlement homes like the famous Chicago Hull House, run by Jane Addams. It was a Progressive Era idea, where people of means set up places the poor could find food, shelter, and education, and meet as a community. “So we had this vision—Bob, the class, and myself— about recreating this kind of a settlement house,” Jacobson continues. “And

a food co-op, commercial shared-use kitchen, and café were paramount in Bob’s mind.” One potential location, St. Joseph’s School, fell through; it was eventually made into a parking lot. But in 2006, Oaks and Jacobson’s class found a home on a one-and-a-half-acre lot in an area of trailer homes. They built the co-op in an old freight building, put up 17 land-trust homes, and started working on the community kitchen and café. Jacobson and Oaks have continued to work on projects over the years, bringing in students to join forces with residents and improve areas piece by piece. “Other groups may say that they’re all about collaboration and participation, but Bob does give everyone a voice in the neighborhood to contribute to the project, for real,” Jacobson says. “It’s not just, ‘Oh we’re going to have a token poor person from the Northside tell us what they think.’ No. It’s probably the most labor intensive, most time consuming part of those processes, but he’s always been about getting people’s input. He has an incredible knack for keeping people on board. He recognizes people’s strengths.” But, she adds, he’s no pushover. “He won’t compromise on some things. If he thinks that it’s going to hurt people who have less of a voice, then he’s going to come right out and say it. That’s the Advocacy Bob, saying exactly what he means and making people uncomfortable. And I’m glad; I’m glad there’s somebody in this world who can do that.”

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Whittier Court

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Burns Street Square

On a cloudy spring day, Oaks takes me on a tour of the Northside and Westside neighborhoods. We hop in his tan Winstar van in the parking lot of the Missoula Food Co-op and head to his house to pick up Gus, his Olde Boston bulldog. Oaks’s neighbor is outside shooting arrows at target, and he waves to Oaks, yelling merrily “You’re right in my line of fire.” Oaks lives in a modest copper-colored house on the edge of an alley, the kind of house that realtors optimistically call a bungalow. “I live in an alley house,” he says. “That’s one of the great shibboleths of some folks on city council: ‘Alley house? Ugh.’ Well, it’s worked for me since 1988. And when I bought, it was $35,000.” We drive along the north side of the railroad tracks, where Oaks points out one of NMCDC’s earliest projects, The Greenway, an eight-block trail built in 2002 along the railroad fence. It leads to two pocket parks. Old Man Ballard Park is a little green space with a picnic table. “There was actually a house there that had burned, and the debris had never been cleared,” Oaks says. “There was still an old kitchen floor and the linoleum was out there covered with trash and weeds, and people had dumped couches and stoves. We did a clean-up and made a park.” At the corner of the park is NMCDC’s first housing project, Whittier Court—a

cluster of five houses, each a different color, that was built in 2002 and seamlessly blends in with the other houses nearby. Two of the original owners are still there and one newer owner recently added a bedroom and deck. Though high-density house clusters are a historical pattern for the neighborhood, it’s a model NMCDC can no longer use: They’re illegal to build now. “I don’t find that sensible,” Oaks says. “You could build a four-plex with the same number of bedrooms, but you can’t build dense, detached houses anymore. When there’s been an attempt to increase the density, it’s fought viciously by a number of city council people and the homeowners associations. They’re afraid if any neighborhood is densified, it’ll breed undesirable density in their neighborhood. I think it was the best development tool in the city.” Housing has been the biggest challenge for NMCDC—and the one it’s embraced most fervently. In the mid 1990s, NMCDC was able to get 30 households into homeownership with a program that offered $2,000 in down payment assistance and a 2 percent mortgage. By the late 1990s, housing prices on the Northside rose to the point that the assistance was no longer enough to get low- and moderate-income families into homes there. They needed to be able to subsidize up to $30,000 or $40,000.

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“To justify paying that amount we had to demonstrate that that subsidy stayed long-term and that, if the family sold, that money stayed with the property,” Oaks says. “That idea really went with what I wanted to see on the Northside, too, which was increasing first-time homeownership for young families. So we started the community land trust.” Whittier Court was the first housing development in the area based on a community land trust model. In 2000, NMCDC established its Land Stewardship Program. The community land trust allows NMCDC to buy the land where a house is—or they can construct the house—and sell the house itself to lowand moderate-income first-time homebuyers who earn less than 80 percent of the area median income. The homeowners own the house and lease the land for a small fee. Because the land costs are removed from the equation, it’s more affordable, but the homeowner still gets tax benefits and builds equity by paying off the mortgage. Across Broadway, on the Northside, Oaks shows me the second NMCDC housing development, Clark Fork Commons. The mint green condos sit along the Clark Fork River. We walk along the sidewalk past porch nooks full of flower boxes and over a little bridge that crosses a small ditch that runs through the property. Condos like Clark Fork Commons haven’t been an easy sell for NMDCD because when people buy a first home in Missoula, they’re often looking for a detached structure. “The houses at Whittier Court, when they come up for sale, sell quicker than here,” says Oaks. “That’s because those fit people’s concept of what home ownership should be.” Another hurdle is that housing is still relatively expensive, compared to what it was in the early 1990s, and working-class wages haven’t really changed. And NMCDC’s housing commons were both built right when the real estate bubble burst. “We were making headway toward getting regular dedicated support for the community land trust,” says Oaks. “And that all died. It was like, ‘Oh, we’ve made a big mistake concentrating on homeownership, what we really need is more rentals.’ Well, we do need those, but unless you build safeguards so that rentals—or a percentage of them—are permanently affordable, you’re not going to solve the problem. Everything flies to market rate.” We drive to a deserted-looking industrial space on Scott Street where there’s a small manicured field and another lot full of untamed grasses and weeds. This was White Pine Sash, the former window and door manufacturing facility that closed on Christmas Eve in 1996 and left a superfund site behind in a residential neighborhood. Oaks says the DEQ promised a cleanup in 1999, then 2001, but not much has happened yet. The manicured lot is a playing field, but the land around it—some of it owned by the city— still needs to be cleaned up. Oaks has been pushing for it to be cleaned to resi-

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dential standards. Housing development efforts have come and gone, often because the city health department has insisted that the whole area be cleaned before any development occurs, and most developers didn’t wait around for that to happen. Now, it’s being considered for a commercial-grade clean up, which would preclude new housing. The work in the neighborhood isn’t over. It never is. But Oaks says perceptions have evolved: “I don’t think we hear people say, ‘Oh no, I would never live on

getting him a job. Petasek had no experience with land trusts other than his experience with buying a house at Whittier Court, but Oaks hired him. On the first day, he handed Petasek the NorthsideWestside Neighborhood Plan and a stack of information on community land trusts and told him to start reading. The first several weeks, Oaks tested him. “He would say, ‘Okay. You’re at the bar, on the stool and a guy sits down and asks you what you do for a living. How

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the Northside’ anymore. There’s a positive change. All of a sudden people started craning their necks, saying, ‘Oh, there’s community happening there. How do we do the same kind of thing in our neighborhood?’”

THE MISSOULA DAD Jerry Petasek was one of the first community land trust homeowners. He and his wife, Leslie Gallant, bought a house at Whittier Court in 2003. “A lot of stuff was out of our price range and what was in our price range was ridiculously run-down,” Petasek says. “I realized how fortunate we were to get that home; it changed our lives. I loved the idea of doing that for other people.” Alison Handler, the NMCDC land stewardship coordinator who brought the idea of land trusts to Oaks, was set to move to Portland, Ore., and she introduced Petasek to Oaks in the guise of

do you explain it?’” Petasek says. “And then he’d say, ‘Okay, you’re at a conference in front of 1,000 people who are housing professionals and you have to explain what a community land trust is. How do you explain it?’” Petasek also wrote emails for Oaks, who would correct them. “It could be really annoying,” Petasek says, laughing, “but it’s made me a better writer. That’s important to him. And he’s a phenomenal writer. The number-one reason we get as many grants as we do is because of Bob.” At the Kettlehouse, Oaks listens to young activists, giving some of them the information they need and the opportunity to make things happen. “He’s all about empowering other people, not taking every cause and championing it himself,” Petasek says. When I call local activist Molly Moody to talk about Oaks, she refers to him as her “Missoula Dad.” Moody, who went on to direct the Montana

Organizing Project, was one of the first young activists to work with Oaks as a community organizer, on neighborhood projects including low-income housing and an initiative that helped prevent lice at Lowell School. “Anything that came through the door she was immediately on top of it,” says Petasek. “That’s the kind of stuff Bob allows us to do.” Hermina Harold, another community organizer under Oaks’s tutelage, has been working on getting the Burns Street Community Kitchen at Burns Street Square up and running. The kitchen will be open to people who want to prepare food and there will be a café, the Burns St. Bistro. An afternoon program to serve free meals to low-income kids was launched last week in partnership with the Missoula Food Bank and the Boys and Girls Club. It all happened because Oaks listened to Harold and others. On the NMCDC website, Oaks talks candidly about the challenge in building healthy neighborhoods. It takes a holistic view, he says. “Sadly,” he writes, “we sometimes even find it difficult to explain our perspective to the organizations whose business it is to fund and promote the good work of community building. They don’t usually say so, but we fear they may see us as being ‘all over the board.’” Oaks has a new project these days, too—Trust Montana, which is trying to take the community land-trust model statewide. The idea is to build partnerships between sustainable agriculture advocates, real estate developers, and historic and wildlife preservationists to keep land in perpetuity that can include affordable housing and farmland. It’s the first time Oaks is really looking beyond individual neighborhoods. And the old struggles continue. Comment threads on community forums have more than once accused Oaks of being a gentrifier, of pushing out the poor, of wasting money. One such comment irked him enough that he had Petasek track down the commenter through the IP address and Oaks sent him a postcard—just to let him know that you can be critical, Oaks says, but you can’t be anonymous. The gentrifying criticism has two sides. Oaks is committed to building lowincome housing and healthy neighborhoods, but once you start improving a neighborhood, everyone else wants in. That’s why every neighborhood needs a plan, he says, and the city’s growth plan should be the sum of them. That’s an uphill battle. “There’ve been many times when I was like, ‘This isn’t worth it.’ And then Bob will step in and say, ‘No, it is worth it,’” Petasek says. “Sometimes I’ll have ideas for how to do things that really aren’t necessarily mission-driven, and Bob’s always kind of there to say, ‘No, we’re not gonna do that, even though that might be an easy way out. We have to come back to what the neighborhood needs. It’s why we’re here.’” efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Burger tactics FLASHINTHEPAN Taiwanese dentists began campaigning last year about the dangers of large hamburgers. Their concerns regard an increase in jaw dislocations that’s been attributed to Taiwanese eaters trying to open their mouths wide enough to take super-sized bites of the burgers being served at some of the nation’s fast food restaurants. I can relate. In the passionate pursuit of gastronomic pleasure, I’ve struggled against my own anatomy to the point of opening my mouth wide enough that I could feel the parts of my jaw joint move past one another to the very point of dislocation. It’s a painful predicament in which your mouth is stuck open wide, as if you’re screaming. While the Taiwanese dentists are targeting fast food restaurants, in the U.S. the threat of jaw dislocation by hamburger lurks closer to home. Handmade patties tend to be rounder and thicker than commercial patties. And while fast food buns seem designed to melt away at first bite, the Kaiser roll you bring home from the bakery could add inches to your burger’s height. If you then get a creative bug and wish to explore the possibilities of waffles or fried turkey on your burger, you could really be flying into the danger zone. And then there is the aesthetic appeal, or lack thereof, of a half eaten burger—especially one that was poorly assembled. You may not hear about it much, but burger malfunctions can be a real problem in mixed company. So with July 4 just around the corner, now is a good time to discuss some ways to make your homemade hamburger tasty, pretty, and safe. Even under the best of circumstances a hamburger, like a new car, drops in value when you drive it off the lot. A crumbling meat patty held together by soggy buns, with tomato slices squeezing out the side and juices dripping into a puddle on the plate, is generally a sight that only appeals to the one who ate the first half. A burger that’s busy with fixings may have some amazing flavors going on, but the more you pile on, the more difficult it becomes to hold it all together.

