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nside Cover Story Rob Domenech moves along the Clark Fork River on a cool summer day, creeping toward a bald eagle. The bird is perched on a tree snag, near Quinn’s Hot Springs. Net in hand, Domenech is stealthy, but not stealthy enough: The eagle flaps its one good wing and musters Cover photo by Chad Harder enough lift to jump from the snag, over Domenech’s head, and land with a splash in the murky river. Domenech had a feeling he’d be getting wet today. He jumps in after the eagle, fully clothed, and bobs up, net extended. He scoops up the boney brown-and-white bird. “I just had to get him,” he says . . . .14

News Letters Poisoned bees, the purity of wilderness, Social Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Week in Review Moose struck, fire danger raised, oil wells shut down . . . . .6 Briefs Cheesesteaks are coming, cows eat weeds, more oil spills in MT . . . . . . . . .6 Etc. How much density does Ravalli need? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Upfront Going-to-the-Sun opens: A summer ski journey in Glacier NP . . . . . . . . . .8 Ochenski Montana could teach D.C. a thing or two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Writers on the Range Oil threatens more than the Yellowstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Agenda Marijuana Aid 2011: Cannafest Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Egg carton labels that mean something? Whoa. . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Happiest Hour Highlander to come in bottles! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 8 Days a Week Just follow the trail of breadcrumbs south . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Mountain High The Blackfoot River Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Scope Artist Monte Yellow Bird brings ledger art forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Noise Blind Pilot, Ian McFeron, Typhoon, Bon Iver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Books Mary Jane Nealon’s surprisingly fine memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Film Time travel can’t save Midnight in Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked mid-day Tuesday at the Splash Montana Waterpark.

The Missoula City Council is discussing rules regulating dogs, cats, chickens and bees. What’s been your most extraordinary experience with dogs, cats, chickens or bees? Follow-up: If you had to be attacked by chickens or bees, which would you choose?

Colton Hochhalter: I walk to class early in the morning, and I regularly come across rogue chickens. They’ll follow you for a surprisingly long time. Goin’ rogue: I’d have to say chickens. I’m not allergic to chickens.

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Bees and weeds As a Missoula beekeeper, many people ask me if I have been losing my beehives to colony collapse disorder. Most people don’t understand that CCD is not a disease, it is a condition caused by environmental poisons and diseases. I don’t lose any sleep over CCD, but I am constantly infuriated with the general public’s ignorance about pesticides and their effect on honeybees and the environment. Not only is there a lot of evidence that pesticides are the reason for CCD being so widespread, but pesticides (mainly herbicides) in western Montana have killed more of my

honeybees this year than CCD ever has. Based on what I’ve seen at the front entrances of my hives, I’ve lost 30 to 50 percent of my foraging workers that have been poisoned by the county, state, federal and private landowners who have sprayed herbicides, all in the name of a false “war on weeds.” The concept of “weeds” is a totally unscientific, biased viewpoint pushed by chemical companies and their friends (i.e. government entities using taxpayer money to poison the earth). And when people start poisoning the soil and groundwater in the name of an illusory battle against plants, everybody ends up drinking these poisons in their

water. This most certainly causes cancer and miscarriages. If people were to stop using chemicals in trying to solve their poor land management practices, not only would the environment be healthier, but we would have less cancer and fewer miscarriages. But if we keep on spraying poisons onto our very porous soils, we will surely see the complete sterilization of western Montana. I am sure no one wants to see honeybees or any other pollinator disappear forever just because someone told you that a plant is bad and it should be killed with poison. Jacob Wustner Missoula

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Dallas Anderson: Nothing really unusual with any of those, but I have a male dog, a lab/pit bull mix who’s not fixed. So I have to deal with pets around town pretty cautiously. SWAT team: I’d take the chickens. Number one, I have no allergic reaction to chickens. Two, I could take on some chickens way better than a bunch of bees.

Lindsey Doe: Bees—there are these colonies used by the military to detect bombs, and I had them covering my hand. Yes, I felt safe, but it felt like I was hanging out with a bunch of miniature lions. Birds, not bees: Chickens. When I swat at bees, it’s hard to tell if I got ’em enough to be protected. But kicking chickens would be much more physical, and you’d know that they’re down.

Jeff Cincoski: That would definitely be unleashed dogs, all over town, and hitting them on my bike. Yes, it’s happened multiple times, and yes, I’ve definitely gone over the handlebars. Nobody leashes their dogs in this town. Bring it: Chickens for sure. They’re more delicious.

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The wildest places

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I am not a member of the Great Burn Study Group (see “Guarding the Burn,” July 14, 2011). I am a 66-year-old grandmother and I lived in Deer Lodge and Missoula for 10 years—long enough to know that motorized use of national forests is pervasive. Long enough to know that there is more forest open to motorized use than not. Long enough to know that humans can already take their noisy machines on hundreds of thousands of miles of forest roads. A quiet journey into our forests, however, is the exception. An ability to experience the natural sounds of the forests— wind, water, critters’ calls, insects abuzz, a snap of branch falling of its own accord. We all reach a point where we can no longer physically hike the distances we once did. And so we leave the wildest places for those who come after us; it is our gift to future generations. No sense of entitlement should be allowed to selfishly destroy the quiet of the natural world for those not yet born, nor for the non-human critters who now call these wildernesses home. The Great Burn is a wilderness; it need not have a legislative capital “W” in order to be what it is. I suggest the GBSG knock on Sen. Jon Tester’s door and take him at his word: It is time for capital “W” wilderness for the Great Burn. My deepest appreciation to Dale Harris for 40 years perseverance, as well to all GBSG members. Now far away from Montana, I remain a citizen of the forest, deeply connected. July 17, 2011 at 11:16 a.m.

It’s too bad these folks have such a poor outlook on motorized users for an area that isn’t wilderness (see “Guarding the Burn,” July 14, 2011).

Why take another area that has been used for generations of Montanans to recreate with friends and family? It all seems a bit selfish on GBSG’s behalf. Bob Clark calls them “the threat.” Common man, really? The comment about animal displacement isn’t completely true either. Animals do not use

these high-elevation areas during winter due to high snow depths. In fact, they move to lower elevations. So why the issue with snowmobilers? It seems the noise and leaving a track is the main issue for these folks. I’m sorry, but there are many different wildernesses around Missoula in which complete solitude can be found. Why take another area that has been used for generations of Montanans to recreate with friends and family? It all seems a bit selfish on GBSG’s behalf. Don’t get me wrong, the work they do on trails, weeding, and many other things is outstanding. The GBSG is a wonderful organization, but let’s not take away the rights of others to enjoy this area in a way that they recreate with their loved ones. Everyone deserves to be able to enjoy the Great Burn as much as the GBSG. July 16, 2011 at 12:10 a.m.

Paying it back People are still paying into Social Security more than they are taking out (see Ochenski, “Dear Democrats,” July 14, 2011). Social Security is not part of the government “spending” per se. President George W. Bush borrowed all the money to launch two wars and the Republicans don’t want to pay it back. So they see the “spending” as a potential source of money to keep from raising taxes on the rich. The tax rate on the rich is the lowest it’s been since the 1950s. It is also one of the lowest of industrialized nations. July 14, 2011 at 9:01 a.m.

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Griz quarterback Nate Montana, son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, pleads guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving after being charged with drunk driving on June 3. Montana was pulled over for speeding on Missoula’s Van Buren Street; a sheriff’s deputy smelled alcohol on his breath.

• Thursday, July 14 Citing economic hardship and the emergence of the Best Place Project’s Missoula Economic Partnership, the Missoula Area Economic Development Corp.’s 16-member board unanimously votes to disband the 31-year-old, nonprofit economic development organization.

• Friday, July 15 In Casper, Wyo., third-baseman Ryan Court tallies five hits in leading the Missoula Osprey to an 8-3 victory over the Casper Ghosts, completing a series sweep. The Osprey improve to 15-10, good for first place in the Pioneer League’s North Division standings.

• Saturday, July 16 Search and rescue divers recover the body of Connor Flowers, 14, who is thought to have accidentally drowned in Lolo Pond. Flowers and two other boys reportedly swam halfway across the lake. The two others made it back to shore, but Flowers began “yelling and splashing,” went underwater and didn’t resurface.

• Sunday, July 17 On Highway 93 south of Missoula, near Buckhouse Bridge, a woman driving northbound strikes a bull moose with her car, injuring the ungulate. A pickup then runs over the moose and kills it. None of the three people in the vehicles suffers serious injuries.

• Monday, July 18 The Missoula County Fire Protection Association moves the fire danger to “High” and announces the end of the open burning season in Missoula County. “People shouldn’t be deceived by the little bit of rain as fuels will dry quickly, within a few days or hours,” the association says.

• Tuesday, July 19 FX Energy Vice President Andy Pierce says the company plans to shut down two oil wells on the Blackfeet Reservation, where a 20-barrel spill went unreported for a month and contaminated Cut Bank Creek before being discovered on July 12.

Elite mountain bike racer Sam Schultz blasts through a corner during the Kettlehouse Weekday Race League at Marshall Mountain July 13. Schultz won handily, but will face serious competition on July 23 when some of the country’s best cyclists arrive looking to defeat the hometown favorite in the final US Pro XCT race of the summer.

Ranching Bovine weed eaters Chris Christiaens, of the Montana Farmers Union, was looking for more evidence that his effort to teach cattle to eat weeds was working. It came last Monday, up on a ranch near Valier. “I was carrying a barrel of weeds out and the cows came running,” he says, “and one old cow…barreled her way in to make sure she got her share. She lifted up this long Canada thistle and was chewing on it out there. It was really funny to watch.” Christiaens appears to be successfully enlisting cattle in the battle against weeds. He recently landed a $3,000 grant from the Farmers Union Industries Foundation to launch a pilot program involving three ranches and 100 head of cattle in north-central Montana. Like tricking a picky kid into eating broccoli, the program instilled cattle with a taste for different kinds of feeds through a complicated, weeklong feeding regimen. It culminated in Christiaens introducing protein-rich Canada thistle, an unruly perennial that infests pasture and rangeland. “It’s working,” he says. “It doesn’t kill the

Canada thistle, but it keeps them from spreading…Farmers and ranchers could use this little training and be able to do it themselves very inexpensively.” He estimates the pilot program cost $400. The remaining grant money will be spent working with as many as six ranches next year. The program builds on Natural Resource Conservation Service research in the Lower Musselshell Conservation District in 2009. Twentytwo heifer-and-calf pairs were trained to eat Dalmatian toadflax. “Mom didn’t train them that it’s okay,” says NRCS District Conservationist Krist Walstad, “so once they get past that, they utilize it”— and he says they still are. Will the weeds spread through manure? Not if they’re eaten before they go to seed, Christiaens says. And what about the flavor of the meat? “With grain-fed beef I doubt you would notice it,” Walstad says. “You could teach them to eat a number of different kinds of weeds,” says Christiaens, “but I would be very careful: I’d go to my county extension agent and make sure that they’re not toxic to the cow before I would try it.” Matthew Frank

Environment ‘Negligence’ in Cut Bank spill News spread quickly this week about Montana’s second oil spill of 2011—or its first, chronologically. Weeks before the Exxon Mobil spill on the Yellowstone River, a flow line leak on the eastern Blackfeet Indian Reservation released 15 to 20 barrels of oil. The mile-long spill eventually reached Cut Bank Creek, yet it went unreported by the line’s owner, Salt Lake-based FX Energy Inc., for a month after repairs on the pipe were completed. Tribal oil and gas manager Grinnell Day Chief says FX Energy, a company with oil and gas interests primarily in Montana, Nevada and Poland, neglected to report the June 12 spill to the tribe as required by tribal policy. The incident only came to light when landowner Tim McDonald alerted the Blackfeet Environmental Office on July 12. Had tribal officials known about the leak earlier, Day Chief believes they could have stopped the spilled oil from reaching Cut Bank Creek. “There’s no other way to describe it other than it was just negligence on their behalf,” Day Chief says.

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FX Energy Vice President Andy Pierce defends the company’s actions, stating that they didn’t realize the extent of the damage when they repaired the leak. Flooding in the area made it difficult to track the oil down a nearby coulee, Pierce says. “These little flow lines will leak from time to time…we saw the leak and fixed it and thought that’s all there was to it.” Pierce says the amount of oil leaked on the reservation last month was “miniscule” compared to the Yellowstone River spill. Still, he says, “we spilled some oil, we’re going to clean it up.” On July 14, the EPA authorized Browning-based contractor Indian Country Environmental Associates to conduct the cleanup. The tribe visited the spill site on July 12, along with representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and FX Energy. They weren’t the only ones to see the damage up close. Several activists responded to a rumor about the leak last week, before officials had made the incident public. They obtained directions to the flow line from the Blackfeet Environmental Office. Activist Reed Perry says they were able to zero in on the location of the spilled oil “from the smell.” The incident bears some similarity to the 2008 Provident Energy Associates spill in Pondera County, which leaked oil into the Two Medicine River. Cleanup was a success there, officials say, making the lack of response from FX Energy the primary concern here. “It’s going to make me real leery of that particular operator in the future,” Day Chief says. “The proper protocol wasn’t followed.” Alex Sakariassen

Business A taste of Philly Late last week, inside the former La Parilla at 130 West Broadway, only one thing hinted at the kind of restaurant moving in. It was the large map of the United States painted on the wall, with all the states black except two, Montana and Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia Flyers orange. Soon the space will be all things Philly—Eagles, Flyers, and Phillies memorabilia, and surely Liberty Bell and Rocky photographs. Most notably, Philly West, as the restaurant will be called, will feature authentic Philly cheesesteaks. “The first thing I noticed about Missoula, aside from the beauty of the place and the laidback attitude,” says Dave Jones, sitting amid paint supplies, “was there was nowhere I could get a cheesesteak or a slice of pizza—East Coast style, you know?”

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That was 10 years ago. Ever since, Jones, 34, a veteran cook and former singer in local rock band The Hermans, has toyed with the idea of opening a cheesesteak joint in Missoula. The ball started rolling when La Parilla closed several months ago. Jones wrote “the fastest business plan in the history of the United States.” His oldest brother helped him secure a loan. And then his step-brother, Mike Fitzgerald, 31, also from the City of Brotherly Love, moved to Missoula three months ago to partner with him. “A lot of [the business plan],” says Fitzgerald, wearing a Phillies hat, “was based on, ‘Look, we know what we’re doing. We both have been working in restaurants—this kind of restaurant—since high school.’”

Jones says legit cheesesteak rolls can’t be found around here (he thinks there’s something about Philly’s “wudder”), so they’re shipping in Amoroso’s brand rolls. They’ll use rib-eye steak, and offer a variety of cheeses. “You can’t skimp,” Jones says. Key to the business plan is staying open late— until 2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Jones and Fitzgerald look out the storefront window to The Badlander and surrounding bars, and hope Philly West, slated to open in August, will cater to the late-night crowd. “Contrary to common belief,” Jones says, “we’re not going to throw people out of the line if they don’t know how to order correctly. I’ve seen it happen and they’ve deserved it. But we’re not going to do that—at first.” Matthew Frank

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Parks Milltown park closer The proposed Milltown State Park east of Missoula is making significant headway this year. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shifted into a more hands-on role in January when it hired Michael Kustudia to act as park manager. Last month, the agency secured planners for the project. And next week, public comment will close on FWP’s acquisition of 465 acres that represent the park’s core. “That is the heart of the park, for sure,” Kustudia says of the area surrounding the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers. But as FWP prepares for its first phase of park development, a series of financial, environmental, and administrative tasks loom. One of the most immediate is addressing concerns from Milltown residents about increased recreational traffic. “We’ve heard all along that nobody wants to see another Johnsrud scene,” Kustudia says, referring to the Blackfoot River’s longstanding party spot, Johnsrud Park. “But we’ve always borne that in mind. This is a community out there.” Kustudia says FWP is currently looking into mitigating local concerns by relocating its proposed parking lot away from Milltown to a construction staging area recently used by the Army Corps of Engineers for work on the I-90 bridge. In collaboration with the Milltown Superfund Redevelopment Working Group, FWP has proposed a network of trails and interpretive signs and a pedestrian bridge across the Clark Fork River. Funding for development will come largely from a HUD grant and from the Natural Resource Damage Program, which allocates money for restoration in the Clark Fork drainage and currently owns the central chunk of land in FWP’s acquisition proposal. But Kustudia estimates the cost of the bridge construction—a later priority—between $1.75 million and $2.5 million. “We need to do a little bit of fundraising yet,” he says. Perhaps the longest enduring component of the Milltown State Park project will be melding FWP’s ownership with the NRDP’s remediation responsibilities. FWP’s environmental assessment for the pending acquisition states that the NRDP “would continue its management oversight on river restoration work into the coming years.” While the NRDP expects to complete much of the remediation work in 2011, the Clark Fork River floodplain is “in a fragile state of recovery” and currently closed to the public. Alex Sakariassen

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Competition for the title of largest subdivision in Ravalli County seems pretty thick these days. In early March, Hamilton’s 181-unit Grantsdale Addition won unanimous approval from the county’s commissioners. The subdivision’s glory was short lived, however. Last week, commissioners green-lighted an even larger contender: the 551-unit FlatIron Ranch subdivision east of Hamilton. One Bitterrooter opposed to the development told us in June, “We’re going to look like LA.” Maybe, maybe not. Both subdivisions come with a lengthy timeline for development. Grantsdale developer Kearns Properties LLC proposed six phases over a 20-year period, and FlatIron Ranch LLC plans to stagger its 15 phases over 30 years. Still, these 700 new homes are riding on the notion that western Montana’s housing market and economy will bounce back in a decade or two from discouraging lows, a point that seems grossly speculative. Ravalli County’s Housing Affordability Index increased from 2008 to 2009, but slumped again in 2010 despite a slight bump in per capita income. A recent report from the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research states “Ravalli County remains one of the more unaffordable real estate markets in Montana.” The bureau’s study, released last month, proves an interesting read alongside the recent flurry of large-scale subdivision requests in the Bitterroot. According to the report, residential sales began a steady decline after 2005, dropping from 863 to 341 in five years. We can’t help casting our eyes north for an example of how tough times have hit subdivision activity. Flathead County last year reported a dramatic dip in the number of approved lots for major and minor subdivisions—from several hundred in 2009 to a few dozen in 2010. The Flathead Valley’s building industries have suffered much the same as the Bitterroot’s since the recession. We’re not sure whether to applaud Ravalli County for such flagrant optimism in the face of continued hard times or criticize its officials for flouting public sentiment. Scores of citizens spoke out against the FlatIron proposal during a series of hearings from June 30 to July 12. They decried the densification of a rural area, maligned the proposed four-foot privacy fence around the development and voiced fears over the impacts on local groundwater. Even the Ravalli County Planning Board, which approved Grantsdale, voted 5-2 to recommend denial of FlatIron. The Bitterroot has now approved the largest subdivision in the county twice in five months. If FlatIron can’t hold onto the title, Hamilton really will start looking like LA.

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It’s 6 a.m. on July 15, and 48 hours have passed since Glacier National Park’s famed Going-to-the-Sun Road opened to the public for the season. Like many ski junkies within a couplehundred-mile radius, I’d watched the Park Service webcams and plowing updates all spring, hoping to extend the ski season amid Glacier’s spectacular peaks. Now we’re halfway up the Sun Road and getting nervous—partly for the unknown terrain we’ll be skiing, but mostly just about the suspect mid-July snow quality. Although massive and late-season snowfall this year caused the road to suffer its second latest opening ever, backcountry ski pilgrims know to expect an experience very different than skiing in the winter. There’s more sunburn, less clothing and never any powder. There are also no chairlifts, so you have to earn your turns, either carrying your skis or snowboard or skinning up the mountain. Neither is particularly easy, but for the hundreds of

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schussers flocking to Logan Pass every year, the rewards of skiing amid Glacier grandeur are well worth the sweat. The pass has become an annual destination for me, but my ski buddy Erik Samsoe is skiing in the backcountry for the first time. Still, he’s a good skier with no shortage of enthusiasm, and soon we’re booting up and entering a world of white. Well, mostly white, as strong summer winds have coated much of the area’s snow with various layers of rock and dirt. Although the snow at the parking lot seemed deep for mid-July, snow coverage feels unremarkable—wrinkled by choppy suncups and boot-deep runnels. Some areas are so consistently patterned they look like corduroy groomed by a snowcat. We soon roll over Hidden Lake Pass and gain a familiar yet phenomenal panorama of towering matterhorns— Reynolds, Clements and Bearhat mountains. All are skirted by dirty snowfields in various shades of gray and brown.

