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UNION, THINK TANK DISAGREE ABOUT NEW DATABASE OF STATE WORKERS’ PAY

POWER GRANTS FALL OUTDOOR COMPANIES LONELY AT WEEKEND NEWS SOLAR RANGE FILM VICTIM TO THEIR SUCCESS COULD BE GREENER BATMAN SHOWING

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In 1993, Paul Wheaton planted a garden in his Missoula yard—but everything died. At the time, Wheaton was making money writing computer software, pre-internet explosion.

But after his garden withered, he couldn’t stop thinking about it. He started going to the Missoula Public Library and checking out gardening books, which he consumed. “That Cover photo by Chad Harder summer my software was doing great,” he recalls. “I should have paid attention to that, but instead I was obsessed with gardening.” ......................14

News Letters Feeling misunderstood on the rez ..................................................................4 The Week in Review Pro-life initiative fails to make ballot, more .............................6 Briefs Solar power installation grants stretched thin..................................................6 Etc. A Congressional fix for state med pot defendants? ..............................................7 Up Front Property owners anguished by outdated Flathead appraisals.....................8 Up Front Fairness of flawed state pay database debated ............................................9 Range Outdoor rec companies could do more for the outdoors.............................11 Agenda The Red Ants Pants Music Festival................................................................12

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Flash in the Pan Making a real mangoneada............................................................18 Happiest Hour Flathead Lake Brewing in Woods Bay..............................................19 8 Days a Week It’s only hot if your bellies stick together ........................................21 Mountain High Blackfoot River Cleanup and Barbecue at Johnsrud......................29 Scope Bastards heart Missoula...................................................................................30 Soundcheck Local rapper Traff the Wiz steps up .....................................................31 Books Evel Knievel Days connects Egypt and Montana ...........................................32 Film Distraction surrounds The Dark Knight Rises...................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................34

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Exclusives Street Talk....................................................................................................................4 In Other News...........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology..................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle....................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World ...............................................................................................C-12 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Robert Meyerowitz PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matthew Frank PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Jason McMackin STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Alex Sakariassen CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Skylar Browning COPY EDITOR Ted McDermott NEWS INTERN Jackie Coffin ARTS INTERN Brooks Johnson ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Pumpernickel Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Chris Melton, Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff, Steven Kirst SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson MARKETING & ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Tara Shisler MARKETING INTERN Jon Tweeten FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, Chris Dombrowski Andy Smetanka, Brad Tyer, Dave Loos, Ednor Therriault, Michael Peck, Jamie Rogers, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Melissa Mylchreest

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STREET TALK

by Chad Harder

Asked Monday, July 23, along the Hip Strip in downtown Missoula.

This week’s feature looks into permaculture.

What are you growing this year?

Follow-up: How important to you is eating locally?

Logan VanDam: Nothing this year.

Location, location: It’s definitely really important. It allows you to support local farmers and local business owners, and unlike when you buy things at Wal-Mart, the profits stay local.

Chris Bryant: All kinds. We’re just harvesting our garlic; it’s nearly the size of baseballs. But also tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, onions and more. It’s very important. Huck it: You know, it’s great to see my kids go dig food out of the garden and eat it, but we just went camping and picked lots of huckleberries, too.

And they really like gnawing on game meat every two or three years—that’s about as often as I get something.

Clark Keith: Nothing. My mom is, but I’m not. Conventional wisdom: It’s not important. A lot of what they say is local isn’t and a lot of organic is owned by large corporations, so I don’t think it really matters. I do go to the farmers' market, but that’s not because it’s local, it’s because things are cheaper there.

Ari Alexander: Corn, tomatoes, peas and a bunch of things that didn’t sprout. My corn’s about two feet high. Keepin’ it real: It’s real important. It supports the local farmer, of course, but more importantly, the food isn’t as processed. Its healthier for the economy and for us.

Randy Pinner: Only tomatoes at the moment, but I’m helping my son build a greenhouse and he has lots of things going in there. Back to da roots: Completely. I eat as local as possible, and I think it’s a philosophy that America is buying into. I mean, why buy tomatoes from Iceland if you can grow them right here?

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That’s clear I read Dameon Matule’s article [“It’s every Montanan’s Land. So why can’t we get to it?,” July 19]. Though I’ve never hunted, do not own land and was raised in the suburbs of the Southeast, he articulated the issues well, balancing stakeholder interests and the state’s dilemma to mitigate them so that I understood all sides. He did it with balanced and factual reporting. Sadly, American journalism today rarely reaches the bar that Mr. Matule easily cleared.

Though I’m a first-time visitor to Montana, from Las Vegas of all places, I now have a souvenir of knowledge from this trip.

I thought I would just see a few of the natural wonders of Glacier National Park. I was pleasantly surprised to also take away a nugget of a local issue from a gifted writer (and editor). For that, I’m thankful to Mr. Matule and the staff of the Missoula Independent.

Pat Fogarty Las Vegas

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Unitary Management board. Jessica’s article implied I meant something else, when in fact I did not.

Terry Backs St. Ignatius

“This ordinance represents an unequal application of the constitution and Montana law, just because I happen to live where I do.”

A numbers game I had the opportunity to read Jessica Mayrer’s latest water rights article titled “Water compact ripples” [July 19] and am not happy with the context of the quote attributed to me.

At the water compact meeting on June 27, I expressed that the very idea of the Unitary Management Ordinance is disconcerting.

Being a non-tribal resident who lives on fee land that happens to fall within the boundaries of the reservation, my biggest concern with the UMO is why my water rights would be administered differently than other residents of the state of Montana?

This ordinance represents an unequal application of the constitution and Montana law, just because I happen to live where I do. I don’t recall ever being told my constitutional rights would be compromised because I chose to live here, just like I was never told my water rights could be compromised because of this compact. I am not a tribal member, and I do not live on the Flathead Indian Reservation. I live within the exterior boundaries of the reservation, on fee land, not tribal trust land. The tribe has no jurisdiction over me.

At the compact meeting, I also asked why the tribe was given 40 percent of the representation on the UMO board right off the top, with the potential for a higher percentage, when they only have 18 percent of total population within reservation boundaries? A simple question was asked.

All I wanted to know was what logic went behind the proposed makeup of the

We need a billionaire Our president might make his goal a little easier if Joe Biden would step aside and Barack Obama would name Warren Buffett as his running mate. We all look up to Warren and admire him for admitting that he doesn’t pay his fair share of taxes and is willing to increase taxes for himself and all of his fellow billionaires. Who knows, with a bit of luck we might even get the deficit under control.

Peter Daniels Polson

Fracking is horrible I am a student at Montana State University. I recently wrote a research paper for my environmental history class on hydraulic fracturing. What I found in my research on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing is truly alarming.

In the Bozeman Daily Chronicle’s front-page article “Waiting, Worrying: Bureau of Mines Helps Shields Valley Prepare for Fracking,” the basics of the controversy surrounding hydraulic fracturing and the concept of “split estate” were covered. However, the extreme health implications and the potential chemicals that are used in the fracking chemical mixture were not discussed. Toxic chemicals are used at every stage of development to reach and release gas. Dr. Theo Colborn, president of the Endocrine Disruption Association and former advising panelist at the Environmental Protection Agency, has collected data on the formerly unknown chem-

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icals used by the fracking industry and the wide-ranging health effects caused by these chemicals. The Endocrine Disruption Network reports that 25 percent of the chemicals used in fracking can cause cancer and 50 percent can affect the immune, cardiovascular and nervous systems: “An estimated 30 to 70 percent of the fracking fluid will resurface, bringing back with it toxic substances that are naturally present in underground oil and gas deposits, as well as the chemicals used in the fracking fluid. …

In addition to water contamination issues, at each stage of the production and delivery, tons of toxic, volatile compounds, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzine, xylene, cadmium, etc., and fugitive natural gas (methane), escape and mix with nitrogen oxides from the exhaust of the diesel-driven mobile and stationary equipment to produce ground-level ozone. Ozone not only causes irreversible damage to the lungs, it is equally damaging to conifers, aspen, forage, alfalfa and other crops grown in the West.

Ozone plumes can travel up to 250 miles.”

Do we want to be able to drink our water? In the documentary Gasland, residents of Colorado were able to light their water on fire because of the fugitive natural gas and chemicals now present in their groundwater due to the fracking process.

Montana is truly the Last Best Place! We cannot allow our blue-ribbon trout streams, fresh air, abundant wildlife and health and livelihoods in ranching and farming to be desecrated by this extremely toxic and unnecessary process. In hydraulic fracturing, chemicals are pumped approximately 7,700 feet below ground, and there is absolutely no way to clean up a leak after ground and water contamination have occurred.

In May of this year, the state of Vermont was the first to ban hydraulic fracturing.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin stated, “This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy.” The citizens of Upstate New York were also successful in protecting their land and watershed after a massive public outcry and celebrity support—launching Artists Against Fracking to rally celebrities who support a ban on fracking.

How can Sen. Jon Tester, an organic farmer, and Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a former member of the Montana USDA Farm Service Agency, allow this risky and chemically laden process to occur in our great state? We must unite as residents and stewards of these beautiful Rocky Mountains and insist that a ban be placed on hydraulic fracturing on state and county levels.

Heidi Strohmyer Bozeman

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by Chad Harder

The Western Montana Mental Health Center holds a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $3.4 million, 16-bed inpatient chemical dependancy treatment facility on California Street. As it stands, the nearest inpatient treatment facility is in Butte. The Missoula Recovery Center is slated to open in the spring of 2013.

• Thursday, July 19 Smokejumpers descend on the Twin Lakes fire in the Rattlesnake after lightning sparked the blaze in the area between Roosevelt, Twin and Farmers lakes. The slope is too steep to land a helicopter and a second team of smokejumpers, along with a helicopter with a bucket, is sent in around 5 p.m. to douse the flames.

• Friday, July 20 The Montana ProLife Coalition acknowledges that it hasn’t collected enough signatures for its “personhood” amendment to qualify it for the November election ballot. The Coalition aimed to amend the Montana Constitution to say that life begins at “fertilization or conception.”

• Saturday, July 21 A 39-year-old Missoula woman reports a sexual assault after two men in a truck follow her and one occupant of the vehicle gets out and wrestles her to the ground on Spurgin Road near South Reserve Street. The victim describes the truck as a “really big” champagne-colored Chevy and the assaulter as a mid-30s Caucasian male with a bald head, no facial hair and large muscles.

• Sunday, July 22 The Missoula Osprey end a six-game losing streak when the team beats the Rockies at Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, Colo., 17-7. The Osprey let the Rockies gain a two-run lead in the first inning, but pitcher Karl Triana keeps the Rockies scoreless until the sixth as the Osprey score 12 runs.

• Monday, July 23 Citizens pack Missoula City Council chambers to discuss allowing accessory dwelling units, also known as “granny flats,” in all Missoula neighborhoods. Council, requests that the Office of Planning and Grants outline options that will help the public envision how ADUs could work.

• Tuesday, July 24 Sen. Max Baucus introduces a constitutional amendment in the Judiciary Committee aimed at giving states the authority to regulate political contributions by corporations and unions. Baucus hosts an afternoon tele-conference with Montanans to update them on the amendment’s progress, during which he calls corporate cash in campaigns “a disease” that has “infected the political process.”

A swimmer takes the plunge off the Belton Bridge and into the Middle Fork of the Flathead River on Friday, July 20. The bridge served as the main entrance to Glacier National Park from 1920 to 1938, but now serves only pedestrians.

Super PAC’s Now we have one Northwestern Montana now has its very own resident Super PAC. And it’s wasted no time in making waves. Special Operations for America, which officially registered with the Federal Election Commission on June 14, received a stern warning from the U.S. Department of Defense last week to stop using trademarked armed forces insignia in its logo.

Special Operations for America—or SOFA—is the latest recruit in the ranks of anti-Obama Super PACs to emerge from the right wing. According to its mission statement, SOFA is primarily devoted to “restoring strong leadership” in the White House, particularly when it comes to national security and the military. Their charge is being led by none other than state Sen. Ryan Zinke, retired U.S. Navy SEAL and running mate of former Republican gubernatorial hopeful Neil Livingstone.

The tipping point, Zinke says, was an April Obama ad featuring President Clinton lauding the killing of bin Laden.

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In other words, SOFA formed in response to Obama “politicizing the military for political gain.”

SOFA has already allied with a number of military-based political organizations, among them Stand Up America and Veterans for a Strong America. And Zinke isn’t the only notable Montana name behind the new group. Former Sen. Conrad Burns and former Brigadier General Paul Vallely are also on the SOFA board. The group may have formed in opposition to Obama, but Zinke insists SOFA will remain respectful of the office of the president.

The Super PAC likely won’t spend much of its time opposing Obama in Montana. Instead, Zinke says, SOFA’s resources will be devoted to “states that have a large military population. Those happen to be swing states: the Carolinas, Florida, Virginia, Nevada.” Zinke wouldn’t say whether the group intends to develop any ads for television; he did say SOFA will have a strong “ground game.”

According to the Super PAC’s first quarterly report to the FEC, SOFA had a little less than $60 on hand at the end of June. Zinke says they’ve since had around 2,000 donations, mostly from veterans

and active armed service members.

“The reason we picked a Super PAC over other funding vehicles is that with a Super PAC, you can trace every penny,” Zinke says.

As for the Department of Defense’s complaint, SOFA had removed all trace of military insignia from its site by July 23.

Alex Sakariassen

Pearl Jam Second shot Laurie Pope eagerly packs away her sleeping bag after 12 sleepless hours spent spearheading a line of fans snaking around the Adams Center on a hot Friday afternoon. The fans buzz with excitement and Pope tries to shake the goosebumps from her arms as she purchases the first of 1,100 additional Pearl Jam tickets released at 5 p.m. on July 20.

“Missoulians didn’t get a shot at the tickets the first time they went on sale,” Pope says. The first round of tickets were released June 22 and sold out online in 15 minutes. The second round of box-office-only tickets, limited to two per cus-

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tomer, were made possible by changing the Adams Center concert to a 360-degree stage view.

This opened the opportunity to see the band for fans that felt they had no chance of getting tickets online.

Missoulians weren’t the only fans that felt left out from the online ticket sellout. Dustin and Rebecca Quillen stand second in line behind Pope after traveling seven hours from Story, Wyo., to wait for the tickets they had no luck getting in the first round. Jon Totten arrived in Missoula from Coeur d’Alene at 2:30 a.m. He sits behind the Quillens in a lounge chair armed with energy drinks and snacks.

The Sept. 30 concert will be Pearl Jam’s last scheduled performance of the year and the band’s only non-festival U.S. show of 2012. Pearl Jam is playing with fellow Seattle grunge rockers Mudhoney as a partnership with Sen. Jon Tester, a long-time friend of Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament. Tester is raffling off a prize of two onstage reclining seats to the concert, dinner with Tester and Ament, VIP passes and round-trip travel and hotel accommodations. The raffle is open to donors to Tester’s campaign.

Tickets in hand, Pope bursts out the doors of the Adams Center a few minutes after 5 p.m., taking her first breath of fresh air since 5:30 a.m. and hooting with excitement.

Jackie Coffin

Energy Grants gone dry Solar panel installation companies are scrambling to fill holes in project funding after Northwestern Energy awarded fewer grants per company for renewable energy installations than was expected. Installation companies, such as Missoula’s SBS Solar or Victor’s Sunelco, usually receive six to nine grants bi-annually. But this time around, each only received two. “This past spring we were all doing triple our regular business,” says Molly Bradford of SBS Solar. “We had this awesome boom, then one little thing changes and crash.”

The problem stemmed largely from the growing popularity of solar power and the rise of new energy installation companies. “Missoula has the most installers and the most projects,” says Northwestern Energy’s Claudia Rapkoch. “There are many worthy projects and Northwestern has to keep the distribution equal.”

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In 1997, Montana legislators established the Universal System Benefit Program, which requires all electric and gas utility companies to collect a monthly $1 tax on customers’ bills. A portion of the money raised from that tax, about $1.2 million, is collected for renewable energy projects distributed after the fall and spring cycles.

A committee consisting of Northwestern Energy personnel and members of the Montana Renewable Energy Association, which is composed of business owners, citizens and politicians, is responsible for determining grant sizes.

That committee is now deliberating how best to allocate funds in light of growing demand and lowering costs.

Sunelco president Tom Bishop says that in light of a drop in the price of solar panel materials by about 40 percent during the past few years, grants could be stretched further to serve a greater number of people. “The dilemma is, Do we reduce the number of grants?” he says. “Do we put all the grants on first-come, first-serve basis? Or do we halve the grants and allow twice as many people to get them?”

As for Bradford, she remains confident that this discussion taking place among so many likeminded people will bring continued advancements in renewable energy, despite the setback. “Right now, we’re creating alliances with other small mom-and-pop providers that might not have otherwise formed,” Bradford says. “There’s definitely a silver lining.”

Jackie Coffin

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Green energy The troubles with Thompson River Back in 2009, the Thompson River Power Plant in northwestern Montana landed a $6.5 million grant from the federal government, part of a renewable energy component to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Talk had circulated for years about turning the coal-fired plant into a wood-fired operation, and the promise of jobs hung in the air.

Three years later, the plant sits idle.

Thompson River Power LLC has declared bankruptcy. There’s no green energy coming out of Thompson River, and no jobs in sight. And, as the Wall Street Journal wrote last week, the U.S. Treasury Department is now trying to recoup $5 million of its stimulus contribution.

The plant has been mired in hard times almost from the beginning. The Thompson River Power Plant operated for a brief nine and a half months back in 2004, before the second-hand boiler from North Carolina was idled by then-owners Thompson River Power Co-Gen LLC. The company’s partners, assailed by various financial troubles, lost ownership of the plant in 2007 and it passed into the hands of the Minnesota-based private equity firm Wayzata Investment Partners.

Three conservation groups, including the Missoula-based Clark Fork Coalition, unsuccessfully challenged modifications to Thompson River’s air quality permits in late 2006. Air quality violations eventually led the state Department of Environmental Quality to fine Thompson River $1.9 million, but the fine was eventually reduced to $200,000.

According to the DEQ’s Karen Wilson, the plant was last operational between March and December 2009. No air quality violations have been reported since Wayzata took ownership.

Last year, news broke in the business world that the Seattle-based ecoTECH Energy Group had entered into negotiations with Wayzata about purchasing the Thompson River plant. This February— less than a year after those negotiations began— Thompson River filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, listing at least $1.4 million in unsecured creditor claims, including $152,536 owed to Sanders County for unpaid property taxes.

EcoTECH never acquired the facility.

The U.S. Treasury hopes to use the bankruptcy proceedings to retrieve $5 million—money that was meant to make Thompson River a source of renewable energy, but didn’t.

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Federally protected grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this week that he expects the population could be delisted in 2014, opening the door for possible sport hunting of griz in Wyoming.

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Last spring, a federal judge sentenced Montana Cannabis co-founder Richard Flor to five years in federal custody for maintaining “drug-involved premises.”

Flor is now being held at the Crossroads Correctional Facility, in Shelby, while awaiting transfer to a federal institution. The 68-year-old has dementia and osteoporosis. His lawyer notes in court documents filed July 12 that while incarcerated, the former caregiver fell out of bed and broke both his clavicle and a cervical bone. He also re-injured broken ribs hurt during another fall while in custody.

Flor’s attorneys argued that the caregiver believed he was selling cannabis under the protection of the Montana Medical Marijuana Act, which 62 percent of voters supported in 2004. Despite that, Flor was sent to prison. His case and that of dozens of others like him, individuals indicted after the federal government ramped up medical marijuana policing in 2011, highlights an ongoing conflict between state and federal laws.

Judges cite the Supremacy Clause, which says federal law trumps state law when there’s conflict between the two, when denying defendants like Flor the right to use the state’s Medical Marijuana Act as a shield.

A group of federal lawmakers last week introduced a bill that could change how much weight state medical marijuana mandates carry. Instead of simply deferring to federal law, which holds marijuana is a schedule I narcotic and therefore dangerous, the bill would enable judges and juries to evaluate whether defendants were in compliance with state marijuana laws. The law would also compel the federal government to return items seized in the process of policing drug activity if a defendant is later found to be in compliance with state directives. Flor and his family “forfeited” their home, six vehicles and several guns. They were also ordered to pay $288,000.

It’s tough to say if the Truth in Trials Act could have helped Flor. Prosecutors said that, even if his attorneys could use state law as a defense, Flor was acting well outside of state law.

Still, as the U.S. House of Representatives begins to deliberate the new bill, we find it troubling that Montana’s congressional delegation has remained mum on medical marijuana. After all, who better to assert the interests of Montanans when they’re ground up in a conflict between state and federal laws?

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Taking on the tax man Outdated appraisals cause Flathead heartburn

by Jessica Mayrer

ket. “That’s what the statute requires,” says MDOR Deputy Director Alan Puera.

In 2011, the legislature shot down two bills that would have shortened the appraisal cycle. According to research done in 2011, implementing a two-year cycle would cost nearly $4.7 million over the course of a three-year span.

Last week, in a referral submitted to an interim legislative committee, MDOR told lawmakers that “the six-year gap in reappraising property gives rise to serious equity problems across the state that raises serious legal/constitutional questions.”

Puera says there are also flaws in the appeals process that can only be remedied by the legislature.

Montana is a “non-disclosure” state. That means it’s illegal for the state to disclose property sale prices compiled by its appraisers to anyone who refuses to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Taxpayer appellants, therefore, must sign a non-disclosure agreement that commits them to stay mum on the comparaJoan Renne at the edge of her Rollins property Photo by Chad Harder ble sales data dug up by state appraisers to $10,000. In 1975, Renne built a 2,000- is a fifth-generation Montanan who adminis- justify state property tax assessments. Puera square-foot home not far from the big lake’s ters a family trust that owns multiple says the agreement hinders the taxpayer’s craggy cliffs. After attending music school Flathead properties. He says people all the ability to communicate with outside experts.

“We feel that it serves to intimidate and on the East Coast, she returned to live on way up and down the socioeconomic ladder are being adversely affected. Since the confuse taxpayers and make them feel less her father’s land full-time in 1990.

In 2005, her father’s death prompted 2008 assessments, Begg’s property tax bills able to manage the appeals process,” Puera the family to sell 18 acres. Renne says the have doubled, tripled and, in some cases, says. “It’s frustrating for us, too. It’s not 18-acre property fetched upwards of $4.7 he says, “they’ve quadrupled.” That’s comfortable for our staff to have go through because tax increases attached to the assess- this disclosure signature and to request million in 2009.

Renne kept the remaining 10 acres and ments have been phased in over time. Yet closing public meetings, but it’s what the watched in dismay as wealthy snowbirds he can’t sell those properties for what the law requires.”

MDOR supported a bill to change that from out of state bought up pieces of the state says they’re worth.

MDOR encourages property owners law during the 2011 legislative session. It Flathead Lake coastline that she loves so much. As Montana increasingly became a like Renne and Begg to work through an died in committee.