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of my burger. With small bites, an upper piece of bread doesn’t serve any structural function, can complicate getting the thing into your mouth, and take up valuable real estate in your belly. If you use bread, it should be toasted on one side only. The untoasted side faces away from the burger, helping you avoid the mouth trauma that very crispy bread eaten too quickly can cause. (I fancy the Taiwanese dentists would be impressed with this little trick.) The toasted side faces the burger, where the hardened surface provides a measure of resistance against the sauces, juices, grease, and other agents of sogginess that a burger can harbor. Sitting down at one of my deconstructed burger spreads, I don’t worry about cramming every fixing and goodie I could possibly want onto each small bite. Instead, I think about building a compact, stable structure that I can easily put in my mouth. I’ll often press a piece of burger into a mixture of mayo and catsup that I dollop onto a piece of bread, and sprinkle it with chopped onions. As for the fixings that don’t fit onto the burger bite, I simply put them into my mouth separately and chew it all Photo by Ari LeVaux together. How tricky is that? Instead of trying to figure the patty during cooking. The bread is sliced thin and toasted on one side. Jars of condiments crowd out, say, how to balance a juicy slice of tomato atop the table, including mayo, homemade catsup, hot a small bite, I’ll just put the tomato in my mouth sepsauce, and mustard made from vinegar-soaked arately and chew it all together. And then perhaps I’ll mustard seeds from the bottom of a jar of pickled add a spoonful of chopped, roasted green chile, peppers. Other fixings could include avocado, which I might follow with a nibble of burger patty tomato slices, bacon, roasted green chiles, sautéed dipped in mayo and catsup to keep the mouthful mushrooms, greens, roasted garlic, pickled pep- going. It doesn’t have to look like a burger to be one, pers, and chopped or sliced onions. Everyone has personal preferences and dietary restrictions, of because the real magic happens when you chew it all course, so any particular goodie or fixing is option- together. How the various players got there is irreleal. Your choice of extras guides the assembly of the vant as long as they’re in place when your mouth gets to work. Creating one-bite wonders gives you burger bite. Though I’m not typically a bread guy, I love it total control of your burger’s flavor, keeping the with burger. Bread holds the sauce, keeps perfect mess in your mouth and not on your chin. If this record of the mixing juices, and adds a nice flavor of style of eating ever catches on in Taiwan, some denits own. That said, I don’t want bread on both sides tists might sleep a little easier. My burger strategy is to serve them in a way that allows the eater to create his or her own bite-sized burgers. These are not to be confused with sliders, which are basically miniature hamburgers. My burger bites are more like whimsical finger foods you might pluck from a tray at a catered reception. To the untrained eye it may not qualify as hamburger, but once you start chewing there’s little doubt what’s in your mouth. I serve hamburger as a deconstructed palette of options. If using cheese, it should be melted on

Breakfast on the Patio... The perfect start to the perfect day!

www.thinkfft.com Mon-Fri 7am - 3pm • Sat & Sun 8am - 3pm 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe. Across from the U of M campus.

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 enjoy an evening in Missoula with one of their signature appetizers like homemade Spinach Quesos and tortilla chips. 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, $9.00 draft Micro pitchers, $2.00 Micro drafts, and snacks available after 10:00pm

Family Dental Group Southgate Mall • 541-2886 Researchers are finding possible links between periodontal (gum) infections and other diseases throughout the body. Current studies suggest that there may be a link between gum disease and cardiovascular (heart) disease. In fact, some research suggests that gum disease may be a more serious risk factor for heart disease than high blood pressure (hypertension), high cholesterol, gender and age.

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

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HAPPIESTHOUR The Missoula Winery and Event Center Claim to fame: The Missoula Winery is owned by a French couple, Phillipe and Frederique “Frenchie” Leiritz, who offer a selection of—surprise!—French wines. The family likes everything with a French twist and they often throw fondue parties and barbecues featuring French cocktails. On Saturdays you can show up on the winery’s lawn and learn a French version of bocce ball called petunque. Oui! What you’re drinking: The Muscat is a summer afternoon aperitif featuring white peach, apricot, and pear. The Mourvèdre Rosé is best chilled and showcases berry flavors. On weekends you can taste kir, a French cocktail, or gulp down some of Frenchie’s sangria—the one thing that isn’t exactly French. What the best deals are: You can’t beat the house red and white, which are stored in air-tight wine bags behind the tasting bar and cost a mere $3 a glass. If you’re a University of Montana student and you have a Griz Card and are old enough, you can get $1 off glasses of wine.

When to be there: The wine tasting room is open every day during the summer from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (and until 5 p.m. on Sundays). Live music nights are a great time to go so you can cool your heels until midnight. If you love swing, there’s the Ed Norton Band every second Sunday of the month. And if you love all the rock shows at the Big Sky Brewery—like the Decemberists—you can show up to the winery for their pre-party partying. Check out missoulawinery.com for events listings. Ambiance: Wood floors and a stage give this place a music hall feel. When you head outside to the fire pit and barbecue, you can indulge your redneck side—as long as you like it with a French flourish. How to find it: 5646 W. Harrier off Airway Blvd. and across from Big Sky Brewery. —Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

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. $$-$$$

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!

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. $-$$

Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$

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

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! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m. NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 5497979. $$–$$$

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Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun Wed 8-3pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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What better way to celebrate America than at a Senior Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Exhibition Opening at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton? Trick question, there is no better way. Exhibition opens at 4 PM, followed by the NSPRA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and barbecue beef dinner for $20, more cowboy stuff, and a Rodeo Street Dance. 205 Bedford St. Get tickets at brvhsmuseum.org. Call 363-3338.

nightlife The streets of downtown Kalispell are hopping this and every week this summer for Thursday Fest, with food, beverage, and tunes at Third St. E. between Main St. and First Ave. E. from 5–7:30 PM. This week catch Smart Alex. Call 253-6923.

Plays about the Central Intelligence Agency have never been more hilarious! Catch The Philipsburg Opera’s presentation of Security Breeches, Thu., June 30, and Sat., July 2, at 2 PM, 140 S. Sansome St. For tickets, call 859-0013 or visit operahousetheatre.com.

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The Missoula Cultural Council is looking for artists, musicians, performers, craftspeople and more. All selected First Night participants are paid! The deadline is June 30. Call 541-0860 or visit missoulacultural.org. Not unlike the popular children’s game Chutes & Ladders, Biking the Hiawatha Trail with City Life Community Center promises 15 miles of snakey terrain, beginning at scenic Lookout Pass, for ages 13–18 only, 7:30 AM to 5 PM. $35/$40 non-members. Register at citylifemt.com or call 532-1558.

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. If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Those looking to learn more about real estate market trends and issues, including buying, selling and foreclosures, are hereby invited to the Realty Alert Roundtable, which meets this and every Thu. at noon upstairs at Paradise Falls, 3621 Brooks St. Free. E-mail RealtyAlert@live.com.

The Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden is an outdoor classroom all about teaching kids and adults alike about native plants and wildlife, pollinators, water conservation, invasive weed ecology and oh so much more. Join them for the Mid Summer Garden Party & Open House, 5:30–7:30 PM. MontanaNaturalist.org. Free. Russ Nasset and the Revelators promise 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. These jazz masters really get around. The Discount Quartet play the Bitterroot Brewery in Hamilton, 6–8:30 PM, 101 Marcus St. Free. Spies are fodder for comedy at the Opera House in Philipsburg for the opening of Security Breeches, a CIA-themed farce by David Mills-Low of Missoula, 7 PM, 140 S. Sansome St. For tickets, call 859-0013 or visit operahouse theatre.com. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 1, 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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Join the good people of Beehive Collective for Mountaintop Removal: The True Cost of Coal, 7–9 PM at Zoo City Apparel for a high energy, graphic based picturelecture that speaks to the complex picture of globalization, militarization, resource extraction, and what we can do to help. zoocityapparel.bigcartel.com. 139 E. Main St. A $5 donation would be rad. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s 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 prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change w e e k l y Fr e e . E - m a i l K a t i e a t kcgt27@gmail.com. Bowling and karaoke go together like fingerless mitts and meat cutters during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptop-fueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. She cries more, more, more. Portland’s country songstress Lana Rebel plays at the Palace with Tom Catmull and The Clerics, 9 PM. $5. (See Noise in this issue.) Roots reggae band Chele Bandulu is Jamaican me crazy, but in Missoula, specifically the Union Club at 9 PM. Free. Despite the obvious obstacles, grindcore/thrash/metal group Buried at Birth have pulled it together for a 9 PM show at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. $5.(See Noise in this issue.) Yodel your favorite hit with the backing of a band during live band karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 830-3277. He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free. Put those big scary rapids behind you f o r Th e M o n t a n a Wh i t e w a t e r Championship afterparty with Kung Fu Congress and Soulaphone Brass Band, 10 PM at The Top Hat, $7. Summertime rides get dirty, and the Talbot Summer Day Program wants to help dust them off with a car wash this and every Fri. through the summer

to benefit the Missoula Youth Homes at Holidsay Station Store, 605 S. Higgins. Donations only. Light one up for first friday with Sean Kelly’s at their free music event featuring Victory Smokes, Sick Kids XOXO, and Fat Cats of Augusta. Check out seankellys.com/A_Public_House.

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Families can get help narrowing their search for quality child care, and find out if they qualify for assistance, with Child Care Assistance, which is offered by Child Care Resources from 8 AM–5 PM Mon.-Fri. at 105 E. Pine St. Free. Call 728-6446. High schoolers go towards the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Young Adult Writers Group, which meets at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK. And the living’s easy with The Top Hat’s Summa Time Evening Marketplace, 4–8 PM and every Fri. through the summer.

nightlife Kick off your First Friday experience with a dramatic reading of the film adaptation of Winter in the Blood, read by Lily Gladstone and Joe Grady at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. at 5 PM. Also, time is running out to contribute to the film’s kickstarter campaign. Visit winterinthebloodfilm.com. World-traveling artist Noah Ptolemy opens his art show, A Preview of the Rolls Royce Finishing School, featuring new paintings of bright graphics and iconic style, 5–8 PM at Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St, followed by an All Night Dance Party with DJs. Free. Make your way over the bridge to Ria de Neeve’s first friday gallery opening at Betty’s Divine, featuring paintings on the covers of old books and other unique designs, 5–8 PM, 521 S. Higgins Ave. Free. You may be shocked to learn that the fine people at Bernice’s Bakery are also artists, and so are coming out from behind the counter for their Annual Employee Art Show, treats included, 5–8 PM, 190 South 3rd W. Cheer up. Noteworthy Paper and Press are hosting this too shall pass, a gallery opening by Jack Metcalf featuring a mixed media window display plus new artwork, 5–8 PM, 101 S. Higgins Ave. She blinded me with her deep interest in the relationship between art and science. Rebecca Kaimen’s Fluid opens at The Brink Gallery, 5–8 PM, 111 W. Front St. Call 728-5251 or visit brinkgallery.com. (See Scope in this issue.) Cairn Cartographics is teaming up with The Trail Head to show you a few good maps as part of First Friday, 5–8 PM, 221 E. Front St. cairncarto.com. Free.

There’s a pun somewhere in announcing the release of Mary Beth Percival’s art show, Fish Camp, Big Hole River from 5–8 PM at Monte Dolack Gallery, with Dan Dubuque playing electric guitar and ukelele to boot, 139 W. Front St. Free. Proof that Missoulians really are exceedingly polite: The Third Annual Thank You Festival on Alder St. at Higgins Ave. features art for sale by local artists and music by Crazy Mountain Billies, 5–8 PM. Visit wordinc.org. Baskets weaved into odd shapes are the subject of Jennifer Dyer’s gallery opening, A Twist of Fate, 5–8 PM at The Artist’s Shop, 304 N. Higgins Ave. Call 543-6393. Kate Davis presents metal bird sculptures like no one else can as part of her gallery opening, Raptors of the Rockies from 5–8 PM, 314 N. Higgins Ave. Montanans love their horse-themed, cowboys, and Native American artwork, and at Icons of the West gallery opening at Dana Gallery, you can see just that, 5–8 PM, 246 N. Higgins Ave. danagallery.com. Experience handmade jewelry and the opening of a new tattoo shop in town all at once at Bound By Glory’s First Friday event, 111 W. Main St. Free. If the customers aren’t colorful enough for you, get an extra dose of art at Butterfly Herbs for Abe Coley’s new work, 5–8 PM, 232 N. Higgins. Free. You might think you’re hallucinating when you see fish heads on planes and in Jack Metcalf’s window display, This Too Shall Pass, with a reception from 5 to 8 PM at Noteworthy Paper & Press, 101 Higgins, next to the Wilma. Free. Murphy-Jubb Fine Art presents new watercolors by Kendahl Jan Jubb, with entertainment by Stan Anglen on Guitar, 5-8 pm, 210 N. Higgins, #300. Long narrow pieces are suspended from the ceiling in the name of art at The Trunk Show, presented by Montana Art and Framing, 5–9 PM, 709 Ronan. Call 541-7100. Free. There’s a new cook in the kitchen and he wants to ply you with free appetizers, soups and drinks every Fri. from 5:30–9:30 PM at Hong Kong Chef, 2009 Brooks St. Free. Call 549-6688. Extroverts unite! Meet up with Turning the Wheel at the XXX’s on Higgins at 5:30 p.m. to create a “Dance Mob” that will move through downtown in weird ways, ending around 7PM. The Rocky Mountain Photography Club presents their First Friday gallery showing of Americana in Montana, which has a real ring to it, 5:30–8 PM at Yellowstone Photo, 321 N. Higgins Ave. The Clay Studio of Missoula would like to invite you to the gallery opening, David Scott Smith: recent work, kicking off with a reception from 5:30–9 PM, 1106 Hawthorne, Unit A. Call Jill at 543-0509. Let’s let babies in bars for The Top Hat’s Family Friendly Fridays at 6 PM, this week with The Skurfs, Johnny Reno & The Vice Machine, and Mordecai. Free. (See soundcheck in this issue.)

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Yoga and Meditation for Self-Care with Erin Gael Chambers and Lydia Missal-Bray Feelings of "burn-out" and secondary trauma can creep past even the healthiest of boundaries. In this class designed especially for human service providers and health care providers, students will be led through a spirited, challenging and deeply rejuvenating practice.