Only one patch—quite distant—appears bright white, and we decide it should be our destination. The map indicates a perfect 1,000-foot, 35-degree slope. We just have to get there. So we rip our skins and traverse high around a cliff band before finding a descent gully, hopping small cliffs on soft and consistent snow. Soon we’re standing next to Hidden Lake’s outlet, clear and cold and pouring from beneath its frozen surface. We strip down to our undies, ford the thigh-deep creek and quickly reboot on the other side. Soon we’re skinning alongside weathered grizzly tracks, following them through a critical break in the cliffs to our planned destination, an unnamed 7,806foot ridgetop above the head of Hidden Lake. The high point offers a tremendous view of Sperry Glacier, Avalanche Lake, Heavens Peak and beyond. It’s a wild, breathtaking place, and we don’t leave until dark storm clouds start pushing us from the southwest.

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Erik hits it first, laying down a couple cautious turns before blazing a signature of wide arcs across the massive white canvas. I follow, fruitbooting a tight topto-bottom line. Safely down, we regroup, skirt the lake and re-ascend to Hidden Lake Pass. As the sun paints the Garden Wall a brilliant orange, we drop our packs by a trickling stream, wash our faces and rehydrate on sweet melt water, not at all ready to exit the alpine. But it’s getting dark, and we’ve a big day ahead tomorrow. We drop into a deep runnel and enjoy a bobsled run to the parking lot. We’re soon driving down the road to our dinner and campsite. Sunday dawns clear and blue, a textbook day for summer skiing in the park. Erik and I are joined by three experienced skier friends and we head right back to the pass. Although it’s sunny instead of cloudy, snow conditions are similar to the day before, so we set out on another tour, this time skiing around the 8,760-foot Clements Mountain with

hopes of skiing Bird Woman Glacier and the steep hanging snowfield on the ridge separating Clements Mountain from Mount Oberlin. The sun has burnt off the snow to reveal small cliffs and wildflower-covered terraces. So we strap our skis to our packs and scramble up until Bird Woman Basin spreads out before us. On a previous year’s trip up the adjacent Mount Cannon, we’d watched for 20 minutes as a wolverine crossed through the saddle and ambled around the glacier before digging into it and disappearing for at least an hour. A steep rollover high on the glacier prevents us from seeing much of anything beneath us. We’d scouted the line earlier from the Sun Road but only knew of two must-miss crevasses part way down the slope. The rest appeared to be prime, open bowl skiing—from two miles away on the road, at least. Following a brief discussion of the unseen obstacles beneath us, we drop in one by one. The 1400 feet of unskied

corn has us all smiling as we lay down carves and dance between glacial cracks. A sun-soaked climb up Mount Oberlin puts us just one more run from the Logan Pass Visitor Center, and soon we find ourselves laying arcs down the hanging snowfield and returning to the car. As the sun drops behind our freshly cut tracks beneath Mount Oberlin, we change clothes, pop beers and toast the day. An old Westfalia rolls slowly by, then a pack of motorcycles. Two snowboarders walk by sporting headlamps, heading for moonlight turns. Another truck pulls in, carrying six people and five mountain bikes. They join dozens of cyclists already staged for a full-moon ride down the pass. It’s been a perfect day and night to go to the sun, the kind you really don’t want to miss. You might think you have all summer to get up there, but don’t wait too long. The road’s seasonal closure is already slated for mid-September. photo@missoulanews.com

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The half-mad tea party Can Montana teach D.C. how to balance a budget

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This week’s events in Congress should banish any doubts about the level of political insanity in our nation’s capital. We’ve tumbled down the rabbit hole with Alice and what should we find but the Mad Hatter’s tea party in full swing as the nation topples toward fiscal default. It would be great to say there was a voice of reason in the cacophony that could point us back up to reality. Since that doesn’t seem to be the case, perhaps D.C. could take a tip from Montana’s constitution to find a way forward. The past week has been sacrificed to the Tea Party’s idea of what needs to happen to deal with the nation’s debt-ceiling crisis. The Taxed Enough Already party wants billions of dollars of spending reductions in next year’s budget and trillions over the next decade. If they don’t get ’em, so we’re told, it’s game over for any attempt to raise the debt ceiling. And so, with much fanfare and prancing, the Republican-dominated House will spend precious days allowing lengthy exhortations of the benefits of the Tea Party’s “cut, cap and balance” proposal. President Obama, perhaps in an attempt to reverse his lagging image as a progressive leader, has boldly threatened to veto the plan should it reach his desk. But that’s a meaningless threat since the Tea Party’s plan has no chance of passing the Senate. In essence, Obama adds to the smoke and mirrors with yet more stale political theater when it might be more prudent to at least consider some aspects of the plan before pitching the whole thing overboard. While it’s easy to dismiss the faults of the Tea Party plan, there is one segment that might not only be worth thinking about, it might be worth implementing. That would be the requirement that our nation adopts a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. Montana’s Constitution already has a requirement for a balanced budget. It’s exactly one sentence long in Article VIII, Section 9: “Appropriations by the legislature shall not exceed anticipated revenue.” That’s it. And all it means is that our state, like many others, cannot spend the future into bottomless debt by living beyond its means. Section 10 of Article VIII of the Montana constitution adds the proviso that “The legislature shall by law limit debts of counties, cities, towns, and all other local governmental entities.” Again, a very sensible requirement since,

as our latest national predicament and long experience have shown, the socalled needs of politicians are all too often more about bringing home the pork to their districts than actually prior-

By making his veto threat, President Obama has already abdicated his responsibility to thoughtfully consider any aspect of the Tea Party plan. It’s a classic case of chest pounding, but that too has outworn its welcome with the public. itizing spending for what our society actually requires. When electioneering trumps fealty to future generations, conscience loses out to political expediency. The Montana legislature can borrow money by issuing bonds. But that takes a two-thirds vote of both the state House and Senate: “No state debt shall be created unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members of each house of the legislature or a majority of electors voting thereon. No state debt shall be created to cover deficits incurred because appropriations exceeded anticipated revenue.” History shows that these commonsense requirements for government spending have served Montana and its citizens well. Through all the Republican and Democratic legislatures and governors, our state budgeting process has avoided enormous debts that get passed on to future citizens.

Before Obama and the Democrats toss the baby out with the bathwater, wouldn’t it make sense, just for a minute, to entertain the possibility of adopting at least that part of the Tea Party plan? Sure it would. But that’s not likely to happen for a number of reasons. Foremost is the same old partisan football game the electorate has tired of. Republicans will continue to bash Democrats as “tax and spend” and Democrats will bash Republicans for kowtowing to the rich while throwing the less fortunate to the sharks. Both, unfortunately, are true. But neither gets us very far down the road to a solution to the debt crisis. By making his veto threat, President Obama has already abdicated his responsibility to thoughtfully consider any aspect of the Tea Party plan. It’s a classic case of chest pounding, but that too has outworn its welcome with the public. If Montana can live— and live long and well—with a constitutionally required balanced budget, why shouldn’t the nation follow our lead? And why wouldn’t Congress pass such an amendment and put it out to a vote of the entire populace? What do they have to fear—and what do we have to lose? Unfortunately, this particular provision of the Tea Party’s plan comes festooned with tea bags, just like their hats. They could just settle for Congress adopting the balanced budget amendment and declare victory. But they also want no new taxes without a two-thirds vote of Congress, virtually assuring the Bush tax breaks for the already wealthy in perpetuity. And so, in the final days before America defaults on its enormous debt, we see a sad version of the Mad Hatter’s party instead of serious deliberation. Perhaps the time has come for Senators Baucus and Tester and Representative Rehberg to put away the partisan barbs, pass out hundreds of copies of the Montana Constitution to their cohorts, and bring some sense to the debate. It’s not political theory, after all, it’s reality. And it actually works…unlike Washington, D.C. 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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Not just the Yellowstone Famous or obscure, rivers are priceless by Ben Long

I have never visited the Louisiana Gulf Coast or Alaska’s Valdez Bay, but like you, probably, I carry indelible mental images of spewing pipelines and oil-soaked seabirds from the environmental disasters that happened there. Now the images are hitting closer to home. The Yellowstone River runs the length of my home state of Montana like a femoral artery. My wife and I honeymooned at its headwaters and have explored its lower reaches as well. The muscular, cantankerous Yellowstone is the longest undammed river in the Lower 48 states, storied with the lives of the Sioux and Crow, explorers such as Lewis and Clark, and the early fur trappers. It is also where a modern tragedy is now unfolding. The Yellowstone has taken its place as the site of a high-profile oil spill, alongside the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater disasters. It started with a La Niña weather pattern that dumped historic amounts of snow over Montana all winter and well into the spring. When warm weather finally came, nearly every stream in the state flooded, isolating entire towns. Near the refinery town of Billings, Exxon Mobil maintains the Silvertip pipeline, which crosses under the bed of the Yellowstone. Details are sketchy, but high water and scouring debris evidently proved too much for the pipe. On July 1, it burst, spewing an estimated 1,000 barrels of oil—42,000 gallons—and sweeping it miles downstream. I have a hard time imagining that much oil, but I know that even a single empty quart container of motor oil does not belong in the Yellowstone. Authorities scrambled into position, with Exxon officials downplaying the spill and promising prompt cleanup, while Montana’s Gov. Brian Schweitzer eagerly stepped into the role of states’ rights watchdog in his inimitable style. “There ain’t nobody gonna blow smoke up the south side of this north-facing governor,” Schweitzer said, swearing to

be all over Exxon “like stink on a skunk” and “poke them with a sharp stick” until the cleanup is complete. It’s going to take more than sharp words to correct the underlying problem. It’s going to take political leaders with

I have a hard time imagining that much oil, but I know that even a single empty quart container of motor oil does not belong in the Yellowstone. courage and a memory longer than a 30second sound bite. Five years ago, President Bush declared that the United States was addicted to oil. It’s an apt analogy. Addicts destroy their work and families and ultimately their lives to feed their vices. We Americans destroy our precious rivers, our national security and our health to feed our petroleum addiction. Yet we’ve been astonishingly reluctant to deal with it. To attract national attention, for example, an oil spill has to take place on a huge scale or damage a famous river like the Yellowstone. But smaller disasters occur all around us, every day. CBS News recently tallied up all the reported oil company accidents in the United States last year, not including the Deepwater disaster in the Gulf. It counted 6,500 spills, fires and explosions, or about 18 every day. Added up, the spilled oil,

grease and industrial wastewater totaled 34 million gallons—about three times the capacity of the Exxon Valdez tanker ship— in 2010 alone. Is there a small-scale, slow motion mess unfolding near you? Almost certainly yes. I’m as guilty as anyone, with my Ford pickup and its thirsty dual tanks. I know it’s time for me to put more miles on my mountain bike and fewer on the pickup. Still, individual action is important, but it’s not enough to make the change we need. We need the corporations and government officials who wield the real power to plan for a safer future. The fact is: You cannot spill clean energy. Solar, wind and other innovative and valid sources of energy all have their drawbacks, but massive water and air pollution is not among them. Will we repeat our mistakes? We will soon find out. The TransCanada Company is seeking permission to build the Keystone XL Pipeline to send Alberta crude to the refineries of the Gulf Coast. This massive new pipeline will cross the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in Montana as well as many other water sources along its course. Already, TransCanada is making rosy predictions about the safety of the pipeline, predictions exposed as unrealistically optimistic by an independent review by a University of Nebraska engineer. We’ve all seen this kind of behavior before whenever addicts hit bottom: emptied bank accounts and broken lives. Most of all, we’ve heard promises: Things will be different next time. But those promises are always broken. Right now, the floodwaters are still too high to know what the final toll on the Yellowstone will be. But the images of crude oil in this splendid river are making me, for one, sober up. Ben Long is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is the senior program director for Resource Media in Kalispell, Montana.

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Caras Park 3:30 4:00 4:45 5:15 6:45

IRISH ROAD BOWLING (10 AM - 2 PM)

KIDS FACEPAINTING & CRAFTS (3-6 PM) CELTIC ZUMBA DANCING (3, 4 & 5 PM) DILLON JUNIOR FIDDLERS

MISSOULA IRISH DANCERS

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IRISH STORYTELLER (3:15 & 5:15 PM)

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CELTIC DRAGON PIPE BAND & THE MISSOULA HIGHLAND DANCERS

MONDAY JULY 25

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.

Learn about how to create wisdom and abundance and stuff at an Open meeting with Balanced View at Red Willow Learning Center, 825 W. Kent, 6:30–7:30 PM. $5–20 suggested donation. Visit greatfreedom.org and balancedview.org.

Now’s your chance to learn about a sampling of research initiatives in the Peace Park, but fun. The Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day is at the Lake McDonald Lodge Auditorium in Glacier National Park from 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, Free. Call 888-5827.

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Show support for your NoDak rock brethren during Benefit For Pangea House a show to help flood victims in Minot, North Dakota, which features sets of rock, folk punk and other styles from locals Total Combined Weight, Haymarket Overture and Tyson Ballew, plus Bozeman’s Hurdles and Helena’s Tonight we Ride at 9 PM at the Palace. Free with donations encouraged. pangeahouse.org/blog.

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Cannafest Destiny begins at noon on Sat., July 23 and runs all night at Ryan Creek Meadows, 25 miles east of Missoula off I-90. Tickets are $20 advance or $25 at the gate. For event schedule and ticket info, visit marijuanaaid.org and evolutionticketing.com.

Hear the story of Fannie Sperry Steele, a legendary Lady Bucking Horse Champion of the World as part of the “Women in Montana Series,” 8 PM at the Beavertail Hill State Park, this and every Fri. evening. Travel 26 miles E. of Missoula on I-90 and take the Beavertail Hill Exit. Call 273-4253.

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“How are you going to legislate a plant, man” and other fine arguments will doubtless abound at Montana’s first ever Marijuana Aid 2011: C a n n a f e s t D e s t i n y. You’ve probably heard by now that the state’s recent medical marijuana laws are under attack by the Montana legislature and federal government. Protecting these rights makes for a lot of legal fees, and this benefit is designed to help curtail some of those costs. It’s an important issue, not just for patients who benefit, but also for the many people in this city who make a living on the industry. The event begins at Ryan Creek Meadows around noon and they’ll party until question mark, or sunrise, whichever comes first. Camping is available on site if you get sleepy. The musical line-up is filled with all the

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Get your hands dirty and improve the winter Elk habitat by taking part in this service outing for the Sawmill Gulch Restoration Project. Dress to not impress so much as work hard, 8 AM at the main Rattlesnake trailhead. Free coffee and muffins and done around 12:30 PM. Contact Bert at 542-7645. 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.

best local musical heavyweights: Zeppo M T, A n d r e a H a r s e l l , Kung Fu Congress and the Dodgy Mountain Men, just to name a few. You can also catch a lot of politicians and other advocates speaking for the cause in between the music making. My personal favorite is the event scheduled at 4:50 PM, “a few words about Jah.” Sweet. I’d like to have a few words with him myself. —Molly Laich

Exercise is fundamental so get yours in with the Medical Mile Group, sponsored by St. Patrick’s hospital. Meet in McCormick Park this and every Tue. from Noon to 1 PM, now until Aug. 30. Call 329-2905 or email info@saintpatrick.org. Get to know your neighbors and bring a dish to share about it at the Franklin to Fort Summer Social Meeting and Potluck, 5:30–8:30 PM at Franklin Park Pavilion, S. 10th St. W. and Kemp. Bring a dish and direct your questions to Justin at 541-6891. 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 27 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 5–8:30 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 Garden City Harvest. Free. The Missoula Indian Center introduces Native Lifestyle Balance & Diabetes Wellness Program which is just what it sounds like and meets 5:30–8:30 PM at 830 W. Central Ave. Dinner is provided and the event spans 4 sessions, July 20, 27, Aug. 3 & 17. Call 829-9515.

THURSDAY JULY 28 Conservation matters at Dunrovin guest ranch during the Collaboration for Conservation Concert with Shane Clouse and Friends, beginning at 7 PM. Buy your $100 ticket for a good cause at 541-6736 or email Nick Roberts at robertsn@nwf.org.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - While a sheriff’s deputy was giving Louis Cruz, 55, a sobriety test after stopping him for driving erratically in Okaloosa County, Fla., Cruz suggested that a “bad foot” might be affecting his response to the test. When he leaned down to show the deputy the foot, he accidentally revealed an ankle holster. Lacking a permit to carry a concealed weapon, Cruz was arrested. (Northwest Florida Daily News) A state trooper who noticed Sean Schmidt, 20, standing with his upper body sticking out of the sunroof of a vehicle on a Buffalo, N.Y., highway activated his lights to pull over the vehicle. The trooper reported that Schmidt then tried to throw away a small bag of marijuana, but it landed on the hood of the trooper’s car, providing evidence the trooper needed to ticket Schmidt for marijuana possession in addition to not wearing a seatbelt. (Associated Press) OPPOSABLE-THUMB FOLLIES - The first case of texting impairment caused by Botox has been reported by the journal Archives of Dermatology. A study by Julia Lehman of Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic recounts how she treated a 17-year-old girl for excessive sweating by giving her Botox injections. The patient complained afterward that the treatments controlled the sweating but slowed her texting speed. The impairment lasted for six weeks after the injection. Lehman said the case “shows the importance of thinking about modern-day activities and how our treatments could potentially impair some of these modern-day activities such as texting.” (Reuters) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - Toronto police said they were looking for a woman who boarded a streetcar with a child in a stroller and began arguing with another passenger. Witnesses said the woman picked up the child and used it as a weapon to beat the passenger. Mother and child got off the streetcar before police arrived. (Toronto Star) OVERREACTIONS OF THE WEEK - Landlord Jonathan Steinberg, 58, was so angry with tenant Ronald Rohde, 52, for being late paying the rent on his room in Boynton, Fla., that he splashed rubbing alcohol over Rohde’s boxer shorts and lit them on fire. Police who arrested Steinberg reported that Rohde stripped down fast enough to suffer only minor burns. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Marilee Ann Kolynych, 63, was so angry with her 9-year-old grandson for eating too much bacon at breakfast that she chased the boy onto the front yard of her home in Clifton Heights, Pa., sat on top of him and sprayed his face with water from a hose whose “nozzle was on full force,” Patrolman James Press reported. “Apparently, he ate more bacon than anyone else at breakfast. She was yelling at him and picking on him all day because there wasn’t enough bacon for everyone.” (The Delaware County Daily Times) Brian W. Dujmovic, 39, was so angry with a neighbor for using golf clubs in his own front yard that he confronted him with a shotgun and wound up in a standoff with police officers in Menomenee Falls, Wis. According to the criminal complaint, when Dujmovic asked the neighbor to move to his back yard, the neighbor argued that it’s a free country. Dujmovic went into his house, returned with a shotgun and held it against the neighbor’s chest. The neighbor called police, who said Dujmovic told them by phone that the neighbor “needs some sense knocked into them,” adding incidentally that he could run a gas truck into the police station. That response brought a tactical squad, which eventually ended the standoff by bringing the bulletproof-vest-wearing Dujmovic into custody. (Menomenee Falls Patch) HOV-LANE ELIGIBILITY FOLLIES - Texas authorities accused drunk-driving suspect James Onak, 49, of running into a stranded motorist crossing a Houston freeway and sending his body crashing through Onak’s windshield. Onak then drove three miles with the body of Fadel Steadman, 32, next to him. A deputy constable who stopped Onak after observing him driving with no lights and a shattered front windshield, spotted the body in the passenger seat, partially underneath the dashboard, with a severed leg. Investigators later found the victim’s leg and Onak’s license plate on the highway. Onak insisted he never noticed a dead body in the seat next to him. (Houston Chronicle) PETTY CASH - Defense Department officials said they cannot account for $6.6 billion in cash that was supposed to be used for the reconstruction of Iraq. The money was part of a shipment of $12 billion, mostly $100 bills packed in shrinkwrap and airlifted to Iraq between March 2003 and May 2004. The Bush administration determined the vast cash influx was desperately needed to restore government services and give Iraqis confidence that post-U.S. invasion Iraq would be a big improvement over Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Federal auditors suggested some or all of the cash might have been stolen, some by U.S. contractors for kickbacks and bribes during the chaotic post-invasion period but most by corrupt Iraqi officials. Stuart Brown, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction called the loss “the largest theft of funds in national history.” (Los Angeles Times) HONESTY UNREWARDED - When Robert Adams, 54, found a Chase Bank bag containing $17,000 in cash near an ATM in Midlothian, Ill., he drove to another Chicago suburb and turned it in at a Chase Bank there, telling Rolling Meadows police investigating the incident that he found the money outside a newspaper stand near the bank. When they reviewed surveillance video and spotted Adams finding the money in Midlothian, he said he felt more comfortable turning it in in Rolling Meadows and reporting it to police there. Explaining it was a hot day and he just wanted to get home, he said, “I wasn’t looking for a reward.” Besides getting no reward, he was fined $500 for filing a false report. (Chicago Tribune) GOVERNMENT-RUN MEDICAL CARE - The Department of Veterans Affairs agreed to pay $925,000 to Jose Goncalves, 60, whose eyeball exploded during routine outpatient cataract surgery at a VA hospital in West Haven, Conn. Goncalves was blinded when, his lawyer said, a third-year resident incorrectly placed a needle with a local anesthetic “directly into Jose’s eye instead of behind the eye as was proper. Then, failing to recognize her error, she proceeded to inject so much anesthetic, so quickly, that Jose’s eye literally exploded.” (Connecticut Post) IT HAPPENED - Archaeologists looking in an ancient sewer beneath Herculaneum announced discovery of the largest deposit of human excrement ever found in the Roman world: enough to fill 750 sacks. (BBC News)