Begg says if legislators don’t act soon, recreation destination in the 1990s and into appeals process. But they both say the the 2000s, property values skyrocketed. appeals process is daunting and doesn’t Flathead taxpayers will. He and a growing network of residents that includes Renne According to the Montana Department of yield satisfying results.

“It’s a total learning curve on the part are deliberating the prospect of filing a class Revenue, residential real estate values in Lake County, where Renne lives, increased of the taxpayer,” Begg says. The average cit- action lawsuit against the state. “We’re hop66.7 percent between 2002 and 2008. In izen is ill equipped to take on the compli- ing we can maybe join forces,” Begg says.

Renne says she’s nearly out of options. neighboring Flathead County, values cated and confusing bureaucracy. “The whole process to me, it’s anti taxpayer from She recently approached a real estate agent. increased 65.7 percent.

If something doesn’t break soon, she’ll be After 2008, property values in the the get-go.”

The Department of Revenue acknowl- forced to begin selling off chunks of her Flathead began to decrease nearly as dramatically as they had climbed. Kalispell edges improvements are in order. The land to raise money to pay her taxes. “This appraiser Jim Kelley says residential and department says shorter cycles would better has been a heartbreak,” she says. commercial real estate values there have slid ensure the state keeps up with what can about 35 percent since 2008, adding, “Some be–and has been—a rapidly changing marjmayrer@missoulanews.com Joan Renne cries when talking about selling off pieces of the 10-acre property in Rollins that she inherited from her father.

“I can’t go on like this,” she says. “My taxes are now $10,000 a year.”

The 74-year-old music teacher makes $32,000 annually. She says her tax payment is just shy of $10,000 on the property that the state’s now valued at more than $1 million. “I’ve been there bawling my head off with the Lake County Tax Assessor,” she says. “There doesn’t seem to be anything I can do, except try to sell.”

Renne’s father bought a 28-acre parcel on Flathead Lake’s west side in 1959 for

properties decreased more than others.”

Flathead residents say that tax problems are being further exacerbated by the fact that the state only sets how much property tax people pay every six years.

If the state assessed properties annually, taxes would decrease as values slide. But, because the Montana Legislature has only authorized the state Department of Revenue to appraise commercial and residential real estate every six years, it doesn’t work that way. That means property owners are stuck paying taxes based on 2008 home values.

Renne is far from the only one decrying the state’s tax system as flawed. Jerry Begg

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THROWBACK TO THE WAYBACK

Is misleading data on state pay better than none at all?

by Alex Sakariassen

The Montana Policy Institute spent the better part of the last two years trying to get the Montana Department of Administration to release data on state employee pay.

When months of formal requests went nowhere, MPI turned to the courts. Even after a favorable verdict in late February, the group had to pay $1,200 to cover the cost of reprogramming state computers so the information could be compiled.

This July, MPI rolled out a new online database, opengovmt.org, which puts the annual compensation of thousands of state

Photo courtesy of Eric Feaver

leading but distorted. Shortly after opengovmt.org went live, Feaver began getting emails from union members expressing concerns about the accuracy of the site.

Some folks had only worked for the state for three months but were listed as though they were full-time employees. Others saw expense reimbursements reflected in their earnings totals.

“If this information is that important, why not do it correctly the first time as opposed to effectively creating a cow-pie for folks to step in?” Feaver says. “MPI

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MEA-MFT president Eric Feaver, left, and Montana Policy Institute chief executive Carl Graham.

staffers at the fingertips of taxpayers. But the data isn’t quite what MPI was hoping for.

Within hours of its launch, the site was already garnering complaints that the information was flawed.

“I am curious to know why my listed salary is $10,000 more than I actually make,” wrote one commenter, identified only as Kelly. “You state that you did not consider benefits, so where is this extra money?”

According to MPI chief executive Carl Graham, the confusion in the site’s early hours was due to an error on MPI’s part.

The organization had placed a disclaimer at the top of the database that led people to believe the dollar amounts listed were only salaries. The numbers were far more complex. Most included benefits. Some even included workers’ compensation payments.

The figures did not take into account the dates that state employees were hired, or whether they’d transferred to different positions. MPI quickly modified its disclaimer.

That’s not enough for MEA-MFT, a union representing 18,000 government employees statewide. President Eric Feaver still believes MPI’s database is not only mis-

should have taken more time and resources and sorted these matters out to show what is an actual representation of state employee pay.”

Feaver says he’s an ardent supporter of government transparency. And he says he has no qualms with state pay data being publicly accessible, as long as the group behind the effort does so responsibly. But he says he sees MPI’s site—broken down as it is by individual employee—as voyeuristic. Feaver recently circulated an opinion piece in the Montana media proposing to MPI that until they can verify their data, they should take it down. MPI promptly laid the blame at the state’s feet, saying they only posted what they received. As to Feaver’s request that the site go dark, Feaver says, “They said they weren’t going to take it down.”

Graham says MPI’s original goal for opengovmt.org was to create an easily navigable public website with a more detailed breakdown of payroll costs. Instead, the state supplied information that lumped all those payments into one end-of-year payroll expense per employee, regardless of hiring dates or job changes.

MPI didn’t have the knowledge or the

resources to break the information down further. They went ahead with what they had. And they immediately heard from users who misinterpreted the figures as base salaries. Graham says that’s unfortunate, but he stands by MPI’s decision to move forward.

“After fighting with the state for over two years and putting up with delay after delay and expense after expense, we finally just decided we weren’t going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” Graham says. “We put up what we had, with some caveats on what it actually represented.

Some people didn’t read the caveats. They didn’t go to the overview page or see the disclaimers.”

Feaver wonders about MPI’s motives in placing such value on state pay data.

Similar think-tanks across the country have factored into a national push to discredit unions and attract discontent around government spending. The deceptively high figures listed on opengovmt.org, in Feaver’s view, hint at an agenda beyond mere transparency. “I really honestly believe that the purpose of this is to discredit state government,” he says.

Graham feels justified in launching the potentially muddled database.

Opengovmt.org had 10,000 individual users in its first two hours, he says, “and it crashed the site.” MPI has since beefed up its server capacity, and the site has had 220,000 page views as of July 23.

“Our state, for whatever reason, is not very good about pushing information out on spending and that sort of thing,” Graham says. “What we’ve demonstrated here is, there’s an enormous hunger by the electorate and the taxpayers to get more detailed information on how their tax dollars are spent.”

Graham and Feaver agree that perhaps MPI and MEA-MFT should work together in the next legislature to encourage the state to build its own database. A similar proposal in the 2011 legislature proved unsuccessful; according to a fiscal note, the database would have cost $220,000 to create and $110,000 annually to maintain.

Graham says if the state launches its own site, opengovmt.org will go dark. For Feaver, it might mean an end to concerned emails from state employees.

“That, I think, is my only way out of here,” Feaver says. “Otherwise, all I’ll continue to do is hear from members saying, ‘My salary’s not right. What are you going to do about this?’”

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Is my parka green?

Time for the outdoor industry to step it up

by Paul Larmer

Last February, the CEO of Patagonia, perhaps the world’s most conservationminded outdoor gear and clothing company, spoke to eager business students and outdoor-industry professionals at the University of Colorado at Boulder. CEO Casey Sheahan’s message was simple: Companies can do right by the environment and society and still turn a profit.

Sheahan’s talk was peppered with examples of Patagonia’s investment in conservation. Its parking lot is covered with solar panels; it supports efforts to restore the desiccated Colorado River Delta. But the tension between commerce and conservation surfaced when Sheahan showed an ad the company ran in The New York Times the day after Thanksgiving. Below a picture of a cool new Patagonia jacket, the headline blared, “Don’t Buy This Jacket.”

The text explained: “Because Patagonia wants to be in business for a good long time—and leave a world inhabitable for our kids—we want to do the opposite of every other business today. We ask you to buy less and to reflect before you spend a dime on this jacket or anything else.”

Somewhat to his surprise, Sheahan said, the ad “didn’t hurt us a bit. Sales were up on Black Friday 19 percent; sales for Cyber Monday were up 28 percent. … It was reverse psychology—an interesting experiment.”

To the cynic, this kind of “experiment” simply reinforces the notion that companies’ green leanings only go as far as the bottom line. But the reality is more complicated than that. The industry first flexed its muscles in Salt Lake City back in 2003.

Spurred on by CEO Peter Metcalf of Black Diamond Equipment, the Outdoor Industry Association confronted Utah’s governor over a deal he’d cut with the Bush administration to remove protections from millions of acres of public lands.

The industry said, in effect, “Back off,

Governor, or we’ll take our industry's lucrative outdoor retailer trade shows to another city.” The governor did back off, even setting up an outdoor industry advisory committee to give industry leaders a voice on public lands decisions.

Ultimately, the industry’s contribution to conservation remains minuscule.

The roughly 200-member Conservation Alliance doled out only a little over $1 million in grants last year.

Since that showdown, the industry’s commitment to conservation in the West has grown. Through the OIA and its sister organization, the Conservation Alliance, companies regularly funnel grants to conservation groups, send delegations to Washington, D.C., to lobby for protection of the public lands used by their customers and back sympathetic political candidates through a political action committee.

Yet, ultimately, the industry’s contribution to conservation remains minuscule.

The roughly 200-member Conservation Alliance doled out only a little more than

$1 million in grants last year. This is welcome money for lean nonprofits, but it’s also pocket change compared to what extractive industries spend to gain access to public lands. A new OIA report calculated that consumers spend some $646 billion annually on outdoor recreation, generating more than 6 million jobs and $80 billion in state and federal taxes. Surely an industry so robust could do more to support conservation, both financially and politically.

Now, Utah is once again giving the industry an opportunity to step up its game.

The current governor, Republican Gary Herbert, has rekindled the debate over wildlands protection by laying claim to 19,000 miles of rights of way across federal lands and signing a bill demanding that the federal government cede 22 million acres of National Forest and BLM land to the state.

Peter Metcalf, whose $150 million climbing-gear company is based in Utah, is once again speaking out. On July 12, he quit the governor's advisory group and called on his industry to take a stand in support of wildlands. Meanwhile, the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, which starts the first week of August, says it may need to find a home other than Salt Lake City, which lacks space for a growing number of vendors and attendees. The departure of the two annual retailer shows, which generate approximately $40 million annually in direct spending, would be a bitter economic pill for Salt Lake and the governor to swallow.

Will the outdoor industry have enough power and determination to get the governor to back down? Whatever happens, the outdoor recreation industry needs to start walking its talk to become the force for conservation it claims to be.

Paul Larmer is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ) in Paonia, Colo., where he is the magazine’s executive director.

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Like many of you all, we’re going to take a trip out east this weekend to the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, near White Sulphur Springs. The neophyte country/Americana music festival is only in its second year but boasts a line-up of major heroes and

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talented up-and-comers, including Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Billy Joe Shaver and Mary Chapin Carpenter, along with Justin Townes Earle and many more, such as Missoula’s own Butter, the Best Westerns and Kevin Van Dort on the side stage. The festival is getting bigger and more popular but the outdoor event still has an intimate feel, with a low, easily accessible stage tailor-made for music lovers. For those less inclined to listen to music, the White Sulphur Springs Master of BBQ Challenge also takes place on the festival grounds.

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(Side note: the Bistronauts of Burns St. Bistro won the Grandmaster Award last year and intend to defend the title this year.) However, the RAPMF is much more than a fun-for-all music/ drinking/sun/food fest. It is a fundraiser for the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which offers support to women in rural communities and to working family farms and ranches. It also works to expand women’s leadership roles. The foundation teaches and builds self-reliance in women through hands-on workshops in traditional blue collar work. The Timber Skills Workshop, for example, shows students how to build a shelter from felling, bucking and limbing trees, milling the wood and doing basic timber construction. The shelter will end up being used by shade-seeking festival attendees. So, while you’re sun-drunk and drunkdrunk, slur-singing the lyrics to Shaver’s “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” you’re actually doing some good for women and rural communities. Who knew?

–Jason McMackin The Red Ants Pants Music Festival takes place near White Sulphur Springs from Thur., July 26, through Sun., July 29. $130/$115 advance for the weekend or $45 per day.

Campground passes are $10 for the entire weekend. For a complete schedule, visit redantspantsmusicfestival.com.

THURSDAY JULY 26

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The Osprey team up with the All-Abilities Playground Project for All-Abilities Baseball Night at Ogren Park.

This adaptive baseball game for children with disabilities gives them an opportunity to experience the sport in all its awesomeness. Money raised benefits the construction of a universally accesible playground at McCormick Park. 4–7:30 PM. $5.

Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Caras Park fish sculpture at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

FRIDAY JULY 27 Practice being peaceful in a world of differences during the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Intercultural Dialogue Group, a monthly meeting that aims to bring together people from various backgrounds for an afternoon of conversation and peacemaking. Every last Fri. of the month at 4:30 PM in the library of the Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call Betsy at 543-3955 or email peace@jrpc.org for more info.

Make time for some face time to talk about the environment and whatever else is on your mind at Green Drinks in Bigfork. Swan River Inn, 360 Grand. 6–8 PM. Free.

SATURDAY JULY 28 The Missoula Iris Society’s Annual Iris Rhizome Sale only sells the finest rhizomes in the Treasure State and those sales help them maintain the fine Ft. Missoula iris garden, where the sale is held. 9 AM–1 PM. Call Carol or Pete at 251-5833.

TUESDAY JULY 31 Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication Non-Violent Communication Weekly Practice Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins. Noon–1 PM. Free.

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

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 AUGUST 1 Kettlehouse Community U-Nite Pint Night for Montana Conservation Voters is an opportunity to donate some moneys to MCV and hoist a dee-lish beer at the Northside taproom. 313 N. 1st. 5–8 PM. Lovers of the environment and the beer head to Green Drinks Missoula to hang out with like-minded folks and casually talk about your world. Flathead Lake Brewing Co., 424 N. Higgins. 5–8 PM. Free.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also e-mail entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - A 24-year-old New York man who tried to steal merchandise from a Virginia Wal-Mart store was thwarted when employees retrieved the merchandise before he got out the door. According to Loudoun County sheriff’s official Liz Mills, the man fled to a waiting pickup truck, got behind the wheel and started to drive away with his 46-year-old passenger, but the truck’s muffler “dislodged.” When the driver got out to fix it, the passenger got behind the wheel “and drove the truck forward at the request of the New Yorker and struck him.” Mills added he was hospitalized “in serious condition.” He wasn’t charged, however, because Wal-Mart declined to prosecute, but police arrested the passenger, Robert V. Lyons, 46, for reckless driving. (The Huffington Post) A 42-year-old woman, who police in Lynn, Mass., reported was being “chased frantically” by a man wielding a large kitchen knife, sought safety by running into the police station, where she “quickly began to cower.” The man followed her and raised the knife above her head while punching her.

Officer Raymond Therrien said he grabbed the man’s arm and “delivered several knee strikes to his midsection” until he dropped the knife. Police filed multiple charges against Constantine Greven, 40.

(Lynn’s The Daily Item) UNINTELLIGENT DESIGN - Louisiana is issuing publicly funded vouchers for the coming school year that will allow thousands of children to attend private schools where they will learn that Scotland’s Loch Ness monster is real. The schools follow a fundamentalist curriculum that includes the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program, which aims at disproving evolution and proving creationism. One of its tenets is that if dinosaurs lived at the same time as humans, then Darwinism is flawed.

One ACE biology textbook declares that scientists are becoming more convinced that dinosaurs are alive today, explaining that the Loch Ness monster “has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by eyewitnesses and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a plesiosaur.” Another claim is that a Japanese whaling boat once caught a dinosaur, an event that did occur in the movie Godzilla but hasn’t yet happened in real life.

Scotland’s position is that such teaching is good for tourism. Nessie expert Tony Drummond, who leads Loch Ness tours, called it “Christian propaganda” and “ridiculous,” but urged pupils at the Louisiana schools “to come and investigate the loch for themselves.” (Scotland’s The Herald) JUSTICE IS BLINDS - Thomas Molina, 38, broke into a community college in Albuquerque, N.M., according to police who rescued him after finding him tangled in window blinds. The frustrated burglar told them he was looking for computer equipment. (Albuquerque’s KRQE-TV) NOT-SO-PETTY THEFT - Margo Reed, 54, pleaded guilty to stealing $163,582 from three public library branches in Yonkers, N.Y., over a seven-year period. Reed was responsible for depositing fines collected for overdue books (10 cents for most, 50 cents for new ones). She said she would regularly alter the paperwork with correction fluid and pocket the difference, usually $100 or more each time. A new business manager discovered the theft when he observed the alterations, which he said were obvious but were never noticed because everyone trusted Reed as a longtime, conscientious employee. “It’s like no one was checking the checker,” business manager Stephen Force explained.

(The New York Times) SCHOOL DAZE - To celebrate the end of the term, a private girls’ school in Sherbooke, Quebec, hired hypnotist Maxime Nadeau to entertain a group of 12- and 13-year-old girls by putting some in a trance while others watched. When the show ended, several girls in the audience who’d fallen under Nadeau’s spell remained mesmerized. Nadeau, who received about 14 hours of instruction in basic hypnotism, couldn’t snap them out of it and had to call the hypnotist who trained him. Richard Whitbread, who drove an hour to Collège du Sacré-Coeur to release the girls, said he found several girls still under the effects of “mass hypnosis.” He made them think they were being re-hypnotized and then awakened them.

School administrators said they learned after the fact that hypnosis isn’t recommended for people younger than 14 because they’re particularly susceptible to suggestion. (CBC News) VICTIMS OF SUCCESS - Improvements in airline safety have complicated rules to improve flight safety. That’s because the benefits of these rules are calculated primarily on how many deaths they may prevent. “If anyone wants to advance safety through regulation, it can’t be done without further loss of life,” said William Voss, chief executive officer of the Flight Safety Foundation. (Bloomberg News) Success in the fight against cancer has created the problem of how to deal with cancer survivors. A report from the American Cancer Society estimates that 13.7 million Americans who’ve had cancer were alive as of Jan. 1 this year and that the number will rise to 18 million by 2022. The report indicates that the medical profession may not be prepared to deal with the survivors’ problems, such as long-term effects from chemotherapy and radiation. Treatment can cause cardiovascular problems, cognitive defects and muscle pain, as well as psychological problems for patients who fear the recurrence of their cancer or the higher risk of being diagnosed with a secondary cancer. “Survivors are relieved to have completed treatment, but may need to make physical, emotional, social and spiritual adjustments to find a ‘new normal,’” the ACS report concludes. (CNN) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - Philadelphia police arrested Kenneth Butterworth, 45, saying he pulled out a crossbow in a fit of road rage and pointed it at another driver. (Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV) MENSA REJECT OF THE WEEK - Eiliya Maida decided the best way to remove cobwebs from the backyard of his home in Chico, Calif., was to use a propane blowtorch. He ended up igniting dry plants, which started an attic fire that caused $25,000 in damages, according to Fire Inspector Marie Fickert, and displaced the family, which has no insurance. (Chico Enterprise Record) ADDING INSULT TO INJURY - After a drunk driver killed her oldest son, Loretta Robinson told the judge at the driver’s sentencing in Greenville, S.C., that even though her son wasn’t at fault, she has received bills associated with his death, including paying to have his wrecked car stored for months, in case there was a trial. “I had to pay to have the vehicle towed,” she said. “I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin’s blood on the ground.” The charge for cleaning the street was $50. (Greenville’s WYFF-TV)

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n 1993, Paul Wheaton planted a garden in his Missoula yard—but everything died. At the time, Wheaton was making money writing computer software, pre-internet explosion. But after his garden withered, he couldn’t stop thinking about it. He started going to the Missoula Public Library and checking out gardening books, which he consumed. “That summer my software was doing great,” he recalls. “I should have paid attention to that, but instead I was obsessed with gardening.”

His garden got better and better. In 1996, he took a master gardener class at the University of Montana. Since then, Wheaton’s become one of the most knowledgeable people in the U.S. about permaculture, a branch of ecological design that creates human settlements and agriculture by modeling them from ecosystems. In fact, he’s not really a fan of conventional growing methods, mainly because, histori-

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cally, agriculture has not struck a good balance with the natural world.

“I used to explain permaculture with the story of the Sahara,” Wheaton says.

“The Sahara used to be jungle and savannah. Then people learned about this new, hip thing. … It’s called agriculture. And you just pull the seeds out of your food and stick them in the ground right next to your house and then, boing! The food leaps out of the ground. And that’s so much closer than walking out to the woods.”

But, in time, the cleared soil loses nutrients. So they cut down more trees.

“And then the rain doesn’t fall as much.

And what the hell? It was falling great last year. Why isn’t it falling great this year?

And the rain falls less and less and less, and then—desertification. And permaculture is the reversal of that.”

If you ask Wheaton what permaculture is exactly, he says, “Permaculture is a

more symbiotic relationship with nature so that I can be even lazier.”

He’s not really joking. Permaculture is all about letting nature take the reins.

And one of its most important principles is no irrigation—which, in a place like the West, where water is a major source of contention, has enormous implications.

How can humans meet their basic needs for food, warmth and shelter while preserving nature’s riches, such as forest cover, good topsoil and clean water? A food forest. You can make a jungle that mimics woodland ecosystems by putting together plant and tree species selected for edible and medicinal properties, plus plants that provide benefits to those plants. The goal is often a no-till, no-irrigation grove of diverse, abundant species— trees, bushes, ground cover, flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects, birds—that provide benefits to humans but don’t require dam-

aging inputs such as synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or fossil fuels. It’s a wild Eden.

Wheaton is a big personality within the permaculture world. He’s a tall, large bear of a guy who always wears overalls. (“Except when I sleep and shower.”) He loves pie. He has a mad-scientist look: a salt-and-pepper beard with bushy dark eyebrows. He also has a kind smile. Don’t let that fool you. Wheaton’s sharp-witted and sarcastic. He’s opinionated about the way the world works and especially about permaculture. And sometimes he sounds a little crazy. He likes to give this example: Suppose you’re a farmer and Wheaton tells you that you should have plants in your pasture that are poisonous to your livestock. Wouldn’t you think he was crazy?

“But have you noticed that deer don’t die even though they have access to mountains of poisonous plants?” he says.

“Because, think about it. If I take a piece

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of rotting roadkill and hold it up to your face, does your instinct say, ‘Yum, put that in my mouth’? No, your instinct says, ‘Take that away from my face, definitely don’t put it in my mouth; in fact, I think I have to puke a little bit.’ You’re not designed to eat it. Animals have that instinct also, but it’s far more sensitive.”

Still, why would you put poisonous plants in a pasture even if the animals know not to eat them?

“This day comes along, and your animal’s stomach’s not feeling good,” he continues. He’s talking about livestock.

“Suddenly, that plant, which yesterday was poison, today is, you know, ‘I want to eat a little bit of that and I don’t really know why.’ And it turns out to be their medicine.” He smiles. “So now, it started out crazy and it ended up making sense, didn’t it?”