A great way to start your week!! Sundays, July 10-August 28 (no class 8/14 or 8/21) 11:00am-12:30pm For more information or to register, please contact Kathy Mangan

at 406-721-0033 or rwlcmt@gmail.com. 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

SPOTLIGHT mobius hip Yes, basket weaving is an art. And Jennifer Dyer doesn’t stick to the quaint, basket-handle formula for Easter or cute potters in the shape of chickens—she’s inspired by the Mobius strip, events from her life and spirals. I think Dyer’s work embodies the synthesis that some heady scientist from the 1970s saw in Gödel, Escher, and Bach when most of us were like, who? I once opened a closet in my mother’s house and was cascaded by an avalanche of baskets, stuffed with her other obsessive collection: bath salts. Since then I’ve had a bit of a preoccupation. Baskets drove my mother to insanity and yet I embrace them. A graduate of The University of Tennessee’s Independent Studies program, Dyer’s been a studio artist since 1976. This isn’t just arts and crafts. She teaches classes in basketry, paints signs, murals and watercolors, is a published writer, WHAT: A Twist of Fate, sculptural baskets by Jennifer Dyer WHEN: July 1, 5–8 PM WHERE: The Artist’s Shop, 304 N. Higgins HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: 543-6393, missoulaartistshop.com

Music at the library?! “superadequate” Musical Group are performing at North Valley Public Library, 6–7:30 PM, 208 Main St. in Stevensville. call 777-5061 or visit northvalleylibrary.org. Drawings of people wearing masks and vintage clothing is the subject of amber Prouty’s exhibit, Mask-A-Raid, 6–9 PM at the FrontierSpace Gallery (in the alley behind Sushi Hana off Pine) free. All systems are go for the Green Light First Anniversary event, featuring music by DJ Mermaid 6–9 PM, and 20% off the whole store all day. 103 N. Higgins Ave. Free.

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and on and on. Dyer’s creations have won awards and have been celebrated across the country. She’s been televised locally and on the travel channel, and even created a hot air balloon basket used as a prop in the Miss USA pageant. This is proof that you don’t need to understand or even believe in the science of helium propulsion to enjoy a ride in one of her pieces. For this collection, Dyer’s work doesn’t pretend to function in any conventional sense. Think of them more as woven sculptures. When I look at her work, I think of impossible slides in a game of chutes and ladders from miniature children in danger of splinters. That’s my idea of art. I like when it bleeds. —Molly Laich

Splatinum, Unlimited Aspect and many more. Show runs from 7 PM–6:30 AM. $40/$35 presale. 38500 W. Hwy 12. For tickets and event schedule, visit manifestmt.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, kicking off at 9 PM. Free. Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Hall and Oates’ “Kiss on My List” during Combat Karaoke at the Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, every Fri. at 9 PM. Free.

Hang on to your belongings for some gypsy jazz, brought to you by El-3 Oh!, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. tenspoon.com. Free.

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

Uncle Sam wants you to enjoy A Night of Blues at Salish Point in Polson, starring Lisa Mills, Hot Flash Blues, Smokehouse Blues and Mike Bader, plus fireworks! $22/$20 advance. 7 PM. For reservations call 883-5662. (See Agenda in this issue.)

It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678.

The freaks come out at night for Manifest at Lolo Hot Springs, a 3-day music event featuring Mexicans with Guns, Bird of Prey, Yamn,

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

and “Scaryoke Karaoke” at 9 PM. Free. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost , 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733. Lick your classic rock chops for live performances by The Wild Coyote Band, 9 PM at the Talking Bird Saloon, old US Hwy 10 in St. Regis. cost TBA. It’s a Sicilian message. It means go to Fishbowl Friday presented by the BassFace Crew and experience bassheavy electronic music by Andrew Luck of Splatnium, plus locals Ebola Syndrome and Mikee Sev, 9 PM at the Badlander. Check out the $5 fishbowl drinks special. Free. Still not clear on whether the exclamation point in Spokane’s reggae/hip hop Real Life Rockaz! is part of the band name or the work of enthusiastic promoters—nevertheless, they’re playing at the Badlander at 9 PM, $5. Swing your partner round and round that big pole in the middle of the dance floor when Russ Nasset & The Revelators play the Union Club, 9 PM, free. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunes from

Kaleidoscope Entertainment starting at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. 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. Spokane’s hip hop/reggae group Real Life Rockaz! begin their week of Montana domination with a show at the Palace, presented by Dead Hipster Promotions, 10 PM, $5.

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Keep it local every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If you’re after non-edibles, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample. Pedal like the wind during the Phillipsburg Speedweek, a two-day, 40k timed trial bike race that features a course of hill climbing action. Scoot to montanacycling.net for info. Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. My old MFA friends are running a free summer workshop on campus called the Montana Free School, this and every Sat. through the summer from 11 AM–1 PM in LA233 on the UM Campus. No registration or sign up required, just bring yourselves and your writing. Free. Alpine Artisans, Inc. in the Seeley Swan are pleased as punch to announce Open Studios on first Saturdays this summer from 11 AM–5 PM, featuring studio art from Flying Popcorn Ranch, Rockin’ Horse Studio, Swan Valley Images, KornUtopia Pottery, and One Hand Clapping Studio. Look for the “Studio Open” signs on Hwy 83. alpineartisans.org. The Big Hole National Battlefield Summer Speaker Series continues with featured speaker Billy Maxwell’s presentation, Not So Pretty! Plateau and Plains Indian sacs, bags, and cases. Talk begins at noon. 16542 Hwy 43 W. in Wisdom. Call 689-3155. The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2 PM at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com. Lots of summits are involved in Big Sky Resort’s Peak Music Jam, with the

bluegrass, rock, and country-inspired Mission Mountain Wood Band and others, 3 PM, 1 Lone Mountain Trail. Tickets are $30 and you can get them at peakmusicjam.com. They do in fact make them like they used to at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton. Join them for an Afternoon of Cowboy Music and Poetry, 3–5:30 PM, at 205 Bedford St. Get tickets at brvhsmuseum.org.

nightlife Celebrate the cunning use of flags and more when first friday hosts Stars, Guitars, and Cars, featuring a car show, music out under the big Montana sky, and prizes for the best entries, 5:30 to 9 PM in Downtown Stevensville. Missoula’s favorite live performer Tom Catmull plays at the Bitterroot Brewery 6–8:30 PM, 101 Marcus St. Call 3637468 or visit bitterrootbrewing.com. Free. Keyboard, vocals, and jazz hands by Bob Athearn are just the ticket, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. tenspoon.com. Free. The freaks come out at night for Manifest at Lolo Hot Springs, a 3-day music event featuring Mexicans with Guns, Bird of Prey, Yamn, Splatinum, Unlimited Aspect and many more. Show runs from 7 PM–6:30 AM. $40/$35 presale. 38500 W. Hwy 12. For tickets and event schedule, visit manifestmt.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.) A bunch of rag tag musicians with who knows what kind of instruments get together on the first Sat. of every month for The Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree, a musical concert from 7–9:30 PM at The Grange Hall, 1436 South 1st St. Call Clem at 961-4949. Hex Machine play math rock or something like it at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. 8 PM, $5. (See Noise in this issue.) Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. DJ Monty Carlo and special guests are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free, with visuals by V3R. When DJ Sanchez commands the turntables every Sat. at 9 PM at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, nobody’s exempt from the mandatory “dance down the bar” rule. Free. Call 363-6969. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” at 9 PM. Free. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733.

Swig drinks while listening to old-school rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free. Classic rock angers Wild Coyote Band’s girlfriends so they’re playing at the Dog House (do you get it?) at 9 PM, cost TBA, off Old Hwy 10 in St. Regis. Outlaw country takes a stand against not drinking when Whiskey Rebellion plays the Stonefly Lounge at 9 PM, 10154 Hwy 2 in Coram, free.

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275 W. Main St • 728-0343

I take back what I wrote about The Blox a few weeks ago: they don’t sound like Maroon 5. Catch them with Columbia Falls’ opener The Flip Wilsons for a night of funk, soul, rock and blues, 9 PM at the Palace, $5. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunes from Kaleidoscope Entertainment starting at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. Dance like you have red ants in your socks when a DJ spins dance music at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., this and every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. 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.

Beer Drinker’s Profile Fantastically funny first date

Chuck

Bring liquid dancing back for MKVR’s house/electronic music set, 10 PM at The Top Hat, free.

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This is the kind of mass I can really get behind: The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its Sunday M.A.S.S. Brunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for brunch from 10 AM–noon at the meeting room of Sean Kelly’s Stone of Accord, 4951 N. Reserve St. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org. 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

What brings you to the Iron Horse today? Susi, for our fabulous first date! We're heading to Vegas right after this to find the nearest 24-hr. chapel. 4th of July plans? I am going to Helena and meeting up with a bunch of my old frat brothers for our annual rendezvous at Todd Marshall's house. Beer Of Choice? Kettlehouse Cold Smoke

Happy 4th of July! Something New Is Always Happening At The Horse 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866

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the Caras Park Pavilion. This week features music by Bob Mislevic. Free. Visit carrousel.com/carousel-sunday-marketand-fes. 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 The freaks come out at night for Manifest at Lolo Hot Springs, a 3-day music event featuring Mexicans with Guns, Bird of Prey, Yamn, Splatinum, Unlimited Aspect and many more. Show runs from 7 PM–6:30 AM. $40/$35 presale. 38500 W. Hwy 12. For tickets and event schedule, visit manifestmt.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Stockman’s bar in Arlee are gearing up for fourth of July with live music by Shodown, 7 PM, 92580 US Hwy 93 N. Call 726-3870. Men always get to belt out a slick tune or two during Man Night featuring Karaoke, which occurs this and every Sun. starting at 9 PM at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S. Free. Call 251-5402. Enjoy a brew and a moving picture when the Palace hosts a movie night, which kicks off July’s theme, “Here’s Looking at You” with screenings of Reservoir Dogs and The Killing, starting at 9 PM. Free. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the mic at karaoke with Whitney at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke every Sun., Mon. and Tue. night at 9:30 PM. Call 830-3277. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with $4 martinis, plus jazz DJs starting around 9:30 PM. Free. This week the Basement Boyz fill in for the usuals.

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& PANCAKE BREAKFAST Huge pancake breakfast put on by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (for the benefit of the Friends) begins from 8:00 until 11:00, on July 4th with entertainment and special events from 10:00 until 4:00 including food, re-enactments, crafts, etc. Antique Engine Show July 3 & 4th. Debut of historic Homestead Cabin with music, games, and hands-on fun. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students, $15 for a family, and children under 6 and members of the Friends of the Museum are free. The Pancake Breakfast is a separate price - $5 per person or $15 per family – what a deal!

Bitterroot Motors, Pepsi-Cola Bottling, Rovero's Ace Hardware in Seeley Lake, Southgate Mall, and Bayern Brewery are sponsoring this year’s event. For more information, call 728-3476 fortmissoulamuseum.org

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Take the less beaten path over to the Summer Art Exhibit at Hangin’ Art Gallery on Hwy 93 N in Arlee, not just for the work but for the local foods, drink, and gorgeous setting just outside of Missoula. The exhibit runs Mon.–Fri. 7 AM–4 PM, Wed. until 7 PM, and Sat. 9 AM–2 PM through the summer. Visit hanginartgallery.com or call 726-0021.

Pancakes are stacked to the heavens at Missoula’s Annual 4th of July Celebration & Pancake Breakfast at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. Breakfast begins at 8 AM, followed by events at 10 AM which include music by Montana Tuba Chorale, Black Mountain Boys, Silk Stocking, and

more. Admission is $5 adults/$3 seniors/$2 students/$15 per family. Call 728-3476. What is not happening at the Big Sky 4th of July Celebration? There will be a 5k run/walk, 5 and 10 mile mountain bike races, tennis, a barbecue, music, fireworks, kids stuff, and a million other things. Registration starts at 9 AM and events run all day. Visit bigsky resort.com. Get your free Ice Cream on after the Kalispell 4th of July Parade on the grounds of the Conrad Mansion Museum, 11 AM–2 PM, 330 Woodland Ave. conradmansion.com. Free. Sweat hard for freedom’s sake during the 4th of July Team Challenge in Eureka, a timed competition where individuals or teams of three bike 3 miles along an abandoned roadway, paddle 3 miles on Lake Koocanusa, and run 2 miles on a trail. Poke around for details at welcome2eureka.com. Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400. Kids stir their artistic passions after school during the Zootown Arts Community Center’s Young Artists Afterschool Program where they busy themselves with art projects, field trips, tours and more f r o m 3 – 5 P M M o n . – Tu e . f o r children ages 6–8, and on Fri. at the same time for children ages 9–11, all at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. $13/$12 members. Visit zootownarts.com or call 549-7555.

works at 10:30 PM. Bring your blankets and lawnchairs. Impress your friends, significant other, or anyone who will listen when you rock the mic at karaoke with Whitney at Harry Davids, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, which offers free karaoke every Sun., Mon. and Tue. night at 9:30 PM. Call 830-3277. The Missoula City Band are changing it up for a special performance at Southgate Mall, 9:30 PM before the Fireworks, free.

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At Fly-Fishing Camp, kids ages 10–14 are introduced to knots, aquatic insects and the art of fly casting and fly tying, 9 AM–12 PM at Silver’s Lagoon in McCormick Park. $90/$75 with resident discount. Visit missoulaparks.org or phone 721-PARK. If you can’t read this, you may be a baby under the age of 36 months, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program at 10:30 AM every Tue., Thu. and Fri. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, every first and third Tue. of the month at noon. Free. Call 329-5656.