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ob Domenech moves along the Clark Fork River on a cool summer day, creeping toward a bald eagle. The bird is perched on a tree snag, near Quinn’s Hot Springs. Net in hand, Domenech is stealthy, but not stealthy enough: The eagle flaps its one good wing and musters enough lift to jump from the snag, over Domenech’s head, and land with a splash in the murky river. Domenech had a feeling he’d be getting wet today. He jumps in after the eagle, fully clothed, and bobs up, net extended. He scoops up the boney brown-and-white bird. “I just had to get him,” he says. Domenech is clearly more pleased with the outcome than the eagle, which ends up loaded into a large plastic dog carrier inside a dark SUV. Salmon scraps help win him over. Domenech feeds the bird pink hunks from the end of his Leatherman. Domenech is the executive director of the nonprofit Raptor View Research Institute, in Missoula.

Among his many bird-related tasks is tracking sick and injured animals, banding them, and testing them for lead poisoning. His partner, Brooke Tanner, runs her own nonprofit, Wild Skies Raptor Center. She works to make the animals flight-ready. It’s not an easy job. Power lines, pesticides, erosion of habitat, human aggression, and lead poisoning all take their toll. “It’s just one thing after another for these birds,” Domenech says. The bird netted by Domenech today will survive. But because of his crushed wing tip, he won’t fly again. He’ll likely become an educational bird. The last two eagles Tanner tried to rehabilitate weren’t so lucky. In February she took in a golden eagle found by a contractor in Thompson Falls. The eagle was bruised and had road rash after being hit by a car. It also had “crop stasis,” a digestive ailment that develops when a muscular pouch near the bird’s throat used to store and soften food stops emptying. The crop fills

with fluids and fermenting food. This bird had a crop the size of a softball. The vehicle collision could have caused the condition, but lead poisoning could also be responsible. Domenech says the bird had 45 micrograms per deciliter of lead in its blood. That’s well above the 10 microgram-per-deciliter “threshold for concern” that the Centers for Disease Control sets for human children. How does lead end up in raptors? Often enough, the birds eat gut piles of animals harvested by hunters. Fragments from lead bullets linger in the carcasses. Lead in raptors causes digestive and kidney disorders, blindness, slowed motor reflexes, involuntary clenching of talons, droopy wings, and, not infrequently, death. Of the 130 golden eagles Domenech has tested through Raptor View, more than 50

IN MONTANA, EAGLES, HAWKS AND OTHER BIRDS ARE HITTING A LEAD WALL. by Jessica Mayrer

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X-Ray of a red-tailed hawk with a pellet in its shoulder.

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percent had what researchers call “above background” levels of lead in their blood. In another study, conducted in Wyoming by Derek Craighead and Bryan Bedrosian, 63 bald and golden eagles were tested during and after large game hunting seasons. Three-quarters of the birds had elevated lead levels. But such testing is not common, which makes it hard to gauge the scope of the problem. Still, researchers have now found that as many as 130 species, including mammals, are poisoned by lead from bullets or fishing tackle. Conservationists and wildlife biologists for years have worked to educate the public about the possible effects of lead poisoning, yet it remains a touchy subject. The gun industry and some hunters say there’s too little science backing claims that lead harms wildlife. And organizations such as the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation say limiting lead, an inexpensive material compared to comparable metals like copper, will hit hunters in the wallet. The Center for Biological Diversity reignited this flashpoint last year when it petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a nationwide ban on lead shot, bullets and fishing sinkers. The move prompted an outcry from the NRA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which called it an attack on hunters’ rights. The EPA ultimately denied the center’s petition. Undeterred, the conservation group filed a lawsuit in November asking a U.S. District Court judge to overrule the EPA’s decision. Montana Sen. Jon Tester jumped into the fray in April. With support from the gun industry, Tester is now working to pass his Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act. The bill would head-off attempts by the Center for Biological Diversity to ban or even limit lead ammunition, by permanently exempting it from EPA regulation. As the debate has reached a higher pitch in the months leading up to Tester’s 2012 reelection bid, the senator from Big Sandy is being accused of playing politics to the detriment of wildlife and, potentially, people. For example, Center for Biological Diversity senior legal counsel Adam Keats calls Tester’s proposed legislation “one of the more craven and pathetic forms of kowtowing to a lobby that I’ve ever seen in Congress” and, for good measure, “a morally repugnant bill.” Domenech finds himself squarely in the middle of the debate. He doesn’t support the center’s attempt to get an all-out ban of lead. That would only cause hard feelings among stakeholders, Domenech says. He’d prefer to educate people about the dangers of lead instead. After watching dozens of birds fall ill from eating lead fragments, he thinks using lead ammunition to hunt is a bad idea. And he bristles talking about Tester’s bill: “Lead poisoning is a huge issue out there for avian species. Why

anybody tries to deny that when the evidence is so, so strong and so factual is amazing to me.”

THIS BIRD IS GROUNDED Brooke Tanner holds a red-tailed hawk on a black grate as a veterinarian places a plastic mask over its beak. The animal’s wings finally relax. Even with anesthesia, the bird’s body responds to the painful stimulus as a veterinarian attempts to repair its dislocated elbow. The hawk’s discomfort is measured by a spiking heartbeat, a jagged green line on a black screen at Pruyn Veterinary Hospital: The line goes from 50 beats per minute to 200 as the vet manipulates the raptor’s elbow. It flinches, drawing its wing closer to its body. The vet gently pulls the left wing out again, displaying the animal’s tapered black, brown and white flight feathers. Tanner squeezes the bird. The procedure is excruciating for the hawk, and it’s also excruciating for Tanner. No matter how many times she takes a bird to the vet, it’s never easy. “I hate stressing,” she says. The hawk has dirt on his talons. He’s been hunting rodents. A raptor’s talons in many ways tell the bird’s story. In young eagles, they’re bright yellow, not yet worn from a predator’s hardscrabble life. In older animals, talons darken and become gnarled and pockmarked from wounds inflicted by sharp-toothed prey. This hawk exposed at Pruyn today likely has a mate. Like eagles, red-tailed hawks mate for life. They are, in fact, known for their elaborate courtship ritu-

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Bird rehabilitator Brooke Tanner holds an injured hawk.

als, in which the male flies high and dives repeatedly, eventually rising back up to touch the female. It’s clearly time to nest when the pair links talons midair, pausing only for a moment before spiraling in free fall, then separating with impeccable timing before safely hitting the ground. This bird at Pruyn today likely left a family behind.

Tanner found the hawk grounded on a golf course next to Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Someone shot it with a BB gun. The pellet remains in its shoulder, but that’s the least of the hawk’s problems today. He fell, presumably from a perch or flight. Tanner surmises he dislocated the elbow in the landing. Today’s vet visit—Dr. Shoni Card at Pruyn

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A golden eagle regards educator Rob Domenech.

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is attempting to put the joint back in place—will shape whether the hawk flies again and, more importantly, if he lives in the wild again. Tanner, 32, realized she wanted to be a wildlife rehabber when she was in sixth grade and found a raccoon with an open wound on its back leg. “I knew I had to do something,” she says, “so I was out there with a box…I was on a mission.” She started professionally rehabilitating birds in 2006, when the Grounded Eagle Foundation in Condon hired her. Tanner smiles when she remembers the first raptor she released. It was a red-tailed hawk, on a sunny day near Brown’s Lake, in Ovando. “Once I released a bird, I was like, nothing is ever going to be that fulfilling…It immediately just started circling and soaring—and then it just went so high that we couldn’t even see it anymore.” Tanner and Domenech care for birds at their house in Missoula, a white home with chipping paint on Trail Street west of Russell. Dandelions, dog toys and cardboard boxes dot the yard. Pigeons coo in a wooden enclosure attached to the garage. Crows call from a fenced-in corner of a storage shed. “We’re just making due with what we have,” Tanner explains. Tanner gets rescue calls from Fish Wildlife & Parks, 911 operators and local veterinarians. She’s on call constantly, ready to run and pick up a bird at a moment’s notice. People bring birds to her, too. The Trail Street house is tricky to find, so she meets people at the Good Food Store, a few blocks away. They

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Brooke Tanner knew in the sixth grade that she wanted to rehabilitate animals.

hand over winged creatures packed into dog kennels and cardboard boxes with holes in the top. Tanner’s commitment to—and love for—birds is branded on her skin. She has a blue outline of an eagle tattooed on her left forearm. An owl perches beneath a golden eagle on her right biceps. The tattoos might make her look tough, but it becomes clear as she talks that she’s anything but when it comes to birds. She doesn’t name the animals she rehabilitates because that would make it even harder to let them go. As it is, she can’t help but to get to know the animals, especially those that she performs physical therapy on. Every species has a different personality. Crows, for instance, are mocking. They’re also smart. The young

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Dr. Shoni Card of Pruyn Veterinary Hospital tries to fix a red-tailed hawk’s dislocated elbow.

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crows Tanner is housing elicit a jubilant chorus of squawks when she arrives home to feed them dinner. The fledging crows are healthy and fun to be around. Sick and injured birds wear more heavily on Tanner. They get depressed. They sulk. And the rescue calls keep coming. Rehabilitation success is far from a given. Knowing the animals makes it very difficult to euthanize them—that’s the hardest part of the job, she says. “You can’t save them all. It just doesn’t happen.”

‘RAPTORS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MALIGNED.’ American Indian religious tradition holds that eagles take prayers to God. The wide-winged raptor also plays prominently in creation stories among indigenous people across North and South America. The animal’s plumage is considered a conduit of sacred energy. The American Eagle Foundation estimates that when European settlers first came to North America, at the dawn of the 17th century, 100,000 bald eagles dotted the continent. Other estimates run higher. In 1776,, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson set about finding a suitable animal to represent the fledgling country. Adams thought the eagle admirable. Jefferson saw it as a “free spirit, high soaring, and courageous.” Franklin, however, thought his peers bad judges of character, at least in this instance. The eagle, Franklin told them, is a coward. He’s a scavenger and a thief. Franklin made a case for the wild turkey instead. In 1782, Congress adopted the eagle as the official emblem of the United States. As a child, Rob Domenech learned about the bald eagle’s place in American culture, as a symbol of the country’s fierce strength and courage. He also grew to understand that Americans have always had a love-hate relationship with birds of prey. Raptors are predators. Because of that, people who worked the land—and the sea—persecuted them to protect their interests. European arrivals in North America shot the birds. Bounty programs offered by governments provided additional incentive to kill raptors. The Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1917

placed a bounty on the bald eagle in response to concerns about its impact on salmon. At least 128,000 eagles were killed under the Alaska program between 1917 and 1952. “Raptors have always been maligned historically,” Domenech says. “Big birds that kill things, particularly if they’re killing things that we keep, whether that be chickens or fancy pigeons or sheep— if you’re a golden eagle, there’s a hysteria I think.” In the 20th century, Congress passed laws to protect birds from the cumulative effects of deforestation, the feather trade and aggression, among other threats. The Lacey Act, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act expressly forbid pursuing, hunting, buying or selling raptors. Those found guilty of molesting or killing any migratory bird face misdemeanor charges punishable by a fine of up to $500 and six months in jail. Selling or bartering is a felony; those found guilty face fines of up to $2,000 and two years in jail. Despite increasing federal protections, American raptor populations in the mid 20th century continued to decline. The pesticide DDT, used widely in the Unites States between 1940 and 1972, further decimated the birds. Bald eagles were especially hard hit: By 1963, barely 400 nesting pairs remained in the continental U.S. On July 4, 1976, the bald eagle was listed on the federal threatened and endangered species list. The population has recovered since then. The federal government estimated that 10,000 bald eagle nesting pairs lived across the continental U.S. when it was delisted in 2007. While bald eagle populations are clearly healthier now then they were in the 1960s, Domenech and wildlife biologists are seeing a steady decline in the number of golden eagles migrating through Montana en route to northern nesting grounds. There’s no proof the population is waning; the birds may be simply changing their behavior. Or there could be a darker cause. “Exact causes of the decline, that’s up for debate,” Domenech says. “Could lead be contributing to that? I would say it certainly could possibly be contributing to that.”

HOW BAD IS A LITTLE LEAD? Lynn Vaught is worried about a golden eagle she took in several weeks ago. It was found lying on a deer carcass near Whitefish Lake. Though right on top of a ready-made meal, the animal was too weak to feed. “His lead levels were the highest I’ve ever seen,” says Vaught, who through her nonprofit, Wildlife Return, rehabilitates everything from songbirds to mammals. Vaught typically treats one or two birds with acute lead poisoning per year. The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that more than 10 million birds and other animals die in the United States annually from lead poisoning. Rehabbers treat the toxicity with chela-

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The bandages come off.

tion therapy, using a chemical that binds with lead. It helps the body flush the metal out. Vaught’s golden eagle responded well to treatment, but just as the bird appeared to be recuperating, all of its feathers fell out. Vaught, a 35-year-rehabbing veteran, believes lead poisoning from eating contaminated gut piles caused what she calls the “traumatic molt.” Because of the impacts of lead on wildlife, scientists are working to identify whether lead-harvested game meat could make people sick, too. Based on concerns about the metal’s effect on humans, the CDC in 2008 conducted a study to gauge lead levels among people in North Dakota that ate lead-harvested game. The CDC tested blood from 736 people in six North Dakota cities, evaluating how much lead-harvested wild game study participants ate and whether those tested could have been exposed to the metal through other means, via, for instance, occupational hazards, hobbies, or in the home. The CDC found that people who reported eating lead-shot game meat averaged lead levels of 1.27 microgram per deciliter, significantly higher than the 0.84 microgram-per-deciliter average among those who ate no leadshot game. Scientists know that lead affects people, specifically children, at levels lower than the CDC’s 10 micrograms per deciliter threshold of concern, says Dr. Shahed Iqbal, the lead researcher on the North Dakota study. He cites studies that show cognitive changes in kids with lead levels in the 2 microgram-per-deciliter range. “There is no safe level of lead in the human body.” Still, Iqbal says it’s too early to discern if game meat poses a threat to people. The CDC’s North Dakota study did not examine health effects. “What we have identified from this study,” he says,

“is the consumption of wild game can serve as an added source (of lead). How it operates is a different question.” Based on concerns about lead poisoning in birds, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service in 1991 banned lead ammo in waterfowl hunting. In 2008, California prohibited lead ammunition use in areas of the state inhabited by the California condor, a federally recognized endangered species that, like the eagle, suffered a significant population loss from DDT. In Montana, FWP

administrators proposed limiting lead shot in wildlife management areas statewide, but opposition from hunters put the kibosh on the idea, says FWP s p o k e s w o m a n V i v i c a C r o w s e r. “Overwhelmingly, (public comment) was not supportive of making that change.” In 2010, the FWP commission, by a 3-2 vote, nixed a proposal to limit the use of lead shot on certain stateowned lands. Similarly, acting National Park Service Director Dan Wenk in 2009 pro-

posed phasing out lead fishing tackle and ammunition in national parks by the end of 2010. Wenk said in a release dated March 10, 2009, “The reduction and eventual removal of lead on Park Service lands will benefit humans, wildlife, and ecosystems inside and outside park boundaries and continue our legacy of resource stewardship.” Gun rights advocates argued the Park Service gave them no notice and mobilized quickly. Eight days after Wenk made his “Get the Lead Out” announcement, the agency backpedaled. “In the future, we will look at the potential for transitioning to non-lead ammunition and non-lead fishing tackle for recreational use by working with our policy office and appropriate stakeholders/groups,” the Park Service said. The debate is far from over. The EPA last year denied a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity that sought to “ban the manufacture, processing and distribution in commerce of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers.” The agency said that Congress has not authorized it to regulate lead ammunition. Undeterred, the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a group of hunters that call themselves “Project Gutpile” sued the EPA in November 2010. They’re asking a U.S. District Court judge to overrule the EPA’s decision. Sen. Tester’s bill aims to end this legal wrangling by permanently exempting lead ammunition from federal regulation. Tester’s camp says passing the bill is necessary to protect

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Brooke Tanner holds an anesthetized bird.

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hunters, recreationalists and gun owners. “Even the EPA agrees it doesn’t have the authority to ban lead in hunting ammo and fishing tackle,” says Tester spokesman Aaron Murphy. “Rather than use the courts as a bully pulpit and sticking taxpayers with the bill, Jon believes in using a common sense approach that balances healthy wildlife with our outdoor traditions.” There are more arguments. Learning to hold a rifle steady and tracking a herd of elk across a mountain range is a rite of passage for many Montanans. The National Shooting Sports Foundation says the center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit threatens that way of life. “The guy who goes to the range with his kid would not be able to do that anymore,” says Larry Keane, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade association. And lead is significantly cheaper then comparable metals such as copper. That’s why Keane and other gun rights advocates worry that limiting or banning lead could price out low-income hunters. Besides, only 30 percent of ammunition sold in the United States is used in hunting, Keane says; law enforcement, the military, and target shooters account for the lion’s share. Plus, if demand for ammunition wanes, he says, the whole $27.8 billion-a-year firearms industry would take a hit. “That would reduce jobs.” If the firearms industry takes a blow, then the conservation community, too, will feel the pain, Keane says. An 11-percent excise tax tacked onto ammunition sales by the federal government is a significant source of conservation funding in the U.S. According to the Shooting Sports Foundation, the tax generated more than $450 million last year. If ammunition becomes more expensive and hunters hang up their guns, conservationists will be shooting themselves in the foot, Keane says. “The conservation dollars that are generated from the sale of the ammunition some groups like the Center for Biological Diversity seek to demonize is what pays for conservation in the United States.” As for the health impacts, Keane maintains there’s no evidence that humans are harmed by lead from ingesting ammunition fragments. Still, lead poisoning in humans can damage the nervous and reproductive systems and the kidneys, and cause high blood pressure and anemia. Children are especially susceptible to lead. According to the CDC, exposure adversely impacts their learning and behavioral development. The Shooting Sports Foundation points to the fact that, according to the CDC, the mean lead level among U.S. adults above the age of 20 is 1.4 micrograms per deciliter—higher, that is, than the 1.27-microgram-per-deciliter average CDC found among people who ate game meat harvested with lead in the North

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Sen. Jon Tester has proposed legislation to forbid the federal government from regulating the use of lead ammunition.