Wheaton’s obsession with the magic of ecosystems has turned into an empire.

He now runs the largest internet forum on permaculture, permies.com, which offers discussion on topics such as energy, building, “growies,” critters and homesteading. Its tagline is “goofballs that are nuts about permaculture.” His other site, richsoil.com, houses podcasts about everything from organic lawn care to bees, raw milk, tree bogs, knapweed and rocket mass heaters.

After his initial immersion in Missoula gardening but before he’d ever heard the term “permaculture,” Wheaton moved to Mount Spokane, just outside of Spokane, which is where he started really experimenting with farming techniques. He had 80 acres to play with: trees, gardens, pigs, fish, chickens, cows—even bamboo. He raised earthworms and meal worms in the winter to feed the chickens. Chickens' ancestors, Wheaton says, are “from the jungle and if you’re raising them here, what are you feeding them to replace that? That’s their natural food, and it’s like, if you’re going to keep them in a cage and they can’t get out, then don’t you take on the responsibility of making their life at least as good as if they were in nature, in the jungle?”

His farm system was a loop. When he harvested chickens, the parts he didn’t eat went to the pigs. And then, when the pigs were harvested, the extra hog parts went to the chickens. He was also recycling crop waste. One day, someone told him what he was doing was called permaculture. “He brought me the big black book and I looked through it and thought, ‘There’s a lot of stuff in here that I’m doing and there’s a lot of stuff I didn’t even know existed.’”

The black book is the original bible of permaculture, Bill Mollison’s Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual.

Mollison dubbed the practice “permaculture,” but there are pioneers who had been practicing it before it had the name.

Masanobu Fukuoka, a farmer who wrote the book The One Straw Revolution, experimented with his south Japan farm to the point where he needed no chemicals and no machines and did very little weeding, but his yields were as high as

other Japanese farmers’. Fukuoka learned, for instance, to sow his rice seeds in the fall rather than the spring to let them germinate naturally over time.

He used white clover to keep out weeds and barley straw for mulch. He let plants and animals do their thing, which meant he did very little work to maintain his design other than to harvest.

Other pioneers and big names in permaculture include Sepp Holzer in Austria; Ben Law, who works specifically with woodlands and rewilding; and Geoff Lawton, who is most famous for his work greening the desert in Jordan. All of them seem to have their own specialties and take different routes to get to the same goal.

Wheaton returned to Missoula in 2009—because, he says, it’s the best place in the world to live. Ironically, he’s living

done over the last five years, and that’s just hard for people. They’re going to feel like puking.”

BONE SAUCE A road trip with Paul Wheaton is anything but boring. On a recent Sunday, he packs four of us plus himself into his little green RAV4 and we head to Dayton, on the west side of the Flathead near Big Arm, to see one of the biggest permaculture experiments in the United States. On the drive to the property, there’s no 20 Questions or other road-trip games among the group of permaculture enthusiasts, no small talk about the weather or about summer plans.

The group talks instead about something called “bone sauce.” The way Wheaton describes it, you start with a cast iron kettle and bury it in the ground a little and

model of permaculture in the world. He’s created ponds—he has 70 now—that reflect sunlight and provide heat. He’s created micro-climates with rock outcrops that actually change the climate from one area of the property to the next so that even in Ramingstein, a place with a latitude and altitude similar to Montana’s, he can grow oranges and other tropical foods.

Holzer grew up working his parents’ land. “His childhood was a bit Mozarteque,” says Wheaton. “At the age of 7, he was doing a lot of agriculture and gardening that was very different from the norm. He was given the crappiest soil on the steepest slopes and he worked among lots and lots of rocks.”

Holzer gets some criticism because he has so much land to work with, and so people say, “Well, of course he’s doing something great. He got the land for free

Photo courtesy of Krista Miller

Caleb Larson uses rotten and un-usable wood from his sawmill in the construction of a hugelkultur bed in 2011. After 2–3 years, when the woody and biomass materials begin to break down, hugelkultur beds will grow food crops without any irrigation.

in a place with no spot for gardening.

Meanwhile, he’s consulting on other people’s gardens, making his podcasts and taking video of special permacultureesque projects.

He’s not always easy on people. He’s mostly given up on consulting for those who don’t know him and who might be offended when he shows up at their houses and give them his speech. “I call the speech the ‘crushing your dreams speech,’” he explains. “You go to somebody’s house and they’ve got their garden and they want me to say their garden is awesome. Or they’re raising chickens and they want me to say, ‘Wow, you’re doing such a great job.’ That’s what they want. If you ask me to come by, I’m going to tell you how you’re doing it all wrong.

And I’ll tell you why. And when I leave, you’ll know I’m right. But what it means is you’ll have to undo all the work you’ve

put a cup of water in the bottom. Then you fill another kettle with bones, put a screen over it and put the bone kettle upside down on the first kettle. You pack clay around the edges to make a good seal. You pile up some dirt and build a blazing fire over the whole thing. “Keep the fire going for an hour or two and then let it sit for a day,” Wheaton says. “Then collect the nasty gunk from the bottom. Apparently, this smells awful. Smear a little of this around the trunk of any tree.”

It sounds like something straight from the gruesome cauldron of the Macbeth witches, but it turns out it’s down to earth: The natural mixture deters animals from eating your fruit trees.

Wheaton got that recipe from Sepp Holzer, the Austrian farmer who’s one of the biggest names in permaculture.

Holzer’s 45-hectare spread of forest gardens and ponds is said to be the best

and other people have to go out and buy land.” But Wheaton says that when Holzer inherited his parents’ land, it was mortgaged beyond its value. “That’s one of the reasons his dad was forced to give it to Sepp, because he had gambling debts. Sepp considered walking away and starting over. But he didn’t. Sepp started pretty much where we all had to start.”

Holzer has been called a rebel farmer because he’s been fined and threatened with prison for practices such as not pruning his fruit trees.

“He told us how he first went to school for agriculture and learned all these techniques and then he applied these techniques and everything died up there,” says Katharina Hirsch, who owns the Dayton permaculture site we were going to visit, Place of Gathering. “He went through a real crisis. He was like every other kid—growing up trying to

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learn, trying to be good, trying to make it.

And then, throughout that experience, he had to make a decision of whom he was going to believe: himself and his experience or what is being taught at the university. He’s a fierce believer that the main important thing is to observe and listen.”

Because so many people pay to come to Holzer’s land and drink the water (it’s like a pilgrimage to a fountain of youth), he makes a lot of money. The fines he accrues from breaking land laws are a drop in the bucket compared to his wealth.

Holzer recently visited Place of Gathering, a 90-some-acre plot. Hirsch invited him there, in May, to put on a permaculture seminar and help get the Dayton permaculture experiment off the ground. Hirsch, who works in the healing arts, was intrigued by Holzer’s spiritual outlook when it comes to water.

Holzer considers water dead or alive.

Hirsch had noticed how stagnant her land was and knew—like her patients who need to get their energy flowing again—that the ecosystem needed to be revived. “There was an energy block,” she says. “But I have nothing to substantiate this other than a feeling.”

The first day, Holzer came and looked at the land. The second and third days, he led the seminar for 90-some people. He

spent the next few days planting seeds and helping to design a food jungle. It wasn’t drama free—like Wheaton, Holzer has a strong personality. At one point he zealously broke apart a supermarket fruit tree that had been packed in sawdust, yelling in frustration that the tree was so dead it might as well be used for kindling.

In the end, though, he built the foundation for a massive permaculture project.

One thing neither Holzer nor Wheaton are afraid to talk about is money. Permaculture attracts people who dismiss making money as a focus.

But Holzer has a farm in Austria that has so many people willing to pay to see the place and drink the water and meet with him that he pays the equivalent of a quarter million dollars in taxes.

During Holzer’s seminar, Wheaton asked if a student of Holzer’s could earn half a million dollars a year on these 94 Dayton acres. Holzer said, “At least.”

Walking through Place of Gathering now, just a few months after it’s been planted with seeds, is a strange, Candy Land-like experience, except the candy is all manner of vegetables and fruits and medicinal plants. Though they haven’t quite popped up yet, there’s a forest of mycelium—oyster mushrooms and other earthy fungi growing in lasagna layers of

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Michael Billington uses a badminton racket to collect algae from a pond, dispersing it on nearby plants as fertilizer.

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Small rocky waterfalls at Place of Gathering provide oxygen to the running water and keep the ponds from overcrowding with algae.

mulch. Next comes a little orchard of new fruit trees, only the variety and staggering of the trees makes it less like an orchard.

“In permaculture, there are food forests, not orchards, because orchards are a mono crop,” says Wheaton. “In Sepp’s book, he writes about how he’d go around visiting farmers and give them advice and the people who are the most painful to talk to are the people who have an existing, standing orchard, because basically, in order to convert to permaculture, you’re going to have to take out 90 percent of the trees in order to de-mono crop it. With food forests, you’re going to have diversity of species and you’ll not have more than 10 percent of any one thing.”

Michael Billington, who worked with Holzer on Place of Gathering and has taken the reins since Holzer’s departure, got his training through the University of Montana. Billington was in the Wilderness and Civilization Program, which helped him start thinking about the intersection between civilization and the wild, which led him to permaculture. He’s not a farmer so much as a conductor—he’ll keep an eye on how everything falls into place, making some tweaks here and there but keeping the wild chaos alive and well.

“There will be a high degree of variance between the height and width of everything,” Billington says of the food forest. “I didn’t put so much of an emphasis on a path with this one. I wanted it to feel more like a forest that you kind of have to tromp through.” If all goes well, it will be a forest of cherries, apples, Asian pears, elderberries, golden currants, red currants, gumis and honeyberries.

The rings around each tree look like volcanoes of soil and are trimmed with gravel to provide mineral content. Beneath the trees grows a meadow of edibles. “We

have a mixture of mustards and clovers; strawberries will form a mat around the base of the trees and tons of other different things,” Billington explains. “The emphasis is breaking up the soil, and the mustards’ fibrous roots are good for that.”

The most prominent parts of Place of Gathering’s landscape are the hugelkultur beds—mounds of soil and organic matter 6 feet high that snake along the ground. There’s something reminiscent of crop circles here; the earthwork designs seem both beautiful and otherworldly. The beds look more like a wild hillside than anything resembling a food garden. There are no carefully cultivated rows. No metal hoops to prop up tomato plants or peas. Nothing, really, that feels too much like human touch. It’s a stunning sight, but even more stunning when you realize the diversity of design here.

Billington points out all the new growth. There’s raspberry and comfrey, horseradish, hisop, white clover, mustard, radishes, turnips, rutabagas, peas, kale, onion, dill, carrots, lupine, currants and hosta berries, and then a bunch of natives: wild rose, columbine, willows, dog bane, angelica. On the tops of the beds, reaching toward the sky, are sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes.

Another part of permaculture is observing the way in which wildlife is mutually beneficial to the process. “The bugs cruising throughout here—the sheer amount—is unbelievable, because there’s so much habitat,” Billington says.

“And the mice are starting to move in here as a result of the bugs, starting to burrow in here. And then the amount of raptors that are coming here because of the increase in mice is evident.”

Most hugelbeds use a rotting-wood process to irrigate. You place wet wood

inside the beds, and as the wood slowly rots, it produces moisture for the plants.

Ideally, the wood will take 50-some years to completely turn to soil. The beds Holzer helped Place of Gathering build are using mostly pond organic material to stay moist.

But they’ve also planted potatoes, some of which will be harvested while others will rot and produce more moist organic material for the hugelbeds. That still doesn’t guarantee the perfect amount of moisture, however. While cutting out irrigation is the plan, Hirsch and Billington are going to water some for the first year or so. The project is so big that losing it in its beginning stages would be devastating. They can’t risk it.

Wheaton says he often advises people to water the first year, though it’s not the advice Holzer gives. But Wheaton also notes that it’s complicated: The first years are critical for permaculture. If you do irrigate, the plants could get used to being watered rather than soaking up moisture naturally from the rotting wood, and some permaculturists believe that creates an ongoing dependence on irrigation.

Around one corner of a hugelbed is a little cove with a reflecting pond. The model is based on Holzer’s micro-climate design. The small area is guarded on three sides by tall hugelbeds to keep the moisture from being whisked away.

Growing there are pawpaws, a fruit found mostly in humid climates such as the eastern and southern U.S. that has odiferous leaves that act as a natural pesticide. The entire wall is covered in currants and there’s an Asian pear sticking out of the hugelbed. There are creeping cranberries growing around the edges.

The warm pockets have lots of potential.

“Can you imagine somebody growing an orange tree in Missoula?” says Wheaton. “There’s a broad collection of techniques to use, and one is to make a sun scoop. You’ll have a hugelkultur bed that’s basically scooped for the sun…

Whatever sits in the middle of it acts like a parabola and collects a lot more heat.

You add in a reflecting pool on the south side, so that way, when the sun is low in the winter, the sun reflects off of the water and you get double penetration of sunlight for your limited short days.”

Russell Osborn, another Place of Gathering farm hand, is taking the experimentation on a different track. A wanderer who never jibed with schooling and says he always responded to situations rather than created them, Osborn sees permaculture as the perfect way to respond to nature. His interest has been in creating places where people can be a part of the landscape. He’s built a sod couch—a giant grassy perch that’s tall enough to make you feel like a little kid dangling from a seat. “Your garden is like an outdoor room,” he says. “It’s a place you should spend time in, not something separate where you just come by to pick things. I make spaces habitable for humans because a lot of spaces have been made uninhabitable by humans.”

Farther away from the the hugelkultur beds are running streams for which they’ve created rocky waterfalls, so that the

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Lettuce, garlic, milkweed, beets, peas, carrots and more make their home in a huegelbed at Place of Gathering.

water gets oxygen and keeps the ponds from overcrowding with algae. There’s a frog pond. A meadow of edible flowers.

There’s a slope on which Billington has been experimenting with different types of grasses to see which are hardiest.

“I lost my father when I was 16,” says Billington. “I realized life is more important than the subtle distractions we get caught up in. So I asked myself, what is the greatest thing I can contribute while enjoying myself as much as possible? I realized it’s arranging animals and plants to form holistic symbiosis … and this place is the ultimate canvas for that.

When you’re following your bliss, everything will fall into place.”

and wild my garden is,” she says. “Or people might say, ‘Oh, that’s black medic. It’s so terrible.’ But it’s a good nitrogen fixer. And these leaves are great.

You can eat them when they’re small or you can do the chop-and-drop.”

Weeds are of course anything you don’t want in your garden, but there’s also the assumption that certain plants are weeds no matter what. One of those is dandelions. “I tell people that my progression to permaculture from normal gardening is that now I end up transplanting my

dandelions,” says Ware. “I tell my kids they can go ahead and blow the dandelion [tops]. I’m not worried about it.”

Wheaton digs out his video camera and asks her to say something short and bumper-stickerish about dandelions for his website. “I’ve got video of eight different people saying something profound about dandelions,” he tells her. “So what you do is, you’re going to say, ‘I don’t fear dandelions’ or ‘Dandelions will save the world,’ and then you’re going to blow the seeds off the top of one.”

NOT YOUR BITCH On the way back from Dayton, we stop in Polson to meet Kelly Ware, a deep tissue massage therapist. Her six-bedroom, two-living room, custom-built home is also where she’s been sharing her business with her chiropractor husband. Ware is an exuberant woman, lithe and strong, and her sunny personality is reflected in the colorful house that’s painted in rich oranges and greens and is surrounded by a jungle of plants and fruit trees.

Ware and her husband have been trying to sell this place so they can take care of their farm in Bigfork. Her backyard garden, with its hugelkultur beds and mass of shrubs and other plants, has been neglected all summer. No water. No weeding.

Apparently, no need. There’s been just enough rain, and the hugelbeds have done their job of staying moist.

Ware pulls out a serrated Japanese sickle, a “comma tool,” and begins to chop some black medic—usually considered a weed—and lets it fall to the ground, where she leaves it as mulch.

This is what permaculturists call the “chop and drop” method. “I have friends who come and they worry about how big

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Katharina Hirsch invited permaculture master Sepp Holzer to her Dayton property to help turn the landscape from gravel to jungle.

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Ware smiles at the camera. “I don’t fear dandelions anymore,” she says. “In fact, it’s a mulch producer. Every part of the dandelion is edible whether it’s for humans or worms or animals.” She points toward the bottom of a large dandelion she holds in her hand.

“This is one of the most tasty spots between the root and the very beginning of it. You can make dandelion wine. Now I want them to take over. I chop-and-drop and I might even transplant them. And they’re good for smoothies. Do you know you have to pay $3.50 a bunch at the store for these things?” she asks, tapping at one of the big leaves. “If you want to, add them to your carrot juice. It makes them so nice and spicy.”

Wheaton looks at her and grins. “You have no idea what a bumper sticker is, do you?” he asks, teasing her.

Inside her home, Ware feeds us a salad of greens from her garden and venison steaks, plus some locally brewed beer. Her young son is dying to light off firecrackers for the Fourth of July, and for a moment permaculture is forgotten because we’re talking about explosives. But then Ware tells a story about finding a dead rabbit in her backyard. And as we’re eating, she describes putting the rabbit in a garbage bin and discovering it later, covered in maggots. Instead of disposing of it, Ware started thinking about permaculture.

Could she farm maggots from the rabbit’s body in order to feed her chickens? It might not be a bad idea.

After dinner, we go outside and check out the front yard of her house. It’s wild with comfrey, which is a stellar nitrogen fixer but also has many medicinal uses. At the side of her yard, a pear tree shades huge stalks of comfrey.

And then Ware suddenly yells, “Oh my God! LOOK AT THIS BURDOCK! This is burdock and it’s the tallest burdock I’ve ever seen. You can dig it up and have an amazing burdock soup or stew.”

The excitement of permaculture is that you never know what you’ll find when you let nature do its thing. In honor of that idea, Wheaton pulls out some T-shirts to give out. One of them says: “Weeds: Because Mother Nature is Not Your Bitch.”

COWBOY TOILET PAPER Krista Miller and Caleb Larson live 15 miles from Missoula toward Frenchtown in what, to the untrained eye, might look like a wasteland. The view from their three-and-a-quarter-acre property is beautiful, but the property itself—a former gravel pit and small logging mill—looks more industrial than homey. Larson’s family has owned the property since 1989 and passed the working mill down to him. Before that, it was a staterun gravel pit. The result is three acres of dusty slopes and a spread of compacted, gravely, rocky dirt that has been manipulated by machinery for years and that stays dry as bone because of the wind. When the rain comes through, it’s mud, but there isn’t much in between to make it a place where life might grow.

There’s knapweed on the slopes and bits of green grass or random plants—mostly what would be considered weeds—growing here and there.

“If someone were to think of common societal things,” says Miller, “you’ve got to have a green lawn, you can’t have any weeds, no dandelions, certainly not knapweed or any other invasive noxious species—for someone like that to come here, it looks like like a wasteland. And it really is, because it has been abused. It’s not natural.”

Miller and Larson thought for a long time about what they could do to make the site look better. They didn’t really have the money or the desire to spray herbicides on so much land. So they started looking up alternatives online, and they discovered Paul Wheaton, who was giving free talks almost every week at the Missoula Public Library. The prospect of

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Permaculture enthusiast Kelly Ware stands amid her Jerusalem artichoke patch.

transforming their land suddenly seemed less like a chore and more like part of a movement.

They already had the creative sensibility. Miller is a photographer and web developer. Larson works at The Axmen, an alternative energy and ranch and farm store, installing alternative energy units—water heaters and solar panels—for local businesses. He also runs his own business through the mill—a green building company called Rugged Traditions.

In a corner of the land behind the mill and the slope where their house sits, they began to try a few things. Larson wanted to build a little rocky pool to catch water. It wasn’t really ideal, Miller says. “It’s super small-scale. … We tried all kinds of different things from natural to semi-natural to hold the water back, and it just wasn’t very practical.” But it was eye-opening.

“It was a project that was manageable by hand, and the only thing it cost us was our time,” she says. And it got them thinking about other things they could do.

The area where the pool is had once been a stand of pines. They’d cut them down after the trees had been infested by pine bark beetles, and the loss created a new climate in that one area. “Once we cut those trees out and it stopped being a pine forest area where nothing grew, it really changed the climate,” Miller says. “We didn’t have that constant addition of pine needles to the soil, which also hinders growth. We lost our canopy. It’s huge, it’s open—and so we started planting the fruit trees.” They put in Hollywood plums, pears and a cherry tree.

Their property is a bigger puzzle than most. It’s not boxy like a yard and it’s not flat. “It’s a weird shape, so you have to just kind of stand on it and think and be creative,” Miller says.

The area isn’t really an example of permaculture. Rather, it’s an example of the kind of thinking and light-bulb moments that lead to permaculture.

“We didn’t really know enough at the time of what we were doing to do what Paul would consider permaculture,” says Miller. “Of course, Paul Wheaton’s eco-scale—I mean, as far as he’s concerned, we’re at 2 or 1, if not negative, because we’re in a gravel pit and because there’s high potential for contamination of the soil. … And because we don’t have soil to get started, we have to do so much work. So we definitely are looking into bringing in materials—which is not a permaculture thing to do.”

After spending time with Wheaton and listening to his podcasts, the couple began to build their hugelkultur beds alongside their more conventional garden.

The excess logs from the mill were perfect for con-

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struction of the beds. They brought in straw and manure to make their own compost. The three hugelkultur beds are solid. One of them is too wide and the others could have been built higher, says Miller.

But they’re full of life, like a green oasis amongst the rest of the gravelly land. They’ve planted a mixture of radishes, peas, tomatoes and potatoes. Other interesting volunteers have shown up, including Russian pigweed, which is a grain that can be used to brew glutenfree beer. Types of wheatgrass and barley are appearing, and with some of those, Miller hopes to transplant the grass and slowly let them create some diversity in areas now dominated by knapweed.

The biggest pride and joy for them might be the mullen—a plant thought of as a weed but which has medicinal properties. The giant plant grows easily on the sides of roads. “It’s known to grow out of anything,” says Miller. “You find it in disturbed soil, most roadsides, and I think Paul even found one growing out of asphalt.

So it’s not totally amazing that we can grow them, it’s just pretty how huge they are—more than anything a sign of encouragement that it’s growing here.”

And these mullen are impressive at 7 feet tall, with a stalk another foot taller. It’s known as cowboy

toilet paper for its long, fuzzy leaves that can actually be used as toilet paper. The fuzzy factor keeps sun from eating away its moisture. You can also use the leaves in tea to help with respiratory problems and the flowers can be plucked and infused in olive oil with garlic and used as drops to soothe earaches.

Even beyond the hugelbeds, Miller and Larson are seeing signs of life that give them hope. Out of the gravel they’ve seen lamb’s quarters, an edible weed.