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You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at Joseph’s Coat, 116 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-1419.

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

Any and all women who want to hike in the company of their fellow XX chromosome holders are hereby invited to a Ladies Hike Group that meets every Tue. and Thu. at 4 PM in Missoula. Contact Rissa at simpleretreat @yahoo.com to find out meeting locations and to finalize plans.

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.

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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 Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. Lick your classic rock chops for live performances by The Wild Coyote Band, 9 PM at the Talking Bird Saloon, old US Hwy 10 in St. Regis. cost TBA. Get an authentic American experience in The SouthGate Mall parking lot for an evening of Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks. Festivities kick off at 9 PM with events like the singing of the National Anthem and Amazing Grace, followed by the fire-

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. All genres are encouraged—except, perhaps gangsta rap—every Tue. at 6 PM at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 1/2 South Ave. W., where musicians bring their noise makers and synergy builds a joyful sound during the Tangled Tones Pickin’ Circle. Free. Call 396-3352. Shake what your chosen deity and/or science gave you at Improvisational Theatre & Movement Night this and every Tues., 6:25 PM at Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. 3rd St. W. $5 Night/$15 Month.

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. Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? What’s the character limit for twitter? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Why does this band name make me sad? Bad Heart Bull play an 8 PM show at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. $5. The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678. Rehash the music of others, or have the guts to play a few of your own, when the Canyon Creek Ramblers host an

open mic night this and every Tue. at 9 PM at the Great Northern Bar & Grill, 27 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free, with free beers for performers.

Country bumpkin needs will be met at the Jocko Valley Farmer’s Market this and every Wed. through Oct. 5th from 4–7 PM, located on Hwy 93 in downtown Arlee. This week features music by Rennie Frank. Call 726-5550.

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.

Feel free to dress up like Mr. Wizard during UM’s Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series, which begins at 4:10 PM in Room 110 of the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. Free. Call 243-5122.

Settle in for some homegrown tunes at the Badlander’s Live and Local Night, this week featuring acoustic by Javier Ryan, plus american/folk musician Larry Hirshberg, 10 PM, free.

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Toad Sun and The Josh Farmer Band play some form of music at The Top Hat, 10 PM, cover TBA.

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Besides the awesome Nickelodeon show from my childhood, GUTS! stands for Girls Using Their Strengths. This YWCA program offers free summer day camps June 20–Aug 13, every Wed. at the MUD site (629 Phillips St.) and Thu. at Orchard Gardens (210 N. Grove St.) 10–12 PM. Call Paige at 543-6691.

BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Ria de Neeve is a mutli-media artist who grew up in MT. Many of her paintings are on the covers of old books she found abandoned at the library. The surfaces are collages and the main figures are painted over top with acrylics. She creates images that inspire and nurture hope reminding us of our connection with nature and each other. She gains a lot of inspiration from the teen art group she founded called The Drawing Circle and from her mediation/mindfulness practice. BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Please join Butterfly Herbs for their July First Friday celebration! The Art wall features new work by Abe Coley. 5-8 p.m.

Coffee to go. Check out the Icons of the West gallery opening at Dana Gallery as part of First Friday, July 1, 5–8 PM, 246 N. Higgins Ave. danagallery.com.

Your weekly lunch date with almost everyone comes at 11 AM at Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities and music this week by Cash for Junkers. Free. Call 543-4238 or visit missoula downtown.com.

Spend lunchtime polishing your public speaking and leadership skills when the Hamilton chapter of Toastmasters meets this and every Wed. from noon–1 PM at Perkin’s Restaurant & Bakery in Hamilton, 1285 N. First St. W. Free. Call Mark at 381-9832.

CLAY STUDIO 1106 Hawthorne Unit A, 543-0509 Highlighting the wide range of interests of Flathead Valley Community College instructor David Smith, David Scott Smith: recent work, will include a diverse range of ceramic work—everything from translucent porcelain to pots to raku fired food. The exhibition will be on display at the Clay Studio of MIssoula from July 1-29, 2011, with an opening on Friday, July 1, from 5:30-9pm. Gallery events are free and open to the public. For more information email us at info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org or call us at 406-543-0509. The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106A Hawthorne, Missoula, MT, 59802 NOTEWORTHY PAPER & PRESS 101 S. Higgins, 541-6683 Please join us for our July First Friday event featuring the art of local artist Jack Metcalf. Mixed media with a show stopping window display. Come check it out at a reception from 5-8.

Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. A portion of the proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different organization each week. This week’s beneficiary is the MJ Benefit Fund. Free. Pub Trivia Answer:140 characters. duh. Enjoy a tune while gnawing on your steak when Jerry Clemens sings and plays classic songs on piano, guitar and harmonica, every Wed.– Sat. from 6–10 PM at The Winchester Steak House in Kalispell, 2205 Hwy. 93 S. Free. E-mail jerryclemens @excite.com.

SUSHI HANA 403 N. Higgins, 549-7979 During the month of July, the Hallway Gallery at Sushi Hana will highlight photography by Rita C. Clark. A native Montanan, Rita, one of eleven children, was born and raised in Butte. A lifelong love of nature is reflected in Rita's work. Sweeping ocean vistas, powerful trees dressed in nature's bounty and delicate flowers spring to life in her photography. ZOO CITY APPAREL 139 E. Main, 529-6482 Noah Ptolemy will unveil new work as a taster for his show “The Rolls Royce Finishing School” at Zoo City Apparel this First Friday, and will debut his first limited edition fine art prints as well as garments. A full-blown dance party will ensue after the gallery showing!

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Check out The Wild Mare in Corvallis for their First Wednesday Wine Tasting at 6 PM, where you can taste some wine, have some appetizers, you know, whatever. This month features wine from Oregon. 283 2nd St. thewildmare.com. 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 Simon Boccanegra, 6:30 PM. $12.50 at morrisproductions.org. Live and DJ’d music makes the sake and pad thai go down easily when IZA Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins Ave., presents live music every Wed. at 7 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3237. Fact & Fiction hosts a reading and signing for John C. Jackson’s book By Honor and Right: How One Man Boldly Defined The Destiny of a Nation. Better come by at 7 PM to find out who that one man is! 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Expressing Montana is a multifaceted project highliting poets, songwriters and visual artists from all over the state. Events include an exhibit at the Missoula Art Museum that will run July 10 through Aug. 28. You can catch an hour long special on Yellowstone Public Radio tonight at 7. Check out their web presence at western folklife.org. 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 Sweet Aleline’s Award Winning Barbershop. Show starts at 8 PM and please bring your lawn chairs. Call 7282400 ext. 7041. Missoula’s Trivial Beersuit every Wed. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing the epically long, house favorite tune, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and other fine staples during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Play some licks, read your newest haiku, or make others giggle at your jokes during The Craggy Range Open Mic, an open mic night for musicians and other artists that features a number of house instruments for your use, every Wed. starting at 9 PM at The Craggy Range, 10 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Free. Call 862-7550. Put on your trance pants and get groggy when the Palace hosts Progressive, a night of house music and trance spun by local DJs starting at 9 PM. Free.

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Roxy for the London National Theatre’s presentation of The Cherry Orchard, his last stage play brought to life and projected on the big screen in HD, 7:30 PM, 718 S. Higgins. Visit morrisproductions.org.

SPOTLIGHT glow stones Manifest 2011 Music festival at Lolo Hot Springs may be the hottest summer musical event you’ve never heard of. When was the last time you’ve been to the springs? I took myself on a writer’s vacation not long ago, where I stayed in one of the tiny log cabins, used the non–internet connection to get some writing done, and generally creeped myself out alone in cabin number 13 in the woods. (Writers really know how to have a good time.) When I checked in, the clerk told me, “natural springs to your left, chemical springs to your right.” It hadn’t occurred to me that this might be an unlikely but wonderful place for a musical festival, but if I were as creative as I purport myself to be, it really should have. In looking at the line-up, I tried to find a unifying musical theme and could not. Headliners Bird WHAT: Manifest 2011 Music Festival WHEN: Fri.–Sun. July 1–3, 7 PM–6:30 AM WHERE: Lolo Hot Springs, 38500 W. Hwy 12. HOW MUCH: $40/$35 Presale MORE INFO: manifestmt.com

Garage-y, noisy punk rock sets up shop in the Palace when The Blind Shake play as part of a Total Fest PreBlaster concert, with Shahs, 9 PM, $6/$5 advance at ear candy. (See Noise in this issue.) There’s no hope for me, but perhaps indie/rock/soul outfit Youth Rescue Mission can still help you, 10 PM at the Top Hat, $5. This is the true story of a hip hop and reggae outfit out of Spokane called Real Life Rockaz! coming to the Raven Cafe in Bigfork at 10 PM, 39 Orchard Lane, $5.

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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 13-18, $15 for members only, 7:30 AM–6 PM, Register at 1515 Fairview Ave. or citylifemt.com. Call 532-1558. Talk transit with the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee,

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This event is just what it sounds like: Bernice’s Bakery hosts Blues & Bread outside on their patio. Enjoy the gutbucket blues of MudSlide Charley along with hot fresh bread. Proceeds go to the Missoula Fund Food Bank, 8–10 PM. Free. Bowling and karaoke go together like fingerless mitts and meat cutters during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402.

of Prey & KIT bring psychedelic dub step. Yamn sounds like music from a video game (in a good way). Missoula’s own Miller Creek play their rock/folk/down-home country staples, and there are a ton more acts scheduled. The event will also feature live art, vendors selling food, booze, and glow sticks, and workshops in subjects like fire breathing, meditation, and massage therapy—think a cheaper, less silicon-valley infused Burning Man. With plenty of opportunities for camping, it may be analogous also to one of the 90s era Woodstocks or a Meeting of the Juggalos, but with Montana politeness, so less assaults. Check out the festivals website for the event schedule and a sense of the rag tag spirit this first time event has been thrown together in. PLUR, baby. Prepare to fall in love again.

which meets the first Thu. of every month. Join them at 10 AM at the Missoula Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine. Besides the awesome Nickelodeon show from my childhood, GUTS! also stands for Girls Using Their Strengths. This program of the YWCA is offering free summer day camps June 20–Aug 13, every Wed. at the MUD site (629 Phillips St.) and Thu. at Orchard Gardens (210 N. Grove St.) 10–12 PM. Call Paige at 543-6691. Same to same and everything in between is on display for a ceramic wall installation by Pat Hoffman called Polar Opposites, opening today at the Missoula Art Museum and running through Oct. 31, 335 N. Pattee. Free. If you can’t read this, perhaps you’re simply pre-literate, in which case the Missoula Public Library wants you for Tiny Tales, a movement, music and singing program for babes up to 36 months at 10:30 AM every Thu., Fri. and Tue. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Those looking to learn more about real estate market trends and issues, including buying, selling and foreclosures, are hereby invited to the Realty Alert Roundtable, which meets this and every Thu. at noon upstairs at Paradise

—Molly Laich Falls, 3621 Brooks St. Free. E-mail RealtyAlert@live.com. If art loses hands-down to video games, then the Missoula Public Library’s your gig, where Game On! invites teen gamers to glue their eyes on Guitar Hero, Rock Band and more on the big screen at 3:30 PM the first Thu. of every Month. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

nightlife The streets of downtown Kalispell are hopping this and every week this summer for Thursday Fest, with food, beverage, and tunes at Third St. E. between Main St. and First Ave. E. from 5–7:30 PM. This week catch Tom Catmull and the Clerics. Call 253-6923. Secret Powers promise 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. Bob Wire brings maximum honky tonk to the Bitterroot Brewery 6–8:30 PM, 101 Marcus St. Call 363-7468 or visit bitterrootbrewing.com. Free. Art that says something about our fractured natures or something is on display at Donna Gan’s Fragmentation, 6–9 PM at Jest Gallery, 305 E. Second St. in Whitefish. Bask in Chekhov’s greatness at The

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. Reggae, hip hop, and a celebration of the Flathead river system coalesce for Boatman’s Bash/Reggae 4 the River event, featuring Real Life Rockaz, 9 PM at Stonefly Lounge, 10154 Hwy 2 in Coram, $3. Sip on pinot grigio and enjoy some deathcore metal when Seattle’s Idols hit the Palace, with Burning Twilight, Boldly Stride the Damned, and locals Mageddon and Lb, 9 PM. $5/$10 ages 18–20. Yodel your favorite hit with the backing of a band during live band karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 8303277. Miller Creek and their friends bring a blend of rock, jam, and a little bit of down home country to The Top Hat, 9:30 PM, cost TBA. Talk to Tom at Massie@millercreekmusic.com. Cross your karaoke sword with others during Combat DJ and Karaoke nights, this and every Thu. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St., at 10 PM. Free. LoL but in person at the Missoula Homegrown Stand Up Comedy Open Mic Night beginning 10 PM at The Union Club. Get there by 9:30 PM if you want to perform. Summer is here. I cast a spell on the solstice to make it happen, so, you’re welcome. Please send your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 1 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. Scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says, “submit an event.”