Dakota study. “There’s never been a single case of anybody in the United States having elevated lead levels as a result of eating game harvested with traditional ammunition,” Keane says. “There’s certainly no human health risk. That is a total lie.” Additionally, Keane points to the 2007 delisting of the bald eagle as proof that American raptor populations are sound. Don’t forget that lead ammunition was used during the years leading up to bald eagle recovery, he says, yet “the eagle populations in the United States are soaring.” And even if lead did adversely impact a small percentage of animals, wildlife biologists are charged to manage popula-

tions, not to serve as nursemaids for individual animals, Keane says. “If wildlife biology becomes about managing harm…to individual animals, then you’ve just made the argument to ban hunting.”

BEARS GET ALL THE ATTENTION As a child growing up in the shadow of the Swan Mountains, Ken Wolff watched hawks, falcons, and eagles make their way south during their annual migrations. Wolff ’s Vietnam War service instilled in him an unwavering appreciation for all life. When in 1983 he found a great horned owl that had been shot and was lying on the side of

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the highway, he took it home and patched it up. That rescue sparked what would become Wolff ’s passion. In the mid 1980s, he formed the Grounded Eagle Foundation, which grew to be the largest rehabilitation facility in the country. Wolff estimates the Foundation cared for roughly 20,000 birds from 130 species, including hundreds of eagles. For Wolff, rehabbing was always a moral imperative. “Most injuries are human-related,” he says. “I believe we’ve got an obligation to deal with that. Fair is fair, you know?” As evidenced by DDT contamination, birds can be a bellwether for the health of the environment. They also maintain ecological balances. For example, hawks and owls keep rodent populations from exploding. Too few people pay attention to avian life, Wolff says. Like Domenech, Wolff is a fan of the underdog. “Elk, grizzly bears, wolves—they get all the attention, research, money, photography, movies,” he says. “How many movies have you seen focused on robins? Not many, right? And how many on grizzly bears? Libraries full of them. There’s more to wildlife than grizzly bears.” Birds seem to be everywhere—which may be why it’s easy for some to take them for granted, says Wolff, who since shuttering the Grounded Eagle Foundation in 2009 has moved to Darby. On a recent warm afternoon, he sits on his deck overlooking the Bitterroot Mountain Range, watching yellow-bellied western kingbirds, Lewis’ woodpeckers, swallows and magpies. Wolff, who is 63, doesn’t do rehab work anymore. He misses saving animals, he says. He misses feeling like he’s making a difference. But he doesn’t miss the lows. “I don’t miss crying about it. You get to feel after a while like you’re bipolar. You have such a great high when you cut one loose. Here comes a bird, say an eagle, that just got run over by a truck, got hit by a train, and half its bones are broken. You pour your guts into putting him back together. I remember picking a golden eagle out of a guy’s pickup…and I could feel the bird’s heartbeat, and it just stopped as I was carrying it.” Wolff is frustrated that birds are still dying from the same ailment that’s plagued them for hundreds of years: lead poisoning. Spending decades working to heal the wounds humans inflict on the rest of nature has left him pessimistic, if not misanthropic. “I have great faith that the human species is a short-lived species,” he says. “Owls have been here in North America for 50 to 60 million years. Birds themselves have been here for about 100 million years. There’s no way humans are going to be here that long. We’ve only been here for a million years, and how much have we trashed it?”

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When news broke on July 7 that United Egg Producers had struck a deal with its longtime nemesis, the Humane Society of the United States, a lot of people had to check and make sure they weren’t reading The Onion by mistake. The surprise announcement drew gasps of “stunning,” “historic” and “landmark” from observers in the food and agriculture communities. The often bitter antagonists appear to have buried the hatchet, at least temporarily—and not up each other’ s bottoms. Gary Truitt, in Hoosier Ag Today, wrote: “‘Unprecedented’ does not do the situation justice.” The former adversaries now say they will jointly seek federal legislation based on their multi-point agreement to increase animal welfare standards on egg farms. The industry-standard cage currently used by more than 90 percent of producers will be phased out. Replacements will be equipped with perches, nesting boxes, and scratching areas so the animals can attempt to act and feel like chickens, according to the agreement. The space allotted per chicken will nearly double. Practices such as starvation-induced molting to extend the laying cycle will be ended, and limits will be placed on ammonia levels in henhouses. The agreement also calls for labeling mandates, which could be its most enduring legacy. Producers of the other white meat are wary. The National Pork Producer’s Council unleashed a scathing response to the agreement, saying it will “take away producers’ freedom to operate in a way that’s best for their animals, make it difficult to respond to consumer demands, raise retail meat prices and take away consumer choice.” It’s ironic the pork industry would claim the egg agreement would threaten consumer choice. The deal only came about because consumers did choose, decisively. Or at least voters did. California, Arizona, Michigan and Ohio have already passed ballot initiatives for egg-production reforms similar to those called for by the new national agreement, and similar efforts are currently underway in Oregon and Washington. California’s passed by the largest margin of any referendum in state history. United Egg Producers chose to bargain at the federal level rather then face state-by-state rejection of the practices it has long endorsed. While some are calling the new reforms a decisive victory for chicken rights, the egg industry may see it as a strategic retreat that secures a pretty good deal in the long run.

The proposed reforms would roll out at a glacial pace, especially in chicken-years. As written, it will be eighteen years from the date of enactment before the improvements are fully phased in. And even if you double the size of a cage, it’s still a cage. This probably isn’t the paradigm shift that most chicken-rights activists, in their heart of hearts, really want. By signing off on improvements to the industry’ s worst practices, the Humane Society may be forfeiting the opportunity to make future enhancements to the quality of life of the nation’s almost 300 million layers. And by even discussing cage size, HSUS is

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acknowledging that the answer to the underlying question, “should cages be allowed at all,” is “yes.” I asked Josh Balk, a spokesman at the Humane Society, if he thought this deal limits the potential to enact future improvements. “It hasn’t limited the upside in other parts of the world where similar laws have passed,” he said, “like the EU, where there’ s a thriving cage-free market even though the new E.U. laws don’ t require cage-free housing systems. More than half the eggs in the UK are from cage-free hens.” If the same pattern holds in the U.S. it will be good news for non-factory chicken farmers, including the kind of mom-and-pop operations that package eggs in reused cartons with kid-drawn rainbows on the label next to sunny, baseless claims like “we hug our chickens.” At the same time, if the agreement makes it through Congress, the days of label-by-whimsy may be over. The agreement’s labeling mandates would add valuable clarity and accountability where it’s sorely

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needed. Egg cartons have always been a lawless landscape where anything can be claimed, few rules are enforced, and the rare labels with any legal meaning are usually irrelevant anyway. “Natural,” for example, says absolutely nothing about how something was produced. It only refers to the absence of additives in processing. In the case of eggs, “natural” eggs means “just eggs.” Meanwhile, claims that eggs (or chickens) are “hormone-free” are about as meaningful as calling them “carbon-based.” No hormones are approved for use on chickens, meaning every legally sold egg is “hormone-free.” The Humane Society and United Egg Producers propose that cartons bear labels identifying “caged,” “enhanced cages,” “cage-free,” or “free-range” layers. The “caged” option will be phased out, along with the practice, over the course of the 18-year transition. If enacted, these labels would be the first instance of federally mandated disclosure of farming practices, raising process to the status shared by the product’ s ingredients as information you have a right to know. The four-tiered labeling system would link production practices more closely with market demand, and in doing so would train consumers to consider how chickens are raised. Just as people now recognize milk as whole, 2 percent, skim, or non-fat, they would become versed in the language of egg farming. With milk products, the choice is purely about “which fat percentage is better for me?” But the egg agreement is framed in terms of chicken welfare. Whether noticeable differences emerge among different egg categories remains to be seen. It’s possible that science, if not the senses, will be able to discern different levels of hormones, cholesterol, and other biomolecules. Of course, even the best factory farmed eggs are still a far cry from being the best eggs. If you want to see a big difference in quality, seek eggs from pastured chickens. “Pastured” means they spend most of their time outside, eating plants and bugs, having sex in the dirt, and all that good chicken stuff. By comparison, the highest category in the new agreement, “free-range,” only guarantees that the birds have “access to the outdoors,” which often means nothing more than a small dirt patch. Organic eggs are a good bet too, as are eggs that are uncertified but organic at heart—provided you can spot them. They’re often the ones with the kid-drawn rainbow on the label.

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at it, Flathead Lake Brewing Co. of Missoula is your best destination for great food, wine and spirits. Come on in and join us. We can't wait to see you. Cheers!!! $-$$ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. Monday-Friday 7am-3pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-3pm. $-$$ 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 Enjoy Happy Hour every afternoon from 4 to 7 pm on the Patio at Brooks and Browns. Microbrews or margaritas are $3.00 or enjoy a Micro pitcher with friends for $9.00. Our full menu runs the range from homemade Chips and Salsa up to a 16 oz. Ribeye steak with Bistro fries. You can bring your family, too. It’s a perfect spot to play Bocce or Croquet. Pastimes are family times, so enjoy time with yours in Bess Reed Park while we cook dinner for you. Brooks and Browns is the most peaceful patio in town. 200 S. Pattee Street, just off the Atrium at The Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. 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

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HAPPIESTHOUR Bottled Highland Beer in store Breaking beer news: Highlander Beer, Missoula’s century-old beer brand, which disappeared in the 1960s and was revived in 2008, will be available in 22-ounce bottles in August. Plaid pride: I recently bellied up at Sean Kelly’s for a pint of Highlander with trademark attorney Bob Lukes, who led the effort to bring the beer back. “I think it’s really cool that you can go to a bar like this now and order a Highlander,” Lukes said. The beer tastes quite different than it did back in the d a y. L u k e s , i n p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h Whitefish’s Great Northern Brewing Co., reinvented Highlander as a Scottish red ale. It’s very drinkable, a little malty, and, as Lukes says, “it doesn’t have the smokiness or heaviness of Cold Smoke,” The Kettlehouse’s popular Scotch ale. Bring it home: Highlander will be available in a bottle for the first time since 1964. Lukes says to look for its distinct red-and-blackplaid label in convenience and grocery stores around western Montana and in Bozeman.

on July 30 in Caras Park. Lukes and his wife Shannon launched the celebration of Celtic culture last year. It features Irish road bowling, Celtic Zumba dancing, music, storytelling, and, of course, plenty of Highlander. —Matthew Frank

Road bowling?: For more Celtic flavor, check out the annual Celtic Festival Missoula,

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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. Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Spring weather brings patio seating! Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - 10. Late night happy hour 9-10pm. $-$$

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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. $$-$$$

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Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ The 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 AM-6:00 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. $-$$ Paradise Falls 3621 Brooks St. • 728-3228 paradisefallsmissoula.com Come in for sports, food and socializing…whatever you’re looking for, Paradise Falls has it: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Happy Hour M-F 3-6, space for your special events and catering. Paradise calls at Paradise Falls! $-$$ 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

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sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Share a meal within the warm elegance of our location at the historic Wilma Building. Enjoy our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare with a contemporary American twist, featuring the freshest local ingredients. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner Tues-Sun 5:00-Close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$ The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. 2:00 a.m. NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 5497979. $$–$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. 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. $-$$ YoWaffle Yogurt 216 W. Main St. 543-6072 (Between Thai Spicy and The Shack) www.yowaffleyogurt.com YoWaffle is a self-serve frozen yogurt and Belgian waffle eatery that offers 10 continuously changing flavors of yogurt, over 60 toppings, as well as gluten free cones and waffles, coffee and a selection of cold beverages. Indoor and Outdoor seating. Free WiFi and frequent shopper punch cards. Build it your "weigh" at 42 cents per oz. for most items. Open 7 days a week. Sun-Thurs 11 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11 AM to 12 AM, Sat. 10 AM to 12 AM. Facebook.

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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.

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. Don’t even bother trying to control yourself, because Wild Theater Thursdays are back at the Roxy Theater, which features a different award winning wildlife film every Thu. at 10:30 AM, now through Aug. 18. Tickets ar $3. See wildlifefilms.org/showing.html. 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.

It’s raining heady abstractions! The Decemberists play Fri., July 22, 7:30 PM at Big Sky Brewery, with guests Typhoon. Tickets are $30 and available at Big Sky Brewery, Rockin’ Rudy’s, 877-4-FLY-TIX and at TicketFly.com.

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End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoula winery.com.

First Ave. E. from 5–7:30 PM. This week catch Raymond Charles and the Caribbean Authentics. Call 253-6923. For those about to rock, you’re probably in Caras Park this and every Thu. night from 5:30–8:30 PM for Downtown ToNight, this

trivia plus specials on Jello shots and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s trivia night for the layperson begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly there-

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.

Do country dancers cut a rug? Give it a shot anyway at Julie Bug & Company, 9 PM at Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand. Call 728-1559.

See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during

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. 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. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing freely when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free.

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For those about to rock: great job. Good for you. James McMurtry is about to as well, along with Jonny Burke, 10 PM at the top Hat. $15/$13 advance. Summer time rides get dir ty, 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.

The future is so bright, Slightly Stoopid just gotta wear shades. See them this Thu. July 21, 6:30 PM at Big Sky Brewery, with guests Rebelution, Shwayze & Cisco Adler. $37/$32.50 advance tickets at Rockin’ Rudy’s, 877-4-FLY-TIX, or at TicketFly.com.

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from 5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463. Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. 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

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week with Locust Street Taxi. Free. I’m guessing The Accousticals are unplugged but really I don’t know, 6–8:30 PM at Bitter Root Brewery. Call 363-7468 or visit bitterrootbrewing.com. Free. It may or may not just be a clever name: Slightly Stoopid play the Big Sky Brewery, with guests Rebelution, Shwayze & Cisco Adler, 6:30 PM, 5417 Trumpeter Way. $37/$32.50 advance tickets at Rockin’ Rudy’s, 877-4-FLY-TIX, or at TicketFly.com. Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features

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after at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. Free. E-mail Katie at 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. Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosteronefueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063

Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. Revel in the glory of debauchery with hosts Mike Gil and Chris Baumann. 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. There’s some sort of nautical theme at work during BassFace Floodwaters Edition at the Palace, featuring electronic music by Inevitable Thought, Keishie and Buckaroo. This press release says to tell you to wear goggles, flippers, etc. Your call. 9 PM. Free.

Kick it old school at Daly Days two-day event at the Daly Mansion which kicks off with a Fri. night street dance on Main St. at 8:30 PM. Festivities continue on Sat. with a Kiss the Pig Contest and more. $5 adults/kids under 12 free. 251 Eastside Hwy. in Hamilton. Call 363-6004 or visit dalymansion.org. Lord knows times are difficult all over, and the Third Annual Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival from July 22–24, 10 miles south of Hamilton is no exception. Ten great bluegrass bands will be featured and admission is just $10 for the weekend and $5 for kids. Camping involved. Call 821-37777 or visit hardtimesbluegrass.com. Families can get help narrowing their search for quality child care, and find out if they qualify for assistance, with Child Care Assistance, which is offered by Child Care Resources from 8 AM–5 PM Mon.-Fri. at its office, on the lower level of 105 E. Pine St.

Free. Call 728-6446 and visit childcareresources.org. Now’s your chance to learn about a sampling of research initiatives in the Peace Park, but fun. The Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day is at the Lake McDonald Lodge Auditorium in Glacier National Park from 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, Free. Call 888-5827. The Missoula Public Library hosts a preschool storytime geared toward children 3–6 years old every Fri. at 10:30 AM. This week, Winning with One-Liners: 3,400 Hilarious Laugh Lines to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Spice Up Your Speeches by Pat Williams. Just kidding. (Did I need to tell you that?) Free. Call 721-BOOK. 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. End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoula winery.com. Free Yoga sponsored by Living Better Today at Missoula Public Library is just what it sounds like and meets every Mon. Wed. and Fri. at 4 PM, 301 E. Main St. rissacloud.wordpress.com. And the living’s easy with The Top Hat’s Summa Time Evening Marketplace, 4–8 PM and every Fri. through the summer.

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Boone take you on a musical journey, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vi n e y a r d & Wi n e r y, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free. I keep trying not to make fish jokes whenever Marshall Catch plays rock music but this week’s venue, “The Docks in Lakeside” isn’t helping. See them at 7 PM, 7135 Hwy 93 S. Cost TBA. Your opera needs will be met at Montana Lyric Opera’s 3rd Annual Summer Opera Festival July 22 & 23 at 7 PM, featuring The Marriage of Figaro and The Pirates of Penzance along with their popular Opera on Draft and Opera Decanted events. $10 at the Music Recital Hall on the UM Campus. Get tickets at mtopera.org or call 830-0323. See teen angst in a catholic high school put to the stage in provocative and interesting ways when the Flathead Valley Community college Theater presents Bare: A Pop Opera $10/$5 seniors/Free for students. 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell. Visit fvcc.edu/fvcctheatre or call 756-3962. Legendary indie rock brainiacs The Decembrists are sauntering through Big Sky Brewery, with guests Typhoon, 7:30 PM. Tickets are $30 at Big Sky Brewery, Rockin’ Rudy’s, 877-4-FLY-TIX and at TicketFly.com. (See Noise in this issue.) Celebrate summer nights, but with Ian McFeron Band’s alt folk americana instead of Olivia, at Missoula Winery, 8 PM for $5. 5646 W. Harrier. 830-3296. (See Noise in this issue.) Hear the story of Fannie Sperry Steele, a legendary Lady

Bucking Horse Champion of the World as part of the “Women in Montana Series,” 8 PM at the Beavertail Hill State Park, this and every Fri. evening. Travel 26 miles E. of Missoula on I-90 and take the Beavertail Hill Exit. Call 273-4253. These bands came from faraway lands to rock out with you at Total Fest Preblaster #3. Check out the droney, fuzzy punk of Florida’s Neon Blud, Brooklyn’s dark rock group Ghastly City Sleep, and local heavy rock lords Bridgebuilder, all at Zoo City Apparel around 8 PM. Plan to donate $5 to the bands. Insert boxing pun here when The Balboas rock out The Dark Horse for a free show starting at 8 PM, 1805 Regent. 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. Learn to sing “Dancing Queen” in tongues when Bassackwards Karaoke invades the Alcan Bar & G r i l l i n Fr e n c h t o w n , 1678 0 Beckwith St., every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Call 531-8327. 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. 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.

Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. An Evening at the North Avenue Youth Farm is like an open house, but on a farm. Seriously, I don’t know how you’d understand things without me. Hang out, eat food and see what’s growing from 5–7 PM, 2824 W. Central Ave. RSVP at 550-3663. 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. Let’s let babies in bars for The Top Hat’s Family Friendly Fridays at 6 PM, Casey Jo, all ages, free. Order a little wine and let David

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It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., 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. Come see why this is the best place in town for loopy dancing when Tom Catmull & The Clerics play Union Club, 9 PM for free. Show support for your NoDak rock brethren during Benefit For Pangea House a show to help flood victims in Minot, North Dakota, which features sets of rock, folk punk and other styles from locals Total Combined Weight, Haymarket Overture and Tyson Ballew, plus Bozeman’s Hurdles and Helena’s Tonight we Ride at 9 PM at the Palace. Free with donations encouraged. pangeahouse.org/blog. Ira asked me to ask you to work up the courage to ask Colin Meloy and Co. to come shake it after their big show at the Big Sky Brewery when the Badlander presents the NewWave-O Dance Party, an unoffical Decemberists after party featuring dance, rock and new wave tunes spun by DJs Mermaid, Hana Montana, and Emily Newton-John, at 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. Hard working country is on stage when Blue Collar play two nights this weekend at Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand, beginning 9:30 PM. There’s nothing little about Little Smokies authentic blueg rass sound! Hear it 10 PM at the Top Hat, cost TBA.

SATURDAY July

Kick it old school at Daly Days two-day event at the Daly Mansion which kicks off with a Fri. night street dance on Main St. at

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SPOTLIGHT plenty of fish So often, all I ever know about a band before I do an event listing for them is their name, and maybe a flimsy description of their genre. And so was the case up until recently with “rock” group Marshall Catch (sometimes “indie rock” or the dreaded “soft rock.”) We don’t have all day, and so myself and other calendar editors from the past are often forced, forced to resort to shameless puns and wordplays with nothing but the band’s name to go by. The Kalispell-hailing five-some have gigs in this area pretty much every weekend, which is why for weeks I’ve implored you to “catch this alt rock band rocking out,” “cast your line and reel in some indie rock,” and other shameful descriptions. I checked the archives. Last year, ex calendar Overlord Ira-Slather Olson promised that Marshall Catch’s show at The Raven in Big Fork would “decontaminate your pocket snake.” I imagine Ira imagining a precocious little boy named WHAT: Marshall Catch WHEN: Fri. July 22, 7 PM / Wed. July 27, 11 AM WHERE: “The Docks in Lakeside” 7135 Hwy 93 S. / Caras Park HOW MUCH: Cost TBA / Free MORE INFO: marshallcatch.com Marshall who, having captured a snake and putting it in his pocket, suddenly realized that the only cure for a serpent slathered in bacteria was to drown the thing out in the soothing sounds of Marshall Catch’s crowd pleasing and palatable rock music. And so it was written. Also, Ira is much more poetic than I am. I can only see fish, where he sees an array of amphibious creatures. As far as I can tell, the origins of their band name have nothing to do with fishing, and I swear 8:30 PM. Festivities continue on Sat. with a Kiss the Pig Contest and more. $5 adults/kids under 12 free. 251 Eastside Hwy. in Hamilton. Call 363-6004 or visit dalymansion.org. Lord knows times are difficult all over, and the Third Annual Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival from July 22–24, 10 miles south of Hamilton is no exception. Ten great bluegrass bands will be featured and admission is just $10 for the weekend and $5 for kids. Camping involved. Call 821-37777 or visit hardtimesbluegrass.com.

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If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM in Room 3 in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org.

I’ll never bring them up in this context again. They have the kind of sweet and simple back story that I tend to gravitate towards. Lead singer/guitarist Luke Lautaret met the drummer George Kimerly, they connected, started making music, and the people wanted to hear it. They fleshed out the band with Aaron Danreuther, Aidan Foshay and Jared “the duke of” Earl Denney, and voila! Some of their influences include, but are not limited to: Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Nirvana, Bush, Tom Petty, Primus, Green Day, and themselves, which is something I can relate to. (When asked to produce a list, I routinely cite “Molly Laich” among my favorite authors. Shut up, you know you love you, too.) The enduring cuteness of Aidan’s son and George’s dimples are other possible sources for their success. They write songs about the women in their lives, such as “Lay Your Head Down,” about Lautaret’s grandmother, or “Beautiful Me,” about his wife. These are the kind of rockers you want to bring home to mother and possibly marry, except that all of them but Kimerly (the youngest member; he was born around when the Soviet Union fell) are already married. Oh well. There are plenty of fish in the sea! (Ha ha, I lied.) You can “catch” Marshall Catch at the Docks in Lakeside on Friday, or in Caras Park at Out to Lunch on Wednesday. Reel in a big one, or something. I’m sorry. I can’t stop.

Your cup will run over, to use the parlance of our times awkwardly r e g a r d i n g t h e 17 t h A n n u a l Bitterroot Brewfest. $20 gets you 3 tastes, plus a commemorative glass and all the live music you can drink up from acts like Joan Zen at 4–6 PM, and Keegan Smith & the Fam 7–10 PM. Call 363-2400. Legion Park, 220 S. 2nd St. in Hamilton. bvchamber.com. Buy fishing boats, tools, gardening stuff and other garage sale-like items to benefit RAMP of Montana, beginning 7 AM at the Plumbers Union parking lot, 1026

—Molly Laich

South 5th St. W. Call 243-7692 to donate itesm. 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 (missoulafarmers market.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins. If you’re after non-edibles, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturday market.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate.

Might as well jump during the Skydive Lost Prairie 44th annual Jump Meet, which is reportedly the largest gathering of skydivers in the Northwest and attracts 400500 jumpers for a week of skydiving fun, and offers the public a chance to strap in for some tandem skydiving with an instructor. Freefall to skydivelostpraire.com. Let your spokes roll through steep technical climbs and descents that alternate between single track, double track and dirt road sections during The Missoula XC, an amateur and professional mountain bike race on Marshall Mountain that features a 6 km loop course and is the USA Cycling Pro XCT Finals race. Grease your gears at missoulaxc.org. Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like stories, fingerplays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Get down into the clay at the Missoula Art Museum for MAM Clay Day: A special Day Devoted to Clay from 11 AM–12:30 PM, and check out the exhibit Persistence in Clay while you’re at it. 335 N. Pattee. 728-0447. 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. Maryjane needs your help! Marijuana Aid 2011: Canifest Destiny begins at noon and parties early into the next morning to benefit the lawsuit to protect medical marijuana access in Montana. Meet at Ryan Creek Meadows, 15886 Wills Ranch Lane. Tickets

are $25 at door/$20 advance at evolutionticketing.com. The Big Hole National Battlefield Summer Speaker Series continues with featured speakers Leroy Seth and Silas Whitman, who will discuss their lineage with those who participated in the Nez Perce Flight of 1877. Talks are July 23 at noon and 3 PM and July 24 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.

nightlife The mayhem is so going to rock when bands like The Fail Safe Project, Evolutions Per Minute and others TBA play the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent, at 8 PM. Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. Sit back, drink some wine and let The Workers play the music for you, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vi n e y a r d & Wi n e r y, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free. Your opera needs will be met at Montana Lyric Opera’s 3rd Annual Summer Opera Festival July 22 & 23 at 7 PM, featuring The Marriage of Figaro and The Pirates of Penzance along with their popular Opera on Draft and Opera Decanted events. $10 at the Music Recital Hall on the UM Campus. Get tickets at mtopera.org or call 830-0323. See teen angst in a catholic high school put to the stage in provocative and interesting ways when the Flathead Valley Community College Theater presents Bare: A Pop Opera $10/$5 seniors/Free for students. 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell. Visit fvcc.edu/fvcctheatre or call 756-3962.

DJ Monty Carlo and guests are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. The Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St., lets the karaoke genie out of the bottle at 9 PM. Turn south after taking exit 89 from I-90. Free. Call 370-3200. Feel free to perform “Bella Ciao” by Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra during karaoke night at 9 PM at the VFW but don’t be surprised if someone tells you we’re in Missoula, and so it’s time to start talking American. Free. 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. Sing a fast tune or five during Greyhound Karaoke at Larry’s Six Mile Bar & Grill in Huson, 23384 Huson Road, every Sat. at 9 PM. Free. 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 oldschool rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill, 143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free.

I am unclear on what disparate elements are connected when the Palace hosts a night of hip hop called Bridging the Gap, featuring sets by SamCam and Enkrypted, J. Ohm with Stoon, Zoo Effort, MDK and NC Rez Houndz, 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. 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.

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August 4

The Cold Hard Cash Show

Blue Collar

Family Activity: Families First Children’s Museum

Family Activity: Zootown Arts Community Center

Hard working country is on stage when Blue Collar play two nights this weekend at Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand, beginning 9:30 PM. 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.

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August 3

Marshall Catch

Bad Neighbor

Americana Family Activity: SpectrUM Science Tent

Family Activity: Dunrovin Ranch

A real fire in a bar would be dangerous, so the Top Hat’s presentation of An Evening of Campfire Music is probably a metaphor, featuring members of Wartime Blues, Pony Cannon, Aaron Jennings, Javier Ryan and more! 10 PM. $1–3 donations are encouraged.

SUNDAY July

Lord knows times are difficult all over, and the Third Annual Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival from July 22–24, 10 miles south of Hamilton is no exception. Ten great bluegrass bands will be featured and admission is just $10 for the weekend and $5 for kids. Camping

The self-proclaimed “proprietors of thrash,” aka Judgement Hammer are taking over the Crystal Theater for an all-ages show beginning at 8 PM, with guests The Green Sickness, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $5. 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.

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involved. Call 821-37777 or visit hardtimesbluegrass.com. Get high on more than endorphins during the fourth annual Madison Marathon near Ennis, which is reportedly “the highest road marathon in the USA” and features a full and half-marathon that begins at 9,160 feet, peaks at over 9,600 feet, and finishes off at 8,550 feet, all on gravel roads in the Gravelly Range. Lace up at themadisonmarathon.com. Break several sweats during the XTERRA Wild Horse Creek triathlon, which occurs in the Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman and features a 1200-yard swim, 16mile mountain bike ride and 6-mile run. Participants can also opt for a less strenuous shorter course. Size up at bigskytri.com. 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 listen to jams and shop abounds at the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 11 AM–3 PM this and every Sun. until Oct. 16 at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel of Missoula and the Caras Park Pavilion. This week’s music is by Kira Means, and Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium will be there for the kids. Visit carrousel.com/ carousel-sunday-market-and-fes. Free The Big Hole National Battlefield Summer Speaker Series continues with featured speakers Leroy Seth and Silas Whitman, who will discuss their lineage with those who participated in the Nez Perce Flight of 1877. Talks are July 23 at noon and 3 PM and July 24 at noon. 16542 Hwy 43 W. in Wisdom. Call 689-3155. Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. south of Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949. The beat goes on at St. Timothy’s Summer Music Festival at 4 PM in Phillipsburg. This week features mezzo soprano Michele Hemmings, soprano Elissa Johnston and Shawn Kirchner on piano. $15 adults/$10 students. 2285 Southern Cross Rd. sttimothysmusic.org.

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Seek connection, mutual life, or even death using the ancient Japanese strategy game Go when a group of enthusiasts meets to play the game this and every Sun. at 4:30 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free. E-mail goinmissoula@yahoo.com.

nightlife Get your hands dirty with a Beginning Pottery class at The Clay Studio of Missoula, suitable for first timers, Sun. and Wed. Nights, 6–9 PM until Aug. 28 with instructor Dean Foster. To register, call 543-0509 or visit theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Explore the peace, happiness and skillfulness that exists within you during a Clarity Book Meeting with Great Freedom/Balanced View, which runs every Sun. at 7 PM in the meeting room of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info. See teen angst in a catholic high school put to the stage in provocative and interesting ways when the Flathead Valley Community college Theater presents Bare: A Pop Opera $10/$5 seniors/Free for students. 777 Grandview Drive in Kalispell. Visit fvcc.edu/fvcctheatre or call 756-3962. Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kelly’s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. 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.

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. This week features The Front Street Jazz Group and $4 martinis as always, plus DJ Mermaid spinning between sets, beginning around 9:30 PM. Free. Piano blues, boogie woogie and rock are on the table and the table is shaking when Dave Manning plays the Top Hat, 10 PM, cover TBA.

MONDAY July

This easy hike up the Fred Burr Reservoir in the Bitterroot Mountains follows Fred Burr Creek to the reservoir with wildflowers along the way. The hike is 9 miles round trip, 1000 feet elevation gain and lunch along the way. Limited to 15 persons. Contact may owens at mowens320@gmail.com. Your little ones are free to learn to hula at Kalispell parks and recreation’s Hawaiian Hula Dance, July 25–29. 4–5 year olds hula 9–10 AM, 6–12 years from 10:15–11:15 AM, $36 at Peterson School, 1119 2nd St. W. Call 758-7717.

nightlife Learn about how to create wisdom and abundance and stuff at an Open meeting with Balanced View at Red Willow Learning Center, 825 W. Kent, 6:30–7:30 PM. $5–20 suggested donation. Visit g reatfreedom.org and balancedview.org. You’ve got another chance to connect the dots this evening when the VFW hosts bingo at 7 PM. Free.

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 Blood Simple and Stray Dog starting at 9 PM. Free.

Build bridges with some fellow Missoulians with an informal game when The Garden City Duplicate Bridge Club hosts bridge lessons and informal games for newcomers and beginners every Mon. at 7 PM at the Bridge Club, 3108 S. Clark St. Call Michael at 890-0743 or e-mail him at Studd_31@hotmail.com for pricing.

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.,

Pizza and trivia go together like two things that don’t necessarily but could at Front Street Trivia Night, this and every Mon., 7 PM at the Mackenzie River Pizza, 137 W. Front St. Free.

Sip some wine and listen to some music at the same time, like watching and chewing gum, 7–10 PM at Red Bird Wine Bar, this week featuring the debut performance of Candace Neaves & DR Halsell, free. Clink glasses with or near an award winning Bozeman Jazz B a n d w h e n Tu m b l e d o w n House plays 7–10 PM at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Get your salsa on with this Beginner’s Salsa Dance Class which meets this and every Mon. night through July from 7:15–8:25 PM, $45 cash/$50 check, Martha Jane’s Uptown Dance, 1008 Burlington Ste. D. Call 640-3262. Alcohol and bowling go hand over foot during Monday Madness at Five Valley’s Bowl, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which features $1 bowling after 9 PM as well as $1.25 Coors Light cans this and every Mon. at the bowling center. Free to attend. Call 549-4158. 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. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Mon. at 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign-up. Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and a rotating cast of electronic DJs and styles for your booty during Milkcrate Monday’s Live, 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Shut your eyes and let some deity

James McMurtry lives up to his wall painting. Catch the legendary songwriter this Thu., July 21, at 10 PM, along with Jonny Burke at the top Hat. $15/$13 advance.

do the driving when Portland’s Indie pop acoustic outfit Blind Pilot play at 9 PM, with guests Weinland and Butter, 9 PM at the Badlander, $8 (See Noise in this issue.)

TUESDAY

July

Shoot the bull and polish your public speaking skills when the Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters Club meets every Tue. at noon, at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 5705 Grant Creek Road. Free. Visit shootinthebull.info.

nightlife Ladies, celebrate your feminist tendencies with cheap drinks when the Frenchtown Club, 15155 Demers St. in Frenchtown, hosts Ladies’ Night every Tue. from 5 PM to close. Free. Call 370-3200. It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black

Mountain Bluegrass at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. Get to know your neighbors and bring a dish to share about it at the Franklin to Fort Summer Social Meeting and Potluck, 5:30– 8:30 PM at Franklin Park Pavilion, S. 10th St. W. and Kemp. Bring a dish and direct your questions to Justin at 541-6891. There’s a new sheriff in town, but he has no judicial authority, he just loves to rock. The Tuesday Night Open Mic/Jam Night is at the Lucky strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave, hosted by Louie Bond, Teri Llovet and the UFOkies. Sign up at 6 PM; music goes 7–10 PM.

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. New Orlean’s style piano takes the stage when Tom McDermott plays the Mary Stuar Rogers Performing Arts Center at the Victor School, 425 Fourth Ave. in Victor, at 7 PM with Missoula’s Josh Farmer. $15/$10 advance. Call 240-0216. Local poets are cool and so too can you be at Mary Jane Nealon’s r e a d i n g f r o m h e r m e m o i r, Beautiful Unbroken: One

The

Kevin Van Dort Band Live at the Ballpark! Tickets:

Saturday, July 23 Join us for the concert; stay for the game!

MSO Hub box office Concert begins at 5:45, followed by Osprey vs. Ghosts at 7:05 at 140 N Higgins; MissoulaOsprey.com; 543-3300 or at the stadium the night of the game. Bring a Glove...Catch the Excitement!

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control

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

541-7387 TRIGGER

Trigger was a family dog before he came to the shelter, and that's defnitely what he wants to be again. He's a reserved, quiet dog, but we know that having a home again would make him happy and lively!

549-3934 CALI

BUGSY

Bugsy has a big smile and surprising blue eyes, but right now he needs to be rescued. Living in our kennel is making him high-strung, nervous, and unfriendly with other dogs. He needs a home where he can be his real, happy self.

Cali is a middle-aged Shepherd mix. She is always on a daily mission to recieve as many gentile pets as possible. Cali is a calm gal in search of a calm home. She gets along with most dogs, especially cute male dogs and cats.

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

SOPHIE

Sophie was returned tot he shelter because her adopters couldn't keep her confined. We know that a secure fence and an attentive family would keep this sweet lady home where she belongs!

1600 S. 3rd W. 541-FOOD

PRECIOUS

Precious is so petite that she looks like a kitten, but she's actually two years old. She has soft colors and huge eyes, and she's really on the look-out for a new family to love. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at

2420 W Broadway 2310 Brooks 3075 N Reserve 6149 Mullan Rd

INGRID

Ingrid is another cat with striking eyes -they're big and round and a beautiful green. She's been declawed, so an indoor home is a must, but she'd be happy to sit on a sunny windowsill and watch the world go by.

NACHO

Nacho is nacho average Chihuahua. He is a spunky dude with a knack for excitement. In fact, he is known at the shelter as "The Life of the Party." With Nacho, the fun is guaranteed! Nacho loves to go on walks and likes to chill out with other cool dogs and cool cats too.

www.missoulafoodbank.org

BOOMER

Boomer is a guy who had a rough start to life. This naturally playful, curious and trusting guy didn’t let his tough beginning get him down. Now he is looking for a loving companion to travel with on the road of life. Are you a gentile soul looking for a faithful companion? Then Boomer is your guy!

CARIBBEAN

Are you in need of a tropical getaway? Well you can have your very own Caribbean island all year long! Aruba is an adult Torbie with aquamarine eyes that will make you feel like you're basking in the tropical sun every single day!

Flowers for every bride. In Trouble or in Love? The Flower Bed has

For more info, please call 549-0543

affordable flowers for all your needs.

Improving Lives One Pet at a Time

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

The Flower Bed

Missoula’s Unique Alternative for pet Supplies

CASH

Cash is quite self-contained and is probably easier to care for than any other cat in the whole world! He likes to be petted, but he never asks for attention and just enjoys lounging in his cage. This guy knows how to relax!

2405 McDonald Ave. 721-9233

CRINKLE

Crinkle is a petite and affectionate senior cat is in need of a home. She is known at the shelter as "Crinkie Sweetheart'"and even recently got a new haircut that will hopefully catch the eye of a potential adopter. Come see this rare beauty at the Humane Society. Her adoption fee is waived!

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

MIDNIGHT

Midnight is a lovely gal who happens to be the color of a clear summer night sky. Midnight loves people and is looking to be someone's shining star. Several months ago she was homeless and simply wandered up to the front door of the Humane Society looking for a home.

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

These pets may be adopted at AniMeals 721-4710 D O L LY

Dolly’s story is no fairy tale, but the ending could be. This beautiful little girl came from a hoarding situation where she had to fight for her food. Every day was a struggle to survive. Make Dolly’s dreams come true by taking this sweet girl home with you.