“Most people come here and they’re completely discouraged,” says Miller. “The only thing growing here is weeds, very little grass. Well, there actually is life here. … Anything that’s growing here is a good success for us for now, which is not necessarily the permaculture way, but that’s what helps get us closer to it.”

Wheaton has taken the couple under his wing.

And even though the process is slow, Miller says they’ve learned a great deal from him. “Paul’s message is to get more and do less,” Miller says. “And that means you’ve got to be really smart and you’ve got to set it up right. It’s one thing for Paul to come here and tell us, ‘This is what you need to do.’ It’s quite another for us to learn what we need to do.”

Recently, John Trask, a permaculture enthusiast, moved onto their land in an RV with his dog, to help them out. Trask had gone to Holzer’s seminar and then spent time with Wheaton. He quit his job at Lockheed Martin in Seattle and moved to Montana to get involved. That’s the kind of big action Wheaton inspires.

“Paul has a personality and he is one in permaculture,” Miller says. “He’s the biggest resource for information. He also pretty much devoted his entire life to spreading the word about permaculture. And he does take the hard stance. Because somebody has to.”

GIVE ME THE M Wheaton has his dissenters. Recently, he made a statement on permies.com about the criticism he gets. Some of it is silly, like people saying he’s fat.

And some of it is in reaction to his hard-line take on permaculture, that he’s arrogant. And maybe he is sometimes. But he’s never uninterested in new ideas, if he thinks they’re good. “The great thing about the internet is I’ll post this stuff and then other authorities will share their stuff,” he says. “And they’ll be like, ‘Okay, you’re right about this, but I want to question this part of what you said.”

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“Conductor” Michael Billington scatters seeds between huegelbeds at the Place of Gathering in Dayton.

The internet trolls he gets could be corporate instigators from the agri-business giant Monsanto, as he suspects. (In fact, on this point, Wheaton is paranoid enough that he won’t give his age for this story or even specify the part of Missoula he lives in, because he’s so fearful of big oil and big ag corporations trying to thwart permaculture.) But the trolls also could be the same garden-variety online provocateurs who plague many other kinds of sites.

Whoever they are, Wheaton has no patience for them. Where other sites bend over backward to

you’d imagined it could be. You can plant edible flowers and crocuses so that your lawn is blooming early in the season. If you plant low-growing chamomile, every time you mow it smells like green apples. Yarrow will make your lawn spongy and soft, perfect for rolling in. “So there’s all kinds of fun things you can grow in your yard,” he says.

For his next project, Wheaton is hoping to meet up with Holzer in Siberia. The project Holzer hopes to achieve is massive: They’d be dealing with 25,000 acres to which 10,000 families would be moving to occupy a

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This "guild"—or grouping of plants, animals and bacteria that work well together— contains a fruit tree, flowers, food and more. All rely solely on roof water for irrigation.

accommodate free speech in comments, Wheaton just calls them on their crap and boots them off.

“And then they’re gone,” he says. “And now we get people coming by and they really know their shit.”

As with all groups, there’s in-fighting within the permaculture community. Some people say you shouldn’t make money off of it. Wheaton disagrees.

Native plant proponents don’t always like the idea of permaculture embracing edibles that aren’t native in an area, like Place of Gathering’s pawpaw patch. There might be some permaculture people who say no to all lawns, just because lawns are generally a non-edible monoculture that require lots of water—the antithesis of permaculture. But Wheaton, as hardcore as he is, believes a lawn has its place. In his article on permies.com called “Organic Lawn Care for the Cheap and Lazy,” he talks about how to have a lawn without all the bad parts. You plant a certain kind of grass, you have soil that’s 18 inches deep and you mow high, so that the roots stay long in the soil and collect moisture better.

“With just those things right there you can have a green lawn all summer long and not water it,” he says.

That’s just the bare minimum. What you can do, says Wheaton, is improve your lawn beyond what

2.5 acre plot apiece. “The idea is that 2.5 acres should supply all of that family’s food and they’ll have zero money,” Wheaton says. “This acreage is totally barren and useless; it’s a wasteland right now. So it’s like, okay, what if we have zero money and a handful of seeds?”

Meanwhile, with the help of John Trask, Wheaton is currently searching for 200 acres of land to make his own permaculture paradise. When I ask him what he’s looking for, he very unjokingly mentions that he would love to have Mount Sentinel, where the M marks the slope. “Give me Mount Sentinel and I will turn it into a jungle,” he says. “I think that’d be cool, but boy would that ever be a political nightmare.”

So he’s looking for something with a south-facing slope and a lot of trees, though his time is eaten up by all the people who keep stopping by his website and calling to ask him how they can make permaculture part of their lives.

“At some point these guys are going to learn I’m just some giant doofus in overalls and they’ll stop listening to me,” he says, smiling. “And then I can look for land.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Real chamoy FLASHINTHEPAN A mangoneada is a Mexican snack that is at once too sweet, too spicy, too bitter, too sour and too salty.

These extremes somehow cancel each other out and make the final product palatable, to say the least. It’s made of mango, chile powder, lime and salt, and it’s topped with a fermented fruit sauce called chamoy.

Altogether, the dish can be as intriguing to contemplate as it is charming to eat, and its story is evolving in real time, under our noses, which is why I can’t resist writing about it for the third time in as many summers.

The mangoneada is as hot as its orange and red hues suggest, and its very identity is still being forged.

Even the name is still up for debate; it’s often spelled mangonada, and my spelling, in fact, appears to be the lesser-used choice. But I find mangoneada lyrically superior. It’s a play on a conjugation of the verb mangonear, which means “to boss around.” I’ve heard mangoneada translated variously as meaning “twisting an arm,” “extortion” and “bullying.”

Google Translate can’t seem to crack mangonear’s past participle conjugation, but in this sentence from a Spanish blog, enough context comes through to support these interpretations:“The economy is like a whore that is mangoneada by bankers with permission from the politicians.”

Along those lines, “‘mangoneada’ means when you grab somebody and shake them,” explained 20year-old Anahi Gildo Beltran by phone. Two months ago she started a mangoneada business to help pay for college, and she sells homemade mangoneadas from a cooler-equipped push-cart at a Los Angeles park.

In addition to mango mangoneadas, Beltran also makes them with other fruits, like strawberry and watermelon. Strawberry is her favorite, she says. “It makes a real syrupy flavor."

Before speaking to Beltran, I had never heard of mangoneadas made from anything other than mango. But as I write, the Twitter feed that I have set up to monitor Tweets containing the word “mangoneada” has just picked up the following: "una mangoneada de fresa quieremoos!"

This translates, loosely, as “we want a strawberry mangoneada!”

For what it’s worth, Tweets appear hourly from various mangoneada (and mangonada) afficionados.

There are similarly passionate, insightful observations from the cutting edge of mangoneada evolu-

tion, like “I wanna mangoneada,” “I want a mangoneada,” “My mom bought me a mangoneada,” “Mi mangoneada >>>> tu mangoneada.”

If not for the chamoy component, mangoneadas could be made with household ingredients available at any grocery store. But the chamoy is not to be skipped if the treat is to be called a mangoneada. The pickled fruit-based sauce is the mortar that binds the mangoneada’s disparate flavors together. And, interestingly, it contains a similar array of sweet, spicy, sour and salty flavors, like a microcosm of the mangoneada itself.

The magic those four flavors can create is well-

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known in cooking circles. Many Asian cuisines make a point of balancing those four flavors in every dish.

Beyond sharing those four flavors, there are other Asian connections for chamoy. Historical evidence suggests the use of pickled fruit in chamoy was inspired by Japanese umeboshi, or pickled salty plums. Chamoy has also been linked to a Chinese candied sour salty plum called see mui.

As is true with mangoneadas themselves, there are many ways to make chamoy. It can also be purchased at Mexican grocery stores, though most storebought chamoy is not made with real fruit. Trechas brand, for example, is made from water, iodized salt, red peppers, citric acid, corn starch, sugar, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate and Red No. 40.

You should never resort to using store-bought chamoy, no matter how desperate you are for a mangoneada. It’s a simple matter to quickly fake some chamoy at home in a way that isn’t pickled but still tastes much better than store-bought stuff.

To make this “cheater’s chamoy,” wash and pit a dozen good sized apricots, put them in a pot with

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water enough to cover and boil for 20 minutes. Let them cool to room temperature, then blend with a cup of the cooking water, three tablespoons of chile powder, a quarter cup of vinegar and a tablespoon of salt. Slather some of that onto a mango popsicle (made by blending water and mango chunks and freezing the resulting slurry), and you’re mangoneando, amigo. Get ready to grab your mouth and shake it.

Though chamoy is sometimes described as being made with fermented fruit, most of the recipes I’ve seen are along the lines of the one above. But I’ve been interested in learning more about fermentation since picking up a copy of The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz. Throughout the book, Katz is careful to avoid giving exact recipes, instead encouraging readers to develop a feel for fermentation. I took this spirit to heart and attempted feeling my way to fermented apricot chamoy.

In a section titled “Fermented Fruit Salads,” Katz writes that people will often “share a cup of starter” so that others can start their own fermented fruit salad lines. A starter includes yeast and bacteria, the growth of which are often sped up with the addition of sugar. I found myself with a big pile of apricots from trees in my neighborhood, but without anybody I could think of to ask for a cup of fermented fruit salad starter. Instead, I attempted to collect the starter from the universe.

According to the book, the fruit likely already held the microorganisms needed to ferment it, so I let them soften in the fridge to the point where I could squeeze the pits out. I then lay the collapsed fruits on drying racks in the summer sun, covered in cheesecloth to keep the flies away.

After a few days in the sun, they were like dark orange balls of warm apricot syrup, already beginning to ferment their way to alcoholic fizz. I mashed the half-dried fruit with sugar and left it to ferment in a warm, dark place, stirring it several times a day.

Every time I stirred, I had to sample, and no batch lasted long enough to ferment very far. But I could taste the complex flavors developing as the apricot paste hardened. And as it matured, from time to time I’d mix some of it with salt, lime juice and red chile powder, then smear that red paste onto a homemade mango popsicle or on fresh mango chunks and enjoy myself a mangoneada.

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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice’s Bakery is a Missoula Landmark. 34 years of baking goodness. Open 6a–8p Bernice’s offers an incredible selection of breakfast pastries, treats, cakes, breads and a fine, fresh lunch daily. If you’ve never been in you are missin’ out. And if you haven’t been in lately you really should make it a point to stop by. June & July are great months for slow walks along the Clark Fork while you sip Bernice’s iced coffee or Mountain Huckleberry iced tea and nibble on a coconut macaroon. Picnic? Bernice’s is your stop. We can load you up with all you need and off you go! Bernice’s: made from scratch for your pleasure. See you soon. Xoxo Bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com

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Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts.

All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Big Sky Drive In 1016 W. Broadway • 549-5431 Big Sky Drive In opened June 2nd 1962.

We feature soft serve ice cream, shakes, malts, spins, burger, hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches and breaded mushrooms all made to order. Enjoy our 23 shake and malt flavors or the orange twist ice cream. Drive thru or stay and enjoy your food in our outdoor seating area. Lunch and dinner, seven days a week. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 2. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty.

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Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 40 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks • 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm SunWed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. eMpanadas @ the Clark Fork River Market Under the Higgins St. Bridge www.empanadalady.com 728-2030 Hechas a mano con amor...¡Qué sabor! Made by hand with love…what flavor! Carne de búfalo, pollo, lamb, salchicha, humita, acelga & more. Since 2005, Missoula’s original Argentine-style empanadas are crafted from premium, homegrown ingredients and delivered by bicycle, straight from the oven to the market, every Saturday 8am – 1pm. Taste the difference.

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The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. 11am-9pm Tuesday-Sunday. Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week.

Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 41-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com 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. MC/V $-$$ Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Spring is here! It's the perfect time of year to enjoy our newly expanded patio! Happy Hour from 4-7pm every day! We now have a huge selection of bottled India Pale Ales. Tuesday Music Showcase from 7-10 pm. Thursday is Trivia Night. $6 Bud Light Pitchers plus appetizer specials. Every Thursday 7-10pm. Win your bar tab! 1st place gets $50 tab, 2nd gets $30 tab, & 3rd gets $20 tab. Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula.

Flathead Lake Brewing in Woods Bay Who you’re drinking with: The folks around you could easily be fellow Missoulians up for a day on the lake. Or they could be out-ofstate visitors taking an afternoon hiatus from the wonders of Glacier. Flathead relies heavily on drop-in customers, says Sarah, one of the two gals slingAtmosphere: Flathead has a ing refreshments on a recent distinct nautical theme, right down blue-sky day. Not all of them are to the painting of waves above microbrew connoisseurs when the bar and the sign officially they walk in; patrons occasiondeclaring the restroom the “head.”

Photo by Alex Sakariassen ally ask Sarah if she’s got anyThere’s an open, airy vibe here, almost like one of those thatch-roofed bars you thing like Bud Light. “If we can turn someone see at beachside resorts. The wind usually comes into a beer fan, we’re doing our job right,” she in off the lake—a refreshing touch when you’re says. We’re guessing their convert ratio is somewhere around 100 percent. passing a summer afternoon on Flathead’s deck.

Why you’re here: You’re cruising down the east side of Flathead Lake on your way back from Glacier National Park. Then you see it sitting there on the side of the highway in Woods Bay: Flathead Lake Brewing. The temptation’s just too great.

What you’re drinking: Warm weather has marked the return of some of Flathead’s best seasonals. For those who like a lighter brew, the Wild Mile Wheat is a great choice for fighting off the effects of heatstroke. The Tripel and the Dirty Ginger are two more summer faves. Both are crisp, fruity and weigh in at about 8.4 percent alcohol. Pair a brew with a pub pretzel dunked in beer cheese or ale mustard and you’ll feel like you’re floating in brewery nirvana.

Where to dock: Flathead Lake Brewing is right on Highway 35 at 26008 East Lake Shore Route. It’s in Woods Bay, just south of Bigfork.

You can’t miss it.

—Alex Sakariassen Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly.

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The Mercantile Deli 119 S. Higgins Ave. 721-6372 themercantiledeli.com Located next to the historic Wilma Theater, the Merc features a relaxed atmosphere, handcrafted Paninis, Sandwiches, and wholesome Soups and Salads. Try a Monte Cristo for breakfast, a Pork Love Panini for lunch, or have us cater your next company event. Open Monday – Saturday for breakfast and lunch. Downtown delivery available. $-$$ The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our allnew bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, and fresh fish daily. Delicious salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked in-house. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft.

Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway.

Pita Pit 130 N. Higgins 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you.

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

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Sean Kelly’s A Public House 130 W. Pine St. 542-1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for lunch & dinner. Featuring brunch Saturday & Sunday from 11-2pm. Serving international & Irish pub fare.

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Jakers 3515 Brooks St. 721-1312 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. $$-$$$

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. $

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Sapore 424 N. Higgins Ave. 542-6695 Voted best new restaurant in the Missoula Independent's Best of Missoula, 2011.

Located on Higgins Ave., across the street from Wordens. Serving progressive American food consisting of fresh house-made pastas every day, pizza, local beef, and fresh fish delivered from Taste of Alaska. New specials: burger & beer Sundays, 5-7 $9 ~ pizza & beer Tuesdays, 57 $10 ~ draft beers, Tuesday -Thursday, 5-6:30 $3.

Business hours: Tues.- Sat. 5-10:30 pm., Sat. 10-3 pm., Sun. 5-10 pm.

Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood.

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Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Tamarack Brewing Company 231 W. Front Street 830-3113 facebook.com/tamarackmissoula Tamarack Brewing Company opened its first Taphouse in Missoula in 2011. Overlooking Caras Park, Tamarack Missoula has two floors -a sports pub downstairs, and casual dining upstairs. Patrons can find Tamarack’s handcrafted ales and great pub fare on both levels. Enjoy beer-inspired menu items like brew bread wraps, Hat Trick Hop IPA Fish and Chips, and Dock Days Hefeweizen Caesar Salads. Try one of our staple ales like Hat Trick Hop IPA or Yard Sale Amber Ale, or one of our rotating seasonal beers, like, Old 'Stache Whiskey Barrel Porter, Headwall Double IPA, Stoner Kriek and more. Don’t miss $8 growler fills on Wednesday and Sunday, Community Tap Night every Tuesday, Kids Eat Free Mondays, and more. See you at The ‘Rack! $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ YoWaffle Yogurt 216 W. Main St. • 543-6072 (Between Thai Spicy and The Shack) www.yowaffle.com YoWaffle is a self-serve frozen yogurt and Belgian waffle eatery offering 10 continuously changing flavors of yogurt, over 60 toppings, gluten free cones and waffles available, hot and cold beverages, and 2 soups daily. Indoor and outdoor seating. Meetings welcome. Open 7 days a week. Sun-Thurs 11 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11 AM to 12 AM, Sat. 10 AM to 12 AM. Free WiFi. Loyalty punch cards, gift cards and t-shirts available. UMONEY. Like us on facebook. Let YoWaffle host your next birthday party! $

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The pros know that going to St. Patty’s Day in Butte, America, is a cold, dark, wet mess.

That’s why they head to Evel Knievel Days in sunny and dry July. This three-day event celebrates the world’s most famous stuntman with daredevils, car shows, motorcycle antics and, of course, tube tops. Head to knieveldays.com.

For summertime learning and such, the Montana Natural History Center’s miniNaturalists Pre-K Program has moved to the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens. Bugs, dirt and explorations abound. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members.

Visit montananaturalist.org.

The Osprey team up with the All-Abilities Playground Project for All-Abilities Baseball Night at Ogren Park. This adaptive baseball game for children with disabilities gives them an opportunity to experience the sport in all its awesomeness. Money raised benefits the construction of a universally accesible playground at McCormick Park. 4–7:30 PM. $5.

Learn about or comment on the Center Horse Landscape Restoration Project during the Seeley Lake Ranger District Project Meeting and Field Trip. The trip includes a 30mile ride to scope it out. 4 PM. Ovando Fire Hall, 700 Pine St. Call Tami at 329-3731.

nightlife Barnaby Wilde is no Tim Fisher but is performing music at Draught Works Brewery.

915 Toole. 5–8 PM. Free.

Star quality. Alt-folk queen Gillian Welch performs at the Wilma Theatre on Tue., July 31, at 8 PM. $32.50/$28.50 adv. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com.

Learn how to design an all-season garden with native shrubs and keep it rolling all year long from botanist Marilyn Marler. Ft. Missoula Native Plant Gardens. 5:30–7:30 PM. $5 suggested donation. Visit montananaturalist.org.

Meet up with the crew and do that voodoo that you do so well at Downtown ToNight, at Missoula’s Caras Park from 5:30-8:30 PM. This week’s tunes by The Cold Hard Cash Show. Free. Visit missoualdowntown.com.

end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., July 27, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemander c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

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Shakewell is lite. They bring you dance at Florence. 281 Free.

no Shakeweight™ the jams to make Caffe Firenze in Rodeo Dr. 6 PM.

The Wild Mare hosts artist Madi Adams and her work. Wine from Blodgett Canyon Cellars and singing and songwriting by Chuck Suchy. Corvallis, 283 Second St. 6 PM. $10.

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

Rupert Wate tells it like it is, with just a pip of how it ought to be, when he plays the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free.

The Native Playwright Festival hosts readings and commentaries by writers such as Vic Charlo, Julie Cajune, Jennifer Greene and Zan Agzigian. 7 PM. Hangin’ Art Gallery in Arlee. Free-will donations accepted. For a full schedule, visit arleemontana.com.

Get countrified at the Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs. This four-day music fest boasts old school road dogs like Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver and Taj Mahal, along with youngin’s like Justin Townes Earle. Head to redantspantsmusicfestival.com.

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Red Green will bring the duct tape. The Canadian comedian and longtime PBSer jokes about handywork and the outdoors during his Wit and Wisdom Tour at the Dennison Theatre (formerly the University Theatre) at 7 PM. $51.50. Tickets available at Griz Tix locations.

Open Range ain’t an oven with the door agape, partner. With Louie Bond and Kimblerlee Carlson.

The Top Hat. 8 PM. Cover TBA. Fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, grab your usually useless knowledge and head down to the Central Bar and Grill’s trivia night, hosted by local gallant and possible Swede Thomas Helgerson. 143 W. Broadway. 9 PM. Free.

Get sweaty with all the beautiful people at the Dead Hipster Dance Party, where love and funk is in the air. Badlander. 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM–midnight.

Show the naysayers that your version of Lou Gramm’s “Midnight Blue” is as passionate as your lovemaking at Sean Kelly’s Open Mic Night. 9 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign-up.

County Fairgrounds, 100 Old Corvallis Road, Friday and Saturday with over 80 vendors hawking, well, everything you need to recreate in the Bitterroot. Expect music, food, drinks and more in the hot July sun. 4-9 PM Friday and 10 AM-6 PM Saturday. $5/$10 per family. Call 241-4176 for more.

SPOTLIGHT celtic blast An urgent desire to be a part of something, yet separate from the status quo, drove the eight-year-old version of myself to “speak Irish” back in the halcyon days of President Reagan’s first term in office. How could I not?

I was from an Irish family after all. A real one.

My grandpa, Buck McMackin, whose parentage was “straight off the boat,” was said to have done some light bootlegging and often hopped trains to Butte from Sturgis so that he could box much larger men for a few dollars.

His nose and knuckles told the story, each flattened. So, of course, I would spend an entire St. Patrick’s Day of the 3rd grade speaking in the sort of brogue I’d heard “Lucky,” the Lucky Charms™ leprechaun, use during Saturday morning cartoons. I blame Miss Mitten (real name) for allowing this to go on for a full seven hours. For the same reason I spoke in that ridiculous accent all the years ago, people

Get some fresh air (if the woods aren’t ablaze) and see some fresh art at Hamilton’s Art in the Park, sponsored by the Bitterroot Arts Guild. The event continues through Sat., July 28, and takes place at Legion Park across from the Hamilton City Hall on Second and Bedford. 9 AM–5 PM. Free.

fun. The 3rd Annual Celtic Festival at Missoula’s Caras Park keep Celtic traditions alive and shares them with the community. Of course, Celtic blood is unnecessary to enjoy the nine hours of WHAT: 3rd Annual Celtic Festival Missoula free traditional and modern music scheduled for the day. Groups such as the Celtic Pipe WHEN: Sat., July 28, from 10 AM–9:30 PM Band, Shining Thistle Pipe Band and Tra le Gael perform with modern Irish tunesmiths such as WHERE: Caras Park and the walking trail near the Screaming Orphans and the Young Florence Dubliners. The event also helps raise money HOW MUCH: Free for concerts/$20 per team for UM’s Irish Studies Program. But the highfor road bowling light has to be the Irish road bowling competition near Florence. In the game, duos of playMORE INFO: For a full schedule, visit ers toss a 28-ounce “bullet” underhand down celticfestivalmissoula.com a course that is shy of a mile. Victory goes to the team with the fewest throws covering the distance and to whomever shouts “Erin go are drawn to nationality/ethnicity nomenclature festivals all around the world. They seek a connec- Bragh!” with the most vim and least brogue. tion to a past never experienced, only imagined.