MOUNTAIN HIGH T he Bhutan Ride for Climate Change will take three good Montanans on an insane bike ride through the Himalayan mountains in an effort to understand how climate change effects not just America (Did you know America is not the whole world?) but every aspect of the globe, including the majestic reaches of South Asia where I imagine a lot of foliage, birds squawking, and lowhanging mist. UM faculty member Nicky Phear, student Mara Menahan from UM’s Climate Change Studies program, and documentary filmmaker KatyRobin Garton will join 15 teenagers from Bhutan on the 300 kilometer ride, crossing three passes over 10,000 feet. Along the way they’ll speak to farmers, foresters, monks, micro-hydro engineers and conservationists, all of them with weather on the mind. My favorite aspect of the trip is the traveler’s 21st

century approach to documenting what they find. The girls will collect photos, video, and images, and then share them in real time on facebook, blogs, and twitter. I document my life in all those places too, but now having learned of this project, my morning bike rides from the Upper Rattlesnake to work and the tweets they inspire about wayward drivers seem less laudable. —Molly Laich The Bhutan Ride for Climate Change sets out on July 2 and ends July 15 in Thimphu, where they will meet with political leaders to make recommendations based on their experience. To follow the action, check out bhutanrideforclimate.org. You can donate to their Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/kj6kMy.

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THURSDAY JUNE 30

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Not unlike the popular children’s game Chutes & Ladders, Biking the Hiawatha Trail with City Life Community Center promises 15 miles of snakey terrain, beginning at scenic Lookout Pass, for ages 13–18 only, 7:30 AM to 5 PM. $35/$40 non-members. Register at citylifemt.com or call 532-1558.

What is not happening at the Big Sky 4th of July Celebration?? There will be a 5k run/walk, 5-and-10 mile mountain bike races, tennis, a barbecue, music, fireworks, kids stuff, and a million other things. Registration starts at 9 AM and events run all day. Visit bigskyresort.com.

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.

Sweat hard for freedom’s sake during the 4th of July Team Challenge in Eureka, a timed competition where individuals or teams of three bike 3 miles along an abandoned roadway, paddle 3 miles on Lake Koocanusa, and run 2 miles on a trail. Poke around for details at welcome2eureka.com.

What better way to celebrate America than at a Senior Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Exhibition Opening at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton? Trick question, there is no better way. Exhibition opens at 4 PM, followed by the NSPRA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and barbecue beef dinner for $20, more cowboy stuff, and a Rodeo Street Dance. 205 Bedford St. Get tickets at brvhsmuseum.org. Call 363-3338.

Get an authentic American experience in The Southgate Mall parking lot for an evening of Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks. Festivities kick off at 9 PM with events like the singing of the National Anthem and Amazing Grace, followed by the fireworks at 10:30 PM. Bring your blankets and lawnchairs.

The Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden is an outdoor classroom all about teaching kids and adults alike about native plants and wildlife, pollinators, water conservation, invasive weed ecology and oh so much more. Join them for the Mid Summer Garden Party & Open House, 5:30–7:30 PM. MontanaNaturalist.org. Free. Join the good people of Beehive Collective for Mountaintop Removal: The True Cost of Coal, 7–9 PM at Zoo City Apparel for a high energy, graphic based picture-lecture that speaks to the complex picture of globalization, militarization, resource extraction, and what we can do to help. zoocityapparel.bigcartel.com. 139 E. Main St. A $5 donation would be rad.

SATURDAY JULY 2 Pedal like the wind during the Phillipsburg Speedweek, a two-day, 40k timed trial bike race that features a course with downhill and hill climbing action. Scoot to montanacycling.net for info.

TUESDAY JULY 5 At Fly-Fishing Camp, kids ages 10–14 are introduced to knots, aquatic insects and the art of fly casting and fly tying, 9 AM–12 PM at Silver’s Lagoon in McCormick Park. $90/$75 with resident discount. Visit missoulaparks.org or phone 721-PARK.

THURSDAY JULY 7 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. Put on your explorer cap during the Yellowstone Boat Float, an event that retraces the path of the Lewis & Clark Expedition from Livingston to Laurel, with two overnight stops in between. Load up your flotilla by calling 222-4414. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Under investigation Rebecca Kamen finds the pulse between art and science by Erika Fredrickson

Rebecca Kamen has no formal training in science, but she has mixed chemicals together and built a telescope. Those both happened when she was a child, after her parents gave her a chemistry set—totally illegal now—to play with in the basement of her Philadelphia home. It was the 1950s, the cusp of space exploration. Kamen’s dad helped her build a telescope of cardboard tubes from New Jersey’s Edmund Scientific company. “It had funky optics but you could point it up to the heavens and believe you could see anything,” she says. “I really wondered if you could.” Kamen’s dyslexia discouraged her from going down the scientific path in high school. She had a hard time with math. And though she loved scientific exploration dearly, she never seemed destined to become a scientist. Still, for many years she crossbred her scientific curiosity with her love of visual art. Now a professor at Northern Virginia Community College, she’s been teaching art for over 30 years. And as science has been a muse, she’s found ways to inspire scientists with art. In 2005, she exhibited some of her work at the American Center for Physics in celebration of Einstein’s discovery of relativity. In front of 75 physicists she talked about the relationship between the two. Later, a friend’s husband saw that exhibit and told her about the American Philosophical Society Library, which Ben Franklin had founded and which is a repository of scientific manu-

scripts. Kamen snagged a residency and, for a full year, she visited the library, reading manuscripts to inspire the design of her next exhibit. “It was really wonderful because I got to examine—in bare hands—scientific manuscripts that dated back to the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, and have them speak to me,” she says. At the time the library installed the exhibit, Kamen had been teaching an art workshop in Korea. She flew back just in time for the opening. Inside the vitrines she saw her work alongside the original manuscripts. “I have to tell you, she says, “I walked into the gallery before the opening and I stood in front of a case that had this sculpture that I had done and a beautiful document that was in the hands of Ben Franklin. I was overcome. How many people get to have their work next to an original Ben Franklin document? It was breathtaking for me.” Kamen found herself addicted to scientific manuscripts. She sought them out whenever she could. One day, after an overseas flight, she stepped off the plane and an image of the periodic table of elements popped into her head. It was the classic Dmitri Mendeleev chart—a boring model from the caverns of her 11th grade chemistry class. But she couldn’t stop thinking about it. She spent a year and a half sifting through manuscripts at the Philadelphia Chemical Heritage Foundation and other such places. As it turned out, it was a trip to India while

she was on sabbatical the gave her the light bulb moment. “I had been interested in mandalas,” she says. “The Buddhist meditation charts that are very circular and complex.” She spent time looking at mandalas, and when she returned to the United States she had a different perspective on the chemical map. “I realized that the periodic table wasn’t just this boring, rigid chart of numbers and letters that we all had to memorize. It represented our cosmology—the Western cosmology. It represents the world above and the world below and everything in between.” Kamen began to create an installation based on the orbital patterns of electrons. She focused on the first 83 naturally occurring elements, and she created sculptures of each one. She elicited the help of an architect friend who helped her install the pieces to fit into the gallery space in Virginia where it was being shown. As she worked on these scientific art pieces, Kamen started getting more phone calls and requests to speak at scientific conferences. A piece about her work in Chemical Engineering magazine inspired calls from chemists who were struck by her appreciation for their work as an artistic venture. As Kamen continued to delve into scientific arenas, she found evidence of how much art and science were intertwined. Doing research at the science libraries she’d found numerous illustrations by scientists about their work. Those drawings were practical in pre-camera days. Drawing was one way to visualize complex ideas, but they also turned out to be striking images to Kamen. Last week, she shared that experience with a group of aspiring scientists at George Mason University. “I told them that before the advent of the camera, scientists had to be artists,” she says. “At these libraries I would see these beautiful, hand-rendered manuscripts done by scientists, not artists, because it was the only way they could capture their research.” Kamen’s upcoming exhibit at The Brink Gallery in Missoula will have sculptures made of acrylic on Mylar, and fiberglass rods. There’s something very extraterrestrial about them in all their hypercolor greens, blues, reds, purples. They take on the sort of glow that you might see on a screen in a biology lab. In fact, Kamen was inspired by another experience where she got to watch cells repairing themselves under a microscope. The concept of her exhibit, Fluid, came from the idea that fluid in the body moves in the same way fluid in the outside world does; blood pumping has been explained by scientists in terms of ocean tides. The pieces for Fluid actually do look fluid and are meant to talk about both the micro and macro. “I feel like my life’s work is creating a conduit between art and science,” Kamen says. “There are so many intersections. We both deal with invisible worlds and we both need to harness some type of visualization to share our observations.” Rebecca Kamen’s exhibit Fluid opens at The Brink Gallery with a reception Friday, July 1, from 5 PM to 8 PM. Free.

Rebecca Kamen’s Missoula exhibition, Fluid, offers glowing sculptures that explore the way fluid in the body emulates forces outside the body including ocean tides.

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Hex Machine Omen Mas self-released

What a pack of lucky bumpkins we are this summer. Not only do we have the heavy-as-a-gravid-gator Total Fest X taking place in mid-August, we have a completely rad preview of that three-day rock fest this week when Hex Machine comes to town to defile our aural sense with sometimes sludgy, sometimes mercurial, always muck-stomping riffs. I bet these dudes are sick of the following lazy summation of their deft work: “If you like Melvins, Big Business, air-punching, mumbling, or screaming, you’re gonna love Hex Machine!” So, yeah, the band’s sound tends toward math-rock and noise. The groovy deal about the upcoming show is that HM has been recording with Tim Green (The Fucking Champs,

The Blind Shake Seriousness Learning Curve Records

The Blind Shake evokes post-punk bands like Fugazi and next-wave garage bands like Canada’s the Von Zippers, but they’re also their own animal (even if in “I’m Not An Animal” they deny being animals or mermen). The Minneapolis trio melds shimmy-shake rock with thrashy outbursts and sludgy intercessions. Listening to the latest album—which comes out this month—is like a carnival fun house: trippy, unnerving, and amusing. Should you dance your brains out

Miss Lana Rebel and the Broken Promises Mistakes We Can Live With self-released

It’s easy to get seduced by the dreamy melancholy of lady country singers—and you will be—but what parlays Miss Lana Rebel’s intimately recorded songs into expressive missives is the way she and the Broken Promises ebb and flow, creating waves of sound with quietude and tasteful notes. The opener, “Dry Desert Sea,” drops from the sky in media res and, immediately, the three-quarter time signature and arpeggiatic interplay between guitars and bass lulls you into euphoria. The tasty licks provided by the lead-ish guitar are reminiscent of country piano legend Floyd Cramer. The bluesy “Alone Ain’t A Bad Place To Be” is a wonder in its joyful simplicity and a reminder that gall-

Buried at Birth Smashed in the Face with a Fistful of Bricks self-released

As you might suspect, Smashed In the Face With a Fistful of Bricks is not the feel-good album of the summer. With lockstep drumming, ultra-dry production, and vocals that waver between a choking victim and Choking Victim, Buried at Birth stays firmly within the boundaries of thrash metal. Thrash metal is not about feeling good. So, the question remains: Is Smashed the feel-like-a-German-

Nation of Ulysses) out in California, so we’re bound to hear hot new jams from a band ready to shake their little tushes on the rock ’n’ roll catwalk, unleashing the post-studio beast. I predict sweaty nipples all around. For a bit of pre-game action, check out HM’s Bandcamp page and give Omen Mas a listen. If “Lunatic Sun” doesn’t have you smearing on merlot lipstick and mumbling hate speech into an imaginary tape recorder, maybe you should skip this show. ( Jason McMackin) Hex Machine plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Sunday, July 3, at 8 PM with LB.! and the Guts. All ages. $5, pre-sale tickets at Ear Candy. or go out and cause a riot? Either one will do. “Hurracan” is a fast clip, garage surf song that takes the Dick Dale sound and scuffs it up a bit with echo-y vocals that maybe say: “I want your love” or “I want your blood.” Either way, it’s romantic in a dangerous sort of way. Maybe it’s because they include a poppy “bop bop” lyric in “Sold My Beatle A” that it makes me think of the Ramones. Not for long, though. Each song is under three minutes and often just over a minute. I respect bands that make it short and sweet. As always, it makes me want more. And, rumor has it these guys put on a serious live show. That’s where I plan to get my next buzz. (Erika Fredrickson) The Blind Shake plays the Palace Wednesday, July 6, at 9 PM with Shahs and 10yoGF. $6/$5 advance at Ear Candy.