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

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BEVERLY

They threw her out of the car and sped off in a cloud of dust and gravel. Beverly was devastated that her family would do such a thing. She didn’t know what to do or where to go….and the kids in the neighborhood pelted her with rocks every time they saw her. Equus & Paws, L.L.C. Boutique and Spa Grooming with private appts. Self-Serve Section

2825 Stockyard Rd www.equusandpaws.com • 406.552.2157

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THOMAS O’MALLEY

Thomas has been thrown from pillar to post in his short lifetime. He doesn’t understand the lack of commitment he has experienced and he doesn’t give his trust easily because of it. There is nothing wrong with Thomas, the defect is a human one. 715 Kensington Ste 8

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HUEY

My name is Huey! I’m a laid back cuddle bug who will occasionally jump on your shoulder. I sometimes get restless in my apartment here at AniMeals because I’d really like to be at home with you. I was surrendered by my last owner because they couldn’t handle the number of cats they had. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at

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Nurse’s Life, 7 PM at Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. 3rd St. W. Free. (See Books in this issue.) Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com. 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 a nubian? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) 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. Ladies get their drink on and celebrate themselves with $1.50 well drinks during Ladies’ Night at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which runs this and every Tue. starting at 9 PM. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.

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See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. All the ladies’ in the house can belt out a sweet tune and get a drink special during Ladies’ Night, starting at 9 PM at Larry’s Six Mile Tavern in Huson, 23384 Huson Road. Free. Call 626-5573. 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. I’ve got the “nobody told me the cover charge for this Matt Schofield show at the Top Hat” blues. Find out how much it costs at the door around 10 PM. (Update: Greta emailed me with details and ruined my joke. It’s $6.) Settle in for some homegrown tunes at the Badlander’s Live and Local Night, this week featuring indie rock by Airstream Safari. Dreamboat-Billy’s band The Blox open, 10 PM, free.

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Your weekly lunch date with almost everyone comes 11 AM at Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities and music this week by Marshall Catch. Call 543-4238 or visit missouladowntown.com. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.) 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. Sop up the sights of a true DIY Missoula institution during an open tour of the Zootown Arts Community Center with director Michael Gardner, which runs every other Wednesday from 12–12:45 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St.

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In Montana, opera comes to you! The Metropolitan Opera broadcasts a series of shows this and every Wed. in HD at The Roxy Theatre. This week they bring you Don Carlo, 6:30 PM. $12.50 at morrisproductions.org. Beam your sci-fi, fantasy and gaming enthusiast mind over to a meeting of MisCon, Montana’s longest running science fiction convention, which is looking for a few good volunteers to help put on MisCon in May, with meetings every Wed. at 7 PM at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. Free. Visit miscon.org.

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

Put on your trance pants and get groggy when the Palace hosts Progressive, a night of progressive house music and trance spun by

nightlife Put a smile on your face and a tune in your head—join guitarist Craig Wickham every Thu. from

Bluegrass and sex appeal of the family friendly variety intertwine when Andrea Harsell plays her crowd pleasing music at Bitterroot Brewery, 6 PM, free and all ages, 101 Marcus St. Call 363-7468. Getting buzzed is always allowed: The Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave., presents Buzz Time Trivia, which starts at 7 PM this and every Thu. and features trivia plus specials on Jello shots

The Missoula Bella Corda Guitar Quartet is probably four people playing instruments, 7:30 PM at Iza Asian Restaurant, 529 S. Higgins. 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.

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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.

Revel in the glory of debauchery with hosts Mike Gil and Chris Baumann. 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.

Missoula’s Trivial Beersuit, a trivia night for the layperson, expands its tentacles to the Press Box for four rounds of trivia with sign ups at 8:30 PM, this and every Wed. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free. You can also find clues to every week’s game by befriending “Trivial Beersuit” on Facebook.

Don’t ever worry about getting into a sing-off during Combat Karaoke, which runs this and every Wed. at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve, 5550 N. Reserve St., starting at 9 PM. Free.

Sorry ladies, but Thu. nights belong to the dudes at Men’s Night at The Office Bar, 109 W. Main St. in Hamilton, where the testosteronefueled karaoke begins at 9 PM. Free. Call 363-6969.

See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and belt out some classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn, at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.

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 Idaho Air National Guard Band. Show starts at 8 PM and please bring your lawn chairs. Call 728-2400 ext. 7041.

Get a wicked case of “bowling finger” during Five Valley’s Bowl’s Wicked Wednesday, which features $2 bowling after 9 PM plus $2 cans of Bud Light this and every Wed. at the bowling center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4158.

Library’s Outdoor cinema presentation of Born to the West, 8:45 PM, 306 State St. Call 363-1670.

Unfold into some folk trance when Denver’s Paper Bird plays the Palace at 9 PM with Cali’s Dead Winter Carpenters and locals Him & Her. $5. Yodel your favorite hit with the backing of a band during live band karaoke with Party Trained at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 830-3277. Back from the dead and loving it. The Lumineers are playing folk-indie rock on Wed., July 27, 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3.

local DJs starting at 9 PM, this week with Dj Mike Stolin vs. Vyces, Jay Boogie, DJ Chunkiye and Dre. Free with 25 cent pint beers which go up 25 cents every half hour. Both a folk indie band and possible science camp title, The Lumineers are playing 10 PM at the Top Hat for $3.

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

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5–7 PM at Red’s Wines & Blues in Kalispell. Free. Call 755-9463.

and homemade pizzas. Free to attend. Call 549-4152.

Conservation matters at Dunrovin guest ranch during the Collaboration for Conservation Concert with Shane Clouse and Friends, beginning at 7 PM. Buy your $100 ticket for a good cause at 541-6736 or email Nick Roberts at robertsn@nwf.org.

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 Barnyard Riot. Call 253-6923. Free.

Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , 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 weekly. Free. E-mail Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com.

For those about to rock, you’re probably in Caras Park this and every Thu. night from 5:30–8:30 PM for Downtown ToNight, this week with The Cold Hard Cash Show. Free.

Hang out with old timey movie stars, sort of, at the Bitterroot

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. It would be weird if the Portland Cello Project didn’t have any stringed instruments in their band. Anyway, they’re playing the Top Hat at 10 PM for $3. Molly Llama wants brains, but there are legal issues. Send instead your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 22 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 I ’m told the conditions for this weekend’s Blackfoot River Challenge are quite good. If trends continue, participants should expect a swiftly moving body of water filled with rocks, but not too many rocks, and at a temperature like bath water. (It’s no kind of bath that I would run, but surely someone somewhere would enjoy a soak that feels like the Blackfoot.) This is an event for all those maniacs I see flipping around in their kayaks like fishing bobbers under the Higgins Avenue Bridge. When I blindly report back to you that the river is expected to fall somewhere between 2,500 and 3,500 cfs, you, unlike me, might know what I’m talking about. The Blackfoot River Challenge consists of a downriver race, a

slalom course open to canoes, kayaks and SUPs, and clinics on how to excel at said events. More than that, participants are slaloming to benefit for the Missoula Food Bank, so bringing non-perishable food items to donate would be a very nice thing to do. The 3rd Annual Blackfoot River Challenge will take place over three days, beginning Fri. July 22–24. Events include a slalom clinic on Fri. at 6 PM, a Sat. race at 11 AM and so much more. The event is $10, or $5 with a food donation. Proceeds benefit the Missoula Food Bank. You’ll want to bring all your own equipment. For directions and more details, visit blackfootriverchallenge.blogspot.com.

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THURSDAY JULY 21 Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Rock Climbing and Rappelling with City Life community Center at The Heap at Lolo Pass. It’s technical. You’ll be harnessed and belayed, ages 1318, $15 for members only, 7:30 AM–6 PM, Register at 1515 Fairview Ave. or citylifemt.com. Call 532-1558. Don’t even bother trying to control yourself, because Wild Theater Thursdays are back at the Roxy Theater, which features a different award winning wildlife film every Thu. at 10:30 AM, n o w t h r o u g h A u g . 18 . Ti c k e t s a r e $ 3 . S e e wildlifefilms.org/showing.html.

FRIDAY JULY 22 Now’s your chance to learn about a sampling of research initiatives in the Peace Park, but fun. The Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day is at the Lake McDonald Lodge Auditorium in Glacier National Park from 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, Free. Call 888-5827. An Evening at the North Avenue Youth Farm is like an open house, but on a farm. Seriously, I don’t know how you’d understand things without me. Hang out, eat food and see what’s growing from 5–7 PM, 2824 W. Central Ave. RSVP at 550-3663.

SATURDAY JULY 23 Buy fishing boats, tools, gardening stuff and other garage sale-like items to benefit RAMP of Montana, beginning 7 AM at the Plumbers Union parking lot, 1026 South 5th St. W. Call 243-7692 to donate itesm. Get your hands dirty and improve the winter Elk habitat by taking part in this service outing for the Sawmill Gulch Restoration Project. Dress to not impress so much as work hard, 8 AM at the main Rattlesnake trailhead. Free coffee and muffins and done around 12:30 PM. Contact Bert at 542-7645. Might as well jump during the Skydive Lost Prairie 44th annual Jump Meet, which is reportedly the largest gathering of skydivers in the Northwest and attracts 400-500 jumpers for a week of skydiving fun, and offers the public a

chance to strap in for some tandem skydiving with an instructor. Freefall to skydivelostpraire.com. Let your spokes roll through steep technical climbs and descents that alternate between single track, double track and dirt road sections during The Missoula XC, an amateur and professional mountain bike race on Marshall Mountain that features a 6 km loop course and is the USA Cycling Pro XCT Finals race. Grease your gears at missoulaxc.org.

SUNDAY JULY 24 Get high on more than endorphins during the fourth annual Madison Marathon near Ennis, which is reportedly “the highest road marathon in the USA” and features a full and half-marathon that begins at 9,160 feet, peaks at over 9,600 feet, and finishes off at 8,550 feet, all on gravel roads in the Gravelly Range. Lace up at themadisonmarathon.com. Break several sweats during the XTERRA Wild Horse Creek triathlon, which occurs in the Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman and features a 1200-yard swim, 16-mile mountain bike ride and 6-mile run. Participants can also opt for a less strenuous shorter course. Size up at bigskytri.com.

MONDAY JULY 25 This easy hike up the Fred Burr Reservoir in the Bitterroot Mountains follows Fred Burr Creek to the reservoir with wildflowers along the way. The hike is 9 miles round trip, 1000 feet elevation gain and lunch along the way. Limited to 15 persons. Contact May Owens at mowens320@gmail.com.

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Monte Yellow Bird Sr. sees the future in mid-1800s ledger art by Erika Fredrickson

Monte Yellow Bird Sr. collects weathered deeds, ed, tribal viewpoint to expressing themselves more inditreaties, ledgers and bank notes from the 1800s, and on vidually,” says Yellow Bird. The most popular story about ledger art comes from them he draws images of Arikara and Hidatsa American Indians. One piece called “Earth Lodge Outpost” is done Fort Marion, Florida. In 1874, in what became known as on a Wareham, Mass. general store ledger from 1805 on the Red River War, a band of Cheyenne, Kiowa, Comanche, which you can still see the names and prices listed for the Arapaho and Caddo Indians fought the U.S. Army over the store customers. Over the aged list he’s drawn a vibrant last free herd of buffalo. The supposed leaders—71 men blue horse with red stripes and a warrior atop it brandish- and one woman—were rounded up to the fort where they ing a spear. It’s a striking opposition of two worlds. In “The Warbonnets Two Eagles” two warbonnets, also in colored pencil, enliven a First National Bank check from New York circa the mid-1800s. Signed at the bottom is Black Pinto Horse, Yellow Bird’s artist name. Yellow Bird, 50, whose art is on display through the end of August at the Missoula Art Museum, is a member of the Arikara and Hidatsa Nation from White Shield, North Dakota. He currently resides in Great Falls where he served during the fall of 2007 through the spring of 2008 as the Artist-in-Residence with the Great Falls Public Schools and Paris Gibson Square Museum. He’s been an artist since he was in diapers, he says. At age 16 he went to the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M. He studied fine art at Minot State University in Minot, N.D. and he’s shown his work all over the Northwest and once in New York City. As almost all artists realize, it’s not easy to live on art alone, and so Yellow Bird supported himself working at various times as a carpenter, auto mechanic and an artist-in-residence at schools across Montana and North Dakota. Yellow Bird’s pieces at MAM are part of the Expressing Montana exhibit, which focuses on social, political and environmental commentary pertinent to the state. Behind a lot of his work is the ledger art aesthetic, which dates back to the mid-1800s when white people were expanding into American Indian territory bringing with them all kinds of official documents that stated ownership of land. “I refer to it as the dark ages for indigenous tribes,” says Yellow Bird. “With western expansion and the Homesteading Act, tribes were really being displaced. The buffalo “Earth Lodge Outpost” herds were being wiped out to almost extinction. The lifestyle of the indigenous tribes was real- were taught English and forced to assimilate. They were also given ledger paper and drawing tools. From that ly changed during that time.” Accounting ledger paper came from all sorts of group sprung several artists who continued documenting sources: traders, government agents, missionaries and their lives through ledger art even after their release from military officers. The indigenous tribes who received the prison. Through the years, ledger artists have evolved the paper didn’t really understand what it meant, but they style. Yellow Bird says that his academic training helped knew it was powerful enough to change their lives. him give an updated twist on age-old themes. “Some try to replicate that old simplistic style and othWarriors started drawing images and symbols on it to document the great deeds they had accomplished or the ers, like myself, do more of a contemporary style,” he says. things they had witnessed during ceremonies or “I like that idea. I want to show that even though we’re courtship. It was a way to remember a lifestyle that was indigenous people and we have a culture, we’ve also quickly slipping away. And the documenting process itself moved ahead.” Yellow Bird likes to draw themes specific to his tribe shifted the consciousness of many of the Plains warriors. “With ledger art it changed from a community-orient- that he’s personally intrigued by. He has a piece called

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“Young Hawk Ponies,” a reference to Joseph Young Hawk, an American Indian who fought in World War I and was captured by the Germans. Indians at the time weren’t even U.S. citizens but many chose to fight anyway. The story goes that one night while imprisoned by the Germans, Young Hawk prayed and sang medicine bundle songs. That night a bear came to him in his dreams and told him that when he awoke, he should put his hands up to imitate a bear and growl. When he woke up, he startled the soldiers with his bear growl, and he fought them barehanded. “In an interview he said that he broke three of their backs over his knee,” says Yellow Bird. “They ended up shooting him in both legs but he took their guns away.” Young Hawk ended up in a hospital where his legs were amputated, and he was sent home. He died in 1925 of respiratory disease from mustard gas, just a year after American Indians were finally given citizenship. “For Joseph Young Hawk it wasn’t about a piece of paper saying they were citizens, or anything like that. It was about lineage, an honor, a part of his lifestyle that he would become a warrior like his father,” says Yellow Bird. “That’s what that piece is about. The First World War is really a contemporary thing. And the same thing for Native Americans being citizens, that’s not that far away. And it wasn’t until 1975 that we were able to practice our religion—and, of course, we did it anyway. We were practicing our way of life illegally.” But some of Yellow Bird’s themes go way back. “Let the People Stop Crying I’ll Make a Path Through the Water” is about the genesis of the Arikara people when a loon parted the waters to let Mother Corn take the people across. The sacredness of romance is another strong theme, and in his piece “The Courting Song of Red Lodge,” Yellow Bird depicts a courtship: Red Lodge rides a redtinged horse playing a flute. The blue halo around his head represents the sacred, while the yolk-colored globes symbolize the beginning of courtship. The piece is drawn on original 1873 sheet music for “La Serenade, and the musical notation shows through the colored pencil and adds astonishing detail to the backdrop. Documenting history in art matters, Yellow Bird says. “The history we’ve experience is a reality. Our people are struggling here in our own country. We have the highest suicide rate per capita, the highest alcoholism rate, and we are the least educated—in our own country. It doesn’t have to be that way. Our traditions and culture are beautiful. We need to embrace them and make them part of our lifestyle. The only thing stopping us is ourselves.” Monte Yellow Bird’s art is part of the Expressing Montana exhibit currently showing at the Missoula Art Museum through August 28. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Blind Pilot I’m still surprised that a bigger fuss isn’t being made about Blind Pilot. Or maybe I’m not. This is a band over which you make a quiet fuss. First you have to give yourself some time leaning on windowsills and staring out at the rain and feeling a little blue to really get down into your fuss. Plus, you need to get past the part where you crush fairly hard on Israel Nebeker’s iteration of the pop hiccup “uh oh,” which he does with the feathery lightness of someone who is afraid of waking your napping cat. These guys are sensitive. They might be too quiet for me sometimes. Would it kill Israel to yell a little? Could Mr. Dobrowski give those skins a solider’s whack just to change it up? No, better keep it mellow and steady. Don’t mess with that misty Oregonian ennui; instead, revel in its morose brume. Rumor has it the upcoming album—due for

Ian McFeron Summer Nights self-released

I a n M c Fe r o n m i g h t appeal to you if you like U2, the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison or Bob Dylan. He also might strike your fancy if you’ve got a thing for Ryan Adams and maybe Conor Oberst. At the same time, I feel horrible for this aggressive listing of so many artists all at once because McFeron doesn’t deserve to be buried under the weight. Though little bits here and there evoke these other musicians, the Seattle singer-songwriter doesn’t do a

Typhoon New Kind of House Tender Loving Empire

Typhoon’s latest is a 22-minute fusillade of pop music craftwork, featuring mournful trumpet, glossy strings, piles of vocal harmonies, and restless, driving percussion. Lordy, it’s been a coon’s age since I’ve been charmed by horns in rock music. Obviously the ethereal whisper of Chuck Mangione’s flugelhorn has never been matched, but the well-placed trumpet on “The Honest Truth” creates a beautifully morose march. It takes about three minutes to get to the song’s payoff. A hollering gang chorus of “You’re gonna piss and moan / You let the devil in your home” sounds as if it were recorded by revelers in a beer garden. On “Summer Home” energetic hand claps and lickety-split percussion make for an intriguing contrast with vocalist Kyle

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As anyone tired of arguing with me in a bar will tell you, Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” was the best song of 2007. It captured what was great about For Emma, Forever Ago, whose simple arrangements and weirdo falsetto somehow made a breakup album fun to listen to. Justin Vernon recorded Emma in a cabin while possibly going crazy, yet he followed it up with the excel-

release in September—is heavier on the happy, lighter on the sighing. But there will still be some sighing, definitely plenty of adorable people playing their instruments in a dedicated and pleasing fashion. Plenty of space to sigh in. (Jason McMackin) Blind Pilot plays the Badlander Monday, July 25, at 9 PM with Weinland and Butter. $8. single thing to make me think he’s faking his style. On Summer Nights, the troubadour delivers a grip of songs good for morning coffee and midnight pining on the front porch. It’s for turning up loud so that it wraps you up like a big sound blanket. It’s the soundtrack for that moment you’re gonna kick your office job in the balls and do what you’ve really wanted to do with your life all along. Actually, Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton (the Cardinals’ drummer), and Adams’ bassist Bill Mercer are featured on the album, which is pretty cool. But McFeron and his musical partner Alisa Milner—who plays fiddle and cello, and sings backup—are what make this album so toothsome. I’ll be listening to this for years. (Erika Fredrickson) The Ian McFeron Band plays The Missoula Winery Friday, July 22, at 8 PM. $5. Morton’s tense delivery. Once again, though, it’s in the closing moments of the song when the group bursts beyond run-of-the-mill indie pop with a false ending followed by a bittersweet breakdown of angelic lady harmonies. Something like 10 people are involved in Typhoon. That should make for a faithful live performance of the band’s complex, multi-layered arrangements. Often the indie/folk/pop amalgamation tends toward a forgettable milquetoast of blasé faux-poetry and lackluster tunage, but Typhoon’s sound is full of bombast and hooks. (Jason McMackin) Typhoon opens for the Decemberists at the Big Sky Brewery Friday, July 22, at 7:30 PM. $30. lent Blood Bank EP and some high-profile collaborations with Kanye West. Frankly, it was a relief. After an extremely atmospheric debut album about being sad, Vernon seemed committed to writing songs. I have listened to Bon Iver’s eponymous second LP a dozen times now, and I still can’t remember what song comes next. It is vividly produced, and the discreet use of Auto-tune that began with Blood Bank smooths out the vocals in a way that complements Vernon’s increasingly expansive sound. The whole album is so smooth, in fact, that it slips off you like rubbing alcohol, creating a distinct sensation before evaporating entirely. There is much Bon Iver here, but paradoxically few songs. Vernon has proven that he is more than a one-hit wonder. Now, about that next hit...(Dan Brooks)