–Jason McMackin This isn’t a bad thing; in fact, it can be quite good

Karaoke Battle USA at the Silver Coin in Hamilton is war of attrition, in which folks with pipes seek to destroy one another’s versions of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in a bid to attend the national championships. 9 PM–1:30 AM. $10 registration fee.

Party Trained is all our Arts editor and my gardner talk about, especially after all-you-can-eat hotcakes.

Go hear why when they play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 9:30 PM. Free.

He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free.

The Airstream Safari VFW Residency is in its final week and rockin’ expectations are as high as Afroman circa 2001, as locals The BoxCutters and Tidal Horn join up for the evening. 245 W. Main.

10 PM. Free.

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The pros know that going to St. Patty’s Day in Butte, America, is a cold, dark, wet mess. That’s why they head to Evel Knievel Days in sunny and dry July. This three-day event celebrates the world’s most famous stuntman with daredevils, car shows, motorcycle antics and, of course, tube tops.

Head to knieveldays.com.

Brother, let me tell you about hard times, the Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival that is. This three-day event is a coon’s throw from Hamilton and is for fans of both traditional bluegrass and family fun. Music begins today at 6 PM and concludes on Sunday at 4 PM. Admission for the weekend is $10/$5 for those under 12.

Camping fee is $10 for the weekend. For cogent directions and

other info., visit hardtimesbluegrass.com.

Step into the wayback machine when Hamilton celebrates its heritage during Daly Days. Named after the former Copper King, this two-day event features turn-of-thecentury re-enactments, demonstrations, antique farm equipment and cars, carriage rides, local artisans, pony rides and music. On Friday night there’s a street dance in downtown Hamilton, and Saturday features sidewalk sales, a vintage car show and a brew festival. This is pretty much the biggest thing that happens up the Bitterroot, so, you know, check it out starting at 9 AM. Visit bitterrootvalleychamber.com.

Find Waldo in Missoula at 16 (or more!) local business and win a grip of rad prizes. Head to Fact & Fiction for more deets. The big time prizes are drawn on Tue., July 31. 220 N. Higgins.

The Bitterroot Valley Sportsman’s Expo takes over the Ravalli

Practice being peaceful in a world of differences during the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Intercultural Dialogue Group, a monthly meeting that aims to bring together people from various backgrounds for an afternoon of conversation and peacemaking. Every last Fri. of the month at 4:30 PM in the library of the Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call Betsy at 543-3955 or email peace@ jrpc.org for more info.

nightlife El 3-Oh! comes down from the clouds and makes for some good times at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery from 5–9 PM. 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free.

Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities.

Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free.

Make time for some face time to talk about the environment and whatever else is on your mind at Green Drinks in Bigfork. Swan River Inn, 360 Grand. 6–8 PM. Free.

Family Friendly Friday with Joey Shaheen is the place where Ms. Right is gonna be, so forget about old Missy and the golf pro and let the kids dance it out while make your move. Top Hat. 6–8 PM. Free.

The Native Playwright Festival hosts readings and commentaries by writers such as Vic Charlo, Julie Cajune, Jennifer Greene and Zan Agzigian. 7 PM. Hangin’ Art Gallery in Arlee. Free-will donations accepted. For a full schedule, visit arleemontana.com.

Dave “The 50’s Guy” Khoury takes you back to the old school, when a man wearing a dress was considered funny, at Pulse inside the Press Box. 7 PM. Free.

Get back in shape and learn something new at Freestone Climbing Gym’s Intro to Bouldering course, which introduces basic

techniques, safety stuff, ethics and more. Class includes 1.5 hours of instruction and two weeks of unlimited climbing. 935 Toole.

7–8:30 PM. $40.

Join the Carla Green Trio up at The Keep, order the calamari and ask for the “Marquess.” Trust me.

102 Ben Hogan Dr. 7–10 PM. Free.

The Holistic Weight Loss Support Group is facilitated by Tereece Panique and takes place at the Unity Church of Missoula at 7:30 PM. 546 South Ave. $2 suggested donation. Call 493-1210 for more info.

The Wrong Omar and Code of the West bring their acoustic and classic rock stylings to that Monk’s Bar. 225 Ryman. 8 PM. Free.

The Country Kings hold court down at the Eagles. 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. Free.

Wayo bwings the boogie woogie and bwoos to the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs. 8–10 PM. Pass the hat.

Soul City Cowboys bake a party cake with rock and roll frosting at Swanee’s north of Polson. 9 PM. Free.

The Lil’ Smokies build a bluegrass bridge out of rosin, spit and

gumption when they do work at the Badlander. 9 PM. $5.

Lyrics Born, straight out of San Francisco, brings big city beats and smoove–as–Lando–Calrissian rhymes to the Palace, with locals Zoo Effort and M-AD. 9 PM. $15/$12 adv., plus $5 surcharge for those aged 18-20. (See Soundcheck.)

Cash For Junkers lay down the bluegrass and probably will accept your old vehicles, if just for aesthetic purposes. Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

The Mighty Flick will get you dancing til you’re sick at the Elbow Room this weekend, starting at 9:30 PM. Free.

Red necks, white hair and Blue Collar: it must be the weekend, and the band must be getting the dance floor worked up this hot summer night down at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

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See all the beautiful people and purchase fresh-baked yummies, gorgeous veggies and maybe have a taco at one of western Montana’s farmers’ markets. In Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine Street and under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clarkforkrivermarket.com); in Stevensville on Main Street; and in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford streets. Hours vary for the markets, but it all typically goes down between 8 AM and 1 PM.

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

Free. Call 728-8799.

The pros know that going to St. Patty’s Day in Butte, America, is a cold, dark, wet mess. That’s why they head to Evel Knievel Days in sunny and dry July. This threeday event celebrates the world’s most famous stuntman with daredevils, car shows, motorcycle antics and, of course, tube tops. Head to knieveldays.com.

Yami Bolo drops swagger bombs when he and Yellow Wall Dub Squad do work at the Top Hat. 10 PM. $15/$10 adv.

Grab a blanket and enjoy the cinemagic with your special friend(s) under the stars at the Missoula Outdoor Cinema. This evening’s

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The Milltown Bridge Market serves up fresh greens, baked good and wares, all while suspended high above the beautiful Blackfoot River. Park across from Town Pump mega-station. 10 AM–2 PM. Free.

The Big Pine Summer Wildlife Program Series hosts a kids’ wildlife safari that’s great for those 6 to 10 years old. Take I-90 to Exit 66, then head south on Fish Creek Rd. for 4.5 miles (look for the big pine tree...seriously). Free. Call 722-1533.

Sun Layers paper explorations at the Living Art of Montana Studio, 725 W. Alder Suite 17, creatively aids those facing illness or loss.

10:30 AM-12:30 PM. Free. Call 549-5329 for more info.

Chairest of them all. Langhorne Slim & the Law play the Palace, 147 W. Broadway Ave., on Sun. July 29, at 9 PM, with The 2nd Annual Salish Point Blues Festival in Polson, with locals Fancy Child. $8.

screening is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, starting around 9:30 PM, at the the Headstart school on the corner of Worden and Phillips on Missoula’s Northside. Free, but donations accepted.

Stampede, where parents and kids alike can partake in the K and 5K and learn more about breastfeeding, too. 9 AM. For costs and specifics, visit bitterrootbreastfeedingcoalition.org.

If you have any Irish in ya, come on down and check out Celtic Festival Missoula at Caras Park, which celebrates all things Celtic and boasts the contemporary artists such as the Young Dubliners and An Dochas, as well as traditional music by Tra La Gael and the Montana ShamRockers. 11 AM-9 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.)

The Missoula Iris Society Annual Iris Rhizome Sale only sells the finest rhizomes in the Treasure State and those sales help them maintain the fine Ft. Missoula iris garden, where the sale is held. 9 AM–1 PM. Call Carol or Pete at 251-5833.

Head to Living Art of Montana if you’re facing illness or loss for Paper Explorations, a Creativity for Life Workshop, from 10:30 AM-12:30 PM. Free, no registration required. 725 W. Alder Suite 17.

Call 549-5329 for more.

Help kick off World Breastfeeding Week at the Bitterroot Baby Run & Stroller

The Energy Field Anatomy Workshop will show you how to harness your intuition and your energetic field from 9 AM-4 PM at the Intuitive Empowerment Institute, 725 W. Alder #4. $75.

Book’n It for the Library is MSO’s newest footrace and it benefits our dope as hack-darn library.

3K and 8K options, with a discount for having a library card. Prizes for literary costumage, too. $20. Visit missoulalibrary.com/events.

The Hot Springs Farmers Market busts out the dee-lish grub for all you all from 11 AM–3 PM, with tunes come 4 PM at the Aftermarket Music & Arts Series.

Daly Days at the Daly Mansion is here to bring you back to the days when money literally bought Senate seats. The fun starts at 11 AM and includes re-enactors, antique demos, pony rides and music by the Bitterroot Ragtime Society. Admission to the grounds is free, with a discounted $5 entry fee for the mansion. Call 3636004 for more. Plus, don’t miss the wiener dog race at noon and the hog calling contest at 1 PM. Call Linda at 360-4520 about that.

The Artist’s POV Tour with Eric Ashcraft gives attendees a peek into an artist’s brain and his views on aesthetics. Noon. Free.

Join Blackfeet “poetsinger” Jack Gladstone at the Big Hole National Battlefield as he delivers more than a lecture to the masses of Kansans who’ve recently disembarked from their motor coaches.

From Lost Trail Pass, take Hwy. 43 east for 17 miles. Noon–3 PM. Free.

The Mule Deer Banquet goes down at the infamous Hole in the

$6 admission at the door

Buy • Sell • Trade Free Appraisals

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Wall Ranch 18 miles up Fish Creek west of Alberton. Join the Mule Deer Foundation for BBQ, games, buffet and auctions starting at 2 PM. Visit mtmuledeer.org for pricing, directions and general info.

Treasure Island, which is presented by the Missoula Children’s Theatre summer camp, has four shows for you to choose from: Sat. and Sun. at 3 PM and 5 PM at the MCT Center, 200 North Adams.

Bitterroot Brewfest takes over Bedford Street in Hamilton in conjunction with Daly Days and the Sportsman’s Expo, and showcases 45 Montana and Northwest beers from 3-10 PM. $20 gets you a sweet glass and three tasters.

nightlife David Boone serenades deers and snakes alike when he performs at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. 4175 Rattlesnake. 5–9 PM. Free.

Shinedown plays all the emotional music for WWE events and some MMA events as well (a job once relegated to Creed).

Tribal tatts not required for show but encouraged. 7 PM. Adams Center. $44.25.

The Heart to Heart Duo plays the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance, so slide into them glad rags and show the youngsters how it’s done. 705 S. Higgins. 7–10 PM. $5.

The 103.3 Launch Party with The Dodgy Mountain Men is one thing, but you tack on Black Mountain Moan, Shakewell and Three-Eared Dog and you got yourself a toot of a time. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman. 8 PM. Cost TBA. Mathias jabs and sangs his way through acoustic tuenage at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs. 8–10 PM. Pass the hat.

Absolutely with DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo bring the kind beats and gnar-gnar kind-grind bro, brah, bree during a dance party featuring every style of rump-shaking tuneage. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2 for 1 Absolut drinks until 11 PM. Free.

Them Soul City Cowboys give you tunes to dance by after a day of sun, beers and floating when they perform at the Idle Spur in Dayton (a pinch north of Big Arm Bay on Hwy. 93). 9 PM. Free.

Roadhouse fills out the sound of your favorite roadhouse, the Lumberjack Saloon, at 9 PM for free. Find it off of Highway 12 heading toward Idaho.

Young Jay’s Sav Life Tour beats the hoo-haw out of Old Jay’s cover of “Life is a Highway,” so check out the Spokane hip-hopper’s sounds esta noche, with performances by MCs Miss Dominique, Overtime

and Dice, Amor, Convict Clique, Krown Boy and Skeptikal. Palace. 9 PM. $5.

Red necks, white hair and Blue Collar: it must be the weekend, and the band must be getting the dance floor worked up this hot summer night down at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

The Mighty Flick will get you dancing til you’re sick at the Elbow Room this weekend, starting at 9:30 PM. Free.

nightlife The Big Sky Mudflaps will protect you from dirt when they jam at Bitter Root Brewing in Hamilton from 5-7 PM. Free.

Finish the weekend with a couple few hours of baseball and sunstroke when the arrogant Great Falls Voyagers come to town to take on the Missoula Osprey at 5:05 PM. Call 543-3300.

DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at Feruqi’s. 10 PM. Free. Call 728-8799.

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

Free.

The Josh Farmer Band and Freetown Turnaround promise to create a mood for you and your’n when they play the Top Hat. 10 PM. $3.

Langhorne Slim and the Law are gonna cuff you and stuff you with rock, soul and folk tunes at the Palace. With locals Fancy Child.

9 PM. $8.

The Steady Changes and Lee Rizzo with Jordan Demander rock and rule Sean Kelly’s starting at 10 PM. Free.

Groove Session with Shakewell is Madonna-approved and pert-near mandatory for those who enjoy doing the Ringwald.

10 PM. $3.

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The Foy’s to Herron Paddlethon Race takes your breath away with a wacky triathlon that takes athletes three miles aboard a canoe, kayak or paddleboard, six miles on a mountain bike and four miles on foot to Herron to raise funds for the Foys to Blacktail Trails group.

Registration starts at 7:30 AM and costs $22-$55. Call Steve at 2619250 for more info.

Take a Sunday stroll and a spin on the carousel at the Carousel Sunday Market & Festival, which offers up local veggies, crafts and all sort of yummikins. Every Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM at the New Park parking lot near A Carousel for Missoula. Visit carrousel.com/acfm/ carousel-sunday-market-and-events.

This week enjoy the acoustic pickin’s of Clay Hawkins.

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.

Treasure Island, which is presented by the Missoula Children’s Theatre summer camp, has four shows for you to choose from: Sat. and Sun. at 3 PM and 5 PM at the MCT Center, 200 North Adams.

Know your farmer, but not the seedsowing kind: Josh Farmer plays at Draught Works from 4 to 7 PM. Free.

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Learn how to fly with the Liam Wood Fly Fishers and River Guardians Program. This weeklong outdoors class is open to high school students and offers fishing and ecology lessons. Visit montanawatershed.org for more.

nightlife Supplement your weekend in Butte with a reading and signing of Paul Toutonghi’s Evel Knievel Days at Fact & Fiction downtown at 7 PM. Free. (See Books.)

There’s nothing bland about band, man, so dust off that flugelhorn, Chuck, and join the Missoula City Band for rehearsal in the Sentinel High School band room. How bad could you be? Call 728-2400 or go to missoulacityband.org.

Ron Dunbar plays that “petrified folk” for us down at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 111 N. Higgins. 7–10 PM. Free.

Representatives of the state capital, the Helena Brewers, bring their wily ways to MSO when they take on the Missoula Osprey for two nights at 7:05 PM. Call 543-3300.

Milkcrate Mondays present Vinyl Night, with hot beatsz and swizzlesticks of jammage popping off via the electronical tunes of DJs Hendawg, Mike Stolin and Geeter.

9 PM, with $5 PBR pitchers. Free.

Passenger & Pilot take to the stage at the Palace for a night of

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high-flying orchestral indie-folk., with locals Britt Arneson, Andrea Harsell and Baby & Bukowski. 9 PM. $5.

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Let those beautiful little urchins run amok at the Kids’ Fest in Missoula’s Caras Park. This family fun fest has stage acts, games, fun, displays, food and fun. 11:30 AM–3:30 PM. Free.

nightlife The Sovereign Denizen: The Life and Times of Rich Angel returns to a bigger screen when the documentary screens at the MCAT Studio. 500 N. Higgins. 6 PM. Free.

The Pickin’ Circle at the Top Hat would prefer stringed instruments over nostrils, but who’s to judge? 6–9 PM. Free.

Northside taproom. 313 N. 1st. 5–8 PM. Never mind those graphs and charts, you’ll be on the right track when you pick up a copy of Theresa Callahan’s Managing for Performance during a reception and signing at Fact & Fiction downtown. 5:30 PM. Free.

Check out The Wild Mare in Corvallis for their First Wednesday Wine Tasting at 6 PM. You can taste some wine, have some appetizers, you know, whatever. This month features wine from Oregon. 283 2nd St. thewildmare.com.

Get filled up on B12 and iron at Hamilton’s Wednesday Evening Farmers’ Market on Bedford St. 6–8 PM. Miah Arnold comes to town to read and sign her novel Sweet Land of Bigamy at Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third Street W., at 7 PM. Free. Pub trivia answers: 1) Sally Ride. 2) Totally awesome.

cool, but that don’t mean squirt, Bubba.

Check him out at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 9:30 PM. Free.

The Heartless Bastards bring along their heartfelt garage-ian tunes to the Top Hat, with Little Hurricane. 10 PM. $15/$13 adv.

Danny Freund and the Tennessee Two Piece get down to biz-natch at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton from 6–8:30 PM. Free.

THURSDAY

The Petermans offer up a free and familyfriendly show at the Top Hat. Now about that bar mitzvah...7–9:30 PM. Free.

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Even without his Clerics around, he shreds something holy. Tom Catmull plays solo at Draught Works from 5-8 PM.

nightlife You’ll be climbing up a wall at Freestone Climbing Center’s Ladies Night. 935 Toole Ave. 5–10 PM. $6.50/$5 students.

Take a load off while you get a load of some of the area’s better musicians during the Musician Showcase at Brooks and Browns in the Holiday Inn Downtown. $7 Big Sky pitchers and $2 pints. 200 S. Pattee St. Free.

The Decrease Your Species Tour (sponsored by the UN’s 50 Year Population CODEX...jokes) features rhymers from way outta here, including Errol Hem, Milky Way and MC Nobody Cares, plus locals the Codependents. Palace. 9 PM. $3/$5 surcharge for those aged 18-20.

Gillian Welch is going to mess with your dark heart when she plays her Grammy-award winning folk-Americana at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $32/$28.50 advance at ticketfly.com or Rockin Rudy’s.

Party Trained is all our Arts Editor and my gardner talk about, especially after all-youcan-eat hotcakes. Go hear why when they play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 9:30 PM. Free.

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

She’ll leave you with a smile if you take her to Missoula Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign-up by 9:30 pm to perform. Free.

Badlander’s Live and Local Night with The Blox is sure to have you unlockin’ the three-lock box of rock. 9 PM. Free.

Paydirt, “Missoula’s hottest new country band,” according to the literature, performs for you fairgoers after you’ve spun yourselves sick on the Zipper. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand. 9:30 PM. Free.

Zootown Throwdown with Javier Ryan and Friends gets the acousticical crew cutting a new tune or two at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

Two Story Ranch is more than a dream come true for our parents, it’s a band with a plan, or perhaps a poetical allusion to Western life. What the hell is going on?

They also play with Louie Bond and Kimberlee Carlson. 10 PM. $3.

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nightlife Kettlehouse Community U-Nite Pint Night for Montana Conservation Voters is an opportunity to donate some moneys to MCV and hoist a dee-lish beer at the

Get sweaty with all the beautiful people at the Dead Hipster Dance Party, where love and funk is in the air. Badlander. 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM–midnight.

Fill the Silence and Chaos Revelation Theory drop D and rock thee at the Dark Horse Bar. 1805 Regent. 9 PM. Cost TBA.

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: Who was the first American woman to go into space?

Part Two: How awesome was she? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Go nuts, have a ball or use a pun of your own choosing at the Testicle Festival out at the Rock Creek Lodge, where partiers and pansies alike chow down two-and-half tons of Rocky Mountain Oysters. Yep, fried bull testicles. The festy runs from 10 AM to 2 AM through Sun., Aug. 5, and is 22 miles east of Missoula off I-90 at exit 126. $15, with ticket prices subject to change. testyfesty.com.

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

Show the naysayers that your version of Lou Gramm’s “Midnight Blue” is as passionate as your lovemaking at Sean Kelly’s Open Mic Night. 9 PM. Free. Call 5421471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign-up.

Minimalist Running Basics is a class at REI on Reserve that starts at 6:30 PM.

August

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

For over 100 years the Missoula City Band has been your source for concert-band tunes in the Missoula Valley, and they continue that tradition with their weekly concert series at Bonner Park all summer long. This week, they are joined by jazz singer Mary Ann Meissner. Corner of Ronald and Hastings. 9:30 PM. Free.

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Meet up with the crew and do that voodoo that you do so well at Downtown ToNight, a weekly food fete at Missoula’s Caras Park from 5:30-8:30 PM. This week’s tunes by Russ Nasset. Free. Visit missoualdowntown.com.

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

You have less than 45 days of honest to goodness summer left. Get off your buns and get out there, people. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., July 27, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.

You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.” o

MOUNTAIN HIGH I t's the middle of summer, 2010 (ah, the old days), and I'm in an inner-tube gang on the Clark Fork, celebrating my birthday. For some reason, I'm in charge of the beer. It's a successful system, for a while anyway. I think I just wanted to be the first to watch it all go down. Well, I was. Just past the beach and around another bend, I reach down into my lap and yell, “Who needs a … .” Gone. Eight brews had disappeared below me in my tent stuff sack, because apparently no one had invented float bags or rope yet. We pull over to the shallows and regroup. Everybody carried their own (and my own) empties, but I'm the only one with the fulls. I was, anyway. So we're standing on these pebbles when a wise man (that's actually his last name) spots what appears to be a silver ball floating down the river. Then another and another, and we realize we've been saved by gravity. We carefully position ourselves across the river

and recover all eight PBRs. There was much rejoicing.

But the stuff sack went missing, and I've felt a debt to the river ever since (and always use rope).

Luckily, I'm able to redeem some karma this weekend on the Blackfoot: The Montana FWP is hosting the ninth annual Blackfoot River Cleanup and barbecue at Johnsrud.

—Brooks Johnson Pack it in, pack it out and pay it forward: Head to the Johnsrud access site, 10 miles east of Bonner on Highway 200, at 8 a.m. if you have a raft, snorkels or scuba gear, or carpool down at 9 a.m. if you intend to join a raft or walk or wade. There will be shuttles, and volunteers get some free food following the garbage hunt. Call 542-5500 for more, and remember: Never give the birthday boy (or girl) the burden of the beer.

Photo by Chad Harder

THURSDAY JULY 26 For summertime learning and such, the Montana Natural History Center’s miniNaturalists Pre-K Program has moved to the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens. Bugs, dirt and explorations abound. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. Visit montananaturalist.org.

Learn about or comment on the Center Horse Landscape Restoration Project during the Seeley Lake Ranger District Project Meeting and Field Trip. The trip includes a 30-mile ride to scope it out. 4 PM. Ovando Fire Hall, 700 Pine St. Call Tami at 329-3731.