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Smash therapy The Skurfs just wanna get physical by Jed Nussbaum

Nobody watching The Skurfs at a recent Northside house party seemed prepared for the chaos that followed frontman Gavin McCourt’s decision to obliterate his cherry-red Stratocaster against the hardwood floor. It wasn’t a sedentary crowd. The kegs were already finished and the blissfully intoxicated stood shoulder to shoulder in rapt attention as the local surf-rock group hammered away at their instruments, crafting its trademark spacey, reverb-laden sounds in the corner of the room. But the energy built like a tornado, and it’s hard to remember what came first: the shattered Strat or the mosh pit that whipped into a frenzy, sending the weakof-heart searching for an exit as others crowd surfed from one end of the room to the other and beer rained down from above. Weeks later, McCourt sits across a table from me at Bernice’s Bakery, adjusting his horn-rimmed glasses and glancing out the window as we talk. It’s hard to

reworked the classic surf sound into something like a tidal wave—heavy, psychedelic, and loud enough that, standing too close to the speakers, the vibrations could shake your teeth free from your gums. The word “fun” comes up repeatedly during my conversation with McCourt, almost as a manifesto for the group. “As far as the shows that I’ve enjoyed the most on a personal level, they’re high energy,” McCourt says. “People having fun, dancing, moving. It’s an audio expression that can be physically emphasized while playing. I challenge people to dance at our shows, because I think it’s one of those things in our genes that’s such a unifying expression. I think people could stand to be more like kids again.” McCourt creates as interesting of a dynamic between intense and playful offstage as he does when he’s performing. He plays with his recently purchased

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Local surf-rock band The Skurfs kick off a summer tour with a party celebrating its debut album, First Run.

believe the calm, almost detached 28-year-old is the same person I recently watched stand on top of his amp clutching splinters of a broken guitar while the feedback was nearly drowned out by the rabid howls of inebriated college kids. “It’s a catharsis, I guess,” he says. “It just gets to that point where something has to give. It’s like you’re running up a hill and you see the top and you just book it because you’re so stoked you did it. You just get that last manic push of extreme energy.” That energy has been consistent with McCourt’s performances. I’ve seen him smash three guitars while performing in various bands over the past five years. Fellow Skurfs guitarist Dan Venturella has wreaked his own havoc on amps and guitars during shows. In fact, The Skurfs build so much tension in their songs that even an unseasoned audience anticipates that something is about to happen. Not to say that the entertaining display of smashing instruments is all the group has going for it. The band—which also includes bassist Sam Ore and the recent addition of new drummer Aaron Johnson—plays surf music, but it’s a far cry from The Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA.” The Skurfs are, after all, a Montana band with a bit of a chillier bite (ski + surf = skurf ). They’ve

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rubber “Sky Ball” (“These things can go 70 feet in the air,” he exclaims) and jokes around with Venturella when his bandmate gets a break from his shift at the bakery, but waxes philosophical about his approach to music and is candid about his bitterness regarding the diplomacy of local venues. “There’s a healthy rock scene in this town, but…the expectation is that you’re going to play for nothing, you’re going to play for exposure,” he says. “I think a lot of musicians say, ‘Well, that’s fine, we’ll foot the bill anyways,’ because that’s what they want to do.” Add The Skurfs to that list of musicians, apparently. Having just put the finishing touches on their debut album, First Run, the group is gearing up to embark on a Northwest tour that doesn’t promise to be lucrative, but, for McCourt and his bandmates, fills a need that is nearly spiritual in scope. “I love coming up with a badass song or a badass riff, and to make a good record,” he says. “But performing is just such a release. You’re just a conduit for the ‘other.’ That’s the best feeling ever.” The Skurfs play a CD release party at the Top Hat Friday, July 1, at 10 PM with Johnny Reno. arts@missoulanews.com

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Firecracker films What to watch while blowing stuff up by Skylar Browning

The Fourth of July means different things to different people. For most of us, it’s an all-out celebration of ’merica and everything for which it stands. This usually means an excuse to scarf hot dogs, shotgun beer, ride Sea-Doos, and blow stuff up. For others, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the years of sacrifice and courage that built the Land of the Free—while eating hot dogs, shotgunning beer, riding Sea-Doos, and blowing stuff up. Hollywood over the years has dutifully catered to the national pride of both the earnest and the inebriated. Here’s a look at some of the less obvious patriotic offerings, as well as the more ridiculous nods to national pride. Invasion U.S.A., 1985

Chuck Norris plays a former CIA agent who comes out of retirement at the height of the Cold War to defend suburban Miami from communist guerillas led by a sinister Soviet operative. The fully armed guerillas arrive via boat from Cuba and there’s cocaine involved and there are Arabs with them and the sinister Soviet operative is Norris’ former nemesis and the evil guerillas ambush Christmas shoppers in a South Florida mall and…never mind. Our nation is under attack, however idiotically, and Norris, who, if he bled at all would bleed red, white, and blue, is the only one capable of saving us all. The Great Escape, 1964

A group of Allied prisoners of war—Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, and more—show what it is to fight for freedom and uphold man’s responsibility to his fellow man by breaking out of a German camp during World War II. Funny, poignant, and star-studded, this John Sturgis action film serves a much better purpose than Independence Day or Pearl Harbor ever will. Street Fighter, 1994

Never mind that it’s based on a video game. Never mind that Jean Claude Van Damme, who’s from Brussels, plays U.S. Colonel William F. Guile. Never mind that it’s mostly remembered for being Raul Julia’s last film and Kylie Minogue’s first American film. This train wreck involves an impassioned anti-terrorism speech by Van Damme that would make Dubya jealous, as well as a fight scene during which he flexes one of his biceps and reveals an American flag tattoo. The Fighting Sullivans, 1944

Most people would better know this story for how it influenced the plot of July 4th favorite Saving Private Ryan. Based on a true story, The Fighting Sullivans follows five brothers growing up in Iowa during the Great Depression and then serving together during World War II. All five were stationed on the USS Juneau

in 1942 when it was hit during the Battle of Guadalcanal. According to the film, four of the brothers wouldn’t leave the fifth alone in the infirmary when it was time to jump ship. “We can’t go swimming without you,” says Al Sullivan to brother George. Cheesy as it sounds, the Academy Award-nominated film, directed by Lloyd Bacon, smartly spends the majority of the story in Iowa, making the ending a little more palatable.

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Sullivans aside, perhaps no other brothers fought as valiantly on screen as Jed and Matt Eckert in this gloriously absurd Cold War classic. Played by Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, respectively, the Eckert brothers lead a band of teenagers in defending their Colorado town from Soviet invasion. The cast here stands out almost as much as the audacious premise, with C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, and Harry Dean Stanton also starring. What also stands out: the “Wolverines!” rally cry, which is based on the kids’ high school mascot. 1776, 1972

Nothing says U.S. of A. like a schmaltzy production that puts the story of our founding fathers to song and dance. Overwrought in every imaginable way, the musical follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the rest as they wrestle with American independence. The history is laughable; Jefferson can only overcome writers block and draft the Declaration of Independence after bedding his wife. The songs (“Sit Down, John,” “But, Mr. Adams”) are awful. The reviews were worst of all; Roger Ebert wrote, “It is just too damn bad this movie didn’t take advantage of its right to the pursuit of happiness.” Nevertheless, this is the most literal Hollywood offering about why we celebrate the Fourth. Team America: World Police, 2004

Speaking of musicals, this satire features such patriotic favorites as “America—Fuck, Yeah!,” “Freedom Isn’t Free,” and a ballad with the chorus, “Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you” that’s about the Michael Bay movie. The creative team behind “South Park” left few things un-nuked in this scattered send-up of bigbudget action movies and the country’s equally scattered pursuit of evildoers. The “team” of American operatives blows up everything in its path in an effort to stop terrorism and eventually confront Kim Jong-il as he devises “9/11 times 2,356.” Marionettes are used for all of the film’s characters. And there’s a graphic sex scene that starts in front of Mount Rushmore. God bless America. arts@missoulanews.com

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Scope Noise Soundcheck DVD Movie Shorts OPENING THIS WEEK BUCK This acclaimed documentary from Sundance takes an in-depth look at the life and psychology of a horse trainer named Buck. Think “The Horse Whisperer” without Robert Redford. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7 and 9, with Sun. Matinees at 1 and 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:30. LARRY CROWNE Tom Hanks plays the title role as a man who gets fired from his ho hum retail job and goes on a hilarious jaunt of self discovery, which includes going back to school. Also Julia Roberts is there. Carmike 10: 11:30, 1:55,

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NOW PLAYING BAD TEACHER Cameron Diaz is a really bad teacher, motivated to improve her kids test scores so she can get a boob job in order to impress Justin Timberlake, an independently wealthy substitute teacher. I’m not making any of this up. Jason Segel plays the lovable dolt. Village 6: 12, 2:15, 4:30, 7 and 9:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM showing on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:15, 2:45, 4:55,

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: Thu: 12, 2:45, 5:25 and 8:15. in 2-D: 11, 1:35, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:55. Village 6: 1:05, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:50. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: in 2-D: 6:50 and 9:10, with Wed., Sat., and Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, and 9:35, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. THE HANGOVER PART II The booze brothers return for more liquor soaked revelry and blacked out wackiness in

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. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10 and 6:05. in 2-D: 3 PM only. 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

“Blaah, I am Optimus Prime, destroyer of Decepticons, friend of Humans. I’m from Spaace!” Transformers: Dark of the Moon opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

4:30, 7:15 and 9:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 7 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:50, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. MONTE CARLO In an everyday case of mistaken identity, three girls are whisked away from Paris to Monte Carlo when one of them is thought to be a British heiress. Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy star. Village 6: 1:30, 4, 6:50 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 1:10, 4:10 and 7:40 with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. Mon.–Thu: 1:10, 4, 7 and 9:35. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON Michael Bay throws a bunch of money and machinery at the screen in this third installment of the popular series. Shia LaBeouf, Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich and Leonard Nimoy star. Carmike 10: 11:50, 3:25, 7:00, 10:35. in 2-D: Wed.–Thu: 11, 2:35, 6:10 and 9:45. Village 6: 11:50, 3:25, 7 and 10:35. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Nightly shows at 7 only. Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Entertainer in Ronan: 3:45, 6:45, and 9:40. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 and 9:45. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12, 12:15, 3:20, 3:35, 6:45, 7 and 10, with

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7:20 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. 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. Village 6: Fri.–Tue: 1, 4, 7 and 9:50. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 3:30 and 6:30, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. CARS 2 Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy and Michael Caine lend their voices to some cars on an adventure to overcome an obstacle. The straight man, the hick, and a British voice of sophistication add to the intrigue of this Disney Pixar sequel. Carmike 10: 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:15. in 2-D: 12:15, 2:50, 5:25 and 8. Village 6: in 2–D: 12:15, 2:50, 5:25 and 8. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Showboat in Polson: 4, 7, and 9:15 Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 3:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:05, and 9:45 with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. in 2-D: 12:05 and 6:10. GREEN LANTERN Ryan Reynolds has the power to fight evil, move mountains and possibly heal small, wounded animals with the help of his power

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the second installment of this comedic hit, which takes place in Bangkok before Ed Helms’ wedding. Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha co-star. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 9 PM only, 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. 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: 11:15, 1:30, 4:10, 6:45 and 9:15. Village 6: Thu. only: 1:30, 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 PM, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:05, 2:35, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:30 with midnight shows Fri. and Sat.

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. Showboat in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:40, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 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 X-Men in this prequel to the Marvel Franchise. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:25 and 9:25. Capsule reviews by Ira Sather-Olson and Molly Laich. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., June 10. 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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technical fields, who represent water users or who are particularly interested in ground water and surface water quality in Missoula County. During the past several years the Council has addressed grey water discharge regulations, storm water management, channel migration zone studies, cleanup of the Milltown and Clark Fork Superfund sites, arsenic in groundwater, sewers and septic systems, bacterial contamination of surface waters, riparian area protection, and local and state water regulations.. Persons interested in applying may send a letter of application stating their interest and background to: Garon Smith Missoula City-County Board of Health/ Water Quality District Board 301 W. Alder Missoula MT 59802 Applications should be sub-

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): A while back I asked my readers to propose a new name for your astrological sign. “Cancer” has a bit of a negative connotation, after all. Many people suggested “Dolphin” as a replacement, which I like. But the two ideas that most captivated my imagination were “Gateway” and “Fount.” I probably won’t be able to convince the astrological community to permanently adopt either of these uplifting designations, but I encourage you to try out them out to see how they feel. This is a good time to experiment: For the next 12 months, you will have substantial potential to embody the highest meanings of both “Gateway” and “Fount.”