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A local poet and director of Program Development at Partnership Health Center, Nealon has two previous books of poems to her credit (certain lines from her second collection, Immaculate Fuel, made me an instant fan). She writes with great utility and the poetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disregard for the unnecessary. Episodically recalling past decades, she describes the huge numbers of ailing individuals she attended to, grand friendships and the whirlwind of short-term love affairs with various men in various locales (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Formula for love: be leaving town in three monthsâ&#x20AC;?, she sarcastically advises). Swept along from Savannah to New Mexico and back to the East Coast, Beautiful Unbroken hits again and again on the themes of leaving and returning, and how, at a particular point, these terms become interchangeable. In 1987, everything in Nealonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world changed. As the AIDS epidemic exploded, she found herself plunged into a true heart of darkness, working in one of the first AIDS clinics in New York City. This job, combined with her later experience volunteering at an AIDSdecimated shelter in the Bowery, fill the most noteworthy passages of Beautiful Unbroken. One unforgettable incident has Nealon visiting the home of two HIV-positive brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who would die within the next few monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and observing the plight of their sorrowful mother. Even here, in the worst possible scenarios of Nealonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nursing career, the carefully rendered personalities of her patients and her sympathy with nearly everyone cuts through the gloom of the inevitable. Nealonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prose bristles with little enlightenments that arise from coping daily with the emaciation of sufferers, to going on Mary Jane Nealon reads from Beautiful Unbroken at short hiatuses to Fishers Island and the nudShakespeare & Co. Tuesday, July 26, at 7 PM. Free. ist colony of Esalen. But what is perhaps most extraordinary about Beautiful it complies with every one of my irrational offenses. I Unbroken is Nealonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to out-maneuver devasopened the book apprehensively, expecting to be at tating personal calamities with eloquence and deteronce repulsed by health care horrors and marginally mination. After more tragedy culminates with her witnessing the crumbling away of the Twin Towers, she disappointed by a sentimental storyline. From the very first sentence, Beautiful Unbroken moves to Missoula. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I lost my parents, and then the is not what I had feared. Yes, there are plenty of health towers fell,â&#x20AC;? Nealon writes with a characteristic blend care horrors, but to call this sentimental, or even slight- of humor and sadness, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and it was the same grief: too ly romanticized, would be like calling Requiem for a large for anything I had ever known, but not, as it turns out, too large for Montana in winter.â&#x20AC;? Dream an ecstatic saga about youth. A much-deserved recipient of a 2010 Bakeless Nealon begins with: â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far back as I remember I wanted to be a nurse or a saint. I wanted to be heroic.â&#x20AC;? Prize, Beautiful Unbroken is alternately despairing, Growing up in Jersey City, she read through the lives of funny, gross and entirely hopeful. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfectly the great nurses and caregivers of history, and, after titled memoir that contains the material for 10,000 watching her policeman father cut a neighbor down stanzas of top-notch poetry. There could have been from a suicide attempt, she decides to care for people more than the slim 20 pages detailing Nealonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early in spectacular ways. Becoming a flying nurse, Nealon years and nursing school days, but this is a quibble travels the country, treating the seriously ill in with an otherwise striking narrative. This is a riveting chemotherapy and oncology wards. To overcome the autobiography, a heartrending glimpse of living stress she starts writing bits of poetry in her spare time. among the dying. I finished the book in about two sitWith the untimely death of her brother from cancer, tings and had the urge to call the author and demand Nealon seeks to escape the thought that she has aban- that she tell me more. doned him, while trying to replicate her love for him in the faces of other terminal boys. arts@missoulanews.com

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2005’s Match Point—a fact that won’t endear me to the prolific director’s cult of zealous devotees. Woody Allen aficionados are much like Little League parents (So what if you struck out four times and made two errors? You gave more effort than anyone else out there today!). This is particularly true of the baby boomers who came of age in the 1970s and continue to worship the city sidewalks on which Allen’s films stroll, seemingly in denial over the notion that if you average a film per year for over four decades, there’s going to be some stinkers. And so I hope that in explaining why Midnight in Paris is such a mediocre mess of a film I can help to wipe the rosy tint from the spectacles of those fans that would rather not hear it. To Allen’s credit, Midnight in Paris takes an enormous risk with a major twist that’s impossible not to discuss. Remarkably (and refreshingly), the previews for the film hide any hint of this shift from what appears to be a Parisian-set romantic comedy into a fantasy time travel escapade that evokes comparisons to Back to the Future and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, mixed with a touch of Forrest Gump. Like I said, it’s a risk. It’s a twist that comes out of nowhere. In one moment we’re sauntering along with Gil (Owen Wilson), an antsy Hollywood screenwriter on vacation in Paris with his high-maintenance and uncharismatic fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams) and her

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equally high maintenance parents. The lack of chemistry between Gil and Inez is—what’s the opposite of subtle?—and the film’s opening acts are made worse by Gil’s constant whining about his unfinished novel and nostalgia for the writers and artists of 1920s Paris. Gil aches to mingle with the intelligentsia of the Parisian Golden Age, if only, we can assume, to hide from the overbearing Inez. And so he is transported there. With no explanation of how or why, Gil stumbles 90 years back in time during a drunken nighttime walk through the streets of Paris. He’s picked up by revelers in a Peugeot and whisked away to a party at which the guests include F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and a man who goes by the name Hemingway. Gil tells them he’s a writer. They tell Gil that their friend Gertrude Stein might be willing to read and edit his manuscript. So it goes, in scenes repeated night after night, the befuddled Gil meets the artistic elite one by one: Picasso, Salvador Dalí, T.S. Elliott, Josephine Baker, Cole Porter and so on and so on. Stein reads his book; he falls in love with Picasso’s former mistress; and for the most part he stops whining. But by day Gil returns to modern day Paris and his modern day annoyances. Wilson, playing the part of Woody Allen as written by Woody Allen, is charming to the degree he is in just about all his roles, which is to say not quite insufferable. Far more entertaining in the modern Paris scenes is the wonderful Michael Sheen as Inez’s friend Paul, an elitist know-itall snob. Unfortunately Sheen’s scenes are intermittent and are swallowed up by Gil’s time-traveling adventures. I get what Allen is trying to do, but everything about the fantasy angle is clunky, from the transitions between past and present to the very Gump-ian pattern in which nearly every single person Gil meets is an icon of his or her time. Allen would have been better served building a better story than going for the cheap thrill (Hey look, that’s Adrien Brody playing Dalí!) I’ve heard Midnight in Paris described as Allen’s love letter to Paris, just as he supposedly wrote cinematic love letters to New York City for 30 years before a self-imposed exile abroad led to the streets of London and Barcelona. If this film is a love letter it’s a strange one. If Paris is really full of the neurotic, spoiled and entitled characters on display here, I have no interest in the Louvre, whether it’s today or 1924. Midnight in Paris concludes its run at the Wilma tonight, Thursday, July 21, at 9 PM.

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Erika the Arts Editor (ETAE) thought briefly about sending me to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 last weekend, but after informing her that I’ve yet to read one line of the books or see a minute of the previous seven films, we thought better of it. The potential was there for humor in a newbie watching the final movie without a shred of context, but true Potter fans probably deserve better than a wiseass reviewer making lame jokes about wizards and … well, whatever else is a part of that world. This decision is only relevant because I ended up watching Woody Allen’s latest project, Midnight in Paris, and the truth is that I am nearly as unversed in the ways of Allen as I am in the ways of Potter. I’ve seen less than a handful of Allen films—and none since

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Scope Noise Books Film Movie Shorts OPENING THIS WEEK: BEGINNERS Things get weird for Ewan McGregor when his Dad, played by Christopher Plummer, comes out of the closet and reveals that he has terminal cancer on the same day. Mike Mills directs. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7 and 9, with Sunday matinees at 1 and 3. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER What could go wrong when a scrawny young patriot, played by Chris Evans, agrees to military experiments that turn him into Captain America during World War II. Hugo Weaving and Samuel L. Jackson also star. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. in 2-D: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 6:50 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9, with Fri. and Sat. shows at 10 and midnight. in 2D: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:30, 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: 1:30 and 4:30. in 2-D: 1 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: in 2-D: 12:10, 1:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Harry Potter and his friends aren’t done conquering evil yet! They’ve still got three more of The Dark Lord’s horcruxes left to destroy in a final epic battle to round out the series. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson star. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30

won’t just crop up in their place and continue to make their lives miserable. Look out for hilarious antics along the way! Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jennifer Aniston star. Village 6: 1, 4, 7 and 9:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with no Sun. show at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25 and 9:50, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. 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: 8 PM. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:15, 2:35 and 7:15.

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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: 7:15 and 9:50. 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. Sun. matinee at 1.

“Only one of us gets the special outfit, and it’s me. The Captain.” Captain America: The First Avenger Opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

and 10:30. in 2-D: 12, 1, 3:05, 4, 7, 6:15, 9:20 and 10. Village 6: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30. in 2-D: 10, 1, 4, 7 and 10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:45 and 9:15 and no 9:15 show on Sun. in 2-D: Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Showboat in Polson: 4, 7 and 9:20. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 6:50 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10, 1:10, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10 and 9:10 with Fri. and Sat. shows at 10 and midnight. in 2-D: 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 9:30, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. HORRIBLE BOSSES Three friends commit the understandable mistake of thinking that if they kill their bosses that others

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WINNIE THE POOH The gang from Pooh Corner is back in Disney’s classically animated family film about a yearning for honey based on a basic misunderstanding between animal and boy. Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson and John Cleese lend their voices and hearts. Carmike 10: 12, 2, 4 and 6. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12, 2, 4:15 and 6:30.

SUPER 8 In a film season where original screenplays are rare, J.J. Abrams of Star Trek fame brings us a group of kids hanging out in a quiet summer town during the summer of 1979, until a train wrecks, and guess what? Mysterious things start happening. Spielberg produces what may be the The Goonies/ET for this generation. Carmike 10: 7 and 10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 4 and 6:55, with midnight shows on Fri. and Sat. 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

ZOOKEEPER Animals at the zoo have been able to talk all this time, but it’s only when Kevin James can’t seem to find a date that they’re willing to break their inexplicable silence. Rosario Dawson also stars in this family friendly comedy. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:10, 6:35 and 9. Village 6: 1:45 and 4:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. 3 PM matinees and no Sun show at 9. Showboat in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:10. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, 4:30, 7:05 and 9:35 with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Capsule reviews by Molly Laich. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., July 22. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7800. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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TREE OF LIFE Director Terrence Malick’s highly anticipated, atmospheric film centers on a family with three boys in the 1950’s and their loss of innocence. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain star. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 9, with a Sun. matinee at 3.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS It’s 1963, JFK is prez, and mutants are on the loose. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence star as mini versions of the XMen in this prequel to the Marvel Franchise. Showboat in Polson: 4:15, 6:50 and 9:30.

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS Unlike last season’s romantic comedy, No Strings Attached starring the other two attractive actors, Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are going to try out sleeping together without emotions. No wait, it’s the same thing. I won’t lie. This one looks a little funnier. Carmike 10: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:55. Village 6: 1:30, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:45. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 7:05 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight.

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. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 8:30 PM, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight.

McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich and Leonard Nimoy star. Carmike 10: 7:10 and 10:35. in 2-D: 7 and 10. Village 6: 1, 5 and 9. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Nightly shows at 7 only. Wed. Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:05, 3:25 and 6:45 with Fri. and Sat. shows at 10. in 2-D: 2:45 and 8:45.

It's actually getting to the point, finally, where conditions are changing fast (and favorably) enough to warrant paying attention. While there has been wide-scattered fishing across most of the local rivers for some time now, the real deal is beginning to peek around from behind the extended winter like weather we've been dealing with. The water is dropping to accessible levels now and the hatches are varied and intense. Green drakes, golden stones (giant and yellow sallie), PMDS caddis and even the start of some terrestrials. Our best fishing lately has been late afternoon and into the evening as the caddis and rusty spinners hit the water getting the fish looking up pretty much river-wide. Midday, a Rogue golden with a DEEP ptail dropper has been the goods. The lower river has been lagging behind the mid and upper river until the evening hatch evening but the streamer fishing on the lower river is minutes away from going off. Look for softer water in the back channels and along the banks whether you're in a boat or wading. The 'root has begun to fish for real.

Blackfoot Nymphing is still the way to go up here although we've recently had a couple of VERY good days using big drakes and large attractor/dropper rigs. The flashy brown bodied streamers along with a more muted peach colored offering have begun moving some of the fatty spring browns you'd expect too. Still, though, you're best shooting will be subsurface for another few days at least. Like the Bitterroot, the evening fishing up here has been very good and absolutely your best dryfly opportunity of the day. Caddis. Little size 14 elkhairs. Yup. NOBODY up here either that time of day.

Clark Fork The water has dropped below 20,000 near St. Regis. That's a VERY good thing. There are big time caddis hatches on the lower river on warm evenings and lighting up the flooded willows that're normally out of water. BIG fun targeting BIG heads in 5" deep current seams coming off willow clumps on would be sandbars!! The streamer fishing is still

only so-so and definitely best from around 7 a.m. until maybe 10:30 or 11. Green, brown or black have been the most consistent colors for us. As water settles down even more, look for the dryfly action to get much more general in terms of time, place and flies. Right now, your best bet is still, unfortunately, a tandem nymph rig incorporating a big prince and a red San Juan.

Rock Creek The creek has been the local darling for the last couple of weeks for sure and while it is now having to share that title to a degree with the Bitterroot, Rock Creek is still the most consistent dryfly action midday and river-wide. About anywhere you can find slower water, the fish will participate. Another good aspect about the creek right now is the crazy variety of patterns the fish are willing to eat. We're catching fish on PMDs to hoppers at this point. Following suit with the other rivers, Rock Creek is giving up some of the best fishing, particularly for bigger fish, in the evening hours when most peo-

ple have gone home. More caddis fun using everything from smaller stimis to Goddards to elk hairs. Good stuff on the creek right now.

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The water is going down in a BIG way and the river is responding in kind! NICE to see more heads peeking up from the depths these days! The best of it, or at least the most consistent dryfly follies are in the evening when the spinners and caddis are in force. We have decent midday action on top though, and enough to keep things interesting if you decide to pursue fatties on the surface all day. A tandem dryfly rig with a size 14 sparkle dun followed by a size 16 black caddis has worked well for us. The streamer action has been decent as well with slowly retrieved white or white/yellow or white/tan offerings being the most consistent. We are still cranking the most numbers with the nymph rigs during the day, but stellar dryfly action is right around the corner with dropping water levels! Yee Haw!

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time, he bleats, “It’s too hot, it’s too cold, it’s too wet.” Excuse me, but is he a man or Goldilocks? It’s nice to see the good in people. It’s nicer for you if the good you see is actually there. Otherwise, you just delay admitting the obvious: There isn’t much light at the end of the tunnel. Additionally, you’re paying the rent on the tunnel. You say you fear being on your own as a single mother, but you’re already on your own. Without your boyfriend, you’d be a single mother with one less mouth to feed. You can have a very different kind of guy in your life—one who makes you better and happier because you’re with him. If you suspect you aren’t worthy, try something: Act like you’re worthy. Like you deserve a man who brings something to the relationship (and not just a couple Mello Yellos he swiped from the soda machine at the old folks home).

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do you stare for hours every day into little screens like those on smart phones, computer monitors, and TVs? If so, I recommend that you tear your gaze away from them more than usual in the coming week. A change in your brain chemistry needs to happen, and one good way to accomplish it will be to feast your eyes on vast panoramas and expansive natural scenes. Doing so will invigorate your thinking about the design and contours of your own destiny, and that would be in sweet alignment with the astrological omens. So catch regular views of the big picture, Sagittarius. Treat clouds and birds and stars as if they were restorative messages from the wide-open future. Gaze lovingly at the big sky.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A Facebook friend posted a quote by seminal psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: “Being entirely honest with oneself is a worthwhile exercise.” In response, another Facebooker named Dean Robinson disagreed: “Oh, I say let yourself have a little denial, and touch base with reality on a need-to-know basis.” Another respondent named Paulie Cerra took that sentiment one step further: “Reality and I have an understanding. I don’t mess with it and it doesn’t mess with me.” Which of those three approaches are you inclined to pursue, Capricorn? In light of the current astrological omens, I suggest you try the first one for at least the next two weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You really need to tell your stories. It’s not just a good idea; it’s downright urgent. There’s a backlog of unexpressed narratives clogging up your depths. It’s like you have become too big of a secret to the world. The unvented pressure is building up, threatening to implode. So please find a graceful way to share the narratives that are smoldering inside you—with the emphasis on the word “graceful.” I don’t want your tales to suddenly erupt like a volcano all over everything at the wrong time and place. You need a receptive audience and the proper setting.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean actor Javier Bardem said this to Parade magazine: “I don’t know if I’ll get to heaven. I’m a bad boy. Heaven must be nice, but is it too boring? Maybe you can get an apartment there and then go to hell for the weekends.” I caution all you other Pisceans against pursuing this line of thought in the coming weeks. You may imagine that you can get away with sneaking away to hell for just a couple of days a week, but I don’t share that optimism. My advice is to rack your brains to drum up as much adventure as possible in safety zones and sanctuaries where you know for sure you’ll stay healthy and sane. 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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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, 59802-4297 until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of One (1) Asphalt Recycler. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for One (1) Asphalt Recycler, closing at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011. Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and \ or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be

accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order, or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana; and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive

written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids; and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding, which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements, bidding documents, and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk

CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, 59802-4297 until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd; 2011and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of two (2) Tandem Axle Dump Trucks. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Two (2) Tandem Axle Dump Trucks, Closing at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011. Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and \ or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the com-

petitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order, or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana; and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of

these bid specifications must receive written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids; and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding, which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements, bidding documents, and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council and the Missoula County Commissioners will hold a joint public hearing on Monday, August 8, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution that authorizes expending up to $13,840 of the 2006 Open Space Bond funds for a conservation easement on a 160 acre parcel in LaValle Creek Valley located west of Missoula and north of I90. A copy of the resolution is available in the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Jackie Corday, Parks & Recreation at 552-6267. If you

have comments, please mail them to the City Clerk at the address listed above. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 8, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance amending Missoula Municipal Code (MMC) Title 20, the Missoula city Zoning ordinance, Chapter 20.75 entitled “Signs” Sections 20.75.030 “Prohibited Signs and Sign Characteristics,” 20.75.040 “Signs Allowed Without a Sign

Permit,” 20.75.060 “Signs in NonResidential Districts”, 20.75.070 “Regulations of specific types of signs,” 20.75.080 “Signs for Businesses that Lack Street Frontage,” 20.75.100 “Special Signs; Review by the Design Review Board,: and 20.75.170 “Measurement Rules’ and amending Chapter 20.100 “Terminology” to correct errors and inconsistencies with terminology, definitions, and permitting procedures within this Title 20 Chapter. For further information, contact Lewis Yellowrobe, Office of Planning & Grants at 258-4651. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/