FRIDAY JULY 27 The Bitterroot Valley Sportsman’s Expo takes over the Ravalli County Fairgrounds, 100 Old Corvallis Road, Friday and Saturday with over 80 vendors hawking, well, everything you need to recreate in the Bitterroot.

Expect music, food, drinks and more in the hot July sun. 4-9 PM Friday and 10 AM-6 PM Saturday. $5/$10 per family. Call 241-4176 for more.

SATURDAY JULY 28 Help kick off World Breastfeeding Week at the Bitterroot Baby Run & Stroller Stampede, where parents and kids alike can partake in the K and 5K and learn more about breastfeeding, too. 9 AM. For costs and specifics, visit bitterrootbreastfeedingcoalition.org.

Book’n It for the Library is MSO’s newest footrace and it benefits our dope as hack-darn library. 3K and 8K options, with a discount for having a library card.

Prizes for literary costumage, too. $20. Visit missoulalibrary.com/events.

The Big Pine Summer Wildlife Program Series hosts a kids’ wildlife safari that’s great for those 6 to 10 years old. Take I-90 to Exit 66, then head south on Fish Creek Rd. for 4.5 miles (look for the big pine tree...seriously). Free. Call 722-1533.

Join Blackfeet “poetsinger” Jack Gladstone at the Big Hole National Battlefield as he delivers more than a lecture to the masses of Kansans who’ve recently disembarked from their motor coaches.

From Lost Trail Pass, take Hwy. 43 east for 17 miles.

Noon–3 PM. Free.

The Mule Deer Banquet goes down at the infamous Hole in the Wall Ranch 18 miles up Fish Creek west of Alberton. Join the Mule Deer Foundation for BBQ, games, buffet and auctions starting at 2 PM. Visit mtmuledeer.org for pricing, directions and general info.

SUNDAY JULY 29 The Foy’s to Herron Paddlethon Race takes your breath away with a wacky triathlon that takes athletes three miles aboard a canoe, kayak or paddleboard, six miles on a mountain bike and four miles on foot to Herron to raise funds for the Foys to Blacktail Trails group. Registration starts at 7:30 AM and costs $22$55. Call Steve at 261-9250 for more info.

MONDAY JULY 30 Learn how to fly with the Liam Wood Fly Fishers and River Guardians Program. This week-long outdoors class is open to high school students and offers fishing and ecology lessons and more. $250, partial and full scholarships available. Visit montanawatershed.org for more.

At Slacker Mondays, from 6 PM until close, slackline fans can come to the Freestone Climbing Center at 935 Toole Ave. to test their balance. $13/$10 for students. Visit freestoneclimbing.com.

TUESDAY JULY 31 Minimalist Running Basics is a class at REI on Reserve that starts at 6:30 PM.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 Learn to keep ‘em safe during the Hunter Education Class at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Orientation is Wed., Aug. 1, with classes beginning on Wed. or Thur., depending on scheduling choice. To learn more or to register, go to mt.fwp.gov. calendar@missoulanews.com

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In the blood The Heartless Bastards shoot an Arrow, score a film

by Melissa Mylchreest

Just about six months ago, I heard a song on the radio that made me sit up and say, “Woah, who is this?” The tune itself wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, but the lead singer’s voice was like nothing I’d ever heard. Raw and resonant one moment, pleading and tremulous the next, androgynous yet distinctly feminine. She mouthed each syllable like she was rolling a fine whiskey around on her tongue. I was enthralled.

After that initial introduction, the Heartless Bastards haunted me. I heard their songs and their name everywhere: friends recommended them, they showed up on TV, they announced a show in Missoula. So when their publicity team sent me an email asking if I’d like to interview the lady-of-the-voice, the lead singer herself, I couldn’t possibly say no.

On the phone, Erika Wennerstrom, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the Heartless Bastards, sounds nothing like I’d imagined. So mild-mannered, so quiet, I can barely hear her answers to my questions.

“Where’s that wild voice of yours?” I want to ask. But there’s also something utterly charming about the Clark Kent feel, knowing that this unassuming, petite, blonde gal transforms at a moment’s notice into a roaring vocal powerhouse on stage.

The Austin, Tex.-based four-piece rock band is currently touring behind its new album, Arrow. “I’m really, really proud of this album,” says Wennerstrom. “It’s the first time we’ve all been on an album together, even though we’ve been touring as a band for about four years.“ A short, polished set of 10 songs, Arrow has the feel of a band that’s finally come into its own. With hard-driving rock as well as folk- and blues-inspired tunes, the sound is confident, brash and musically refined. Three previous albums— recorded with varying back-up musicians—met with mixed

reviews, but this one has garnered high marks from nearly everyone. They were on Letterman in February, played Rolling Stone’s SXSW party in March and earlier this month hit the stage for Conan O’Brien.

Two other people found the Heartless Bastards and Wennerstrom’s talents to be especially intriguing: Andrew and Alex Smith, the Montana-born brothers who are currently putting the final touches on their film adaptation of James Welch’s novel Winter in the Blood. They liked her sound so much, in fact, that they asked her to write and record the soundtrack for the forthcoming film.

“I guess they were both working on the script independently,” says Wennerstrom, “and it turns out they were each listening to a different Heartless Bastards album. So they thought that perhaps it would be a good fit for the film.” Eager for the chance to try a new challenge, Wennerstrom dove in. “They gave me a copy of the book, and I loved it. I loved the story.” She set to work on the score before filming even began, and based her compositions solely on her impressions from the novel. This suited the Smith brothers just fine. “They said they wanted to edit the film to the songs, instead of the songs to the film.

It was done oppositely from how a soundtrack is normally done,” says Wennerstronm. “I just kept thinking ‘I hope the song fits!’ But they’re really happy with it, and I think it’ll be really good. I can’t wait to see it.“ Based on the subjects the band sings about on Arrow, the union of songwriter and film seems a perfect fit. The film chronicles the misadventures of Virgil First Raise, the Native American protagonist who embarks on a journey to track down his missing wife and rifle and ultimately discovers himself. Set in central Montana, the landscape—both made and natural—features prominently: The story is awash in coulees and plains, small-town

The Heartless Bastards made the score for the Montana film Winter in the Blood.

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bars and isolated cabins.

Similarly, the Heartless Bastards draw heavily on the imagery and iconography of the West (the cover of Arrow is emblazoned with a bison). “I find it very inspiring to be out among the mountains and desert and tall golden grasses,“ says Wennerstrom. The album also explores the individual journeys we all take, literal and metaphorical.

When she was writing the music, Wennerstrom says, she hit the highways of America. “I took several road trips by myself, so I could just go off and focus. It sounds great, but in a lot of ways it was really hard and isolating.“ The results were both introspective and expansive, just like Welch’s novel. A good example is the tune “Parted Ways,“ which, while not written for the film, sounds like it was made expressly for it: “I need a little bit of whiskey and a little bit of time to ease my troubled mind.“ And then, a few lines later: “Out in the space, / I’m a long way from home. / The hum of the wheels they are carrying me on / To a wide open space to be breathing.“ Having spent considerable time in the desert of west Texas, Wennerstrom wanted to make sure she got a sense of the Montana landscape as well, and she came for a visit as she was working on the soundtrack. “I found it absolutely beautiful,” she says of Missoula and the surrounding area. “You know, we always used to just drive through on tours, but I started requesting that we play there. It was like, ‘Why do we drive 24 hours from Seattle to Minneapolis, and not stop to play in this beautiful place in between?’”

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Traffic alert Local emcee raps a map of Missoula

by Brooks Johnson

There’s something so fulfilling about hearing local landmarks in a song. “On the corner of Orange and Spruce / With a forty in my hand / Pouring out orange juice.” It’s like as soon as you hear that, you start to listen a little closer, waiting for another familiar pat on the back that says, “Yeah, we’re all here together.”

While Traff the Wiz didn’t invent that formula, it definitely works.

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“The more I incorporate things that are relatable to the people around me, then the more success I have, because they can adapt,” Brian O’Neill, aka Traff, says.

The 26-year-old Troy native released his second solo album, Traffghanistan, on July 4 in his hometown, and he’s already run out of the 100 copies from the first pressing. He knows where his base is: “This album is for Troy,” he says over a beer at Mackenzie River Pizza. “It’s a very personal album and all those people know what I’m talking about.”

Traffghanistan starts off with an instrumental intro from DJ Brand One and a minute later dives right into Traff ’s fast and smart rhymes, which sound like Wu-Tang Clan meets Talib Kweli in Montana for a freestyle session. It makes sense, since that’s the kind of music he grew up on. The whole album manages to come off like a freestyle. Unlike many rappers, he’s able to write both narratives and catchy choruses very well. Mouthfuls like “Handle all the mechanisms technically eclectic / Forces imitate electric hectic situations, correct it” on “BOBM” never fail to amaze with their lyrical trickery.

But he’s got the skill to get in your head with choruses that don’t overcrowd the album.“Facility” nails it with “Any spills, overfills, fires or damage to this facility / Will be your responsibility.” And then comes the Missoula drop: “From the one-way streets to the weird whereabouts.” Think of Traff as Atmosphere rapping

about Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis, with a producer comparable in style to Ant of the early ’00s.

“Hey!” is the best track on the album. It’s easy to listen to, with a high piano and classic trap loop courtesy of producer Twice Daily, a fellow Troy native now working out of Portland, Ore. To boot, it’s mastered and engineered so professionally you forget this is a totally homegrown effort.

“I just stay positive and try to find the smartest equation I can,” Traff says.

Only track 11, “Witches Brew,” sounds out of place. The beats are a little too in-your-face and even Traff gets a little abrasive. But the last track, “All I Heard..hh” brings him right back to the smart rhymes and concludes in a classic fashion: with shout-outs and a solid close.

When you hear all the names that went into the making of this album—Shadow Devereaux, Codependents and Rude to name a few—it’s clear this effort is not just Brian O’Neill's. Traff the Wiz is one artist in constant collaboration; he knows he wouldn’t be doing this without a lot of help.

“When I started here, I played whenever and wherever I could,” he says. “I talked to whoPhoto by Chad Harder ever I needed to and just tried to build and build.”

It’s been five years since he relocated to Missoula.

He says the scene is way bigger now than it was. From the start, it’s been a group effort. His first show here was opening for the Inhumans, who took Traff camping and made him freestyle for four hours before they relented and gave him the slot. From there, he met Missoula mic-smith Tonsofun and the ball just kept rolling. They formed Zoo Effort DJ Brand One in early 2011. They toured all over the Northwest this year to get the name out and get the Missoula scene on the map, with Tonsofun being crucial in getting shows and making a strong network.

“Tonsofun is the mastermind behind that whole project,” he says. “By him making all those moves, it really puts me out there and helps me out a whole lot.”

If you’ve been wondering about the name, here’s the story. Originally it was Traffic, but there was some confusion with that band from the ’70s, Traffic. He added on “The Wizard” and the shortened version, Traff the Wiz, was born. As for the album: “My first album was Revenge of the Spliff, so we were going to call this one The Hempfire Strikes Match,” he says.

“We were like, ‘Nah, Traffghanistan sounds better.’ We had to get off the Star Wars thing.”

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Copper to baklava Evel Knievel Days is an absorbing tale

by Michael Peck

On the dust jacket of Pauls Toutonghi’s Evel as Khosi’s parents reconnect around his hallucinatoKnievel Days, the viewer is faced with a visual conun- ry suffering. But Toutonghi’s main characters are so drum: two pyramids and a palm tree, beneath which vivid that this lapse into a typical climax is entirely is reflected two Montana peaks and a pine tree. It is excusable.

Evel Knievel Days is a multifaceted testament to an impeccable metaphor for the book’s many multiculturally symbolic tropes. The author’s second novel disparate cultures. It’s the foraging for selfhood in is a trip through Montana history, Middle Eastern cuisine and the crises of growing up in exile from your heritage. “This is what it feels like to be half of something,” he writes. “You’re never truly anything.”

Beginning with the lead-up to Butte’s annual Evel Knievel Days (a marathon of motorcycle stuntsmanship) and ending with the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the book is narrated by Khosi Saqr, a museum guide at Butte’s Copper King Mansion (his great-great grandfather was copper baron William Andrews Clark), where he is driven by OCD proclivities. Khosi happens to be in love with his engaged friend, Natasha, while caring for his Wilson’s diseasesuffering mother, Amy, and contemplating where his twenty-something life is headed. When a stranger who might be his absent Egyptian father starts loitering around Khosi’s workplace and then disappears, Khosi’s ordered life quickly unwinds, and he journeys to Cairo in search of his dis- Pauls Toutonghi reads from Evel Knievel Days at Fact & Fiction appearing parent and, ulti- Monday, July 30, at 7 PM. Free. mately, his identity.

Toutonghi keeps Evel Knievel Days light and the messy roots of the past. Khosi Saqr is a memochatty, employing some Eggers-esque tangents to rably flawed character, crafted with wit and intelligreat effect: a recipe for hashish-infused crème gence. He’s a gentle Holden Caulfield with more brûlée, the diagram of the spot where Khosi’s father focus on family than on frustration. Filling out his touches his hand. Precious without being maudlin, narrative with musings on philosophy and society, the novel tackles the themes of romantic love, famil- Toutonghi has composed an understated fictional ial love and love of food with deftness and humor. autobiography that is both introspective and absorbFrom Amy’s strident devotion to her son to the ing. Except for one or two inconsiderable annoyambivalent likability of Khosi’s father—a gambling ances (the frequent appearance of the ghost of addict involved in shady deals—every character here William Andrews Clark to give Khosi vital information is one of them), it is nonetheless a quiet evocais an exercise in writing authentic people.

Once in Egypt, Khosi finds a world of mishap and tion of displacement and belonging, America and hurtful falsehood: his father is engaged to a younger the Middle East, walking onions and the mythical woman, his relatives believe that he and his mother complexities of making baklava. It’s an affectingly are dead and he finds himself drawn into a run-in simple and simply effective comedic melodrama in with the Egyptian underworld on his father’s behalf. nearly every way.

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After the shots Nearly alone for The Dark Knight Rises

by Skylar Browning

Ten minutes before Sunday’s early matinee of The Dark Knight Rises at the Village 6, four people were in the audience. An employee told a curious ticket buyer that crowds had been sparse all weekend for what was supposed to be the summer’s biggest movie. The theater’s midnight premiere a few days earlier nearly sold out, he said, but since then things had been slow.

The reason is because of what happened during another midnight premiere in Aurora, Colo. Police allege James Holmes, 24, waited until about 20 minutes into The Dark Knight Rises before he tossed two canisters of gas into the crowd and opened fire, killing 12 and injuring 58. Eyewitnesses originally thought Holmes, who was armed with two .40-caliber Glock

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handguns, a Remington 870 single-barrel pump shotgun, a Smith & Wesson AR-15 assault-style rifle and as many as 6,000 rounds of ammunition, entered through an emergency exit door. Police later said he bought a ticket and walked in with everyone else.

Once in custody, Holmes reportedly told officers he was the Joker.

It’s not often a film review of a summer blockbuster gets bogged down by national news, but the Aurora killings were impossible to ignore over the weekend. Cable news networks ran stories around the clock. Ticket sales for The Dark Knight Rises fell far below record-breaking projections. Instead of debates over the quality of director Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman, debates focused on the Second Amendment. Venerable critic Roger Ebert wrote about the movie on Friday—in a gun rights op-ed for The New York Times.

No wonder so few people were in the Village 6 on Sunday afternoon. Summer blockbusters are about escapism and there was almost none of that here. It’s hard to enjoy a movie when you can’t help but steal glances at a nearby exit door or feel the need to quickly turn around when an audience member leaves for the lobby.

Making matters more challenging is how The Dark Knight Rises clings to real-life headlines. The plot involves class warfare, with language and imagery mirroring that of the Occupy movement. There are also scenes of large-scale urban terrorism evocative of 9/11. It felt more than a little weird watching Batman stop during an early fight to make a point of saying, “No guns. No killing.”

Even beyond its connections, intended or otherwise, to current events, The Dark Knight Rises is a heavy film. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has removed himself from society and retired his alter ego, left to literally limp around his mansion and watch his fortune vanish. A vicious new villain emerges in Bane (Tom Hardy), a masked muscle-bound thug who builds an army of henchmen in Gotham’s underground sewers. The reasons for Bane’s brutality aren’t clear until late in the film, but any motivational shortcomings are made up for with acts of ruthless violence. Wayne realizes the only way to save his city from this menace is to bring back the caped crusader, but that proves easier said than done.

Along the way, Nolan introduces an independent-minded cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and an eager young police officer ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt).

Anyone familiar with this franchise can guess how those two characters evolve throughout the film; Nolan doesn’t exactly hide either one’s future identity.

The new villain and supporting characters don’t really matter. They’re disjointed pieces of a convoluted puzzle for much of the film, and that’s the biggest difference between The Dark Knight Rises and past installments. Nolan has been masterful at weaving together various motivations and story lines in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, achieving something near perfection with the latter. His new film eventually builds to an exceptional ending, but it never quite reaches the same level as its predecessors.

To be fair, I spent a long time wondering if the jumbled pieces and lack of momentum were a product of the filmmaking or of the distractions heading into the theater. I’m still not sure. What I do know is that once The Dark Knight Rises hits its rhythm, the film hums with the same urgency and immediacy as the rest of Nolan’s trilogy. For at least a little while, it was possible to escape into a land of superheroes.

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Carmike 12: Sun., July 29, at 2 pm and Tue., July 31, at 7 pm.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED A peculiar classified ad inspires three sardonic Jet City reporters to meet up with the eccentric who placed it. Perhaps the three may learn a little sumpin’-sumpin’ from the aforementioned weird-o? Perhaps about time travel?

Belief systems? Or love?! It must be love!

Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:15 pm. Village 6: 1:30, 4:20, 7 and 9:45 pm. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with matinees on Wed., Sat. and Sun. at 3 pm. No 9 pm show on Sun.

NOW PLAYING THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN Peter Parker may just find out what happened to his parents and perhaps where they are; in the meantime, he’s got a nemesis and a lot of CGI to overcome. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 4 and 10 pm. 3D: 1 and 7 pm. Pharaohplex: 6:45 and 9:15 pm, with matinees on Wed., Sat. and Sun. at 3 pm. No 9:15 pm show on Sun.

4:30, 5, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 9, 10:25 and 10:30 pm. Big D: 12:30, 4, 7:25 and 10:45 pm.

Village 6: 12:30, 4:05, 7:30 and 10:55 pm.

Pharaohplex: 6:45 and 7 pm nightly, with 3 pm matinees Wed., Sat. and Sun. Entertainer: 4 and 7:30 pm.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT In the fourth installment of this kid-friendly money-making monolith of “jokes that adults get, too” the crew finds itself untethered from land and having adventures as they float aimlessly upon the ocean, all the while secretly dispatching left-wing notions about climate change to unsuspecting families. Starring the voices of Ray Romano and Denis Leary. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30 and 9:35

SAVAGES In this Oliver Stone-directed teen fantasy/film, a couple of weed growers go after the Mexican cartel who stole their shared girlfriend from them. Starring Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch and John Travolta. Rated R. Village 6: 1, 4:15, 7:20 and 10 pm.

TED Mark Wahlberg’s childhood wish comes true and his teddy bears turns into “Family Guy”’s Peter Griffin, and his only true pal...until a woman comes along and tries to separate the man from his foul-mouthed friend. Also starring Mila Kunis and Joel McHale. Rated R. Carmike 12: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 and 10:15 pm.

Parks and wrecks. Safety Not Guaranteed opens Friday at the Wilma Theatre.

Please let it be love! Starring my fourth wife Aubrey Plaza and Jake M. Johnson. Rated R. Wilma: 7 and 9 pm nightly, with Sat. matinees at 1 and 3 pm. No 7 pm show on Tue., July 31.

STEP UP REVOLUTION A dancing girl falls for a dancing boy in hot and steamy Miami. The dancing girl’s father is a developer threatening to destroy the dancing boy’s hot and steamy neighborhood. The duo and their crew put on a hot and steamy protest and defy authority with...hot and steamy dance!

Starring Kathryn McCormick and Ryan Guzman.

Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 4:15 and 9:45 pm.

3D: 1:15 and 7:15 pm.

THE WATCH Ben Stiller and co. bungle their way through modern male tropes and seek an escape from their work-a-day lives as suburban family men by anointing themselves the neighborhood watch. There are nut shots and alien invasions.

Also starring Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill.

BRAVE A princess gets the whole fruitin’ kingdom in an uproar and finds herself rolling with a witch before she can make it all right again. Starring every Scottish actor except Sean Connery, including Billy Connolly, Craig Ferguson and Kelly Macdonald. Rated PG. Carmike 12: 1:30, 4:30, 7 and 9:15 pm. Village 6: 1, 4, 7 and 9:10 pm. Pharaohplex: 7 and 9 pm, with matinees on Wed., Sat. and Sun at 3 pm, no 9 pm show on Sun. THE DARK NIGHT RISES The fairly reluctant hero and caped crusader of Gotham City returns to do what the police cannot: stop terrorists from destroying the world, in a mere 164 minutes. His nemesis? Bane, a dude with a face mask that would make Hannibal Lector squee. Starring everyone, including Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway and Matthew Modine.

Rated PG-13. Carmike 12: 1, 1:30, 2, 3:30,

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pm. 3D: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and 9:50 pm.

Village 6: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:35 pm.

MAGIC MIKE Oh, hells yeah, girlfriend, a fine looking stud learns the wily and wild ways of the male stripper lifestyle from an older, more experienced performer. Stuff like pumping your hips forward and the best type of tear-away trousers for bachelorette parties on cruise ships. Starring the hunky Channing Tatum, well-tanned Matthew McConaughey and female Olivia Munn. Rated R. Village 6: 1:15, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm. Showboat: 4, 7:15 and 9:20 pm.

MOONRISE KINGDOM Wes Anderson directs this story of young love and follows two 12-year-olds on an adventure after they run away from home. All of Anderson’s guys are in this. Starring Ed Norton, Bruce Willis, Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward.

Rated PG-13. Wilma: 7 pm nightly, with 1 pm matinees on Sat.

TO ROME WITH LOVE Woody Allen directs this picaresque, which continues to be described as a “love letter” to one of the world’s all-time great cities. Starring Penélope Cruz and Jesse Eisenberg. Rated R. Wilma: 9 pm nightly, with 3 pm matinees on Sat. No show on Tue., July 31.

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Piano Lessons DEW DROP YOUR PANTS I broke up with my guy a while ago, which was the right thing to do. But, I’ve found myself hooking up with guys for no reason other than getting caught in a provocative moment. Of course, as you’ve often written, men and women are very different when it comes to casual sex, and what’s casual for men ends up feeling not so casual for a lot of women. Including me.

So, I have to wonder, knowing what I know, why I keep going for pleasure and excitement in the moment when I know I will feel empty afterward.