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The passion to explore is at the heart of being human,” said Carl Sagan. “This impulse—to go, to see, to know—has found expression in every culture.” But Steven Dutch, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, disagrees. He says there’ve been lots of societies that have had little interest in exploration. Africans never discovered Madagascar or the Cape Verde archipelago, for example. Few Asian cultures probed far and wide. During a thousand years of history, ancient Romans ignored Russia, Scandinavia, and the Baltic, and made only minimal forays to India and China. Where do you personally fit on the scale of the human exploratory urge, Virgo? Regardless of what you’ve done in the past, I bet you’ll be on the move in the coming months. Your hunger for novelty and unfamiliarity should be waxing.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope that in the first half of 2011 you have been doing some devoted work on tidying up the messy old karma that had been interfering with the free flow of grace into your intimate relationships. If there’s still work to be done on that noble task, throw yourself into it now. The renaissance of togetherness is due to begin soon and last for many months. You don’t want any lingering ignorance, self-deceit, or lack of compassion to gum it up.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1498, Leonardo da Vinci completed one of his masterworks, the mural known as “The Last Supper.” Nineteen years later, the paint had begun to flake off, and by 1556 Leonardo’s biographer considered the whole thing to be “ruined.” Over the centuries, further deterioration occurred, even as many experts tried to restore and repair it. The most recent reclamation project, finished in 1999, lasted more than two decades. I hope that in the coming months, Sagittarius, you will show a similar dedication to the high art of regeneration. Please work long and hard on bringing vitality back into what has fallen into decay or stagnancy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In a horoscope last year, I asked you Capricorns whether you ever obsessed on your longing to such a degree that you missed opportunities to actually satisfy your longing. In response, a reader named John G. sent me the following corrective message: “We Capricorns comprehend the futility of too much longing. We understand it can be a phantasm that gets in the way of real accomplishment. It’s like a telephone that keeps ringing somewhere but can’t be found. We don’t waste energy on dreamy feelings that may or may not be satisfied, since that energy is so much better funneled into mastering the details that will bring us useful rewards.” I’m here to tell you, Capricorn, that the coming months will be an excellent time to make use of the Capricornian capacities John G. describes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you,” sang Bob Marley. “You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” How are you doing on that score, Aquarius? Have you been discerning in picking out allies whose value to you is so high that you’re willing to deal with their moments of unconsciousness? Have you created a family and community that bless you far more than they drain you? The next ten months will be an excellent time to concentrate on refining this part of your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Any minute now, you might start learning at a faster rate than you have since 2000. Any day now, you will be less bored than you have been since 2006, and any week now you will be expressing more spontaneity than you have since early 2010. Any month now, Pisces, you will find yourself able to access more of your visionary intelligence than you have since maybe 2007. What does it all mean? You may not feel an amazing, spectacular, extraordinary degree of personal unity tomorrow, but you will soon begin building toward that happy state. By December I bet you’ll be enjoying an unprecedented amount of it. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage rate. A copy of said wage rate is attached as part of the contract documents. The provisions of this part do not apply in those instances in which the standard prevailing rate of wages is determined by federal law. “Public works contract” means a contract for construction services let by the state, county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for non-construction services let by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in which the total cost of the contract is in excess of $25,000. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,

except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on July 12, 2011. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)552-6080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: City of Missoula Curb and Sidewalk Improvements Project 10038: East Broadway Ph. I This project consists of installation of approximately 1300 square feet of sidewalk/driveway, 200 lineal feet of curb, commercial driveway improvements, embankment, associated asphalt repairs and other improvements. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Project 10-038 East Broadway Ph. I curb and sidewalk improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent

(10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage rate. A copy of said wage rate is attached as part of the contract documents. The provisions of this part do not apply in those instances in which the standard prevailing rate of wages is determined by federal law. “Public works contract” means a contract for construction services let by the state, county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for non-construction services let by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in which the total cost of the contract is in excess of $25,000. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reason-

able bona fide occupational qualifications Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on July 12, 2011. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)552-6080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA Notice of Extension of RFP Deadline Missoula Redevelopment Agency Fox Site In early May, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) announced that it would be accepting responses to a Request for Proposals (RFP) regarding redevelopment of the Fox Site through June 29, 2011. The Fox Site is a parcel of land along the Clark Fork River owned by the City at the corner of Orange and West Front Streets Pursuant to the guidelines. Pursuant to RFP guidelines, the deadline for submitting responses to the RFP has been extended to July 28, 2011. All other RFP submittal criteria remain the same. The RFP and other related documents can be found at http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.asp x?NID=104. Requests for paper copies of the RFP and questions can be directed to Chris Behan at the MRA (406) 552-6155 or cbehan@ci.missoula.mt.us CITY OF MISSOULA SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the construction of: MRA URD II Western Curb & Sidewalk Project Phase 1 will be received by the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802 until 11 a.m., local time, on Tuesday July 19, 2011. The bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud at the: Missoula Redevelopment Agency Conference Room, MRA office, 140 West Pine Street, Missoula, Montana 59802. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as pre-

scribed in the Project Manual addressed to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT, 59802, enclosed in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for MRA URD II – Western Curb & Sidewalk Project – Phase 1.” The envelope shall also be marked with the bidder’s name, address and Montana contractor’s registration number. This project consists of installing approximately 12,486 square feet of city sidewalk, 2,328 lineal feet of city curb, drainage facilities, ADA facilities, and associated work. A complete set of the project manual, drawings and specifications may be furnished or reviewed at Territorial Landworks, Inc. 620 Addison Missoula, Montana (406721-0142) upon a nonrefundable payment of $50.00 (plus shipping) by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). In addition, the project manual, drawings and specifications may also be examined at the Missoula Plans Exchange, (406) 549-5002 and iSqFt® website: http://www.isqft.com. There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid conference at the Missoula Redevelopment Agency Conference Room, MRA Office, 140 West Pine St, Missoula, Montana (406-552-6160), Monday July 11, 2011 at 11a.m. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend. Questions regarding the project manual, drawings and specifications shall be directed to the Engineer Territorial-Landworks, Inc.; 620 Addison, PO Box 3851; Missoula, MT 59806. (406) 721-0142 Proposals must be accompanied by cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency against liability. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA

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39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, age, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or because of their association with a person or group of people so identified. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula business licensing requirements. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as set out in the bid proposal. Any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement is subject to all appropriate federal laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency hereby notifies all bidders it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this invitation, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprises’ contract goals are 0%. In accordance with Section 49-3207, MCA, and Chapter 9.64, MMC contractors agree that for this contract all hiring will be made on the basis of merit and qualifications and that there will be no discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, age, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or because of their association with a person or group of people so identified, by the persons performing the contract. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids received , and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the Agency’s requirements. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids, which is specified above. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any

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Missoula County RSID 901Lolo Water District 2010 Drinking Water Quality Report This report summarizes the system’s compliance with state and federal drinking water rules and regulations. The report will not be mailed to individual homes/consumers. Contact the office at (406) 273-2733 or sid901@montana.com if you have any questions or would like a copy of this report

Is my water safe? We are pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements. This report is a snapshot of last year's water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to standards set by regulatory agencies. We are committed to providing you with information because informed customers are our best allies.

Water Quality Data Table The table below lists all of the drinking water contaminants that we detected from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. The EPA or the State allows us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently, For contaminants that are not monitored yearly, we have reviewed our records back seven years. The presence of contaminants in the water does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.

Do I need to take special precautions? Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Water Drinking Hotline (800-426-4791). Where does my water come from? Our water source is groundwater from four wells. Three of the wells are located on Glacier Drive and draws from the Bitterroot Aquifer; the fourth well is located along Highway 12 and draws from the Lolo Creek Aquifer. Source water assessment and its availability. We have a source water protection plan available from our office that provides more information such as potential sources of contamination. Why are there contaminants in my drinking water? Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity: Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses; organic Chemical Contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems; and radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health. How can I get involved? We at Lolo Water are on duty around the clock to provide top quality water to every tap. We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources. Please call our office at 406-273-2733 if you have any questions. Additional Information for Lead. If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Missoula County RSID901 Lolo Water District is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

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PUBLIC NOTICES known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact Doug Harby at the City of Missoula Public Works Office at 406-552-6345. City of Missoula is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bid announce-

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following applications: A request from Ryan Gage for “Special Signs; Review by the Design Review Board, Chapter 20.75.100B.5, Building Graphics”. The subject property is located at 617 S. Higgins (SEE MAP J).

ments and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at Tuesday July 19, 2011 at 11 a.m. MISSOULA COUNTY LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula MT 59808, until 10:00 am., Wednesday July 20, 2011, at which time bids will be opened and read in the Public Works Conference Room for the purpose of constructing a walkway and bicycle path adjacent to Highway 12 near Lolo, Montana, from Hwy 93 tying into the Lolo Creek Trails Subdivision. The project will involve installation of a pedestrian actuated crossing signal, earthwork excavation and embankment, crushed sub-base and base rock, asphalt surfacing, topsoil and seeding. All work is to be performed in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items:

A request from Walton Signage c/o Epcon Signs for Special Signs; Review by the Design Review Board, Chapter 19.90.100B, Signs as Part of Building for Old Navy. The subject property is located at 2800 N. Reserve St. (SEE MAP Q).

A request from Jay Raser for Special Signs; Review by the Design Review Board, Chapter 20.75.100B.2, Signs as Part of Building for Silver Slipper Casino. The subject property is located at 4055 Brooks St. (SEE MAP S).

Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails can be sent to hkinnear@co.missoula.mt.us. Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

1. A request by Ana and Scott Greer and Peter and Karen Enich to appeal an administrative decision made by the Office of Planning and Grants regarding the height measurement of 1 1/2 stories for a proposed residence at 9305 Springfield Close, located within the Grantland PUD. See Map M.

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r plans and with specifications on file in the Missoula County Public Works Office, Missoula, Montana and shall be performed under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Office of Public Works at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE QUALIFIED BIDDER WHOSE BID PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposals for work on Bike-Ped Path - Lolo, Control Number 6406, STPE 32(62)” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY VICKIE M. ZEIER, MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER HEREBY NOTIFIES TAXPAYERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 2011 TAXES LEVIED AND ASSESSED WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON AUGUST 1, 2011. UNLESS TAXES ARE PAID PRIOR TO THAT TIME THE AMOUNT THEN DUE WILL BE DELINQUENT AND WILL DRAW INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5/6 OF 1% PER MONTH FROM THE TIME OF DELINQUENCY UNTIL PAID AND 2% WILL BE ADDED TO THE DELINQUENCY TAXES AS A PENALTY. IF YOU INTEND TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT BY THE DUE DATE AND MUST INCLUDE A LETTER OF PROTEST WITH YOUR PAYMENT. THE LETTER OF PROTEST MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME, PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, GROUNDS FOR PROTEST AND THE AMOUNT YOU ARE PROTESTING PURSUANT TO MCA § 15-1-402. /s/ VICKIE M. ZEIER MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER MISSOULA COUNTY VICKIE M. ZEIER, MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER, HEREBY NOTIFIES MISSOULA COUNTY

2. A request by Donna and Terry Jones for a Special Exception to permit a two-family dwelling at 3747 North Avenue West. See Map P.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Office of Planning and Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the special exception and appeal request you may contact Jamie Erbacher at the same number or by e-mail at jerbacher@co.missoula.mt.us.

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 40, 145, 160, 184, 218, 226, 336, 381, and 405. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Tuesday July 5, 2011. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, July 7, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

TAX PAYERS THAT THE FIRST HALF OF 2011 MOBILE HOME TAXES LEVIED AND ASSESSED WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON AUGUST 1, 2011. UNLESS 2010 TAXES ARE PAID PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE AMOUNT THEN DUE WILL BE DELINQUENT, WILL ACCRUE INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5/6 OF 1% PER MONTH AND WILL BE ASSESSED A 2% PENALTY FROM THE TIME OF DELINQUENCY UNTIL PAID .IF YOU INTEND TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT BY THE DUE DATE AND MUST INCLUDE A LETTER OF PROTEST WITH YOUR PAYMENT. THE LETTER OF PROTEST MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME, PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, GROUNDS FOR PROTEST AND THE AMOUNT YOU ARE PROTESTING PURSUANT TO MCA § 15-1-402. /s/ VICKIE M. ZEIER MISSOULA COUNTY TREASURER MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY 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. DN-09-53 Department No. 3 District Judge John W. Larson SUMMONS AND CITATION IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING Q.K. AYOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: WALTER WILLIAMSON KROSINSKI Re: Q.K. born October 25, 2005 to Lanica Ray in Havre, Montana YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (CFS), 2677 Palmer, Suite 300, Missoula, Montana 59808, has filed a Petition to Terminate the Father’s Parental Rights and Award CFS Permanent Legal Custody with the Right to Consent to Adoption or for said youth to be otherwise cared for; Now, Therefore, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND DIRECTED to appear on the 28th day of July, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at the Courtroom of the above entitled Court at the Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why the father’s rights should not be terminated; why the Petition should not be granted or why said youth should not be otherwise cared for. Walter Wiliamson Krosinski is represented by Court-appointed attorney Clare Anderson, 210 North Higgins, Suite 302, Missoula, Montana 59802, (406)549-1009. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in custody of the youth, which denial will result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Petition. A copy of the Petition hereinbefore referred to is filed with the Clerk of District Court for Missoula County, telephone: (406)258-4780. WITNESS the Honorable John W. Larson, Judge of the above-entitled Court and the Seal of this Court, this 9th day of July, 2011. /s/ John W. Larson, District Judge 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 Cause No. DV-11-755 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Jonathan William Pangborn, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Jonathan William Pangborn to Jonathan William Rodriguez. The hearing will be on July 19, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Dated: June 10, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Richard Goodwin, Deputy Clerk of Court

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"Set Us Free"–a freestyle vocabulary mix.