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Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 1, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying a special assessment and tax on the lots, pieces and parcels of land situated within Street Maintenance District #1 of the City of Missoula, Montana, for the purpose of defraying the cost of flushing and removing street rubbish from streets and avenues in the district generally located downtown during the fiscal year 2012. Copies of the resolution are available at the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk, at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARINGS The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold budget hearings on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012. The PRELIMINARY budget hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at approximately 3:00 p.m., following the regularly scheduled Public Meeting, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. The FINAL budget hearing will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at approximately 2:30 p.m., following the Special Public Meeting in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE OF THE FINAL BUDGET HEARING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES FROM THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Commissioners will meet to Adopt the Final Budget and make appropriations at their Administrative Public Meeting on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 204 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the hearings and be heard for or against the proposed budget. PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES FROM THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The proposed budget is open for inspection in the Missoula County Commissioners’ Office. For further information, contact Andrew V. Czorny, Chief Financial Officer, at the Missoula County Courthouse, 2584919, or by e-mail at aczorny@co.missoula.mt.us BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING FOR SEELEY LAKE REFUSE DISTRICT The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold a budget hearing for the Seeley Lake Refuse District budget and annual assessment for Fiscal Year 2012. The budget hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at approximately 3:00 p.m., following the regularly scheduled Public Meeting, in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex at which time a proposal to increase the annual assessment from $125 per year to $150 per year for the Seeley Lake Refuse District will be heard. Any taxpayer or resident within the Seeley Lake Refuse District boundary may appear at the hearing and be heard for or against the proposed budget and assessment increase. The proposed budget resolution for the Seeley Lake Refuse District is open for inspection in the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. For further information, contact Jeff Seaton, Assistant Director of Public Works, at 6089 Training Drive, 2584916, or by e-mail at jseaton@co.missoula.mt.us BY ORDER of Vickie Zeier Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-11-123 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF RICHARD M. GOTTLIEB, 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 KYLE GOTTLIEB, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of his attorney, Dirk A. Williams of Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, PO Box 7099, Missoula, Montana 59807-7099, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 22nd day of June, 2011. /s/ Kyle Gottlieb, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-11-30 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF FRED L. LEHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Christopher D. Henretta 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 Christopher D. Henretta, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o David J. Steele II, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 11th day of May, 2011. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ David J. Steele II, Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DR-11-381 Robert L. Deschamps, III Summons for Publication IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Julie Lumsden, Petitioner and Michael Lumsden, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy upon the Petitioner within twenty days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a :Dissolution of Marriage. Title to and interest in the following real property will be involved in this action: None. DATED this 11th day of July, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: Maria A. Cassidy, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-07-92 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARSON J. WHITE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to Laurie White, the personal representative, return receipt requested, c/o Attorney John W. Hart, Rossbach Hart, P.C., PO Box 8988, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 2nd day of June, 2011. /s/ Laurie White, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-11-130 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY JANE WARD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to IRIS K. WARD, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Marsillo & Schuyler, PLLC, 103 South 5th Street East, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 28th day of June, 2011. /s/ Iris K. Ward, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-11-129 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LYLE ALLEN WINK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to NICHOLE ROBERTSON, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. DATED this 30th day of June, 2011. /s/ Nichole Robertson, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-11-884 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the

Name Change of Jenna Michelle Garrett, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Jenna Michelle Garrett to Genevieve Michelle Garrett. The hearing will be on August 18, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: July 7, 2011. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk of Court NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, the Beneficiary, and MARTIN S. KING, the Successor Trustee, under the Deed of Trust described in this notice (referred to in this notice as the “Trust Indenture”), have elected to sell the property described in this notice, on September 13, 2011 at 10:05 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, and on the terms described in this notice, in order to satisfy the obligations described in this notice, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture and the provisions of the Small Tract Financing Act, Mont. Code Ann. 71-1-301, et. seq. DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST INDENTURE: Grantor: Sean Scally Original Trustee: Insure Titles Successor Trustee: Martin S. King, Esq. Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Date: August 10, 2006 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE: Lot 1B-1 of Springer’s Orchard Homes, Lots 1B1 and 1B-2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as NHN River Road, Missoula, Montana 59804 RECORDING REFERENCE: Deed of Trust recorded on August 17, 2006, in Book 781 at page 247 as Document No. 200620833 records of Missoula County, Montana OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TRUST INDENTURE: Appointment of Successor Trustee, appointing Martin S. King as trustee in the place of Insured Titles dated April 26, 2011, and recorded April 28, 2011, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, as Document No. 201106996. DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE: The Grantor has defaulted on the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that he has failed to pay the payments required thereunder when due. AMOUNTS OWED ON THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE as of May 9. 2011: Principal: $19,251.84 Interest: $967.25 Late Charges: $298.88 Trustee’s Sale Guarantee: $86.04 Attorney Fees: $83.52 Total: $20,687.53 In addition, the Grantor is obligated to pay the expenses of this sale, which include the Beneficiary’s costs and expenses advanced to preserve and protect the property, real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, Beneficiary’s costs and attorneys’fees, and the Successor Trustee’s costs and fees. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, they will be added to the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. THE TRUSTEE’S OR BENEFICIARY’S ELECTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATION: The Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Successor Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. DATE, PLACE and TIME OF SALE: Date and time of sale: September 18, 2011, at 10:05 a.m. Place: At the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana This communication is from a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 10th day of May, 2011. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee, Worden Thane, P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 598064747 STATE OF MONTANA):ss. County of Missoula) On the 10th day of May, 2011, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, the Beneficiary, and MARTIN S. KING, the Successor Trustee, under the Deed of Trust described in this notice (referred to in this notice as the “Trust Indenture), have elected to sell the property described in this notice, on September 13, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, and on the terms described in this notice, in order to satisfy the obligations described in this notice, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture and the provisions of the Small Tract Financing Act. Mont. Code Ann. 71-1-301, et. seq. DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST INDENTURE: Grantor: Sean Scally Original Trustee: Insured Titles Successor Trustee: Martin S. King, Esq. Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Date: June 22, 2006 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE: Lot 1B-1 of Springer’s Orchard Homes, Lots 1B1 and 1B-2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as NHN River Road,

Missoula, Montana 59804 RECORDING REFERENCE: Deed of Trust recorded on June 23, 2006, in Book 777 at page 690 as Document No. 200615317 records of the Missoula County, Montana. OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TRUST INDENTURE: Appointment of Successor Trustee, appointing Martin S. King as trustee in the place of Insured Titles dated April 26, 2011, and recorded April 28, 2011, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, as Document No. 201106995. DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE: The Grantor has defaulted on the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that he has failed to pay the payments required thereunder when due. AMOUNTS OWED ON THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE as of May 9, 2011: Principal: $86,690.40 Interest: $1,377.54 Late Charges: $338.96 Trustee’s Sale Guarantee: $391.96 Attorney Fees: $380.48 Total: $89,179.34 In addition, the Grantor is obligated to pay the expenses of this sale, which include the Beneficiary’s costs and expenses advanced to preserve and protect the property, real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, Beneficiary’s costs and attorneys’fees, and the Successor Trustee’s costs and fees. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, they will be added to the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. THE TRUSTEE’S OR BENEFICIARY’S ELECTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATION: The Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Successor Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. DATE, PLACE and TIME OF SALE: Date and time of sale: September 13, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Place: At the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. This communication is from a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 10th day of May, 2011. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee, Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747 STATE OF MONTANA): ss. County of Missoula) On the 10th day of May, 2011, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/16/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200718743 Bk-802 Pg-145, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Ronny L. Straight and Vicki L. Straight as joint tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 in Block 2 of El Mar Estates Phase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/20/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of May 26, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $95,329.82. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $87,224.22, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-

PUBLIC NOTICES monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7777.16012) 1002.195340-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/30/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631097, Bk. 788, Pg. 366, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Matthew M. Miller and Rebecca L. Miller was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 1 of Kalberg Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 2, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $492,715.37. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $365,584.06, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 12, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.17612) 1002.99556-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 16, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT A A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 34, 90, 105 & 106. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting July 25, 2011 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to July 28, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA; MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE WESTMOST CORNER OF TRACT ‘A’, CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3391; THENCE N. 52°16’16” E., 148.97 FEET ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT ‘A’; THENCE S. 52°11;30” E., 251.37 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT ‘A’; THENCE S. 47°05’55” W., 195.84 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT ‘A’; THENCE S. 55°16’44” W., 107.08 FEET; THENCE N. 41°02’25” W., 255.87 FEET; THENCE N. 52°16’16” E., 105.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SHOWN AS TRACT ‘A’ OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4110, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA George J Zeller and Winnie M Zeller, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Nations Title Agency, Inc., MT, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 9, 2009 and Recorded April 27, 2009 in Book 838, Page 190. The beneficial interest is currently held by Financial Freedom Acquisition LLC. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 30, 2011, is 177,155.53 principal, interest at the rate of 0.0251% now totaling $9,097.21, Initial in the amount of $1,813.28, Total Periodic $1,798.29, Monthly servicing $700.00 and Servicing Advances $520.00 plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.15 per diem, 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

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 137, 251, 340, 379, 451, 478, 601 and 633. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Tuesday July 25, 2011. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, July 28, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r 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: May 9, 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 May 9, 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/ Judy Johnson Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 04/04/2017 Financial Freedom Vs. Zeller 41742.280 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE N1/2 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT D-2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4671. Jamie Lee Jarvis, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 27, 1999 and Recorded May 28, 1999 at 11:29 o’clock P.M. in volume 584 of micro records, Page 170, under Document No. 199914526. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation f/k/a Cendant Mortgage Corporation f/k/a PHH Mortgage Services 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 $1,035.67, 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 22, 2011 is $85,749.55 principal, interest at the rate of 7.125% now totaling $1,878.93, late charges in the amount of $35.03 and other fees and expenses advanced of $42.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.74 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 27, 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 27, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 PHH v Jarvis 41392.890 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE

SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 34B OF ORCHARD HOME COMPANY’S ADDITION NO. 6, LOTS 34A AND 34B, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Lloyd Bruce, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Valley Bank of Ronan, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 1, 2010 and recorded on March 12, 2010 in Book 856, Page 1023 under Document No. 201004939. The beneficial interest is currently held by Valley Bank of Ronan. 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 $1085.00, beginning April 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 May 12, 2011 is $197,750.00 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00% now totaling $5315.46, late charges in the amount of $251.71, and other fees and expenses advanced of $47.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.09 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 27, 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 27, 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 Valley Bank V. Bruce 41769.002 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE WEST ONE-HALF OF LOT 11 AND ALL OF LOTS 12 AND 13 IN BLOCK 2 OF MCLEOD ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Leslie A. Largay and John F. Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 8, 2007 and recorded March 8, 2007 under Document# 200705490, Book 793, Page 305. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has

declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,400.49, 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 April 18, 2011 is $179,091.53 principal, interest at the rate of 6.250% now totaling $4,252.41, late charges in the amount of $231.48, escrow advances of -$734.30, and other fees and expenses advanced of $34.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.67 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 26, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 26, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Judy Johnson Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 04/04/2017 Citimorgage Vs. Largay 42011.424 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 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 13 AND EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 6 OF GLENWOOD PARK ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. Leslie A Largay and John F Largay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 8, 2007 and recorded March 8, 2007 in Book 793, Page 307 under Document No. 200705492. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,591.03, 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 April 18, 2011 is $209,707.47 principal, interest at the rate of 6.2500% now totaling $5,194.82, late charges in the amount of $532.78, escrow advances of $-695.36, and other fees and expenses advanced of $47.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 26, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On April 26, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally

appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V Largay 42011.428 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 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 25 OF WILLIAMS ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Nicholas O. Weiss and Kristine D. Weiss, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 11, 2006 and recorded on May 11, 2006 in Book 774, Page 233 under Document No. 200610879. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Jason J. Henderson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,130.82, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 1, 2011 is $167,655.87 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $9,256.00, late charges in the amount of $2,060.56, escrow advances of $3,220.14, and other fees and

expenses advanced of $2,014.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.43 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 28, 2011 /s/ Jason J. Henderson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On April 28, 2011, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Jason J. Henderson, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 GMAC v. Weiss 41965.454 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 10/19/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which LEO C. HANSEN AND SANDRA D. HANSEN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA COUNTY, INC. as Trustee, to secure

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an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 12/17/2007 and recorded 12/21/2007, in document No. 200732755 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 810 at Page Number 1083 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5319, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER (SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 19148 LEO HANSEN ROAD, Florence, MT 59833. 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 $360,989.20 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: 06/03/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0047302 FEI NO. 1006.137646 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 10/19/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which KRISTINE K WALTERS-CARTE, AND DANIEL CARTE, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/10/2006 and recorded 03/20/2006, in document No. 200606076 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 770 at Page Number 1070 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 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE W1/2 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4722. Property Address: 6029 OCEAN VIEW DR, Clinton, MT 59825-9758. 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 CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-6CB, MORTGAG E PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2006-6CB. 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 fore-

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closure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 02/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $184,432.70 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 02/01/2010 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: 06/03/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0047718 FEI NO. 1006.137647 Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Thomas H. Campbell Christina I. Campbell Missoula County Treasurer Citifinancial, Inc. Bruce M. Spencer c/o Smith Law Firm, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff Charles Dendy c/o Johnson, Rodenburg & Lauinger attorneys for Plaintiff Craig D. Charlton c/o Smith Law Firm, P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff CACV of Colorado, LLC Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-OGD OGDEN ADD Lot- 010 Block- 074 13N 19W 29 OGDEN ADD, OGDEN OGDEN-E 75’ OGDEN ADD, OGDEN OGDEN-E 75’ OF LOT 10 BLK 74, SUID #180905. Parcel No. 180905. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: The East 75 feet of Lot 10 in Block 74 of OGDEN ADDITION, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 174 Page 2281 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax $4,085.15 Penalty $81.70 Interest $1,258.07 Costs $558.82 Total $ 5974.58 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 2584847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 7th day of July, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC 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 10/19/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West

Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which TROY A MAGRUDER, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/13/2005 and recorded 06/14/2005, in document No. 200514382 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 754 at Page Number 687 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL I: TRACT 5-B-1D OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2595 LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. PARCEL II: TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR ACCESS AS SHOWN ON CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2595. Property Address: 14010 SAPPHIRE DR, Lolo, MT 59847-9637. 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 $128,422.50 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.75% 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: 06/03/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 100110367 FEI NO. 1006.110534 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 10/25/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ERIN O DOHERTY, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, AND RODNEY W WASHATKO, AN UNMARRIED MAN 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 09/26/2007 and recorded 10/01/2007, in document No. 200725854 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 806 at Page Number 1007 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 3 OF BITTERROOT HOMES ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 417 KING ST, Missoula, MT 59801-8607. 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

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 $242,280.35 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.375% 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: 06/09/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110048321 FEI NO. 1006.138101 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 11/07/2011, 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 ARMEDA HOOVER AND GERALD HOOVER as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to MARK E. NOENNIG as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 04/05/2005 and recorded 04/06/2005, in document No. 200507784 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 750 at Page Number 417 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 88 OF DALY’S ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2101 SOUTH 14TH STREET, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $131,949.74 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 8.001% per annum from 07/01/2010 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: 06/21/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0009283 FEI NO. 1006.128818 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 11/09/2011, 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 SANDRA G ROSTAD, A MARRIED WOMAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/18/2003 and recorded 08/26/2003, in document No. 200331595 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 715 at Page Number 1344 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE WEST 15 FEET OF LOT 8 AND ALL OF LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 20 OF CAR LINE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 2401 WEST KENT AVENUE, Missoula, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, BY BAC GP, LLC. 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 $111,620.16 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.75% 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: 06/24/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0053404 FEI NO. 1006.138873 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 11/02/2011, 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 CLIFFORD KIMERLY, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, AND MARIE ANN KIMERLY as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to JOANNE M. BRIESE, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 11/24/2003 and recorded 12/19/2003, in document No. 200347464 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 723 at Page Number 2085 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 DISIGNATED AS

TRACT 1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5410, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 17155 LOLO CREEK RD, Lolo, MT 59847-8400. 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 BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20041. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 03/01/2010, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $257,873.18 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.00% per annum from 03/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 06/17/2011, RECONTRUST

COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0050846 FEI NO. 1006.138532 Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Roger E. Indreland Missoula County Treasurer First Security Bank of Missoula Elo A. Indreland Collection Bureau Services, Inc. Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 14N 19W 07 NW2 NW4SW4 NW4 AND NW4 SW4, SUID #1001506. Parcel No. 1001506. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: All of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. LESS AND EXCEPTING the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 , N 1/2 SE 1/4 AND SE 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 602 at Page 1547 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the S 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in book 306 at Page 2103 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the S 1/2 SE 1/4 of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 306 at Page 2105 Micro Records. ALSO LESS AND EXCEPTING the N 1/2 NE 1/4, the SW 1/4 NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference in Book 792 at Page 1091 Micro Records. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31st, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax $27,.6. 80 Penalty $5. 54 Interest $91..13C o s t s

$550.67 Total $922. 14 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 14th day of July, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Watson L. Hancock Missoula County Treasurer L & S Development Corporation Sharon A. Roske a/k/a Sharon Roske Collection Bureau Services, Inc c/o Michael J. Moore and Bruce J. Allison Collection Bureau Services Inc. C/O Michael J. Moore & Alison Howard Unifund CCR Partners Assignee of Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC c/o Charles L. Dendy of Johnson, Rodenburg & Lauinger Rex G. Kofford Collection Professionals, INC. Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 11N 16W 09 PLAT A/B’, PARCEL XXX, TR 1A COS 4666 IN NW 1/4 PLAT A 9-11-16 107.82AC & IN NE 1/4 PLAT B’ 8-11-16 64.78AC TOTAL 172.6AC, SUID #1162701. Parcel No. 1162701. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Tract 1A of Certificate of

Survey No. 4666, a tract of land located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 8 and the Northwest one-quarter of Section 9, all being in Township11 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula, County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2007. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16th, 2008. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16th, 2008, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $276 80 Penalty $5. 54 Interest $91. 13 Costs: $550. 67 Total $922 14 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 14th day of July, 2011. Montana Land Project, LLC Request for Bid Notice is hereby given that Superior School District #3, Superior, Montana will accept bid proposals for all bid packages in reference to the Superior

High building project located at 410 Arizona Ave. The project is Superior High Locker-room Addition. The work consists of improvements to Superior High School. The work includes new site work. The site of the work is 410 Arizona Ave, Superior, MT . Bids must be submitted on the bid form provided in the specification manual and per the bid conditions set forth in the Invitation to Bid. Construction Manager: The Superior School District has entered into a General Contractor/ Construction Manager Contract with Jackson Contractor Group for the purposes of, among other provisions, subcontracting through competitive bidding the contracts associated with the Superior High Lockerroom Project. Sealed bids are due to the administration office at 1003 5th Avenue East no later than 2:00 P.M. on August 3, 2008. The bids will then be opened and read aloud. Obtaining Contract Documents: Bid specifications are on file and available at Jackson Contractor Group, 5800 Highway 93 South, or by calling 406-542-9150 to obtain a bid package and plans. Shipping costs will be dependent upon delivery service and method used. The district reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the District’s requirements. The District reserves the right to waive any technicality of informality in the bidding process which is not of substantial nature. Pursuant to Section 18-1102 MCA, the District is required to provide preference to a contractor. Preconstruction Meeting on site at the Superior High School Wednesday 7/27/11 @ 3pm. With bid package review and question and answer session to follow prebid conference. Bids To Remain Open: The bidder shall guarantee the Total Bid Price for a period of 30 calendar days from the date of the bid opening.

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COMMERCIAL 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

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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UPSCALE DOWNTOWN LIFESTYLE AT THE UPTOWN FLATS 1 and 2 bedroom condos available

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