—Own Worst Enemy Some women have a long list of requirements a man has to meet before they’ll have sex with him. You, for example, require a man to walk into the bar, be reasonably hot, be reasonably hetero and say things that make you feel really special, like “This seat taken?”

Humans evolved to live in the now: “Eat the berry. You’ll never know when you’ll see your next berry.” This psychology made a lot of sense in the evolutionary environment, about 1.8 million years before 7-Elevens and Walmart grocery megastores. But, these days, our propensity to grab for immediate benefits (while blocking out future costs) can cause some misery—as you’ve discovered whenever the answer to “So, how long have you two lovebirds been together?” has been “Oh, about two-and-a-half beers.”

It’s possible that your need-for-stimulation jets are set on high. In psychologyspeak, this means scoring high in “sensation-seeking,” a personality trait with a strong biological basis, expressed by a lust for novelty, variety and intense experiences and a willingness to engage in risky behavior to get them. Not surprisingly, sexual sensation-seekers often use alcohol to lubricate the way. (Just a guess, but you probably aren’t hooking up from a park bench or after getting hammered on an immuno-boosting peach smoothie with a wheatgrass chaser— the absinthe of the juice bar.)

It’s time to ditch “the power of now” for the power of no. You create a personal culture through behavior you repeat over time, like repeatedly not giving in to the temptation to seize the moment (and whatever’s in the pants of the person on the next barstool). Being conscious of the psychology behind your behavior helps you change it. If you are a thrill-seeker, feed that in ways that

don’t involve dropping thong. If you’re really looking for love, remind yourself that you aren’t likely to find it between your underwear and a stack of old porn mags under some bar dude’s bed. And consider other reasons you’re drawn to casual sex, like maybe loneliness or a need for touch. (A massage will cost you money, but there’s no “walk of shame” afterward.)

You might also try “precommitment,” a strategy originated by economist Thomas Schelling that involves prearranging to make it hard for yourself to duck a goal. Tell friends you’ve sworn off one-night soul mates, ask them to support you in that and avoid going alone to bars. As your last line of defense, do things that would make you too embarrassed to get naked with a guy, like wearing ratty granny panties and writing a message in permanent magic marker across your stomach—something real come-hither-y, like “Got herpes? (I do, and I love to share.)”

SNAIL MALE This woman I’ve been dating is smart, sweet and kind in addition to being beautiful, but I feel we miss more than we click. It’s like we almost connect but never fully do. I’ve finally admitted to myself that that’s not enough. My only other girlfriends both cheated on me, so cutting the cord was easy. How do you break up with somebody who has done nothing wrong except seem kind of wrong?

—Procrastinator When you need to break up with a woman, you’d think she’d at least have the decency to cheat on you, clean out your bank accounts and hit kittens over the head with a two-by-four. As awful as it seems to pink-slip a girlfriend whose character flaws run the gamut from kindness to hotitude, what’s really wrong is sticking around past the “ditch by” date. This just eats time—maybe taking months or years off her biological shot clock. The right thing to do is to tell her you don’t click as soon as you’ve figured that out. So, buck up and set this one free. And try to have some perspective. There are worse things you could do to a woman than tell her it’s over—such as faking your own death and turning up in Mexico five years later.

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are especially useful to other people. Which aspects of your soulful beauty are potentially of greatest service to the world? How can you express your uniqueness in ways that activate your most profound generosity? If you learn the answers to these questions, you will make great progress toward solving the riddle that Uranus poses. I’m happy to report that the coming years will provide you with excellent opportunities to get to the bottom of this mystery. And now would be a good time to launch a concerted effort.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the coming weeks, I’m afraid there’s only a very small chance that you’ll be able to turn invisible at will, shape-shift into an animal form and back or swipe the nectar of immortality from the gods. The odds of success are much higher, though, if you will attempt less ambitious tasks that are still pretty frisky and brazen. For example, you could germinate a potential masterpiece where nothing has ever grown. You could legally steal from the rich and give the spoils to the poor. And you could magically transform a long-stuck process that no one thought would ever get unstuck.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are there are any weaknesses or problems in your approach to communication? They will be exposed in the coming weeks. If you’re even slightly lazy or devious about expressing yourself, you will have to deal with the karmic consequences of that shortcoming. If there’s more manipulativeness than love in your quest for connection, you’ll be compelled to do some soul-searching. That’s the bad news, Gemini. The good news is that you will have far more power than usual to upgrade the way you exchange energy with others. In fact, this could be the time you enter into a golden age of communication.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you narrow your focus now, the world will really open up for you in the second half of October and November. To the degree that you impose limitations on your desire to forever flow in all directions, you will free up creative ideas that are currently buried.

So summon up some tough-minded discipline, please. Refuse to let your moodiness play havoc with your productivity. Dip into your reserve supply of high-octane ambition so you will always have a sixth sense about exactly what’s important and what’s not.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The state of Maine has a law that prohibits anyone from leaving an airplane while it is flying through the air. This seems like a reasonable restriction until you realize how badly it discriminates against skydivers. Legal scholars will tell you that examples like this are not at all rare. Laws tend to be crude, one-size-fits-all formulations. And as I’m sure you’ve discovered in your travels, Leo, one-size-fits-all formulations always squash expressions of individuality. In the coming weeks, be extra alert for pressures to conform to overly broad standards and sweeping generalizations. Rebel if necessary. You have license to be yourself to the tenth power.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I propose that you try to accomplish the following clean-up projects in the next four weeks: 10 bushels of weeds yanked out of your psychic landscape; 25 pounds of unused stuff and moldering junk hauled away from your home; 10 loads of dirty laundry (especially the metaphorical kind) washed free of taint and stains—and not blabbed about on social media; at least $5,000 worth of weird financial karma scrubbed away for good; a forgotten fence mended; and a festering wound tended to until it heals.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Philosopher William Irwin Thompson says that we humans are like flies creeping along the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. We literally cannot see the splendor that surrounds us. As a result, we don’t live in reality. We’re lost in our habitual perceptions, blinded by our favorite illusions and addicted to beliefs that hide the true nature of the universe. That’s the bad news, Libra. The good news is that every now and then, each of us slips into a grace period when it’s possible to experience at least some of the glory we’re normally cut off from. The veil opens and previously undetected beauty appears. The weeks ahead will be the closest you’ve come to this breakthrough in a long time.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Can you guess which European country has the best military record in the last eight centuries? It’s France. Out of the 185 battles its soldiers have engaged in, they’ve won 132 and lost only 43. Ten times they fought to a draw. Of all the signs of the zodiac, Scorpio, I think you have the best chance of compiling a comparable record in the next ten months. Your warrior-like qualities will be at a peak; your instinct for achieving hard-fought victories may be the stuff of legends years from now. But please keep in mind what the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said in his iconic text The Art of War: The smart and powerful warrior always avoids outright conflict if possible, and wins by using slyer means.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After consulting the astrological omens, I’ve concluded that during the next three weeks, you will deserve the following titles: 1. Most Likely to Benefit from Serendipitous Adventures; 2. Most Likely to Exclaim “Aha!”; 3. Most Likely to Thrive While Wandering in Wild Frontiers and Exotic Locales; 4. Most Likely to Have a Wish Come True If This Wish Is Made in the Presence of a Falling Star. You might want to wait to fully embody that fourth title until the period between August 9 and 14, when the Perseids meteor shower will be gracing the night skies with up to 170 streaks per hour. The peak flow will come on August 12 and 13.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may have to travel far and wide before you will fully appreciate a familiar resource whose beauty you’re half-blind to. It’s possible you’ll have to suffer a partial loss of faith so as to attract experiences that will make your faith stronger than it ever was. And I’m guessing that you may need to slip outside your comfort zone for a while in order to learn what you need to know next about the arts of intimacy. These are tricky assignments, Capricorn. I suggest you welcome them without resentment.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My daughter Zoe has been writing some fine poetry these last few years. I regard it as professional-grade stuff that has been born of natural talent and developed through discipline and hard work. You might ask, quite reasonably, whether my evaluation of her literary output is skewed by fatherly pride. I’ve considered that possibility. But recently, my opinion got unbiased corroboration when her school awarded her with the “All-College Honor” for her poetry manuscript. I predict you will soon have a comparable experience. Your views or theories will be confirmed by an independent and objective source.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The critic Dorothy Parker didn’t think highly of Katherine Hepburn’s acting skills. “She runs the emotional gamut from A to B,” said Parker. I realize that what I’m about to suggest may be controversial, but I’m hoping you will be Hepburn-like in the coming week, Pisces. This is not the right time, in my astrological opinion, for you to entertain a wide array of slippery, syrupy, succulent feelings. Nor would it be wise to tease out every last nuance of the beguiling vibes rising up within you. For the time being, you need to explore the pleasures of discerning perception and lucid analysis. Get lost in deep thought, not rampant passion.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one Cemetery Utility Vehicle. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Cemetery Utility Vehicle., Closing, 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14th, 2012”. 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 bid opening at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14th, 2012. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387.

Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA PUBLIC HEARING STREET MAINTENANCE DISTRICT #1 The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 6, 2012, 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 2013. 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 CITY OF MISSOULA Request for Proposals – Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System/ Mobile Software and Professional Services The City of Missoula and Missoula County are seeking an experienced computer service firm to provide and deploy a Computer Aided Dispatch/Records Management System/ Mobile software system and related professional services for use by emergency services personnel in the service area. Consultants are required to submit “Intent to Respond” forms by August 27, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.

MST.. Proposals are due August 31, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. Late proposals will not be accepted. A copy of the request for proposals which includes more information about the project is available on-line at http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids or by contacting the Missoula Police Department at 406-552-6320.

MISSOULA COUNTY INVITATION TO BID Missoula Recovery Center Bid 3A Concrete ONLY Langlas and Associates, Construction Manager for Western Montana Mental Health, would like to invite subcontractors to provide SEALED bids for Missoula Recovery Center which is located in Missoula, Montana until the closing time of 3:00 p.m. on August 1, 2012. All bids MUST BE SEALED AND DELIVERED before the closing time to either: W. MT Mental Health Center Attn. Patty Kent Langlas & Associates Attn. Roger Davis Building T-9 Fort Missoula 777 East Main Street, Suite 101 Missoula, MT 59808 Bozeman, MT 59715 NOTE: “MISSOULA RECOVERY CENTER BID” on envelope FAXED OR EMAILED BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The project is being funded in part through the City of Missoula’s Community Block Grant program and is subject to City of Missoula CDBG Program Supplemental General Conditions, Federal Labor Standards Provisions, and Davis-Bacon wage rates. The Western Montana Mental Health Center is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Bids shall be submitted on the form provided within the Contract Bid Documents.

Contract bid documents have been prepared by Bechtle Architects and may be secured at the office of: Langlas & Associates, Inc.-Bozeman 777 East Main St. Ste. 101 Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406-585-3420 Fax: 406-585-4110 All questions regarding the bid documents shall be directed to: Roger Davis, Senior Project Manager Scott Bechtle, Project

Architect Langlas & Associates 406 585 3420 Bechtle Architects: 406 585 4161 Bid documents are available at: Missoula Plans Exchange; Digitally @ Bechtle Architects: 406 585 6141; Or hard copies with a $150 deposit @ Langlas & Associates: 777 East Main Bozeman 406 585 3420. We strongly encourage you to receive a full set of documents and not review partial sets of documents. No bidder may withdraw his bid for at least sixty (60) calendar days after the scheduled time for receipt of bids except as noted in the Instructions to Bidders. Please review the bid document, bid scopes, schedules, and instructions to bidders contained in Volume 1 of the specifications. Bidder agrees to commence work immediately upon receipt for the notice to proceed and has reviewed the schedule and agrees to meet the schedule as presented. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any and all irregularities of informalities and the right to determine what constitutes any and all irregularities or informalities.

MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County, Central Services will be listing surplus items on our Public Surplus site starting Monday, July 16th and ending on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 4pm. The site is on Publicsurplus.com.

The region is Montana and the agency is Missoula County. Items include computer work tables, bookshelves, cabinets, wall dividers and modular furniture items. For questions, contact:: surplus@co.missoula.mt.us or call 2584820. Payment by cash, money order or PayPal. Missoula County Central Services, 200 W Broadway.

MISSOULA COUNTY Notice is hereby given that Missoula County has issued a Request for Qualifications for procuring engineering services for various bridge projects for Fiscal Year 2013. Responses will be received at the Missoula County Public Works Department, Attention: Erik Dickson, County Engineer, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 4:00 PM on July 31st, 2012. A copy of the Request for Qualifications may be obtained at the above address, by calling the Public Works Department at (406) 258-3772 or by email request to edickson@co.missoula.mt.us. All requirements and scoring criteria are detailed in the Request for Qualifications. Selection of the consultant will be based on written responses.

The award will be made to the consultant whose qualifications are deemed most advantageous to Missoula County, all factors considered. Responses shall be sealed and marked “Statement of Qualifications for Bridge Engineering Services.” /s/ Erik K. Dickson, P.E., County Engineer MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, August 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: 2122 South Ave West – Appeal of Subdivision Regulation Section 8.040.4E(2)(d) for a Boundary Line Relocation Request from

Alex Duman appealing Section 8.040.4E(2)(d) of the Missoula City Subdivision Regulations at 2122 South Ave West to allow for a Boundary Line Relocation which will result in a rearrangement/redesign that elimates an existing fee simple access to a public roadway.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street. Call 258-4657 for further assistance. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.

MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. Proposed Text amendment to Chapters 20.85.040 and 20.85.050 Text and Map Amendments As directed by the Missoula City Council, the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants has developed proposed text amendments to Chapter 20.85 Review and Approval Procedures. These amendments are being made to clarify procedural concerns raised during the discussion regarding accessory dwelling units (ADUs), before moving forward with the ADU discussion. The intent of this item is to address the various forms of zoning amendments and to revise and clarify the notification procedures for those amendments. The City Council will conduct a public hearing on this item at a time to be determined. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The project files are available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657, or on the web at, www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services.

Jason J. Henderson, #11414 Mackoff Law Firm 38 2nd Ave East Dickinson, North Dakota 58601 701-227-1841 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-107 NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KEITH R. BRIDENSTINE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jason J. Henderson has filed an Application or Petition to be Formally Appointed Special Administrator of the Estate of Keith R. Bridenstine which may be examined in the office of the Clerk of this Court. Hearing has been set at the Courtroom of this Court in Missoula County of Missoula, Montana, on the 14th, day of August, 2012, at 3:00 o’clock p.m., at which time and place all interested person may appear and object. This notice is being given at least 14 days prior to the date of the hearing, pursuant to § 72-1-301, MCA. DATED this 6th day of July 2012 /s/ Jason J. Henderson, #11414 Mackoff Law Firm 38 2nd Ave East Dickinson, North Dakota 58601 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY

Cause No. DV-12-683 Dept. No. 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Rachelle Kay Potton This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Rachelle Kay Potton to Rachelle Kay Weisenburger. The hearing will be on August 21st, 2012 at 1:30 o'clock p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: July 24, 2012. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 1 Cause No. DP-12-118 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA MARY HENSEL, 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 JANICE M. HENSEL, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 16th day of July, 2012 /s/ Janice M. Hensel, Personal Representative. REELY LAW FIRM P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative. By: /s/ Shane N. Reely Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-12-111 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of DEAN CHARLES HOFFMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Jeanne Dennis, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of July, 2012. /s/ Jeanne Dennis, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-12-720 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Dien Dac Vu, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Dien Dac Vu to Steven Dien Dac Vu. The hearing will be on 7/31/12 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: June 25, 2012. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Nicole Borchers, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DG-12-44 NOTICE OF HEARING In the Matter of the Guardianship of Rebeka P. Weiss, Minor child. Carla J. Weiss, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: On May 31, 2012, Petitioner, Carla J. Weiss filed a Petition asking to be appointed guardian of the above-named minor child. The Petition has been set for hearing in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, Montana, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. A copy of the Order Setting Hearing is attached hereto. Further documents filed in this case can be reviewed upon request by the contacting the Clerk of the Court for Missoula County at the address listed above. DATED this 5th day of June, 2012. /s/ Carla J. Weiss, Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-12-42 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. FIRST MONTANA

BANK, INC., fka FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MONTANA, INC. Plaintiff, -vs- MILLTOWN MARKET, INC., a Montana corporation; ROBERT P. SCHAAN and DAWN M. SCHAAN, individuals; BSWORKS, LLC, a Montana limited liability company; THOMAS W. FINKBEINER and BECKY E. FINKBEINER; DOE DEFENDANTS I THROUGH X inclusive, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO DOE DEFENDANTS I-X AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty-one (21) days after the 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 by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of foreclosing the real property situated in Missoula County, Montana, and described as follows: Parcel I: That part of the SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 21, Township 13 North, Range 18 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, commonly described as follows: Beginning at a point from which the center of Section 21, Township 13 North, Range 18 West, M.P.M., bears S.37º46’E., 161.2 feet; thence N.36º48’W., 35 feet; thence S.53º12’W., 90 feet; thence S.36º48’E., 35 feet; thence N.53º12’E., 90 feet to the place of beginning, less a portion deeded to the State of Montana for highway purposes as recorded in Book 145 of Deeds at Page 253, records of Missoula County, Montana. RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 444 of Micro at page 149. Parcel II: A subleasehold as created by that certain unrecorded sublease dated February 15, 1998, No. 500.740, executed by Montana Rail Link, Inc. and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company as sublessor and Finky’s Foods as sublessee for a term of 5 years, upon and subject to all the provisions therein contained, in and with regard to the land described therein, and assignment, assumption and amendment to said Sublease No. 500.740, dated November 4, 2005, with Milltown Market as assignee. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, the 12th day of July, 2012. /s/ SHIRLEY E. FAUST, Missoula County Clerk of Court By: /s/ Diane Overholtzer, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Case No. DP-2003-161 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of DENNIS ROBERT GENG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Karen Hayward, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 15th day of July, 2012. /s/ Karen Hayward, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-113 Dept. No. 4 COMBINED NOTICE AND INFORMATION TO HEIRS AND DEVISEES AND AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAMONA JEAN MIEWALD, ALSO KNOWN AS MONA MIEWALD, Deceased. To the heirs and devisees of the aboveentitled estate. 1. The decedent, RAMONA JEAN MIEWALD, died on June 18, 2012. 2.

This notice is being sent to the persons who have or may have some interest in the estate being administered. 3. DAVID ALAN

MIEWALD, whose address is 2700 Old Quarry Road, Missoula, Montana 59808, was appointed Personal Representative of said estate on the 29th day of June, 2012, without bond. 4. Papers and information relating to the estate are on file in the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, State of Montana at the office of the Clerk of District Court, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. DATED this 29th day of June, 2012. /s/ David Alan Miewald, Personal Representative.

STATE OF MONTANA):ss. County of Missoula) DOUGLAS D. HARRIS, being first duly sworn upon his oath, deposes and says: I am the attorney for David Alan Miewald, the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ramona Jean Miewald, and I served the Combined Notice and Information to Heirs and Devisees and Affidavit of Mailing upon: David Alan Miewald, 2700 Old Quarry Road, Missoula, MT 59808. Bruce Keith Miewald, 2501 Hayden View Drive, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.

Donald Edward Miewald, 17426 Brooks Blvd., Bothell, WA 98012 by depositing a true and correct copy in the United States mail, certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, on the 29th day of June, 2012. DOUGLAS HARRIS LAW OFFICES. /s/ Douglas D. Harris, Attorney for Personal Representative SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 29th day of June, 2012. (SEAL) /s/ Donna M. Pummill, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, MT My Commission Expires June 06, 2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/22/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200804555, BK814, Pg-120, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Lezlie McKenzie was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Direct Mortgage Corp. was Beneficiary and Stewart Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Unit 715A of Building 4 of Grizzly Place Townhomes, as described and defined in the “Declaration Under Unit Ownership Act Pertaining to Grizzly Place Townhomes” recorded in Book 753 of Micro at page 674 and Site Plan recorded as Condo#82, records of Missoula County, Montana. Together with said units interest in the limited common elements and the general Common elements appertaining to said unit as set forth defined in said declaration. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201025121, B:871 P:214, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of May 30, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $191,509.92. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $183,378.89, 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, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and except-

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PUBLIC NOTICES ing only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7037.94004) 1002.218613-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock AM. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 9A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 678, A TRACT OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT 9 OF LINCOLN HILLS NO. 4, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Lynn Gmeiner and Barbara A Gmeiner, 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 November 14, 2005 was recorded on November 15, 2005 under Document No. 200530391 in Book 764 on Page 375. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,159.41, beginning June 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 June 11, 2012 is $219,934.35 principal, interest at the rate of 4.375% now totaling $10,687.54, late charges in the amount of $481.08, escrow advances of $3,252.83, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,244.78, plus accruing interest at the rate of $26.36 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Dated: May 18, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 18th day of May, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and

State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Citimortgage V Gmeiner 42011.571 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 4, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: The North 50 feet of Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in Block 23 of CAR LINE ADDITION, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Recording reference: Book 723 of Micro Records at Page 284 Jason Williams and Nichole Williams, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property, to Insured Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 8, 2006 and recorded September 13, 2006 on Book-783 and Page-12 as Document No. 200623360. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,150.33, beginning November 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 16, 2012 is $190,400.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.25% now totaling $6,318.94, late charges in the amount of $230.08, and other fees and expenses advanced of $69.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $37.82 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 27, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 27th day of April, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Onewest V Williams 41969.616 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 4, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 10 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 11 OF BLOCK 53 OF SOUTH MISSOULA, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AC-

CORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, OF RECORD IN BOOK 1 OF PLATS AT PAGE 19, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ROBERT S. MERWIN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON MAY 14, 2004 AND RECORDED ON MAY 21, 2004 IN BOOK 732, PAGE 1217 UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200413924. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $583.58, beginning June 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 4, 2012 is $92,900.15 principal, interest at the rate of 5.75% now totaling $16,083.94, late charges in the amount of $527.66, escrow advances of $7,554.99, suspense balance of $-495.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,308.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.63 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors, if such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 26, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 26th day of April, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Chase Vs. Merwin 41916.551 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 4, 2012, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 of Glaicier Estates, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according the the official recorded Plat thereof Darren Bayer and Tami Bayer, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Chase Bank USA, N.A., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 10, 2005 and recorded on August 15, 2005 in Book 758, Page 117 under Document NO 200520940. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007-CH3, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-CH3.