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 1 Probate No. DP-11-109 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In re the ESTATE OF JACKSON EDMUND KRESS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Daniel Harold Kress, Personal Representative, in care of Debra D. Parker, Parker Law Firm, P.O. Box 7873, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 27th day of May, 2011. /s/ Daniel Harold Kress, Personal Representative 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 above-named 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 Department No. 3 Probate No. DP-11-108 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In re the ESTATE OF MICHAEL EDMUND KRESS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kathryn Person Kress, Personal Representative, in care of Debra D. Parker, Parker Law Firm, P.O. Box 7873, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 31st day of May, 2011. /s/ Kathryn Person Kress, 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 above-named 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 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. 3 Cause No. DP-11-156 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CLAIR WILLIAM KAMRATH, 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 Molly K. Howard, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 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 21st day of June, 2011. /s/ Molly K. Howard, 201 West Main, Suite 201, Missoula, MT 59802 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

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56 Teacher's request to prevent blurting out 57 Items that line baby's crib

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1 Short reply? 2 One of the U.S. Virgin Islands 3 Some butters in lotions 4 Carried 5 Gothic novelist Radcliffe 6 "Later," in some text messages 7 Place to get Squishees 8 "___ the Money" 9 Former sound system company 10 Genetic messenger material 11 Susan of "The Partridge Family" 12 Sophs, two years later 13 It's got a little charge in it 14 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" character 15 Government policy tool for agriculture 19 Duran Duran album of 1982 20 "El Condor ___" 21 Alarm clock setting 22 Pie-in-the-sky types 23 Tile alternative 25 Surfer guys 28 He played Hans Christian Andersen 33 No, to Nikita 34 It starts during the Trojan War 39 ___ carte 41 Rubber band for braces adjustment 45 Like some cheddar 46 Yoga variety 47 Crux 50 Pitcher's asset 51 Gp. with plane dealings? 52 Dye brand in the drug store 53 P.O. boxes, e.g. 54 Sorority letters 55 Turn-___ (centerfold's likes)

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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. 4 Cause No. DR-11-196 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION In Re the Marriage of: Penny McClurg, Petitioner and Gary McClurg, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof, upon the Petitioner’s attorney within twenty days after the service of this Summons for Publication, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Petition. This action is brought for the purpose of Dissolution of Marriage in Missoula County, State of Montana. DATED this 28th day of March, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court (SEAL) By: /s/ Angela M. Phillips, Deputy Clerk. 6/30/11, 7/7/11, 7/14/11 NOTICE 2010 DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAX SALE All 2010 delinquent taxes, including penalties, interest and costs, are now a lien upon the real property upon which those taxes were assessed. Unless the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs

are paid prior to the time of the Treasurer’s tax sale, the county’s lien will be offered for sale. The Treasurer’s tax sale is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 14, 2011 in the County Treasurer’s office, first floor, Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 W Broadway St, Missoula, Montana. A list of all properties on which 2010 taxes are delinquent will be on file at the time of the sale and open for public inspection during business hours 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Penalties, interest and costs will be added to the delinquent taxes upon payment by the owner or purchaser. Before a tax lien can be purchased for assignment, “Proof of Notice” according to MCA 15-17-323 (5) must be presented at the time of purchase. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer Missoula County, Montana 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: 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 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 asis, 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 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 asis, 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 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

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- $0-$125,000 - $175,000-$200,000 - Over $250,000 • A 30 year fixed rate mortgage at the end of 2010 was about 4.75%. Now you see them as low as 4.25%. - Half a percent can save you almost $60 per month and over $21,000 in the life of a 30-year loan! • Rental vacancy rates are low, about 3.5% on average; the additional demand means increases in rent. - When families can own for the same cost as renting, the housing preference of communities tends to change. • Missoula homeowner income greatly exceeds that of renters. - Homeowners just under $60,000 - Renters just over $40,000 • The Housing Affordability Index was 107 in 2010 for a 4-person household. That means they can afford 107% of the cost of a median-priced home. If you would like more information from the 2011 Missoula Housing Report or numbers for 2011 please check us out at www.MissoulaRealEstate.com under Market Trends.

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544-0708

June 30 – July 7, 2011

406-360-8234

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 ONEQUARTER 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 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 10/04/2011 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 TYLER C SMITH, AND MELANIE L SMITH, AS JOINT TENANTS AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to SERVICE LINK as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/07/2007 and recorded 08/17/2007, in document No. 200721481 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 803 at Page Number 1346 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 13 OF SWEET GRASS ADDITION TO MALONEY RANCH PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORD PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 5049 JORDAN CT, Missoula, MT 59803-9675. 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 03/01/2011, 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 $325,832.89 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.50% per annum from 03/01/2011 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: 05/19/2011, ReconTrust

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Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 10/11/2011 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 JULIE A PETERSON, AND DAN C PETERSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to AMERICAN PIONEER TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 11/14/2006 and recorded 08/29/2007, in document No. 200722568 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 804 at Page Number 1001 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA: THE NORTH 174 FEET OF LOT 9, BAKKE ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, AS FILED IN THE CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. RR: BOOK 447 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1797. PARCEL NO. 3278909 ADDRESS: 2405 38TH STREET, MISSOULA, MT 59801 MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA: THE NORTH 174 FEET OF LOT 9, BAKKE ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, AS FILED IN THE CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. RR: BOOK 447 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1997 PARCEL NO. 3278909. ADDRESS: 2405 38TH STREET, MISSOULA, MT 59801. Property Address: 2405 38TH ST, Missoula, MT 59801-8804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-8. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 01/01/2011, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIG-

ATIONS 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 $212,844.16 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.50% 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: 05/24/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0032801 FEI NO. 1006.133745 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 10/11/2011 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 DANIEL G FIX, CAROLINE C FIX, AS JOINT TENNANTS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/18/2007 and recorded 04/25/2007, in document No. 200709879 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 795 at Page Number 1574 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 5 OF REHDER HOMESITES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2213 42ND ST, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s

failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 10/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $215,739.48 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.375% per annum from 10/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 05/25/2011, ReconTrust Company, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0045476 FEI NO. 1006.137138 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 1. Notice is hereby given to the public and to the following: Thomas Bruce Maclay 8337 Lamar Trail Lolo, MT 59847 Thomas Bruce Maclay 8337 Lamar Trail Florence, MT 59833-5957 Bitterroot Trails, LLC 17005 Old Highway 93 Florence, MT 59833 Thomas Bruce Maclay a/k/a Thomas B. Maclay, Tom B. Maclay and Tom Maclay 17000 Old Highway 93 Florence, MT 59833 WGM Group, Inc. 1111 E. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 Lynn Louise Jacobson Maclay c/o Evonne Smith Wells 222 East Pine P.O. Box 9410 Missoula, MT 59807 Bank of Montana 125 Bank Street Missoula, MT 59802 Missoula County Treasurer 200 West Broadway St. Missoula, MT 59802-4216 Bitterroot Trails LLC 8337 Lamar Trail Florence, MT 59833-5957 2. Property. This Notice concerns the following described real property: A. The “Maclay Property", located at 17000 Old US Highway 93, Lolo, Montana 59847, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 of Certificate Survey No. 4449, located in the SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 14, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Missoula County, Montana. B. The “Bitterroot Trails Property”, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 of CARLTON, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 26 of Plats at Page 11. 3. Loans Secured by the Maclay Property and the Bitterroot Trails Property. A. Loan No. 1401615858: First Interstate Bank made a loan to Bitterroot Trails LLC. Thomas Bruce Maclay executed a Commercial Guaranty to guarantee payment and satisfaction of the indebtedness of Bitterroot Trails LLC to First Interstate Bank. Thomas Bruce Maclay also executed a Deed of Trust dated September 12, 2007 encumbering the Maclay Property to secure pay-

ment and satisfaction of a Promissory Note in the original principal amount of Two Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty One Dollars and Fifty Cents ($227,531.50) from Bitterroot Trails, LLC to First Interstate Bank. A Change in Terms Agreement was executed by Bitterroot Trails, LLC on March 18, 2008, which extended the maturity date of the loan to September 12, 2008. A subsequent Change in Terms Agreement was executed by Bitterroot Trails, LLC on December 17, 2008, which extended the maturity date of the loan to March 12, 2009. Bitterroot Trails LLC/Thomas Bruce Maclay entered into a Workout Agreement with First Interstate Bank dated April 28, 2010. In accordance with the Workout Agreement, Bitterroot Trails LLC executed a Deed of Trust dated April 28, 2010 encumbering the Bitterroot Trails Property to secure payment and satisfaction of loan number 1401615858; B. Loan No. 1401616770: First Interstate Bank made a loan to Bitterroot Trails LLC. Bitterroot Trails LLC executed a Commercial Security Agreement wherein it pledged two Wheatland Grain bins to secure payment and satisfaction of a Promissory Note in the original amount of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) from Bitterroot Trails LLC to First Interstate Bank. The maturity date was March 20, 2009. Bitterroot Trails LLC entered into a Workout Agreement with First Interstate Bank dated April 28, 2010. In accordance with the Workout Agreement, Bitterroot Trails LLC executed a Deed of Trust dated April 28, 2010 encumbering the Bitterroot Trails Property to secure payment and satisfaction of loan number 1401616770. 4. Deeds of Trust Securing the Loan Obligations. A. Deed of Trust - September 12, 2007: Grantor Thomas Bruce Maclay executed and delivered to First Interstate Bank (beneficiary) a Deed of Trust described as follows: Date: September 12, 2007 Grantor: Thomas Bruce Maclay Original Trustee: Western Title & Escrow Lender/Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana, as follows: Date: September 18, 2007 Book/Page: Book 805, page 1341, Document No. 200724335 Substitute Trustee. The following was substituted as Trustee: Dean A. Stensland Boone Karlberg PC 201 West Main, Suite 300 P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, MT 59807-9199 Telephone: (406) 543-6646 Facsimile: (406) 549-6804 by a written document recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana as follows: Dated: October 15, 2009 Recorded: October 19, 2009 Document No.: 200925243 Book/Page: Book 849 of Micro Records at Page 491 B. Deed of Trust - April 28, 2010: Grantor Bitterroot Trails LLC executed and delivered to First Interstate Bank (beneficiary) a Deed of Trust described as follows: Date: April 28, 2010 Grantor: Bitterroot Trails LLC Original Trustee: Western Title & Escrow Lender/Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana, as follows: Date: April 30, 2010 Book/Page: Book 859, page 9, Document No. 201008122 Substitute Trustee. The following was substituted as Trustee: Dean A. Stensland Boone Karlberg PC 201 West Main, Suite 300 P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, MT 59807-9199 Telephone: (406) 543-6646 Facsimile: (406) 549-6804 by a written document recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana as follows: Dated: September 15, 2010 Recorded: September 15, 2010 Document No.: 201017874 Book/Page: Book 865 of Micro Records at Page 1367 5. Default. Thomas Bruce Maclay and Bitterroot Trails LLC are

in default of the terms and obligations contained in the Promissory Notes, Deeds of Trust, Workout Agreement and related documents. Thomas Bruce Maclay and Bitterroot Trails LLC are in default due to the failure to timely pay First Interstate Bank. 6. Amount Owing. The amounts owing are as follows: A. Loan No. 1401615858: Principal: $217 ,531 .50 Interest through 3/30/11: $ 47 ,005. 30 Late Charges: $ 191 .16 Attorney Fees, costs and taxes (4/28/10): $ 10 ,739 .46 Fees and Costs (4/30/10 - 4/19/11): $ 5 ,823 .51 Trustee’s Sale Guarantees (10/8/09; 4/30/10; 8/30/10; 3/28/11) $ 3 ,481 .54 Delinquent property taxes (2nd ? of 2009; 2010) plus penalty and interest: $ 2, 796. 72 TOTAL $287 ,569 .19 Interest continues to accrue on this Promissory Note and loan at the daily rate of $58 .1077 from March 30, 2011 until paid. The total balance due on this obligation secured by the Deeds of Trust is the sum of the above items, plus attorney fees and costs allowed by law. The exact amount owing as of the date of sale will be provided upon request made to the under signed prior to the date of said sale. B. Loan No. 1401616770: Principal: $ 6 ,000 .00 Interest through 3/30/11: $1, 313 .42 Late Charges: $ 100 .00 Fee balance: $ 266.76 $ 7, 680. 18 Interest continues to accrue on this Promissory Note and loan at the daily rate of $1.6438 from March 30, 2011 until paid. The total balance due on this obligation secured by the Deeds of Trust is the sum of the above items, plus attorney fees and costs allowed by law. The exact amount owing as of the date of sale will be provided upon request made to the under signed prior to the date of said sale. 7. Acceleration. Notice is hereby given that the Beneficiary under the Deeds of Trust previously elected to consider all principal and interest immediately due and payable as a consequence of the default of Thomas Bruce Maclay and Bitterroot Trails LLC under the Promissory Notes, Commercial Guaranty, Deeds of Trust and Workout Agreement. 8. Notice of Sale. Notice is hereby given that the Beneficiary under the Deeds of Trust and the Trustee hereby elect to sell or cause to be sold the Properties described above to satisfy the obligations secured by the Deeds of Trust. The sale will be held at the following date, time and place: Date: September 13, 2011 Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Missoula County Courthouse 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT The Trustee will sell the Properties at public auction to the highest bidder, in cash, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of the sale. DATED this 19th day of April, 2011. By: /s/ Dean A. Stensland Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ): COUNTY OF MISSOULA This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 19th day of April, 2011, by Dean A. Stensland. SEAL /s/ Lisa Radcliffe Wallace Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Florence, Montana My Commission Expires: April 8, 2014

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LAND FOR SALE 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. riceteam @bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Great building site, with electricity right at the property line. 13.46 Acres with small stream on property. $157,000. MLS#20111016. 10882 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. INVESTORS/FARMERS: Quick cash sale 200 irrigated acres near Ronan, MT. Already divided into 7

parcels ranging from 20 to 40 acres. Priced at $2,500/acre, $500,000. Rod @ CFI 406-7211444 Natural Housebuilders, Inc., *AFFORDABLE small homes* Additions/Remodels* ENERGY EFFICIENT crafted building* Solar Heating* 369-0940 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 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, 10.4 acres, crossfenced, 4 stall custom barn with hay loft, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, arched doorways, 2 decks, spectacular mountain views, 400 feet of river frontage. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

OUT OF TOWN 3 bed 2 bath home on 1.41 acres southeast of Florence off ESH. MLS 20112619. 209 E. Pine Ct. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com Log Home with rustic studio on 1.83 wooded slope just minutes from Missoula. MLS 20112917. 10250 Valley Grove Dr. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.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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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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