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to

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make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,920.02, beginning September 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 17, 2012 is $354,160.33 principal, interest at the rate of 8.875% now totaling $87,901.18, late charges in the amount of $3,332.00, escrow advances of $10,640.67, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,994.20, plus accruing interest at the rate of $86.11 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 25, 2012 /s/ Marti Ottley Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 25th day of April, 2012, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Marti Ottley, know to me to be the Asst Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Chase V Bayer 41954.860 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale Number: 11-01664-5 Loan Number: 1205271905 APN: 5844006 TO BE SOLD for cash at Trustee’s Sale on October 26, 2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, recognized local time, on the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula the following described real property in Missoula County, Montana, to-wit: LOT 17H OF THE AMENDED PLAT OF COBBAN AND DISNMORE’S ORCHARD HOMES, LOT 17, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. More commonly known as:142 SMALL LANE, MISSOULA, MT DALE S. MARTELL, SUSAN L MARTELL, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, as the original grantor{s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as the original trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT, as the original beneficiary, by a Trust Indenture dated as of December 23, 2005, and recorded on January 4, 2006 in Book 767 at Page 104 under Document No. 200600274, in the Official Records of the Office of the Record of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust’). The current beneficiary is: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSMC MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4 (the “Beneficiary”). FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY was named as Successor Trustee (the “Trustee”) by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee dated May 6, 2011 and recorded in the records of Missoula County, Montana. There has been a default in the performance of said Deed of Trust: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears as of June 18, 2012: Balance due on monthly payments from February 1,2011 and which payments total: $20,288.82: Late charges: $759.36: Net Other Fees:$40.00 Advances: $3,994.28 There is presently due on the obligation the principal sum of $190,585.93 plus accrued interest thereon at the rate of 3.50000% per annum

from January 1, 2011, plus late charges. Interest and late charges continue to accrue. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds include the trustee’s or attorney’s fees and costs and expenses of sale. The beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and has directed the trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The beneficiary declares that the grantor is in default as described above and has directed the Trustee to commence proceedings to sell the property described above at public sale in accordance with the terms and provisions of this notice. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the aforesaid property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727 DATED: June 18, 2012 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee By: John Catching, Authorized Signature A-4264589 07/19/2012, 07/26/2012, 08/02/2012 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 10/05/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which CLARK G. ANDERSON 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 05/25/2007 and recorded 05/31/2007, in document No. 200713508 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 798 at Page Number 594 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 OF TOWER LOTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1125 TOWER STREET, Missoula, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-12. 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 09/01/2010, 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 $194,451.04 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.02% per annum from 09/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 05/30/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0085495 FEI NO. 1006.142564

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 10/12/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which JARED HEGGEN AND JENNIFER HEGGEN, AS JOINT TENANTS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to TITLE SERVICES INC as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/16/2006 and recorded 08/22/2006, in document No. 200621349 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 781 at Page Number 763 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 45 OF MALONEY RANCH, PHASE VIII, AS A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 6573 LOWER MILLER CREEK ROAD, Missoula, MT 59803. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2007-J2 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-J2. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 02/01/2012, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $1,662,837.92 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.875% per annum from 02/01/2012 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 05/31/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0045686 FEI NO. 1006.160835 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 10/12/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which RONNIE L. SIMPSON, AN UNMARRIED MAN as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 10/07/2009 and recorded 10/26/2009, in document No. 200925608 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 849 at Page Number 856 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE S 1/2 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH,

RANGE 15 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 47A, JORDAN RANCHETTES, OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1135. Property Address: 2122 PROSPECT CT, Bonner, MT 59823-9607. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 08/01/2011, 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 $239,669.22 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.00% per annum from 08/01/2011 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: 06/05/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0017190 FEI NO. 1006.155031 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 10/16/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which DAVID O LARSON, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY 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 04/08/2008 and recorded 04/09/2008, in document No. 200807824 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 816 at Page Number 1000 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 38 OF EAST MISSOULA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 213 CLYDE ST, Missoula, MT 59802-5406. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 12/01/2011, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any.

TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $180,898.85 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.875% per annum from 12/01/2011 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Bene-

PUBLIC NOTICES ficiary 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: 06/04/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0053538 FEI NO. 1006.160932 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 11/02/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which ROGER W OLSON as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 08/25/2008 and recorded 10/03/2008, in document No. 200822659 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 827 at Page Number 444 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE SOUTH 72 FEET OF LOT 11, THE SOUTH 72 FEET OF LOT 12 AND THE SOUTH 72 FEET OF THE WEST 24 FEET OF LOT 13 IN BLOCK 94 OF SCHOOL ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, RECORDING REFERENCE IN BOOK 265 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1439. Property Address: 1828 HOWELL ST, Missoula, MT 59802-2136. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 11/01/2011, 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 $128,519.12 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.25% per annum from 11/01/2011 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: 06/21/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0005244 FEI NO. 1006.152563 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 11/05/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and

expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which MARGARET LOHR, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY as Grantors, conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary

by Trust Indenture Dated 01/12/2005 and recorded 01/18/2005, in document No. 200501335 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 746 at Page Number 1048 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 73A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2277. LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, P.M.M., MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 695 CAMAS RD, BONNER, MT 598239503. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWMBS INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2005-03, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200503. 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 $226,993.39 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.25% 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: 06/22/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0128367 FEI NO. 1006.146144 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 11/08/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which FORREST E EBBS, MARRIED as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to ERIC TRAN as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 03/26/2007 and recorded 04/11/2007, in document No. 200708497 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 795 at Page Number 192 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO-WIT: TRACT 15-B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5418 LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: THE APN IS SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR AS 5865351; SOURCE OF TITLE IS BOOK 736, PAGE 671 (RECORDED 07/16/04) MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: TRACT 15-B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5418 LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUAR-

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s TER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Property Address: 355 MYSTIC MOON, Potomac, MT 59823. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 10/01/2011, 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 $371,209.53 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.875% per annum from 10/01/2011 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: 06/28/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0010697 FEI NO. 1006.153821

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Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 11/05/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which 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 Num-

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, August 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: 1622 South Ave West – Medical Office Conditional Use

The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, August 13, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: 322 N Higgins Ave – Tavern/Nightclub Conditional Use

Request from Rob & Vicky Velin for a Conditional Use approval at 1622 South Ave West (see Map V),

Request from Nick Checota for a Conditional Use approval at 322 N Higgins Ave (see Map U),

zoned RM1-35 (Residential 1, multi-dwelling). The applicant requests the Conditional Use in order to expand a medical office onto the site. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street. Call 258-4657 for further assistance. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.

zoned CBD-4 (Central Business District). The applicant requests the Conditional Use in order to utilize an all-liquor beverage license at the site. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street.

Call 258-4657 for further assistance. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 2584657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: 1. A request by Larry and Bobbi Kuchenreuther for a variance from the 40’ setback requirement from the top of a 25% non-buildable slope for a deck proposed on the property addressed as 3013 Briggs Street, zoned C-RR3. See map X

2. A request by Jason and Kallie Widaman for a density variance to build two residences on the property addressed as 5410 Primrose Lane, zoned C-A3. See map W.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICES ber 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. PARCEL NO. 0037158. 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 HSBC BANK USA, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 20041, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-1. 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 03/01/2012, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $109,715.66 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.75% per annum from 03/01/2012 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other

sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 06/25/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0057023 FEI NO. 1006.162339 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 11/05/2012 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which WILLIAM LUEDTKE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT

LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary

by Trust Indenture Dated 05/18/2006 and recorded 05/19/2006, in document No. 200611610 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 774 at Page Number 964 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 4 AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 3 OF FOOTHILLS ESTATES NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE IN BOOK 603 AT PAGE 2102 MICRO RECORDS. Property Address: 2515 GARLAND DR, Missoula, MT 59803-2011. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-24CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-24CB. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 07/01/2011, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The

unpaid principal balance of $188,914.55 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 6.625% per annum from 07/01/2011 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 06/26/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0126216 FEI NO. 1006.145362 NOTICE THAT A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Circle H Ranch LLC at 35 Summit Avenue, Summit, New Jersey, 07901-3544; R.E. Loans, LLC doing business at 201 Layfayette Circle, Layfayette, CA 94549; Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC at 14241 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1300, Dallas, TX, 75254; James F. Cozzeto & Blue Skies Development, unknown address; 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 lien sale certificate as: WEST POINTE PHASE 1, WEST POINTE LOT 15C OF WEST POINTE PHASE I 26-14-20.

The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and

Recorder as: WEST POINTE PHASE 1, S26, T14 N, R20 W, BLOCK XXX, Lot 15C, WEST POINTE LOT 15C OF WEST POINTE PHASE I 26-14-20. Parcel No. 3871709. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on 06/02/2009 and a property tax lien exists on the property as a result of a property tax delinquency. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 8, 2009. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 8, 2009 by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Brigitte Brazda whose address is P.O. Box 549, Post Falls, ID 83877, and a tax deed will be issued to her 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 $549.17 Penalty: $10.98 Interest: $182.33 Costs: $213.29 Total: $955.77 7. The date that the redemption period expires is July 19, 2012. 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 Brigitte Brazda, 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 party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this June 22, 2012.

Brigitte Brazda NOTICE THAT A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Circle H Ranch LLC at 35 Summit Avenue, Summit, New Jersey, 07901-3544; R.E. Loans, LLC doing business at 201 Layfayette Circle, Layfayette, CA 94549; Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC at 14241 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1300, Dallas, TX, 75254; James F. Cozzeto & Blue Skies Development unknown address; Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 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 lien sale certificate as: WEST POINTE PHASE 1, LOT 23 OF WEST POINTE PHASE I. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: WEST POINTE PHASE 1, S26, T14 N, R20 W, BLOCK XXX, Lot 023, LOT 23 OF WEST POINTE PHASE I. Parcel No. 3876103. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on 06/02/2009 and a property tax lien exists on the property as a result of a property tax delinquency. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 8, 2009. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 8, 2009 by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Brigitte Brazda whose address is P.O. Box 549, Post Falls, ID 83877, and a tax deed will be issued to her 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 $606.76 Penalty: $12.12 Interest: $201.43 Costs: $213.29 Total: $1,033.60. 7. The date

that the redemption period expires is July 19, 2012. 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 Brigitte Brazda, 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 party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this June 22, 2012.

Brigitte Brazda

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Keep Your Home Safe from Wildfire It’s that time of year again. If you live in a dry area or out of the city limits in the country, you may one day find yourself battling with a raging wildfire. Wildfires don't really compare to city fires. They are much larger, unpredictable, and spread like, well, wildfire. They can start quietly and unnoticed, then quickly spread and change direction, jumping gaps like roads or rivers.

Since wildfires can start from natural events like lightning or from other people's carelessness, they can't always be prevented. Wildfires are a fact of life for people who live on mountainsides, near forests or in grasslands.

If you live in one of these areas, it's best to be like a boy scout who is always prepared.

Here are some of the things you can do to arm yourself for another man vs. nature battle: Understand Fire Behavior First of all, understand fire behavior. Fire is influenced by fuel, slope, and weather.

Fuel Wildfires feed mainly on vegetation. Small twigs and leaves can catch fire and be carried by the wind, helping the fire to spread. Larger hunks of

vegetation like trees and branches keep the wildfire alive, sometimes burning for hours or days.

Slope Fire travels faster uphill than downhill. This is because flames reach upwards rather than downwards. As a rule of thumb, the steeper the slope, the faster the fire travels.

Weather Wildfires thrive in dry, hot, windy weather. The wind helps the fire to spread and also feeds it oxygen.

Starve the Fire. Cut down on available fuel for the fire by creating a 30-foot safety zone around your house. This area should have little to no vegetation. Clear the area regularly of any dead leaves, branches, and so on. If you live on a hill, the safety zone should be wider in the uphill direction.

Beyond this area, any trees should have at least 15 feet clearance from the ground. They should also have this distance between them.

Fortify Your Home Try to include fire barriers as part of your house design. Swimming pools, ponds and tennis courts are all attractive house features that are also

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effective as barriers.

Where possible, use fire-proof materials. If you must use wood, have it treated. Keep smoke alarms and fire extinguishers on each floor.

Plan Your Escape Create an escape plan and practice it with your family. Make sure that it includes safe exits to every room in the house and an agreed-upon meeting place outside the room. Someone should be responsible for getting small children and the elderly to safety.

Be smart and get home and contents insurance, and make sure it has a fire clause. Finally, pack an emergency bag that you and your family can just grab and go.

No one likes to think about everything they've ever worked for going up in smoke. But sometimes planning for the worst can help things turn out for the best. The tips discussed just touch on some of the major things you can do to protect yourself. To be well and truly prepared, it is best to get educated by your local fire department.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1 Russell Park West. 3 bed, 1.5 bath with basement & single garage.

Central location. $189,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

114 Bentley Park Loop. 3 bed, 2 bath 2 story home in central location. Open, airy floor plan. $184,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 1500 Philips. 2 bed, 1 bath with single garage on corner lot.

Fenced yard with deck. $154,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential MIssoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

1537 Defoe. 2 bed, 1 bath with 2 car garage near Lowell School. $162,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $184,999. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 1.5 Bath Rose Park/Slant Streets home with a great yard. $234,900. Prudential Montana.

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4 Bdr, 2 Bath Lower Rattlesnake home. $295,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath Target Range area home on 0.9 acres. $319,900 Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4227 South 7th West. Beautiful sample home to be built. 4 bed, 2.5 bath with covered porch and 2 car garage. Lot available separately for $125,000. MLS #20121798, $325,000. Jake

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Booher, Prudential Montana 5 4 4 - 6 1 1 4 . jbooher@montana.com 428 Jefferson. 3 bed, 1 bath near downtown. Hardwood floors, tile & fantastic fenced yard. $258,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula, 7288270. glasgow@montana.com 4600 Monticello. 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage in Canyon

Creek. Private backyard & patio. $189,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 5 Bdr, 4 Bath University District Home. $549,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

REAL ESTATE 521 Daly. 3 bed, 2 bath in U District. Single garage, basement, studio, enclosed front porch. $385,000. Call Betsy 880-4749.

Montana Preferred Properties 541-547 South 2nd West. Wonderful 4-plex in great neighborhood. Suitable for condo conversion. Newer rubber membrane roof. $275,000.

MLS #20120840 Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties.

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soula, close to Good Food Store, 1/2 acre + lot, enormous shop, great home. 203 Curtis, 2405227 porticorealestate.com I can help you sell your home!

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6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

Looking for homebuyer education? Call me! Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties.

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6785 Prairie Schooner. 3 bed, 3 bath on 1/2 acre at end of quiet cul-de-sac. MLS #20122287. $239,000. Call Betsy 880-4749.

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PRICE REDUCED 4 bed 2 bath house on one full landscaped acre near Wye. Great Well at 30 gpm. 2 gas fireplaces, updated kitchen and bathrooms. $279,000. MLS #20120012.

9869 Lee’s Lane, Missoula. Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com

Affordable Townhomes Didn’t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet new, green-built development may be your ticket. STARTING AT $79,000. 1400 Burns, 2405227 porticorealestate.com Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis.

360-8234 Energy-Efficient Sweet Bungalow in Slant Street ‘hood with double lot and raised beds ready to plant! 835 Rollins. $179,500. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Five bedroom, 4 bath townhome with 2 car garage on The Ranch Club golf course. Amazing views.

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2640B Tanbark Way MLS #20120690 $375,000. Call Anne for details. 546-5816 www.movemontana.com Four bed, 1-1/2 bath, 3 car garage home at 345 Brooks.

Close to downtown, neighborhood coffee shop/restaurant, and university. Long time family home has potential to also have downstairs rental. Just $259,000 MLS 20117301 Call Anne 546-5816 for details. www.movemontana.com Historic Preservation Award-Winning Marshall House Beautiful professional building with great design for offices or home and awesome exposure for business.

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Rattlesnake Valley 909 Herbert. Perched amidst the trees and canopy of the Rattlesnake Valley, this home is a beauty! $350,000. porticorealestate.com 240-5227 Slant Street Condo 525A Cleveland. Upgraded and beautiful 2 bedroom condo in the Slant Streets: $174,900 porticorealestate.com 240-5227

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1333 Toole #C14. 2 bed, 2 bath affordable downtown living.

Main floor, great southern exposure. $120,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 1545 Cooley #H. 2 bed, 1 bath Northside condo with garage & deck. $127,000. $150 HOA fees. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate.

546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 1725A Park Place. 3 bed, 1.5 bath with 1 car garage. Fenced, landscaped backyard. No HOA fees. $150,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail,com 1847 West Central. 3 bed, 1.5 bath townhome with 2 car garage. No HOA fees. MLS #20121385. $161,500. Jake Booher, Prudential Missoula 5446114. jbooher@montana.com

2238 Hillside. 3 bed, 1.5 bath with 2 car garage on quiet culde-sac. $40 HOA fees. $155,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

The Uptown Flats have two one bed one bath units starting at $139,900. Great downtown living! Call Anne 5465816 for showing. www.movemontana.com

2441 McIntosh. 2 bed, 2 bath.

Low-maintenance living in lovely 55+ community.

MLS #20121579. $106,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

Treehouse Feel in this fairly new condo with single garage.

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935B Garfield. $117,500.

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3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath Central Missoula Condo. $187,400. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4433A Bordeaux Blvd. Newer 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage.

Fenced backyard with dog kennel & pergola. Very nice! $179,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 53 Brookside. 2 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage on corner lot.

Great views of Mount Jumbo.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 880-4749 6614 McArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath with 2 car garage. Fantastic views! $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties.

240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 702A Charlo. Newly remodeled 3 bed, 1.5 bath on corner lot with single garage. Fenced yard with deck. $149,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com Open & Light & Green & Clean Efficiency abounds in this 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand alone super-insulated condo with heated floors and so much more.

1530 S 12th W. Near Good Food Store and bike trails. $250,000. 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES 15436 French Valley Lane, Frenchtown. 3 bed, 2 bath mobile on rented lot. $48,900.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 880-4749 4005 Mathew. 3 bed, 2 bath Champion. Full range of appliances. Landscaped with deck & great views of Missoula & Lolo Peak. $64,900.

MLS #20122704. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com

LAND FOR SALE 207 Catlin. 1.54 acre development parcel in central Missula. $499,900. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com 23645 Mullan Road. Beautiful 14 acre meadow with pasture & trees near Huson. $169,900.

Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

4,500 square foot lot on the Northside. $59,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

7268 West Fork, Darby. Prime hunting and natural spring out your back door. 2 bed double wide on almost 6 acres. $109,900. MLS #20120445.

Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com Bear Gulch, Garnet Ghost Town.

40 acres bordering BLM land.

Great recreational property. $60,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana, 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com Bruin Lane Lots. Near Council Groves & The Ranch Golf Course.

From $85,000.

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544-6114. jbooher@montana.com Lot 16A MacArthur. New 3 bed, 2 bath with basement & 2 car garage. Fantastic Missoula views.

MLS #20122947. $184,900. Robin Rice @ 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net.

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location with lots of foot traffic.

Building only for sale. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com East Missoula Building Lot with great trees and a sweet ‘hood. $65,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

OUT OF TOWN 15305 Spring Hill Road/Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5 bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forst Service. $595,000. Robin Rice @

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Montana Preferred Properties.

170 South 1st Street, Clinton. 2 bedroom, 1 bath with basement & garage on private 2.2 fenced acres. Close to the river and Forest Service land. $203,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 19488 Highway 200 East/ Bonner. 5 bed, 3 bath, basement & 3 car garage on 3 mountain view acres. $399,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties.

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3.69 acres with creek. Mobiles on permanent foundations allowed. $165,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Rattlesnake Acreage Rattlesnake 1/4 acre lot at the base of Mt. Jumbo with all utilities stubbed to the site and ready to build on: $160,000. portico realestate.com KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com 240-5227

COMMERCIAL 110 Main Street, Stevensville.

Restaurant in heart of Stevensville next to Blacksmith Brewery. $149,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 8804749 321 N. Higgins Commercial building on coveted downtown

53 Brookside $289,900 • 2 bed, 2 bath Rattlesnake townhome on corner lot • 2 car garage & Mount Jumbo views

521 Daly $385,000 • Lovely 3 bed, 2 bath in heart of U District • 1 car garage, heated studio, basement, enclosed front porch

11689 Stolen Rock Court, Frenchtown $329,900 • 5 bedroom 3 bath on over 3 acres • Great valley & mountain views

6875 Prairie Schooner $229,900 • 3 bed • 3 bath tri-level on quiet 1/2 acre at end of cul-de-sac • 2 car garage, basement, fenced yard & deck

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REAL ESTATE 2 Bdr, 1 Bath Stevensville log home on 1.2 acres. $139,900.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 3 Bath Stevensville area home on 13 acres. $575,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2110 Petty Creek Road. 3 bed, 2.5 bath on over 10 acres. Many beautiful extras. $409,000.

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9010 Scharf, Clinton. 2 bed, 1 bath with 3 car garage & heated shop on over 9 private acres. $225,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6.3 acres. Large shop. $339,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 32609 Jocko Road, Arlee. 2 bed, 2 bath on almost 6 acres.

Fireplace, loft and 3 car garage. $214,900. Robin Rice @ 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net.

Montana Preferred Properties.

4 Bdr, 3 Bath Florence area home on 10 acres. $399,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Beautiful Potomac 25500 Ashby Creek. 20+/- acres. Want beauty, privacy and off-the-grid living with creek, main house and guest house? Here it is! $350,000. porticorealestate.com 240-5227 Big Arm On Flathead Lake.

45765 Meadow Lake Lane. 6 bed, 4 bath with 3 car garage on lakefront acreage. Two additional homes included. MLS #20120312. $1,200,000.

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Homes w/land: 25500 Ashby . . . . . . . . .20 Acres With Creek . . . . . . .$350,000 2348 River Road . . . . . .Home & Land to Build . . . . .$535,000 9869 Lee's Lane . . . . . . .Just outside Missoula . . . . . . .$279,000

Land: Westside Building Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,900 Rattlesnake Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,000 17467 W Nine Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000

Commercial: 436 S 3rd West . . . . . . .Professional Office Space . . . . .$395,000 1535 Liberty Lane . . . . .New Lease Space . . . . . . . . . .$11-$15 321 N Higgins . . . . . . . .Heart of Downtown . . . . . . . .$780,000

Townhomes/Condos: 1545 Cooley #H .

935 B Garfield . . .

1400 Burns . . . .

1530 S 12th West .

Uptown Flats . . . .

535A Cleveland . .

2640 B Tanbark . .

1333 Toole #C-14 1725 A Park Place

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.New Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . .$127,000 .Like a Tree House . . . . . . . .$117,500 .Cheaper Than Rent . . . . .From $79,000 .Green Construction . . . . . . . .$250,000 .Upscale Downtown .Starting at $139,900 .Sweet Slant St. Condo . . . . . .$174,900 .Golfcourse Steps away . . . . . .$375,000 .Sweet Smart Style . . . . . . . .$120,000 .Townhome no HOA . . . . . . . .$150,000

Missoula Independent Classifieds Page C12 July 26 – August 2, 2012

OPEN HOUSE Sunday July 29th 114 Bentley Park • 11:30 am to 1 pm

$183,000 • 3 bedrooms, one on main floor, 2 full baths • Up to $2,000 available for Buyers Closing Costs

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